Weetangera Primary School Newsletter | Week 1, Term 4 2025
From Mel
Dear Weetangera Families
I hope you have had a wonderful break together with your loved ones; full of reconnections, rest and recreation. I was very privileged to be able to visit far north Queensland for a few days over the break, visiting the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest for the first time in my life. What a wonderful experience! It was also a timely reminder that my actions, even here in Canberra, can have an impact on these beautiful places.
Thinking and learning about our planet and the impact we have on it is something that happens quite a bit at WPS. You will have seen that we do waste collection well (although we are still working on litter!), and we are now focusing on power use and turning the lights off when we’re not using them. You might like to ask your kids about the ‘Lightkeeper Award’.
This week also marks the start of our Environmental Stewardship global concept, which will have our students tuning in to a whole range of learning experiences based on the environment, and the impact of our actions both big and small. Our community concert on Friday 7 November (week 4) will explore some of these themes through song and dance. We hope you will be there. See below for more details.
New Board Member
During term 3, one of our board members stepped down from their position, leaving a vacancy. Following a count back from the board election earlier this year, we are happy to announce that Ian Cox will be taking up the P&C liaison position within our school board.
Our school board is always happy to hear from members of our community. You can contact the board at weetangeraprimaryschoolboard@ed.act.edu.au.
Onesie and PJ Day – great result!
Last term, the SRC organised a ‘Onesie and PJ Day’ to raise money for the RSPCA. On that day, WPS raised a massive $507.15. Thank you to all of you for your generous support. With excellent timing, we managed to send our donation to the RSPCA just as they were having their ‘Give to Get Them Home 2025’ campaign, which meant that our donation was matched by a generous donor, which means we doubled our impact. Well done WPS!
NAPLAN Reports now available in parent portal
2025 NAPLAN reports are now available in the Parent Portal. Log in to view or download the report for your student. If you need more information about using the parent portal, please see our front office staff.
Coming in 2026 - A change to our class structure
In 2026, we will be making a change to the way that some of our classes in the middle years are structured. From 2026 our years 3 and year 4 classes will be organised as multi-age classes.
Multi-age classes are a style of class organisation with its basis in the educational belief that every child’s development and learning pathway is based on the individual’s needs rather than constrained by a single year level at school. This has been a successful model for our year 5/6 classes for many years, and our good learning around global concepts will support ongoing success for our students.
Our 2026 structure will be:
- Early Years - Preschool, Kindy, Year 1
- Middle Primary - Year 2, Year 3/4
- Upper Primary - Year 5/6
- Small group program
More information about multi-age classes and how our learning is organised will be included in future newsletters. In the meantime, if you have any general questions, please submit them through this form, and we will include a response in the next newsletter: https://bit.ly/WPSFAQs.
Welcome to term 4!
Mel
Community Concert - 7/11/2025
Scholastic Book Club
Scholastic Book Club Issue 7 is available now and all orders are due by 3 November 2025
Library News
P & C Update
WPS Wardrobe Week
Next week, you'll have the opportunity to drop off clothes in good condition that are too small and get some that fit for a gold coin donation. The P&C will have containers set up under the K/1 covered area from 8:30-9am throughout the week so drop by and check out what's in stock!
Lapathon Wrap-up
At the end of last term, the school community enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the sunshine running laps around the playground to raise funds for new school equipment. Now comes the fun part - quelch ice block sticks for the winners and deciding how to put those funds to good use with the help of the SRC.
There are still a number of donation pledges outstanding - if you have forgotten, please check the email sent after the event for the custom payment link, or you can make a donation directly via the Stripe link
Gardening Bee Thank you
A huge thank you to everyone who turned out for the WPS gardening bee at the start of the school holidays (seems so long ago now!) The weeding, soil filling and mulching has made a huge difference and Nicole and the sustainability crew are now set to get some veges and herbs in the ground! Thank you also to those who came in to give the P&C store room a much needed Spring clean.
Christian Education in Schools
Christian Education in Schools (CEIS) will be visiting Weetangera Primary School this term on Monday 15 December.
This session will be provided only to students that have opted in via the permission note. Please visit the school front office to get a copy of the permission form.
2025 Uniform Price List
Workin' Gear Schools is the new uniform supplier for Weetangera Primary School. New uniforms with the new SPW logo can be ordered using the link. Students are still able to wear uniforms with the old WPS logo. There are still limited sizes available for sale at the front office. Please contact the school after 22 January to organise a time to purchase these.
Communication at Weetangera
Community Notices
