Newsletter 3 – Waddington Primary School

From the Principal

Dear Waddington Families,

As we reach the end of Term 1, I want to take a moment to thank you for your ongoing support and involvement in our school community. It’s been a wonderful start to the year, and we have some exciting events coming up before the holidays.

We warmly invite all families to join us for our ANZAC service on Tuesday, 9th April, our Harmony Day picnic lunch on Thursday, 10th April, and our Easter Hat Parade on the last afternoon of term, where students can showcase their creativity—there’s even a prize for the best hat in each class! Larissa Muir, our new Waddington School Board Chair will be one of our judges, along with one of the 12 Bucket Mentors.

As a school, we are focusing on reading and literacy this year, and we encourage families to support this at home by making reading a part of everyday life. Every little bit helps in building strong and confident readers.

A big thank you to those who completed the Be You survey. While we didn’t quite reach enough responses for the students to receive an icy pole reward, we truly appreciate your time and input.

Wishing all our families a safe and happy holiday—I look forward to seeing everyone back for an exciting Term 2!

With warm wishes to you all,

Ms Katherine Chivers

Principal

From the Administration Team

Term Planner

Please see below important dates for the remainder of Term 1 2025. They are subject to change so please keep up-to-date by checking the school website calendar regularly. We welcome families back to school on Monday 28 April 2025.

Wishing all our families a lovely school holiday break and hope you enjoy special time with family and friends.

Important Dates

2 April 2025 – Family Afternoon Tea (Staff Room) 1.45pm – 2.30pm

9 April 2025 – ANZAC Day assembly (Undercover Area) 1.45pm

10 April 2025 – Harmony Day Picnic Lunch

11 April 2025 – P&C Easter Hat Parade and Raffle (Undercover Area) 2.40pm

11 April 2025 – Term 1 2025 ends

28 April 2025 – Term 2 2025 commences – Staff and Students return

Family Afternoon Tea

We would like to extend an invitation to our all families for this Wednesday’s Family Afternoon Tea. Please see the details below and RSVP by 31/03/2025.

Free internet for unconnected families with school-aged students

School Student Broadband Initiative provides free home internet for unconnected families with school-aged students until 31 December 2025.

The Australian Government School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) is offering free home internet for eligible families with school-aged students until 31 December 2025.

To be eligible, families must:

have no active broadband service
have a device capable of accessing the internet
live in premises where they can access a standard NBN service
have a child living at home who is enrolled in an Australian school.

The free broadband starts from the day the service is activated with a participating internet provider. Families will not be placed on a paid service by the internet provider at the end of the free service without consent.

For more information and a list of participating internet providers, visit NBN Co School Student Broadband Initiative or call 1800 626 269.

If you think you are eligible and want to self-nominate for the free broadband offer:

call the National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6 pm Australian Eastern Daylight-saving Time)
visit the School Student Broadband Initiative website.

For technical support in more than 100 regional and remote communities throughout Western Australia, contact your local Community Resource Centre.

Attendance – Everyday counts!

Breakfast Club – Thank you Woolworths Mirrabooka!

We would like to acknowledge with thanks Woolworths Mirrabooka for supporting our schools breakfast club, our students appreciate you!

Room 1 – Learning about Sea Creatures!

What an exciting year it has been so far in Room One! The students have been busy exploring, learning, and growing in so many ways.

Each morning, we start our day with a Yarning Circle, where we come together to greet one another, acknowledge the land on which we learn, and share our school values and highlights. This special time helps us build a strong, respectful classroom belongingness.

Our classroom has been bubbling with excitement as we dive into our theme, The Sea! Students have loved learning about fascinating sea creatures, writing exciting sea adventure narratives, and even enjoying a pretend beach picnic at school.

In Literacy, students have been developing their reading and writing skills through daily reviews, reading group activities, oral language games, spelling and phonics activities, and reading big books, which is a favourite!

Maths has been hands-on and engaging, from counting activities to measuring the length and mass of different objects. Students are learning to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s, and represent two-digit numbers in different ways, including making bundles of ten. They are enjoying adding collections and writing number sentences as well.

In History, we have travelled back in time to compare household items and activities of the past with the present. Students were fascinated by how everyday life has changed over the years!

Room One is also very lucky to enjoy Sport, Science, Art, and Music with our wonderful specialist teachers, providing fantastic opportunities for creativity, movement, and discovery.

We are so proud of all the learning happening in our class and look forward to more exciting adventures ahead!