School Newsletter - 2nd April 2025

From the Principal

Robotics Workshop  

Our students had an incredible time coding robots in their recent robotics workshop with Robot Man!  They not only explored the world of coding and problem-solving but also strengthened their maths skills along the way.  

Beyond the tech, our students also practiced cooperative learning—taking turns, sharing ideas, and celebrating each other’s successes. It was fantastic to see teamwork in action as they worked together to bring their robots to life! 

Well done, everyone! We can’t wait to see where your creativity and collaboration take you next.  

Ukulele Workshop – Strumming Up Success!   

What a fantastic day of music, learning and teamwork at our Ukulele Workshop!  Students dived into music thinking, reading sheet music, and sharpened their sense of rhythm as they practiced together.  

Throughout the day, they worked as a team, supporting each other and refining their skills in preparation for an exciting performance at the City of Launceston Official Brisbane Street Mall as part of the Launceston Ukulele Jamboree !  

 We are so proud of their dedication. 

Waverley Wonders Take on Filmmaking!  

Our Waverley Wonders group has begun an exciting new project as part of the Launceston City Council’s Launnie Connecting Community initiative! With the guidance of facilitator Sarah, students are diving into the world of filmmaking—developing a script, interviewing each other, and exploring what it means to live and learn in Waverley. 

Through this creative journey, they are celebrating all the great things about connecting within our community. We can't wait to see their final film and share their stories with you!  

Bright Futures Awards

We are excited and proud to share our Waverley Early Years team; Mrs Allen, Mrs Ewart, Mrs Evans, Mrs Foley, Mr Millwood, Mrs Salter, Mrs Wager have been formally recognised at the awards ceremony for their leadership of birth to Kinder programs.  Congratulations to all involved.  

Our school Learning Behaviours

  We are:   

Safe: We work and play in a way that is safe for all members of the school community   

Helpful: We work together to support each other   

INclusive: We value the right of everyone to learn and take responsibility to ensure that access to a high-level educational program is accessible to all   

Excellent: We aspire to be our very best at all times   

Our Safe and Ready to Learn Model

Our Values  

• Connection- Building positive relationship and a sense of belonging.  

• Courage- accepting challenges and embracing opportunities.   

• Growth- aspiring to learn, and improving, even when it is tough.  

• Respect- Caring for ourselves, each other, and our environment.  

• Responsibility Stepping up and doing what is right.   

At Waverley, we value respect and our SHINE expectations. Swearing is not acceptable at school. We expect all students to use kind and respectful language. 

Please support this message at home. If your child hears inappropriate language, encourage them to tell a staff member so we can address it. 

Together, we can keep Waverley a welcoming and respectful community. 

Thank you for your support. 

 Kind regards, 

Mrs Katie Wightman 

Principal 

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of Principal Awards received at the assembly held on Wednesday 26th March.

• Zavier B
• Jayda R
• Mrs Georgie Brown

Merit Certificates

Congratulations to the recipients of Merit Certificates received at the assembly held on Wednesday 26th March.

• Layla C
• Harvey K
• Jack S
• Paislee P
• Phoenix CP
• Jayda R
• Taleah S
• Jayde R
• Lucas C
• Theo W
• Braxton G
• Laniyah WD
• Cruz T
• Lillian M

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Aussie of the Month

Lucas is kind, caring and respectful to all. He upholds our values by being safe, helpful, inclusive and excellent at all times and is a role model to others in the way he behaves. Lucas is a supportive, caring friend and is always wiling to help others, including younger students in our school. He applies his best effort to everything he does and is always willing to have a go.

Mrs Anita Price

Assistant Principal

Brixhibition

The 2025 Brixhibition Kids Competition was a held last week with a record 14 entries. 

Students from Kinder to Year 6 entered displays showcasing their skill and creativity for the whole-school community. The competition involves students planning and building their own Lego design and displaying it at school for students to vote on their favourite. Designs ranged from aquariums, animals, motorbike tracks, and spaceships.  

The votes are counted to decide in-school winners, and the student with the most votes represents Waverley Primary School at the Launceston Brixhibition Competition.  

 The winners as voted by our students are: 

Kinder – Prep: Motorbike Track – Lincoln 

Grade 1 – 2: Spaceship – Amity 

Grade 3 – 4: Halloween Party Farm – Elliott 

Grade 5 – 6: Playground – Lucas 

Overall Winner: Halloween Party Farm – Elliott 

Congratulations to our in-school winners and to all students who participated. Thank you for your efforts and creative designs. 

Launceston Brixhibition Kids Comp 2025 

Saturday 26th – Sunday 27th April, 2025 

9:00am – 4:30pm 

Launceston Conference Centre 

Door of Hope 

Glen Dhu, Launceston, Tasmania 

Mr Sam Millwood

Instructional Specialist

Brixhibition Designs

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Waverley Wonders

On Friday 21st March the Waverley Wonders group worked with Action Crew to make a film about us and why Waverley is so good. We started off by deciding what role we were going to have in the crew. We had Kayden as the talent and Ben interviewing him. He was asked some questions like 'if you had a superpower what would it be?' We all had a chance of being interviewed, it was really fun. Evi and David from Action Crew were really helpful with teaching us the ways of their equipment. During our film we had a lot of funny moments that will be at the end of the film called bloopers. A big thanks to Evi and David and Miss.McCormack for helping us make a successful film.

Dominic, Phoebe, Zayah, Theo, Kayden, Ben and Lincoln with Ms Sarah McCormack

Waverley Wonders Team

School Photo Catch-up Day

On Tuesday 8th April there will be a catch-up day for those students that were absent on school photo day.  Please ensure that students are at school by 9am to have their photo taken. Parents have been notified by text message.

From the Nurse's Desk

Our Safeguarding Lead for Waverley Primary School

Mrs Anita Price is our Safeguarding Lead. Safeguarding Leads are appointed in every DECYP school and CFLC in Tasmania to help ensure children and young people are known, safe, well and learning.

As Safeguarding Lead, Mrs Price will enhance our efforts in promoting and nurturing a culture of safeguarding at our school. This will enable us to better support the wellbeing of all our students and reinforce the understanding that keeping children and young people safe is everyone's responsibility. By improving our safeguarding culture, we can create a safer and more supportive environment for all.

For further information on Safeguarding in Schools and CFLC's, please visit Keeping children safe through safeguarding - Department for Education, Children and Young People

Volunteer Requirements 2025

As we are well into the new school year, we want to remind our school community about the important requirements for volunteering at our school.

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students, it is mandatory for all volunteers to have their RWVP (Registration for Working with Vulnerable People) and to have completed the Your Obligations-Safeguarding training 15-minute video before engaging with children and young people in a volunteer capacity at our school. Certificates for the training video are valid for 12 months from the date of completion. These steps are essential in helping us maintain a safe and supportive environment for our children.

To apply for a Working with Vulnerable people, please visit the Service Tasmania website.

To complete the Your Obligations-Safeguarding Training 15-minute video please visit the DECYP website.

Volunteers are a vital part of our school community, and we are excited to collaborate with you the year ahead!

Communication

We believe that communication between families and staff is crucial in building relationships. You are welcome to speak with teachers face to face before or after school.  The school office can book an appointment or pass on a message.  You can visit the school office in person or phone: 6339 1455.  

2025 Staff Contact Information

Professional Support Staff 2025

Readers's Club

Hot Lunch Program 2025

Run Club

Early Years Programs 2025

The DAISY Awards

Communication

Newsletter access

Please note the following information: 

Schoolzine SZapp and our Text message service are our main source of communication. 

The newsletter is published every second Wednesday through Schoolzine and can be viewed through the SZapp.   

The Waverly Primary School Facebook page is a great way to stay informed about what is happening in and around our school. 

Attendance

At Waverley Primary students attendance and safety are high priorities.  If your child is absent or late please phone our school office ph: 6339 1455 or send a note via the SZapp.  All lateness and absence must be explained.  This is a legal requirement by the Department for Education Children and Young People.  

An SMS text message will be automatically sent to the mobile phones of parents/carers explaining that our records show that your child is absent from school.   

The message will arrive on the phone displaying the number: 0407 580 106. Please save this number as ‘WPS Absentee’ so that when the message arrives you are aware is has come from our school.   

You can reply to the text to explain the absence please add: your child’s name, reason they are absent or late.   

Messages from you to school

To ensure your messages are received and actioned in a timely manner and without error, please use the following:

• Absentee notifications - Enter details using the SZapp by 9:00am to notify the office of student absence.
• End of day messages - Send a message using the SZapp or call 63391455 before 2:30pm.
• Queries and other messages - Send a message using the SZapp or email waverley.primary@decyp.tas.gov.au
• Uniform & icecream/icypole orders - Order and pay on the Qkr! app

We endeavour to respond to enquiries within 2 business days during school terms.

Messages from us to you

In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint, we will push information out to you via the SZapp.  It is very important that all of our parents have signed up to the Schoolzine app to receive notices and information. 

If you require assistance in setting up or using the SZapp or the Qkr! app, please contact the office. 

Sun Smart

Uniform

A reminder to please ensure your child(ren) are dressed in school uniform for their day at school. Our school has very high expectations for our school uniform and many visitors to our school give extremely positive feedback about how smart our students look. We ask that any long sleeves under polo tops are gold keep to with our school colours. We ask that students please wear black trackpants/trousers or shorts. 

A reminder that our Waverley Primary School jackets are great for an extra layer over a school jumper. Uniform items can be purchased at the main office or through our Qkr! app, with items being delivered to students within a day. 

Please note: branded leggings and very short hot pant style shorts are not part of our school uniform.

School Association News

School Association

The School Association is made up of the parents, staff and community members of a school. The School Association is an important part of the school, working with the Principal to achieve shared outcomes for learners and for the whole school community.  

The School Association Committee is an elected group of members that work together for the benefit of the school. The Committee manages and conducts the affairs of the School Association and performs administrative and decision-making tasks on behalf of the School Association. 

Parent participation on our Committee is highly valued.  We meet on the third Tuesday each month, excluding school holidays, from 1:40-2:50pm.

Ms Caitlyn Olding

Chairperson

Ice Cream Sales

A reminder that we have ice cream sales on a Monday at lunch time.  All proceeds support our Year 6 celebration activities.  You can order your ice cream or icy pole on the Qkr! app or you can bring cash on the day.

Important Dates

School Opens at 8:30AM

4/5/6 Sport Roster

Allergy Aware

We are an allergy aware school.  We discourage the use and consumption of nuts and nut products as well as eggs and egg products. 

Working With Vulnerable People Registration

Parents and carers if you remain with your child in their classroom beyond school drop off, or volunteer for parent help, or would like to attend a school excursion we must see a copy of your registration card.  When you sign in at the office please enter your RWVP number.  

It is against the law for a person to work or volunteer at any DECYP School without a current working with vulnerable people registration. 

If you would like to volunteer at Waverley Primary School we would love to hear from you.  To apply for registration please follow the link below:

Move Well Eat Well

A reminder to everyone that we do not bring energy drinks to school.  

School Student Broadband Initiative

Launnie Connecting Community in Waverley

Community Notices