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The Oak Leaf |
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Address: Willett Avenue, Oak Park VIC 3046
T:(03) 9306 9182 E: [email protected] |
Issue 10
April 4th 2025 |
Oak Park Primary School will work collaboratively to provide a stimulating, safe and challenging learning environment that promotes resilient, innovative thinkers.
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Calendar of Events
April 2025
May 2025
June 2025
July 2025
August 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
Principal's Column
As we wrap up the term, I’d like to wish everyone a wonderful and well-deserved break over the school holidays! It’s the perfect time to rest, recharge, and enjoy some quality time with family and friends. Just a quick reminder that the first day back for Term 2 will be Tuesday, April 22nd. We look forward to seeing you all then, ready for another exciting term ahead! Kind regards, Michael Gill Principal WHAT'S HAPPENING @ OAK PARK
WHOLE SCHOOL
Assembly Timetable
School Photos
School Photo Day will be Monday12th May. Orders can now be made through your Compass portal via your email link under the Community tab. Family/Sibling photos will also be available. ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY 11.59pm the day before photo day First Week of Term 2
A Holiday Message from Zoe, Our Wellbeing Dog
Woof woof, Oak Park Primary! 🐶💛 As we hop into the holidays, I just wanted to say a big thank you to all my wonderful friends at school! You have been so kind, caring, and gentle with me, and I feel very lucky to be part of our Oak Park family. I’ve had so much fun this term, from joining Japanese classes to spending time with the amazing students in the 3/4 and 5/6 rooms. Whether I’m listening to stories, helping with learning, or just enjoying a quiet moment with you, every visit has been special. Your kindness and care make my days so much brighter, and I can’t wait to see even more of you in Term 2! Wishing everyone a fun-filled holiday and a very Hoppy Easter! 🐰🐣 Stay safe, enjoy your break, and don’t forget to take care of yourselves—just like you take such great care of me! See you all soon! 🐾 Lots of love and tail wags, Zoe 🐕✨ 
PFA - Easter Raffle
We have an upcoming Easter Raffle.
Price: $2.50 per ticket or $10 for 5 tickets. Ticket purchases close on Thursday, April 10th at Midnight. Tickets will be drawn on Friday, April 11th. Tickets can be purchased via this link: https://rafflelink.com.au/oppseaster2025
Unexplained Absences
We still have many unexplained absences on our system, and are asking parents to please login and update these at your earliest convenience. 2026 Enrolments
We are accepting enrolments for 2026. To find out your school zone, please check www.findmyschool.vic.govv.au Please email Fran at [email protected] for an enrolment form. If you are enrolling a sibling of a student already here, feel free to call via the office to pick up an enrolment form. If you reside outside our school zone, you are welcome to complete an Application for enrolment, which will place you on our waitlist. EARLY SCHOOL YEARS
Grade 1 News
To conclude our Inquiry unit on Identity, Grade 1 students created a special piece of writing inspired by The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald. They chose a part of themselves that makes them special and explained why. Some wrote about their hands for drawing, their legs for running, or their eyes for seeing beautiful things. They worked through the writing process—brainstorming, drafting, revising, and publishing—adding details and feelings to their work. This activity helped them appreciate what makes them special while developing confidence and writing skills.
MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS
Middle School News: Inquiry EXPO
On Wednesday 2nd April 2025, the five Year 3/4 classrooms held an Inquiry Expo where students first shared their work with each of the other classes, and then in the last hour of the day, parents were invited to attend their child’s classroom to see their work. The unit was titled (and focused on) OUR IDENTITY and after almost 10 weeks of an inquiry cycle with an immersion, tuning in, finding out, sorting and taking action - culminated in students creating an Identity Wheel and a Personal Narrative. The Personal Narrative is writing that has gone through the writing process of planning, drafting, revising, editing and then publishing and illustrating. During this process students are frequently conferenced, receive and act on teacher (and to an extent some student) feedback and produce their final writing which parents were able to view at the Expo. The entire process takes time to do well and as 3/4 teachers we are proud of how our students were able to tap into their favourite memory/ experience of a tradition that is important to them and share with their peers and families. Well done 3/4 students! Please find some photos from our classes sharing students work. 
SENIOR SCHOOL YEARS
Grade 5/6 Camp
Grade 56 Camp- Written by April 5/6D (School Captain) Last week Grade 56 students went on school camp to Portsea. We stayed 3 nights and 4 days. We had a great time at the beach, we did High rope activities, the giant swing, night activities including Trivia night (my team won it was a good night) My favourite part of camp was swimming in the beach with friends and walking in nature observing the sea life. Thank you to all the teachers and parents who came along to camp, and made it really special especially for the Grade 6’s as it is our last primary school camp. Year 6-7 Transition
YEAR 6-7 TRANSITION TIMELINE: Thursday 24th April 2025: Oak Park Primary School will distribute the Year 6-7 Placement Information Pack 2025-2026, including the Application form for 2026, to Parents of Year 6 students. Friday 9th May: Parents/Carers submit the Application for Year 7 placement to Oak Park Primary School Tuesday 1st July: Oak Park Primary School will inform parents/carers of their childs Year 7 placement offer for the 2026 school year. Friday 25th July: Closing date for parents/carers to lodge a written appeal with their preferred Secondary School Tuesday 9th December: Secondary Schools host an Orientation Day for Year 6 students COMMUNITY NEWS
P.F.A
We are always super excited to welcome new members and new ideas. PFA meeting schedule 2025 as follows:
Feel free to reach out to PFA at [email protected] 
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School Contacts
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