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**WELCOME TO VERMONT PRIMARY SCHOOL'S WIKISPACE FOR FOUNDATION 2016** = =

**PLEASE SEE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OR NEWSLETTERS FOR eSmart NEWS!!!!**

* Hello to everyone new (and old) to the Vermont Primary School Community. We are all so excited about 2016. We have a lot of terrific activities that the children are going to love to experience. You, as parents, can also play a special part in their experiences. There are a few ways of doing this. These include:
 * __Keeping up to date with all sources of communication from the school.__ These include: the whole school newsletter which is emailed weekly, our information sessions, our weekly newsletters about the Foundation Level, the interview opportunities with your child's classroom teacher and the updates on this wikispace. (See below for instructions on how to use the wikispace effectively).
 * __Meeting other parents.__ It can be while you are waiting to drop your child off to their line up area or when you ar picking them up. Make a point of introducing yourself. We also have an amazing way for you to be a special part of the school community. We have a Community Network which is a group of parents who are a very valuable resource at Vermont Primary School as they are involved in organising a range of terrifc days for your children, eg. cup cake days, footy finals fever days, sausage sizzles, icy pole days, etc... If you are interested in joining, ask at the school office for more details.

* The wikispace has proven to be a valuable resource for parents. It is a way of finding out what has been happening so you can discuss aspects of the week with your child. This will help them in their communication skills and will help you understand what they are trying to tell you about. It is also a resource to find the weekly newsletters and to reprint any excursion notices that you may have misplaced. Details on how to use the wikispace are listed below:

- How to use this wikispace On the right hand side under //Navigation// you will find a list of pages with relevent information for you to access. All you have to do is click on the page you are wishing to view.

**__About Foundation__** - information regarding the individual Foundation Grades eg. teachers, timetables, etc **__Comments__ -** here you can make suggestions for how we can improve this site. Click on //edit this page,// type your comment and then click on save. **//We appreciate any suggestions you have to make.//** **__Forms and Notices__** - downloadable permission forms for various activities and excursions. **__Newsletters__** - to the weekly newsletters outlining what the students will be learning for that week and any reminders for upcoming events **__Resources__** - links to relevant resources eg. tips for reading with your children, 100 common words, Victorian Cursive Script et **__What's Happening in Foundation__** - There will be one for **every** term. So have a look and see the great things we have been doing!! Make sure that you click on the current term. **__Links to other VPS Wikispaces__** - this is where you can click into other year levels to find out what they are doing.
 * __Home__** - This is this page.