2026 WALK-A-THON!

Join us for the VPS Walk-a-thon on Wednesday, 25th March 2026 – a fantastic day of fitness, fun, and fundraising for our school community!​​

Event Details

  • Date: Wednesday, 25th March 2026

  • Location: Viewbank Primary School, starting at Tiger Turf near the gym​

Timetable:

  • 9:35–10:10am: Grades 3/4

  • 11:00am–12:00pm: Grades 5/6

  • 1:30–2:30pm: Grades 1/2

  • 2:50–3:00pm: Foundation​

This major school fundraiser celebrates student spirit with big strides and small feet – promoting fitness, fun, and school pride while raising essential funds.​​

How to Support

For more information, please see Georgeina at the front office. Let's make this Walk-a-thon our best yet!

Easter Hamper Raffle – Tickets Now on Sale! 🐰

Click here to purchase your tickets - https://compasstix.com/e/g207yo0q14 The Viewbank Primary School Parents & Friends Easter Hamper Raffle is here! Lots of great holiday prizes are up for grabs, including:

  • 2 × vouchers for Banyule Hawks Holiday Clinics

  • A holiday program at Action Drama Studio or five classes for a term of your choice

  • A Family Funfields Pass

  • A Cuisine lunch voucher

  • Plus some delicious Easter treats!

📅 Raffle Drawn: Monday, 30 March at the Whole School Assembly 🗓️ Last Ticket Sale Date: Thursday, 26 March 🎟️ Ticket Prices:

  • 1 ticket – $2

  • 6 tickets – $10

  • 15 tickets – $20

Don’t miss your chance to join the fun and support our school community!

Remembrance Day Gold Coin Donation – Support the RSL Poppy Appeal (November 11)

Viewbank Primary School will be holding a Remembrance Day Gold Coin Donation event on Tuesday, November 11th. We kindly ask that students bring a gold coin to support the RSL Poppy Appeal.

Please note that this is not a free dress day.

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Poppy Appeal brooches are also now available for purchase from the General Office from $2.00 each.

Thank you,

Viewbank Primary School - Defence Program

https://shoutforgood.com/b/AXHhzW

Book Week Costume Parade – Monday 18th August

To celebrate Book Week, we are excited to be holding a Whole School Costume Parade on Monday 18th August at 9:00am in the school gym.

All students are invited to come dressed as their favourite book character and join in the fun!

Families are warmly invited to attend and enjoy the parade with us.

We can’t wait to see the creativity and imagination on display as we celebrate the joy of reading together!

Viewbank PS Trivia Night!

Tickets Are Selling Fast – Don’t Miss Out! Grab your tickets now for the Viewbank PS Trivia Night!

We’re thrilled to announce that due to popular demand, tables at the Viewbank Primary Trivia Night 2025 have now been increased to 12 seats per table!

This means more room for your friends, family, and fellow trivia buffs to join in on the fun — and it’s a great opportunity to bring your whole crew together for a fantastic night of laughs, games, and community spirit.

📅 Date: Friday 20 June 2025

🕕 Time: 6:45 PM – 11:00 PM

📍 Location: Viewbank Primary School Gymnasium

💵 Cost: $30 per ticket

👤 New table size: 12 people

🍷 BYO alcohol & nibbles

💳 Eftpos available on the night

🔞 Adults only – 18+ event

🎟 Book your spot now before tickets sell out: https://www.trybooking.com/DBXSN

Let’s make it a night to remember – all in support of our wonderful school!

GRADUATION

There are many end of year activities crowded in to the last three weeks of term, but none more important than the Grade 6 graduation ceremony.  The Grade 6 Graduation ceremony is set down for Monday, December 16 from 4.30pm in the school gymnasium and will be a celebration of the seven years of primary education for our students. There will be presentations of certificates and awards and plenty of fun as well with the now traditional slide shows and songs, and time for the students to let their hair down afterwards.  This has been a wonderful cohort and we will genuinely miss each and every one of them when they depart the school grounds for the last time as students mid-afternoon on December 20!

PARENT HELPERS MORNING TEA

We could not manage to run the school as we do without the support of the very large band of parent helpers that we have.  You help us in so many ways – as volunteers on camps and excursions, hearing reading, making costumes and props for our school production, ferrying sporting teams to State Finals, at working bees, within our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program, fund raising and more.  A morning tea is a very small way of saying a very big thank you for everything that you do to make our school community the vibrant place that it is.  We hope to see you tomorrow at 10.30am in the gymnasium foyer!

OFFICIAL OPENING

We will be graced with the presence of the Honourable Minister Anthony Carbines next Tuesday at 11.15am as he attends the official opening of our Administration Building and new classrooms after the building program of 2023. At this stage, we are planning on a whole school assembly in the gymnasium for the formalities which you are more than welcome to attend if you have 30 minutes spare on a Tuesday!

Day for Daniel - Friday 25th October - Wear something red

On the 25th of October Viewbank Primary School will be participating in Day for Daniel. Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness day. Students will participate in educational lessons/activities about child safety.  We kindly ask that all students wear something red e.g. hat, t-shirt etc. Families are welcome to donate to the cause through the following website: https://danielmorcombe.com.au/get-involved/donate/.  Fundraising helps the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to continue their free educational programs, develop educational resources and support young victims of crime. 

For more information please visit: https://danielmorcombe.com.au/day-for-daniel/

Auslan

Our students have almost done a full semester of Auslan! This term has been busy with assessment. Some students are really showing how much they practice at home! VPS students have also been learning signs for emotions, sea animals, days of the week and months of the year.

 

Below you will find the reference sheets for these topics. Keep encouraging your child to show you their Auslan knowledge at home if they’re interested!

SWPBS

It has been a busy year and our students have been working very hard academically and otherwise. Accordingly, we recently reached 400 bees towards our Beehave hive (which is currently in hibernation as buildings have been relocated). 400 bees means that students have shown our school values 4000 times!

 

As you might have heard at assembly on Monday, this means we get our first whole-school small reward. This will take place next Wednesday, 12th June, and will be a rainbow dress-up day. Students are encouraged to dress up in an outfit of their favourite colour (perhaps whatever colour features most in their wardrobe). This can be head-to-toe or just a t-shirt. Hopefully we’ll get students dressed in every colour of the rainbow across the school and it will make a beautiful, technicolour sight when they play outside that day.

 

Please see the posters attached, very carefully designed by some artists from 2D!

STUDENT VOICE AND AGENCY

We continue to increase the opportunities for students to make meaningful contributions to their school, and to have a say in how we go about things. Recently our student leaders have been contributing to a number of school policies, adding student friendly language so that all can understand. These policies are the Student Engagement and Wellbeing Policy, Concerns and Complaints Policy, and Bullying Prevention Policy. You can find all our school policies on our website here: https://www.viewbankps.vic.edu.au/forms-policies. Policies are sorted by alphabetical order under the following topics: Child Safe Policies, General Policies, Medical Policies, Curriculum Policies (including Homework), Wellbeing Policies, Extracurricular Policies, and Office Policies.

Other Student Voice and Agency activities (individual, JSC or Student Leaders) have included: organising Harmony Day. A House Chant competition, Termly News Reports, writing and sharing Sport Rules, Guess the amount of Mentos in a jar, and making and selling origami. Students at Viewbank PS are a busy bunch!

VPS Walkathon 2024!

What a fantastic day we had at the VPS Walkathon 2024! I'm thrilled to report that the children absolutely loved every moment of it.
 

A huge thank you goes out to all the parents who volunteered their time and energy to make this event such a success. Your support before, during, and after the walkathon truly made a difference, and we couldn't have done it without you.

To the parents who organised every detail of the day, your dedication and hard work are deeply appreciated. Your efforts ensured that everything ran smoothly, allowing our students to enjoy a memorable experience.
 

I want to extend a special thank you to everyone who has already contributed to our fundraising efforts. Your generosity is making a significant impact on our school upgrade project, and we are incredibly grateful for your support.
 

For those who haven't yet had the chance to donate, please consider doing so at your earliest convenience. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps us provide better resources and opportunities for our students. You can submit your sponsorship money via Compass or return it to the school by Friday, May 3.
 

Once again, thank you to everyone involved in making the VPS Walkathon 2024 such a wonderful day. Your commitment to our school community is truly commendable, and we look forward to continuing to work together to support our children's education.