Wodonga West Children's Centre

Support our school while you shop for your weekly essentials!

Give back to your local schools at Birallee Village Shopping Centre this year! Together, $10,000 in grants will help fund vital projects that support growing minds across the Wodonga community. ✏️🌱

Every vote counts! Visit biralleevillage.com.au/local-give-back-poll to cast your vote for Wodonga Primary School, Wodonga West Primary School or Melrose Primary School. Your say helps decide which projects receive support.

While you’re shopping, upload a receipt showing $20 or more spent until Thursday 30 April and you could win 1 of 5 $100 gift cards! It’s simple - shop, support your neighbourhood and be in the running for a great prize.

Here’s what your vote could help provide:

🌳 Wodonga Primary School: Funding to improve the outdoor area after the recent loss of two school buildings, including the installation of a shade sail and additional landscaping to create a more usable space for students.

🥣 Wodonga West Primary School: Groceries to support their breakfast program, which runs three mornings a week and assists students, particularly children experiencing food insecurity at home.

🏕️ Melrose Primary School: Support for students from economically disadvantaged families to participate in the school camp program, helping them build new skills, confidence and lasting memories.

Show your local pride and make a difference for Wodonga families! Don’t miss out - get involved at Birallee Village Shopping Centre today!

For any of our families who are interested in learning more about the phonics approach used at WWCC- this course is for you!

🌟 Over 59,000 parents and carers have now accessed our free phonics course!

Help Your Child to Read and Write offers a clear introduction to phonics and shows you how to support your child as they begin to read and spell.

From building simple words to knowing what to do when mistakes happen, the course gives you practical tools to guide those early moments with confidence.

This online, self‑paced course makes it easier to study around busy family life. It’s perfect for parents and carers supporting a child aged 4–7 as they take their first steps toward becoming confident, capable readers and writers.

Access the course here: https://zurl.co/j6m19

If you are struggling to get your child off technology without a meltdown this will help you understand what’s happening inside their brains.

Looking forward to seeing everybody back on deck for school next week! Don’t forget you drink bottles, sun hats & big smiley faces, bright and early- 9 o’clock Wednesday morning !!

🎶✨ The Wodonga Federation Schools Choir: True Colours concert recording is now available to watch! Experience a powerful celebration of wellbeing, resilience, and young voices united in song!

🎦 Watch here: https://youtu.be/uIY5yDNlc9E

It's with great sadness that we share with our school community that our friend Ann Williams passed away on Saturday, 27th December.
Ann was a valued volunteer in the SAKG program sharing her love for cooking and gardening with our students for many years. It was common for Ann to spend 3 days a week volunteering in the program, over that time becoming a steady, positive influence on all students who spent time with her.

Ann's funeral will be held on a Monday, 5th January, 10.30am at Tobin Brothers Funeral, Moorefield Park Dr, Wodonga.

WWCC sends our deepest condolences to Ann's family, she will be greatly missed.

It was with great pride that I delivered to the Wodonga West Primary School, a seedling propagated from a pine cone brought to Australia from the original Lone Pine in Gallipoli. This tree stands as a symbol of Australian courage, sacrifice and resilience and through this tree, we remember the bond of our ANZACS and draw strength from it in difficult times. I passed the responsibility of this significant seedling to Wodonga West's own Grounds Keeper W***y - Phil. I have absolute confidence he will nurture and care for it for years to come.

This is a wonderful program that many of our families access. If you would like to make a donation to support them to stay open. Please see the link below. 

Some great advice here for all our families after our transition day today. Lots of big feelings often show up during the end of the year and heading into the start of the following year. Take some handy hints.

Check out this really interesting article on the impacts of technology on our children’s brain. This is particularly important given the new screen time restrictions coming into all Victorian Schools from 2026 for children under the age of 12.

If you’ve noticed your child becoming more irritable, impatient, or “hooked” on screens, you’re not imagining it. Screens don’t just entertain – they rewire the brain’s reward pathways.
Here’s the cycle many children get stuck in… and why it becomes so hard to break without support.

For our year 6 students that are heading off to head start next week!

Headstart kicks off Monday 8th December! ⏰
Make sure you’re familiar with our period and break times - these can also be found on your School Portal timetable.