What’s

Happening?

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Uniform Shop

Mondays

8:45am - 10:30am

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NAPLAN

Years 3 and 5

15/3 –18/3

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Stage 2 Colonial Day

23/5

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Public Speaking Finals

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K– 6 - In School

Performance

“Stamp out

bullying” 24/5

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District Cross

Country

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Lake Wallace

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Principal’s Award

Week 3

NEWSLETTER

WEEK 4 TERM 2, 16th May 2012

77 Barton Avenue ( PO Box 21 ) Wallerawang NSW 2845

Phone : 02 63551210 Facsimile : 02 63557003

School Website: www.wallerawan-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parent/Carers,

The frosty mornings have started as we begin the first stages of our cold climate that

we all enjoy so much. It continues to be a busy time for us at Wallerawang as we em-

brace new projects, foster existing ones and continue to build our partnership. This

week’s rule is the green rule: I will speak politely and respectfully. It is encouraging

to see that this is being reinforced across the school both in the classroom and play-

ground. It is important that parents are supportive in the educational journey and by

having an understanding of what is happening at school and what is expected makes

this journey more manageable.

The year 3 and 5 children are in the middle of NAPLAN testing. Procedures have

been put in place to accommodate this so the process runs smoothly. Thank you to

Ms Foster and Mrs Combey for their organisation around NAPLAN.

Last Friday I had the pleasure of watching the Boy’s Hockey team play in the first

round match against Cooerwull. Although the boy’s were defeated they played with

enthusiasm and fantastic sportsmanship. The team consisted of many players who

are not regular hockey players. Thank you to Miss Reid and Miss Lang for coaching

and organising the team and to the parents for their support. On Monday, Adam

Neale, Josh Morris and Jarryd Clark will attend the Western Region trials in Lithgow.

We wish them well.

Good luck to the boy’s and girl’s who will be attending the touch football trials in

Wellington on Friday. As names were not confirmed by the time last week’s newslet-

ter went to publication Emma Sheehan, Kayla Giles and Alexis Cathie were also suc-

cessful in joining the girl’s district team. Congratulations!

Mr Alan Beecroft was in attendance at Friday’s assembly to present the Alan

Beecroft sports awards to Ben Murray, Chloe Anlezark, Dylan Miles and Pacey

Stockton. This award is funded through our P&C Association in recognition of the

work that Mr Beecroft and his family have done and continue to do for our school.

The award goes to the children who have made Western Region teams with a $50

cheque to support the purchase of a uniform. CONGRATULATIONS to all 4 for mak-

ing it to this level in their respective sports.

Rugby League Junior Development

Mick Armstrong from Country Rugby league

worked with our K-2 students yesterday on a

variety of skills. Mick enjoys coming to Walle-

rawang and once again the feedback on his

sessions was extremely positive. The boys that

are a member of the under 11’s storm team

were happy to boast their win over Mick’s

Bathurst St Pats team on the weekend.

School Cross Country

Congratulations to Awakaba house who were

the overall point score winners for Cross Coun-

try.

Athletics Carnival

At Friday’s assembly the following children

were announced as age champions and run-

ners up for the Athletics Carnival.

Juniors and Junior Runners Up

Hannah Whyte & Lachlan Wilson

Ebony Seymour & Tanvir Singh

11 years and 11 years Runners Up

Shaqkyra Quinn & Dylan Miles

Holly Beecroft, Lachlan Williams &

Pacey Stockton

12/13 years and 12/13 years Runners Up

Chloe Anlezark & Jarryd Clark

Madi Lampton & Riley Shanahan

The winning house was GILI. Congratulations to these children for their outstanding perfor-mances and to all the students for their partici-pation and to the newly elected canteen con-veners Sharon Rushworth, Debbie Holder and Belinda Wootton for their ordering and organi-sation of the canteen.

Mother’s Day Stall

Thank you to Kelly Cafe and Renee Edwards

for the organisation of the Mothers Day stall

and all the parents who helped on the stall. I

am sure that there were many delighted Mums

on Sunday with the selection of the gifts that

were provided, I know I was!

Next week is an extremely packed week in

terms of school events: Stage 2 have their Co-

lonial Day on Wednesday and thanks to the

donation from Wallerawang Village Meats a

free sausage sizzle. On Thursday the finals of

the Public Speaking competition will be held.

We are privileged to have Mrs Cil Van Der

Velden as part of the judging panel. Congratu-

lations to all children who have presented

speeches to their class or stage. I have been

told by staff that the speeches were all of high

quality and the children’s effort in presenting

outstanding.

Visiting performers will present the ‘Stamp out

Bullying’ show also on Thursday, and, on Fri-

day the district cross country will be held with

children who were placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in

their age group at our recent school cross

country competing. Thank you to Mr Morrow

for his support in organising this at district lev-

el.

School Garden

Thank you to Natalie and Michael from M&N

Produce our garden beds have arrived. Stage 3

children will work with Sharon Rushworth and

Nicole Woolsey on Friday to put them togeth-

er. Seeds are sprouting in the hot house – in-

cluding broccoli, snow peas, lettuce and radish.

I am sure that Sharon would be delighted to

show any of you on an afternoon when you are

waiting to collect your children from school.

Thank you for the incredible interest in the

proposal for the ‘School Restaurant’. I have

had offers of aprons, dress maker’s skills and

decorators. Thank you to Tania McMillan and

the National Australia Bank that have organ-

ised 30 aprons for us. I look forward to meeting

with Andrew Thompson and his team as we

start the planning process. Keep the sugges-

tions and offers of support coming; this is ex-

citing for our school.

L3 Training

Next week Mrs Warner, Miss Reid and I will

continue with L3 training. Miss Reid and Mrs

Warner have made a huge commitment to

making this program work and applying the

skills and knowledge required, given that they

had both only recently been trained in the

Reading to Learn methodology.

Fish Pond

Work is continuing on the school fish pond.

With Chris Van Der Velden currently construct-

ing a steal box to protect the filtering system.

When this is completed Mr Morrow will adver-

tise for a working bee to continue the process.

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I had the pleasure of attending the catholic ball

on Friday night. My niece Brittany Flynn, along

with Kaitlyn Nelson ex-students of our school

were debutantes. They have certainly grown

into mature and sensible young girls who con-

ducted themselves extremely well. Very en-

couraging to see.

As I travel around the weekend sporting circuit

it is fantastic to see the level of involvement of

students and parents. All sports are certainly

strong in the Lithgow area.

Volunteer Week

This week is National Volunteer Week. More

than 6 million people in Australia are volun-

teers! Volunteers are essential to society and

many charities would struggle to survive with-

out the support of their volunteers.

I would like to acknowledge all our volunteers

within our school community. Our school

would not be the great school it is without the

support from all our dedicated families.

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Why teach? Why did Prometheus steal fire only

to turn around and give it away? There is an in-

herent generosity in the human spirit – one of its

faces is the face of the teacher. Michael Crichton

(American Writer)

Enjoy what the week brings.

Jenny Lamborn

Relieving Principal

National Walk Safely to School Day

National walk safely to school day is this Friday

18th May.

The purpose is to encourage parents, carers

and children to build regular walking to and

from school into their daily routine because

children need a minimum of 60 minutes regu-

lar physical activity per day.

Due to the 2 hour Teacher Stop Work Meeting

that is taking place on Friday between 9am

and 11am, students may still walk to school

and arrive at 11am.

If you can’t walk all the way you may choose to

leave the car a good distance from the school

and walk the rest of the way. This will allow

parents and carers to get regular exercise as

well and will provide opportunities to reinforce

road safety. Students who walk to school will

receive a “Walk Safely to School Day” sticker

upon arrival.

Sports Uniforms—Important

A number of school sporting team uniforms

have not been returned from recent sporting

activities. Please return these items as soon as

possible as they are required for the next team

sporting event.

Lost

Griffin Houston has lost a pair of blue “Flexon”

glasses from the Stage 3 rooms last week. If

you have found this item, please hand them in

to the school office.

Students in Year 2 have been learning about

POWER AND ENERGY.

Each student has brought in a power toy and

explained how it works. As a class we wrote a

procedure about how to make a Moving Toy.

Using recycled household objects, we de-

signed and created our own moving toy. Par-

ents were invited to come and help as students

in 2F cut, glued, stacked, taped, painted and

decorated an odd assortment of Moving Toys.

There were tanks, trucks, cars, doll houses

with doors and swimming pools. Parents

helped to assemble wheels and axles on vehi-

cles and split pins helped the robots move.

Everyone had a great time. We have more

photos on the website.

Boy’s Hockey Team

Last Friday the Boy’s Hockey Team played

their first round game against Cooerwull PS.

While the boys displayed determination and

had opportunities to score unfortunately they

were defeated by a more experienced side.

The boys are commended on their display of

positive attitudes and great sportsmanship

throughout the game. Thank you to the par-

ents and carers who assisted with transport

and offered the boys support and encourage-

ment on the day.

Next Monday trials for the Western Area PSSA

Hockey Team will be held at Lithgow. We

would like to wish Adam Neale, Josh Morris

and Jarryd Clark all the best as they trial for

this team. Good Luck Boys!

Special Thank You

To Dianne Lewis who has conducted an audit

of our school sporting team uniforms over the

past few weeks. This has been a time consum-

ing task and your assistance is very much ap-

preciated by staff and students.

The Colonial Show

STAGE 2 2012

Wednesday 23rd May

WANTED

Anyone who is available on Wednesday 23rd

May to barbecue sausages for our Stage 2

students for lunch. We could also use some

helpers to serve the sausages and drinks.

Please see Ms Foster, Mr Campling, Mrs Gur-

ney or Mrs Pangas if you are able to help.

Sausages will need to ready for lunch at 1pm.

Thank you

Stage 2 Teachers

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2P’s – Taco recipe

Ingredients 1 kilo beef mince 1 cup water 1 package taco seasoning mix (approx 2-3 tbsp) 12 hard or soft taco shells Toppings like: shredded cheese, chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, chopped onion, salsa, chopped green onions

Food Critics – remarks and

scores.

Congrats 2P – A wonderful effort.

I give you a score of 7/10. The taco was delicious! The toma-to, lettuce and cheese were all cut to the size I like them to be, on a taco. However, I thought the mince was a little fatty and I would have like the shell to have been cooked for a little longer.

Miss Graham

2P, Thank you for providing me with lunch on Friday. It is fantastic to see you working together as a class to create your mas-ter food under the expert guidance of Mr Thomp-son, Mrs Lewis and Miss Gurney. I give you a score of 7 ½ / 10 Mrs Lamborn 2P, Your taco’s were very palata-ble and well presented. We give you a score of 8 ½ / 10. Well done! Mrs Auld and Mrs Van Der Velden

Canteen Roster

Canteen Volunteers Needed!

Dates required

Wed 30/5, Thurs 31/5, Wed 27/6 and

Thurs 28/6

If these dates are unable to be filled,

the canteen will have to close on these

four days. Please contact Kimberley

on 63551331 if you can help.

Community Announcements

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For more information phone Head Instructor

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Wednesdays and Thursdays at Wallerawang

School Hall. You can also visit their website at

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Pictures At Portland Coming Attractions:

9 June The Pirates! Band of Misfits PG 9 June The Avengers PG-13 _______________________________________

International Museums Day

Lithgow

An invitation for local residents to come and explore

Lithgow’s fascinating history in these amazing muse-

ums with great tours and lots of interesting objects.

Saturday 19 May 2012

Open Day

Free entry to the following

museums between

10am and 4pm

Eskbank House and Museum

Lithgow and District Family History Society

Lithgow Library Learning Centre

Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum

Lithgow State Mine Heritage Park

Lithgow State Mine Railway Ltd

Don’t forget to tell the staff you are a local

Thursday 17/5 K. Houston, A. Forrest

Friday 18/5 T. Mason, K. Phillips

Monday 21/5 K. Cafe, R. Edwards,

L. Neaves

Tuesday 22/5 K. Gunnulson, M. Muldoon

Wednesday 23/5 K. Seton, S. Best