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9 8NORTH WAGGA NORTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Building a Culture of Excellence

: 6921 3533 : 54 Hampden Ave, North Wagga Wagga : www.northwagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au : northwagga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

What’s on at NWPS Wednesday 13th February Welcome Back to School BBQ- 5.30 - 6.30pm Thursday 14th February Years K-2 Assembly, 2.15pm Thursday 14th February Years 3-6 Assembly, 2.40pm Thursday 14th February Book Club Due Monday 4th March Wagga PSSA District Swimming Carnival Wednesday 20th March Athletics Carnival, Jubilee Park

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Welcome back! What a great start to the year. Our students are settled in classes, we’ve had another successful swimming carnival, so far we’ve beaten the heat (and thunder storms) at school and the playground is humming along beautifully.

A big thank you to families who have continued to assist us with our school pride by ensuring students are in full uniform. The kids looks outstanding and all visitors to our school comment on the high level of uniform including footwear.

Our Kindergarten students are quickly learning the ropes of school and are getting used to what seems like very long days. Within the next fortnight they will have completed their BEST START Assessments and families will receive feedback in due course.

As you can see above, we have a “Welcome back” BBQ where all our families are invited to enjoy a sausage sizzle and a quick catch up where students will have the chance to introduce their families to their class teachers. A return slip for catering is attached to this newsletter.

All teachers will be sending home an information sheet to families on the 8th February detailing information around home learning, home reading, sport and library days. Please be on the look out for this as it may be on the bottom of your child’s bag.

Our biggest change to newsletters this year is that they will be digital. You would already know this as you are either reading this via our school website ( Click or tap here), our app, or on an email. If you hear of other families wondering where the newsletter is, please remind them that they need to access it in either of the three ways detailed above. Permission notes will still come home on a physical piece of paper. They will also be uploaded onto the school website and the app so you can always have the details on hand if notes get lost. You can also follow us on Facebook ( Click or tap here) for periodic updates as appropriate.

Have a great week, Mandy Crocker WHOLE SCHOOL STAFFING This year again we have 11 classes. We welcome some new teachers to North Wagga including Ms Emma Mulrooney, Mr Aiden Ridley and Mrs Benita Smith. Both Ms Mulrooney and Mrs Smith have worked with us before, Mr Ridley comes to us from Uranquinty Public School. We’re sure they’ll enjoy their time at NWPS.

We have some teachers who are only working part-time, and therefore some classes are covered with a job-share arrangement. The details of those, as well as the class names, are listed below:

There will be some teachers on leave throughout the year, but we will aim to minimise disruption to classes as much as possible. Inevitably, maternity leaves, long service leaves and sick leaves are all part of the landscape in all work places, so I greatly appreciate families’ understanding when these things impact on classes.

Our current staff is:

Class Staff Stage/Role Role Staff Additional Role Green Mrs Grieve Early Stage 1 Learning and Engagement Mrs Standley Stage 1 AP Lime Mrs Havrlant/Mrs Cattle Early Stage 1 Learning Support Mrs Frogley Yellow Ms Moore Stage 1 Library Mrs McIntosh Red Miss Saddler Stage 1 Student Support Officer Mrs Baker Navy Mrs Smith Stage 1 Student Support Officer Mrs Langfield Blue Mrs Quilliam Stage 2 School Admin Manager Mrs Johanson Pink Mrs Phillips/Ms Mulrooney Stage 2 School Admin Officer Mrs Archer Purple Mrs Hilton/Mrs Bolitho Stage 2/AP School Admin Officer Mrs Tom Black Mr Motton Stage 3 School Admin Officer Mrs Burley White Mr Ridley Stage 3 General Assistant Ms Telford Orange Mrs Diaz/ Mrs Walker Stage 3/AP Counsellor Mrs Gleeson Senior Psychologist Ms Jahn

Principal Mrs Crocker

FIRST DAY PHOTOS

KINDERGARTEN SETTLING IN

ASSEMBLY INFORMATION Similar to last year we will be having a Year K-2 Assembly and a separate Year 3-6 Assembly. Year K-2 Assembly will be held every second Thursday afternoon, just after lunch, commencing at 2.15pm. The first Year K-2 Assembly will be next Thursday 14th. Stage 1 students will receive their Term 1 Class Councillor badges and SRC badges. Year 3-6 Assembly will be held every second Thursday afternoon at 2.40pm. The first Year 3-6 Assembly will be next Thursday 14th. At this assembly, the newly elected Sporting House Captains, Vice captains, Term 1 Class Councillors, SRC Members will receive their badges and age champions from the swimming carnival, their trophies also. All the students below will be presented with either a badge or a trophy next Thursday. Congratulations to our Class Councillors for Term 1 Yellow- Sienna Mather, Joey Rake Purple- Ahmed Al-Saggaf, Jordyn McFadden Red- Tahlai Judd, Will Hanlon White- Mia Donnelly, Tobi Grentell Navy- Millie Haddrill, Ben Stanley Orange- Vienna Fysh, Reese Plum Blue- Mia Mulley, Rhys Belford Black- Ava Chobdzynski, Ryley Montiadis Pink- Lara Moore, Oliver Green Congratulations to our SRC Members for Term 1 Yellow- Charlotte Belford, Eli Reynolds Purple- Jesse Crane, Lottie Cattle Red- Caleb Bean, Harper Hann White- Edi de Camps, Braxton Eyles Navy- Ruby Lawlor, Dustin Kleeman Orange- Darnee Doherty, Moses Farah Blue-Nate Thomas, Lacey Watt Black- Kobi Howarth, Indiana Robertson Pink- Violet Maurer, Cooper Green Congratulations to our House Captains and Vice Captains Farrer Boys Captain- Ash Harper Girls Captain- Summer Beresford Boys Vice Captain- Cody Clayton Girls Vice Captain- Claire Feary Sturt Boys Captain- Lachlan Wurtz Girls Captain- Lillie Maslin Boys Vice Captain- Danny Vincent Girls Vice Captain- Poppy King-Starr WRITING WORKSHOP TERM 1 This February Stages 1-3 will be participating in an exciting writing workshop with award winning author Phil Kettle. He has written over 190 books including, TOOCOOL, BOYZ RULE GIRLZ RULE and OUR AUSTRALIA. Students will be working on developing their story planning, getting ideas, settings, character development, adventure, introduction and destinations. These workshops will be at school. Details on cost and date will be provided soon.

This is an exciting opportunity for our students to be engaged in their learning and promote core literacy skills.

Y NEWS

NWPS SWIMMING CARNIVAL Thankyou to all the teachers, parents and students for supporting the day and making it a success. A special thanks also to the parent timekeepers who volunteered throughout the day. Students who meet the qualifying times for the District Swimming Carnival will have the opportunity to compete on Monday 4th March. Ribbons will be handed out at an afternoon assembly this week. Congratulations to the following students who were successful in being awarded ‘Age Champions’ of the carnival. Junior Boy- Harrison Fisher Junior Girl- Reegan Edwards 11year Boy- Baylee Edwards 11 Year Girl- Isabelle Flight Senior Boy- Cody Clayton Senior Girl- Summer Beresford

WINNING HOUSE: FARRER

Congratulations to all Farrer House swimmers!!

Award Winning Author- Phil Kettle

WHAT A GREAT SWIMMING CARNIVAL

NWPS SWIMMING CARNIVAL

PS SWIMMING CARNIVAL SECOEASON NWPS SWIMMING CARNIVAL COMMUNITY NEWS

Sorry Canteen closed on Mondays unless notified of special event

Special Themed Day Monday 25th February

Orders are to be made by

14th February

Welcome to

Mr Ridley - White

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Mrs Smith - Navy

BOOK CLUB ORDERS An order form has been sent out today for Book Club. NWPS receives reward points from the purchase of books by parents though Scholastic Book Club. This assists in providing more books for our library for the students to read. Payments will need to be made using online using Book Club LOOP. Please be remindered: all orders are to be paid online to Scholastic- please do not send your payment or paper order to school. When searching for the school name when ordering, please look for ‘Wagga North’. We need a volunteer to collate the books once the order comes in. This is only required once a term. Books only need to be sorted into classes and distributed to the students. Any enquiries please call the office and let them know if you can help. NITY NEWS NEW SCHOOL APP We have included information about our new App provider, Skoolbag. Please download the App and follow the steps to ensure you don’t miss out on any important information over the Christmas holidays.

This will be the start of the newsletter being only sent electronically. There will be no paper copies issued.

Could all families please update or provide email addresses so you can receive updated information on what is happening at our school.

STAY INFORMED WITH THE SKOOLBAG APP! WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL CANTEEN NEWS Wednesday 6th February - Maree Beresford Friday 8th February – Carol Mulley, Dave West, Help needed (12-2) Wednesday 13th February – Kate Plum Friday 15th February – Kylie Burns, Kirsty Barby, Help needed (12-2) The P&C would welcome any new offers of help from our new families. Please contact Jane 0409926836 STUDENT BANKING With the new school year just starting, Hume Bank would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support and participation in our Hume Bank School Banking program. The community program is designed to promote financial literacy in our schools. Please call into the school office to collect an application form. A reminder that School Banking will commence from 11 February 2019. NWPS Students need to bring in their student banking on Monday’s for Hume Bank to collect books on Tuesday morning. This will commence next week.ST PPUDENT BANKING ENT BANKING

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

Riverina Wagga Wagga Junior Dance Ensemble

Auditions soon!

This is a new selective dance ensemble that has been developed for talented dance students in years 3-6 from public schools in the Wagga Wagga area. We encourage both male and female students to audition. The ensemble will begin developing a group performance piece to audition for both the Riverina & State Dance Festival and audition to perform in the 2019 Schools Spectacular.

Audition Details

Date: Friday 8 February, 2019

Where: Wagga Wagga High School, Currie Hall

Time: 4-6pm

For more information, collect an information sheet from your front office, or email Kathryn Fisher - Kathryn.fisher2@det.nsw.edu.au

Kangaroo’s Junior Rugby League – Registrations open and players positions available. Contact registrar for further information pakeough71@gmail.com or website/ facebook

Master Blaster Cricket- Information or to register www. playcricket.com.au and search for Wagga Wagga. Wagga RSL Bulldogs Cricket Club, Wednesday 6th February-20th March 5.30pm-7pm Robertson Oval

Diocese of Wagga Wagga St Michaels Cathedral

First Reconciliation classes for Catholic children Year 3 and upwards , will begin at 8.45am on 3 Feb 2019 at St Michael’s Parish Centre, Johnston St . Confirmation Classes for Catholic Children in Year 6 will begin 8.45am on Sunday 24 February 2019 at St Michael’s Parish Centre , Johnston St, Wagga Diocese of Wagga Wagga St Michaels Cathedral. For enquiries contact Rev Kevin O’Reilly on 6921 2164 or Sr Ina on 6931 0014.”

FAMILY INFORMATION NOTES

These notes were sent home with your child today. They are on MAUVE paper and should be completed by all families and returned to the office as soon as possible. It is essential that we have up to date information around how we contact you to ensure we can call you in the event as an emergency. WELCOME BACK BBQ– CATERING RETURN SLIP

A return slip for catering purposes for our Welcome back BBQ was sent home to families today. It is on BLUE paper and should be in your child’s bag. Please ensure it is returned to school by Friday.

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