Welcome Kindergarten Class of 2016

of the drum team each year and

the growing confidence each

team has displayed. These girls

have certainly set a high stand-

ard for Year 6 next year and we

hope that next year some of the

boys may join the team as well!

Congratulations on a job well

done. Finally, congratulations to

our school captains Lucy and

Nic on the completion of their

roles during the service. They

presented our school wreath

with great dignity and Nic read

one of the prayers with maturi-

ty and thoughtfulness.

Yesterday many of our students

joined staff and community

members for the Wee Waa

ANZAC Day service. Congratula-

tions to the students who gave

up their last morning of the

holidays to remember the sacri-

fice of service men and women

in preserving the freedoms and

rights we enjoy today. Thank

you to those staff members too

who gave up their morning to

assist the students. It was inspi-

rational to see so many of our

youngest students taking part in

their first ANZAC Day ceremony.

It was my 35th ceremony in Wee

Waa. I have seen many changes

in that time but it is particularly

gratifying to see the number of

students from all schools taking

part. The oration given by Wee

Waa High captain Abbey

Downes was particularly well

done. She was quite emotional

about it afterwards when I

thanked her. It meant so much

to her to be given this oppor-

tunity to express her profound

thanks for the sacrifice so many

have given in order that we live

as we do today.

For the 3rd year our drum team

took part in both the dawn

service and the main service

providing a lively beat for every-

one to march to. The team of

Maliyah Combo, Lucy Crutcher,

Josie Galagher, Phoebe Paul-

ston, Tanika Slee & Ashily Wil-

liams had given up many

lunchtimes and even part of

their holidays to practise with

me. It paid off with great per-

formances. It has been inter-

esting to see the development

View from the Principal’s Desk

Wee Waa Public School 2 6 A P R I L 2 0 1 7 W E E K 1 , T E R M 2

D A T E S T O

R E M E M B E R

01/05/17 Grip

Leadership

Moree Y6

04/05/17

School Cross

Country

9-11 May

NAPLAN

15/05/17 Girls

Softball

19/05/17 Zone

Cross Country

30/05/17

Schools Cup

Netball

16/06/17 Re-

gional Cross

Country

21/06/17

School Photo

Day

Thank you to John Burgess for

allowing us to use his ANZAC

Day photographs in our News-

letter.

P A G E 2

What’s happening in Term 2? Starting the term with AN-

ZAC Day is just a taste of

all the activity of term 2.

There are too many high-

lights to list them all here

so I ask EVERY parent to

read the newsletter EACH

WEEK so that you are

aware of upcoming events

and can support the

efforts of your children.

Next week we start a busy

sport time with the annual

CROSS COUNTRY. This will

be held on THURSDAY 4th

May. Rugby League, Net-

ball, girls soccer and soft-

ball all happen this term.

NAPLAN assessments for

Years 3 & 5 are in week 3

and the Narrabri Eistedd-

fod starts in week 5. We

conclude the term with

Parent Teacher interviews

and a disco for the stu-

dents to enjoy the winter

solstice.

Upcoming Events

W E E W A A P U B L I C S C H O O L

North West Rugby League

Representatives

Kaedn Hamilton and Isaiah Cochrane

were in Tamworth on Friday as part of

the Southern Zone Rugby League

team. The boys took on the Northern

Zone team and were vying for selec-

tion to represent the North West.

In a large field of talented players

both boys were successful and are

now part of the team who will play in

the State Under 11s championships at

the end of May.

Congratulations boys! This is an awe-

some achievement.

Mother’s Day Stall

Our Mother’s Day stall will be held on Fri-

day 12th May. If you would like your child

to participate please send in a suitable in-

expensive gift and $2 prior to the day. Stu-

dents who don’t send in a gift may pur-

chase one for $5

Lost Property

P A G E 3 W E E K 1 , T E R M 2

Digital Literacy Grant Success

With colder weather due to hit I would remind

parents to make sure jumpers are labelled with

names. The amount of lost property that builds

up during term 2 is massive but when we find

something with a name on it a happy reunion

with the owner is swiftly completed! Children

should transition into winter uniform this week

and we expect everyone to be in correct winter

uniform next week. It has been a great start to

the term and I would like to thank in particular

those parents who supported ANZAC DAY by

getting their children there. If anyone ever has

any concerns remember to contact the teacher

in the first instance or ring the office for an inter-

view with the principal. My door is always open

and I respond as quickly as circumstance will

allow.

As I alerted the school community over the weekend via our school face book page the school has been success-ful with our application for a Federal Government sci-ence and technology grant worth $20,000. Our applica-tion was submitted in October 2016 and we only heard of our success at the end of term one 2017. Over 1800 schools applied for the grant with 100 being successful across the entire country. The purpose of the grant is to: 1. stimulate best practice models of implementation in, student and teacher engagement in, the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies;

2. encourage sharing of ideas and experiences in rela-tion to the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies, within and among schools;

3. facilitate the development, implementation and shar-ing of demonstration projects that can be used by other schools to implement the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies; and

4. facilitate effective ways that leaders can inspire their teachers and students to extend and apply their learn-ing across other learning areas through the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. We intend purchasing science related resources, up-skilling the staff about the new technologies and devel-oping closer ties to other schools in our district through science related activities. Watch this space for details as the term goes along.

Parent News

The next meeting of the P&C will be held

on Tuesday 9th May from 5.30pm in the

school staffroom. Everyone is invited to at-

tend. New members are always welcome!

The canteen have limited stock of bottle green pleated sports skirts for sale for

$5 each. Also available are a small number of Size 8 and 12 green Canterbury

sports shorts for $20. These are one off bargains so don’t miss out!