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Newsletter 1st April 2019 Term 1 Week 10

Principal’s Report Easter Holidays/ successful term

Term 1 will conclude on Friday 12 April after a wonderful 11 weeks of students challenging themselves and achieving excellent

results. I would like to wish everyone a safe, fantastic holiday. School will resume for students on Tuesday 30 April.

Aerobics results

Congratulations to our three amazing Aerobics teams—all winning gold medals in their sections at the School Aerobics Au-

tumn Challenge yesterday. Good Luck girls for the Regional Qualifier to be held in June.

Disco

Our school disco will be held on Wednesday 3rd April at 5:30—6:45pm for Infants and 7:00—8:30pm for Primary.

I would encourage all families to support this fundraising initiative from our school P & C.

Didge group

Our indigenous boys have the opportunity to be involved in learning the didgeridoo this Thursday with Mr Macdonald a guest

teacher from Morisset High School. This is a great opportunity for our indigenous students and we are looking forward to

having Mr Macdonald here.

Parent teacher interviews

Our parent teacher meetings are scheduled for Monday 8 April and Tuesday 9 April. Please book in for a time through our

school website. The booking code required is: 9t2mg

Please also note, these meetings are not required unless you have specific information you would like the class teacher to

know about your child. If you have been communicating regularly with the teacher, have recently had an IEP or PLP meeting,

or have nothing specific you need your child’s teacher to know, you do not need to book an appointment.

Easter Hat Parade/ Grandparents Day

We are looking forward to welcoming Grandparents into our school on

Thursday 11th April. For more information, please see details later in News-

letter.

Mini Fete Day

Mini Fete Day is fast approaching and the Year 6 students are busy planning

some great activities for their K-5 friends.

A Mini Fete Newsletter was sent home last week detailing the stalls and ac-

tivities on offer and also requests for donations to help make this day a suc-

cess. It will take place on Friday 12th April and is a great way to finish what

has been a very busy term. The Mini Fete is always a highlight for our stu-

dents and a great way for Year 6 to fundraise for their end of year celebra-

tions and gift to the school.

Carpark

A reminder that parents should not park in the school carparks. Teachers

begin arriving from school just after 7am and we are finding on a daily basis

that parents are dropping students off to OOSHC in the Jones St carpark.

Please park on the street to walk your child in so students are not walking

through the carpark so we can keep our students safe.

SMS attendance

We have started sending SMSs to notify absences of student absences each day. Parents can reply via SMS or send in a note or

use the school app to provide a reason for absence. Please be aware that even a note via the app or email is sent in that day,

you may still receive a SMS about the absence. This is due to timing of emails and app notifications received and processed by

the class teacher on that day.

Warm regards,

Deb Hall

Principal

Upcoming Events

Wed 3rd April P&C School Disco

Thurs 4th April Didgeridoo Group

Thurs 4th April Stage One Foreshore Walk

Mon & Tues

8th & 9th April

Parent /Teacher Meetings

Mon 8th April Hot Cross Bun Day—

Canteen (pre-ordered)

Tues 9th April ANZAC Assembly

Thurs 11th

April

Grandparents Day

Easter Hat Parade

Fri 12th April Year 6 Mini Fete Day

Final Day for Term 1

Tues 30th April Students resume for Term 2

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School Aerobics

Congratulations to our fabulous teams that competed yesterday

at the School Aerobics Autumn Challenge. All 3 teams won

gold medals in their sections.

This was a wonderful achievement after only training together

for 7 weeks, and also taking into consideration that more than

half of the girls are new to aerobics this year. The teams are

now preparing for the Regional Qualifier which will be held on

Saturday 25th June. Well done girls!

Ms Morton, Miss Bath and Miss Em

Grandparents Day and Easter Hat Parade

You are invited to join your grandchild or grandchildren and staff at our school for a special Grandparents Day and

Hat Parade - 11th April 2019

We would love for you to come along and visit our classroom, tell us about your school days, be part of a reading group

or join in a game or two.

Activities will commence at 10:00am in your grandchild’s classroom. This will be followed by a picnic at 11:00am with

your grandchild/ren in the playground (don’t forget to bring picnic rugs, chairs and lunch). The school will be providing

tea and coffee on the day. Cakes will be available for purchase from the canteen.

You are more than welcome to stay and enjoy the Easter Hat Parade at 12:00pm under the Primary Cola. Why not wear

a funky hat too?

Upon arrival and departure, we ask that you sign-in/out in our visitors’ books located in each classroom

for this day.

We look forward to seeing you all here for this special day and we are excited to share our school life with you.

Thank you

Aboriginal Boys Day

On Thursday 4th of April 2019 the Aboriginal boys from Warners Bay Public School will be participating in a Didgeridoo

group, games and cultural activities in the school hall.

We are fortunate to have Mr Macdonald volunteer his time from Morisset High School.

A note has been sent home. If you have not returned the permission slip, please do so prior to Thursday to Miss Nikki

or Miss Walters.

Star Struck 2019 ‘No Limits’ Performer Information

11 weeks until the 2019 Star Struck performances!!!

Congratulations to the 32 students who are involved in our 2 dance groups for Star Struck this year:

Nicholas Adams, Cody Aldridge, Jett Aldridge, Erin Ambjerg-Pedersen, Kali Atilano, Charlotte Balchin, Ricky Borham,

Marli Gilmour, Olivia Gray, Eliza Gribbin, Bronte Hayes, Madison Hodgetts, Willow James, Violet Kirk, Abbey Masterson,

Annabelle May, Kit May, Adam Moisey, Niamh Mulhall, Phoebe Pugh, Tahlia Ritter, Cleo Rockman, Cooper Ryder, Olivia

Sands, Morgan Smithers, Olivia Starkey, Barney Sullivan, Allira Tunney, Lillian Tunney, Amarliah Wetini, Hope Wilson and

Grace Young.

Notes were handed out today with information about our first rehearsal, t-shirt (compulsory) and hoodie orders, medi-

cal information and permission to publish. These need to be returned to Miss Jones as soon as possible.

The payment of $57.50 is now due to be paid at the office which includes the participation fee, security fees and the

compulsory T-shirt fee of $22.00.

Further information regarding costumes and payments will be sent home soon.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact.

Thank you,

Miss Jones

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Star Struck 2019 ‘No Limits’ Matinee Performance Expression of Interest Years 3-6

Thank you to those students who have already returned their expression of interest for attending the Star Struck 2019

Friday Matinee Performance.

If you have not returned this note, please do so as soon as possible so we can confirm our numbers.

Thank you,

Miss Jones

Star Struck 2019 ‘No Limits’ Launch

Star Struck 2019 ‘No Limits’ will be launching this Thursday 4th April.

Come along to the Rooftop Kotara to help celebrate this amazing show.

Performances start at 6.30pm.

We hope to see you there.

Miss Jones

Ethics Classes

It is my pleasure to announce that the first Primary Ethics lessons have commenced at Warners Bay Public School. Ethics

classes are available as an option in NSW public primary schools during the Special Religious Education/Special Education in

Ethics (SRE/SEE or ‘scripture’) timeslot. Primary Ethics is the charity authorised by the Department of Education to create

curriculum and train volunteers to deliver ethics classes. The ethics curriculum is available for children from Kindergarten

through to year 6.

We have our trained volunteer teaching stage 1 students, and a further three volunteers currently going through the ethics

training course. In term 2 hopefully we will have ethics classes across all of infants and into primary. Ethics classes aim to

help the children develop the skills of critical thinking and to view ethical issues from different angles. They are encouraged

to carefully listen to what others have to say, respectfully disagree with others if their opinion differs, and to build on other

student’s ideas.

If you are interested in enrolling your child in ethics classes, please contact the school office. For more information about

the Primary Ethics program, please visit www.primaryethics.com.au

More volunteers are greatly needed! If you, or anyone from the community you know is interested in volunteering, please

apply via the website www.primaryethics.com.au, or contact the school.

Phoebe Jennings

Volunteer Ethics Coordinator at Warners Bay Public School.

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Yarning Circle

Thanks to all the parents that attended the Yarning Circle last Monday afternoon. It was lovely to chat to you all and get some valuable feedback on Aboriginal Education at Warners Bay Public School. If you missed the Yarning Circle this term, please be on the look out next term for an invitation to attend.

Term Invoice

Term Invoices for Term 2 have been sent home today and payment for Term Invoices are due by May 24th.

Please note, the Athletics Carnival is included on the Term Invoice, however this note and payment is due by the end of

Term 1 (12th April) as the Carnival is being held in Week 1.

Drum & Guitar Groups

Notes for Drum and Guitar groups for term 2 are being sent home today. Please note that payment and notes are due back

by Friday 3rd May 2019 to be eligible for groups in Term 2.

Dates for Term 2

Last day of Term 1 is Friday 12th April. Students will return to school on Tuesday 30th April for the commencement of

Term 2.

P&C Hot Cross Bun Drive

Orders for the Hot Cross Bun Drive through Bakers Delight close tomorrow (Tuesday). Orders will be available for collec-

tion on Tuesday 9th April.

OoSHC

Firstly, on behalf of OSHC staff and children, congratulations Aerobics teams in winning gold at your very first representative

tournament ... the best is yet to come.

Children may come home talking about clubs at OSHC. Our afternoon routine has changed a bit to avoid having almost 60

children in the same space to mark rolls. We continue to experiment with creating different spaces on different days for

children to experience construction, arts n crafts, drama, dress-ups, board games, cooking, sports, outside group games,

french and guitar.

Moving into the colder months, parents please ensure children have a jacket in their school bags with their name clearly

marked, not just on labels, but in the lining for easier identification. OSHC does have a separate lost property to school, so if

your child leaves an item behind at OSHC, we either endeavour to return it, or is located in a blue bin near parent sign-in

desk.

When children love their pets so much they can imagine and sculpt using different medium to re-create; kindies practice

their handball skills with older children; and one child even conducted a survey for an afternoon of staff and children's fa-

vourite songs for his 'song portfolio' (is this a DJ in the making). That's why the staff of Camp Australia love their work; get-

ting to hang out and harness the diversity of your children.

Don't forget school holidays are just around the corner, and to register, your nearest Camp Australia vacation care is

Belmont Christian College or Barnsley Public School.

Kindest regards

Pam Connell

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