WALLACIA PUBLIC SCHOOL 1573-1585 Mulgoa Road WALLACIA NSW 2745

Tel: (02) 4773 8433 Fax: (02) 4773 9050

Email: Wallacia-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mr Trev Mason ______________________________________________________________________________

‘Today is for Tomorrow’

SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNERS

NEWS FROM WALLACIA PUBLIC SCHOOL Term 3 Week 10 Monday 21 September, 2020

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Principal’s Message Dear families, our School Uniform provider, Cowan & Lewis, need to ensure the mandatory social distancing restrictions in their retail store (52 Cox Avenue, Kingswood, 2747). This will mean that purchases of uniforms from the shop will require an appointment. To make an appointment, give them a call on 47217422 or go to the Cowan & Lewis website www.cowanlewis.com.au then locate our school crest, click on the booking link and select the appropriate day and time. Each appointment will have a 20-minute duration and can only include one adult and one child. Each additional sibling will require another booking. Alternatively you can order the uniforms online and they will deliver it to the school. If you choose this option please be mindful that you may experience size issues, as you can’t try it on directly, and this option will only be available during the school term up until week 9 next term. Kindergarten Orientation - We are really excited to announce that Miss Carroll and I will be holding our Kindergarten Orientation Meeting online via Zoom Video Conferencing to connect to our 2021 Kindergarten families. Kindergarten Orientation parents have received a link for the invitation to attend. Parents will need to download the Zoom App and be registered for Zoom prior to the event. The first step to enrolling your child for Kindergarten 2021 is to contact the school office on 4773 8433. Year 6 Fundraising – We have been advised from DoE that Primary schools may consider planning for Year 6 farewells. Further information detailing relevant restrictions will be provided as part of the Term 4 Guidelines for Schools at a later date. In order to help prepare and support fundraising for Year 6 we are encouraging all students to wear their favourite Footy Colours for a gold coin donation on the last day of term, Friday 25 Sept. Please remember our upcoming Book Fair Year 6 Fundraiser early next term. The Book Week theme is Curious Creatures, Wild Minds and the Book Fair and Parade will be held on Friday, 23 October. We are asking students to donate their preloved books and place them in the special collection box in the front office. All students are invited to dress up as their favourite character on the day. The parade will be followed by an opportunity for all students to go to the library for our Book Fair. Later in term 4 will have an Odd Sock Day and be selling some Ice Blocks as Year 6 Fundraising events. Long Service Leave – Just a reminder that Mr Mason will be on Long Service Leave in weeks 4,5 and 6 next term, from 2 November till 20 November. Mrs Tritton will be our relieving principal during this time. Mrs Tritton will share her class and learning program with the very experienced Mrs Johnson during this time.

PBL Reward Day - We will be holding our special PBL student acknowledgement day this Friday, 25 September, 2020. The students who attained a Bronze, Silver or a Gold badge this term are invited to the Principal Morning Tea, before recess, to celebrate their special achievement personally with Mr Mason. We will supply a special treat for these super special students. This is our chance to celebrate and acknowledge all the students who have worked really hard to get on with other students, and who have demonstrated excellence towards their work, effort and behaviour to achieve their best this term. All Gold Winners will join Mr Mason from 11.30 am, in the middle session, on Friday for a very special fun session in the library. We will be setting up a brilliant activity for all the students. The Gold Winners are also permitted to bring in a personal electronic device to use during the special session. All devices must be brought to the office in the morning. The devices will be stored for safe keeping until the special middle session event is on. If families choose to permit their child(ren) to bring a device, then we ask that all devices and accessories are clearly labelled with the child’s name. Congratulations to all our students who have demonstrated a strong effort to follow our school values to be safe, respectful learners.

Assemblies –We will be holding school-based short assemblies for staff and students next term in Weeks 3 and 5, which will be Friday 30 October and then on Friday 13 November.

P&C Meeting – We held our first P&C Zoom Meeting and it very successful. Everyone was able to engage and it went well. There was lots of discussion on a range of topics. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us. The P&C are currently consulting about a new Wallacia Public School Sports uniform. Please go to the School’s Facebook page to engage in the P&C Sport’s Uniform Poll in regard to this important decision. All P&C Meetings have now moved onto Zoom video conferencing platform to connect for our P&C Meetings. The next P&C Meeting will be on 26 October from 9.30a.m. Please join us for this event.

School Planning Consultation - As part of our School Improvement journey we will be leading a Zoom School Planning Consultation Meeting on Monday 19 October from 9:30 to 10.30. Please join the meeting via Join Zoom Meeting https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/61360163000?pwd=OVZUMEhlWld6ZHAxem5IemkyU0JwUT09 It is recommended that Parents download the Zoom App and be registered for Zoom prior to the event. When it is time to have the School Planning Consultation Meeting, you will need to click on the link provided, and use your Zoom account to sign in.

Emergency Management Planning – We are currently practising some emergency drills with the

students. This is just to practise what we will do to keep everyone safe if we have an emergency.

Personal Contact Information Updates – we have sent a note home asking families to update

their email and mobile phone contacts please. We need this information in order to contact

families if required and also as a means to send important information as required. We really

appreciate your assistance in this matter.

Parent collection of students from school – They may come a time where you will need to pick up your child early from school. If you do need to pick your child/children up early please either send a note with your child to the office in the morning or phone the school office to let us know. An early leaver slip will be created by the office for the time you requested. The admin staff will collect your child/children from their classroom/s. In this case please wait outside the office. Your child/children will be collected from their classrooms by the admin staff and directed to you. Hapve a restful and enjoyable school holiday, families! We start back up on the Monday 12 October. Kindest regards, Trev Mason

K/1 News It has been a very busy and productive Term 3 in K/1. We are growing and learning together.

Students have had so many opportunities to experience how fun learning at school can be.

Thank you for a great term. Wishing you all a very safe and happy holidays!

We have lots to look forward to in Term 4. Looking forward to seeing you all after the

holidays!

Kindest Regards,

Miss Talia Carroll

BACK TO BASICS

UNIFORMS

Cowan & Lewis Pty Ltd

52 Cox Avenue PO Box 769

Kingswood NSW 2747 Kingswood NSW 2747

Phone 47217422 Fax 47217429

Web: www.cowanlewis.com.au mail:basics@backtobasicsschoolwear.com.au

Dear Parents,

The purchasing of your child’s school uniform will be a little different this year due to the COVID 19

pandemic and ensuring we are adherent to the mandatory social distancing restrictions of 1 person per 4

square meters. Our retail store located at 52 Cox Avenue, Kingswood, 2747 will be accessible by

appointment ONLY from the 13th October through to the 22nd December.

Cowan & Lewis are very mindful of the inconvenience this may cause with restricted accessibility whilst

avoiding unnecessary queuing and delays and ensure the safety of our Staff, Parents and students.

We would encourage all new students,Kindergarten students and those wishing to purchase new uniforms, to

be outfitted prior to the end of the year to ensure they are catered for before the new school year.

Appointments can be made on the Cowan & Lewis website www.cowanlewis.com.au.

Locate your schools crest, click on the booking link and select the appropriate day and time.

- Each appointment will have a 20 minute duration.

- 1 Adult and 1 Child per booking

- For each additional sibling a booking will be required

- We ask that you arrive 10 minutes prior to your appointment

- If you arrive more than 5 minutes late to your appointment we will unfortunately ask that another

time be made to ensure the next appointment is not delayed

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we work through this challenging time and look

forward to welcoming you to our store. Please feel free to contact our staff via email

wallaciaps@cowanlewis.com.au or phone 47217422 should you require any further information.

Staff and Management

Cowan & Lewis Pty Ltd

Warradale Little Athletics

“Family, Fun & Fitness”

Warradale Little A's is a family orientated, not for

profit sporting club, focussing on fun and fitness for

children of all abilities aged from 3 to 16 years.

Events include: Throws, Jumps, Sprints & Distance Running, Walks and Hurdles.

Competition is held on Friday nights at Warragamba Sporting Oval from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Our U6-U17

competition program is run over two weeks, while our Tots (3 & 4yr olds) enjoy a modified program that

involves play-training activities. Both programs are inclusive to athletes of all abilities.

Registration MUST be done On-Line via LANSW website (http://www.lansw.com.au) or use the SIGN-

UP button on our Facebook page. Select “Warradale” in the drop-down box and follow prompts to register.

Payment is via credit/debit card or PayPal. No manual registrations will be available at club. Register and

use your ACTIVE KIDS Voucher to supplement payment. Don’t know where to get one? Go to Service

NSW website and follow the ACTIVE KIDS Voucher links BEFORE you register! Our On-line portal will

be open next week for registrations.

Rego number collection day: Friday 11th, 18th and 25th September from 6:00pm – 7:30pm at the oval.

Fees: Tots - $85.00, U6-17 - $130.00, Fundraising Fee per family - $25.00

Uniforms: POA

Season start: 2nd October – come and try day and will follow the COVID-19 protocols for a safe Return

to Play.

New athletes (those who have not done little athletics or trialled previously) are welcome to trial for two

weeks at a cost of $10.00 also done on-line. Balance to be paid on-line when fully registering. Proof of age

is required e.g. birth certificate, hospital blue book, passport or stat dec.

For more information regarding registrations, call Annette on 0422 564 601 after 3:30pm weekdays or

email: warradale45@gmail.com

Need more info? Checkout our Facebook page: Warradale LAC

We will be holding a special Book Fair early next term on Friday week 2, Oct 23. The event will be a Fundraiser for the Year 6 Farewell. We will be selling 2nd hand (clean & near new) books only at the Book Fair. The Book Week theme fits perfectly in line with our staff personalities: CURIOUS CREATURES, WILD MINDS So it is time to have a really good chat about giving and reusing with the kids please. I know our Wallacia kids and community is a beautifully generous bunch, so I’m asking everyone to do a major cull of the kids’ book shelves to see what we can find to give back to the rest of our community. We are asking for 2 books per student (if you can spare them), and a maximum of 4 books (if you are able). We want really nice looking cared for books please. Students are to please bring in their donation books to school and place them in the special collection box in the front office please. All students are invited to dress up as their favourite Book Character or a Curious Creature, Wild Mind and participate in our Book Fair Parade (if we can invite the community we will - TBC). The parade will be followed by an opportunity for all students to go to the library for our Book Fair. There will be a range of special things and books for sale. More information to follow soon.

KEY DATES TERM 3

E&OE (Dates and information may change)

Friday September 25

PBL Reward Day Gold, Silver, Bronze and Principal Award recipients

Friday September 25

Footy Colours Day Gold Coin Donation

Friday September 25

Last Day Term 3

Happy and safe S P R I N G Holidays

KEY DATES

TERM 4 E&OE (Dates and information may change)

MONDAY OCTOBER 12

All Students Return Term 4

WELCOME BACK! Please Note NO Pupil Free Day Return MONDAY

Friday October 23

Book Week Celebrations

In School 2nd Hand Book Fair

See note in this newsletter.

Wednesday to Friday November 25 to 27

Stage 3 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Wednesday & Thursday December 2 & 3

Reporting Interviews

Details to Come Covid-19 Restrictions

Wednesday December 9

Presentation Assembly

Details to Come Covid-19 Restrictions

Tuesday December 15 Year 6 Farewell Details to Come Covid-19 Restrictions

Wednesday December 16

Last Day Term 4

Happy and safe SUMMER HOLIDAYS

‘Today is for Tomorrow’

SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNERS