11th September 2019

OUR SCHOOL VISION: “Wandong Primary School … Making a difference by developing confident, independent

and resilient learners who strive for personal excellence.”

‘The Puggle Post’

“We make a

difference.”

www.wandongps.vic.edu.au

Congratulations to our ‘Students of the Week’

Foundation C: River O’Shannessy (Trying his best with his writing)

Foundation M: Brock Hall (Using ‘sizzling starts’ to write an interesting detailed narrative)

Foundation N: Lucinda Scott (Completing amazing writing)

Foundation Z: Eliza Miller (Improving her handwriting)

1/2B: Lexie Mapperson (Displaying hard work and dedication towards creating her own country)

1/2E: Charlotte Green (Displaying a positive attitude when counting money)

1/2K: Victoria Hobson-Buck (Displaying outstanding effort towards improving her reading goal)

1/2W: Kalle Saunders (Showing independence and enthusiasm during writing)

1/2Y: Millah Crawford (Creating a detailed map of her own country, along with her currency and a brochure)

1/2Z: Dylan Cairns-Foster (Ending the week positively both in the classroom and in the yard)

3/4E: Shanae Yeend (Thinking things through thoroughly)

3/4G: Peaches Tasevski (Writing a detailed historical fiction)

3/4O: Bailey Vincent (Displaying a great effort during all learning areas)

3/4P: Ethan (Displaying excellent effort to include figurative language in his writing)

3/4P: Brayden Harrison (Showing excellent improvement in reading)

3/4Z: Alistair Houston (Always being ready for a new adventure in learning)

5/6A: Chase Northrop (Using a range of strategies to work out percentages)

5/6H: Abigail Hume (Thoroughly self-assessing and taking on peer feedback to improve her writing)

5/6O: Piper Hobson (Showing great listening skills when working on her shark tank project)

5/6O: Chloe Graham (Having a great effort and attitude towards her writing)

5/6S: Aaron Brennan (Posing excellent questions to collect data from a wide range of graphs)

A Message from the Principal Team

Dear Families,

After last week’s warmer weather, it is back to our more familiar chilly conditions. I can’t believe that term three is almost over- time certainly is flying by!

In what was an exciting week for Wandong PS, I would like to congratulate our new Principal Kelly Morrow and welcome her to the community. Kelly brings a wealth of experience to our great school and from having met with her- she cannot wait to get started here next term! I’m sure you will all welcome Kelly to the school when she officially begins in term four.

Planning Week: This week our teachers are busy planning for all of our students for term four. Each year level has a full day of planning where they use data to plan an outline of the learning in the key areas of Maths, Reading, Writing and Integrated Inquiry. The planning is led by our highly skilled unit leaders and our Maths and English learning specialists.

MAV Games: Last Friday, we had eight magical mathematicians represent our school at the Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) Games Day at Kilmore Primary School. Eight schools were represented with 14 teams taking part. We had two teams entered and they both did a fantastic job with the many problem solving tasks, algorithms and puzzles presented to them. Much fun (and deep thinking) was had on the day and was a real highlight for the students involved.

School Council update: On Monday evening, the September meeting of School Council was held. Key updates include:

School council ratified the School Electronic Funds Management Policy. NAPLAN results were presented to School Council and any questions clarified. Attitudes to School results were tabled and the plan for the further collection of data was explained

to council members. The quote obtained to fix our Grade 3-6 shade sails was presented to school council and accepted. Foundation Camp to Bounce was approved by school council.

Reminder: The last day of term is Friday September 20th and we are finishing at 2.30pm. Please make sure you have made necessary arrangements to cater for the earlier finishing time.

Stay warm David Warren

A Message from the School Captains.

Two weeks to go! Almost there everyone!

We hope you are all enjoying planning week and having a full day of specialist’s.

Yesterday, I (Aurora) competed in the Division Track and Field Championships, with our

Wandong and Mitchell Team mates. It was a great day. I unfortunately did not make the

Division Team but we did have a few Wandong Athletes that did! Congratulations to

everyone that made the team and good luck next term at regionals.

Last night we attended the Bendigo Bank cheque presentation for grants. We were there

with Blake, Nikayla and Miss Pollock. It was amazing to accept a cheque for $5000, that

will help develop our new library.

Tomorrow we have the Young Leaders Day at Kilmore Primary. The last one we had was at

Wandong and it was so much fun meeting and working with the other student leaders at

the different schools. We are really looking forward to being at Kilmore tomorrow.

Xander Fearn and Aurora Sheehy

WANDONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

SUPER READER’S CLUB:

Congratulations on 100 nights reading: Emma Downey & Ivan Tan.

Congratulations on 150 nights reading: Addison Wigney, Alexis Ward, Holly Roberts, Luca Minnitt, Millah Crawford, Anna Ricardo,

Ethan Young, Tahlia Clarke and Penny Donohue.

Congratulations on 200 nights reading: Kalle Saunders.

Specialist

Certificate

Winners

Indonesian Award

Addison Wigney

(Demonstrating enthusiasm

and always doing her best in

Indonesian classes)

Performing Arts Award

Charlie Thomas

(An amazing performance

of ‘If you’re happy and

you know it’ on the guitar)

Hello Everyone

Following are a few of the items discussed at our Parents and Friends Association meeting yesterday :-

PAFA would like to thank all the families who recently supported our Cookie Dough Fundraiser, you have helped us raise $1800 for the school. As a school we sold a total of 560 tubs. Congratulations to Riley Van Weenen who sold a whopping 45 tubs, he has now gone into the National Draw for an Apple prize pack.

A big thank you to all the businesses and families that donated items to our Father’s Day Raffle. Generous donations were

received from AMX Superstores Epping, Mel Marshall, Challenge Laser Skirmish, Sweet Treats by Channy, Cake Junction,

Little Reds Patisserie, Magpie & Stump Hotel, Mitre 10 Kilmore, Repco Kilmore and Inked by Smiley

A reminder that next week we have our Hot Dog Days with Foundation to Grade 3 students on Tuesday 17th and Grades 3

to 6 students on Wednesday 18th.

Next PAFA Meeting: 15th October 2019 (9:15am onwards in the staffroom)

Thanks

Fiona Scott - WPAFA President

Reminders Thursday 12th September - Young Leaders Conference for Grade 6 school leaders (Kilmore PS)

Thursday 12th September - WPS Firewood Raffle tickets due today Friday 13th September - WPS Firewood Raffle drawn at assembly

Monday 16th September - Grade 1/2 camp forms and payments due today Tuesday 17th September - PAFA Hot Dog Day (Foundation to Grade 2)

Wednesday 18th September - PAFA Hot Dog Day (Grade 3 to 6)

WOW! … WHAT’S ON & WHAT’S DUE @WANDONG

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 12th Young Leaders Conference for Grade 6 school leaders (Kilmore PS)

WPS Firewood Raffle tickets due today

Friday 13th WPS Firewood Raffle drawn at assembly

Monday 16th Grade 1/2 camp forms and payments due today

Tuesday 17th PAFA Hot Dog Day (Foundation to Grade 2)

Wednesday 18th PAFA Hot Dog Day (Grade 3 to 6)

Friday 20th Last day of Term Three (Assembly at 1:45pm and school finish at 2:30pm)

OCTOBER

Monday 7th First day of Term Four (School starts at 8:55am)

Grade 3/4 camp forms and payments due today

Friday 11th Bushwazee permission & payment due today

Somers Camp forms & payment due today (selected students from Grade 5/6)

Saturday 12th 2020 Foundation Welcome BBQ at school from 11:30am-1:00pm

Monday 14th Grade 5/6 camp forms and payments due today

Tuesday 15th PAFA Meeting (9:15am onwards in the staffroom)

Wednesday 16th Northern Metropolitan Regional Athletics Championships 2020 Foundation Transition Session #1 (9:45-10:45am)

Thursday 17th to Friday 18th

Grade 1/2 Camp

Monday 21st School Council Meeting (6:00pm start in the staffroom)

Wednesday 23rd 2020 Foundation Transition Session #2 (9:15-10:45am)

Friday 25th Bushwazee (whole school incursion)

Monday 28th Young Leaders Conference for Grade 6 school leaders (Wallan PS)

Wednesday 30th 2020 Foundation Transition Session #3 (9:15-10:45am)

NOVEMBER

Friday 1st Grade 6 Graduation consent and payment due today

Monday 4th Pupil Free Day (no students required at school)

Tuesday 5th Melbourne Cup Day (no students required at school)

Tuesday 5th to Wednesday 13th

Somers School Camp (selected students from Grade 5\6)

Wednesday 6th 2020 Foundation Transition Session #4 (9:15-10:45am)

Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th

Grade 3/4 Camp

Wednesday 13th 2020 Foundation Transition #5 (9:15-10:45am)

Foundation Bounce Camp forms and payments due today

Friday 15th 2019 School Fete

Monday 18th to Wednesday 20th

Grade 5/6 Camp

Tuesday 26th PAFA Slushie Day (Foundation to Grade 2)

Wednesday 27th PAFA Slushie Day (Grades 3 to 6)

Friday 29th Foundation Bounce Camp

WANDONG PRIMARY SCHOOL IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

Wallan & Kilmore Community Bank® branches

What’s gone home recently? The following notices were sent home between

Thursday 5th September to Wednesday 11th September:

Whole school: Principal Appointment update

Selected Families:

Selected Students: Student Leadership Program permission slip

Individual grade levels:

Foundation: Foundation Bounce Camp consent & payment information

Grade 1/2: Nil

Grade 3/4:

NAPLAN Results (Grade 3 students only)

Grade 5/6: NAPLAN Results (Grade 5 students only) Grade 6 Graduation

Spare copies of notices are in the school foyer in the grade level trays

PARENT

PAYMENTS

RECEIVED

284 families

at WPS.

205 Completed

payments

= 72 %

Have you

recently

asked

your

child/ren..

“What

did you

learn

today?”

GRADE 1 / 2 CAMP ALL FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED WITH FULL PAYMENT

BY 4pm MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER.

NO MONIES OR FORMS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THIS TIME, AND PARTICIPATION ON CAMP WILL NOT BE ALLOWED.

** PLEASE NOTE – TO CUT COSTS, NO FURTHER COPIES OF THE CAMP PACKS WILL BE SENT HOME – LAST YEAR, ON AVERAGE 3 COPIES WERE PRINTED PER STUDENT!

IF YOU REQUIRE ANOTHER PACK – ONE CAN PRINTED FROM OUR WEBSITE OR SKOOLBAG APP. OR CONTACT CAL FEARN DIRECTLY ON fearn.callum.j@edumail.vic.gov.au AND ONE CAN BE EMAILED TO YOU.

NO COPIES WILL BE KEPT AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE **

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge is now COMPLETE!

All schools finished on September 6th.

In just 7 weeks our wonderful school read nearly … 10000 BOOKS!!!!!!!!

With nearly half of our entire school completing the challenge

Absolutely amazing effort everyone

Certificates of completion will be issued to those students in term 4

Thank you to all the teaching staff who read with the children every day and the Book Fairies for taking care of it all

We hope you enjoyed the stories

Keep up the reading

Reach New heights

•Book now• •Book now• •

Wandong Tennis Club

is excited to announce

our bus shopping tour is back!

•Saturday 21st September• leaving from

Wandong train station, times to be confirmed.

Enjoy being driven around in comfort to many

various discount outlets and enjoy a pub lunch!

$80 per person, seats are limited so book now,

payment required to secure your seat.

Outlets: ✔️Footscray Fashion Bazaar

(family clothing from well known retailers)

✔️The Linen Factory

(surprisingly lots of bargains in small outlet)

✔️ Bambis

(mega homewares, have extra time allowance here)

✔️Taking Shape (ladies size 12 -plus sized clothing)

✔️ Toyworx (massive toy outlet)

(Lunch at Olympic Hotel)

✔️Natio (cruelty free skincare, makeup, lotions

and gift packs!)

✔️Diana Ferrari (leather shoes, boots and clothing)

✔️ Candy Stripes (huge kids wear outlet)

✔️Ross’ Nuts (amazing selection of lollies, nuts

and snack foods)

Contact Tara for more info!

•Book now• •Book now•

NETSETGO ACTIVITIES

& SKILLS PROGRAM

When: Term 4, Mondays 4-5pm Where: Wandong Memorial Stadium

Wandong Netball Club are running

an activities/skills program

for kids 5-10yrs.

An 8 week program (excluding Monday 4th November)

the program uses fun activities that will aid in

developing netball skills and knowledge.

To register &/or for more information,

see our Facebook page or

email registrar@wandongnetballclub.org.au

Places are limited.

Can you help? Teachers have been busy preparing an exciting Veggie Garden unit

for the Grade 3/4 students for next term. Students will be propagating,

designing and growing a class garden.

We are in need of a small water tank to help get our gardens going and to sustain them throughout the summer. If you or someone you know

might have a small water tank that we could have, please contact Mrs Williamson (williamson.rachael.c@edumail.vic.gov.au).

Thank you for your support!

The Kapzikidz are on a mission! Can you help?

We would like help from our school community to collect 5000 plastic lids!

You might be asking why...? We will be donating the lids to Envision Hands to be recycled

and then go on to be made into bespoke aids (like prosthetic hands) with 3D printers.

One way to collect bottle caps is by utilizing the available beverage caps around you. Our families have already started collecting lids, we have an old shoe box that we put

the lids in. If you can wash the lids before donating that would be a great help also.

Please drop your clean, plastic bottle tops in to the Science room, Room 3,

or to the Office in the labelled collection tubs.

Thanks for your help! Together we can make a difference!

The Kapzikidz

Planning for 2020

Please return to the office by ASAP. Thank you!

Exiting students: We are now in planning stages for the 2020 school year. To assist us with staffing,

please indicate if your child WILL NOT be returning to Wandong Primary School next year.

(Please fill this in even if you have told the office) (Not needed for Grade 6 students)

Child’s name/s: …………………………………………………… Room/s: ……………….…

New arrivals: Alternatively, if you know of a relative/friend who we should be expecting next year

(ie: new enrolment), please list their details below so we can check these against our records.

Their name: …………………………….………………………… Your name: ………………...…………………..…………….

Edition 9, Term 3, 2019