The Wollondilly Wag

Wollondilly Public School Find us at : Newton Street Goulburn 2580 T: 4821 4496 F: 4821 4462

E: wollondill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.wollondill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Term 2 Week 10 Wednesday 24 June 2015

SAFE RESPONSIBLE RESPECTFUL

Another testimonial

“MuiltiLit is a great program to be running at

Wollondilly.

I have seen some children go from struggling to

read a sentence, to being confident readers.

It makes the child feel proud to know what they

have accomplished.”

From the Principal

Wow the end of Term 2 is fast approaching and as we

reflect we have a lot to celebrate once again. Our

students have experienced so many different things

this term and all have helped them mature, develop

and acquire new skills.

We have had students represent our school, district

and region in several sports. We have had students

participate in public speaking, choir, Dance2be Fit,

gymnastics, dance, recorder group and chess club at

school and Year 6 students enjoyed a fabulous week

at Berry Sport and Recreation camp. The SRC

organised some fun Mufti days to raise money for

those less fortunate and staff have been involved in

various professional learning opportunities.

We thank all our terrific parent helper volunteers for

their continued support.

Have a safe and relaxing winter break. Staff return on

Monday 13 July and students return Tuesday 14 July.

Semester 1 Student Reports

Student Reports will arrive home first week next term. I

commend all teachers on the professionalism,

commitment and time spent on the reports, for

individual students in their class.

If you wish to discuss your child’s report, please make

an appointment with your child’s teacher as soon as

possible.

Susan Bradley

Principal

Congratulations Claire and Matthew!

On Monday Clair Hellessey and Matthew Dunn were

very proud to represent their school at the 2015

NAIDOC Public Speaking Challenge.

The event was held at Queanbeyan East Public

school and they competed against 5 other teams from

the local area. Students had to work as a team to

prepare and present a four minute speech on the

topic, “We all Stand on Sacred Ground: Learn,

Respect and Celebrate”.

After some great speeches we were very excited

when Claire and Matthew were awarded first place.

They will now go on to represent our school at the

Regional level next term. We look forward to hearing

them present their speech at this week’s assembly.

FUNDRAISING

Crazy Camel Calendars

Note Books,iPhone Cases,Cards,Pillow Cases and

Family Planners.

Students will be creating a masterpiece in art class at

school to be transformed into a wonderful keepsake.

Note and order-form coming home today .

GILBERT/ CROKER SHIELD- RUGBY LEAGUE

GALA DAY

Last Thursday, Wollondilly participated in the Gilbert/

Croker Shield gala day. We entered 10 students in

the 3 / 4 and 16 students in the 5 / 6 competitions.

All teams played extremely well on the day against

tough competition. Our senior team were victorious

on the day, defeating St. Peter and Paul’s school in

the grand final- winning the Jason Croker Shield.

Members of that team will now travel to Macquarie

University to play in the “Legends of League”

competition.

We would like to express our appreciation to all the

wonderful parents who were such a fantastic help on

the day and to all those parents who were able to

attend and support the teams.

Library News

Congratulations to those students who have completed

their 100 nights of home reading and have had the

pleasure of coming to the library to select their book

prize. We have enough books to give to everyone in

the school, so keep reading!

Over the past few weeks students have enjoyed

decorating the library with a winter theme and the next

transformation will be to help with our upcoming

NAIDOC Week celebrations. Any contributions or

ideas for our Aboriginal display will be greatly received.

Wollondilly P & C Fathers’ Day Stall

Wollondilly P & C Fathers’ Day Stall is coming and we

are currently collecting gifts for the stall. All gifts can

be dropped into the basket, located in the school

office.

Thank you for supporting Wollondilly P & C.

School Uniform Supplier

The school uniform is now available at the

Worklocker Goulburn store in Auburn Street (opposite

Goulburn Country & Workwear).

Polar fleece jumpers in all sizes are now in store.

PYJAMA DAY FUNDRAISER

On the last day of Term 2, the SRC are holding a fund

raising day to (hopefully) reach the target of $1,000 to

purchase the Shelter Box for the people of Nepal –

after the devastating earthquake.

The fundraiser will be a PYJAMA DAY- so you can

wear your pyjamas to school!!!!!!

Please DO NOT WEAR slippers!!!

Ensure your child has proper footwear as they will be

playing outside during the day.

A gold coin donation is required if your child

participates in the day.

Thank you. The SRC.

SHELTER BOX FOR NEPAL CAKE STALL

FUNDRAISER

Last Friday, the SRC conducted a cake stall to raise

money for our school to buy a Shelter Box to donate to

the people of Nepal who were recently devastated by a

massive earthquake which destroyed homes and

thousands of lives. We would like to extend an

ENORMOUS thank you to all the parents who so kindly

donated such an array of amazing cakes and biscuits.

Also, a great big thank you to Lockie Brouff and Jared

Murphy who, independently, prepared a lolly jar

guessing competition to add to the day. A great thank

you must also go to Mrs Woodberry for donating wrist

bands for sale on the day….they went like “hot cakes”!!

and to Mrs Medway for all her invaluable help.

We raised over $500!!!! WOW!!. Lastly, a great

thank you to the SRC executive who ran the stall

with such enthusiasm and professionalism.

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2015

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths. From Wednesday 15 July to Tuesday 8 September, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards).

Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

School Banking will be relocating in Term 3 to the covered

way in front of the library, banking will resume on the 14

July.

Come and join the fun at school banking, Tuesday

mornings from 9am to 9:25.

P B PARADE Positive Behaviour in the Classroom

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Term 2 Week 10 Friday 26 June-Wear your PJ’s SRC

fundraiser for Nepal. Last day of term,

students return on Tuesday 14 July.

Term 3

Week 1 Monday 13 July - Staff Development

Day.

Week 1 Tuesday 14 July - All students return to

school for Term 3.

Girls Hockey Gala Day.

Week 3 Monday 27 July - GCOPS Concert week

EDUCATION WEEK

Week 4 Wednesday 5 August - P & C meeting

commences at 7.30pm in the staffroom.

Week 4 Thursday 6 August - Kinder 2016

Information Night, 6-7pm in the School

library.

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2015

Dates for your Diary

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It’s not OK to be away It’s not great to be late

A reminder that school commences at 9.25 am and

concludes at 3.25pm

Rhonan Brouff 3-4D Taylor Burgess 3-4D

Kaylah Neden 3-4D Meg Baxter 5-6C

Amity Frazer 5-6C Noah Simon 5-6C

Madison Tunks 1W Richie Jiang 5-6C

Macloud Picker 5-6C

Alex Hailston 5-6C Lily-Mae Backhouse 5-6C

Tahlia Cox-Bishop 3-4D Julia Roberts 3-4D

Nicholas Fuller 3-4D Kal-el Marriott 3-4D

Lachlan Rigney 3-4D Nichala Chandler 3-4D

Brooke Maudsley-Vinton 3-4D Josh Wake 5-6C

Charlie McCall 5-6C Isabella Lynch 5-6C

Piper-Lily Cumberland 5-6C Georgie Chandler 5-6C

Georgia Collins 1W Mia Kimber 1W

Riley Drage 1W Archie Wood 1W

Oliver Park 1W Kate Walsh 2N

Riley Davis 2N Elliott Thorrnthwaite 2N

Darcy Hockey 2N Lacey Horwell 2N

Angelica Channell KDH Dean Chandler KDH

Brittany Bird KDH Corey Woodhouse KDH

Trinity Stearman-Baty KDH Imogen Cooper KDH

Julius Ashberry KDH Jeremy Morris KDH

Eva Blay KDH Harrison Sully KDH

Gordon Tallis KDH Isaac Ladmore Sewell KAH

Luke Tomlinson KAH Logan Williams KAH

Ethan Metcalf KAH Abiel Maximin KAH

Sienna Dillon KAH Tah’nay Atiga KAH

Claire Hellessey 3-4D Kal-el Marriott 3-4D

Riley Smith 1W Edward Crutcher 1W

Grace Jones 3-4C

ENROL NOW FOR KINDERGARTEN 2016

- existing WPS families

We are now taking in area enrolments for our

Kindergarten children commencing in 2016. If you are

an existing “in area” family currently at WPS and are

enrolling a child for 2016, please request an

Enrolment Application Form from the school office, for

you to complete.

Kinder 2016-dates for your diary

Thursday 6 August, 6-7pm Information night in the

school library.

Thursday 22 October, Kinder interviews.

Kinder Orientation Wednesday 4 November &

Wednesday 25 November, from 10am to 12pm.

Early Arrivals at School

Students who travel by bus are the only students

who should arrive at school before 8.55am.

There is no supervision for any other students

before 8.55am. Do not drop off or send your

children before 8.55am.

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P & C

The next P & C meeting is Wednesday 15 July at

7:30pm. There will be a fundraising concert meeting at

7pm before the P & C meeting.

Everyone is most welcome to attend.