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WAGGA WAGGA PUBLIC NEWSLETTER

C A L E N D A R

MAY

Tue 10, Wed 11 & Thur 12- NAPLAN Fri 13- Junior School Assembly @ 9.30am in the hall Mon 16- Year 4 Gymnastics @ 9.15am Kindergarten Gymnastics @ 11.45am Tue 17- ICAS Digital Technologies exam Thurs 19- Cross Country ribbons to be handed out at Senior assembly @ 2pm. Fri 27- 2nd instalment of $50 due for Ballarat excursion Tue 31- ICAS Science exam

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 Newsletter 88

Principal: Leanne Harvey

6921 3398 6921 8745

www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

I N T H I S I S S U E

Page 1- Principal’s Report

Page 2- Principal’s Report continued, Canteen News & Senior Dance Group Page 3- 2-3N Newsbits Page 4 - Cross Country Page 5- P&C News Page 6- Canteen Price List

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

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT—WEEK 3

NAPLAN -The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)

NAPLAN assessments commenced today and will continue until Thursday. Today students were assessed on their skills and knowledge of Language Conventions and Writing. Tomorrow students will complete the reading component of NAPLAN with the final assessment on Thursday to focus on students’ Numeracy skills. Any children that are absent on these days will complete their testing on Friday.

These tests are beneficial in providing parents and schools with an understanding of

how individual students are performing at the time of the assessments. They also

provide schools with information about how educational programs are working and

which areas of the curriculum need to be prioritised for improvement.

Whilst NAPLAN is an important tool for us to assess how students are performing,

these tests are one aspect of each school’s assessment and reporting process and do

not replace the extensive, ongoing assessments made by teachers about each

student’s skills and abilities.

We wish our Year 3 and 5 students the best when sitting NAPLAN over the next few

days but remind them that there is no one way to ‘test’ all of the wonderful things

that they are, that they do and that they have achieved at Wagga Wagga Public

School.

CROSS COUNTRY Our annual Cross Country was held last Friday at Lake Albert. The weather was on our side and students had a great day running and walking in the sun. It was lovely to hear that all students ‘had a go’ and participated enthusiastically to earn sporting points for their house. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the parents and friends that came along to watch and to those who assisted us on the day.

BOOK FAIR

Our Book Fair was another

huge success this year and

it was pleasing to see so

many students excited

about reading new books

and eager to build up their

collections at home. The

money that we collect from

the sales of our Book Fair

each year allows us to buy

valuable resources for our

school library. Thank you

again to Mrs Allen for

organising the Book Fair

and to all of the parents

and students who supported our sales.

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Principal’s Report continued……...

MERIT

CERTIFICATES

2-3H Ava, Lachlan, Archie,

Gabriella, Matilda, Zara,

Harry, Nate

2-3L Charlotte, Girri, Mylo, Ria,

Banruo, Angus, Aiden, Jaya,

Kipruto, Hannah, Lucy, Mylo,

Charlotte

2-3N Tobiasz, Austin, Layla,

Gilbert, James, Levi, Aurelia,

Griffin

2-3S Sarah, Max, Isla, Julian,

Hugh, Tyler, Grace

2-3RG Lucy, Jake, Breanna, Sage,

Sarah, Pragya, Bella,

Abdullah, Ethan, Isabelle

4B Sujie, Elijah, Caleb, Layla,

Morgan, Brianna, Will, Brody

4J Kodie, Rohan, Oliver, Leila,

Sarah, Abbey, Jack, Anita

5-6C Abbey, Lily, Amelie, Jacob,

Damien, Jim, Ben, Tom

5-6O Jasmine, Poppy, Gemma,

Kobe, Felix, Samantha,

Dhanush, Harrison

5-6E Latrell, Isabella, Jordan,

Makayla, Bisma, Elizabeth,

Ethan, Ella, Alice, Fletcher,

Blake

5-6M Sarah, Charlie, Eleanor,

Jake, Natalie, Gemma, Will,

Kane

WINTER IS ON ITS WAY!

As the cool weather rapidly

approaches, please ensure that you

clearly label your child’s jumpers

and jackets.

Have a great week!

Nada Pokoney Assistant Principal

Our canteen is operated by the P&C, and staffed by Kelly and Melinda and their band of

fabulous volunteers, five days a week. We aim to provide the school community with a low-

cost, high-quality option for school recesses and lunches. We need your help to make this

happen!

Kelly and Melinda would love to be flooded with offers of help in the canteen - dads, mums,

or grandparents are all welcome. There are many ways you can do this, whether it's a

couple of hours one morning doing food preparation, or serving food during recess or lunch.

Full-day volunteers are usually finished for the day by 2pm, which might give you time to

have a break and run an errand or two before school pick-up. We'd also love to have a stand

-by list of people who can be called in to help at short notice (excellent for those who have

unpredictable work arrangements). Please come and have a chat with Kelly and Melinda, or

give them a call on 6921 3398. They are eager to find a way to let you help!

Week 3 Canteen Roster:

Monday - Melinda

Tuesday - Melinda

Wednesday - Kelly

Thursday - Kelly

Friday - Kelly

Canteen News

Senior Dance Group

Senior dance group payment for costumes and buses

is due by Friday, 20 May.

Thank you.

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2-3N Newsbits

WWPS Straw Bale Garden

In Term 1, the Middle School sustainability MADD group helped Miss Nye to establish

the straw bale garden up behind the canteen.

None of us had ever done anything like this before so we began by doing some internet

research on how to start the garden. We also learnt about seed germination and

planted some pea seeds into small pots. The seeds then spent the first few weeks of

their lives in the green house. Miss Nye and 2/3N were on watering duties.

Our pea seeds surprised us by popping up through the dirt very quickly. There were

only about 5 seeds that didn’t germinate.

Some Stage 3 students helped Miss Nye to lay down some old

newspapers for the bales to sit on. They also helped to heave the

straw bales up into the garden bed.

As the weather at the end of Term 1 was still very hot we left

the pea seedlings in the greenhouse until Miss Nye planted them

out in the holidays.

When we came back after the holidays we were amazed to see

how big our plants had become and that some of them already

had pea pods growing.

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School Cross Country

Cross Country

Last Friday, our Yr 2-6 students took part in our WWPS Cross Country. It was a great effort from all of our students who took part.

I’d also like to give a big thank you to our parents and community members who assisted and supported our students on the day.

Results:

Winning House – Araluen

Age Champions

Ribbons will be handed out at our next Senior School Assembly on Thursday, 19 May.

These students will now take part in the Wagga Wagga Zone carnival which will be held on Monday 23, May at Ladysmith.

James Burgess

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

8/9 Yrs Harry A Cheyenne C

Jude P Ava W

Brodie B Jessica F

Henry H Holly A

10 Yrs Darcy H Tamara C

Caleb W Layla A

Jordan S Abby M

Seth C Leila C

11 Yrs Will Mc Georgia C

Ethan H Charlotte W

Kobe D Claire H

Zac W Charlie D

12/13 Yrs Hamish H Anna W

Jack S Makayla B

Jim B Samantha K

Kippy L Mimi S

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P & C News

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Before and After School Care

The P&C are delighted to welcome Shelbi Glanville to the team as acting co-ordinator. Shelbi holds a Certificate III in Children’s Services and has commenced her studies in the Diploma in Children’s Services in 2016. Shelbi has over 3 years’ experience in childcare in the Wagga Wagga area and is excited to join our centre. She also has family members who attend Wagga Wagga Public School and knows lots of parents at the school.

Shelbi will hold the role of acting Coordinator in the interim whilst we advertise externally for the two positions of Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator. We hope to have this process finalised by the end of May with an announcement of at least one, if not both of these roles in the first week in June.

Shelbi joins the team as we bid farewell to Alissa Wood. We thank Alissa for all of her work over the past 3 years and wish her well into the future. There are many families and students who will miss her.

Mothers’ Day Stall

Thank you to all of the families that supported the Mothers’ Day Stall that was held last week and raised $430 for the school. We trust that many mums, grandmothers, carers and friends were given a great day by the students of WWPS. Day 1 was so popular that we promptly ran out of stock and were only saved by the generosity of Mrs Elsley. I was personally in charge of the stock, so I apologise to all the children who had their eye on a heart shaped photo-frame/snow globe (and also to the mums that were desperately hoping for a wire head-scratcher – a popular choice for many kids I’ll remember to order many more next year). We re-stocked on Day 2 thanks to the initiative of Nicole Russell. The stall saw another wave of well-mannered and enthusiastic students, which left us with no option but to restock again for Friday (with thanks to Andrew Pidgeon). Beside the lesson of buying more stock up-front, I did learn that we, the parents, were superfluous to the whole process as the skills and initiative of Claire, Holly and Amelie, all of year 5, far exceeded any service we could offer.

School Fete

Last year the P&C undertook to match the funding of the government for the building of a COLA in the infants playground. Thanks to the wonderful result of the school fete that raised $19,000, we were able to meet our commitment by presenting the school with a cheque for $25,000. Along with the contribution to the infants playground, uniforms, the Crow magazine and gazebos, the P&C on behalf of the whole school community, has donated over $50,000 to the school in the last 9 months. This represents a great achievement by the school community and the hard working band of volunteers that untiringly organised a trivia night; sold aprons, cakes and sausages; assisted in the running of the canteen, BASC Centre and Uniform shop and all the families that supported them. Thank you for your continuing support.

Lee Murrell P&C President

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