Dear Students & Families

55 Burke St (PO BOX 959) WARRAGUL VIC 3820 PH: 5623 1385 FAX: 5622 3721 EMAIL: warragul.district.ss@edumail.vic.gov.au

UPCOMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER

Scholastic Book Fair 11th - 15th

School Council Thursday 14th

School Formal Friday 22nd

Athletic Sports Wednesday 27th

Crazy Hair Day Friday 29th

Parents & Friends End of Year Lunch

Friday 29th

DECEMBER Last Day of Term 4

Friday 20th

Today has been an amazing day. Students and staff arrived in superhero mode – with fantastic costumes, huge smiles and, many, superhero poses! Adam Wallace worked with students throughout the day, showing them how to draw illustrations. Students loved the sessions and produced some wonderful drawings. The launch of Sam Panasewycz’s book “Super Sam’s Zombie Story” was a great success. He was extremely excited and we are all proud of his efforts. Thank you to Adam Wallace for illustrating the front cover; to Kim Yuen for acting as Sam’s editing assistant; and to his family for coming and supporting him at the book launch. AWESOME WORK SAM! As previously mentioned in a newsletter, we were successful in our

application for the Maths Specialist Program. Sue De Silva and

Angela Nunan will be working as Maths Specialists for the next two

years. As part of the program, professional learning is provided for

the Specialists. Sue and Angela are currently in Melbourne this week

for the first part of this professional learning. They are spending the

week listening to and learning from fantastic presenters who are

highly skilled and regarded in maths. We cannot wait for them to

return to share their learning with us.

Nicole

Warragul & District Specialist School

To make a MOVEMBER DONATION go to http://au.movember.com/ and search for our

team…. Support the Mo at WDSS

Tuesday 12th November

Super sam’ s room 4 Super Heroes

You’re invited to the book launch and book signing for:

Tues 12th Nov at 2pm, at WDSS

Come dressed like a super hero!

Room 2, 4 & 5 Halloween Fun

On Thursday the 31st we had some Halloween Fun, we dressed up and moved around the rooms in groups, doing Halloween activities.

We made scary masks, slimy pudding with worms and spider web biscuits.

Noah, Rm 2

Mia, Rm 10

Troy, Rm 3

SCHOOL AWARDS!

Raffle Winner

Hanah, Rm 10

Paul, Rm 13

WATERWALL ITEMS Now that the weather is warming up we want to encourage some water play in the Junior yard by creating a ‘water wall’, such as those pictured here. We would appreci-ate it if anyone has any old offcuts of poly pipes, flexible piping or funnels that they would be happy to donate to the school.

Please send them in with your child or leave them at the office.

Thanks Sandra and Anne

NIGHT SPOAK Supporting Parents Of Asperger/Autism Kids

In informal support group for parents

We meet for a cuppa and cake

2nd Wednesday of the month

(except school holidays)

November 13th

7.30—9.30pm

at Middels Restaurant,

Princes Way, Drouin

For more information, contact

Katrina: 0427 801 160 Janice: 0407 554 080

SPOAK Supporting Parents Of Asperger/Autism Kids

In informal support group for parents

We meet for a cuppa and chat

every Wednesday (not school holidays) at 10am

at The French Pear, 83 Princes Way Drouin 3818

For more information,

contact Janice on

5625 3075 or 0407 554080, Jill on 0438 183 539,

or Joy on 0408 359 694

Asthma Foundation Spring News

A beautiful garden can really help make a house a

home, especially during spring. However, gardens

can harbour some allergens that may be trigger-

ing asthma and allergy symptoms. Problem areas

in a garden can include: pollen, organic mulch,

venom from stinging insects, contact allergens,

weather changes, fertilisers and chemical sprays.

Plants with bright showy flowers are generally

pollinated by insects or birds and plants with

small inconspicuous flowers are generally wind

pollinated. It is the wind pollinated plants that

should be avoided. Pick plants that are sold as

‘bird attracting’. Avoid planting European trees

like Birch or ash. Choose a low pollen producing

grass that does not need frequent mowing, like

hybrid couch varieties (e.g. Santa Ana or Windsor

Green).

Most of all, don’t be afraid to get in the garden if

you love it! Contact us for a copy of our Low Aller-

gen Garden brochure and take it along to your

nursery and figure out what plants are best for

you and your garden.