NOVEMBER

Thursday 29th

* LAST 2018 CANTEEN *

DECEMBER

Tuesday 4th

Graduation Lunch

Friday 7th

Juniors Beach Excursion

Thursday 13th

School Concert

Friday 21st

Last Day of Term - 12:30pm finish

JANUARY 2019

Thursday 31st January

First Day Term 1

Warragul & District Specialist School Newsletter Term 4 Issue 36, Tuesday 27th November 2018

55 Burke Street (PO BOX 959) WARRAGUL VIC 3820 PH

Last week many of our senior students attended an Inspiring lunch

where students, local businesses and community members look at the

opportunities available to our graduates. At this lunch it is typical for a

key speaker to highlight these opportunities in an attempted to inspire

our graduates. This year the senior students decided to showcase what

they could provide the community. From all accounts the local

business and community members were stunned by the range of skills

and vision our graduates have. The organisers of the event have been

inundated by positive comments from the community members in

attendance. This positive praise is a reflection of the hard work that our

school community has put into developing our students skills for life.

Our school community is made up of many different blends of families

supporting children with various disabilities. This week I would like to

acknowledge the grand parents who are bringing up their

grandchildren. At our school over 10% of students live with their

grandparents. These grandparents do a great job raising their

grandchildren and supporting their education. We appreciate the

good work you do. To all of the parents and carers we also extend our

thanks for the effort you put into supporting and raising the students at

our school.

A BIG thank you to Glenda Grey for the work she has put into

organising book week. This year a large number of students have

purchased books resulting in a record number of sales (over $1,700).

Enjoy your books and enjoy reading them with your family.

With the year fast approaching its end, we have some exciting events

happening to celebrate the learning we have accomplished this year.

One of the main events of the calendar year is the school concert. This

year it will be held on the school oval. Fingers crossed that the weather

is fine and sunny. We will also be celebrating our graduate students

with a graduate camp and a graduate lunch. It is exciting to see the

transition options selected by these students and their families and we

wish them every success for next year.

Last Monday and Tuesday Room 1 went on camp,

staying at the Garfield North Outdoor education

camp. On Monday we made our way to Emerald and

caught Puffing Billy to Gembrook. After having lunch in

the park (and an ice-cream at the station) we

boarded Puffing Billy again back to Emerald. We loved

hearing the train whistle.

On Tuesday we went to Jump Crazy and had a fabulous time! Then had a Happy

Meal at McDonalds and headed back to school. Happy………but exhausted!!!!

School Fees 2018 - there are still

quite a number of families who

have not yet paid

2018 School Fees - $100

(Essential Student Learning Items)

If your fees are outstanding can you please arrange for payment to be

made or contact the office to organise a payment plan. Payment of

Essential Items allows the school to purchase student school supplies

such as such as pencils, pens, books, art supplies etc .

At $100 per year our school fees are also amongst the cheapest in the

region.

LAST CANTEEN FOR THE YEAR IS THIS THURSDAY

29th NOVEMBER

Thanks to Kerry, Michelle and their Students who have

worked so hard all year!

Please ensure students are informed that there will be no

canteen from next week onwards.

Do not send in order forms

after this week

Senior Students have been reading and discussing

the book Wisp - A Story of Hope, when asked what

Hope means to them, Jack T produced the following

piece of work. Beautifully written Jack, well done!

Hope

Hope is not something you buy or earn, it is

something that is inside of you to give you insight

and happiness. It is like a boat helping you to sail

through the tough current. It is like a bird broken

out of its cage for freedom.

BY: Jack T, Room 14

Junior Student of the Week -

Ben (Room 4)

Persistence in working towards

personal goal

Middle Student of the Week - Troy

Persistence in maths

Senior Student of the Week - Malachy

Persistence towards priority goal

Junior Student of the Week - Rachel

Positivity in Physio sessions

Senior Students of the Week -

Cody, Lily, Lara, Tara, Sam & Bailey

For displaying ALL of our school values when giving their speeches at

the Inspiring Lunch. Congratulations on representing yourself and our

school so well!

Charlie from Room 2 is recovering

from an operation at the Royal

Children's Hospital - doesn't he look

fantastic!

Charlie is doing REALLY well and he

and his Mum and Dad wanted to say

Thank you to everyone for their well

wishes !

Alex, Michael & Adam& Everyone had a GREAT time at our

Book Week Celebration - it was

great to see so many dressed up in

their Pirate gear! There were lots of

activities on the day and once

again the presentation by Adam

Wallace was a favourite among

staff an students alike!

Josiah Bella

Troy Charlie

Ayden & Clifford Michael

Mikki

Seb

Jayden Josh, Layla, Julie, Zachary & Haven

Sam

WDSS Staff LOVE fancy dress days!

Stacey, Jenny, Kim & Kerry looked great!

Room 20 enjoying an activities with Captain Helen

Room 10 had First Mate Jess and

Senior Students helping them!

Our

favourite

author

Adam

Wallace!

Alex

Room 20

Malachy

We found one

happy Pirate - Tess! James