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Edition 13 – 4 May 2017 Welcome back to Term 2 everyone. This term teachers will be completing some small assessments and learning task evaluations in preparation for Semester 1 written student progress reports. Reports will be sent home with your child in week 9. Students in Years 3 and 5 will sit NAPLAN in Week 3. NAPLAN will start on Tuesday 9 May with Language Conventions and Writing, continue on Wednesday 10 May with Reading, and Numeracy will take place on Thursday 11 May. Friday 12 May will be used as a catch up day for any students who missed the NAPLAN tests due to illness or other circumstances. Letters have been sent out to parents of students in Years 3 and 5 containing all the information about the NAPLAN procedures. Exemption and withdrawal requirements are outlined in the letter as well. Information is also available online at http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support.

NAPLAN can be a very stressful time for all so during these days your children sitting these assessments may need some extra tender loving care and understanding. We wish them all well and only ask that they do the best they can do.

Easter Hat Parade

What a fun time everyone had at our Easter Hat Parade on our last day of Term 1. Thank you everyone for getting in there and helping with those fabulous creations and for coming along to support your children. Even the Easter Bunny had a great time and left lots of goodies for all the children. Thank you Easter Bunny. A huge thank you to our P&C for the yummy Easter raffle as well. It was a happy and colourful school community time.

ANZAC Commemorations

We are so proud of you Woy Woy Public School. Over 60 of our students turned out on ANZAC Day in their school

uniform to represent our school in the Woy Woy ANZAC march. Thank you to the parents and carers who supported them by bringing them and joining us in the service. A huge thank you goes to Mrs Ceaser for being there to organise our students ready for the march and to Mrs Williams, Ms McLean and Mrs Tutauha for caring for them during the ANZAC service. Children involved in the march will receive a special recognition certificate at the Week 4 K-6 assembly. Parents will receive a special invitation to attend.

We had our school ANZAC service on Wednesday 26 April. Once again we had the ‘National Service 1951-72 Re-enactment Unit’ attend to be part of our commemorative service to remember all those who went to war to ensure that Australia remained a free country. Some returned but many gave the ultimate sacrifice. “Lest we forget.“ We are very proud of how respectful and understanding our students are. Thank you Mrs Ceaser for your organisation around the service and to everyone for making it a moving commemoration.

Staff Development Day

Our school staff enjoyed a full day of professional learning on Monday 24 April. When teachers are involved in professional learning it has a direct flow-on effect for all our students. During professional learning teachers reflect and improve on their teaching methodology then take this back to their classroom environments. You will see how teachers were involved on the Staff Development Day on the official WWPS Facebook page.

The Preschool Launches Storypark

Our Preschool is ready to launch Storypark. This program allows the Preschool staff to directly communicate highlights of a child’s day at Preschool and directly send it to parent via their email link from storypark - pictures and all. How wonderful to see what is happening in your child’s world at Preschool during the day. Storypark also allows parents to make comments and communicate back to teachers as well. The world is truly at your fingertips these days. We hope all our Preschool parents enjoy Storypark and would love to hear your feedback about how it is going.

Annual Report

The Annual Report for 2016 is complete and you can find a copy of it on the school website from Monday 8 May 2017. The report gives you valuable information about how our school is achieving the improvement focus set out in our school plan for 2015-2017. It includes information about the school, NAPLAN results and how funding has been allocated and used to improve student outcomes.

Brisbane Waters Secondary College Parent Forums

The Brisbane Water Secondary College is holding its annual forums to inform parents about their policies, programs and achievements and ask parents for their input into future directions for the Umina and Woy Woy campuses. This year the forums are open to all parents in our school from Preschool to Year 6. It is a great opportunity to find out about your local high school campuses and to ask questions and offer suggestions and ideas that you would like to put forward. These forums will be held on Tuesday 30 May and Wednesday 31 May, Week 6 of the school term. The forums will be held from 9:00am - 9:30am and

6:00pm - 7:00pm on both days here at Woy Woy Public School. Keep the date in mind. You are all welcome.

Preschool and Kindergarten Enrolments for 2018

Enrolments are now open for Preschool and Kindergarten for 2018. Enrolment packages and information are available at the school office.

Gentle Reminder about School Costs for 2017

Many thanks to all of you for continuing to pay off your 2017 school costs. Now might be a good time to check up on what school costs you have paid for 2017 and to make sure that if your child is involved in attending the major excursions of Jenolan Caves,Great Aussie Bush Camp and Canberra you are up to date with your payments. How quickly time goes and in no time the excursion date will be here. We have attached the 2017 list of costs for each class as a reminder for you.

Maintenance Works around the School

Some small maintenance works are being carried out at the school. We apologise for the inconvenience with the painting of our school office – we will have a more professional look to our school office very soon!. We are hoping for it to be completed within the next week. Later in the term the front wooden stairs will be replaced with concrete stairs and access to the front office will be unavailable through the front doors for a couple of days. We will send an alert out on the School App advising when this will be happening.

Have a happy fortnight.

Ona Buckley Principal

Congratulations to the following lucky winners of our Easter raffle:

Jade Bain Catrina Schilling Bianca Morriss Linda Gell Sue Hefford Hazel Ferguson Ellen Powyer Sam Smith Alya Verheyen Eloise Flight D Cannings Vali Focas Jayden Preece Finn van Aalderen Rhiannon Packham Olivia Taranto Sahara Von Nida

Heritage Calendar for Cultural Diversity May 2017

MONDAY 1st – MAY DAY

FRIDAY 5TH – KODOMO NO HI ~ CHILDREN’S DAY (JAPAN AND KOREA) TUESDAY 9TH – EUROPE DAY – EUROPEAN UNION

FRIDAY 26th – NATIONAL SORRY DAY TUESDAY 30TH – TUEN NG ~ DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL (CHINESE)

As part of our PDHPE program on fundamental movement skills, students from K-6W and K-6PC participated in a gymnastics program in Term 1 at Gosford Gymnastics Centre, Holgate. Activities focused on balance, gross motor and hand/eye coordination skills. Our students thoroughly enjoyed this program and improvement in skills was achieved by all. We will be attending again in Term 3.

We were transported in a bus kindly donated by the Ettalong Bowling Club. A big thank you for their support.

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Congratulations to the following Certificate of Achievement award winners from our Week 2 Assembly!

Name Class Name Class

Natalie Hedge K-6PC Lucas Herben K-6W

Ethan Newton (1/3/17) Frankie Pullen KLP Izaac Williams KRM

Annabelle Zhang KW James Cassidy-Watson K/1M

Daniyal Kashif (1/3/17) Matilda Stanleigh-Clarke 1C Kayla Totaro 1M

Miley Clarke 1/2Y Lily Maskill 2K

Austin Doyle 2S Dayne Jennings 3/4B

Jacinta Hurley 3/4C Josh Durrand 3/4R

Chloe Gavin 3/4T Mia Appleton 3-6S

Noah Hunt 5/6B Tyson Cridland 5/6H

Jackson Hart 5/6S

The Bakers Delight Umina Quiet Achiever’s Award for April goes to Mya Feather. Congratulations! Mya received her award this week.

Congratulations to the following students who have reached their 25 and 50 nights of home reading! 25 Nights William Galvin 2S, Emmalyn Castronuevo 2S, Summer Tabone-Zammit 2S, Eva Carrodus-Scislo 2S, Brave Jamieson 2S, William Pidduck 2S, Cheyenne Phillips KRM,Tate Ullrich 1C, Alivia Holmes KRM, Will McAndrew KRM, Quinn MacLeod KRM, Patti Bisson 1C, Prydi Bisson 1C, Emma Gavin KRM, Skyla Malloy KRM, Gabe Cyterman 3/4C, Tayla MacLeod 3/4C, Seth Graf 3/4C, Ally Brown 3/4C, Mia Pike 3/4C, Alyssa Holden K/1M, Thomas Tabone-Zammit K/1M

50 Nights Dylan Morrison 2S, Edward Dehe 2S, Kaylee Elegy 2S, Elisa Introna 2S, James Huang 2S, Caleb Wood 3/6S, AJ Joffrin 1C, Vivien Ding 3/4C, Jack Ellis 3/4C, Ally Brown 3/4C, Jake Golds 1C, Cassara Tomlin K/1M 75 Nights Sidney Brannigan K/1M, Connor Conijn 3/6S, Dylan Morrison 2S

The Snack Shack will be having a Sushi Day on Wednesday, 24 May. Orders will need to be in by Friday, 19 May. A note will be sent home soon.

Only online orders through Flexischools will be taken for Sushi Day. To register for Flexischools go to www.flexischools.com.au.

Our Garden Kitchen Dishes • Hot Cross Buns • Homemade Butter • Basil Pesto • Homemade Pasta • Carrot Cake Balls Our Garden Produce • basil • eggs • carrots

Recipe of the Week

Carrot Cake Balls Ingredients • 3 medium carrots • 1 cup oats • 1 cup sunflower seeds • ½ cup dates • 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • ½ teaspoon ginger • desiccated coconut for rolling Method 1. Place carrots in a sturdy food processor and

blitz until finely chopped. 2. Add remaining ingredients, excluding the

coconut, and blitz until the mixture comes together into a large ball.

3. Using a teaspoon form balls – the mixture will be quite sticky due to the water content of the carrots, but the texture improves once you roll in the coconut.

4. Roll the balls in desiccated coconut 5. Put into the fridge to set.

Term 2

Week 2 May 5 School Cross Country

Week 3 May 9-11 NAPLAN Testing Yr 3 and Yr 5

8-12 Special Education Swim School

9 Mothers’ Day Stall

11 Mothers’ Day Stall

12 Rugby League Classic Shield

Week 4 May 15-19 Special Education Swim School

17 Rugby League Sevens

19 Zone Cross Country

President Report

Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a nice relaxing break. Last term was busy with the Fluoro Disco and Easter Hat Parade and both were very successful. The P&C team have been outstanding with organising and running both events and I would like to say thank you to them for their hard work. I also would like to say thank you to all our sponsors who chipped in with great community spirit and donated items towards our disco and Easter hat raffle. These sponsors were Coles Woy Woy, Crazy Bargain Warehouse, Speedy Keys, Amcal Chemist and Bendigo Bank Ettalong.

The next P&C meeting will be held on 10 May at 7pm in the staff room - hope to see you all there.

Carmen von Nida P&C President

Uniform Shop

Open Wednesday mornings 8.30am - 9.00am

EFTPOS Available

Order forms are available from the front office or uniform shop. Orders can be placed at the office at any time with the order form and payment. The orders will be filled on Wednesdays. Any enquires or complaints can be sent to [email protected]. Summer tunics will be available for purchase next week. Winter tunics have been ordered and will hopefully be ready in a few weeks. The uniform shop is looking for volunteers to help out on Wednesday mornings.

As with any school volunteers you must have a Working with Children's Check. Please go to the following website: https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-working-children-check. There is a Services NSW kiosk at Deepwater Plaza that can assist with the application. Please contact the P&C if you are able to help out.

Thank you.

Debbie Tonkin Uniform Shop Coordinator

Fundraising Report

Welcome back to Term 2, we hope you all had a relaxing break.

Looking back at Term 1 we have had some amazing support from the students, parents, staff and community, helping to raise funds for the school with our FLUORO Disco and Easter Raffle. They were a huge success and we would like to offer a HUGE thank you to everyone who helped to make these events so special.

This term we would like to start off by helping our students show their mums just how special they are and how much they love them.

We will be hosting a Mothers’ Day stall on Tuesday 9 May and Thursday 11 May. The students can purchase gifts ranging from $1 to $5. Please see the note for more details.

Hailey Winchester P& C Fundraising Coordinator

P: (02) 4343 1774 Shop 1, Pavilion Building 29-37 George Street, Woy Woy NSW 2256

Selling our garden produce

Ph: 4341 3922 6 mths – Adult.

Heated indoor pool. AustSwim qualified instructors.

5 Mutu Street, Woy Woy NSW 2256

[email protected]

295 West Street, Umina Beach, Ph: 4342 0255

2017 School Costings

Preschool Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 per child Year

Excursions Approx $30 3 Life Education Program $10 TBA

Paper levy $10 1 Any donations of materials welcome Please see Preschool Teachers for items

Kindergarten Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family Year

Major Excursion Approx $30 3 Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA

Multicultural show $3 1 Handwriting package $15 1

Class Party – at school $5 4 Life Education Program $10 TBA

Home Reader Bag $8 1 Paper Levy $10 1

Year 1 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family Year

Excursion Approx $30 3 Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA

Multicultural show $3 1 Mathletics $12 All

Wushka Reading $15 1 Class Party – at school $5 4 Life Education Program $10 TBA

Home Reader Bag $8 if new to school 1 Paper Levy $10 1

Year 2 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family 1

School Carnivals $10.50 if eligible to attend 1 and 2 Excursion Approx $32 3

Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA Multicultural Show $3 1

Mathletics $12 All Wushka Reading $15 1

Class Party – at school $5 4 Life Education Program $10 TBA

Swim School $40 if required 4 Home Reader Bag $8 if new to school 1

Paper Levy $10 1

Year 3 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family 1

School Carnivals Approx $10.50 1 and 2 Excursion Approx $35 3

Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA Multicultural Show $3 1

Mathletics $12 All Wushka Reading $15 1

Life Education Program $10 TBA Elective Sports $0-$40 4 Swim School $40 if required 4 Class Party $10 approx 4

Home Reader Bag $8 if new to school 1 Paper Levy $10 1

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program $20 All

Year 4 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family 1

School Carnivals Approx $10.50 1 and 2 Excursion – Jenolan Caves Approx $220 3

Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA Multicultural Show $3 1

Mathletics $12 All Wushka Reading $15 1

Life Education Program $10 TBA Elective Sports $0-$40 4 Swim School $40 if required 4 Class Party $10 approx 4

Home Reader Bag $8 if new to school 1 Paper Levy $10 1

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program $20 All

Year 5 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family 1

School Carnivals Approx $15 1 and 2 Excursion – Aussie Bush Camp Approx $270 3

Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA Multicultural Show $3 (subsidised) 1

Mathletics $12 All Class Party - Movies $10 4

Life Education Program $10 TBA Elective Sports $0-$40 4

Home Reader Bag $8 if new to school 1 Paper Levy $10 1

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program $20 All

Year 6 Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$40 family 1

School Carnivals Approx $15 1 and 2 Excursion - Canberra Approx $325 3

Environmental Education Centre visit $6 TBA Multicultural Show $3 (subsidised) 1

Mathletics $12 All Class party $10 4

Life Education Program $10 TBA Elective Sports $0-$40 4

Farewell $20 4 Paper Levy $10 1 Year 6 Shirt $25 1

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program $20 All

3-6S, K-6W, K-6PC Costs 2017

Activity/Item Cost Term Voluntary School Contribution $25 student/$50 family 1

School Carnivals Approx $10.50 1 and 2 Year 4 Jenolan/Bathurst Camp

Year 5 Great Aussie Bush Camp Approx $250 Approx $260 3

Multicultural Show $3 (subsidised) 1 Class Party $15 4

Life Education Program $10 TBA Floorball TBA 3

Elective Sports $0-$40 1 Mathletics $12 All

Wushka Reading $15 1 K-6P/K-6W - Horse Riding $82 1st time; $50 2nd time 1-4

K-6P/K-6W - Cooking $1.50 per week 1-4 Swim School $40 3 Paper Levy $10 1 Year 6 Shirt $25 1

Year 6 Farewell $20 4 K-6P/K-6W Gymnastics Program $40 for 8 weeks 1

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program $20 All