Newsletter - willynthps.vic.edu.au · Attendance—[email protected] Dates to Remember 2016 2016 Term Dates ... congratulate Annemarie on her successful appointment

Last day of Term Tuesday 20th December Early Finish at 1.30pm

Last day for Canteen Lunch Orders and Counter Sales is Wednesday 14th December

Principal’s Report CLASS REP PROGRAM

I would like to begin my final newsletter for the year by recognising the wonderful

work of our parents who have enthusiastically undertaken the role of class reps

throughout 2016.

This unique platform helps to establish a robust educational link between the

school and families, so that a strong and purposeful framework of support is

established for all students. We hope the distribution of the eNews each fortnight

has facilitated lots of discussion at home about school and our learning

programs, as well as strengthening your connectedness to the school.

Our class reps have contributed many hours to this important role throughout the

year and we are extremely grateful for all of their efforts to enhance the school’s

communication processes. Further thanks also to Julie Noonan and Toni

Burton, who have once again done a great job in coordinating this platform.

STUDENT REPORTS

We have our fingers crossed that the upload of our student 2016 December

Reports onto Compass will go smoothly on Friday afternoon. We will send out

an SMS to confirm their availability.

Please note that the school will not be providing printed copies of these reports.

If you have any issues accessing the reports on Compass, please don’t hesitate

to make contact with the main office on 93975722.

TRANSITION PROGRAM – MEET THE TEACHER

The final stage of our transition program will be undertaken on Friday 16th

December with all new and existing students meeting their teacher for 2017 in

their designated classroom with their fellow classmates for next year. No doubt

you will hear about all of this when your children arrive home on Friday

afternoon!

Please be assured that each child’s placement has been very carefully

considered. Like you, we want the best for all of our students again in 2017 and

through their considered class placement we aim to establish the learning

conditions in which all students can succeed.

Williamstown North Primary School

Newsletter 133 Melbourne Road, Williamstown 3016

Tel: 9397 5722, Fax: 9397 1893

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.willynthps.vic.edu.au

Compass Link—https://willynthps-vic.compass.education Attendance—[email protected]

Dates to Remember 2016 2016 Term Dates

3rd October to 20th December

Dates to Remember *

Friday 16th December Meet your 2017 Teacher

* Tuesday 20th December

Last Day of the School Year Early Dismissal at 1.30pm

*

2017 Term Dates

30th January to 31st March 18th April to 30th June

17th July to 22nd September 9th October to 22nd December

*

Wednesday 25th January Pick up Book Packs for

Years 3 to 6 9.30am *

Tuesday 31st January School resumes for students

* School FETE

Sunday 19th March 2017

Student Free Days for 2017 Monday 30th January Friday 24th February

Friday 19th May Monday 14th August

Public Holidays

Labour Day 13th March Good Friday 14th April

Easter Monday 17th April ANZAC Day 25th April

Queen’s Birthday 12th June Melbourne Cup 7th November

14th December 2016

Number 40

FAREWELLS

As we wrap up the 2016 academic year, we will sadly say goodbye to many families leaving the school. We hope

that you will all fondly remember your Willy North days!

This year, we sadly have a long standing member of the staff also leaving us – Annemarie Honeybone. We

congratulate Annemarie on her successful appointment to Reservoir West PS, (which is five minutes around the

corner from home for Annemarie!). Whilst the decision to leave Willy North has been a tough one, I’m sure we

can all appreciate the added benefits of not having to traverse the perils of the city traffic each day!

Annemarie is an outstanding teacher, who has a genuine love for her students. She has been a dedicated and

supportive staff member over the years. We are certainly going to miss her presence and her witty charm. On

behalf of the school community, we deeply thank Annemarie for her enduring commitment to school over the

years and we all wish her well for many happy years of teaching at her new school.

CLASSROOM & LIBRARY BOOKS

We would be grateful if you could scout around the bedrooms and the house over the next few days to ensure that

all classroom and library books have been returned to the school. Our annual stock take of books is almost

complete. We invest heavily each year in the books that are available for students to read and take home. Your

ongoing support with our books is greatly appreciated.

GREEN READING SATCHELS

When our students meet their new teachers on Friday, they will also hand over their internal school files to their

new teacher. This has important work samples, assessments etc; that will help their new teacher ascertain their

achievement levels and learning journey over the years. During this transition session, the students in our junior

and middle classes also take their green reading satchels with them to hand over to their new teacher. If your

child’s reading satchel is still at home, we would be grateful if you could send this to school over the next few

days.

SOCIAL NIGHT PROCEEDS

I’m delighted to confirm that the proceeds ($8,293) from the Social Night held in August this year are going

towards the purchase of a demountable stage for our Gym. The new stage will be purchased early next year.

Thank you again to the organizers, attendees and sponsors of this wonderful event – what a terrific outcome for

parents and students!

BOOK PACK DAY

For all families that will have students on Years 3 – 6 in 2017, don’t forget that Wednesday 25th January has been

designated as the day for the collection of student Book Packs. We will issue an SMS reminder early next year for

your convenience.

PRINCIPAL REFLECTIONS & THANKS

As another school year draws to an end, I continue to reflect on how fortunate I am to lead such a dynamic,

inclusive and vibrant learning community.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our hard working teachers and our Education Support staff,

for the extra yards they put in every day of the school year to nurture and support the individual needs of all of our

students. How exciting it was to have the daily efforts of all staff recognised this year with the Victorian Education

Excellence Award!

Throughout 2016, I have continued to be wonderfully supported by a fantastic office team, who all help to keep me

so organised! My sincere thanks to Judy Coleman (reception), Debbie Dorgan (Business Manager) and Belinda

Gill (Communications Officer) who are a pleasure to work with every day. They have even had to endure a recent

office rearrangement to accommodate our second Assistant Principal next year!

I would also like to thank the highly talented members of the school leader team for their unequivocal support

throughout the year. It has been a big year for the school as we undertook a whole school review and developed a

new Strategic Plan 2017 – 2020. As a high performing school I can’t thank our leaders enough for the countless

hours they have put into supporting the administrative and educational platforms of the school. Many thanks to

Wendy Emin, Crissy Samaras, Giorgia Moss, Sarah Nobbs, Melissa Ziebowski and Sue Peterson.

Behind the scenes, we have continued to be highly supported by Win Brown (Grounds person) and Keith Field

(Maintenance). I thank Win and Keith for facilitating such a high level of school presentation.

To our wonderful parents and broader school community, my deepest thanks for your support throughout 2016. It

has been a year of many achievements of which we can all take enormous pride in. We enter into next year with

a new Strategic Plan and some reframed directions for the school’s future priorities, which aim to make our

provision for our students stronger and our school even greater. We look forward to our strong partnership with

all families again in 2017.

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and I hope that the time you spend with the family over the

coming weeks is filled with much happiness and joy.

Enjoy the break

Jim Cahill—Principal—Williamstown North PS

eSmart School Through lots of hard work over the last few years, Williamstown North Primary School is very proud to announce that we have achieved status as an eSmart School! eSmart is an initiative of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, a national charity committed to protecting children from violence and is a guiding framework for schools to manage Online Safety and wellbeing. This accreditation recognises how our teachers, students and the whole school community embrace the benefits of technology, whilst reducing our exposure

to cyberspace risks such as cyberbullying, identity theft, online sexual predation and accessing or sending inappropriate images and content. eSmart. Our work towards achieving eSmart status involved integrating online safety into our learning technologies policies, establishing clear procedures to deal with incidents, building teacher confidence in the planning and delivery of curriculum around the smart, safe and responsible use of technology.

Williamstown North PS Holiday Program Dear families,

Bookings are now open for the NEW Holiday Program at Williamstown North PS OSHClub!

The program will open on the 16th January, 2017 and will run until 27th January 2017.

The program will operate from 7.00am until 6.15pm and will involve a variety of activities, incursions and

excursions.

The brochure outlining what will be on offer each day will be available online by the 16th December. Excursion

days may be limited. Book early to ensure you don’t miss out!

If you already know the dates you require care, please log into your account at www.oshclub.com.au and make

a booking, or if new to OSHClub, please contact us to set-up an account and make a booking.

With Thanks

Holiday Program Team—0422 236 845

Swimming Trials for Next Year Early next year, Sarah Nobbs will be conducting the school Swimming Trials. These trials are held

to select a team to represent the school at the District Swimming Carnival. The trials will be held on

Tuesday 7th February. Details about the Swimming trials were sent out via a Compass Newsfeed

yesterday to the current Year 2, 3, 4 & 5 parents.

If your child is interested, you will need to complete the sheet below to make the selections. Sheets then need to be

returned to the general office or to Sarah Nobbs by Wednesday 14th December.

If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to speak to Sarah Nobbs—Sports Coordinator.

School Swimming Team Trials 2017

Name of Child __________________________________________ Present Class (2016) ___________

How old will your turn in 2017? ) ____________________________ Date of Birth _____ / _____ / _____

I would like to try out for (please tick)

25meter Freestyle 50meter Freestyle 100meter Freestyle

25meter Backstroke 50meter Backstroke

50meter Breaststroke 50meter Butterfly

Parent Helpers needed to assist with the trials

Parent Name _________________________________________ Contact Number _________________

I will be able to help at the swimming trials.

I am able to travel to and from the venue on the bus

I have a Working with Children Card Card Number ___________________

If you have helped before, what role have you undertaken?

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Fresh Fruit Friday (FFF) has finished for 2016 Thank you to all the lovely parents that assisted with FFF throughout the year. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Canteen—Today is the last day for lunch orders and canteen sales.

Thank you to all volunteers for 2016, your help has been valued. We look

forward to your assistance again in 2017 and welcome any new volunteers. Wednesday 16th December—Sandra Ensabella (LAST CANTEEN DAY FOR THE YEAR)

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Uniform Shop News Primary School Wear (PSW) is our official Uniform supplier. Uniforms can be

purchased at the store located at Unit 1, 128 Bertie Street Port Melbourne. Items can also be purchased online.

Email [email protected]. Trading hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm, Saturday 9.00am to 1.00pm and closed on Sunday. ______________________________________________________________________________________________

School Banking last day of school banking is today. Thank you to all the volunteers that assisted throughout the year and the children for undertaking regular banking. ______________________________________________________________________________________________

Student Safety Please take the time to regularly remind your child/ren about safety, especially when going to

and from school. Here are the important points to mention:

Do not to talk to strangers and never accept a ride from a stranger, or accept lollies or gifts from a stranger.

Immediately report any issue or problem you may have when going to or from school, to your mum and dad, or to your teacher, the Principal, Assistant Principal or office staff.

Always get permission from mum or dad before going to play with a friend after school and always let mum and dad know where you will be and what time you will be home.

We advise that, wherever possible, children should travel to or from school with an adult or with their friends, rather than travel alone.

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Early Release All children collected from school before 3.30pm must be signed out at the Office. Parents will be handed an ‘Early Release Pass’ to hand to the supervising teacher. If a child is signed out at Recess or Lunch time, the Office staff will call the child to the Office and then ensure the Early Release Pass is given to the supervising teacher.

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Bikes & Scooters Many children ride bikes and scooters to school each day. All bikes and scooters must be locked up in either the Bike or Scooter Enclosure to prevent theft. Please ensure your child has a chain and a lock. All children who ride a bike or scooter must wear a helmet which is a requirement by the Government . The school regularly reminds all children about wearing helmets for their safety. All bikes, scooters, skateboards, ribstic and helmets must be labelled, with your child’s name and class. Children are reminded they must walk their bike, scooter, skateboard or ribstic to and from the school gates. No bikes are to be brought through the school

buildings and we request, where possible, that scooters are also not walked through the building.

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Working With Children Cards

Cardholders who are required to renew their WWCC will no longer need to go to Australia Post to lodge a paper form and present their current card. Cardholders will go to the WWCC website to complete their renewal application online and, if applying for an Employee Check, pay the fee using a credit card when using the online renewal process, cardholders will be notified by SMS, letter or email 28 days before their WWCC is due to expire. It is important for cardholders to keep their contact details up to date so that they receive this important reminder.

After receiving a notification, individuals continuing to do child-related work should go to MyCheck on the WWCC website and apply to renew their check. Cardholders will be asked to register with MyCheck if they have not already done so. Once logged in to MyCheck, cardholders will be prompted to confirm or update their personal contact and work details, complete the online form and, if applying for an Employee Check, pay the non-refundable $102.70 fee.

More information: an FAQ guide to online renewals will be available in 'Publications' under 'Resources' on the WWC

website, or contact the Customer Support Line on 1300 652 879 8.30am – 5.00pm weekdays except public holidays.

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

It’s never too late to join WNPSFete team Why don’t you join our fete committee? We’d love to

have you!

When we’re back in 2017, there’s only 6 weeks to fete

day, so we’ll need all hands on deck in our endeavour

to raise record funds for our wonderful school.

Please contact Shane at [email protected].

Raffle donations gladly accepted. Thank you to Melissa Fischer who has kindly volunteered as our fete raffle coordinator. If you can donate a raffle item, please get in contact with Melissa at [email protected].

Follow us on Facebook Want to follow WNPSfete on Facebook? Go to https://www.facebook.com/wnpsfete/ and together help grow our followers, share the fun and learn more about our generous sponsors’ products and services.

The WNPS Fete garden stall is after plastic soft drink bottles to make into plant pots. If you have any loitering around your recycling bin, we'd love to recycle them for you! There will be a box at the front office for your donations.

Thanks! Fiona, Garden Stall coordinator. [email protected]

Spring Planting

To the gardeners amongst us, now is the time to gather your plant and flower cuttings in readiness for March. Think herbs, cottage perennials and succulents. For tips go to Burke’s backyard website to get some inspiration for this weekend!

Calling for Craft Bits & Bobs We are looking for donations of old woollen gloves and hat as well as ribbon, buttons a fabric for the craft stall. If you can help little or a lot, please contact Rebecca Rowley at [email protected]

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Willy French

Club Term 4 Supportive, stimulating and fun learning environment with experienced, native-speaking teacher.

Terrific grounding for future high-school French students.

Watch your kids feel positive about learning another language.

Children of all ages and experience welcome.

Wednesdays 3.50—4.50pm

Williamstown Community

Centre

14 Thompson St

Enquiries welcome,

Jim Callahan, 0432 719 034

[email protected]

Holiday Greetings from your School Crossing Supervisors To all involved in the School Community—Thank

you for your smiling friendly faces, warm greetings

and cooperation each morning and afternoon

throughout the year. We wish you a Merry

Christmas and a joyful, healthy safe new year.

To the Year 6 students, we say farewell and wish

you all a happy and smooth transition into high

school. May you enjoy the intrigue and exciting

new experiences that high school has to offer.

To all who will be returning to Willy North in 2017,

we look forward to seeing your delightful faces

again.

From your crossing supervisors

Pamela, Bill, Lorraine and Andrea.

LFK Holiday Program December / January 2017 CHRISTMAS DAY AT LFK

Wednesday the 21st of December- 9.00am-2.00pm- $60- BYO Lunch and Snack

Ho ho ho! Parents can have the morning to themselves for that last minute Christmas shopping while we get in the Christmas spirit here at LFK! Play on the gym equipment, write a letter to Santa, make Christmas cards, make Christmas tree decorations, bake some ginger bread cookies, make a Christmas poster to put on the room of your door, make a reindeer hat, play lots of fun Christmas games and take home a Christmas colouring in sheet to get you in the zone for Christmas! We would love for you to wear a hat, reindeer ears or your favourite Christmas outfit!

007 SPY DAY Wednesday 18TH January Ages: 5 -12 years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register 9.50am Please BYO snack-lunch and drink bottle …wear your best spy outfit.

Laser beam challenges and obstacle courses, Top-secret missions to decode, fingerprint stations and invisible ink messages to write. Get your own magnifying glass to play with the I SPY books. Make a CIA ID badge to allow you access to do the 007 scavenger and treasure hunts. Play Disco assassins, wink murder, word searches, and find the pretend balloon bomb and 007 mission games. Pop explosion candy to take home a cool photo booth photo with disguises like moustaches, hats, trench coats and glasses to dress up in. Play on all the gymnastics equipment and jumping castle and

become an LFK secret agent! Are you sneaky enough? See you under cover……..

ACRO CHEER CIRCUS TRAMPOLING GYMNASTICS Thursday 19th January Ages: 5 -12 years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register - 9.50am ––Please BYO morning tea and lunch and wear comfortable clothes.

Circus-Try your skills at juggling, circus tricks and red silks

Acro Practice Dive rolls, Front saults, Group pyramids, Partner balances, Partner Aerial cartwheels,

Handsprings & lots of drills, skills and lifts to help you fly through the sky + Gym Teachers displays

Cheerleading- Use our professional Pom Poms and learn a routine with lifts and cool formations.

Learn a group strength routine to Uptown Funk and a cheerleading routine to “Better when I’m dancing”

Gymnastics-Have a Gymnastics lesson on the Bars --Beam –Rings --Vault,Trapeze and learn the Level

2/3-floor routine+ an award. Best handstand, cartwheel or special trick and

Hula-hoop comps. Play Obstacle races, Limbo, Juggling, Trapeze skills and Parachute games.

3.25 3.30-Parents come and watch our LFK Cheerleaders

BALLERINA MOVIE DAY Friday 20th January Ages: 5 -12 years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register - 9.50am- BYO morning tea and lunch and wear a ballet outfit and shoes if you have them.

**Dream Big--Believe in Yourself--Follow your heart—Find your Passion-Love to Dance

Try a Ballet Lesson using the ballet barres, a stretching lesson and a yoga lesson to beautiful classical music. Learn how to jete, pirouette, relieve and plie. Have your hair put into a ballet bun with pink ribbons and make a silver tiara to wear to class. Make paper tutu bags and fill with silver glitter gloss and a snowflake ballerina. Make tutu marshmallows on a stick and pirouette punch for afternoon tea. Design your own leotard and play pin the tutu on the ballerina. Learn a ballet routine to music from Copelia, play with a princess piñata, ballerina bubbles to dec-orate and take home, dance stickers and colouring sheets. Come dance the day away at LFK.

MAKE A MESS DAY Monday 23rd January Ages: 5 -12 years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register - 9.50am… Please wear old clothes and bring morning tea and lunch and a drink bottle.

Be prepared for the messiest most fun day ever!!!! Shaving cream and window painting, Cheezel toss, green Slime, Mud pies and Play-dough. Have fun catching mini doughnuts on a string, finding the gummy bears in the whipped cream pie with your hand behind your back and catch the bubbles in the smoke machine haze. See how far you can toss the raw egg and catch it and play Jenga with the jellybean flour moun-tain. Make an ice cream sundae and top it with chocolate sauce and lots of different toppings of your choice. Lots of messy science experiments, painted hand prints and cool and exciting games to play at LFK. Jumping castles, trampolines and fantastic gym equipment for you to play on all day

GET VERY MESSY AT LFK AND HAVE A GREAT DAY

LIVE AUSSIE WILDLIFE SHOW SNAKES CROCODILES & LIZARDS Tuesday 24thJanuary Ages: 5-12years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register - 9.50am-Wear your dance gear BYO Morning tea and Lunch

Register 9,50am Please BYO snack-lunch and drink bottle….wear animal theme clothes!!

LIVE REPTILE SHOW AT LFK. Learn new facts about reptiles, touch them and have your photo taken holding your favourite. Make a frog in pond, chocolate spiders, green swamp slime & go on a lolly snake & red frog treasure hunt in the gym. Animal face paint, make Gator-ade and animal finger puppets. Play games like snakes and ladders, hungry hippos, crocodile cross my river, the fishing game and lizards and frogs. Play on the jumping castle and gymnastics equipment and receive a sticky lizard to take home as well as colouring sheets and reptile mazes to colour in. DON’T MISS out on a snake buster of a day!!

STAR WARS SPACE DAY Wednesday 25th January Ages: 5 -12 years 10.00am – 3.30pm Cost: $60.00

Register 9.50am… Please BYO Morning tea, lunch.and a drink bottle.

Make silver moon rocks and glow in the dark stars. Use Star Wars light sabres to light up a room and have a battle. Make a jet pack with flames to strap to your back and launch the rocket to see how high it will fly. Play with Mars mud…. Jupiter jelly and NASA water. Get your own official NASA ID Astronaut card and make a bag with silver stars for your moon rocks. Play alien and space age games and listen to music from Star Trek, Star Wars and Space Odyssey. Glow in the dark treasure hunts and hide glow sticks in balloons. Learn about the planets and the stars and make rocket fruit kebabs for afternoon tea. Lots of Gymnastics, jumping castle and space aged active games. UP UP AND AWAY THE LFK WAY…..SEE YOU IN OUTER SPACE

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL AND PLACES ARE LIMITED $25 DEPOSIT REQUIRED.

Payments can be made by cash, credit card, cheque or Direct Deposit.

Call 9397 77 66 or Email [email protected] to register and book in …limited spaces.