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Respect: Be Thoughtful
Integrity: Do the Right Thing
Excellence: Do your very best
Responsibility: Be in charge of
yourself
Newsletter Term 4 Week 11— 15th December 2020
Dates to Remember December 15th—Grade 6 Graduation
16th—Adventure Park 17th—Final assembly @ 9am 17th—Students vs
Teachers Netball 17th—Whole School Christmas Party 18th—Last day of
School 1:30 finish
Waubra Primary School’s Vision
To develop academically and socially confident students in an
engaging learning environment, where they are inspired to
reach their full potential.
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INTRODUCING OUR 2021 SCHOOL LEADERS!!!
Following yesterday’s fantastic leadership speeches, it gives me
great pleasure to
introduce our 2021 school leaders.
SCHOOL CAPTAINS—Evie Davidson and Tom Koros
HOUSE CAPTAINS— Mackenzie (Bolton), Tess (Mullawallah) and Izzy
(Springs)
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Principal’s Report
With only a few days until we venture off and get ready to enjoy
are well earned Christmas
break, it is important we reflect on the year that was and how
well the Waubra PS community
has adapted and come out the other side. I want to thank our
wonderful staff. The care and
dedication you all show day in and day out is a credit to you
and our community is extremely
lucky to have such assets within our school. To all of our
students, you should be incredibly
proud of the way you have finished off the year. Reading every
single school report, it was
great to read about the important role you all play in your
classroom and the development
you have made this year. Thank you to our parents who have had a
tougher year than normal,
juggling the role of parent and teacher and doing it so
well.
We farewell Marg, Ms Hurse and Rachel this week. All 3 of you
will be missed by every mem-
ber of the Waubra community. The dedication and commitment you
have all shown to make
our students time at school rewarding and memorable has been
wonderful.
Well done to our graduating Grade 6 students’ who tonight get
the chance to celebrate at
their graduation dinner. Thanks to Tim for all his hard work in
preparing our students' for the
night and also organising the graduation.
ADVENTURE PARK
Tomorrow we head off on our whole school trip to Adventure Park.
Although the weather
doesn’t look as warm as we would like, it is sure to be a great
day. As we are staying at the
park until 5pm, students will be provided with some BBQ food
prior to our departure home. As
per the note, a packed lunch, snacks and drink bottle are to be
brought along. No students will
be able to bring spending money.
FINAL ASSEMBLY - THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER
Our final assembly is Thursday 17th December at 9am. All parents
and family
members are welcome. We will celebrate and farewell Marg, Rachel
and Ms
Hurse along with our Graduating Grade 6 students.
Following our assembly, the inaugural Teachers vs Students
netball game will take
place. Students will then have a small snack and go to lunch
time play.
At 12:00pm we will have our whole school Christmas Party. Can
all students
please bring a plate of food to share. Students will also be
taking home all be-
longings so send along a bag or two to transport home this
year’s belongings.
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2021 FIRST WEEK BACK
Staff return Wednesday January 27th
Student testing— Thursday January 28th and Friday 29th (online
booking has
been sent out)
Monday February 1st - all students return to school
SCHOOL BANKING—A MESSAGE FROM COMMONWEALTH BANK (reminder)
From Term 1, 2021 the Victorian Government has ceased school
banking programs in Victorian
government schools. As a result, the CommBank School Banking
program will no longer oper-
ate at our school after the end of this term. If you are unsure
of other methods of depositing
to your child’s account, please feel free to contact the Bank’s
general enquiries hotline on 13
2221 or alternatively visit your local CommBank branch.
If your child is eligible to receive a reward, please notify our
School Banking Co-ordinator Sue
Holland prior to the 11th December 2020.
We would like to thank you for your participation and support
throughout the School Banking
program.
2021 STUDENT TESTING
On Thursday 28th January and Friday 29th January, all students
are required to
take part in a 30 minute testing session with their classroom
teacher.
This testing is vital in starting day 1 of the year teaching to
the individual stu-
dent’s point of need.
The booking for your testing session is online using the
following web address;
www.schoolinterviews.com.au
The event code is 7zu27
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Student of the Week: Excellence
Teacher Student Reason Ms Hurse Austin Dowler Finishing off the
year with a cracking Big
Write! Well done, Austin! You have demon-strated what you can
achieve when you set your mind to it. Your writing piece about The
Polar Express made me so proud to be your teacher and part of your
learning jour-ney! Thank you
Ms Hepburn Olivia Arvidson You have worked so hard to understand
your emotions and develop positive ways to deal with frustrations.
I am so proud of how far you have come! You are a star, Olivia!
Tim Tyla Boef For demonstrating our school value of Ex-cellence
by having such a fantastic attitude towards all areas of your
schooling in 2020.
You have made great progress and have displayed a positive
attitude at all times during what has been a very tough year!
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Goodbye to 2020!!
So, here we are at the end of what has been a monumental year! I
don’t think I will be alone in saying
that I am glad 2020 is almost over. We have, however, made the
most of it! Coming together to suc-
cessfully navigate two Remote Learning experiences has really
highlighted the importance of communi-
ty, and working together to educate our children.
I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on my time at
Waubra, given I will be teaching at
Maryborough Education Centre during 2021.
For those of you who don’t know, I began my teaching career at
Waubra at the beginning of Term 2,
teaching Grade 2, 3, 4 in 2013. Initially, I was meant to stay
for one term… and here we are! The Grade
4 students in my grade that year are about to launch into Year
12 next year. They, and every other stu-
dent I have taught since, are all still very much in my
thoughts. I love hearing and seeing what they are
up to, and where they are headed.
Working in a small community school is a wonderful experience. I
honestly feel like I am part of your
family. This is not only due to the fact I get called ‘mum’ many
times a day (I was once called Grandpa…
thanks Will B!), but because you welcomed me into your community
in so many ways. I will always feel
that incredible sense of belonging and be fiercely protective of
‘our’ kids.
Seeing your kids grow from tiny Foundation students, to
confident and capable Grade 6 students is a
great privilege. I have many happy memories of many happy and
fun times. Sports Days, Concerts,
Graduations, Book Week activities and dress-ups, Whole-School
Maths/NAIDOC activities, Science Days
on local farms, Camps and Excursions, Grade 6 vs Staff netty
games… the list is endless really. And
while Covid made a mess of most of those this year, we know we
will be back at it in the near future.
A year out of this community seems like an eternity, however I
am looking forward to spreading my
wings and enjoying new experiences in a larger school community.
I have been blessed with many op-
portunities to learn and develop as an educator at Waubra, and
believe I have much to offer - they will
learn as much from me as I will from them, in my opinion!
Thank you all for your unending support; staff, students,
parents and extend-
ed families.
I wish you all a very merry and safe Christmas. I hope you all
get to have some time away from home
to enjoy some rest and relaxation, with a different view! May
the new year bring you happy times, and
may 2021 be, well, better than 2020!
See you all on the flip side! Keep smiling…
Caroline x :)
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What’s happening in Grade 4/5/6?
Wowee, what a year it has been!
It has been a tough year for so many people and a year like no
other, that hopefully
we never have to experience again.
We went in and out of remote learning a couple of times and
spent a bit less than half
of the school year learning from home!
I am so proud of every single one of the students for the effort
they have put in during
2020.
I would like to say a big thank-you to all of my students and
their families for being so
supportive and so flexible during these hard times!
As you know I am leaving the senior class next year to take over
as the Grade 3/4
teacher. As sad as it will be not teaching these kids again, I’m
looking forward to a new
challenge and a great opportunity to develop myself as a
teacher!
Well done to Aki Wong, Tom Koros, Alex Bourke, Evie
Davidson, Tom Machin, Mackenzie Hepburn-Swadling,
Tess Wheeler, Izzy Grail and Shaelee Elliot for getting up
in front of the whole school and saying a speech for the
School/House Captain positions for 2021! Very Proud!
I hope everyone has a great Christmas and New
Year and enjoys their time off! See you back in
2021!
Tim Haase