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Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School

The School Mall WOY WOY NSW 2256 Ph.: (02)43411899 Fax: (02)43431984

Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] Principal: Matt Barr Term 4 – Week 2 Date: 23rd October, 2019

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Upcoming Events Friday, 25th October Year 6 Farewell Meeting – 3pm in Learning Centre

Grandparents Day – 10am > 11am Tuesday, 29th October Kindergarten Farm Visit – no cost involved

Thursday, 24th October – Thursday, 28th November

Ready 4 School Kindergarten 2020 Transition Program – 2pm > 2.45pm

Thursday, 31st October Stage 1 Geography Excursion - $5 Friday, 1st November PSSA Ball Games - $4 (first 70 students only)

Monday, 4th November – Wednesday, 6th November

Stage 3 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Thursday, 14th November Year 6. Mini Fete Friday, 15th November P&C Meeting in the Learning Centre @ 9am

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Tell Them From Me Survey This Friday, 25/10, is the last day for the Tell Them From Me Survey for community members. Please take the time to have your say and make our school a better place by completing the Tell them from Me Parent Survey by following the link on: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/92d9p Ready for School On Thursday this week, 24/10 our ‘Ready for School’ program commences for our 2020 kindergarten students. This program will run every week for 6 weeks commencing at 1.55pm. If you know of anyone with Kindergarten age children for 2020 living in our school zone, please don’t hesitate to invite them along to be a part of the program. Please contact the office if you’d like any further details. Opal Cards For those who travel to school by bus, the drivers have requested that all students have their Opal Cards with them daily. The drivers have been very flexible with this in recent times, but have been asked to ensure that students present them when boarding on every occasion. Central Coast Choral Festival Congratulations to all of the WWS student and staff who have participated in the 2019 Central Coast Choral Festival. The students have worked very hard to be part of what is an excellent production. The program will culminate in a matinee and evening show today, hosted by the Wyong Arts Centre. Well done to all involved, I’m looking forward to the show tonight!

Grandparents’ Day On Friday this week, WWSPS will be hosting Grandparents Day. The day will be run with the following format: 10:00-10:30 – Open classrooms 10:30-11:00- Performances in the Hall (only performance students & grandparents) 11:00-11:30- Recess picnic with grandparents We hope to see lots of friends and family there on the day! Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal

A reminder that BOOK CLUB orders are due in by 31st October 2019.

Grandparents Day On Friday the 25th October Woy Woy South PS will be celebrating Grandparents Day. We will be having open classrooms from 10:00-10:30 followed by performances in the hall. Grandparents are then asked to stay and have a picnic recess with students at 11am. On the day we will be also raising money for local animal shelters and are asking for donations of dog food, cat food, pet treats or a gold coin donation. We will also be having a cake stall outside the hall at recess. Hope to see you all there. Miss I’Anson

Year 2 – 3 Transition Information AVID

AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. It is a program that prepares students for a successful future and teaches them the skills and strategies to achieve their best. The AVID program supports students to achieve and improve their results. Students work within a team and build positive relationships with teachers, peers and members of the community. AVID teaches study and organisational skills, as well as strengthening writing, inquiry and reading skills. Overall the AVID program incorporates a growth mindset approach which builds self-confidence and belief in their ability to achieve. AVID uses a WICOR framework for student learning and teaching.

WICOR stands for: Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organisation and Reading

Students are taught strategies in each area of WICOR that will assist them in their learning.

CHROMEBOOKS

Every class in Stage 2 and 3 use Chromebook laptops approximately once a week. Students complete learning tasks online using a variety of platforms including Google Classroom, Maths Online and Reading Eggs. Teachers can set a range of learning activities for students including research based tasks. The students enjoy their online learning using the Chromebooks and this will prepare them for their future education in an ever changing digital world

Joshua, Toa and Ava in 2M received a Principal’s Award from Mr Barr for

their good work. Well done!

Year 6 Farewell Meeting There will be a Year 6 Farewell Meeting for all interested Parents and carers to attend on Friday the 25th of October, 2019 at 3.00pm in the Learning Centre. At this meeting we will be discussing the theme for the farewell and picking 2 colours to coordinate the theme. If you are unable to attend but would like to forward your suggestions please feel free to send them through your child to their classroom teacher.

Looking forward together on this exciting event.

Year 6 Staff

Week 2 PBL The whole school focus for this week is 'Appropriate Language '. We use appropriate language by remembering to use good manners when speaking. We also need to speak kindly and encouragingly to other students and teachers. Using appropriate language helps our school continue to be a happy and welcoming environment for everyone.

The PBL Team

P&C NEWS P&C MEETING – FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 9:00AM

Our next meeting will be held on Friday 15th November at 9:00am in the Learning Centre. There are lots of volunteering possibilities in Term 4 so please come along and help out as much as you can! New incentives for volunteering coming soon!

‘BOUNCE’ FUNDRAISER

Term 4 has arrived and it is time for our major fundraiser of the year! Introducing ‘Bounce” to Woy Woy South. We are going to have a day of inflatable fun on Friday 22nd November. Notes and Sponsorship forms going home soon. We will need two volunteers from each class to make this event possible so please volunteer if you can. All funds raised will go towards new technology for the school.

WOY WOY SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C FACEBOOK PAGE!!!

Have you liked and followed our page? Get up to date information and reminders on all things P&C. Join our Woy Woy South Public School P&C Facebook Page so we can get messages to all our volunteers and parents as required. This page will be a source of canteen specials, volunteers needed for certain days, reminders for meetings, reminders for money/notes due to the RED P&C BOX, uniform shop specials and opening times, and anything we need to get out to you. Feel free to ‘like’ our page and send us a message if you need any clarification or advice about upcoming events.

SCHOOL BANKING

New Polar Savers Term 4 rewards are now available, while stocks last:

*Water Skimming Bounce Ball * Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Friday.

UNIFORM SHOP

Order online using an account at quickcliq.com.au and collect your order from the uniform shop, canteen or Featon Locksmiths on West Street, Umina. Cash purchases can be made at our uniform shop or Featons but please note we do not have eftpos facilities. While online orders can be collected instantly at our uniform shop or Featons if stock is available, they may not be ready for collection from the canteen for a few days. Hats can be purchased, cash only, from our canteen ladies any time.

BLUEY’S SNACK SHACK

Did you know you can order your child’s lunch online up until 9:15am that day??

You can order your children’s lunches online at Woy Woy South. Check it out at – www.quickcliq.com.au

Simple and easy to sign up.

Thursday 24th- help needed

Frid 25th- help needed

Mon 28th- Tracey J

Tuesday 29th- Keiran

Weds 30th- help needed

We are running low on volunteers....if you can spare some time after school drop off pop in and see us...please!!

🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷Halloween Treats🕸🕸🕸🕸

50c or $1

Next Thursday 31st

Recess Only

Flyer will be coming home soon keep an eye 👁👁👁👁 out for it.

Amanda and Jacqui – Canteen Phone No. 4341 7798

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WWS garden is up and running! Our students have had a great time in our new garden helping to water the plants and have also been learning how to cook

using ingredients from the garden.