Owen “Harry Potter” Ranby was looking great for the Book Character Parade. Congratulations also to Owen for being the “Director’s Recognition Local Hero” !

NORTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Hampden Avenue, Wagga Wagga Ph: 6921 3533 Website: www.northwagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: northwagga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

North Wagga Public School P&C Association meet 1st Thursday of each month at 6.00pm in the Library

Tuesday 4th August 2015

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Our school supported the range of activities at the Marketplace last week to celebrate Education week. To start the week off, both Cheyenne Fenton and Piper Robertson from Year 5 sang as part of the Riverina Central Choir for the opening. Students from Kindergarten and 3/4S also performed to a large crowd the following day. Four of our students participated in the Marketplace Chess Competition later in the week, doing well and coming overall second. Our Open Day, last Thursday was a huge success with many parents turning up to visit classrooms and watch the students parade in their book character costumes. Many books were also sold at the annual Book Fair, helping raise money for additional library resources. The theme of Education Week was Celebrating Local Heroes and as part of this, each school received a Director of Schools Recognition Certificate and book voucher. At our school the prize was awarded to Owen Ranby from Year 5. Owen was chosen as our ‘Local Hero’ for helping out another student recently in a big way in a time of need. Congratulations Owen! Also, last week Miss Woodside, Mrs Standley and I attended the Leading Educators Around the Planet (LEAP) Conference in Sydney. The theme of the conference was around building teacher capacity and student outcomes through professional learning. Recognised keynote speakers, including Stephen Dinham, Tom Whittinham and Helen Timperley, presented models of the most up to date research on teacher professional learning and it was pleasing to see that our school is well on track with building a learning community at North Wagga Public School. Building professional learning and leadership capacity has been a major focus for the past eighteen months and we are seeing the results in classrooms. Today, Mark Saddler will present his ‘Aboriginal Cultural Show’. The performance is an opportunity for students to learn more about indigenous Australia. The Annual Town and Gown procession will be held this afternoon to celebrate and showcase the educational achievements of Wagga Wagga, promote the city’s educational opportunities to the next generation, and to mark the close of Education Week. The School Captains and Vice Captains will join Mr Griffith in the procession. The parade will begin at 4.30pm in Morgan Street, proceed along Baylis Street and finish in the Civic Theatre Gardens. We hope you can come and watch. I hope you enjoy the week ahead.

Brad Griffith, Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday 6th August P&C Meeting at 6.00pm in the Library. All welcome! Monday 31st August Year 3 and 4 go to The 26 Storey Treehouse Tuesday 1st September School Photo Day Monday 31st August Swim Scheme starts, finishes on Friday 11th September Wednesday 16th September Kindergarten go to The Cranky Bear Friday 18th September Last Day of Term 3

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TRY THE NORTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL APP Have you downloaded the app for your iOS or android device yet? IT'S FREE and available at the App Store and at Google Play NOW ! Just type in North Wagga Public School. It is a fabulous way to be informed about events that are happening at the school and find newsletters, notes etc.

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TIP #1 - When you download the app, go into the settings and select which year group/s you would like notifications for. The 4/5 class is added because it incorporates two stages (2 & 3) or you could choose 'all'.

MARKETPLACE CHESS TOURNAMENT by Owen Ranby and Conrad Eyles

As part of the Education Week activities some schools took part in a chess tournament at the Marketplace. There were 6 teams altogether and we played 5 rounds. In our team we had Kaya, Maria, Conrad and Owen. We played really well and came 2nd overall. Thank you to Mrs Phillips for taking us and for the parents from coming and cheering us on. We had a great time!

OUR BOOK CHARACTER PARADE!

KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS 2016 – PLEASE RETURN ENROLMENT FORMS Yes, it is that time of year again for us to get organised for next year’s Kindy. If you have a Kindy for next year, please collect an enrolment form from the office and return it as soon as possible. If you have a neighbour or friend whose child may be coming please let them know too. We need the enrolment forms returned so further processing and planning can be done.

AWARDS ASSEMBLY The next awards assembly will be held in Week 4 on Thursday, 6th August at 2.45pm with an item being presented by 5/6M. All welcome.

Further assemblies this term will be held on the following dates: 20th August – 1/2V 3rd September – KW 17th September – 5/6W

P&C NEWS The next meeting of the P & C will be held this Thursday, 6th August at 6.00pm in the Library. Please note that during the colder months the time of the meetings has been changed from 6.30pm to 6.00pm. Please come along and be part of our school community!

MAKING PARENT ONLINE PAYMENTS - “POP” PAYMENTS It is now possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students. Payments can be made using either a Visa, Mastercard credit or debit card. The payment page is accessed from the schools website by selecting www.northwagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au and then finding $ Make a payment . This is a secure payment system hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner, these details are not passed back to the school. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed by yourself. Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. As a receipt has been issued from the payment page a further receipt will not be issued by the school. It would be appreciated that POP Payments are over $5.00. Cash is preferred for under $5. Permission notes from now on will have a box to be ticked on the bottom of the page where the receipt number is to be written. All permission notes will need to be returned to the school office the day after POP payment with the receipt number. Payments to North Wagga P & C Association for uniforms, fundraising, fete, canteen, special lunches, etc. cannot be paid by the parent online payments as they hold different bank accounts. UNIFORM ORDERS Uniform orders together with payment can be handed in to the school office and once a week the uniform co-ordinator will fill the orders and send them home with the child. Prices for uniforms have been set out below. Prices: Polo shirts - $20.00 Sports shirts - $20.00 Sports shorts - $13.00 Sports track pants - $23.00 Jumpers - $23.00 Jackets - $35.00 Girls grey bootleg pants - $20 Boys grey pants - $20

NOTES, ETC TO BE RETURNED

Chords – permission and payment of $10.00 due tomorrow, Wednesday 5th August Learn to Swim (Yrs 2-3) – DUE NOW

Stage 3 Melbourne Excursion - $50 deposit due now Borambola Excursion (Year 3) - $50 due by Friday 28th August

Borambola Excursion (Year 4) - $75 deposit or $150 full payment due by Friday 28th August

COMMUNITY NEWS

NORTH WAGGA RESIDENT’S ASSOCIATION BUSHDANCE - FEWSON FAMILY FUNDRAISER This will be held at the North Wagga Hall on Saturday 8th August at 6.30pm. Cost is $10 adults and gold coin for children. Casseroles and BBQ dinner included. Please come along, bring your friends and support the Fewson family and have lots of fun!

FREE GRADUATED LICENSING SCHEME INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF LEARNER DRIVERS IN WAGGA The Roads and Maritime Services has introduced a new licensing scheme. To help parents in supervising learner drivers the RMS has set up a FREE 2 hour workshop for parents that offers practical advice. It will be held Monday September 14th at the Wagga RSL from 5.30pm. Early bookings advisable, phone David Riches on 0434 964 764 to reserve a place or email safelearnerdrivers@gmail.com

WAGGA WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE This is located on WWPS premises at the corner of Simmons and Johnston St. The centre has positions available now. If you would like more information contact Alissa on 69212322 or 0466 318 191 or wwpsbasc@bigpond.com

CANTEEN NEWS If you can help for 2 hours this Friday please ring the school office on 69213533. CANTEEN ROSTER Wednesday, 5th August Jackie O’Reilly, Natasha Smart Friday, 7th August Jo Bowen, Jo Jolliffe, HELP NEEDED – 12-2pm Monday, 10th August Wendy Evans, Michelle Guthrie

ITS BACK! - EARN & LEARN Don’t forget to collect the Earn & Learn stickers and place them on the sticker sheet when you shop at Woolworths. You receive one sticker for every $10 spent. Once completed, simply place the sticker sheet in the collection box at Woolworths at the Marketplace, Northside or simply put them in the box in the school foyer!