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Newsletter 27th March 2017 Term 1 Week 10

Assistant Principal’s Report

This will be my first turn to do the Assistant Principal’s Report for our school newsletter. I will be in the role of Relieving

Assistant Principal for semester one. We have lots of wonderful things happening over the next two weeks, to end what

has been a fantastic term.

Out of Uniform Day

This Friday, 31st March we are having an Out of Uniform Day. Instead of a gold coin donation, students are asked to bring

a chocolate for the Lob-a-Choc stall at the Year 6 mini-fete. Students need to wear sensible closed in shoes/joggers and

their school hats.

Grandparents’ Day

We are celebrating Grandparents’ Day next Tuesday (4th April). Activities will commence at 10:00am in your grandchild's

classroom. This will be followed by a picnic lunch at 11:00am in the playground. Don’t forget to bring picnic rugs, chairs

and of course, some lunch! Tea, coffee and cakes will be available for purchase from the canteen.

Easter Hat Parade

Our Easter Hat Parade is on after Grandparents’ Day celebrations, Tuesday 4th April. The K-6 parade will be held under

the Primary COLA starting at 12 noon. All K-2 children will be supplied with a cardboard strip to make their hat. Howev-

er, Year 3-6 students are asked to bring in a sheet of cardboard as an alternative hat to decorate. It would be greatly ap-

preciated if parents are able to send in a bag of crafty items to assist in decorating the hats. Teachers will notify you if they

need helpers in their classroom to make the hats.

Year 6 Mini-fete

The year 6 Mini-fete is on Friday 7th April. Please see the information provided by

Miss Patrick in the newsletter.

I look forward to seeing you at these wonderful up-coming events.

Regards,

Maxine Morton

Library We’ve had a great term in the library. We have been getting to know our new

interactive library system and doing lots of borrowing and reading.

Next term will be very busy, especially during Education Week. The Tuesday of this

week (May 23) will be the first day of our annual Book Fair. Also on this day our

annual Book Character Parade will be held. This is the parade we normally have in

Book Week (August). This year it is happening in Education Week, so we all need to

have our costumes ready by then.

Book Fair: Tuesday May 23 & Wednesday May 24.

Book Character Parade: Tuesday May 23

We will confirm times closer to the day.

I hope you all enjoy the upcoming school holidays, have time to enjoy a good book, and have brilliant ideas about book

character costumes.

See you next term!

Ros Beard

Upcoming Events

Fri 31 March Out of uniform day

(Lob-a-choc stall donation)

Tue 4 April Easter Hat Parade K-6

Grandparents Day K-6

Wed 5 April Anzac Day service

Fri 7 April Yr 6 Mini-Fete

Tue 11 April Movie Fundraiser

Smurfs—The lost villiage

Mon 1 May Athletics Carnival

Tue-Wed

23-24 May

Book Far

Tue 23 May Book Character Parade

Celebrating 125 years of education at Warners Bay Public School

1892-2017



UNSW Education Assessments Reminder that the payment for 2017 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is due this

Wednesday (29th March). These are optional assessments for students. A note was sent home earlier this term with

further information and can also be found on our website for further information.

School Banking There will be a brief information session held at the next Infants Assembly which will take place on Thursday 30th

March from 2:00pm in the Hall regarding School Banking. A representative from the Commonwealth Bank will also be

available after the assembly until 3:15pm should you have any queries regarding school student banking.

125th Birthday Celebrations As part of our birthday celebrations, we aim to publish a commemorative book. Past pupils, friends and parents are

invited to send in stories and memories of WBPS. These need to be send in as soon as possible. We also seek volun-

teers with publishing and design layout skills. All advice would be appreciated. Contributions can be left at the office

or emailed to the school.

Also remember to save the date of Saturday 28th October for our Anniversary Ball. More details to follow.

Regards, Greg Powell

Commemorative Book Co-Ordinator

P&C Fundraiser Warners Bay P & C have formed a Fundraising Committee, which consists of parents from the school community. We

are working mums and are excited to be a part of this adventure. We have created a Facebook page, which all are wel-

come to join. The page is Warners Bay P & C Fundraising Committee 2017.

Many fundraising ideas have already been raised and we welcome any new idea. Our goal is to create fundraising op-

portunities for the students, parents and families collectively. Our first official fundraising opportunity will be a Holiday

Movie Screening. Details are attached to the Newsletter, however, for those who missed it.

Movie: Smurfs

Time: 10am

Cinema: EVENT Cinemas Glendale

Date: Tuesday April 11th

Cost: $20 includes movie ticket, lollies and a popper (money to be sent

to school in a labelled envelope)

We hope to see many of you at this, so we can introduce ourselves. As the holi-

days approach we are preparing for the Mother’s Day Stall with the help of Meredith. Once again we would like to

thank Meredith for her help in this transition.

Happy fundraising,

Elissa, Kristyn, Michelle, Stephanie, Mandy and Leah (Fundraising committee)

Starstruck This year’s Starstruck is shaping up to be a fantastic spectacle as always. Tickets go on sale from April 6th if you are

interested in going along to the show.

Canteen Thank you to our volunteers who have kept our Canteen open during Term 1. The roster is now available for Term 2

and we would welcome any new helpers that may be able to add their name to the roster.

A reminder also that our Canteen does not open on Wednesdays. Please remember to send in lunch for your child on

Wednesday as we are not able to process lunch orders or make counter sales.

Statement of Account Term 2 invoices are being sent home today to each family. A statement of account is also included which will list any

outstanding fees for term 1as well as the Term 2 charges.



ANZAC Day service Ms Patrick will meet school leaders and any other students interested in attending the Dawn

Service at Speers Point on ANZAC Day. Meet opposite the LMCC chambers at Speers Point at

5:20am in full school uniform.

There will also be a servie at Allambee Park Valentine at 10:00am. Interested students are to

assemble at 9:40am near Jackson Lane for the short march to Allambee Park. The Lions Club of Valentine will be of-

fering their traditional Anzac Day morning tea afterwards.

NAPLAN Naplan is taking place in term 2 from May 9th-11th for our current year 3 & year 5 students. Please see the flyer for

more information regarding NAPLAN.

Kindy News Hi and welcome to the last Newsletter for Term One. Wow, the children have nearly completed their first term of

their schooling! They have worked so hard and achieved so much in such a short time. All are becoming very inde-

pendent and enjoying exploring and learning new things (although some need a little more encouragement than others

at times).

Year Six Mini-Fete

This will be held on the last day of this term and helps Year 6 raise money for their excursion to Canberra and also

for their gift which they present to the school. The fete is run by the Year 6 children for the rest of the children at the

school. Year 6 are our Kindy’s buddies and they are so caring, helping the children with their purchases and helping

with the games.

As a word of warning, some children love the “Ghost House” but the little ones are discouraged unless they are very

confident with this sort of thing. Please talk this over with your child before the day. The children are asked to bring a

labelled enviro bag in which to place their purchases and a purse or wallet with no more than $10 preferably in coins.

It is a fun day that also teaches the children some wonderful life lessons. All the teachers are on hand to assist the chil-

dren where necessary.

Grandparents Day/ Easter Hat Parade

We will start our day in front of the Kindergarten rooms. The children will come out and stand on one

of the four chalk-drawn circles where they will perform for our Grandparents. We ask that these cir-

cles are kept free as the children move into the area. They will perform for their Grandparents and

then hopefully join us for a tour of their grandchild’s classroom. At lunchtime all are invited to share a

picnic lunch so bring a rug and hopefully the weather will be kind to us. After lunch the school will as-

semble under the Primary COLA to parade our Easter hats.

All are welcome to stay/join us for this event. We will have made our hats at school earlier with some help from our

Year 6 Buddies (this is always a very exciting time). Thank you to all people who have made donations of craft materi-

als to enhance our amazing hats.

What’s Happening in KW?

Each morning in KW we introduce the new sound for the day and then we move into Reading and Writing Groups.

Wow have we learnt so many new activities in these groups! We play sound and word games, use the Comm box for

online activities, practice writing words and letters, use magnetic letters and lots, lots more. We would love you to

join us and see firsthand how clever KW have become and help us learn even more.

Wishing everyone a wonderful chocolate filled Easter and a safe and happy holiday. Looking forward to an exciting Term 2 starting on the 26th April.



Stage One News

Wow this term has just flown by, IM have had a wonderful time learning. We just love learning with hands on activities.

Here are some photos of what we have been doing this term.

Audrey and Xavier revising sounds Jolly Phonics worksheet

Bonni and Ashley reading Will and Hope word work with magnetic letters

Copying patterns in Lego with Gill and Edie Hammering and designing with Ella and Kobi



IM the Magnificent

Stage Two News

A huge thank you to all the parents who came to our parent-teacher interviews in Week 6. It was a great

opportunity to meet you again and find out a little more about your child.

Thank you also to the parents who have supported the Life Education Excursion which is held this week.

This is a valuable excursion in supporting our Personal Development and Health units taught in class.



What’s happening in 4H?

Just keep breathing, we are almost there!

With two weeks left, we in 4H are absolutely flat out working hard. You might have seen 4H singing their 4 and 5 times

tables on our Class Dojo page, our class have rocked out to these for the past few weeks and know them back to front!

4H have been working on Creative Writing, even creating our own narrative title Danger in Dangerfield Jungle. Our narrative

involves a young character that lives in Dangerfield Jungle, who contains the curious ability to speak to animals. It’s a great

read!

Life Education

Last week, stage 2 travelled to visit Healthy Harold. I’m proud to say the students behaved wonderfully and a great time was

had by all.

Stage Three News Congratulations to all of our 64 wonderful Year 6 students who are busy working and preparing for the Mini-fete which is

to be held on the last day of this term. Thanks also to the Yr 6 parents who are helping with stall preparations. Please re-

member, that if you have anything to send in for Trash n Treasure, tombola wheel or any of the other stalls we are happy to

receive donations whenever it best suits families. Another Mini-fete newsletter with reminders will be sent home this week.

Don’t forget that it’s Out of Uniform – ‘bring a chocolate as the fine’ this Friday 31st March – to assist us with the Lob-

a-choc stall at Mini-fete.

All of Years 5 & 6 should now have made a deposit to secure a place in this year’s Stage 3 excursion to Canberra. If you

have not done so, the deposit will need to be paid by the last day of this term. The Term 2 invoice will contain the second

payment amount and the final payment will be due in Term 3, as we depart for Canberra on Day 1 of Term 4. If you have

any concerns or enquiries, please contact Ms Patrick, as she has all the details and information relating to the trip.

Grandparent’s Day, Easter Hat Parade, ANZAC Service, Easter Scripture, School X-Country and the Mini

Fete are all on in Week 11. Yes, we will all need a holiday after that week. What a busy week it will be! We hope to catch

up with many of our families to share in these annual celebrations. In particular, Stage 3 is hoping to see many grandparents

visit our rooms on Tuesday 4th April. We also hope that the grandparents may find the time to locate some old photos,

books or artefacts that they can share with their grandchildren’s classes OR perhaps they may be brave enough to speak to

the children in our ‘yarning circle’ for a few minutes about what school life and growing up was like for them and compare it

to today.

Easter Hat preparations will take place at the following times for each Stage 3 class. Please ensure your child has a col-

lection of items and a base for a hat to decorate on the day. Year 6 will once again this year be going down to assist their

Kindergarten Buddies with the decorating of their hats.

5W – Friday 31st March 5M - Friday 31st March

6J – Thursday 30th March 6P – Monday 3rd April

Janine Patrick

Stage 3 Assistant Principal

What’s happening in 6P?

Over the past 4 weeks, 6P have been working on writing narratives. We have made particular effort to write ‘Sizzling Starts’

to kick off our writing. The children have worked on 40 different topics and learnt how to begin at the point of action or

excitement and get straight to the part of the story which is intended to ‘hook’ in their readers. Each time they have a quick

‘whole class’ discussion of possible tangents they could take, and then they have 3 minutes to come up with great ‘bait’ for

their readers. We have now moved on to select one of their favourite sizzling starts to work on building into a full blown

story. During the year, I will endeavour to include examples from every member of our class in one of the 6P newsletter

items. Below are examples from the first 12 members of our class. They are….sizzling!

TOPIC: What Would you do for a Million Dollars?

My knees are shaking and my tummy is lurching. “What have I gotten myself into?” I ask myself with a sense of

doubt. “Robbing a bank for one million dollars… is it really worth it!” by Grace Thornton



TOPIC: My Teacher is a Robot

As she shoots laser beams out of her eyes, I suddenly notice an off switch on the back of her neck. I run

over to her and reach for her neck, all for the sake of humanity. I can’t believe it! My teacher truly is a ro-

bot! by Maxwell Holland

TOPIC: The Hidden Door

Bang! The trapdoor slams shut and we are constantly falling down, down, down. We travel into a deep

blackness. I keep calling to Kelly but no sound comes back. I cannot tell how long we have been falling but

it seems like forever. Finally we land and I can’t believe my eyes. by Lily McHarg

TOPIC: Run!

Mum calls out to me and I answer her. She tells me it is time to take me to the doctors. I tell her to close her

eyes and count to 10. She closes her eyes and starts to count. I run! by Blain Simpson

TOPIC: Picture Stimulus

As I walk through the snow, I see two little penguins waddling along. They are so cute! I rush over to

them but just as I do, I hear a cracking sound, as the thin ice beneath me breaks and I fall into an icy

cave. I hear a growling noise behind me and I realise … I am not alone! by Adam Blackie

TOPIC: The Hill

It loomed forebodingly in the distance. The sun was setting and so it appeared as if the shadows

were dancing. I sighed and lowered my binoculars. It may be haunted but I fear it is the only chance I

have to survive. I head over towards the house on my skis; unaware of the two small eyes watching

me… by Charlotte Couch

As we were unpacking the car on our holiday, I ask mum if I can go to the edge of the hill and have a

look. She says yes and so I race up and peer over the hill. While I am peering over, I see the most

beautiful lake I’ve ever seen. It is absolutely breathtaking! by Ruby Gray

TOPIC: Trapped!

The audience cheers. You know, even though I’ve done this like a million times before, I still get nerv-

ous. I walk onto the stage as the crowd roars loudly. The humungous steel box lowers over my body.

Hunks of metal cover my face and make it hard to breathe, but I’ve been doing this for a while now, so I

hardly notice. It’s weird, I’m trapped but I don’t even care. by Maddison Farley

TOPIC: The Key

I’m walking around the back of my house. This is the first time I’ve been allowed to walk home

alone. The journey was okay but for the whole time, I was thinking about the secret goblin door

under the house. I push the barrier of oak wood out of the way and hold the key firmly in my

hand. It is a shiny black key with a ruby encrusted top. I cautiously slide the key into the door. I

slam open the door and immediately I am pulled into the dark abyss on the other side. by Jayden

Peter

TOPIC: Jump

I launch myself out of the plane with a smile on my face…wait…I am actually screaming my head off.

All I can see below me are large paddocks. I think of the smell of the delicious barbecue at the end

but then I think…I’m still falling thousands of kilometres down and without a parachute! by Jett Tully


I am on a jet ski and on the biggest mission in the world. I am setting off to take down the criminal,

Jimmy Jumper. What an evil little boy he is! I take off my jacket and throw myself onto the dangling

ladder. Just as I latch on, I slip… by Tiernan Mulhall


As I bend down and peer into the glass jar, my eyes are just amazed. There, inside, is a tiny girl.

At first I think that it must be a doll and I hate those things! But then…I see a movement from

within. She is holding up a sign that says, ‘Help me!’ by Monique Portelli







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