Warragul & District Specialist School Newsletter Term 4, Tuesday 27th October 2020

55 Burke Street (PO BOX 959) WARRAGUL VIC 3820 PH

Friday 30th

• Halloween Dress-up

Day

Tuesday 3rd • Melbourne Cup Day

Public Holiday

Our School Captains have organised

a day of fun for this Friday! There will

be a dancing, art activities and

spooky stories. We can’t wait to see

your scary costumes!

See Page 2 for details from School

Captain Lily

We raised $175 at last

weeks Footy Colours

Day! Well done

everyone!

Hi everyone,

This Wednesday 28th the Senior school will be hearing from

students who are aspiring to be a WDSS School Captain and/

or Vice-Captain in 2021. All graduate students are welcome

to apply and present their speeches. Voting will then take

place by staff and students to determine who will step in to

the roles. Good luck to all students applying for a student

leadership role for 2021. We hope to announce the successful

candidates in the forthcoming weeks.

This Friday 30th of October is World Teachers Day. I would like

to take this opportunity to thank all our magnificent teachers

across our school who plan, assess student learning, manage

our classrooms and implement engaging programs for our

students across each academic year. Our teachers are a

valued cohort, who are part of the wonderful staff we have

here at WDSS. We are grateful for all that they do each day.

THANK YOU ☺

Also this Friday our School Captains have organised a dress

up day for Halloween. There will be a range of sensational

prizes and activities happening throughout the morning. We

are looking forward to having an exciting day,

so dress up, join in and have some Friday fun!

Have a great week!

School Captains

Halloween

Dear all Parents / Carers

On the 30th of October there is going to be a Halloween dress up day.

The students can dress up as anything they like as long as they still have

their mask if they are over the age of 12.

There is going to be some activities like Halloween arts and crafts, Disco

dance and Spooky stories for the students that they can practice social

distance.

The school captains are going to go to each class to give a prize to the best

dressed student.

If your student wants to get their face painted Lily (school captain) is going

to wear gloves to do face paint.

If you want more info please talk to Sue DeSilva or Matt the principal

By Lily B

School Visits and

Pick Up & Drop Off

Student Transport Bus runs will occur as normal. Buses will exit and pick-up

students at school using a staggered process, 2 buses at a time.

Student arrival at school will be staggered. Please ensure you refer to the below

timetable for times and locations. Staff will be situated at each designated pick

up and drop off location.

The Main Office Foyer can only accommodate 6 adults in this space at one time.

Please consider who is coming in to the school and the necessity of this. It is

strongly encouraged to call the office beforehand rather than making an

unannounced arrival.

Sanitiser is provided upon entry, please use this.

** Early Birds supervision cancelled **

M o r n i n g Who When Where

Drop-off Buses 9:00 – 9:15am Bus Circle

Juniors School 9:10 – 9:20am Outside Main office

Middle school 9:10 – 9:20am Oval gate

(through main carpark)

Senior School 9:20 – 9:30am Main Portable Yard gate

Care Needs Individual arrangements

A f t e r n o o n Who When Where

Pick-up Buses 3:00 – 3:15pm Bus Circle

Juniors School 2:50 – 3:00pm Outside Main office

Middle school 2:50 – 3:00pm Oval gate

(through main carpark)

Senior School 3:10 – 3:20pm Main Portable Yard gate

Care Needs Individual arrangements

Welcome to Lachlan!

We are very excited to have a new student in our class. Lachlan

has been settling in well and joining in with our class activities.

Lachlan is really good at drawing, puzzles and LOVES Minecraft.

He has worked really well on his fine motor skills with Anne. He

was a big fan of ice cream and helped make our class book for

the Word of the Week ‘you’ - What Flavour Do You Want?

We also had three very special visitors in Room 1 and 2. Layla’s

German Shorthaired Pointer puppies. They were super cute and

curious. We all got to have a cuddle or a pat. Thank you Layla

for sharing your puppies with us all.

- Helen

Welcome to

WDSS Lachlan!

Yesterday the MYSSP students

ventured out to Blue Rock

Lake. It was a cold and

blustery day but the students

had a great time exploring

this beautiful area. The staff

and students were very

impressed with how pristine

Blue Rock is kept and the

great facilities they have. Visitors to the walking track can also take advantage of

the Blue Rock Book Box - a library with a view! You can borrow a book to read in the

sun, return it later or swap it for a book you have at home.

Last week, students took advantage of some nice spring weather (which has since

disappeared!) to spend time in the garden doing art. It is such a lovely inspirational

setting - thank you to everyone who has done so much work over the years to

make the garden such an awesome part of our school!

SEBASTIAN For keeping himself and others SAFE and learning

to recognise when others are in the Green Zone

LACHLAN

Being a fantastic LEARNER

learning lots of new school

rules at WDSS.

DENZELL

Being a LEARNER learning

and always working hard

in class

LILLIE

Being a LEARNER - Peer

Teaching in rooms 7 and

18

STUDENT LED AWARD - BAYDEN

Being SAFE - carrying the

firewood at Mt Worth.

Nominated by Liam.

STUDENT LED AWARD - RYAN

Being a RESPECTFUL

LEARNER at his new school.

Nominated by Kirsten.

Keith, Jack, Jack, Jacob, Bella, Jayden, Liam Josh

Being a LEARNERS and displaying RESPECT to our Guest

Speakers. Well done to you all!

Q: Why did the sun go to

school?

A: To get brighter.

Thanks for the giggle

Jaime!

Happy 16th Birthday! Happy 14th Birthday!

WORD OF THE WEEK:

Location of ‘that’ on the Homepage of Proloquo2Go.

Please help us practice by using the word that in

natural communication opportunities.

Click here to see Bri reading

WHO’S THAT KNOCKING?

and modelling core vocabulary

Did you know that it is only

59 days till Christmas?