TE RM 4, WEE K 1 Wilberforce Public School October 17 2019

NEWSLETTER Macquarie Road, Wilberforce NSW 2756 Phone: 4575 1424 Fax: 4575 1096

Email: wilberforc-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.wilberforc-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome Back to Term 4

It is hard to believe we are already starting the last term of the year. This is always a busy term, which is marked by reflections on personal growth, celebrations and farewells. It is certainly a time to reflect on individual, group and whole school achievements and a time in which major transitional stages for many students occur, including of course the move to high school and pre-schoolers to our school. I am sure it will be another fantastic term for all our students and our Wilberforce Community.

The P&C will be hosting Night Markets on Friday 8th of November

There are going to be many interesting stalls from BBQs and beauty products to virtual reality demonstrations. It is sure to be a great night out for the whole family. If you are able to spare a 45 min session or longer, to assist on the evening, please sign up below.

https://signup.zone/soodFfrNuMGf28qHC

Cyber Safety Parent Presentation

We have booked a presentation for parents by the Police Youth Liaison Officer from Windsor Police. The session on "Keeping your Children Safe Online" will be held in the school library from 5:00pm on Thursday 31st October. Please register your interest at www.schoolinterviews.com.au using the code 4wpzj

Children are not allowed to be present during this session. Limited supervision will be available on the evening. Please indicate if you require child supervision when booking.

• 22 October – Interrelate (Stage 3)

• 23 October – Kindy 2020 Transition 3 - 3:30pm

• 23 October – Hawkesbury Dance Festival

• 29 October – Interrelate (Stage 3)

• 30 October – Kindy 2020 Orientation Day 1 (Parents & Students)

• 31 October – Cyber Talk 5pm

• 4 November – P&C Meeting 7pm

• 6 November – Kindy 2020 Orientation Day 2 (Students only)

IMPORTANT DATES

Kindergarten Transitions and Orientation Sessions

Next Wednesday we have the first of our transition afternoons for Kindergarten starting in 2020. We also look forward to seeing all the new parents the following week on the 30th of October for the first of our Orientation Days. Hopefully this will give our new families the opportunity to gain the information they need about our school. The schedule is outlined below.

Orientation Day 1 – Wednesday 30th October (Parents and Students) Orientation Day 2 - Wednesday 6th November (Students only) Transition afternoons before and after Orientation Day from 3:00pm to 3:30pm in the

Kindergarten classrooms: • Wednesday 23rd October • Thursday 14th November • Thursday 21st November • Thursday 28th November • Thursday 5th December

Wellbeing Policy Update

We have been reviewing our Wellbeing Policy over the course of the year. The full policy will be discussed at the November P&C meeting on Monday 4th of November.

Solar Panels

No, we are not looking to power the whole of Wilberforce just our school! As you would have seen if you have been up to our school this week, the solar panels have been installed over the holidays and were connected this week. This system was jointly funded by our school and the Department of Education Assets Division. The estimated pay back to the school should be under 3 years and the funds saved will enable the school to spend more money on initiatives for students and other school improvements.

Lost Property

With the end of winter and the start of the warmer weather, there are many unused jumpers, loitering like lost teens, under the cola. Please check these don’t belong to your child. It is also an opportune time to ensure your child has their own jumper and not picked up someone else’s clothing. Please ensure all clothing has your child’s name printed on it.

Are You Leaving Us?

We are currently in the process of looking at our class structures for 2020. We realise some families move or have a variety of changes occur, which may result in them having to leave our school. If you anticipate that you and your family will not be with us next year, please fill in the slip and return it to Mrs Turner in the office as soon as possible or ring us on 4575 1424 or email wilberforc-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

This information is vital to us, so we can ensure we form the correct classes and support structures for our students.

Organisation 2020

Family Name: _______________________________________________________________

My child/children will not be returning to Wilberforce Public School in 2020.

Parent Name: ______________________________Signed: ______________Parent/ Caregiver

Tell Them From Me!

Our school, like many other public schools in the state, will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

The survey is conducted entirely online and can be done from most digital devices. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

The parent survey can be accessed at: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/cdn2c

Thank you

Graham Wilkins Principal

NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS

Canteen Volunteers Required

We are still looking for Canteen volunteers this term. If we can’t get the required volunteers the Canteen will continue to be closed on those days.

If you can volunteer, please log in to ‘Signup Zone’ to put your name down. Instructions on how to do this have been emailed out today to those families on our email list. If you have no internet access please contact the school and they will support you in doing this. Please click on the link below to register.

https://signup.zone/hyPkE9pBoL2CQKr67?fbclid=IwAR14YXGn0Zu9itcwVQ-n8SETg87CjphZYIn8KEjS27aH0f9KNqO2QjWyv_g

• Mr Hughes and all the parents who supported the Hawkesbury Cup • Mrs Bean for taking students to the Netball Gala Day last term • Mrs Chia and Ms Tierney for organising Interrelate

NOTES Home NOTES Due Stage 3 Camp (Second Instalment) TOMORROW Friday 18 October Stage 3 Camp Medical Note ASAP or by Friday 1 November Year 5 Leadership Training Day Tuesday 22 October

Soundwaves

Week 2

Term 4

Graphemes: Graphemes: Extra Focus Concepts:

Graphemes: ou ow Patterns: own, ound ower

Hour, drought Past tense, Rhyming, Word building/Word families, Correct word usage/Vocabulary, Homographs: row, house, wound

Week 3

Term 4

Graphemes: Graphemes: Extra Focus Concepts:

ch tch; sh ch ti ci Blend: shr

picture; sure Adding s or, es, Suffixes: ful, less, ling, let, en Prefixes: up, pre, re, super

Zooper Doopers

It’s Zooper Dooper time again! Zooper Doopers will be on sale on a Tuesday & Thursday at lunchtime. Tuesday 22nd October will be the first day of sale for Term 4, so don’t forget your 50c!

Bookclub

Bookclub brochures were sent home today. Orders need to be placed online through Bookclub LOOP by Friday 25th October. If your order is a surprise Christmas gift, make sure you mark as gift when ordering on LOOP. Mrs Reinhardt will then call you when the order has arrived at the school for pick up in the front office. Cash orders cannot be accepted.

STAGE NEWS

Early Stage 1

Welcome to our last term of Kindergarten! This term will be a busy one, with lots of opportunities for Kindergarten to practise being in Year 1 and being role models for the next year’s Kindergarten students. In English, we will continue our independent reading skills with a focus on fluency. Our writing will develop in length with more structure being used. In Mathematics, we will start to work with multiplication and division by sharing and grouping objects. Our Geography unit will be about our environment and our Science unit will be about materials around us. In PDHPE, we will learn the fundamental movement skills of kick, strike and side gallop. Our art skills will continue to be utilised to create mixed media artworks and sculptures (with Christmas craft not too far away!). We will also remember our zoo excursion in our drama unit.

Stage 1

Stage One have a busy and fun-filled final term planned for this year. We will be learning about persuasion, opinion and how to write a persuasive text in literacy. In Science, we will be covering two topics, “Schoolyard Safari” and “Push and Pull”, where we will investigate mini-beasts and learn all about the forces of gravity, pushing and pulling. Our Visual Arts unit, ‘Backyard Art’ will reflect our learning in the Schoolyard Safari lessons. Here’s to a fantastic end to a wonderful year of learning!

Stage 2

Welcome back to another exciting term! This term Stage 2 will be learning all sorts of interesting things from soil to celebrations. In writing, we will dive deeper into the “Storm Boy” unit on informative texts, and we will finish the term off by learning about different types of poetry and making use of the filming studio to record news reports based on Storm Boy. In addition to our TEN program in Mathematics, students will also learn about position, data and chance.

Our Science unit this term is “Beneath our feet”, where students will develop their understanding of soils, rocks and landscapes and how they change over time. In Art we will be creating artworks that link to our History unit on celebrations of significance, in Australia.

During PD/H/PE lessons students will be identifying healthy eating habits and how that can impact their performance and wellbeing. They will develop their game skills and compare modern dance with bush dance.

Stage 3

Term 4 is a busy time in Stage 3. Week 1 starts with Interrelate lessons for the first 3 Tuesdays. Year 5 and Year 6 will have separate lessons which assist the students with their relationships with themselves, their family, their friends and their world.

In Geography, we will be studying Natural Disasters, focussing on ‘Bushfires and Floods’. We will learn the difference between natural hazards and natural disasters, understand the conditions under which bushfires and floods occur and how to make survival plans.

Camp will be in week 6 at Morisset. The dates are Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 November. Mr Wilkins, Mr Ranger, Mrs Chia and Ms Tierney will be attending. Please remember to make final payments by the due dates.

In English, we will be focussing on persuasive texts, in both reading and writing activities.

Assessments for Term 4 will be held during weeks 4 and 5.

Mrs Chia has held her first meeting with parents, to plan and prepare the Year 6 Farewell. In order to meet the costs of the food for the students, we will start selling Zooper Doopers at lunchtime. If you are able to donate some packets of Zooper Doopers this would be very much appreciated. This donation has been very helpful in previous years and we can provide the meal to the students without any cost to the parents. The Year 6 Farewell will be held on Monday 16th December.

WANTED!

Year 6 students – Mrs Chia needs your baby/toddler photos. It’s that time of year when we start to organise the 2019 Year 6 Book. We ask that if they are original photos that the photo be placed in an envelope with the child’s name clearly marked. You are also welcome to email them to wilberforc-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au and the subject of the email to be the child’s name.

Mrs Chia would also like to thank all the wonderful Year 5 Mums that came to the Year 6 Farewell meeting on Monday. The next meeting will be on Monday 28th October at 3:30pm in Mrs Chia’s classroom, hope to see you all again.

WEEKLY ASSEMBLY Whole school Assembly every Friday 12:15pm

Date Class Teachers

18 October Prefects Ms Tierney 25 October 1E Mrs Ezzy & Mrs Bartrop 1 November 3/4R Mrs Rodwell

WEEKLY AWARDS

Bronze Amelia M 5/6R x 2, Willow S 3/4R, Lucy L 1/2W, Brooklyn M 1D x 2, Jamie M 1/2W, Madison M 5/6R, Imogen B 3/4R, Alison W 3/4B, Cooper A 3/4H, Rebecca H 3/4F, Amira H 3/4H, Riley M 1E, Lilly S 1/2W, Chase S 1D, Michael R 2A, Hayley K 5/6C x 2, Katie K 3/4F x 3, June B 3/4R, Juliet R 5/6T

Silver Katie K 3/4F

Gold Katie K 3/4F

SPORT

Netball Gala Day

On Thursday the 26th of September Stage 2 students participated in The Hawkesbury Netball Gala Day. The students had a wonderful day learning the rules and skills of the game. There were plenty of happy smiling faces and our wonderful "Have a go" spirit, that is of Wilberforce. Special thanks to Mrs Vincent, Mrs Ferguson and Jordan Davies for their assistance with team management and Mrs Wilkes for her organisation.

Mrs Bean

Hawkesbury Rugby League Cup

Well done to both the Junior and Senior teams who attended the Hawkesbury Cup and won both of their grand finals. Special thank you to parents, helpers and Jason Moxon for coaching the senior team. Well done to the players for their great behaviour and sportsmanship

Mr Hughes

UNIFORM OPEN EVERY 2ND Monday FROM 3PM. The shop will be opened next on: Monday 28th October.

Orders can be placed online through our online store at www.wilberforcepandc.com.au

P&C Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 4th November.

CANTEEN

Please note: At this stage the Canteen will be CLOSED on Wednesday 23rd October unless we can get volunteers.

Monday Wednesday Friday 21 October 23 October 25 October Kerri Allen

Sandra Binks VOLUNTEER NEEDED VOLUNTEER NEEDED

Jade Jones Janet McGrath

Lisa Christie Monday Wednesday

28 October 30 October 1 November Rebecca Stephen

Emily Read Kelly Dickinson Rebecca Smith

Helene Giggins VOLUNTEER NEEDED VOLUNTEER NEEDED