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Warranwood

Primary School www.warranwood.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT STATE CROSS COUNTRY

Once again Rhys and Cooper competed in the state cross country event last week, performing very well against a large field. Cooper came 11th and Rhys 13th, despite a couple of falls! Both boys have opted not to compete in the national championships in Canberra, but hope to be selected for the track and field nationals in Sydney later in the year.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Some of the items from a brief of meeting of school council on Tuesday night were:

the planning and safety procedures for the upcoming Middle School Camp were approved.

we got an update on the plans for our 20th Birthday Celebrations on Saturday 12 November.

Education Committee has four parent forums planned for the coming months.

our Buildings and Grounds Committee have two working bees planned for this term, to ensure the school grounds are looking great for the 20th Birthday Celebrations.

Finance Committee presented its usual reports, as part of its role in ensuring the school’s finances are managed appropriately. the Parents Association reported on their upcoming activities, including the Trivia Night and Winery Tour.

Our School Council would like to organise a parent first aid course to support our community. Please see notice in this

newsletter if you are interested

PUBLICITY

You may have noticed the article in the Sunday Herald Sun about our involvement with the Deakin University Trans-formUs research. The reporter was very impressed with our wellbeing programs so we will most likely feature again soon!!

SPEECH COMPETITION Each year we are invited to send two students along to the Croydon Rotary speech competitions. I have the difficult role of selecting those two speakers from a larger group of Senior School students who have prepared speeches. What a diffi-cult job that has proved to be! Each of the speeches this year has been outstanding, so selecting the final two will be a challenge!

Term 3, Week 2

Thursday 21st July 2016

WHAT’S ON? July 25 Parents Association Meeting—7.30pm 30 Trivia Night—PA Event August 2 House Athletics—Years 3-6 4 Cultural Diversity Day 8-10 Middle School Camp—Years 3-4 12 100 Days at School celebration—Preps

THIS WEEK’S PRINCIPAL AWARD RECIPIENTS Preps—Ash H 00S, Riley G 00S, Imogen Q 00S Junior School—Hollie A 1/2P, Sam P 1/2P, Ben H 1/2S, Alice M 1/2S Middle School—Nina S 3/4S, Zoe V 3/4D, Phoenix P 3/4D, Sam A 3/4M Senior School—Zoe 5/6H, Ryan A 5/6D, Amira F 5/6D, Maya V 5/6R, Maya M 5/6R, Mason E 5/6H

Compass Reminder - Approvals required for Athletics Day Years 3, 4, 5 & 6

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Well done to our very own staff Warranwood Netball team who launched their season with a competitive performance in their maiden hit out on Tuesday night. The scores were 22-17 with Warranwood going down in an enthralling encoun-ter. You will be pleased to know that everyone played well and great sportsman-ship was the team mantra! Stay tuned for an update next week on their pro-gress. PS If anyone has a spare 3 hours could they try to explain the rules of netball to Mr Turner so he doesn’t think he is playing on the half back line for Collingwood!

Deakin Alliance Throughout 2016 Warranwood PS and a number of other local primary schools formed an alliance with Deakin Uni-versity to assist with how young teachers are developed. Warranwood staff and university representatives and stu-dents have worked together to explore best practice in teaching numeracy and literacy. On Tuesday this week we started the Technology Infused Literacy Project with 36 Deakin pre-service teachers working in teams throughout different classrooms of the school and getting to know students and school approaches to teaching literacy here at Warranwood. Over the coming weeks the Deakin students will work as expert literacy teams using ICT and specific and targeted online resources to engage and support student-learning goals. The groups have a Reading, Writing or Literature focus and the use of online materials is paramount to the teaching style being investigated.

LEARNING ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL AND HOW THEY LEARN TOPIC - BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH IN MATHS

This Tuesday 26th July 7.30-8.30pm come along and find out about what Blended Learning is and how it makes a

difference to how students learn and in particular how it is happening here at Warranwood in our Senior School. Tea/Coffee and biscuits will be provided. We will meet in the staff room at 7.30 and move to the SENIOR SCHOOL. #DIS1 We would like to take the chance to nominate Deb for all the amazing work she does with stu-dents at Warranwood PS. You make such a huge difference to everyone you work with! Thanks so much Deb

#DIS2 What a difference a day and a team of gardeners make! Have a look at our vegie patch now! Thanks so much Garden Club Gang!

Communication Communities Everyone benefits when there is an open and clear line of communication between school and home to ensure effec-tive and supportive relationships. It is greatly appreciated and valuable when parents notify staff of issues that may impact on learning and happiness here at school. Of course it is a two way street and teachers will communicate with parents when and if issues arise. Please remember to address wonderings/concerns with the teacher directly to en-sure the best outcome for students and ensure any issues are solved and everyone feels valued.

REALM Senior School students were this week enrolled as members of the new REALM resource at Eastland. They can now borrow and access resources digitally to support their learning and research. Thanks to the REALM presenter and Kim Barlow for organising the presentation and arranging for the opportunity to sign up our entire Senior School stu-dent group.

Shane Harrop

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Sports News Good luck to the boys’ tee-ball team in their district final tomorrow morning. Play well Cooper, Or-lando, Angus, Ethan, Noah, Liam, Zac, Harrison, Connor and Felix.

Rod Neal PE Teacher

Performing Arts News MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTS …

“It’s Seussical Time” On Wednesday 17 August 2016, It’s Seussical Time! at the Movies will premiere at Reading Cine-mas… Here are the details for the night.

There will be two sessions held in Cinema 2.

SESSION ONE – 5.30 pm -7.00pm (3/4 P, 3/4 T and the 3s of 3/4S) SESSION TWO – 7.30pm-9.00pm (3/4 D, 3/4 M and the 4s of 3/4S)

Tickets can be purchased at trybooking at https://www.trybooking.com/MFWF OR https://www.trybooking.com/214869

EVENT DATE – 17/8/2016 It’s Seussical time

SESSION ONE – 5.30pm SESSION TWO – 7.30pm

VENUE – Reading Cinemas, Chirnside Park TICKET PRICES – PERFORMING STUDENTS – $ 17 (Includes Gold Class

Room/popcorn & soft drink) ADULT - $15 CHILDREN -$12 Students and family arrive 15 minutes earlier than their session time to walk down the Red Carpet and go into the Gold Class room for their refreshments, while the rest of the family line up to enter the cinema. Please remember your printed tickets as they will be checked before entry to the cine-ma. Students entering the Gold Class room will need to wear the wristband provided as proof of payment for popcorn and drink. Students are asked to Dress To Impress …

Please remember to bring along your cameras to capture the moment when your child walks the red carpet.

Jacinta O’Leary Performing Arts Specialist Teacher

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WARRANWOOD P.S. CULTURAL DIVERSITY DAY

4 AUGUST 2016

We are very excited to let you know about our Cultural Diversity Day. It is a DRESS UP DAY! The whole school will be expected to dress up to represent any multicultural background. Students may decide to dress in a national costume or they could dress up as a food, icon or animal from a coun-try of your heritage or interest! Here is the list of activities that are on offer for the students to participate in on the day! Each stu-dent will be able to participate in two electives which will be selected on interest base and availabil-ity.

WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY There will be a final whole school assembly at the end of the day from 3.00-3.30pm in the school gym. All are welcome to come along. Students will sit in an arena style and 2 students from each class will be chosen to parade their multicultural costume. There will also be some short perfor-mances from the day’s events!

Activities for P-1/2

Native American Culture. Make a totem pole and dream catches

Native American and Australian aboriginal culture Dot painting on boomerang blanks

Thai cooking and games

Italian Pasta

African drumming, dancing and mask making

Italian Bocce and Australian aboriginal hunt-ing games

Activities for 3/4-5/6

Middle Eastern culture Henna tattoos and Belly dancing

Dutch pancake cooking Delft ware art

Japanese Taiko drumming Happi jackets

European Handball Gaelic Football

Greek dancing Greek Komboloi art

World foods, 3D art

Hats of the World

Australian aboriginal negative hand prints. Australian aboriginal bush plum dreaming

Maori culture Poi making.

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2016 Canteen News & Roster

Welcome back to Term 3

Canteen is having a Pizza Day on Monday 1 August, notices are due back Friday 29 July

$6- Meal Deals

Please include additional 20c if you require sauce

REMINDER: If students order a frozen item with their lunch order can parents please remind them to come to the canteen with their lunch order bag to collect the frozen product. It will be underlined on the bag with a BLUE Line.

Thanks to those parents who have already volunteered in 2016. We need more volunteers in the canteen. If you can assist we are always on the lookout for regular volunteers. We re-quire new helpers so please give me a call on 0419 387 370 if you are able assist, or pop in to the canteen to see me to discuss which day suits best. Volunteer hours are: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 2.30pm; Friday 10am to 2.30 pm. If you are a new volunteer please come 15 mins prior for an induction. If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered please contact me in advance on 0419 387 370. Warm Regards

Megan Parker

~ Meal Deal 1~ Hot Dog with

YOUR choice of BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry Milk Choc Chip Cookie and a Quelch Stick

$6.00

~ Meal Deal 2~ 2x Homemade Ham & Cheese Mini Quiches

with Juice Box Apple Slinky, Choc Chip Cookie and a Quelch Stick

$6.00

~ Meal Deal 3~ Hawaiian or Margarita Pizza with

YOUR Choice of BIG M Chocolate or Strawberry Milk

Choc Chip Cookie and a Quelch Stick $6.00

Date Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Thursday, 21 July 2016 Volunteer Required

Friday, 22 July 2016 Sarah Mitsalis Nicki Stevens Luisa Pentland

Monday, 25 July 2016 Chantelle Watt Jo Hunter

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 Sylda Jones

Wednesday, 27 July 2016 Canteen Closed

Thursday, 28 July 2016 Terri Mckinnon Maureen Adams

Friday, 29 July 2016 Liz McGinley Sam Ireland Lisa Marshall

Monday, 1 August 2016 Carol Sandison Jacqui Coia Volunteer Required

PIZZA DAY Wendy Harrison Belinda Humphries Volunteer Required

Tuesday, 2 August 2016 Sylda Jones

Wednesday, 3 August 2016 Canteen Closed

Thursday, 4 August 2016 Jenny Brown Volunteer Required

Friday, 5 August 2016 Kim Tunnelcliff Jessica Lancashire Andrea Haywood

Monday, 8 August 2016 Louise Robinson

Tuesday, 9 August 2016 Volunteer Required

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 Canteen Closed

Thursday, 11 August 2016 Di Jelinek Volunteer Required

Friday, 12 August 2016 Connie P Cara Mooney Jodie Oakley

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