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Monday 4th

• Student Free Day– No

students attend school.

Tuesday 5th

• Melbourne Cup Public

Holiday—School Closure.

Thursday 7th

• Prep Teddy Bears Picnic.

Monday 11th

• Prep Swimming Program

starts at the YMCA.

Monday, Tuesday & Friday.

Friday 29th

• Prep Swimming Program

Finishes.

DE���BER

Friday 6th

• Artist in Residence Family

Picnic and Performance.

SAVE THE DATE.

Number 18 24th October, 2019

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WONTHAGGI PRIMARY SCHOOL ● Phone: (03) 5672 1600 ● Principal: Ms Wendy Bradley ● Email: wonthaggi.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au ● Website: www.wonthaggips.vic.gov.au ● Billson street (PMB 101) Wonthaggi, 3995

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From the Principal

What a great day we had at our

Annual Mini Mudda and Bass Coast

Children’s Expo. The children all

had a wonderful time and the

‘food and expo court’ had a

fantastic community feel. It really is

a wonderful community event!

There are so many people behind

the scenes that work for months to

ensure that the day goes without a hitch. Bibi Sago, Caroline Moore and

Andrea Phillips have literally lived and

breathed Mini Mudda for 6 months

and this event simply wouldn’t

happen without them. Our Parents and Friends, led by Jane Miles

worked so hard to cover the catering

and did an amazing job. Were you

lucky enough to enjoy one of their amazing

hamburgers?

There are countless people who should be recognised, including sponsors,

organisers, helpers, staff and our local business that made donations

towards our raffle. Please check out our Facebook page for

acknowledgments and thanks to all.

2020 Plans are well and truly underway. At this stage I can tell you that we

will have some staffing changes. Mr Hally who has served our school as

Assistant Principal for 15 years will be stepping into different roles next year.

Recently, we interviewed and selected a new Assistant Principal. Tom

Burdekin will be joining us from the beginning of 2020.

In other staff news, Alanna Besley will be

taking a year out of WPS and we wish her

well on her adventures! Emily Zammit

(Azzopardi) and Ashleigh Jordan are both

heading into the wonderful world of first

time parenthood.

Our Step into Prep program is underway! It has been wonderful to spend

time getting to know our new students and their families. Thank you to Na-

talie Owens and Chris Blundell for making them feel so welcome.

On Tuesday night we held a parent information session: Helping your Child

Manage Stress, Anxiety and Worry. This was an informative and valuable

session. Calm Kid Central also offer online resources and support for

children and families. If you would like free access, please check out the

brochure inside the newsletter for more details.

Warm regards,

jxÇwç UÜtwÄxç Principal WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING ENROLMENTS

FOR 2020 CALL OUR OFFICE FOR A TOUR (03) 5672 1600

Breakfast Club Each Friday from 8.15am in the Science Room.

Next Newsletter Thursday 7th November 2019

BE SUNSMART HATS

If your child needs a

hat, a new one can be

purchased at the

office,

- Broad Brimmed Hats

$8.00

- Bucket Hats $10.00.

Remember

Not Hat No Play

TERM 4 SCHOOL VALUE IS COMMUNITY AND BELONGING

00A Dion S.

Ryder B.

Charlie G.

Welcome to Wonthaggi Primary School.

For showing kindness and thoughtfulness to others.

For showing a great sense of community in our school library.

00B Ethan J.

Jacob T.

Taking pride in his writing and putting in extra effort.

For persisting when challenged in Maths.

00C Hannah T. Making fantastic logical choices.

12A Sophia B.

Chase C.

Aiden G.

A wonderful Spring Poem using interesting vocabulary.

Making a positive start in 1/2A.

For practising at home and school to improve his tricky word spelling.

12B Kayla H.

Harper G.

For having a wonderful attitude towards her learning.

For working hard to achieve his Maths goal of reading 3 digit numbers.

12C All of 12C For welcoming their new teacher, Miss Hayley into their classroom.

12D Indie D.

Sofyia S.

For being kind and inclusive to her peers and filling buckets. Great Work.

For her effort with all areas of the curriculum, her growth mindset and ‘Having a Go’.

12E Grace M.

Destany S

Flynn N.. Zandah B.

For a fabulous spring poem. Well Done.

Welcome to our school.

For going above and beyond in his reading response. For having a ‘can do’ attitude and working hard to achieve goals.

34A Bec J.

Cleo R.

For always being kind and inclusive to others around her.

For having a fantastic growth mindset with her fractions and decimals goals.

34B Alicia R.

Charlee N.

For always including others in her games & showing a friendly nature to everyone.

Always supports her friends when learning division. Charlee has had a positive growth mindset.

34C Austin B.

Charlize S.

Adapting his sentences to help structure his paragraph correctly.

For making others feel like they belong in our school community.

34D Cain P. Inclusion, kindness, thoughtfulness and generosity.

56B Codi D.

Peter T.

For displaying and having perseverance through his challenges this week.

Challenging himself and having extreme confidence to present his science work to the class.

56C Jackson T.

Nathan W.

For demonstrating a ‘Growth Mindset’ particularly during Maths when working with decimals.

For always being organised each morning.

56D Leroy M.

Winter S.

For wonderful insight during our ‘Learning Pit’.

Showing wonderful community values.

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S��D�NT OF THE WE�K

UNSW / ICAS GLOBAL AWARDS SCIENCE & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

16TH OC��BER 2019

READING AWARDS

23�D OC��BER 2019

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&AR�N'S ()D F*I�),S What a beautiful day Mini Mudda turned out to be and even though the wind was chilly there was plenty of hot food to

warm you up again! We couldn’t have run our food stall so efficiently without the parents who gave their time to help

out. Thank you to Mark Ibrhaim who was solid gold on the bbq!

A massive thank you to Connell’s Bakery, Bakers Delight and Woolworths who all generously donated loaves of bread

and rolls, Inverloch Butcher who cut us a deal on sausages and meat, Thanh Churchill for her delicious homemade

spring rolls and all the local businesses who donated toward our raffle. A big shout out to Emma Burness and Nadia

Hicks for coordinating the most delightful looking cake stall and to all the baking Queens and Kings who made delicious

sweet treats.

Our Local community went above and beyond to support our school and we “Thank You All”.

Cheers,

Parents and Friends

56C & 56D have been doing assignments about

animals that live in the desert. This is an example

from Brook and Elise of one of the amazing and

informative assignments they have put together.

WINNER OF THE KIDS MINI MUDDA T’SHIRT

DESIGN COMPETITION

OLIVER T.