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FOR YOUR DIARY

JUNE THURSDAY 23rd

• School Council Meeting

6:30pm in the Senior

Learning Centre.

FRIDAY 24th

• Casual Clothes/Crazy Hair

Day—Parade in the Gym at

9:10am.

• Canteen open.

• NO BREAKFAST CLUB.

• Final Assembly for Term 2 @

2:00pm.

Dismissal at 2:30pm.

JULY

MONDAY 11th

• School returns

8:50am first bell for 9:00am

start.

THURSDAY 14th

• State Cross Country at

Bundoora.

THURSDAY 21st

• Regional Netball

Championships in Sale.

FRIDAY 29th

• Grade 5/6 District

Basketball.

AUGUST

TUESDAY 2nd

• UNSW/ICAS Testing - Maths.

FRIDAY 5th

• Grade 3/4 District

Basketball.

TUESDAY 23rd

• Leap Into Learning Begins

every Tuesday and

Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY 24th-FRIDAY 26th

• Grade 3/4 Phillip Island

Adventure Resort Camp.

Number 20 23rd June, 2016

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WONTHAGGI PRIMARY SCHOOL ● Phone: (03) 5672 1600 ● Principal: Mrs Leonie Anstey

● 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 Dear Parents,

I would like to take the chance to wish you a happy and relaxing school holiday break. I

hope you get a chance relax from the School Routines. When I have asked children what

they are most looking forward to, the majority of children have replied “spending time with

my family (mum, dad, grandparents, etc)”. I am looking forward to spending time with my

children by sharing meals, walking on our fabulous beaches (with my coat and gloves!)

and finishing a jigsaw puzzle that has been on our table for a few weeks now!

Mrs Di Johnson is taking a well desired long service break, returning 22nd August. She will be

replaced by Mrs Jess Feather (4 days) and Mrs Anne Marie Stein (1 day). Mrs Leversha will

be taking a few extra weeks long service leave at the beginning of term 3 (2 weeks) to

spend a “little extra” time with her family. We wish her an extra special holiday. Mrs

McNair will be taking 1/2A for this time. Mr Rankin will also be enjoying a short break (Long

Service Leave) returning the first Friday of Term.

Due to assembly being moved to tomorrow, the photos of our ‘Dolphin Award’ recipients

will be in first edition of term 4.

I would like to offer special congratulations to our Netball teams and their coaches

Simone, Wendy and Rach. The teams have been training hard and gaining feedback to

improve their skills each session. With a determined attitude and sportsmanship abounding

they put themselves forward to give it their best shot. They competed this week in the

division final. Our Girls team were victorious on the day and will now compete at the

Regional Event in Sale at the beginning of term 3. WELL DONE GIRLS!

I would like to praise all our children for their achievements and willingness to learn as part

of our amazing school team. It has been a great ‘long’ Term and we enjoyed excursions,

sports, guest speakers and state of the art classroom teaching. I have had the pleasure of

reading all the student reports and am pleased in the professional manner in which our

teachers have been able to capture a snapshot about every child in the school. As always

we have tried to make the reports as meaningful as possible to read. The comments

section links together what your child has achieved with their next learning steps. With

feedback that has been provided by parents last year. We have also continued with the

children self-reporting their learning in the specialist areas of learning. There is international

research that suggests that when children talk about their learning and set their next goals

that this raises their achievement. We hope that this format provides you with an interesting

insight into these areas.

Thank you to the many families who attended the Parent Teacher Discussions on Tuesday

night. It was wonderful to talk with many of you in relation to how your child is learning and

growing as a person. For anyone who was unable to make the discussion, I encourage you

to make a time to meet with your child’s teacher at the beginning of term 3. It is well

known that when the school and families work together we achieve more for each child. Next term we will be trialling flipping Lunchtime and Recess. This will mean that children

will have their “main meal” at 11am and their snack break at 2pm. This is a chance for

children to have their nutritious meal at the earlier time to help sustain their learning time.

The following link may support you to have ideas for healthy lunches.

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/packing_healthy_lunches.html We will seek feed-

back from parents, students and staff in term 3 to decide to extend or modify the trial.

The times will now be:

8:50 bell to entering quadrangles and classrooms

9:00 Start of lessons

11:00 Lunch (eating)

11:10 – 12:00 Outside play

12:00 – 2:00 Lessons

2:00 – 2:30 recess – Snack beak

2:30 – 3:30 lessons

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KIDS MINI MUDDA 2016 Hey kids, the Major Events Committee are organising another KIDZ MINI MUDDA in 2016. It will be held on

Saturday, 29th October on the school oval. There will be lots of prizes, food, obstacles, mud and even a

t-shirt design competition.

Online registrations are now open for the 2016 Mini Mudda Event. Go to our school webpage and follow

the link to be one of the first 100 registered to receive a Free Event T-shirt

Major Events Committee

IN SPORT Division Netball

Division Netball was played on Tuesday this week at Inverloch Recreation

Reserve. We had 2 teams entered in this level of competition – Girls and

Mixed.

Both teams worked exceptionally hard throughout this term to develop

the team work, skills and tactical awareness which enabled them to play

a fantastic style of netball. This could not have happened without the

help from coaches Wendy Allen, Simone Britt and Rach Fraser.

Congratulations to the Girls Team who defeated Leongatha PS 19 – 9.

They now qualify for the Regional Championships to be held in Sale on

Thursday July 21st.

A big well done to our Mixed Team who were gallant in defeat against Inverloch/Kongwak PS, going down

31 - 10. Last year, Inverloch beat our team 53 – 8, so we are getting closer to the reigning State Champions!

Regional Championships

Through consultation with our school leadership team and South Coast Primary School Sports Association,

our school will enter the following teams for Regional Finals:

Girls Netball

Girls Soccer

Girls and Boys T-Ball

Regional Finals will take place on Thursday 21st July in Sale.

Initially, after winning District Soccer, it was thought that the Girls Team would not be involved in Regional

Soccer due to some of the players involvement in the ongoing Netball Competition. However, we are now

100% permitted to compete at Regional Soccer.

Team selection for the above mentioned sports will be decided by school leadership. Permission notes and

transport details will go out in week 1 of Term 3. If you have any queries please see me.

Will Rankin

PE teacher

CRAZY HAIR DAY CASUAL CLOTHES AND

CRAZY HAIR!!!

This Friday 24th June, our

SRC and P&F are pleased to

host a casual clothes and

CRAZY hair day. There will

be a parade in the GYM at

9:10am.

Cost: GOLD COIN donation.

All money will go towards

classroom sports equipment

for playtimes.

(Hula Hoops, skipping ropes)

EXCITING NEW MATHEMATICS RESOURCES

HAVE ARRIVED!

Pattern Blocks, Cards, Dice, Dominos (double 6, 9 and 12) and more!

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PARENTS AND FRIENDS Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser We will be selling sausages and drinks on Sunday 3rd July at Bunnings from 9:00am to 4:00pm, so make sure

you tell your friends and family to pop down and help us raise money for our swimming pool grand stand. If

you wish to help us on the day simply come along and lend a hand. Any and all help will be greatly

appreciated.

Casual Clothes and Crazy Hair Day—Gold Coin Donation Tomorrow SRC and P&F are holding a combined Casual Clothes and Crazy Hair Day. There will be a Gold

coin donation with funds going to classroom sport equipment. The Parade is in the gym at 9.10am. Come

along and enjoy the fun.

Pie Drive Pies were delivered today. we hope you enjoy them and have a wonderful holiday. Stay safe and we will

see you back in term 3. Thankyou for your all you support this Term.

Parents and Friends

CANTEEN NEWS Canteen is open for lunch orders on Friday with lunch being at the earlier time of 1.00pm. The Canteen will

re-open on Monday 11th July with a new menu to be sent out in the first week of Term 3. Please make sure

you replace your old list with the new one.. Have a safe and happy holiday.

Louise Irving

Canteen Manager

LOST PROPERTY A Big ‘Thank You’ to Rebecca Parker for tidying up our lost property room. Please remember to name all

your child/ren’s clothing so they can be returned. Parents should feel free to come and check the lost

property room if their child has lost an item of clothing, but please remember to keep the room tidy. The

lost property room is located in the breezeway in the brick building.

Congratulations, to the students who had a go at solving the Maths Problem of the Week during Term 2.

We really enjoyed seeing the way you recorded your thinking, and the great problem solving strategies

you used.

Remember to keep practising your maths skills during the holidays by:

• Earning more live points on Mathletics.

• Using playing cards to practise multiplication facts, and to play addition and subtraction games.

• Reading maps if you are travelling.

• Calculating change when you are shopping.

We look forward to seeing more entries during Term 3. Enjoy the holidays! Mr Terlich and Ms ThomasMr Terlich and Ms ThomasMr Terlich and Ms ThomasMr Terlich and Ms Thomas

Holiday Maths

Junior School: Jackson has 9

coins in his moneybox.

Middle School: Only the sixtieth

(60th) biscuit will have all three decorations in it.

Senior School: A total of 24 jelly

beans were eaten. Chris ate 10, Kahlee ate 8, Nicole ate 4 and Jade ate 2.

Maths problem of the week - Solutions for last week!