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Warrawee “The place to be educated for the future” WARRAWEEKLY
Term 4, Week 1: 16 October 2018
Further upcoming events (including Term dates) can be viewed by clicking on this link www.warrawee-p.schools.nsw.gov.au to the home page of our school website, and then clicking on ‘Calendar’.
1486 Pacif ic Highway, WARRAWEE NSW 2074 | T: 9144 2637, 9144 5952 | F: 9983 9340 E: [email protected] | W: www.warrawee-p.schools .nsw.gov.au
P U B L I C S C H O O L
Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to what promises to be a busy and productive Term 4. I hope that you have all had a lovely break and are ready to move into what is usually the busiest term of the year. Be assured that even though we are busy with a range of activities during this term the students will continue on with their academic programs and be actively involved in learning until the end of the year.
Our Year 6 students are now into their final term of primary school which is very exciting for them and preparations are already underway to ensure that their farewell will be a very special event. After seven years at primary school there is much to celebrate. In addition to the farewells, there will also be time spent welcoming new students to the school, as the 2019 Kindergarten students participate in our transition to school program.
KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION PROGRAM Our Kindergarten Transition Program for 2019 Kindergarten students will be held on Monday 22 and 29 October, from 9:30-10:30am. If you have not yet submitted an enrolment form for a child entering kindergarten next year please send it to the school office this week, in order for us to in-clude all students in this exciting program. The program is designed to help the children feel re-laxed and comfortable about starting at school by introducing them to the teachers and to their new friends in and enjoyable and informal manner.
SCHOOL DISCO On Friday, 26th October (afternoon/evening), the Warrawee Band Committee will be hosting two fundraising discos. The first will be for K-2 students and the second for Years 3-6 in the school hall. This is always a popular event and all funds raised go to support the school band program. I would like to thank the band committee parents for organising and supervising these P&C events. Please note that teachers will not be in attendance on this occasion.
LEAVING WARRAWEE PS? Just a reminder that if your child or children will be leaving Warrawee at the end of the year it would be appreciated if you would notify the school as soon as possible as this assists us greatly when planning for next year.
K-6 DANCE CONCERT Thank you to everyone that joined us for the K-6 Dance Concert at the end of last term. I’m sure that you will agree that it was a great night and that the children performed their dances with excite-ment and enthusiasm. Thank you to the many parents that helped us with the packing up process following the Year 3-6 concert. With your assistance we were finished in no time!
SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT, YR 7, 2020 If you are currently a parent of a Year 5 student you may be interested to know that applications for selective high school placement in Year 7 in 2020 opened on 9 October 2018 and will close on 12 November 2018. Parents must apply online at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7 . Late applications will not be accepted. All applicants must sit the Selective High School Placement Test on Thursday 14 March 2019. PLAYGROUND SUPERVISION A reminder to everyone that the school's playground supervision roster starts from 8.25am each morning. There are no staff members available to supervise children in the playground prior to this time. Please understand that parents remain responsible for their children prior to 8.25am when the school’s supervision begins. PARENTS NIGHT-IN The P&C will be hosting a very special evening event for parents on Friday 3 November. Please save the date so that you will be able to join in the trivia fun. For further details, please see Page 6 of this newsletter. Have a great week. Carrie Robertson
UPCOMING EVENTS: TERM 4, 2018 Tue 16/10
Class Parent Meeting 7pm in the School Library
Mon 22/10
Transition to School for enrolled Kindy 2019 students
Fri 26/10
Band Disco K-2: 5.00-6.15 pm 3-6: 6.30-8.00 pm in The Lodge (school hall)
Mon 29/10
Transition to School for enrolled Kindy 2019 children P&C Meeting, 7pm in the school library
Fri 03/11
Parents Night-In (details TBA)
Mon 12/11
“Language of Friendship” Seminar in The Lodge (school hall) Yr 1-2: 4.00-5.00pm Yr 3-6: 6.00-7.30pm
Fri 30/11
Kindy 2019 Playdate 1:45pm
Mon 17/12
Kindy Graduation, 1:40pm in The Lodge (school hall) Year 6 Farewell - details TBA
Wed 19/12
Last day of Term 4 for Students
Fri 21/12
Last day of Term 4 for Staff
Wed 14/11
Year 6 Mini-Fete
Wed 31/10
Kindy Puppet Show Incursion in The Lodge (school hall)
Thur 13/12
Presentation Day in The Lodge (school hall) 3-6: 9.15am -10.30 am K-2: 11.00am - 12.30pm
Fri 14/12
Talent Show - details TBA
Wed 07/11
Interrelate Family Night (see page 4 of this newsletter)
UPCOMING EVENTS: TERM 1, 2019 Tue Staff commence Term 1, 2019
Wed 30/01
Students in Year 1-6 commence Term 1, 2019
Kindy Best Start Interviews
Mon 04/02
All Kindergarten Students commence school
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P&C President Report Hi Everyone
Welcome back to school and Term 4. I hope everyone had a great break.
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW COMMUNITY PARTNER! We are pleased to announce that we have a new community partner – the Mark Moran Group – as part of our Community Partnership Program. We now have two community partners that provide a cash donation to the P&C for our school. Our oth-er community partner, Century 21 Radar Properties also has an exclusive Warrawee Public School parents and carers offer (see page 8). We would like to thank them both for their support of our school.
UPCOMING EVENTS – PARENTS NIGHT IN AND BAND DIS-CO This term we have our two major social and fundraising events - the school students disco hosted by the P&C band community on Friday 26 October and the PNI (Parents Night In) hosted by the P&C on Saturday 3 November. The theme of the PNI is “A touch of red” and will include a silent art auction of stu-dent’s artwork along with trivia on the night. Please see the in-vites for these events in this Warraweekly, the signs up around school and emails from your class parent for more information. We hope you are able to come along – they are both fun events not to be missed. Grab your tickets now!
P&C VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION Thank you to all the families that have already made a voluntary P&C contribution. We really appreciate it – every little bit counts. For those who would like to contribute please log in to your child’s Flexischools account at www.flexischools.com.au or you can now download the new Flexischools App.
PARENT AND CARER SURVEY – TELL US WHAT YOU THINK We are extending the P&C survey until this Friday 19 October. We would love to hear your thoughts on allocating P&C funds and any of your fresh ideas. It should only take you a couple of minutes to complete. Please click on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3XB6FN
TRAFFIC, PARKING AND SAFETY It was great to see parents come along to the the information session about the Pacific Highway Upgrades between Tur-ramurra and Wahroonga at the end of last term. Representa-tives from the RMS Urban Roads Pinch Point Program came along to answer questions about the project. The P&C made a submission to the RMS as part of the community consultation period, highlighting our comments about the proposal.
You may have noticed the new “children crossing” signs on the Finlay Road pedestrian crossing yesterday. This is now a “wombat crossing” – a more visual crossing with increased stop-ping and no parking distances for improved child safety. We are pleased to announce that the Blytheswood Avenue pedestrian crossing will also be upgraded to a wombat crossing.
You will hopefully have seen our red “Kiss and Ride” flags out each day. If you have a spare morning or afternoon that you could help us with putting the flags out or bringing them in, please email me at the address below. Any help you can offer would be great!
SCHOOL DANCE CONCERT – LUCKY DOOR PRIZE WIN-NERS The school dance concert at the end of Term 3 was a great night as always. Congratulations to the five families that won our P&C luckily door prizes on the night – gift vouchers to use in the P&C Tuckshop or Uniform Shop.
NEWS FROM YOUR P&C
MONOPOLY CHARITY AND SCHOOL FUNDRAISER Don’t forget the Ku-ring-gai edition of Monopoly. Order your copy here: http://bit.ly/2O4peLE before 2 November and nomi-nate Warrawee Public School (we will receive a $10 donation per game). All games ordered this way will be delivered to the school in the week beginning 5 November. One hundred per-cent of the profits will benefit local charities.
NEXT P&C MEETINGS – ALL WELCOME P&C Meeting - Monday 29 October – 7pm in the School Library
UPCOMING P&C EVENTS
Band Disco – Friday 26 October
Parent’s Night In – Saturday 3 November
Language of Friendship Seminar – Monday 12 November
Thanks for your support, Sally Bayley [email protected]
Band Welcome back to band for Term 4 and get ready for a busy term. We have our junior band performance for the Year 2’s next Wednesday as a follow up presentation for those interest-ed in joining band next year.
Don’t forget to register for Warrawee Public School 2019 Band Program before the 2nd of November!!
We look forward to an exciting term.
Katy Gandy [email protected]
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Uniform Shop OPENING HOURS Tuesday 8:30am – 9:30am Thursday 8:30am – 9:30 am ** Thursday 2:30pm – 3:30pm - First 3 weeks & last 3 weeks of term ONLY KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION MORNING – MONDAY 22 & 29 OCTOBER 2018 We are looking for a couple of volunteers to help welcome our new 2019 Kindergarten families. If you are able to spare an hour of your time that would be greatly appreciated, to answer any questions our new families have regarding uniform requirements, it would be greatly appreciated. Please email Kylie in the Uniform Shop if you are available at the emails address below. SUMMER UNIFORM ORDERS AVAILABLE THROUGH FLEX-ISCHOOLS All online orders are now processed through Flexischools. To use flexischools you can use the existing login you have for the can-teen. At the bottom of the screen you should see a red tab saying Uniform Shop. If you don't see this tab, Flexischools have sug-gested parents call them on 1300 361 769 for support. Register for Flexischools at www.flexischools.com.au or you can now download the new Flexischools app. REMINDERS: ONLINE ORDERS VIA FLEXISCHOOLS – will be delivered to
your child’s class on a Thursday. With the supermarkets no longer using single use plastic bags,
we ask that you please bring your own bag for your items when visiting the Uniform Shop.
The Uniform Price Lists can be found on the school website in
the P&C section under the “Uniform Shop” tab. Please note the Uniform Shop no longer accepts Cheque pay-
ments.
Tuckshop TERM 4 Welcome to Term 4, we have a few new items on the menu this Term: Menu Item Day(s) Available * Crumbed Chicken Burger Tuesdays * Sushi Tue, Wed & Fri * Macaroni Cheese Monday & Thursday (replaces Lasagna)
All are available on Flexischools.
FLEXISCHOOLS MOBILE APP We are please to announce that our Flexischools mobile app is available. The mobile app will help connect you to your school and make placing your orders even easier.
We thank you in advance, Jan, Min, Fi & Amanda
NEWS FROM YOUR P&C PRIMARY ETHICS - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Each year there is a lot of interest in Primary Ethics classes as an alternative to non-scripture.
We are looking for new Ethics teachers for 2019 so that we can continue to provide Ethics classes for all age groups. If you are free on Wednesday mornings for a half an hour, please consid-er joining our fantastic team of Primary Ethics teachers.
To find out more about Primary Ethics and about becoming an Ethics teacher at Warrawee Public School, please go to
primaryethics.com.au or contact Maya Moon,
The Warrawee Ethics team
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In “The Lodge” (school hall)
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OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
COMMUNITY NOTICES
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
