Wattawa Heights Public School

Leaders in learning, innovation and opportunity

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The Avenue, Bankstown NSW 2200

Tel: 9790-3948 Fax: 9790-0985

Email: wattawahts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.wattawahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 5 9th November 2016

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 4

Week 5

7th November 8th November 9th November 10th November

Kindergarten

Orientation Day

11th November

PSSA Round 13

Remembrance

Day

Term 4

Week 6

14th November

Class Public

Speaking

Competition

15th November

White Ribbon

Rehearsal

16th November

Kindergarten

Orientation Day

17th November

Condell Park

High School

Student Day

18th November

PSSA Summer

Semis

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents,

Thank you to the many families who completed the communication survey that was sent

out recently. Your responses gave us valuable information that will be used in order to

review and reflect on our current practices and improve our communication methods in the

future.

Thank you to all the parents who attended the parent meeting last Friday regarding the

organisation of the White Ribbon breakfast and assembly on Wednesday 23rd November.

It was very encouraging to see so many parents volunteering their time to assist us in

making this event a success. We have had confirmation that White Ribbon Campaign

Ambassadors Andrew O’Keefe from Chanel 7 as well as Jason Clare, Member for Blaxland

will be attending this event. There will be White Ribbon merchandise sold on the day,

metal pins $10, wristbands $5 and ribbons $2. Please come along and support this event as

we come together to spread the message of the importance of respect towards women.

We are constantly striving towards achieving

our Strategic Direction of Nurturing Positive

Respectful Relationships as stated in our

School Plan.

Mrs Comninos

Rel Principal

Wattawa Heights School Plan 2015 – 2017

Embedding

Deep

Personalised

Learning

Nurturing

Positive

Respectful

Relationships

Powerful 21st

Century

Learning

Experiences

VALUE AWARDS WINNERS

In Week 3 Danielle Laws won an award for Honesty; Mahamed Ali Obeid won an award for Responsi-

bility; Michaela Degnan won an award for Respect and Aisha Tabaa won an award for Cooperation.

In Week 4 Subhaan Khalid won an award for Cooperation; Zayd Abdul Rahman won an award for

Honesty; Indiana Costa Clements won an award for Kindness and Anh Nguyen won an award for

Honesty.

On Saturday, 29th October Mariam Raad from Wattawa Heights received an award for her

fantastic poster in the competition run in the Bankstown Children’s Festival.

Congratulations Mariam!

TEACHER’S MESSAGES

TEACHER’S MESSAGES

This logo has been

produced by:

Leila 5/6Z, Faye 5/6R

and Nancy 5/6R

This logo has been

produced by:

Hala 5/6Z, Abir 5/6R

and Leana 5/6Z

This logo has been

produced by:

Taha 5/6R, Mariam 5/6R

and Serene 5/6R

In the Arabic Class, Stage 3 students have been designing

bilingual logos for "Recycling".

This term the students in 3/4M have been learning about different environments around

Australia. We decided to create some beautiful artworks representing The Great Barrier Reef, The

Simpson Desert and Gum Trees.

Stage 3 Leadership Day

Last week Years 5 and 6 were lucky enough to participate in a leadership day run by a

company called ‘Unleash your Personal Potential’. The children participated in a range of

activities designed to develop their leadership and team work skills and their ability to en-

courage, respect and be kind to each other. It was a fabulous day.

STUDENT AWARDS

BRONZE AWARD

Michael Mhanna, Moussa Jebara, Adam Abouelhamd, Omar Merkbawi

SILVER AWARD

Jada Obeid, Abdallah Moussa, Joshua Baldwin, Nour Abou Hamed, Mahamed Obeid, Rosemary Samaan,

Jamal Ghazzawi, Chloe Walsh, Abbas Abdallah, Tamara Dib, John Wichman, Mustafa Abu El Hija,

Lenon Suos, Mohamed Nasrallah

GOLD AWARD

Anam Sallaj, Ibrahim Alhalaby, Alosha Sakharov, Lili El-Chami, Jana Mougarbel, Mirna El-Kabbout

Ibrahim Abdul Kader, Mahammed-Ali Awad, Saja El Adib, Aysha Hamouda, Alyssa Ingram,

Lesha Kalameddine, Amal Abdulwahab, Baneen Al-Asadi, Greta Alama, Abir El Homsi, Mohammad Al Assadi,

Nancy Abouelhamd, Mata Faavae-Eli, Fatmah Kurdi, Ayman Jebara, Anh Nguyen, Rodney Tagoai

PLATINUM AWARD

Karymah Ismail, Jalal Yaghi, Isabella Risteski, Fatima El Kazwini, Maiysaa Haddadd, Yusr Tukmaji,

Sebastian De Souza, Brandon Risteski, Zainab Hamed

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Danielle Laws, Shaniel Teddy, Mohammed-Ali Zreika, Danyelle Yaghi, Ameena Abdulwahab, Vevina Kaunds,

Nouh Yassin, Zaskiya Bahri, Rama Baylouneh, Angela Kaunds, Aws Tukmaji, Jafar Hamed,

Zakaria Alhalaby, Bill Truong

CLASS AWARDS

KA Allison Anh Nguyen, Yara Yaghi, Noah Alameddine, Hussain Aljamali

KL Lujayne Hussein, Rama Mohamed , Mayez Babbo-Assi, Jamal Taki

1/2G Lili El–Chami, Jibril Sabbagh,

1/2H Ayah Abughazleh, Raja Merkbawi, Hanadi Hamed, Jebriel El –Ali

1/2N Fatima El Kazwini, Maiysaa Haddad, Jasmin Yaghi, Nouh Yassin, Sebastian De Sousa

3/4D Zaskiya Bahri, Mirna El-Kabbout Jamal Ghazzawi, Rama Baylouneh, Wafa Moussa,

Noah Ingram

3/4L Ammar Raad, Abbas Abdallah, Michaela Degnan, Omar Eldabboussi

3/4M Saja El Adib, Angela Kaunds, Aws Tukmaji, Mustafa Abu El Hija, Jafa Hamed, Lenon Suos

4/5W Cynthia De Souza, Hazora Fuimaono, Waleed Abdalla, Mahmoud Abdul Kader

5/6R Greta Alalma, Mohammad Al Assadi, Paris Americanas, Faye Jawad, Anh Nguyen,

Rodney Tagoai

5/6Z Metiya Dandan, Leila Rifaie, Hannah Mougarbel, Ayman Mohamed, Ali Shehata

GWS Giants AFL Clinic

On Monday we had the GWS Giants come and run some AFL clinics to give each student an

idea of what the after school AFL program will look like. Although it was a hot day everyone

had a great time kicking, throwing, catching and playing some games.

AROUND THE SCHOOL

The City of Canterbury Bankstown is providing free free buses to Cronulla Beach for young people and their parents/ guardians on the following days:

All buses depart Cronulla Beach at 3pm SHARP and return to the pick up points as above.

Bookings are not required; the program operates on a 'first come, first served' basis.

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Thursday 12 January 2017

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Thursday 19 January

Buses will depart from the following pick up points

BUS 1 and 2

9am - The Roundabout Youth Centre, Helen Street cnr Carlingford Road,

Sefton

9.15am - Greenacre Senior Citizen Centre, 202 Waterloo Road, Greenacre

9.30am - 69 The Mall, Bankstown (on Paul Keating Park side, opposite

Lincraft)

BUS 3 and 4

9am - Panania Railway Station, Panania on Weston Street side

9.15am - Revesby Railway Station, Revesby on Blarney Street side

9.30am - Padstow Railway Station, Padstow on Howard Road side

COMMUNITY NEWS

WATTAWA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

FRIDAY 9AM – 11AM IN THE SMALL HALL