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 3 Week 9 14th September 2016

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 3

week 10

19th September

20th September Last day for MultiLit

21st September Sphero Coding Olympics 9.30am

22nd September SRC Jersey Day

23rd September Last day of term

Term 4

Week 1

10th October 1st day of term New canteen opens

11th October Year 5 STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths day Condell park HS 12.30-3pm

12th October Police talks 9am Stranger Danger, Cyber safety Cyber bullying

13th October

14th October PSSA Round 9

Term 4

Week 2

17th October LMBR Go Live day (New Office Software)

18th October Year 5 STEM day Condell park HS 12.30-3pm

19th October Stage 3 Youth Eco Summit at Newington

20th October 21st October PSSA Round 10

Term 4

Week 3

24th October Stage 3 Mock Parliament with Jason Clare

25th October 26th October 27th October 28th October PSSA Round 11

Term 4

Week 4

31st October Bankstown East Hills Dance Festival

1st November Kindergarten Orientation 9am

2nd November Stage 3 Leadership Training day

3rd November

4th November PSSA Round 12

Term 4

Week 5

7th November

8th November

9th November

10th November Kindergarten Orientation 9am

11th November PSSA Round 13

Term 4

Week 6

14th November

15th November

16th November Kindergarten Orientation 9am Year 6 Kokoda Excursion

17th November

18th November PSSA Semi Finals

Term 4

Week 7

21st November Swim Scheme starts

22nd November Year 5 STEM day Condell park HS 12.30-3pm

23rd November White ribbon Breakfast and Assembly

24th November 25th November PSSA Grand Finals

Term 4

Week 8

28th November

29th November Year 5 STEM day Condell park HS 12.30-3pm

30th November 1st December 2nd December Swim Scheme last day

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Welcome to the last newsletter for Term 3. It has been an extremely busy two weeks.

I had the pleasure of going to watch our students perform at the Gillawarna Music Festival on Monday

night, at Bankstown Sports Club. Once again our students did us very proud with their fantastic

performances. A huge thank you goes to our hard working and dedicated teachers, Ms Alha, Mrs Hiscocks

and Mr Robberds who have given up countless hours of their time to allow our students to have these

opportunities.

Miss Harris will be going on maternity leave at the end of this term. Miss Rahel will be taking the class for

the rest of the year. Mrs Ibrahim and Miss Harris will ensure that all programs will continue in Term 4. We

wish Miss Harris all the very best for this very exciting time.

Our boys White Ribbon Respect Group went to Bankstown today with Mr Toland to record their performance

to be uploaded onto YouTube. This was extremely exciting for our school but especially both for the boys

who have been working on this performance for a very long time.

Term 4

week 9

5th December 6th December Principal Award Winners Morning Tea

7th December Reports go Home

8th December Mini Fete

9th December

Term 4

Week 10

12th December K-2 Picnic day 3-6 Surf Awareness Day

13th December Year 6 Farewell

14th December Presentation Day

15th December

16th December Last Day of Term

Coding for Students and Teachers

We were lucky enough to have Simone from Mac1 come back to our school for some more coding training. This time she

worked with the Kindergarten children on Scratch Jnr and introduced Stage 2 and 3 students to Hyperpad. This is another

free app that can be used to design games, interactive books and so much more.

After school, the staff stayed back for many hours for additional training in using various apps to engage and enhance all

of our students learning in all Key Learning Areas.

Thank you to Mrs Azzopardi and Mr Toland who are constantly making sure that our staff are provided with the most up

to date professional learning to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students, in line with our School Plan.

Father’s Day Movie Night

Thanks to all of the families that came along and participated in the P and C’s Movie Night. It was a huge

success and it was great to see so many dads! We hope to see you all again for our next event on the

23rd of November. This will be our White Ribbon Breakfast and assembly.

Flip Out

A huge thank you to all of the families who supported our fundraiser last week. All of the children had a

great time. The management of FlipOut were very impressed with everyone’s behaviour and manners—Well

Done!

Thank you to Lenon Suos in 3/4M for drawing this beautiful picture for

me that illustrates that we are always striving for safe, respectful,

learners at our school. I have now framed and displayed in the office.

Our school community is constantly working towards achieving our

three strategic directions.

Mrs Comninos

Relieving Principal

VALUE AWARDS WINNERS

In Week 7 Hashem Alkhair received an award for Responsibility; Tania Al-Ka’aby received an award for Respect; Danyelle Yaghi received an award for Kindness and Shaniel Teddy received an award for

Cooperation

In Week 8 Waleed Abdulla received an award for Kindness; Jamal El -Ali received an award for Responsibility: Khadijah Chafic received an award for Respect and Noah Alhalaby received an award for Cooperation.

Transition to School

Inner West Virtual Community of Practice: www.transitiontoschool.nsw.edu.au

The NSW Department of Education’s Early Childhood Education and Care Directorate is piloting

an online platform, The Inner West Virtual Community of Practice, to enhance connection and

collaboration between early childhood educators, community services and schools in the Local

Government Areas of Sydney’s Inner West: Burwood, Strathfield, Canada Bay and Canterbury

-Bankstown. The online platform provides updates on important matters including effective

transition to school and links to health care services.

Due to the focus on collaboration between early childhood services and primary schools, Early

Childhood Education and Care Directorate would like to invite teachers and parents/caregivers

in schools to participate in the Inner West Virtual Community of Practice online forum. This

“closed social networking” platform will allow teachers, parents and caregivers to share ideas

in a safe online environment. The platform will enhance the connection and collaboration

between families and a range of early childhood, health and community services.

To find out more, please go to www.transitiontoschool.nsw.edu.au

TEACHER’S MESSAGES

SRC News:

The SRC will be holding a Sports Footy day in Week 10, Thursday 22nd of September. On this

day, students can wear their favourite footy or soccer team jerseys, or colours.

K-2 will participate in a lesson on Sports Safety Tips for young Children and 3-6 will learn about

the importance of making safe physical contact in sports such as football and soccer by learning

through the story of former Cronulla Sharks junior football player, Kurt Drysdale.

Kurt was involved in a life changing rugby league accident in 2015, whilst being tackled to the

ground. He has been diagnosed with a broken neck and has undergone two spinal operations to

try and recover and protect the rest of his spinal cord.

To find out more about Kurt’s story at home please visit: aca.nine.com.au/article/9125602/kurt

-drysdale

The SRC are asking our whole school community to get together and rally in support for the

former Cronulla Sharks junior player. Students will be asked to donate a gold coin or more

which will go towards supporting Kurt Drysdale’s fundraising through the New South Wales

Rugby League LTD.

Wrist bands are also on sale for $5. These are limited so please see Mrs Ibrahim if you wish to

purchase one.

LIBRARY NEWS

Students are beginning to explore Readers’ Theatre during library lessons, focusing on familiar

texts, fables and fairy tales. This is a dramatic way of exploring texts where students take on the

role of a character within the story and read out loud according to a script.

Please be aware that due to renovations occurring in the back of the library students will not be

able to borrow during week 10. Books may still be returned during library lessons which will be

held in classrooms.

School holidays are often a time when school items are located at home. Please remember to send

all library books back to school during week 1 of term 4.

Mrs Steinfurth

P & C NEWS

FATHER'S DAY

We hope that everyone enjoyed their Father's Day weekend and we would love to thank

everyone who participated in the Father's Day stall and raffle.

We would also like to thank all the families who attended the movie night We hope next time we get to see more familiar faces, the P & C members put in a lot of their own time to make

these events possible for the children . It was nice to see the children enjoying the night with

their friends and families.

UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform shop is open Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8.45am onwards. If you wish to

place an order please leave it at the front office.

P & C President

Mrs Yaghi

STUDENT AWARDS

BRONZE AWARD

Ali Babbo Assi; Saadedin Rifaie; Amal Mawas;

SILVER AWARD

Lili El-Chami; Aya Abughazleh; Hanadi Hamed; Serena Habach; Mirna El-Kabbout;

Leane Elyaseri; Nagham Salma; Rodney Tagoai

GOLD AWARD

Giovanni Giorgi; Karymah Ismail; Mary Koroma; Ward Nelson; Fatima El Kazwini

Jacob Rifaie; Dijah Chafic; Sebastian De Souza; Brandon Risteski; Zaynab Hamed;

Carina Topalidis; Paris Americanas; Amir Sallaj; Cindy Dao

PLATINUM AWARD

Fatima Khiami; Aisha Naaman; Zaiyd Abdulwahab; Michaela Degnan;

Janna Hijazi;

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

CLASS AWARDS

KA Hellen Boima; Yara Yaghi; Mohamad Elzamtar; Rashid Mohamed

KL Steliana Rakatzis; Izhaak Afifi; Ibrahim Hamed; Subhaan Khalid

1/2G Rabab Hamed; ali El Mir; Mohammed Shehata; Zayd Abdul Rahman

1/2H Mary Koroma; Jebriel El-ali; Izhak Maarbani; Alosha Sakharov

1/2N Nour Abou Hamed; Aisha El Mir; Aya Refayieh; Hamza Naboulsi

3/4D Rosemary Samaan; Mohammed Abughalzeh; Wafa Moussa;

3/4L Jamal El-Ali; Michaela Degnan

3/4M Iesha Kamaleddine; Corina Topalidis; Amir Shabani; Aws Tukmaji

4/5W Shaneee Alameddine; Hazora Fuimaono; Barbara Samaan;

5/6R Greta Alama; abir El Homsi; Richie Taki; Mariam Hamed;

5/6Z

AROUND THE SCHOOL

COMMUNITY NEWS

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