NSW Department of Education and Communities

Wombat Public School

Newsletter

PRIMARY EXCURSION A reminder that camp fees are due at the end of next week. Failure to make payment may result in withdrawal. If you are unable to make payment please ensure you come and see me well before the date to make alternate arrangements if possible.

NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS Thank you to the parents who indicated they were willing/able to assist with transport tomorrow to the NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee http://www.naidoc.org.au/about/naidoc-history/ ) week celebrations at Murrumburrah Public School. A reminder that transport will leave Wombat PS at 9:30am and then leave Murrumburrah PS at 2pm. With parents assisting in transport it saves each CHILD $10 in bus fees. As a gesture of thanks a small monetary donation to your child’s driver may be appreciated on the day to assist in fuel costs.

BOOKWEEK Yesterday we celebrated Bookweek with our annual dress up day. Thank you to the parents who assisted their children in preparing for this. Well done to Ebony (Wicked Witch of the West) and Claire (Snow Bear) who won the Best Dressed prize with Owen (Ninja) and Dash (Mouse from the Rescuers) came runner up.

VISIT FROM THE DIRECTOR On Tuesday the Cootamundra Area Relieving Director, Mr Jim Roworth, attended Wombat PS to share information regarding his role and responsibilities with the change from Senior Education Directors. Mr Roworth explained that no longer is a Director in charge of a ‘kingdom’ rather they are responsible for assisting individual principals in professional learning and development in a supportive environment. The Director will still be signing off on the yearly Principal Assessment Reviews that each principal goes through and other administrational tasks but their role is now only 20% admin and 80% support.

RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP On Monday the children will be visited by a Pet Educator and their suitability tested dog. They will use multimedia, role play, song and story to provide children with stimulating activities to teach a wide range of concepts, including: When dogs should be left alone Things we should not do to dogs How can you tell if a dog is happy, frightened or angry A safe way to approach and greet a dog What to do if approached by an unknown or aggressive dog. The program will also introduce and develop concepts such as choosing an appropriate pet, general welfare and husbandry, the importance of identification and registration, confinement and housing and exercise and training.

SCHOOL NEWS

ATTACHMENTS

How2Learn Flyer

Lunch Order Form

Recipe Sheet

Bunnings Fathers Day

Flyer

Bunnings Fathers Day

Colouring Competition

Term 3 Week 6

Thursday 22nd August

EVENT ACTIVITY DATE COST NOTES/

MONEY

DUE

NAIDOC Activities @ Murrumburrah PS Friday 23rd August 19/08/13

School Photos Thursday 29th August As per envelope 27/08/13

Sydney Excursion 9th to 13th Sept $300.00 30/08/13

Regional Athletics @ Albury 30th August - -

Arabin Cup 6th September

Assembly 16th September Please note the change of day again

Phillip Shield Carnival 17th September

Infants Excursion to Cowra Japanese Gardens 20th September $13.00 Now

Last Day of Term 20th September - -

Start of Term 4 - Staff and students return 8th October - -

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WHATS HAPPENING IN TERM 3 ?

SCHOOL NEWS cont SCHOOL PHOTOS The annual school photos will be held on Thursday next week. All order forms and payments are now due into the school. Photos will be held in the morning. Children are to wear full winter uniform: BOYS: Grey cargo pants, grey socks, black leather shoes, green polo shirt, green fleecy top GIRLS: Green skorts with green stockings OR Green school pants, black leather shoes, white socks, green polo shirt, green fleecy top, green hair accessories. NB: Green socks for girls and a white long sleeved shirt/skivvy under the green polo shirt is permitted.

FROM THE KITCHEN and GARDEN Today the primary children made Lemon Curd. Thank you to Sienna for her recipe and to the families that donated lemons and jars. The infants children were in the garden today though, due to the inclement weather, their lesson was held indoors. Here they learnt about photosynthesis. We have had communication from the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program outlining important changes to it’s running. The changes include: A Kitchen or Garden Specialist need not be outside the school and whole meals need not be served each week. These changes have been brought about due to most schools in the program giving feedback regarding difficulties in sustainability. At Wombat PS we aim to have whole school lunches each fortnight. This is well above what chosen ‘lighthouse’ schools do. Bondi Public School (where training is undertaken for all SAKG specialists) no longer serves whole class lunches, only taste sessions for the class that cooked. I would like to thank EVERYONE who has made the SAKG program at Wombat PS such a success. When visitors come to the school they are amazed at the opportunities our students have and this is only through a lot of hard work from teachers and volunteer parents. Thank you!

PRODUCE STALL We are now selling produce at the Wombat Pub. Please swing past and pick up some freshly harvested veggies from our school garden and the community. We will also be making goodies in the kitchen to sell. If you have any produce at home that you would like to donate, please feel free to drop it off at the school. We will package it up, price it and take it down to the pub. The proceeds will be going to the schools’ Kitchen Garden Program. We are also selling excess eggs from the school for $3 a dozen. If you would like some please drop in and grab a bargin! A big, big thank you to Garry and Brian for allowing us to sell our produce through the pub. We are in need of egg cartons. Please send in to school if you have any at home. Thank you

HOW 2 LEARN It is pleasing to see not only the staff using ‘Learnish’ (language encouraging learning) but also the students. We are seeing children pulling themselves up when they are distracted, including others in their learning and taking noticing as a key to being in the right place at the right time. Today, parents have a flyer on the new chapter: Your Learning Home. Please take time to read through this as home is just as important as the school environment for learning.

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FROM THE OFFICE PARENT DIRECT/CHALK Catalogues were sent home last week. Please remember that you are able to order from these catalogues more than once between now and the end of the year. These are a great way to start your Christmas shopping!!!

MEDICAL FORMS

Please don't forget to fill out and return the Student Medical Forms (Departmental requirement) that were sent home at the end of July. These forms need to be filled out for every child even if they do not have any

medical concerns. Thank you to the families that have completed and returned these forms. If you have misplaced your form, please contact me for a new one.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Photo day is Thursday 29th August. Order envelopes have been sent home. Family photo envelopes are available from the school office. Please return ALL envelopes with the CORRECT money in them to the office no later than Tuesday 27th August.

LOUD SHIRT DAY Will be held in October this year. I have registered online. If you would like to make an extra donation to this wonderful cause, please go to our page at https://loudshirtday2013nsw.everydayhero.com/au/jane-1

NEWSLETTER FOLDERS Please ensure that the clear plastic folders that are used to send the newsletters home in are sent back to school each week so that we can reuse them. The children that remember to return them every week for the whole Term will receive a white card.

SCHOOL BANKING Could parents please ensure that the deposit sheets in their child’s/ren’s bank books are filled out by yourself or teach your child to do so (this is a great skill for children to have).

FOOD WORKS /IGA Thank you to everyone who have been supporting our school through the local supermarkets’ incentive schemes. Remember the more you use the tags/cards the more your children will benefit.

Thank you Jane Armstrong

STARS OF THE WEEK

PRIMARY

STAR OF THE WEEK

Dash Attard

for

learning to manage

her distractions

INFANTS

STAR OF THE WEEK

Melanie O’Farrell

for

Being a collaborative learner—

making others feel included

and needed.

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COMMUNITY NEWS HARDEN SOCCER CLUB PRESENTATIONS Presentation Day will be held on Sunday 8th September. We will commence with the Annual General meeting at 10:00am and follow this with presentations at 11:00am. There will be a sausage sizzle lunch after the presentations. All players and their families are invited to attend. Team Shirts - To ensure all our team kits are complete, we ask all players to please return their playing shirt to their coach if you have not already done so. Could coaches please return their complete kits to the clubhouse. Thank you.

ART CLASSES - Soph and Jake’s Treasures

WHERE: 15 McNarry Place, Young WHEN: SATURDAYS

24th August 21st September 26th October 23rd November

TIME: 10:00am - 12 noon OR 2:00pm - 4:00pm COST: $20.00 per learner

Art materials and equipment provided All children take home a finished painting Please wear old clothing For bookings please phone 6382 1936

P&C NEWS

WEEK 7 LUNCH ORDER is CHOCOLATE SLICE @ $1.00 each. Donated by the Lane Family.

WOOD RAFFLE – We are extending the draw date until the 7/9/13 to allow the raffle tickets to be sold at the Election

Day Stall. Tickets need to be returned to school by Thursday 5th September with the draw taking place at the conclusion of the stall.

LAMINGTON & PIE DRIVE – Orders are due back at school TOMORROW Friday 23rd August.

ELECTION DAY CAKE STALL - 7th September - We are looking for donations of cakes to sell and also

volunteers are needed to help man the stall throughout the day. Roster is attached to this newsletter, please fill out and return to the school office.

FETE MEETING - We will be holing a meeting on Monday 2nd September at 3:00pm to discuss the

organising of a school fete for Term 4 - possibly 9th November. We need as many parents as possible to

make this a viable fundraiser. We are hoping that families will take on the running of a stall for the school.

We are also looking at accepting outside stall holders for a fee. Stall ideas can be food, trash & treasure,

arts and crafts etc. Any other ideas will be most welcome.

P&C Office open 8.45am to 9.15am Mondays

Shelley McRae

P&C President 0263843411

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BOOK WEEK

Ben: Fire Chief.

Year 1

Bridget: The Cow That Jumped Over The Moon

Hannah: Fairy

Indiana: Cinderella

Year 2

Jessica: Fairy from Fairy Tales

Tyana: Snow White

Corben: Darth Maul

Year 3

Dash: Miss Bianca from The Rescuers

Olivia: The Girl from The Hungry Spider

Alyssa: Devil, Brielle: Mouse from Cinderella

Taelia: Mrs Clause

Year 5 Ebony: Wicked Witch Of The West.

Shaytana: Farm Girl

Kayla: Hawiian Girl

Joanna: Fairy

Leo: Magician

Quade: Optimus Prime

WINNERS:

Infants: Claire—Bear from

the Snow Bears

Primary: Ebony—The

Wicked Witch from the West