Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School

The School Mall WOY WOY NSW 2256 Ph.: (02)43411899 Fax: (02)43431984

Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: woywoysth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Matt Barr Term 1 – Week 5 Date: Wednesday, 26th February 2020

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Upcoming Events Monday, 17th – Friday, 28th

February Scholastic Book Fair – 2nd half lunch every day for students Monday,

Wednesday & Thursday afternoon 3pm – 4pm for parents Monday, 2nd March Year. 6 Young Leaders Day

Tuesday, 10th March Zone Swimming Carnival Wednesday, 11th March Kindergarten Teddy Bear’s Picnic - 12pm

Mufti Day – gold coin donation for Westmead Children’s Hospital Tuesday, 24th March School Photos Friday, 27th March Earth Day – K-6 Mufti

MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL

Absences A reminder that if your child is away from school, you will be sent a text message. Please take the time to respond to these texts as quickly as possible with a simple response, for example, ‘sick’. This completes your and the school’s responsibility in terms of accountability for leave. Construction Work In the weeks to come, numerous tradespeople will descend on our school to prepare for the removal and reinstall, of the roofing in the Kindergarten and Year 1 buildings either side of the K-2 COLA. We have waited a very long time for this work to commence, but we now have a scheduled start and finish date that, weather depending, will be complete by the commencement of school in Term 2. The work will provide a much needed facelift to that area of the school. This work will be the start of a series of ongoing improvements to our buildings over the next few years. Morning Procedure Week 5 has come around very quickly and it marks a good opportunity to remind everyone of the morning routine at WWS. • Before the 8:30 bell students are to wait on the silver seats outside the staffroom. If parents are waiting with their children we ask that they wait in this area too. • When the 8:30 bell rings – K-2: walk down with the duty teacher, put bags away and are only allowed to play in the concreted area near the K-2 COLA. Students are not to play on the verandas. • 3-6: play in basketball court and 3-6 COLA area near the canteen. • Music starts, students line up at designated areas. We love having our parents and school community on site and sharing the school experience with the children. With that said, we kindly request that parents and carers stay clear of the veranda/window areas once the children

have entered the classroom or right before the end of the school day. This allows our staff to keep the attention of the students at these key times of the school day. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated. Former WWS kids doing great things! I’ve recently been informed that several former WWS students who are now in Year 7 at Brisbane Water Secondary College, Umina Campus, have been elected to the Student Representative Council. We are hardly surprised by this, as we are extremely proud of the achievements of the children who have attended our school. We know they will make fantastic leaders and role models in the high school setting. They may be at high school now, but in our eyes they will always be WWS kids! Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal

Abbie, Mimi & Archer in KW received a Principal’s Award this week from Mr.

Barr for their brilliant work. Well done!

Past Students of Woy Woy South Public School who are now SRC and Peer

Leaders of Brisbane Waters Secondary College.

P&C News UNIFORM SHOP

Our school uniform shop is CASH ONLY and now opens only on Wednesday mornings from 8:45am-9:15am. Alternatively you can purchase with a card online using your quickcliq.com.au account which is the same account used for online lunch ordering. Online purchases can be collected from the uniform shop, canteen, or Featon Locksmiths on West Street, Umina. Hats are also available for purchase any time from our lovely canteen ladies. Apologies that Size 6 and 10 grey polo shirts are still out of stock until at least late March.

ENTERTAINMENT MEMBERSHIP

Support our School with your purchase of an Entertainment Membership which has gone fully digital this year. Available as a single city ($69.99), Multi City ($119.99) or Multi Plus ($229.99) membership, your purchase will contribute up to $46.00 to our P&C. Current Early bird offers expire 29th February including a $20.00 WISH gift card with Multi City/Plus memberships using promocode BUYMULTI. For great savings on dining, shopping and activities or more info visit: www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/3q4713

SCHOOL BANKING

New School Banking rewards now available!

Exciting new Term 1 Treetop Savers rewards are now available, while stocks last!

• Terry Denton’s Activity Book

• Mini Soccer Ball (size 2)

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items, in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Friday!

Canteen News Term 1 Week 5

Bluey's Snack Shack is celebrating vegetables week and the Big Vegetable crunch from 2nd – 6th March. During the week we will have 50c recess specials such as hot chips and veggie sticks & dip. We also have a special canteen made veggie burger with tomato and lettuce for $4.00, which you can order all week for lunch.

Did you know that we make our fried rice, pasta bolognaise and nachos which all have hidden vegetables and taste yummy too?

Canteen Roster Term 1 Week 5

Thurs 27th February - Leah S

Friday 28th February - Ellen

Monday 2nd March - Paul

Tuesday 3rd March - Volunteers please

Wednesday 4th March - Volunteers please

Amanda and Jacqui

Canteen Phone No. 4341 7798

Es1 & Stage 1 Science with Ms Cullen

Science for Kindergarten is all about investigating what is alive and not.

This week we went for a nature walk and used magnifiers to investigate the garden.

Science for Stage 1 is all about investigating where food comes from. This week we visited the canteen and discovered some foods are made and

some foods are natural. 2K took a visit to the canteen.

ALANA

ANAN

CALLUM

EMMELINE

This week in 3/4T students have been learning to Tighten the Tension in writing. When

tightening the tension students use their senses of sight,

hearing, smell, taste and touch to really imagine themselves in

the specific scenario.

They are learning to write descriptively and build up the suspense for the reader. Here

are some examples of the students tightening the tension

in the jungle.

Miss Mulligan