South Wagga Public

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Term 3, Issue 25 24 August 2018

A message from our Principal Book Week

Book Week is being celebrated across the school and students are sharing their love

for books and reading. The much anticipated Book Character Parade will take place

next Wednesday 29 August at 12:30pm and students are encouraged to come dressed

as their favourite book character. Members of the school community are welcome to

come along and watch the parade and younger siblings are encouraged to dress up as

well. The parade will be followed by a sausage sizzle. We look forward to seeing you

there.

Sporting Achievements

There have been numerous sporting achievement this week. On Tuesday Stage 2

students attended the annual Trent Barrett Shield Rugby League and League Tag Gala

Day at Parramore Park. It was a very successful day for South Wagga PS students with

both the girls and boys teams experiencing some great wins and making it through to

the Riverina final to be held on Tuesday 4 September. On Wednesday students

travelled to Goulburn to participate in the Classic Shield quarter finals of the State

Rugby League knockout. We certainly have very talented sports people in our school.

Thank you to our dedicated teachers who have supported these events.

Tournament of Minds (TOM)

TOM offers teams of students the opportunity to solve authentic, open ended

challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking whilst developing collaborative

enterprise, excellence and teamwork. Good luck to the 16 students from South Wagga

PS who will be participating in TOM at Sturt PS over the weekend. The challenges will

cover the following disciplines—The Arts, Language Literature, Social Sciences and

STEM. We look forward to hearing from the 2 South Wagga teams next week.

Relieving Principal

Angela Jenner

Learning @ SWPS:

Open Mindedness

Next week we will be focusing on

developing our skills in having an

open mind.

Open mindedness involves being

open to new ideas, experiences and

learning opportunities.

Student language may include:

Yeah, I could try that.

Why not? Let’s give it a go.

Wow, I haven’t heard that

before!

Why not try something

different?

You know what? You were

right!

Through having an open mind SWPS

aims to help students to be open to

new learning opportunities.

The Principal’s Award for next

week is for students

demonstrating:

Open Mindedness

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Term 3 Book Character Parade 12 .30pm 29 August

Rural Fire Service Safety Talk 30 August

P & C Father’s Day Stall 30 & 31 August

Wagga High testing day 30 August

Fete Mufti Day 31 August

Year 1 Riv Environmental Ed Centre 4 September

Trent Barrett Shield Finals 4 September

Year 2 Riv Environmental Ed Centre 5 September

Band Eisteddfod 6 September

Choir Eisteddfod 7 September

$5er for a farmer 12 September

Stage 2 Beechworth Excursion 20 September

Stage 3 Bendigo Excursion 25-27 September

Fete Mufti Day 28 September

Term 4

School FETE 2 November

Presentation Night 28 November

Canteen Roster

Friday 31 August Help wanted, please

Friday 7 September Help wanted, please

Friday 14 September Help wanted, please

Important Dates

Canteen Reminder

A reminder from the P & C - The canteen opens

at 9.00am and orders should be placed by the

time the school bell goes at 9.20am.

Why is mindfulness important?

Mindfulness is important because you can’t separate wellbeing and learning. One supports the other. Wellbeing affects how children think, learn and engage. Mindfulness can help with wellbeing, which in turn, improves student attention and learning outcomes. 1 Magpies enjoy weekly mindfulness sessions where they are improving self-awareness, emotional management, attention and concentration, relationship skills and decision making. Miss Symons

Book Week Parade

Wednesday 29 August at 12.30pm.

This year's theme is FIND YOUR TREASURE. Our annual parade and special canteen lunch will be held on Wednesday 29 August at 12.30pm. Parents are invited to come along and watch as the children dress up as a favourite book character or in costume to match the theme. Children are encouraged to bring along the book from which they found their character to carry during the parade.

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South Wagga P&C

CLOTHING POOL OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 8.30AM TO 9.30AM

Jackets & girls uniforms $10.00 All other items $5.00

South Wagga Public School

Wanted! We are asking each student to bring in a glass jar for a project for our school fete. We don’t require the jars until Term 4, but want to get in early with the request to ensure each child has time to find a jar. Please send empty jars in to school any time this term and classroom teachers will store them with your child’s name on them. Example jars would be a Moccona coffee jar, Vegemite jar or Jam jar. All shapes and sizes will be great but please make sure the jar is clean! Thank you, Miss Annetts

Classic Shield Quarter Final - Goulburn 22 August

Well done to the all the boys on making it through to

the quarter finals of the state Rugby League

knockout, unfortunately we were beaten 10-4.

It has been a pleasure to coach such great kids who

always give their best whilst displaying excellent

sportsmanship. Thanks to Mortimer apparel for the

new jumpers. Bring on next year!

Thanks Helen Cooper

Trent Barrett Shield 21 August

The Stage 2 Rugby League team went to Paramore Park to compete in

the Wagga leg of the Trent Barrett Shield. We had plenty of supporters

there to cheer us on despite being such a cold and windy day. The boys

played some red hot football winning all 3 of our pool games by a total

margin of 132 points to 0. Great runs,

hard tackles and teamwork saw us

take out our final 32 – 4 and progress

through to the Riverina final on

the 4 September.

Mr Barclay

South Wagga P&C News

A notice about the Clothing Pool.

This is my last year with the clothing pool. I am looking for a person or persons to take it over. It entails the sorting, washing, ironing and hanging it in the designated positions. Leanne does all repairs. I open the pool at the moment on a Wednesday morning between 8.30am and 9.30am. It is also open for sales at the Fete. This is something that can basically be carried out at home. The clothing pool is a very important part of the school and your interest in this position is paramount. Please phone Jenny McNamara 0417736514.

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Marketplace Education Week Chess Competition

The Chess Team participated in the Education Week Chess Tournament on 9 August 2018, in the second pool against Lake Albert

PS, Ladysmith PS and Wagga Wagga PS. Sixteen students participated in the four SWPS Teams A, B, C and D. The games were 10

minutes each with the student’s playing on individual boards and also on the large board as a team. The large board was fascinating

to watch as you heard the communication between the players as they adjusted to playing this usually individual game as a team.

All of the teams played very well, with SWPS Team B just knocking out SWPS Teams A and C to be the winners of our pool and

eligible to play North Wagga PS to determine the winners of the Marketplace Education Week Chess Competition. Games for the

final were played in front of the Education Week stage, with the games now having no time limit. Team B consisting of Ryan

Whalan, Ryan Tapfield, Xander Sutherland and Blaine Middleton played some great chess with Xander winning his game but the

others going down to an older more experienced North Wagga PS. Mrs Crevatin, Chess Coordinator

Principals Concert, The Riverina Anglican College

On the 16 August 2018, 45 students attended the Principal’s Concert at TRAC where they watched the TRAC Orchestra and Band

perform. The students joined into the performance with percussion instruments and body percussion under the guidance of the

conductor (and SWPS parent) Clare Brassil. The students then sat amongst the musicians while they were playing and the

musicians were kind enough to let all of the students have a go at their instruments.

The students were very excited to see their siblings and ex-students performing for them. If you have a budding musician at home

who would love the opportunity to play with their friends in the school band, then SWPS Band would love to see you! Please

contact Mr Harris or Mrs Crevatin for more information. The band practises in the school gym at 7.45am every Wednesday.

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South Wagga P&C News

Wagga Wagga By-Election Saturday 8 September 2018

Calling all helpers!

Can you spare an hour or so on Saturday 8 September 2018 to help run a BBQ on Election Day at South

Wagga Public School?

Funds raised on the day will go directly back to the South Wagga P&C to assist the school in purchasing new

laptops for the students.

We will be kicking off at 9am to feed those hungry voters

and will wrap things up by 3pm.

Helpers are needed for the following times:

9:00am - 10:30am

10:30am - 12:00pm

12:00pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Please send an email advising your preferred time to sthwaggapandc@gmail.com if you are able to help out.

We will need at least three people per time allocation to be able to proceed with the BBQ.

We will also run a cake stall on the day if you can help out by making something for the stall please email

sthwaggapandc@gmail.com

P & C

Father’s Day Stall

The P & C will be holding

a Father’s Day Stall on

Thursday 30 and Friday 31

August, outside the

canteen.

A list of some of the

available items is

listed. Parents are

welcome to highlight the

items on the list that they

would like and put the list

and money in a zip lock

bag.

140 Edward Street

PO Box 2005

Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650

http://www.sthwagga-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au

South Wagga Public

School Contact Us

P: (02) 69212947

F: (02) 69218746

Email: sthwagga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Ms Tanya Whyte

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Class Achievement Awards How2Learn Principal’s Award

K Koalas Stella Daly Will Bruckner Week 4– Distilling

K Possums Elka Morris Tallow Irvin

1 Bilbies Noah Delves Jenul Menikpura

1 Magpies Emily Hardy Fury Freemantle

2 Goannas Harminhi Pietsch, Sophie Moore Xavier Vennell

2 Wombats Rudra Vaghela, Tabitha Giltrap Skye Thomas

3/4 Echidnas Ginger Bryon, Tom Hogan Jack Fuller

3/4 Galahs Jamila Smoqi, Ghazal Smoqi Mimi Sarantakos

3/4 Kookaburras Dane Weidemann, Louie Mortimer Gus Reyment

4/5 Quokkas Milla Burkinshaw, Jacinta Bracken Cohen Blundell

5/6 Dingoes Rory Middleton, Tyler McPherson Abby Henman

5/6 Emus Alex Campbell, Nate Sarantakos Rhys Beer

5/6 Kangaroos Henry Keough, Reeve Butler Thoori Murugan

Special Awards

Library - K Koalas

Environment - 4/5 Quokkas

Assembly – 3/4 Kookaburras

RFF - 2 Goannas Movement - Stage 3 Uniform – 1 Bilbies Student—Indy Neason

Assembly Awards

Jared Henman

Achievement and How2Learn Awards Week 4, Term 3 2018

Devangi Joshi

Felix McNellie