COMING EVENTS Thurs 30 June 11am Yr 3-6 Super Hoot morning tea 7.30pm Snr Dance @Glen St Multicultural Speaking Finals Fri 1 July No PSSA 11am K-2 Super Hoot morning tea Jnr & Snr Dance at Glen St matinee End of Term 2 Sat 2 July Election Day stalls & voting TERM 3 Mon 18 July School Development Day Tues 19 July Students return to school Fri 22 July K-2 Incursion PSSA Tues 26 July Choir rehearsal at Chatswood HS Drama Festival pm Wed 27 July Yr 4 OC test PCS Choir visit Thurs 28 July Maths Olympiad Fri 29 July PSSA Mon 1 Aug EDUCATION WEEK Snr Rugby League to Penrith K/O Tues 2 Aug Uni NSW English Test Year 3 excursion Wed 3 August Year 4 excursion Thurs 4 Aug School Spellathon & Education Week Open afternoon & lunch Fri 5 Aug PSSA Tues 9 Aug School Tour 2pm PCS Music Festival @ Pittwater HS Wed 10 Aug Positive Parenting workshop 6.30pm Fri 12 Aug PSSA

Phone: 9971 8352, 9982 2475 Fax: 9982 5617 Email: wheelerhts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: wheelerhts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

The Election BBQ and stalls are on Saturday 2 July, the first day of the school holidays. Please see the flyer later in the newsletter and follow the easy to volunteer link!! The Spellathon is coming!! Thursday 4 August is the big day. Please collect your sponsors over the holidays. See the details later in the newsletter. Teacher Leave Terms 3 & 4 There are a number of teachers on leave during next term. Mrs Falcone will be on her honeymoon for the next few weeks. Mrs Aimee Estcourt will be teaching 1/2F during this time. Mr Webster will be on leave for Term 3 and will be replaced by Ms Linda Williamson. Mrs McColl will be on leave for two weeks and her place will be filled by a new permanent appointment to our school, Mr Nicholas Jones. Mrs Radom will also be on leave for two weeks and Mrs Margaret Butler will be taking her place on 4RM. Whenever a teacher is on leave we always strive to employ a regular casual replacement in order to ensure a smooth transition. We are very fortunate at Wheeler Heights to have such an experienced and talented number of regular casuals to call upon. Classes involved have been given a brief note outlining these staffing changes. We say farewell and thank you to Mr Kim Pentecost who has been teaching Music this semester and also taking the Senior Choir. Next semester Mrs Ginny Macpherson will be teaching Drama to the Years 1 and 2 students and Mrs Seagar will be teaching Drama to Kindergarten and Music to Years 3 and 4. Super Hoot Morning Tea Students who have received five Principal stickers (that is 25 Super Hoot awards) are eligible to attend the special Super Hoot events. The K-2 morning tea will be held tomorrow and the Year 3-6 event was held today. Over 220 students from K-6 have qualified for these morning teas. Super Hoots are awarded for a variety of positive behaviours both in and out of the classroom. School Reports School reports will be sent home with your children this afternoon. You will notice a few minor changes to the report format as we are using a new reporting package and the staff have worked hard to make the reports more user friendly and easy to read. As always, please feel free to provide feedback to your class teacher or the office by email or letter. The office will always print extra reports where families have indicated that more than one report is required. Depending on circumstances these reports will both be sent home with the child or posted to an address on file. Please chat with the office if you need special arrangements made or to be changed. Education Week On Thursday 4 August we will be having an Education Week concert with performances and a special lunch with your children on the oval. More details to come! Holiday Chicken Roster As always we have a few spots left for lucky families who would like to look after our chickens during the holidays. Please see the office or Mr Scotter ASAP with the days that you may be available. Best wishes for a very safe and happy holiday with your families and friends. David Scotter Principal

FROM THE OFFICE POP – A new way to pay your fees - A letter has been distributed today (and is also included in this newsletter), to all parents explaining our new system for making online payments. This will be effective from 18 July. Statement of Accounts – Outstanding statement of accounts will be posted this week. If you wish to pay using the new ‘POP’ method, please process from 18 July onwards. Unidentified deposit – A deposit was made to the school bank account on 23 May, with no reference. Please contact the office and speak with Jodie Sly if you paid directly into the account and have not received a receipt. Liz

Term 2 Wk 10

30 June 2016

WHPS Spell-a-thon coming soon! This year we are delighted to be hosting a school Spell-a-thon early in Term 3. It is an easy and effective way for our school to raise much needed funds to upgrade our K-2 playground and keep our technology department well stocked with new laptops, Ipads and Smartboards. We love that our kids will be learning while raising money and that they are directly involved in the fundraising process! Students in K-2 will be assigned up to 25 grade appropriate words and students in 3-6 will be assigned up to 50 grade appropriate words which they will learn how to spell during a two week period in weeks 2 & 3 next term. Testing will be on Thursday 4 August. This will be done across the school, with some wonderful parent helpers assisting with marking the papers on the day to return home. While students are practicing their words... or even during the up-coming holiday period, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, friends and neighbours will have the chance to support your child's education and our school, by making a general donation or pledge per word on their school Spell-a-thon pledge sheet (attached to the newsletter/ hard copy will be sent home in Term 3). After the Spell-a-thon on Thursday 4 August, students will return home with their completed test papers and begin to collect their pledge money to return to the school office by Friday 19 August. Prizes for highest sponsorship raised across the school and in each class; and as a whole class in K-2 and 3-6 will be awarded in the following weeks. We look forward to your support in this fun, educational fundraising event! Liz Armstrong Deputy Principal National Consistent Collection of Data Wheeler Heights Public School is participating in the National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on School Students with Disability. All Australian schools are required to collect this data in the NCCD in accordance with their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and Disability Standards for Education 2005. The data will be provided to the Australian Government to assist in the development of a consistent, national picture of the education needs of students with disability. The data provided to the Australian Government by the NSW Department of Education is provided in such a way that it cannot be used to identify any individual student or school. General information about the national data collection can be found on the Australian Government Department of Education website at http://education.gov.au/fact-sheets-nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability. A Privacy Protection notice is available on the department’s website at http://education.gov.au/notices If you have any questions about the data collection, please do not hesitate to contact me. Miss Rachael Tekampe Assistant Principal Learning and Support Team Coordinator

Triple P Parenting Program… Coming to Wheeler Heights in Term 3!!

Wheeler Heights Public School is delighted to be able to offer to our community the opportunity to attend the Triple P Parenting Program. It is a free program which will be run over three evening sessions next term on Wednesday 10 August, Wednesday 17 August and Wednesday 24 August (Weeks 4,5 &6). Places are limited and require booking on 8425 8700. Triple P (Positive Parenting program) course focus: The course focuses on building positive relationships between parents and children. Description The Triple P positive parenting program is an international system with proven parenting solutions for parents. It is a system of easy to use, proven parenting strategies for parents to develop a positive and caring relationship with their child. It provides principles and techniques that can be used for different problems, such as tantrums, sleeping, bullying, and withdrawal. It has been running for 30 years and works well. Triple P Seminars address general parenting issues: why children tend to behave in certain ways under certain influences, and what they best respond to; dealing decisively and effectively with behaviours such as aggression and non-cooperation; recognising and managing situations that might be much less obvious such as sadness, anxiety, difficulty with separation and problems mixing with other children. Liz Armstrong Deputy Principal (Wed, Thurs, Fri)

SPORT NEWS Pittwater Zone Cross Country Representatives and Eagle Tag Players Just a reminder that all Cross Country Representatives and Eagle Tag Players need to return their WHPS singlets to Mrs Miller as soon as possible please. Sydney North - Rugby League Archie S and Ezra P played 6 games over 3 days. Both the boys scored tries and enjoyed the experience. Sydney North placed 7th overall which was a great achievement. Well done for being fine representatives of Wheeler Heights and Sydney North!

Sydney North - Rugby Union Archie and Ezra both made selection in the Sydney North Open Rugby Union team. Last night the boys played a trial match against the Warringah Rats. They played well, with Archie crossing the line twice and Ezra muscling up in defence. The boys will travel to Mudgee to compete at State in late August. PSSA Autumn/Winter Competition Resumes Week 1, Term 3 PSSA Training and games will resume Week 1 next Term when we take on Avalon. Parents - Please ensure that you have downloaded and selected your child's sporting team and class through the Primary Parent Planner app to receive updates on training and games. Yours in Sport, Mr T Blanshard Assistant Principal Stage 3 Sports Coordinator

REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL On Friday 24th June, four talented Wheeler Heights Public School athletes descended on Gosford Race Track for a chilly but exciting day of Cross Country Racing! There was rain on the track during the walk of the course but fortunately it cleared up in time for the races. Representing our school were Liam K, Saxon G and Josie J, competing at their first regional carnival, along with Lulu R, who had previous experience racing at Gosford. The competition was fierce and there were high quality athletes competing from all across the Northern Sydney area. Our students performed extremely well, demonstrating their Personal Best and doing Wheeler Heights proud. Their results are as follows:

• Liam K – 32nd

• Saxon G – 54th

• Josie J – 49th

• Lulu R – 8th (Reserve for State Carnival)

Congratulations on your awesome running, Cross Country Team! Holly Miller Cross Country Coordinator

CHESS NEWS Our result for last Friday was: Wheeler Hts D (2) v Oxford Falls Grammar C (2) MW4 The boys have one game to go next term - keep up the EXCELLENT work!!! In the meantime, results have come out for the other NSWJCL divisions - and the C Team placed 3rd, only 1/2 point behind second place and one point behind the winners!!! Fantastic job by first-timers who should have been playing in the Junior Rookie (rather than Rookie) division and hence having games against - and BEATING!!! - Year 6s - super congratulations to Niklas, Jonas, Thomas and Callum!!! And Claudia has just alerted me to a local chess opportunity in the holidays (via Lev at Harbord Diggers): https://sydneyacademyofchess.com.au/tournaments/northern-beaches-chess-challenge-2016 There will be age trophies and the event will be JCL rated. Ms Heike Zillhardt SRC UPDATE Just to update everyone…the final total of all monies raised for our Rainbow Day was $3026.60! An outstanding effort everyone! Please see the thank you letter from Nyree Saxby (Chloe’s mum) to the Wheeler community. I plan to visit Chloe and her family in the holidays and will deliver the lovely rainbow poster that every K-6 student helped create. We have had many wonderful days at Wheeler but this was a particularly special one. Tracey Mavromatis SRC Coordinator

WHEELER HEIGHTS DANCE PROGRAM

Sydney North Dance Festival Performance information only

Please note: There is no dance practice this week for both junior and senior groups.

There is no Special Dance in Term 3 – dance resumes in Term 4.

Juniors Friday 1st July Please arrive at school in your costumes at 8.45am for roll call, then the school bus will take students for the

9.45am Matinee performance. The school bus will then return students back to school. Please pack school uniform and recess. Seniors

Thursday 30th June Please meet school teacher at Glen Street Theatre at 7pm for the Evening performance. Please arrive in full costume with hair and make-up done and school jumper and bag. (Own transport)

Friday 1st July Please arrive at school in your costumes at 8.45am for roll call, then the school bus will take students for

the 9.45am Matinee performance. The school bus will then return students back to school. Please pack school uniform and recess. If you have not signed your permission note please return it to the school office ASAP. All detailed information regarding these

performances are on the permission note. Tickets must be pre purchased as they are not available at the door.

Kind Regards, Deneille and Jasmine - Dance Parent Liaison Our email address is whps.dance@gmail.com

Junior and Senior Dance Groups perform in the Sydney North Public Schools Dance Festival at Glen Street Theatre

BAND EVENTS www.whpsband.wordpress.com

BAND NEWS

FESTIVAL FRENZY: BANDS SHINE @PITTWATER HIGH

On Sunday 19 June, on a rainy winter’s day, our Senior and Intermediate Bands performed at Pittwater High School as part of the 2016 Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival. Both Bands’ performances were met with great appreciation from a very welcoming audience, augmented with discerning friendly observations from some highly qualified assessors. Congratulations to the bands for their stunning performances.

Extra special accolades go to our esteemed band captain Hamish S who courageously filled in on an unfamiliar percussion part at this festival without batting an eyelid. Great work Hamish – you really stepped up to the mark!

The following Saturday, 25 June (i.e. last Saturday) our Training Band also took centre stage at the same festival. What a great band, with a full and well balanced sound! It is hard to believe that these musicians only started on their instruments a few months ago. The word on the street is that this Training Band is one of the most balanced and switched-on going round. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations go to all our bands and their conductors, Cassie, Kelvin and Natalie, for their interstellar performances. This festival was good fun and an excellent learning experience for all our budding musicians. The bands sounded fantastic.

Special thanks also to Mr Scotter for coming along to the festival, in his spare time, to watch, help and support all our bands.

NEXT BAND COMMITTEE MEETING

Just a reminder that the next band committee meeting is to be held on Monday 8th August at 7.00pm in the School staff room. Please consider coming along to this meeting. We always need more helpers. Contrary to popular misconception, the meetings don’t drag on for hours (we all have families to go home to). Our band meetings provide a great chance to have a chat about the state of the bands and how to improve the processes, as well as to share responsibilities as evenly as possible.

With the school’s help, the band program is run entirely by volunteers. In coming months and years we will need more volunteers to help, as some of the existing committee members are getting a bit long in the tooth!

ANTHONY MACDERMOTT whpsband@gmail.com / 0417 277 89

NEW WEBSITE, SAME FACES

Thanks to the patience and skills of an incredibly talented parent we have recently gone live with a new website: http://www.whpsband.com.au/ Please feel free to visit and have a browse. We’re sure you’ll agree, our new on-line presence has set the band program up for the next century!

It is intended that our new site will become the focal point of much of our band correspondence and form filling processes. We intend to keep it up to date with news and events, as they happen, so as to allow our parents and supporters 24 hour cross-platform access to all the latest band information. Watch this space, and keep watching!

TIMES ARE A CHANGING!

In case you haven’t heard, Miss Cassie White, conductor of our Senior and Intermediate Bands, will be leaving us at the end of this term. She has been offered a teaching position in Singapore which will be a wonderful opportunity for her to continue to grow and develop as a musical educator and conductor. We are very excited for her and fully support her decision. We wish her all the best for her future success and hope that she enjoys her time abroad.

This means that, commencing next term, Mrs Shauna Tyson will be conducting our Senior and Intermediate Bands. Shauna is an exceptionally qualified music teacher, and an accomplished French horn player and pianist. Shauna has been conducting children’s bands in our local area for over 15 years. She is young and enthusiastic, and will bring an energetic fresh approach to our band program. Shauna has filled in for Cassie on occasion over the last year or so and has always been very popular with the children and parents.

The Band Committee welcomes Shauna and offers her our full support and commitment!

EVENTS FOR THE DIARY…

Election Day – Sat 2nd July

Jazz Band- Sun 14th August- Northern Beaches Stage Band Instrumental Festival Jazz Band- Sun 28th August -Wheeler Woodstock - Jazz Band Festival

Training Band- Sat 3rd September- North Shore Primary Schools Concert Band Festival -(2:30pm- 3:30pm)

whpsband@gmail.com

Wheeler Heights Public School Parents & Citizens Association Supporting our Students & School

Election Day at WHPS Saturday 2 July 2016

Cake Stall Children will be provided with a plate that can be used to bring in some home-baked goodies for our Cake Stall that will be held on Election Day. Please return the cake plate to the Canteen on Friday 1 July (i.e., last day of term) or when you come to cast your vote on Saturday 2 July 2016. It would be greatly appreciated if you could drop off your cake plates before 1pm on the Saturday.

Cake plates will be sold for $4.00 - $8.00 each.

BBQ Grab breakfast or lunch while you’re voting.

* Sausage Sandwich * Bacon & Egg Sandwich * Soft Drinks / Water * Tea / Coffee

White Elephant Stall We have heaps of stationery, napkins, tableware, party decorations, candles, glitter tattoo and bric-a-brac items for sale at CRAZY low prices.

Bring your cash’n’coins and grab a bargain!

Volunteers Urgently Required To ensure we have a successful day, we need lots of support from our school community to help man the Cake Stall and White Elephant Stall. Please consider signing up for 30 min or more on the day! We use this online system to schedule Election Day volunteers: https://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/1096087906036

This is a major fundraiser for our school and all support is greatly appreciated. If you can’t help with your time, please come and buy a treat at the cake stall or splurge on lunch or brekky at the BBQ.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.

Claudia Schremmer P&C President All proceeds from the day will go towards the upgrade of our new, totally awesome K-2 Playground and our WHPS Band Program.

Wheeler Heights P.S.- Spell-a-thon 2016

Student’s Name ______________________________ Class_________

This year we are delighted to be hosting a school Spell-a-thon early in Term 3. It is an easy and effective way for our school to raise much needed funds to upgrade our K-2 playground area and keep our technology department well stocked with new laptops, Ipads and Interactive whiteboards. We love that our kids will be learning while raising money and that they are directly involved in the fundraising process!

Please learn your spell-a-thon words and request sponsorship/donations prior to the Spell-a-thon which will be held on Thursday 4 August. Students in K-2 will learn up to 25 words and students in Year 3-6 will learn up to 50 words targeted at their spelling ability.

Cash/ cheques (payable to Wheeler Heights P.S)/credit card payments can be returned to school in the envelope provided OR paid on-line through direct deposit at: Wheeler Heights school account BSB 032-001 / Acct No 160336 You must include your child’s surname, class and Spell-a-thon in the reference eg. Armstrong5ASpellathon

Key Activities and Dates Contact Sponsors/ Donors: From Thursday 23 June until Thursday 4 August Learn Spelling Words: From Monday 25 July until Thursday 4 August Spell-a-thon: Thursday 4 August All donations close: Collect pledge money and return to office Friday 5 August until Friday 19 August.

KEY PRIZES: Major Prize – Surfboard/ Bike/ Sports store voucher Super fundraiser prizes for the top earner in each class – Variety of Sport equipment, board games and gift vouchers Top class earners for K-2 & 3-6 – Pizza Party Please return this form to the front office with your collected donations. Sponsor name Contact number Overall

Donation OR Amount per word correct

Total

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. TOTAL : Please tick payment method: Cash Cheque Credit Card Direct Deposit

Chloe Saxby and Vanishing White Matter Disease Incorporated Australian Registered Charity ABN:59276626144 - Charity Fundraising Number: CFN/23384

All donations over $2.00 are tax deductible - Contact Details: nyree@savingchloesaxby.com Tel:+61 (0)423 760 719 www.savingchloesaxby.com

28 June 2016 Wheeler Heights Public School 36 Veterans Parade Collaroy Plateau NSW 2097

Dear Staff and Students Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of the beautiful, caring students, staff and parents at Wheeler Heights Public School for raising a massive $3,026.60 in support of “Saving Chloe Saxby” by holding your own Rainbow for Research mufti day. The students were just lovely and I will remember forever how they called “Chloe, Chloe” and waved to her. Thank you for opening your hearts to us and making it such a special day with memories we will cherish forever. It is incredible to see so much support from the local community and beyond with Saving Chloe Saxby rainbow signs in shop windows and spreading all over the world! We have a way to go yet, but I believe with an amazing community like we have helping us, we can do it. Your contribution is supporting vital research into finding a cure for Chloe and other little children around the world just like her, suffering from Vanishing White Matter Disease, a devastating, rare, degenerative and terminal brain disease that affects mostly children. Your generosity and support is truly appreciated. If you would like to keep up to date with our progress and Chloe’s story, please “like” and follow Saving Chloe Saxby on Facebook, or alternatively Chloe’s website is www.chloesaxby.com.au. Determined, Hopeful and Eternally Grateful Yours sincerely Nyree Saxby

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Enquiries: Child & Adolescent Parenting 8877 5152 www.nslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services/CAP

WORKSHOPS ON REQUEST – PHONE 8877 5152 (2-2.5 hours) Understanding Your Toddler/Discipline & Tantrums Transition to School

Tucker without Tantrums/Toilet Training Transition to High School Speech & Language Development/Sleep Triple P Seminar Series 1-12 yrs & Teens Older Sibling – New Baby Communicating with Kids Dealing with Teen’s Back Chat Grand Parenting Resilient Kids

WHAT’S ON IN TERM 3 – COURSES/WORKSHOPS FOR PARENTS/CARERS Tuning in to Kids Course (3-10yrs)

Help your child develop emotional intelligence, manage emotions & deal with conflict. Chatswood 5wks/2.5hrs (8/8 -5/9, 7.00-9.30pm)

Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) Seminars (3-8yrs) Series of 3 seminars on Positive Parenting & Raising Confident, Competent & Resilient Children

Chatswood (11/8, 18/8 & 25/8, 7.00 – 9.00pm)

Communicating with Kids Workshop (based on PET) (4-12 yrs) Communication skills for building effective long term relationships with your children & family.

Chatswood (12/9, 7.00-9.30pm)

Tuning in to Teens Course Emotional intelligence & communication skills to understand your adolescents’ needs & behaviour.

Chatswood 5 wks (10/8 - 7/9, 7.00-9.30pm), Brookvale 5 wks (11/8 - 8/9, 6.30-9.00pm)

Toddlers Workshops (1-3yrs) Series of 3 workshops on Discipline, Tucker & Toilet Training, Speech & Sleep

Chatswood (2/8, 9/8 & 16/8), 3 wks/2.5hrs each, 7.00-9.30pm)

Helping Your 3-6 Year Old Child with Anxiety Series of 2 workshops for parents to assist with young children showing signs of anxiety

Seaforth 24/8 & 7/9, Chatswood 30/8 & 13/9 (2.5hrs each, 7.00-9.30pm)

Resilient Kids Workshop Strategies to accept & express feelings, develop optimistic thinking & coping skills

Chatswood (23/8, 7.00-9.30pm)

Dealing with Teen’s Backchat Workshop Learn how to restore a respectful & positive relationship between you & your teenager

Chatswood (3/8, 7.00-9.30pm)