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King St., Wallendbeen 2588 Ph: 69432568 Fax: 69432654 Email: [email protected] Mrs Toni Daly Principal wallendbee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

“From Small Beginnings” Established 1881

Friday 14th February, 2020

2020 - Term 1 Diary dates

14th Feb — Small Schools swimming

carnival in Binalong.

24th Feb — Swimming program

commences.

6th Mar — Swimming program

finishes.

27th Mar — Baldry Shield carnival

3rd Apr — Baldry shield carnival

back up date.

Term Dates for 2020 Term 1 29/01/20— 9/04/20 Term 2 – 28/04/20 — 3/7/20 Term 3 – 21/7/20 —25/9/20 Term 4 - 12/10/20 — 18/12/20 Staff only: 28/1, 27/4, 20/7, 19 & 20/12/20

Dear Parents, Friends & Community, Wallendbeen Public School has a long history in the NSW Public

Educa on system, opening in 1881 and con nues to thrive in

quality educa on, rich wholis c experiences and steep with

tradi on (The Baldry Shield for one). Due to popula on chang-

es our numbers are at a record low and our dedicated team at

Wallendbeen are figh ng to keep the school going. This li le

school is a hidden gem. I think people forget what a great li le

village Wallendbeen is and with affordable housing.

Wallendbeen is a perfect place for a young family. My family

moved here 15 years ago when Kaitlynn was only nine months

old and all three of my children (with Bradley s ll currently

here) have all a ended this amazing li le school. The Depart-

ment of Educa on have been great, suppor ng us during this

low period and assuring us that we will stay open while we have

students a ending. Wallendbeen currently offers one to one

teaching which is a rare opportunity in the public system and

our students are benefi ng from this unusual event. The quali-

ty of teaching and learning is of the highest standard with the

teachers constantly developing their skills and offering the lat-

est researched based teaching and learning programs which will

provide the most impact on our students outcomes. Our school

prides itself with delivering quality literacy and numeracy. We

are currently studying the impact of the recent bushfires and

the students are developing an understanding of the disaster to

homes, businesses, bush and animals. This is teaching them

about empathy and resilience with the understanding that all

Australians are willing to support the vic ms and how our bush-

land recovers. They will also learn how the tradi onal owners

of this land used bushfires for hun ng and gathering. We are

reading the novel 45 Degrees by Jus n Dath, which is a great

story about a young girls experience in a bushfire. I recom-

mend this novel to students aged 11 to 16.

Once again we have fantas c things happening at Wallendbeen

and we encourage you to come in and see what a great learning

environment we offer to all our students.

Mrs Toni Daly Principal




Wallendbeen 2020 Students

Baldry Shield

Save the date 27th March 2020

Baldry Shield is a tradi on we have held at this school

since 1943 and one I would love to con nue. Current-

ly out parent numbers are too low to do it ourselves

so we need to lean on our community once again.

You have always arisen to the call however this year

we just need to confirm your availability. If we can-

not obtain the assistance we need we will have to

cancel the Baldry Shield for this year. So, if you can

spare an hour or two or all day to help in our canteen

or on the BBQ please call the school or leave your

name on the roster at the Post Office so we may or-

ganise a roster. If you can’t make the day don’t wor-

ry, you may assist with baking goods, such as cup-

cakes, slices or cookies we can sell on the day. No

point having a canteen if there is nothing to sell and

this will be our major fundraiser for 2020. Thank you

for you con nued support of our li le school.

Mrs Daly

2020 School Leader— Kody Richardson

Great learning at Wallendbeen Public School




Frist week back and we are really impressed how quickly our students have engaged in their learning. They are so fortunate to have the one to one attention from their teachers and producing some great literary pieces. Please enjoy an imaginative text written by

Bradley Daly using the picture stimulus.

Invasion

We prepared the puffer life ra s, pulled up the balloons and the sails. We loaded the supplies and the swords.

Our most precious load was the stone crusher, modern tech transformers. I put a layer of cold hard armour on

under my plates of the hard metal shirt.

We launched off to the Nigue, the 102 puffer was my ship. I put my gold sword on the ground carefully or it will

break, it’s not that solid but it’s a good weapon for a ba le like this. I don’t know how much longer le but I take

a nap.

I hear a bang, I saw a ship go down. Our canons open fire. I see a castle with canons and a big arrow shooter like

a crossbow but much bigger. We open our cannons and they shoot arrows at us but they did no harm to our ar-

mour. We prepared to drop the men in the into the village. Suddenly an arrow shoots one of our canons on our

ship. We are going to crash!

Bang! Crash! Fire was everywhere, the birds went crazy. My ear drums were ringing as if I was going deaf, but I

wasn’t. I found my sword and some survivors we were now stuck under the deck, four large planks of wood

trapped us.

It got ho er and ho er, the fire was blazing and the smoke was thick, I could see a plank, it was ten steps away. I

went over but it was on fire. I quickly put it under the other four planks and used it like a lever to li them up.

My fellow men crawled out to the blaze of war and I went too.

Three years later…

The was a disaster, we lost 15 695 men and yet it was s ll a success as we won the war and took the lands of

Nigue.

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