The Wollondilly Wag

Wollondilly Public School Find us at : Newton Street Goulburn 2580 T: 4821 4496 F: 4821 4462

E: wollondill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.wollondill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Term 3 Week 6 Wednesday 20 August 2014

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Starting Kindergarten in 2015

Orientation 1-Wednesday 12 November 10am to

12pm

Parents and students will have a tour of the school on

arrival. Students will then spend the remainder of the

session in the Kindergarten classrooms while parents

attend an information session in the hall.

Orientation 2 - Wednesday 26 November 10am to

12pm

Students will spend the whole session in the

Kindergarten classrooms. Please bring a packed

lunch, drink and hat to this session.

Regional Athletics

Twelve students from Wollondilly Public School

have qualified and will represent Goulburn/

Crookwell district at the regional athletics carnival at

Bruce stadium in Canberra on Friday this week. We

know they will be great ambassadors for our school.

We wish them well and hope the weather is kind to

them.

Good luck – Chloe Brown, Alyssa Gregory, Isabella

Greig, Maddison Hoffmann, Luke Howarth, Mikaylah

John, Makayla Jones, Lara Karjalainen, Ursula

Kemmis, Parnika Mani, Harry McKenzie and Meg

Woodberry!

PSSA State Knockout

Congratulations to both the girls cricket and hockey

teams for winning the South Coast section of the

state knockout. Both teams now proceed through to

the next round playing against winners of other

regions in the state. The hockey team will play the

winners from Hunter region in week 7 and the cricket

team will play their next match early next term.

Teachers and parents have been most impressed

with the skill, team work and sportsmanship

displayed by all players. We are very proud of all the

girls. Well done!

Rocky Hill Grand Opening

Mr Armstrong and 4 senior students will attend the

grand opening of the Rocky Hill War Memorial

forecourt on Friday afternoon this week. There will be

representatives from all local schools at this

important event leading up to a significant Anzac Day

in 2015.

Life Education Van Visit

The Life Education van will visit Wollondilly P.S. on

Thursday and Friday this week. All classes K – 6 are

completing a drug education unit of work this term

and this year K- 2 classes will visit the van and work

with Happy Harold, learning about healthy lifestyle

choices. Thank you to parents for supporting this

valuable resource.

There is a Parent Information session on Friday

12.20 – 1.20 pm if you are interested and able to

come along to learn more about the program.

Thank You

Thank you to the Van Bilsen family for the kind

donation of two vinyl lounges to the school. They are

already in use in our staffroom and the gift is

appreciated. Thank you again.

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Life Education NSW

Life Education NSW will provide their program to

K-2 students on Thursday 21 August and Friday 22

August. Students will be given the opportunity to

purchase “Harold Merchandise” during these days.

The sale of Harold Merchandise to the children

supports the fundraising activities of local

communities and all proceeds support Life Education

within each local area.

Below is a list and cost of products available for sale.

Please provide your child with the correct money in

a sealed envelope, clearly stating their name and item

to be purchased. Please hand all money to the

classroom teacher and not to the school mailbox.

Product

description

Price Product

description

Price

Tattoo $0.50 Harold Hand-

ball

$3.00

Harold Sticky Note

Pad

$1.50 Small Harold

Soft Toy

$8.00

Harold Activity Bag $3.00 Large Harold

Soft Toy

$15.00

School Uniform

These students are certainly proud of their

uniform and their school. Are you wearing the

correct uniform to school each day?

Sensational Science Fair

Yesterday, Goulburn High School hosted another

fabulous Science Fair. This year Stage 3 students from

local primary schools were invited to enter projects and

our students took on the challenge to come up with

some terrific projects, using correct scientific method.

They should all be proud of their efforts. Well done

Stage 3 students and teachers! There were many

parents and students in attendance from 5pm to view

the projects and cast their votes for the best in each

stage division.

Drew Thompson from 5/6T received a medal and a certificate for being runner-up in the Year 5 & 6 section of the competition. Drew’s entry was titled ‘Redesigned Electromagnet’

Other finalist entries from Wollondilly included a Year

6 effort from Mrs Tilley’s class, titled ‘Water Bottle

Solar Refracted Light Bulb’.

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2014 Girls’ Cricket Team

Last week, the Girls’ Cricket

Team travelled to Bega to

play Bega Valley Public

School in the fourth round of

the PSSA Knockout

Competition. The girls played

well as a team and

demonstrated their excellent

batting, bowling and fielding

skills. The final result was

Wollondilly 5/80 defeating

Bega Valley 9/57. The girls

will now play the winner of

the Riverina section of the

draw early in Term 4.

Congratulations girls!

Scott Fagan

Wollondilly Public School’s Girls’ Cricket Team for 2014

Year 5 Camp 2014

In Week 4, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Year 5 travelled to

Borambola (near Wagga) to attend a 3 day Sport and Recreation

Camp. We arrived at school bright and early and were very excited to

be travelling on a bus to camp. We put our luggage on the bus, found

our seats and we were off!

It was going to be a long 3 hour drive, so we had to get comfortable.

About 2 hours into the trip, we had a 15 minute stop at the “Dog on

the Tucker Box” at Gundagai. Just before we left someone fell in the

mud and had to have a quick change of clothes. We then quickly

gathered for a group photo. After another hour on the bus, we

arrived at Borambola Sport and Rec. Camp. We were told our room

numbers, then we settled in and had lunch.

Later on, we were split into 2 groups. The first group was called

‘’Toads’’ and the second group was called ‘’Donkey Kong.’’ Toads

had rock-climbing and Donkey Kong had Archery. We were at these

groups for about an hour before the groups switched activities. Later

that evening, we participated in night activities for about an hour or

so. We followed this with supper (a drink and a biscuit) then we went

to bed.

We woke up the next morning bright and early, had breakfast and

prepared for our activities. Today we were going on a long nature

walk and a cookout. Gus and Helen, our instructors taught us all how

to prepare our food and to use a “spondonicle”. This is a safety

implement used to hold hot pans a bit like a small set of pliers. We

cooked a yummy lunch which included sausages, vegetables and

potatoes. It was great.

On the way back to camp, we looked for damper sticks to cook

damper with later that evening. When we got back we had some free

time and then went out and cooked some damper.

On the third and last day, we had breakfast and prepared for BMX

and then Kayaking. BMX was great fun. If we’re really good Mr A

might organise a BMX track at school.

We then packed our gear, had lunch, and jumped back onto the bus

and drove back to Goulburn. We all had an extremely great time and

would love to go there again. Thanks to Mrs Chapman and Mr A for

organising a great camp.

Year 5

Wollondilly Year 5 at Gundagai and “The Dog On The Tucker

Box”

Nature walk and cook out.

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P B PARADE Positive Behaviour in the Classroom

Purple STARRS Cards Positive

Behaviour in the Playground

Congratulations to the following students who are

winners of the K-2 PB Card Canteen Pass Winners:

Jacob Dunn 1W, Zac Hart 1W, Zac Vaughan 1W, and

Tristan Bird 1W

6 PB Cards

9 PB Cards

Term 3 2014

Week 6 Wednesday 20 August - Years 5 & 6 to

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.

Thursday 21 August - Life Education for

K– 2 & AFL for K-6. Friday 22 August -

Life Education for K-2, and Regional

Athletics at Bruce ACT.

Week 7 Thursday 28 August - Touch Footy Gala

Day and AFL K-6.

Week 8 Wednesday 3 September - P & C Meeting

commences at 7.30pm in the Staffroom.

Thursday 4 September - AFL K-6.

Friday 5 September - Cricket Gala Day and 5c

Friday.

Week 9 Tuesday 9 & Wednesday 10 September -

SPACE Expo for Years 3-6.

Week 10 Tuesday 16 September - Rostrum Public

Speaking at 7pm.

Thursday 18 September– Spelling Bee

Final at Bowral. AFL for K-6.

Friday 19 September-Last day of Term

3.

Term 4 2014

Week 1 Tuesday 7 October-all students return

to school for the commencement of

Term 4.

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SCHOOL CALENDAR 2014

Dates for your Diary

Zack Horwell 2S Kiya Drage 2S

Blake Watson 2S Anna Swift 2S

Jack Yeadon 2N Gus Woodberry 2N

Lily Peacock 2N Ann Aji Thayyil 2N

De Wet Brits 2N Damien Gospel

Cameron Menzies 6C Nathan Morris KDH

Mary Hyland 2S Nicholas Fuller 2S

Martino Ayoub 2S Sara Jeffrey 2S

Amelia Waters 2S

Aidan Cox-Bishop 6C Abbey Mortlock KDH

Archie Wood KDH Chloe Jeffrey KDH

Jacob Taylor KDH Lily Martin KDH

Jared Murphy 5C

12 PB Cards

It’s not OK to be away It’s not great to be late

A reminder that school commences at 9.25 am

Dress Up as a Book Character For

BOOK WEEK 2014

We invite all students to dress as their favourite book

character or to come in mufti on Thursday 21 August.

Please remember that this is a sport day, so students

will need to bring or wear clothes appropriate for these

activities.

Please bring a gold coin donation. All money raised will

be used to buy supplies for the “Garden of Friendship”.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Great fun. Rewarding. Enjoy working with horses and

children with disabilities. Join our friendly team of `

volunteers.

Free morning tea provided!

WHEN: Every second Tuesday during school term time from approx. 9.30am to 1.30pm

WHERE: Rosemont Equestrian Centre on Rosemont Road,

Goulburn. WHO TO CONTACT: Bronwyn at

Goulburn@rdansw.org.au or 4822 0807 Come along and join the enthusiastic team at Goulburn Riding for the Disabled. We provide riding session for children/young people with disabilities. We’re a voluntary organisation and don’t receive any government funding.