Warragamba Public School

Keeping in Touch – Term 4 Week 4

8 November 2019

Thursday 30 April 2015

Thursday 2 April 2015

Principals Message Term 4 is always a very busy term. Lots of very exciting things happening and it can also be an anxious term for our Yr 6 students as they come to the end of their primary school years. We are looking forward to many celebrations as the term moves on and are in preparation for the Yr 6 Farewell, Graduation and Presentation Day. Our teachers are embarking on the Semester 2 reporting period and are busy with assessments and class reports. Staffing Congratulations to Mr Bruny who has been appointed to Werrington County PS through a transfer from Jan 2020. Mr Bruny will finish up at Warragamba PS at the end of the 2019 school year. We wish Mr Bruny all the very best at his new school and thank him for all of his contributions to Warragamba PS over the past 8 years. He will be missed. Please join us in wishing Mr Bruny all the very best for his new school. On Tuesday 22 Oct 2019 we had a staff morning tea to acknowledge Mrs Margo Kirkup’s retirement. It was a special time for Margo to reconnect with past principals and for her colleagues to wish her the very best for her retirement. Mrs Kirkup was the School Administration Manager at Warragamba PS and was here at the school for approx. 25 yrs in various roles. The SAM position will be advertised soon, ready for the 2020 school year.

Kinder 2020 Interviews

Throughout Week 2 Mrs James met with all of our 2020 Kindergarten students and their families. It was a wonderful opportunity for Mrs James to meet each family and learn a little about each of our students. This Wednesday was our first transition visit for our 2020 Kinder students. We look forward to meeting them all. I know they are all very excited about

coming to school.

Grandparents Day What a wonderful day we had on Wednesday 23 Oct 2019. It was so lovely to meet and chat with so many of our grandparents and parents. The students loved having their grandparents visit their classrooms. Our grandparents enjoyed a Devonshire Tea and then sat back and watched our performance groups perform for them. We also had an impromptu performance of our Yr 6 students showing off their dancing skills and Thomas W performed his Ukulele solo. Following our mini concert we all enjoyed a picnic lunch and Gelato!!!!! Yr 6 raised just over $1000.00 with the gelato fundraiser. It was yummy!!!! Thank you to everyone who came along on Grandparents Day. It is always a wonderful day. A big shout out goes to Mrs Stucki for organising the donation and purchase of scones from Silverdale Bakery and Mulgoa Bakery, and to Jodie Cooper, Connie Leyden & Judy from the canteen for their baking of scones and support throughout the Devonshire Tea. The help was very much appreciated by us.

Swim Scheme Swim Scheme started last week and so far we have been blessed with great weather. A little more chilly

than usual on Tuesday but we managed well. This is such a valuable program that is offered each year to students in Yrs 2-6. The program is free and then students only have to pay entry to the pool. We are fortunate that we do not to have include bus travel.

Wellbeing Program At one of my principal Network meetings I was lucky enough to win a free 5 week school trial of a wellbeing program run by Dance Fever Multi Sport. They will be coming out each Tuesday from Week 6, 19/11. They will be running a ½ hr program each week to all classes K-6. Mrs K Shepherd Principal

What has been happening in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2……….

For the last week and half, Year 2 have enjoyed a dip in the pool each day at Warragamba

Pools for swim scheme. Congratulations Year 2 on your outstanding behaviour and the

progress you have made! We are looking forward to seeing your skills at the 3-6 swimming

carnival next year!

This week we welcomed 57 Kindergarten students into our school for their first

Kindergarten transition to school. We all had lots of fun playing, singing, listening to stories

and making monsters! We have 2 more visits to go, where we will play sport, visit the library

and eat lunch with our buddies.

Our K-2 Warragamba Dam excursions are coming up in week 7. Please return your permission

note as soon as possible so you don’t miss out of this great learning experience.

Tuesday 26 November – KD, KE & K/1K go to Warragamba Dam

Wednesday 27 November – 1E, 2A & 1B go to Warragamba Dam

Thursday 28 November – 1D, 2C & 2B go to Warragamba Dam

Don’t forget Friday of Week 5 (next week) KD, KE & K/1K will be combining to run the K-2

assembly…..AND Friday 6 December at 12 – 1:30pm a K-2 Christmas assembly will be held in

the school hall. Parents are invited to watch this assembly.

Last of all the K-2 movie day has been booked. We will be travelling to United Cinemas on

Thursday 12 December 2019. A note will come home in the coming days outlining the details

of this excursion.

Stage 2 It has been a very busy time for students these last few weeks with swim scheme and the end of year assessments. All student have been very resilient and flexible with all of the timetable changes and have really tried hard with assessments. Well done Stage 2.

PIPs Photography Congratulations to the following students her were recognised for their achievements in the Macarthur Nature Photography competition;

Domonique S – Overall winner in the Primary Aged Landscapes Category

Maddison S – Highly commended for her photo of the dam in the Waterways category

Hailey S – Highly commended for her entry in the Flora Category

We were also awarded Best School category for all of our entries in the competition.

Congratulations to all of the students who submitted entries into the competition. You all did an amazing job.

All of the entries will be on display at Narellan Town Centre until Wed 13 November 2019. Be sure to check it out when you are there.

Stage 3 Hi everyone! It has been a busy few weeks and it is only going to get busier for Stage 3. Stage 3 camp is happening next week, from Wednesday - Friday. Please be at school by 7.30am. Please remember that students are required to pack and carry their own bags, so please do not pack too much. Year 6 farewell - the end of the year is fast approaching and that means so is the farewell. This is happening on Thursday 12th December. If your child is in Year 5, please remember to hand back in the RSVP note so we are able to cater accordingly. Along with this, Year 5 students have been asked to bring in 1 bottle of soft drink and 1 bottle of water to help cater. These can be taken to Miss Clarke. The Year 6 graduation assembly and arch will be happening on Tuesday 17th December.

Public Speaking On the 26th September 2019, Zoey V from Early Stage One, Elly D from Stage One, Abbey L from Stage Two, and Serena H from Stage Three participated in the Regional South Operational Directorate Primary Schools Public Speaking Competition: Macarthur Network Final at Oran Park Public School.

After winning for their age group in the Warragamba Public School Public Speaking competition earlier in September, our four representatives needed to present a prepared and impromptu speech against students from other schools in our network (up to nine different schools in each age group) in front of their competition, students from Oran Park Public School, teachers, parents, and two adjudicators.

A special mention goes to Zoey V for receiving a Highly Commended in the Early Stage One section with her prepared speech, on her favourite food, and impromptu speech, on the uses for money, against five other schools.

All our ladies performed admirably on the day and as a school we were commended for our impromptu speech skills. Overall, the day was a great success with all our competitors doing Warragamba Public School proud.

Well Done Zoey, Elly, Abbey and Serena.

Principal’s Merit Award

Learning Rule: Encourages others to do their best and supports them in their learning.

KD – Nathaniel K 3C – Amelia L KE – Jacob C 3M – Madeline S K/1K – Jake G 4C - Madalyn A 1E – Taylor B 4M – Annabelle C 1D – Nikora H 5/6C – Phillip T 1/2B – Willow G 5/6M – Linkin H 2A – Tia S 5/6P – Lucas A 2C – Zane B

School Canteen Our School Canteen License Agreement is due to cease on 29 January 2020. New Tender packages are available from the School Office and enquiries should be referred to Mrs Diane Wilson, School Administration Manager if you are interested. New and Departing Students

If you know of any new students who have not yet enrolled in our school for 2020, please remind them to contact the school office or call in to pick up an enrolment pack as soon as possible. Also, if you know that you are leaving the school at the end of 2019, please let the School Office & your Class Teacher know if you have not already done so. This helps us enormously with class placements.

Parental Online Payments – POP

It is possible for parents to make online payments to the school for amounts owing for students via a secure payment page hosted by Westpac. Payments can be made using either a Visa or MasterCard credit or debit card. The payment page is accessed from the front page of the Schools Website (NOT THE SKOOLBAG

APP) by selecting, $ Make a payment.

You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed.

Receipts can be emailed and/or printed.

Details of the payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. Please supply the receipt number on the permission note required for the event.

Cash and cheque payments will still be accepted.

Please note that SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION and PURCHASING OF UNIFORMS can only be paid by cash or cheque to WARRAGAMBA P&C.

Please see below for events already on our calendar for 2019. This will give you an idea of when things are scheduled, however please check each newsletter for updated events and dates in case of changes.

Date Event

Term 4

28.10.19 - 8.11.19

Swim Scheme

6.11.19 Kinder Orientation

7.11.19 MCUI Event at school (rescheduled)

7.11.19 Interrelate Workshop – Where did I come from – Note to come

8.11.19 3-6 Assembly @ 2pm

11.11.19 Remembrance Day – Service at the Memorial Park – School Leaders attending and the Snr Choir performing

12.11.19 Playground Artwork being installed (K-2 Quad, primary Quad & South Playground)

13.11.19 Kinder Orientation

13.11.19-15.11.19

Stage 3 Camp

15.11.19 K-2 Assembly @ 2pm

20.11.19 Kinder Orientation

21.11.19 MCUI Event

22.11.19 3-6 Assembly @ 2pm

25.11.19 Group 6 Tiger Tag Day

26.11.19 Dam Excursion - Kinder

27.11.19 Dam excursion 1E, 2A and 1B

28.11.19 Dam Excursion 1D, 2C and 2B

29.11.19 K-2 Assembly @ 2pm

2.12.19 Councillor 2020 Speeches Assembly

3.12.19 Councillor 2019 Reward Day

6.12.19 K-2 Christmas Assembly @ 12.00

6.12.19 3-6 Assembly @ 2pm

6.12.19 Canteen last day for 2019

11.12.19 Presentation Day

12.12.19 Yr 6 Farewell

17.12.19 Yr 6 Graduation & Arch

18.12.19 Last Day of Term 4

Please note if there is a need to change a date we will let you know through the newsletter/skoolbag.

End of Year

Students finish school for the year on Wednesday 18 December 2019. Teaching staff will not be on site on Thursday the 19 Dec or Friday 20 Dec as they have completed 4x 3hr Twilight Sessions throughout the year. Administration staff will be on site during normal working hours, on these days.

Student Attendance

A reminder to parents/carers that regular attendance at school is essential to assist students to maximise their potential. There are a number of students who are regularly arriving late each day.

Parents are required to explain the absences of their children from school promptly and within seven days to the school. A fact sheet is located in the newsletter today which highlights the impact absence from school can have over a child’s school years.

Warragamba Swimming Pool

Learn to Swim Classes have started!

Lessons on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornings

Senior and Junior Squads.

Aqua Aerobics classes are back.

For bookings or enquiries, please call 0404 833 496 or 4774 1681