Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School

The School Mall WOY WOY NSW 2256 Ph: (02)43411899 Fax: (02)43431984

Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: woywoysth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Matt Barr Term 4 – Week 1 Date: 11h October, 2017

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Upcoming Events

13th October Year Six Farewell Meeting in the Learning Centre

Every Thursday from 12th October – 30th November

Kindergarten Ready for School Transition Program

25th October Kindergarten - Girakool Rumbalara Reserve

Message from the Principal Principal’s Report Week 1, Term 4 Welcome back to Term 4 at WWSPS. I hope all students and families have managed to have a safe and relaxing holiday and are ready for a busy term to round off 2017. Staffing Update I would like to warmly welcome Ms Madeline Moy to the teaching staff at WWSPS. Ms Moy has been appointed to the position of Assistant Principal and will assume the role of Early Stage 1 supervisor. I’d like to sincerely thank Mrs Parker for her outstanding contribution to our school in relieving in the role of Assistant Principal over the past 2 years. Summer Uniform As Term 4 has now commenced students are requested to attend school in full school summer uniform. This includes: Girls: K-4: Red school hat with logo, red checked tunic, plain white socks and black shoes 5/6: White polo (red polo - Yr 6 only), red/grey checked skirt, plain white socks and black shoes Boys: K-6: Red school hat with logo, white polo (red polo - Yr 6 only) and grey shorts, plain white socks and black shoes Sport: 3-6: Red school hat, white polo shirt (red polo - Yr 6 only) and red shorts, white sports socks and runners (no fluoro coloured runners)

Correct wearing and presentation of our school uniform ensures student identification and safety in the community and assists in the continued development of strong school pride and learning culture, characteristics we are extremely committed to upholding. Ready for School This Thursday our ‘Ready for School’ program commences for our 2018 kindergarten students. This program will run every week for the next 8 weeks commencing at 1.50pm. If you know of anyone with Kindergarten age children for 2018, please don’t hesitate to invite them along to be a part of the program. Please contact the office if you’d like any further details. Good Luck! Best of luck to our own soccer superstar Harry Beaton who jets off for Malaysia this week to represent Australia in the Futsal Under 10 Tournament. Thanks to everyone for supporting Harry with our footy Jersey/colours day last term. We’ll look forward to hearing of his success when he returns.

Gymnastics Lessons

Over the next 8 weeks, students in Stage will have the opportunity to participate in Gymnastics lessons provided by accredited coaches from Sport in Schools Australia. Funding for these sessions will be provided by the school and activities will follow a set plan in line with the PDHPE Syllabus requirements.

Amart Sports/Rebel Donation

Special thanks to our P&C for arranging our involvement in the Amart Sports/Rebel rewards scheme. Last Friday I had the pleasure of visiting Rebel West Gosford to spend just short of $800 on new sporting equipment for our school.

Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal FROM OUR STAFF

Years 2-3 Transition Meeting

To ensure a smooth transition for students from Year 2 to Year 3 an information session will be held on Wednesday 18 October, between 2:00pm and 2:55pm in The Learning Centre. As this is close to the school finishing time, it is hoped that this will be a convenient time for many parents to attend. The information covered in the session will include:

• Stage 2 Curriculum • AVID Program • Stage 2 Behavioural expectations • Homework requirements • Frequently asked questions

This meeting will provide a good opportunity for parents to ensure that their children have all the necessary information to make a successful start to their time in Stage 2. Miss King Assistant Principal Stage 2

Positive Behaviour For Learning

What a busy first week back at school as we commence our last term of the school

year! Our focus for this week is our school values of Respect, Responsibility and Relationships. We are also revising our classroom rules and expectations.

On Friday afternoon, K-6 will gather in the hall to attend a presentation of our new Blue Tongue Lizard mascot. It will include the announcement of our mascot’s name, the winner of the mascot drawing competition will be revealed and students will have opportunities to learn more about our mascot through a variety of fun learning activities and craft.

To celebrate the launch of our new mascot we are encouraging students to wear a piece of blue clothing on Friday. The canteen will also be selling blue-themed items to eat. Old bee awards will be traded in for our newly designed awards. We are looking forward to introducing and celebrating our Blue Tongue Lizard mascot with everyone!

- PBL Team

ASSEMBLY AWARDS - TERM 3 WEEK 10 Year 6 – Lily W 5/6L, Jeff P 6S Year 5 – Nathan M 5N Year 4 – Keira-Rose C 4A Year 3 – Jackson M 3A,Levi P 3B, Oscar J 3/4P Superstar Awards – Sienna C 3A, Lucas V 3B, Heyden G 3B, Joshua D 4A, Connor M 5N, Brodie W 5/6L, Porscha C 6S.

Congratulations to our Silver Award Winners William B 5/6L Joshua J 5N Hayden S 4A Rhys T 5N Van S 5/6L Isabella G 5N Lucas V 3B Samantha G 4A Sienna C 6S Chayse N 4A Harry B 3/4P Myiesha B 5N Amy J 6S Emily C 5N Jake B 6S Gresha N 5N Isabella D-W 6S Skye F 5N Isabella D 6O Caprice M 5N Finn J 4A Kaitlyn B 5N Felicity W 5N Lexi C 5N Nikki L 5N Ella H 3B Saria P 5N Gemma L 4A Gemma P 4A Jai M 6S Keira M –C 5/6L

Year Six Farewell Meeting

We will be holding a Year Six Farewell meeting on Friday at 3:15 in the Learning Centre. Hope to see you there.

P & C NEWS

P&C Meeting – THIS FRIDAY 13th October 9.00am Our next P&C meeting is this Friday the 13th October at 9.00am in the Learning Centre. What does Term 4 have in store for us all?? Come along or let us know of any ideas or concerns at woywoysouthpandc@hotmail.com Did you know? Term 4 usually brings about an event from the P&C called Wipeout, which includes lots of water and lots of fun. Last year we had lots of recommendations for how we could improve this day for our students from you, the school community. We have taken these ideas onboard and have changed the name, some of the activities and added one HUGE extra event!! Oh and did we mention prizes for EVERY student that participates. What is there not to love. So have you saved the date of Friday December 1st?? Notes will be coming home in the next week to let you know all about it. All students should receive these notes so if you don’t please ask your teacher or get one from the office foyer as it is definitely something not to be missed!! Ragtagd The uniform shop is excited to announce that over the next 6 weeks we will be completing a trial with Ragtagd, a young start-up company that helps parents find lost property at school. Finally a way to get on top of that mound of jumpers and jackets! How it works - Whenever your Smart Tagged garment reaches lost property, you will receive an automated SMS (text message) notifying you that it’s there, making retrieval quick and easy. In fact, collection is so simple that 90% of families using RagTagd at other schools get their lost property within a day of receiving an SMS. How parents can take part - Free Smart Tags are available from the uniform shop for you to sew into jackets and jumpers you already own. To make sure you receive notifications, remember to activate your Smart Tag upon collection and RagTagd will do the rest. Upon completing the trial the P&C will decide if this is a viable option for our school. After the trial if we continue the program the tags will need to be purchased at a cost. School Banking New School Banking rewards now available! Welcome to term 4. School Banking starts Friday the 13th of October. Please hand your bank book to your teacher first thing in the morning. Exciting new Term 4 rewards with a Future Savers theme are now available, while stocks last! Pencil + Tech Case Epic Earphones

For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them! Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Friday. Uniform Shop Welcome back to summer uniforms! If you have any tunics or other items that no longer fit but are still in good condition, please consider donating them to the uniform shop. We re-sell these for just a gold coin donation and our 2nd hand rack is looking a little bare. New summer tunics are now $40, Backpacks are $47 and Library/Excursion bags are $15. Price of all other items remains the same. Don't forget you can order anytime online via www.quickcliq.com.au for collection during opening hours.

CANTEEN ROSTER AND INFORMATION The Black Crow Canteen Volunteers Friday 13th October - Cathy Monday 16th October - Volunteer required Tuesday 17th October - Cherie Wednesday 18th October - Danielle Thursday 19th October - Therese NEW PRODUCT: PINK LEMONADE SLUSHY IS NOW AVAILABLE as well as Blue raspberry. come and try it, very yummy and refreshing. DON’T FORGET SUSHI TUESDAY Volunteers Needed-Term 4 Can you please help out for an hour or two once a month?? 9am-11am any week day would make our canteen run so much easier. We are all about doing things for the students and we don’t want them to miss out.

Blue Treats at the Canteen on Friday 13th October

Celebrating the launch of our new PBL Mascot the Blue Tongue lizard …

the canteen will be selling blue treats on Friday!

Please if you can help out in any way please see Jacqui or Amanda and put your name down or email P&C President Keiran Dearing on woywoysouthpandc@hotmail.com Did you know you can order your child’s lunch online up until 9.15am that day?? You can now order your children’s lunches online. Check it out at – www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au Free to use, simple and easy to sign up. Don’t forget to check out white board for daily specials. Amanda and Jacqui – Canteen Phone No. 4341 7798

Our Fantastic Choir and Pacific Islander Dancers Performed at Deepwater Plaza

Congratulations to our

Gold Award

Winners

Amy J – 6S Sienna C – 6S

Tyrone D – 5/6L

Amy J, Tyrone D and Sienna C