16 Smith Rd, Elermore Vale,

NSW 2287Ph: 02 49559963 or 02 49516669 Fax: 02 49502179

Email: wallsends-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Follow us on Skoolbag

Website: http://www.wallsends-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

The Wallsend South Public School community values and respects all people as individuals and

believes in life-long learning, the celebration of success and the achievement of academic and

social potential for all, in a secure, stimulating and challenging environment.

Week 9 Term 4 2016

Day Canteen Helpers Uniform Shop Helpers

Tuesday Megan Leo Melanie Cogan

8.45-9.15am Karina Currington, Linda Prior Reserve (Tracey Mahoney)

Wednesday Kylie Robinson Irene Stanners

2.30-3.00pm Kristine Morgan, Carolyn Dean Reserve (Jemma Greentree)

Thursday Caran Playtong Tammie Jones

Not Open

Friday Sally Wilkinson Leanne Sendjirdjian Melissa Dimovski Melissa O’Brien

8.45-9.15am Tammie Jones, Amanda Maguire Reserve (Kylie Robinson)

Monday Not Open

Day This week is Week 9 Term 4 commencing Monday December 5

Next week is Week 10 Term 4 commencing Monday December 12

Monday Celebration Night tickets sent home/ready to pick up at office

Reports home to parents Year 6 Farewell

Tuesday P&C AGM 7 pm

Wednesday Celebration Night

Hunter PSSA Sports Awards P&C Mega Raffle Draw

Thursday Stopwork Meeting from 8.40am until 10.40am

Choir to Nursing Home & Elermore Vale Shopping Centre Year 6 Farewell Planning meeting @ 5.30pm in 5/6N classroom

Friday Talent Quest Concert Clap Out Last Day 2016

Principal’s Reflections Stop Work Meeting Thursday 8th December The NSW Teachers Federation has announced it will hold a stop work meeting of school teachers and non-school based Teaching Service (OCAA) members on Thursday 8 December 2016. The purpose of the stop work meeting is for Federation member’s to debate and vote on the proposed Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2016. Staff from our school will be involved in the stop work from 8.40 am till 10.40 am. I wish to advise that there will be only MINIMAL SUPERVISION for children at school between 8.40 am and 10.40am , on this day. Normal lessons will resume at 10.40 am. Mobile Phones and Devices Protocol (Reminder) A reminder that all children must hand into the office of a morning. They can be collected at the end of the school day from the office.

Talent Quest 2016 (Monday and Tuesday) Have a wonderful time to everyone who is showcasing their talent this week

Celebration Night This Wednesday 7th December.

End of Year Student Reports 2016 (Reminder) It is expected that these will be coming home on Monday 12th December.

Working With Children’s Check (WWCC) Mandatory Requirement for all Volunteers at WSPS in 2017 At the commencement of 2017 school year it will be a requirement for all volunteers to have a WWCC when at school. This will be a blanket requirement. I have confirmed this requirement with a WWCC officer in Sydney on 24.11.16 who states this is Best Practice. The good news is that a WWCC for volunteers is free! I have added two hyperlinks to make this process as easy and painless as possible. You can apply online. You will be required to show your WWCC at the office where a copy will be kept on record. All Department of Education teachers and staff will be required to have a paid WWCC in 2017. Hyperlink to site: http://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/working-with-children/working-with-children-check/about-the-check/volunteers-and-students How to apply on-line You Tube Hyperlink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmfvQWrqMZk

Let’s keep them all safe End of Year Class Parties and Out of Uniform Day (Reminder) Our end of year class parties will be held on Wednesday 14th December. This will be an “Out of Uniform Day” Teachers will send out information closer to the date. Last Day of School 2016 Friday 16th December. Students return on Monday 30th January 2017. P&C AGM Tomorrow night (6th December) commencing at 7pm in the library.

Please come along and get involved in this hard working and highly committed group who are making a real difference for all of our students.

Cheers

Christopher Parkinson M.L.M.Ed.; M. Ed. Studies.; B. Ed.; Dip. Teach. Principal

Celebration Night Final Reminders

If you have paid for Celebration Night tickets you will receive them via your child with this

Tallong.

Celebration Night will be held this Wednesday evening at Wests City, corner of King and Union

Street at 6.30pm sharp.

Entry is by ticket only.

Kindergarten and Year 1 to meet their teachers in Auditorium 2 and Yrs 2-6 meet teachers in Auditorium 1.

Please ensure if your child requires medication of any sort that you bring it with you to the auditorium.

The evening will commence at 6.30 sharp with the end of year DVD. The band will be playing in the foyer from 5.40-6.00pm., the choir will be singing from 6.05-6.15pm inside Auditorium 1. You must be seated by 6.25, doors close at 6.30.

There will be an opportunity for Kinder and Year 1 parents if they wish to leave the auditorium and collect their children to go home. Parents will not be able to re-enter the auditorium once they have left.

At the end of the night, children are not to leave without an adult to supervise them and they have had their name marked off the Class List by the teacher in charge of their class for the evening.

If you are parents/friends of children in either Kinder or Year One you are able to collect your

child from Auditorium 2 to take them home after the announcement of school leaders. This is

encouraged as it is a long time for the children to wait after such a hectic day. Please remember

that once you have left the auditorium, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RE ENTER with your

child.

No food or drink other than water is allowed in the auditorium. This is what we also ask of the

children.

If you have little children or toddlers with you, please ensure they remain in their seat with you

the ENTIRE time.

Parents/children must not stand up the back behind the classes or near the back doors as this is

a restricted zone for WH&S requirements. Extra security from the venue will be provided to ensure

these areas remain clear of people at all times. This is for the safety and comfort of all people.

Parents with prams please do not obstruct doorways, particularly the back doors where class

groups need to move through at various times throughout the evening.

For child protection reasons, toilets in Auditorium 2 are for Kinder and Year One use only.

Please use the facilities in the main auditorium if needed.

As it is a licensed club, you will need to sign in at the door and show identification, please allow time for this.

No photography or filming of any kind from any device is allowed. Please adhere to this very important rule. The privacy and safety of ALL our children is paramount.

When you are leaving, please connect with your child’s teacher and have his/her name marked off the roll. This ensures that no one is lost or left behind.

Above all, enjoy yourselves as you celebrate the talents and achievements of each of the amazing

children at WSPS!

Canteen News for Thursday 8th December 2016 due to Stop Work Meeting If you wish to order lunch for Thursday 8th December (when you arrive to school late due

to the stop work meeting) you need to hand your order in with the money on Wednesday

7th December. You need to ensure this happens as all hot food needs to be organised

early Thursday morning. Please write on your lunch order that it is for lunch Thursday.

Thank you

P & C Update

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday night 6th December at 7pm in the Library. All

Executive positions will be declared vacant at this meeting. Join us afterwards for Christmas drinks

and nibbles to farewell several of our outgoing committee members and to celebrate a great year!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing committee member’s Melynda Bailey -

VP Uniform Shop, Simone Hanks - Secretary, Megan Rinkin - VP Canteen and Scott Odgers -

Official Auditor. They have all put in many years of service on our committee and we are all very

grateful for their efforts. Your children’s high schools will be lucky to have you all!!!

Enjoy Celebration Night Mel O’Brien P & C President Celebration Night Tickets

Tickets for Celebration Night are being sent home today! Tickets have been given to the eldest child unless other arrangements were requested on your form. Please note no entry is permitted without a ticket and doors close at 6.30pm sharp!

Canteen

Canteen will be closed on Monday 12th December due to the Year 6 Farewell preparations. No

lunch orders will be taken on this day.

Canteen will open as normal on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (13th - 15th Dec) but will be

closed on Friday 16th Dec for cleaning before the school holidays.

Canteen – Sushi

Sushi orders need to be filled in and paid for at the Canteen by Tuesday. Delivery is for lunch on

Wednesday. All sushi is $4.00.

Chicken & Avocado

Vegetarian Roll

Teriyaki Chicken

Katsu

Tuna, Lettuce & Mayo

Don’t forget about our Frozen Yoghurt!!

Twisted Frozen Yoghurt tastes great and is healthy too!

98% fat free and made with real Greek yoghurt

Live and active probiotics

Gluten free

No artificial colours, flavours or sweeteners

High in calcium and protein

100% Australian Dairy Milk

100% locally owned and proudly Australian

Single serve tubs will be selling for $2.00 each from the Canteen at lunchtimes. Our three

yummy flavours - Vanilla Bean & Strawberry, Vanilla Bean & Chocolate and Watermelon &

Mango.

Uniform Shop - Thank You Lunch

Thank you to all our volunteers who have donated their time and assisted in the Uniform Shop this

year. We are very grateful for the time and effort everyone has put into our Uniform Shop. To

show our thanks the Uniform Shop Committee have organised an end of year get together.

A table has been organised at The Lemon Grove Hotel at 12 noon on 16th December 2016.

Everyone can order their lunch and stay as long as they are able. If you would like to join us for

lunch, please RSVP to Jemma Greentree by 9th December.

Jemma Greentree

On behalf of the Uniform Shop Committee

Uniform Shop – 2017 Term 1 Roster

It’s time for us to start preparing for next year! If you can assist us in the Uniform Shop in Term 1,

2017 it would be greatly appreciated.

If you would like to volunteer for the first time, please print out the Uniform Shop Term 1 2017

Volunteer Form in this Tallong, complete and return the form to the P&C box in the School Office

by Thursday 15th December 2016. For your convenience, the form will also be available from the

Uniform Shop.

If you would like to volunteer with the same availability as this term, there is no need to fill anything

out. Your same availability will be acknowledged when the new roster is prepared unless advised

otherwise.

As Mr Parkinson has previously explained, all adults who volunteer at our school from now on

must have a Working With Children Check (WWCC). This is to make our school a safer place for

all our students. We would appreciate if you could inform the Office of your WWCC number as

soon as possible.

P & C are very grateful for all the time our volunteers give!

Jemma Greentree

On behalf of the Uniform Shop Committee

2016 Mega Raffle Thank you to everyone that has already sold their Mega Raffle tickets and returned their money. We are receiving lots of great feedback about our fantastic prizes this year! There are 20 prize packs to win and 10 seller’s prizes, with over $9,500 worth of prizes to be won!!! This week we are sharing our prizes 11 to 20. We have had a few last minute donations that we have added to some of our great prize packs, be sure to check our school website for all of our updated prizes. Prizes 11 to 20: 11th Prize: Kids Fun Pack Valued at Over $360

Art Mania Kids Art Class Voucher - Art Mania Wallsend, MSP School Photography Voucher, $20 Kmart Voucher – Kmart Glendale, 2 x Hot Waffle Vouchers (inc. your choice of ice cream, whipped cream & toppings) - Talby’s Ice Cream Shop Hamilton, $25 Voucher for Lollipop Kids Hamilton, $40 Voucher for The Spinning Top Adamstown, Stationery Set - Elermore Vale News Express, Sun's Out Child's Towel & Wild Diva Heart Shaped Cushion - Jane Chapman Lorraine Lea Home Styling, Nic's Nitro Jesmond Ice Cream Christmas Cake, Smiggle Pack - Elermore Vale OOSH and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

12th Prize: Pamper Package Valued at Over $360

Christmas Pamper Pack - Happy Skincare Maryville, Enchanted Winter Snow Votive Holder & 6

Votive Candles - donated by WSPS family, Pedicure Foot Spa - donated by WSPS community

member, Mini Makeover - Priceline Pharmacy Elermore Vale, 1 Hour Relaxation Bliss

Hypnotherapy Session - Life Makeovers and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

13th Prize: Sporty Kids Pack Valued at Over $275

Sporty Kids Voucher (inc. membership and one term's fees fully paid), $50 Rebel Sports Voucher -

McGregor & McGregor Chartered Accountants and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

14th Prize: Ballerina Package Valued at Over $255

Tiny Tutu's Registration and Term 1 Fee's – Tiny Tutu’s Preschool Dance Studio and a $20 Lemon

Grove Hotel Voucher.

15th Prize: Creative Family Package Valued at Over $250

Adult Lead Light/Glass Fusing Class Voucher - Art Mania Wallsend, Teen Art Class Voucher - Art

Mania Wallsend, Kids Art Class Voucher - Art Mania Wallsend, $25 Dry Cleaning Voucher - NDC

Newcastle Dry Cleaners Jesmond, $50 Organic Feast Voucher – Organic Feast East Maitland and

a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

16th Prize: Gym Package Valued at Over $210

1 Month Genesis Membership (inc. an individual program designed by a personal trainer & a 1.5-

hour one-on-one session with a personal trainer) and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

17th Prize: Be Creative Package Valued at Over $210

Adult Lead Light/Glass Fusing Class Voucher - Art Mania Wallsend, Teen Art Class Voucher - Art

Mania Wallsend, Kids Art Class Voucher - Art Mania Wallsend, a bottle of Cellar Door Verdelho -

The Cellar Door Restaurant and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

18th Prize: Just For You Pack Valued at Over $130

1 Hour Relaxation Bliss Hypnotherapy Session - Life Makeovers and a $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher.

19th Prize: School Photo Pack Valued at Over $80

MSP School Photography Voucher, $20 Eastern Tiger Restaurant Voucher and a $20 Lemon

Grove Hotel Voucher.

20th Prize: School Photo Pack Valued at Over $70

MSP School Photography Voucher, $20 Lemon Grove Hotel Voucher and a $10 Eastern Tiger

Restaurant Voucher.

All winners will be notified by phone after the draw.

Prizes are to be collected by Friday 16th December 2016 unless other arrangements are

requested.

Upside Down Christmas Tree

We would like to thank the Wallsend South community your generosity toward the many charities you have helped us support this year. As the Christmas season is once again upon us, we would like to extend that generosity to the many families in our local community who are less fortunate. For that reason we have put up our ‘Upside Down’ Christmas tree in the school foyer. Attached to the tree are gift tags for girls and boys of various ages. If you would like to donate, please take a gift tag, purchase a gift for that child, wrap it with the tag attached and send it back to school by Friday 9th December. We will then deliver the gifts to a local charity. Thank you for your kind support.

LIBRARY NEWS

Please return your library books!

Thank you to everyone who has returned their library books. We appreciate your assistance as we prepare for our end of year clean up.

We are sending home overdue notes (yellow slip) this week as a final reminder to the small number of people who still need to return their books. Please remember to write any information on the slip and hand to Mrs Chapman if books cannot be located. This helps clarify the situation and allows us to proceed with the best course of action.

Thank you,

Library Teachers

Guitar / Music Tuition If you are considering Guitar/singing/music tuition for your child from an experienced & qualified teacher, please email your details to Chris McDonald (see below).

Students can learn at W.S.P.S or from studio at Rankin Park (after School). Please note placings are limited, and some students maybe placed on a waiting list.

Please email the following details to; mcdonc12@idl.net.au Students /Parents name Age/Class Musical experience of child or family/ singing ability? Mobile phone/Suburb

Parents of current students will also need to resign Parental/Guardian consent form for your child for 2017.(handed out this week). High School Students may also be interested. nb: Rock Band auditions are normally held about week 3 or 4 during Term 1.

Thank you

Chris McDonald NSW Music Teachers Assoc. WSPS Rock Band Director ABN: 93 907 954 353 WWC 0537712

$$$ School Banking News $$$

Woohoo...last week we had a total of 82 deposits with $450.45

banked…not too bad! The class with the most deposits was 1G congratulations...!!!

This week is our final week of banking for the year so the CHALLENGE…is on to break our

School’s Banking record of 125 deposits...can we beat it...yes we can!

Class Number of students

banked – 2/12/16

Class Number of students

banked – 2/12/16

KK 6 3S 5

KM 7 4H 3

KW 1 4J 4

1G 8 4S 2

1J 5 5D 2

1S 6 5L 1

2L 7 5M 2

Thank you to our School Banking Volunteer.

We would like to thank Vikki Odgers who has volunteered as our School Banking Co-ordinator since January 2014. Vikki will be finishing up on 9/12/16 as her girls are in Year 6. Vikki has been a valued member of the School Banking Volunteer Team. Our School Banking volunteers are vital in helping teach students the importance of saving regularly. Thank you for supporting School Banking!

We would like to thank all of our students who have taken part in the Commonwealth Bank School

Banking program this year. Not only does the program reward children for saving regularly, but it is

also a great fundraiser for our school.

Keep an eye out for our 2017 Back to School launch in Term 1 next year where you’ll find out about our new theme, new rewards and the Grand Prize competition!

Our final School Banking day for 2016 will be Thursday 8/12/16. Any tokens that have not been redeemed this year can be used in 2017.

Keep on banking!

From your School Banking Volunteers Team - Kirrily McMurtrie, Vikki Odgers, Holly

Spannenberg, Leah Walker & Leanne Outram

Calling for volunteers – we need your help!

Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth Bank

School Banking program and to keep this program running we

need your help.

The program requires a volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator to

assist in the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards.

This only takes a small amount of your time one day. Your help

with the program will greatly benefit students as they develop vital

2M 4 5/6N 1

2T 3 6J 3

3M 2 6M 1

3P 4 Ex-students/Siblings 5

saving skills and also help our school with fundraising.

Currently, School Banking day is Friday and you would need to be available from 9:00 am – 10:30

am.

If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please fill in the section below and

return it to the Office.

Yes, I would like to help with School Banking!

Name: _____________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________

Email: ______________________________________

Availability: __________________________________

Uniform Shop Volunteer Form

Term 1 2017

Name: Phone: Email: Child's Name & Class: Working With Children Check (WWCC) Number: Availability (Please circle your preference: Day & Rostered On or Reserve)

Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Once a Term

TUESDAY 8.45am - 9.15am

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered Oon Reserve

WEDNESDAY 2.30pm - 3.00pm

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

FRIDAY 8.45am - 9.15am

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On Reserve

Rostered On - Two volunteers are required for each shift. Reserve - One volunteer who could be contacted in the event of a rostered on

volunteer, becoming unavailable. Is there someone you would like to be rostered with? Who? Would you like to be rostered on with someone who is familiar with the role? Yes/ No If you are volunteering for the first time we will ensure you are rostered with someone who has volunteered before. Are you interested in being a reserve, to be contacted only if rostered on volunteers cannot make their shift? Yes/ No Please circle day Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday if available to be a reserve. Thank you for taking the time to volunteer. Please complete this form and return it to the P&C box in the Office by Thursday 15th December 2017. Uniform Shop Committee On behalf of WSPS P & C

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