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Mooki River, Caroona/ P: 02 6747 4717/ F: 02 6747 4800/ E: [email protected]

Habit of the Week – Week 5: Be proactive – show initiative

Habit of the Week – Week 6: Be proactive – Show self-control, not reactive

Coming Up . . .

Monday, 11 June – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tuesday, 12 June – EXCURSION - Community Craft

Wednesday, 13 May – EXCURSION

Thursday, 14 May - EXCURSION

Friday, 15 May – EXCURSION

Save the Date!!!!

Walhallow Public School NAIDOC celebrations

Friday, 29 June 2018 12.30pm

See invite in following pages

Term 2 Week 6 Thursday, 7 June, 2018

Principal’s Message

Congratulations to the students, staff and the community of Walhallow on a fantastic week and weekend, last week,

where we participated in some wonderful activities designed to enhance Reconciliation Week.

On Saturday morning the village was filled with anticipation as we awaited the bike riders that participated in the

Reconciliation Ride. What a fabulous event! The children who met the peloton at the village entrance were very

excited to join them as they rode into the school. The riders were greeted with a very warm welcome from students,

staff and community members. Check out Facebook for some great pictures of the morning. The visitors enjoyed

morning tea very kindly supplied by staff Mrs Cronin, Mrs Payne, Mrs Clarke and myself. The raffle was very well

supported, and I’d like to thank Leanne, David and Virginia for their kind donations. We look forward to this event

being even bigger and better next year. Thank you to Mr Doug Hawkins who invited us to be part of this special day.

The weekend continued to get better when a bus load of 14 of our students headed to Quirindi to perform in the Joan

Carpenter Scholarship. I was very proud of the students and staff who put so much effort into preparing for this

occasion. The children performed three songs in language, Hokey Pokey, I am Australian and Stand By Me. The

audience was captivated by the children singing in language with pride and the cuteness of our crew. We gained first

place in the school choir section and received an overall encouragement award! Thank you to Mrs Harris and Miss

Allan for leading the choir and to members of our school community who came to support our students. A special

mention should go to QHS student Mitch Levingston for accompanying our choir – thank you so much.

Last Wednesday, five of our older students attended music workshops with Mr Garrett at Quirindi High School and

then performed in a band with over 40 students! They were fantastic! It was a very exciting moment watching our

students as they embraced this opportunity. Congratulations Jahmeika, Nyree, Curtis, Charlotte and Jada on a

fantastic performance and well done to Mr Garrett.

Next week 13 students will travel to Queensland with Miss Allan, Mr Davis, Virginia and myself. Stay tuned for our

adventures. Thank you to Mrs Hallman who has prepared the best excursion for us! (Read more about our excursion

later in the newsletter).

Walhallow PS will be open for the students not attending the excursion. Programs will continue as normal

and students are expected to attend. – Mrs Davis


K-2 Classroom Message

K-2 started our magnificent Dr Seuss English

Unit with the wonderful Dr Seuss Day. We have

thoroughly enjoyed reading and responding to

many Dr Seuss books including ONE FISH TWO

FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH, WACKY

WEDNESDAY, DAISY-HEAD MAYZIE,

THERE’S A WOCKET IN MY POCKET! and MR.

BROWN CAN MOO! CAN YOU? We love these

books and are learning more sounds and sight

words every week.

In spelling, Kindergarten is focusing on the an,

en, in, on, un, ax, ix and ox word families. Year 1

is learning about words starting with sc and sm.

Year 2 is writing the ai and oy words.

In mathematics we are getting faster at

counting backwards by 10s, 5s and 2s. We are

learning about doubles, addition and subtraction

combinations for 10 and 20 and sharing equally.

In position we are using the words such as on

top of, beside, behind, between, left, right,

north, south, east, west, north-east and south-

west. We have learnt about the chance words of

likely, unlikely, possible and impossible. Our 2D

shapes knowledge has been extended to include

pentagons, hexagons and octagons.

It was exciting to locate our homes using Google

Maps for Geography. We proudly supported our

musicians at the Quirindi High School

performance. Last Friday we made 3D cows for

World Milk Day.

2-6 Class News

This week we have been working on measurement

with a focus on length, learning how to use rulers

accurately and ordering items in size order. The

vocabulary we have been using is shorter, longer,

shortest, longest, centimetre, metre. Students have

been using our Mathletics program to secure these

concepts.

The students have been practising techniques to

assist quality conversations in the classroom around

an assortment of topics but particularly around the

texts we have been studying. They are getting very

good at using the discussion prompts and following

the rules around discussion that we made as a class.

You may have noticed that we have been inundated

with cats, kittens and dogs in the school grounds.

Please ensure your pets are secured in your yard or

house. I will be calling the council to see what we can

do to reduce this problem. Please share this message

with the community, I’m sure you can appreciate that

it is important to keep the children safe, eating areas

clean and hygienic and play areas free from

unnecessary germs. Thank you for your support in

this matter.


Breakfast Club and Fruit break Our Breakfast Club on Friday has been a roaring success. It is great to see the students utilising this school funded

program. They are enjoying the yummy healthy breakfast as well as the socialising around the table. If you would

like to come in and see for yourself or give staff a hand, you are more than welcome to join us.

Walhallow PS is a healthy school which also promotes fruit each day. Please remember to pack a piece of fruit

each day for your child to share with their class mates.

Excursion reminder - 5 more sleeps ……. Meet at school at 7.45 am on Tuesday 12 June, 2018. The bus will leave at 8am.

PLEASE bring lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea for Day One!

Children need to pack toiletries, school hats (so children can be identified in a crowd), pyjamas,

comfortable clothing and shoes. The clothing should be layered to suit the weather. For example, track

pants, shirt and jacket. The children will not be swimming, so swimmers and beach towels are not

required. All linen will be supplied from the Gold Coast Recreation Centre.

Children will not need phones, if you have any questions please message Mrs Davis on 0419461143.

Please make sure Mrs Davis has your most recent number and you remain contactable while we are

away. Remember, we will be busy so if we don’t get back to you straight away we will be having a great

time and will get back to you ASAP. We will post plenty of pictures on Facebook throughout the week.


The Leader in Me As you are aware Walhallow PS are proud followers of The Leader in Me program. We have decided to include a

Leader in Me award in our fortnightly assembly. The student chosen for the award each fortnight will be chosen

for following the habits, being a great role model or showing leadership skills.

We are also, as a school group, working towards our 100 Chart Challenge – once each challenge is achieved we

will celebrate as a school. Last week the children celebrated improved attendance with a disco. The next challenge

is to wear our hats to school each day. I wonder what the next reward will be?

Parent Meeting

Date – 26 June, 2018

Time – 2pm

Discussion Items:

- 110 Year Anniversary celebrations in August

- Walhallow are on canteen duties at the Small

Schools’ Carnival at Spring Ridge on Friday, 3

August. We are on a rotation of once every 6

years so we need to make it our best yet.

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This Photo by Unknown Author is

Uniform Update A gentle reminder that students at Walhallow Public

School are required to wear full school uniform each

day, including black shoes and school hats.

Now with the weather getting cooler, children should

be arriving at school in the mornings with jumpers or

jackets on.

Please ensure these are labelled with your child’s

name.

We are trying to replenish our clothes pool, so if you

are having trouble providing an article of clothing for

your child, please come and see a member of staff.

Remember our school colour is maroon.

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Ingredients

2 packets chicken flavoured 2-Minute noodles

½ carrot, grated

1/4 cup peas

1/4 cup corn

50g diced ham or bacon

½ small onion, diced

3 eggs

½ cup milk

1/4 cup self raising flour

1. Soak noodles in a bowl of warm water for

about 5 minutes whilst you chop and prepare

the rest of ingredients.

2. Drain noodles and add rest of ingredients to

the bowl. Add the noodle seasoning and mix

well with a fork.

3. Heat a little canola oil in fry-pan and when

smoking hot, turn down the heat to medium

and spoon in the mixture, leaving it to fry for

about 2 minutes - the underside should go

golden brown.

4. Using a spatula, turn each fritter over and

cook for another 1-2 minutes.

5. Transfer to plate with kitchen paper/paper

towel to drain excess oil.

Superstars of the week

Jyelara Nean – a wonderful start at

Walhallow Public School

Julian – fantastic writing.

Phone Messages

The school is in the process of setting up a message bank for times when staff are on

class or duty and our office is unattended. This will take a few days to set up but if

you ring the school and are asked to leave a message, please do so and the messages

will be checked and returned ASAP. Thank you for understanding.

We RISE

by

LIFTING

others. Robert

Ingersoll






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