NEWSLETTER 34 26th November, 2013

PRINCIPAL: Mr Jim Roworth TELEPHONE: 6921 3398

FAX: 6921 8745

Website Address: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au E-Mail: waggawagga–p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

SCHOOL DIARY

WEEK 8

Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th November

K - 6 Transition

WEEK 9

Wednesday 4th December Years 5/6 Canberra

Thursday 5th December Excursion

Friday 6th December

WEEK 10

Tuesday 10th December

K-2 Christmas Assembly

Presentation Night 6pm RSL Club

Wednesday 11th December

Major Assembly

Year 6 Farewell

RELIEVING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT K-6 TRANSITION TO 2014 PROGRAM We had the first of our transition days today and this will

continue tomorrow from after recess until the end of the

day. Students have been put into new groupings and will move around 3 or 4 teachers throughout the two days. These days have been planned to provide students with the experience of visiting new rooms, seeing new faces and learning a little more about what their learning environment will be like in 2014. Please make time to discuss the experience with your

child and speak to your child’s teacher if there are any significant concerns.

NAIDOC CUP WWPS's senior mixed touch side will be competing in the

NAIDOC Carnival finals this Friday at Jubilee Park. The semi-final is scheduled for 12:00pm and the Grand Final is scheduled for 1:15. Please feel free to come and support our team!

STAGE 3 EXCURSION Our Stage 3 students and teachers are eagerly anticipating their excursion to Canberra next week. I am sure that they will all have an enjoyable time as well as learning much about our nation’s capital and our government system. Please make sure that you read all

notes sent home carefully to help you in your planning and packing. Any outstanding money must be paid

before next Wednesday. Thank you to Mrs McKenzie, Mr Burgess, Mr Dorrell and Miss Evans for your efforts in organising this excursion and for giving up your time at home to accompany our students. This is a big commitment from our staff and we are most

appreciative.

HAVE YOUR SAY As part of our annual evaluation process we seek parent feedback on key areas within the school. Our 2013 focus areas are:

Teaching and Creative and Practical Arts.

If you would like to contribute to the ongoing

improvement of our school, please take 5 minutes to give us your feedback. Our parent surveys for this year will be completed online. You can access these via the

following links or from our school website.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/

WWPSTEACHING

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WWPSCAPA Surveys will be open until Thursday 12th December 2013.

My child/ren :_______________________________ __________________________________________

of class/es ___________________will not be

returning to WWPS in 2014. Reason/School they will be attending in 2014:

__________________________________________ Signed:____________________________________ (Parent/Guardian) Date: _________________________

2014 ENROLMENTS If your child/ren will not be returning to Wagga Wagga Public School in 2014 could you please com-

plete the attached note and return to the office as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can ring the office on 69213398. If you know of any families who will be moving to Wagga Wagga Public School’s zoned area and are seeking enrolment at Wagga Wagga Public next year

could you please ask the parents to contact the school as soon as possible.

Have a great week. Leanne Harvey

Relieving Principal

KE Sarah McDermott, Chelsea Gillanders,

Jude Passlow

KC Naveera Rizwan, Holly Bennett, Fiona

Balofin

KR Breanna Infante, Noah Williams, Trinity

Knock

1S Kodie Priest-Wade, Rahmat Zafari, Soban

Kamran

1P Gabriella Cirillo, Leila Campbell, Ethan

Infante

1N Harriet Barton, Carol–Anne Reihana, Veni

Sharma

2T Lilly Jones, Amelie Murrell, Trang Nguyen

2G Layla Byrnes, Carolyn Broom, Margaret

Nah

2L Jack Armstrong, Holly Anderson, Jake

Grocott

LEPRECHAUN’S BEAN

Coffee Rewards Program

As many of you are hopefully aware, the Leprechaun’s Bean has

been running a coffee rewards program which means when you

buy a coffee (or other hot beverage), 50c

from that coffee is put aside for Wagga

Public School. We were able to pick up a

cheque from the Leprechaun’s Bean for

the amount of $35.50. Thank you to all

those who have supported The

Leprechaun’s Bean and in return, helped

our school.

Scholastic Book

Club Orders and money

due Wednesday

27th November

School Banking –Fridays

Last date for school banking

this year is Friday 6th December.

Carolyn Holle

School Banking Coordinator

Kein Crevatin, Kai Watts, Peter Naumann and Sam

McCready were successful in gaining a place at the

Riverina Cricket Trials at Deniliquin.

Johnathon, Jack and Harry are able to work

independently to process their own photographs

and photograms in the school darkroom.

Miss Nye’s class playing Newcombe Ball (modified volleyball)

at Stage 2 sport last Friday.

WWPS Enviro Corner! SEEDLINGS FOR SALE!

We have a lot of seedlings

available for purchase inside

the greenhouse ready to plant

in your gardens. This is a

great way to promote

sustainability with your child

at home. These were planted

by students at WWPS. Please

see below of what is available for purchase.

Only $1.00 each. Veggies/Fruit: watermelon, corn, rockmelon,

capsicum, cucumber, zucchini, tomatoes,

pumpkin, rocket, coriander, parsley and lettuce.

Flowers: sunflowers, petunias and nasturtiums.

All money raised is going back into the environmental projects

at WWPS. If interested, fill form below and get your child to

give to Mr Dorrell. Our student gardening club will fill your

order ASAP!

William Dorrell

WWPS Environmental Education Coordinator

Name:

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Contact Number:

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Plants you would like to purchase:

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CWA SUCCESS Earlier in the year, 5/6M participated in the Euberta

CWA’s International Day. The class did projects on

the 2013 country of study-”Morooco”. Awards were

given out to the winning projects and the top 4

projects were sent on to a higher level of judging.

The Euberta CWA ladies were the local winners. On

Tuesday Mrs Lee Hartwig and Mrs Chris Edyvean,

came to our class to present awards to Jillian

Porganyi (winner) and Andrew Wilson, Hongwei Yu

and Cody McInerney (highly commended).

Congratulations to all of 5/6M for your great effort.

Gardening Club

mulching The Crow

Patch.

Live Christmas Trees Sunrise Rotary has live Christmas trees for sale. Grown in Victoria from Californian seedstock, shaped perfectly for decorations at 1.5 metres high. Trees will last up to 3 months in water. Available from Masters carpark on Saturdays 7th and 14th December. Get a real tree, support Sunrise Rotary and help the community."

Summit Badge Students enjoyed a Magic Show last week. Here they are meeting

all the crew!

LIBRARY STOCKTAKE

Stocktake will take place in weeks 10

and 11.

* Last week of borrowing is week 8.

* All books to be returned to Library by

end of week 9.

Any library books, regardless of how overdue will

be accepted without incurring a fine.

Personal Fitness Trainer- Maria Passlow Have you ever wanted to start getting fit and eating

healthy?

Don’t know how or lack the motivation to start and

then keep on track?

Perhaps you’ve been away from training for a

while and need some incentive to come back?

Then maybe this is for you!

Running group sessions and personal sessions.

Catering for beginners to advanced

Group sessions are $10 each (1 hour)

One on one sessions are $40 each (1 hour)

For more information please contact Maria on

0413185423

@

Capacity:

CRITICAL THINKING

This involves the ability to look for good reasons and sound

evidence to make fair decisions.

When you use this learning muscle, you…

Make informed decisions based on evidence available.

Look at the pros and cons.

Use knowledge to solve problems.

Compare and contrast different ideas.

Evaluate the ideas of myself and others to form a conclu-

sion.

Consider more than one point of view.

Critically analyse the facts.

LANGUAGE TO ENCOURAGE

ABSORPTION

I open my thinking to consider the viewpoints of others.

Stop and think about this.

What is important here.

What information can I get rid of?

What information do I keep?

What do I know about this to help me decide? Does that sound right?

Have I got all the information? Is this too good to be true?

Is my information from a reliable source?

Have I thought about all the possibilities?

Am I getting a good/uneasy feeling about this?

HOW CAN YOU HELP AT HOME?

Discuss with your child how they will spend their pocket

money/savings. Ask lots of open ended questions (eg The answer is 12, what is

the question?). Allow your child to give more than one answer and explain

how they got there. Involve your child in appropriate family decision making.

Learning Disposition:

RESPONSIBILITY

5/6D role playing Government debates in the school

hall in preparation for their excursion to Canberra!

Wagga Wagga Public School Stage 3 (Year 5 & 6)

Stationary Pack For 2014

1 x A4 128pg Exercise Book

1 x 192pg Exercise Book

1 x 128 pg Exercise Book

1 x Student Diary

1 x Geometry Set

3 x Blue Pens

2 x Red Pens

1 x Black Pen

3 x HB Lead Pencils

1 x Black Artline 0.4 Pen

1 x 300mm Ruler (wooden/plastic-NOT metal or floppy)

1 x Eraser

1 x Pencil Sharpener

2 x Glue Sticks

2 x Highlighters

1 x Pair of Scissors

1 x 12 pkt Coloured Pencils

1 x 12 pkt Coloured Textas

1 x Display Folder (A4)

2 x Whiteboard Markers

Recommended retail $39.50

Discount 10% $35.55

Wagga Wagga Public School Early Stage 1 & Stage 1

(Years K-2) Stationary Pack

For 2014 1 x Scrap Book

2 x Glue Sticks

4 x Whiteboard Markers

2 x yellow Highlighters

1 x Permanent Black Marker

1 x Reading Folder

Recommended Retail $29.00

Discount 10% $26.10

Wagga Wagga Public School Stage 2 (Year 3 & 4)

Stationary Pack

For 2014

1 x Pencil Case

1 x Pencil Sharpener (Barrel type to collect shavings)

6 x HB Lead Pencils

1 x Eraser

1 x 12 pkt Coloured Textas

2 x A4 Display Books

1 x 128 pg Homework Book

1 x Pair Scissors

1 x 300mm Ruler

1 x Pkt 12 Coloured Pencils

1 x Highlighter

2 x Glue Sticks

1 x Black Artline Fine Pen

2 x Whiteboard Markers

Recommended Retail $30.50

Discount 10% $27.45

ALL STATIONARY PACKS CAN BE

PURCHASED FROM HUNTERS NEWSAGENCY AVAILABLE FROM

20TH DECEMBER 2013

PLEASE NOTE $2.00 from each book pack will

be donated back to the school.