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Valley View Public School

Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best

Chamberlain Road Wyoming NSW 2250 Ph (02) 4328 4433 [email protected] valleyview-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 2 2019

Coming Events

TERM 1 WEEK 3 Monday 11th February Swimming Carnival Wednesday 13th February Class Information Sessions

IMPORTANT DATES 2019 Monday 1st April School Photos Tuesday 14th May NAPLAN begins Wednesday 31st July Athletics Carnival Friday 30th August Father’s Day Breakfast Friday 13th December Presentation Day

Our Term Calendar will be available next week

2019

Valley View Public School Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best

Chamberlain Road, Wyoming NSW 2250 Ph (02) 4328 4433 [email protected] www.valleyview-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE “You’re off to great places. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.” Dr Seuss. Welcome Back……. Welcome to 2019 – another exciting year of learning at Valley View Public School. As the school year begins, I would like to wish you and your family a very happy new year. I hope the holiday break has provided you with an opportunity to relax and spend some quality time with your family and friends. The children looked wonderful in their school uniform, keen to start school and enjoyed catching up with their friends. I would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new students and their families, in particular to our new Kindergarten students who will commence this week. Staffing News We are very happy to welcome the following staff members to the Valley View team. They are Mrs Susan Pratt, Mrs Susan Tomlinson and Mr Brad Keyes. Mrs Christine Paff and Ms Verra Sater join us from the Glenvale Satellite Class. Staff Professional Learning on 29 January On Tuesday, 29th January, staff participated in the following mandatory training – CPR and face-to-face anaphylaxis. Staff were also involved in curriculum planning and also participated in a Focus on Reading workshop. Parent Information Sessions The teachers are looking forward to meeting parents and carers at the parent information sessions to be held after school on Wednesday, 13th February (Week 3). These sessions are a great opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and receive information about learning requirements, teacher expectations and what is planned for the year ahead. The information for these sessions is further along in this newsletter. Tips to support your child… Students and parent can work together to make sure that the start to the new school year is smooth and without stress. Here are some tips to help set your child up for a great year. Wear their correct uniform each day (including the correct school hat). Have it ready the night before

school days. Be at school on time. Begin a good routine for regularly completing homework. Home from school – change clothes, snack, do

homework, play, read before bed. Pack healthy food for fruit break, recess and lunch. A water bottle is essential. Pack bags the night before school. Have plenty of sleep on school nights. We are all very busy, but at this time of year in particular, it is an opportunity to set some good routines at home (working together to establish these can work wonders). Spending quality time actively listening to your child/children builds self-esteem and confidence. Raising Children website has helpful tips on a range of parenting issues including the benefits of listening: http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/talking_and_listening.html/context/292 Swimming Carnival The annual Swimming Carnival will be held on Monday, 11th February at Woy Woy Swimming Pool, Peninsular Leisure Centre. The carnival is organised for all students in Year 3-6. All students are expected to attend, as it is a normal school day. Competent swimmers from Year 2 who turn 8 this year are invited to attend given that they can swim 50m freestyle non-stop. Thank you to Mrs Harpur and Mrs Wilson for their organisation of the day. We look forward to seeing you at the Swimming Carnival, next Monday. Are you details up to date? Have you moved or changed phone numbers? Please inform the front office of any changes so we can contact you if the need arises.

Yours in Education Mary Hunt



CLASS STRUCTURES FOR 2019

Each year the placement of students into classes is a formidable task. Staff devote a considerable amount of time at the end of the year and beginning of each year to ensure that each class group is balanced and will work together. School structure for 2019 is as follows:

Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 - Mrs Kellie McCabe/ Mrs Amy Anderson (Assistant Principals)

KK – Mrs Kerrie Koopman

KB – Mrs Deb Barrett

K/1B – Mrs Karen Bulloch

1HA – Mrs Sarah Hollingsworth/ Mrs Amy Anderson

1/2HM –Mrs Anna Horncastle/ Mrs Kellie McCabe

2B- Miss Natalie Betteridge

Stage 2 – Mr Luke Tosevic (Relieving -Assistant Principal)

2/3P – Mrs Susan Pratt

3S – Mrs Sarah Tomlinson

3/4T – Mr Luke Tosevic

4H – Mrs Jessica Harpur

Stage 3 – Chad Wootton (Assistant Principal)

4/5W- Mrs Kelli Wilson

5/6K – Mr Brad Keyes

5/6T- Mrs Tara Turner

Library – Mrs Vanessa McCarthy/ Mrs Sarah Hollingsworth

RFF – Science and Technology – Mrs Sarah Byrne

Multi-Categorical Class – Mrs Amanda Harrington

Glenvale Satellite Class – Mrs Christine Paff

Learning Support

Chad Wootton – Learning Support Co-ordinator, PBL and Wellbeing

Mrs Marg Suaning – LaST

Mrs Fiona Curtis – LaST

School Chaplain – Mrs Donna Knee

Student Support Learning Officers (SLSO)

Mr Greg Humphries

Ms Dani Mavin

Ms Verra Sater

School Counsellors

Mr Tim Bowden – Wednesday

Mr Mark Fisher – Thursday (even weeks)



PARENT TEACHER INFORMATION NIGHT Parents and families are welcome to Valley View on Wednesday of Week 3, 13th February 2019 to meet their 2019 class teacher/s.

Session 1 is at 3:30 - 4:00 for KK, KB.

Mrs Koopman and Mrs Barrett

Session 2 is at 4:15 - 4:45 for K/1B, 1HA, 1/2HM, 2B.

Mrs Bulloch, Mrs Anderson and Mrs Hollingsworth, Mrs Betteridge, Mrs McCabe and Mrs Horncastle

Session 3 is at 5:00 - 5:30 for 2/3P, 3S, 3/4T, 4H.

Mrs Pratt, Mrs Tomlinson, Mr Tosevic, Mrs Harpur

Session 4 is at 5:45 - 6:15 for K/6H, 4/5W, 5/6K, 5/6T.

Mrs Harrington, Mrs Wilson, Mr Keyes, Mrs Turner

LIBRARY NEWS Welcome back to another exciting year in the Valley View Library. I hope the students have kept up with their reading in the holidays, as I am extremely excited for the wonderful literature and library learning ahead of us this year. Library borrowing for 2019 will resume for all students in Years 1 to 6 Week 3 (11th February). For our new Kindergarten students borrowing will resume Week 5 (25th February). I encourage all students to bring a Library bag if they wish to borrow, as it helps to protect our precious books. These can be as simple as a reusable green bag, pillow case or a specific book/ Library bag. We do have a “no bag, no borrow” rule in the Library, and I would greatly appreciate your help in providing your children with a bag. We will once again be running the Premiers Reading Challenge through the Valley View Public School Library. This Challenge begins on March 4th (Week 6), so please keep an eye out for more information on this wonderful challenge in future newsletters. Reading is such an important aspect of a student’s learning as we all know. It can be hard at times as parents to know where to begin and how. The following website contains useful activities, resources and information to help you with reading to your children https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/age-group/primary-school. There is also an amazing selection of books available at our Central Coast Library Branches including Premier’s Reading Challenge Books, and more information can be found at https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries. “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” — Emilie Buchwald

Vanessa McCarthy Teacher Librarian

https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/age-group/primary-school

https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries

https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries



CAMP AUSTRALIA (OOSH)

To help families prepare for the new school year, bookings for Outside School Hours Care are now open for 2019. So we can care for all students at your school, we do recommend families register an account with us and always book in advance. Why register? To attend our care, parents/guardians must register their child with us by completing an online enrolment form via our parent portal. It’s very important that parents/guardians fill out all compulsory enrolment documentation for their child and notify us of any medical conditions, illnesses and other, to ensure the health and safety of all children in our care. Families can register for free at https://pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/register-contacts

UNIFORM SHOP

Email: [email protected]

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

Friday— 8:30am—9:30am

Just a reminder if you are unable to get to the shop on Friday mornings, you can email the shop anytime with queries. When placing credit card orders the CSV on the back of the card is not necessary to process your order.

https://www.campaustralia.com.au/Handler/Link?id=270401A2D7E6F1E98D24357ABFE8829DFB&h=1F9F2&tid=5b8564dd-ac2b-44ae-bd58-57cf7d488fd4



SKOOLBAG APP We have been informed by our current App supplier that they will be shutting down the App earlier then expected. We will now need to have our new App up and running by the end of November. Please follow these instructions to download the App. We will not be able to bring across old notes, however, you will be able to download current notes and newsletters.

RESOURCE PACKS 2019 We have again bulk purchased resource packs for 2019. Parents will not need to purchase any other stationery items in 2019. We have spent a considerable amount of time again this year ensuring that the items in the packs are appropriate for each stage and will last your child throughout the year. Resource Pack Prices for each Stage are as follows: Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) $30.00 Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2) $50.00 Stage 2 (Years 3 & 4) $50.00 Stage 3 (Years 5 & 6) $50.00 Multi Cat Class (Support) $50.00 Resource packs will be on sale from Wednesday 30th January 2019 (first day of school). If you would like to know the pack contents, lists are available from the front office. All students are expected to have purchased a book pack by Week 5 Term 1. If you would like to pay for the book packs before the end of the year, you can pay online or in cash.



P&C NEWS Welcome back everyone, we hope you had a great holiday and are now settling back into the school routine! We would like to welcome the new Kindergarten parents and the new families to the school. We hope to see you at some P&C events soon! NOTIFICATION OF AGM – Tuesday 12th March 2019, 7pm in the staffroom The first meeting of the year is next Tuesday 12th February, 7pm in the staffroom. If you wish to vote at the AGM, you MUST attend the February meeting and pay your annual membership ($1). The Valley View Public School P&C Association enables parent and citizens to meet to determine the needs and aspirations of the school community. The objectives of the P&C are to: promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, citizens, pupils and teaching staff into close co-operation; assist in providing equipment required by the school; assist the teaching staff in establishment of school policy and management in all facets of school activity. We invite the school and broader community to attend our meetings, new faces are always welcomed. The P&C committee consists of community volunteers voted in at the AGM, to be held on Tuesday 12th March 2019 at 7pm, by the parent and citizens from the school and broader community. The committee consists of five positions being President, Vice President, Vice President (ADHOC), Secretary and Treasurer. All positions will be declared vacant and financial members of the P&C can vote for the positions. To become a financial member, you need to pay $1 at the February meeting so that you can vote at the AGM. What does the P&C do? The P&C runs many events each term including: BBQ’s at the Cross Country and Athletics Carnivals, Mother’s and Father’s Day stalls, the Easter raffle, discos, the annual Carols and Twilight Markets, and many more fundraising events throughout the year. We also are responsible for running Breakfast Club and the Uniform shop. All funds raised by the P&C are used to assist the school with any non-government funded projects and other requirements of the school. In 2018 the P&C raised $13045.54 for the school. $12665.34 of this was spent on: a robotics kit, 4 new marquees for the sport houses, a portable sound system, funding the jumping castle at the Year 6 fun day, View start shirts for next year’s kindy kids and 480 new home readers! Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in school terms at 7pm in the staffroom – all welcome!! DATES FOR THE DIARY February P&C meeting – Tuesday 12

th February 7pm in the staffroom.

P&C AGM Meeting – Tuesday 12th March.

Thank you Karen Gaiser

P&C President [email protected]

SCHOOL OPAL CARD

Busways, the bus operator that provides our school bus services, has asked us to remind bus users that an

important requirement of School Opal is the need for students to Tap On and Tap Off when they travel when

they tapping on and off is used to determine demand for bus services. If students don’t Tap on and Tap off,

services may be cancelled or reduced due to the lack of recorded patronage.

mailto:[email protected]



CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen days are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Hours are 8.30am to 1:50pm. Orders can be placed at the canteen from 8:30am to 9:00am.

Welcome back to the Canteen in 2019!

We are looking forward to serving the kids healthy options again this year. Our menu can be found on the school website or at the canteen.

Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who helped last year in the canteen. Its great to see you back. We are still looking for more volunteers – If you can spare a few hours per week/ fortnight or month. Please pop in and say hi – or message me (0438 283165) I would love to hear from you.

MENU IN THE SPOTLIGHT - This year we are still offering party packs. Just place your order at the canteen 3 days in advance and we deliver your choice of party pack to the classroom. (please advise if any allergies) We look forward to helping your kids celebrate their birthday!

Bec van Drempt

Canteen Supervisor



Notes issued this week:

Swimming Carnival—Whole School Permission to Publish—Whole School

All notes are now on the school website at valleyview-schools.nsw.edu.au and on the App

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Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best · Valley View Public School Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best Chamberlain Road, Wyoming NSW 2250 Ph (02) 4328 4433 [email protected]