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 6 Date: 20th November, 2019

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Upcoming Events Friday, 22nd November P&C “Bounce” Fundraiser - $10 minimum sponsorship Tuesday, 3rd December K-2 Presentation Day – 9.30am > 11am

Wednesday, 4th December 3-6 Presentation Day – 9.30am > 11am Thursday, 5th December Deepwater Plaza Christmas Performance – Primary Choir, Stg 2 & Stage 3

Dance ($5) Friday, 6th December Deepwater Plaza Christmas Performance - Infants Choir, Stg 1 Dance &

Aboriginal Performance Group ($5) Monday, 16th December Year 6. Farewell – 5.30pm > 8pm

Wednesday, 18th December LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2019

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Staffing Update Well done to Mr Waight who has recently been permanently appointed to WWSPS. Mr Waight has been at WWS for a number of years as a temporary teacher. Congratulations on your achievement. 2020 School Leaders Congratulations to all the students who presented speeches for the 2020 school leadership positions. The standard of our nominees was outstanding and while not all will be lucky enough to gain selection, all will be considered important leaders in our school community for 2020. Gold Award Winners Well done to all students who have received Gold Awards for 2019. These lucky students will receive a permission note shorty for their rewards day at Peninsula Leisure Centre. This event is free of charge and parents are only required to return the permission slip by the specified date. Ready for School This Thursday is Week 5 of our ‘Ready for School’ program for 2020 kindergarten students. We hope that all new families and students are enjoying the program and are looking forward to being part of the WWS family in 2020. If you know of anyone living in our zone with Kindergarten age children for 2020, 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. Bounce Don’t forget ‘Bounce’ our major fundraising event for 2019 which will take place this Friday 22nd November. Students are reminded to wear their sports uniform including hat. Sunscreen is also strongly advised. Congratulations Tristan – Science Legend A huge congratulations to Tristan L in 5/6P who placed 3rd in the state in the recent VALID science assessment. This is an incredible result considering 5231 students from across NSW participated. Amazing! Special thanks must also

go to Mr Young for his ongoing leadership of science content in our school and contribution to the VALID assessment process. Don’t Forget! Our Presentation Days will be held on December 3rd (K-2 ) & December 4th (3-6). These days are very important for parents and we know that changes to work schedules etc. can take time to organise. We are looking forward to seeing you all there on the day(s) to celebrate student successes in 2019. Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal Year 2 – 3 Transition Information BIKES Our school follows RMS/Service NSW recommendations which suggest that students should not be permitted to ride their bikes to school until at least Year 3. Please be aware that not all Year 3 students have the maturity, road sense or skills to safely ride their bikes to school. This is a decision you must make as a parent. No child is to ride a bike to and from school without a helmet and bike riding inside the school grounds is not permitted for the safety of other students. All students needing to cross Ocean Beach Road must walk their bike from the school bike racks out to the crossing and then walk their bike across when the green man appears (following the directions of the teacher supervising). Once again, this is for their safety and the safety of other students who must follow the same route. Bikes are enclosed in a locked compound during the school day but students must bring a bike lock to secure their own bike within this area. Unfortunately, we do have people from outside the school who attempt to remove bikes. Children riding scooters must obey the same rules. Skateboards and in-line skates are not permitted at school. ‘Positive Behaviour For Learning’ - After School This week, our whole school PBL focus is showing Respect, Responsibility and Relationships 'After School'. Although classroom lessons are finished for the day, it is important that all students continue to remember our school values. Going straight to bus lines, following teachers' instructions and speaking kindly to others while crossing the road and travelling on a bus are all ways we can continue to display our school values after school. The PBL team

P&C NEWS THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!! We have had such an overwhelming response for volunteers to help out with Bounce. Thank you to each and every one of you. You should have received an Appendix 5 volunteer note home to be filled out and returned to the office with 100 points of ID before Friday. There will be a sign in table outside the hall. Your help is greatly appreciated. BOUNCE Our P&C fundraiser Bounce is this Friday 22nd November. Students are asked to wear their sports uniform. Only students with a signed permission note and their minimum $10.00 sponsorship will be able to participate. Looking forward to a day of fun and laughter, and a little dancing in the disco dome! BAKERS DELIGHT We are once again joining with Bakers Delight Umina Beach to fundraise this Christmas. Notes will go home next week to place orders for Fruit Mince Tarts, Lemon Tarts and their amazing Christmas Cakes with the profits going to classroom setup for next year. Keep an eye out for it soon! WOY WOY SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL P&C FACEBOOK PAGE Have you liked and followed our page? Get up to date information and reminders on all things P&C. Join our Woy Woy South Public-School P&C Facebook Page so we can get messages to all our volunteers and parents as required. This page will be a source of canteen specials, volunteers needed for certain days, reminders for meetings, reminders for money/notes due to the RED P&C BOX, uniform shop specials and opening times, and anything we need to get out to you. Feel free to ‘like’ our page and send us a message if you need any clarification or advice about upcoming events. SCHOOL BANKING No School Banking this Friday due to our Fundraiser Bounce! Sorry for any inconvenience. Friday 29th November is the last time to order rewards. Thank you! UNIFORM SHOP Please remember our Uniform Shop is CASH ONLY unless you are purchasing online using your quickcliq.com.au account. Online orders can be collected from the uniform shop, canteen or Featon Locksmiths on West Street, Umina.

Last day for purchasing uniform items from school will be Friday 6th December after which time only hats will be available through the canteen. Featon Locksmiths have kindly offered to continue selling most uniform items from 6th January or you can order online for collection when students return on Wednesday 29th January. BLUEY’S SNACK SHACK Did you know you can order your child’s lunch online up until 9:15am that day?? You can order your children’s lunches online at Woy Woy South. Check it out at – www.quickcliq.com.au Simple and easy to sign up. Canteen Roster: Thursday 21st November - Keiran Friday 22nd November – Ellen, Belinda, Danielle Monday 25th November - Tracey Tuesday 26th November - *help needed* ●●●REMINDER THERE WILL BE NO HOT FOOD AVAILABLE ON FRIDAY 22ND DUE TO THE BOUNCE MEAL DEAL ●●● Amanda and Jacqui – Canteen PH: 4341 7798

Garden Stall! Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) at 2.50pm we will be setting up another stall to sell our produce from the garden. Please

bring along your coins if you would like to purchase something delicious and healthy and help support our

garden.

There will be chives, lavender, mint, rosemary, mixed lettuce bags, baby spinach and silver beet.

We hope to see you at the garden near Mrs Rasmussen tomorrow afternoon.

The students of WWS have spent a few breaks creating beautiful decorations for our Christmas

tree that will be on display at Erina Fair from Monday the 25th November.

While it is on display, please take the time to go and have a look and vote for our tree as the best-

looking tree on the coast!

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1B having a blast at the Year. 6 MINI FETE last Thursday.

Thank you to Mrs. Burke for the photos!