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WAGGA WAGGA PUBLIC NEWSLETTER
C A L E N D A R
OCTOBER-
Thurs 31-
Chords Performance at the
Civic Theatre
NOVEMBER-
Fri 1st-
Kindergarten Transition Day
9.30-11.00am
Mon 4th-7th
Swim School Begins for
Kindergarten and Years 3 & 4
Fri 8th-
Kindergarten Transition Day
9.30-11.40am
Tue 12th-
No Primary Assembly today
due to Swim School
Fri 15th-
Kindergarten Transition Day
9.30-11.40am
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Newsletter 34
Principal: Leanne Harvey
6921 3398 6921 8745
www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
I N T H I S I S S U E
Page 1- Principal’s Report Page 2- Story by 5-6B Page 3- Book Fair, Grandparents Day & Merit Certificates Page 4- 7 P&C News
Email: [email protected]
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
CHORDS
CHORDS (Choral and Dance Spectacular) is a biannual event featuring local school students from Years 3 to 6. It provides an invaluable opportunity for students to gain confidence in the performing arts and showcases the enormous talent that exists within our public schools.
The four performances showing at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre include over 500 students from 17 local public schools. Students take to the stage to perform to a variety of songs from the more traditional like Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machine and A Whole New World, to more contemporary songs such as Fight Song and A Million Dreams.
This year we have four students who auditioned and were selected for the core choir or dance groups and perform each day in two performances. Congratula-tions to Zara, Ayannah, Amelia and Chelsea. We are very proud of you and your commitment to this amazing production.
Wagga Wagga Public School will be performing on Thursday night at the Civic Theatre. Tickets are available from the box office. I can highly recommend this show to all our families who would like to attend. You won’t be disappointed!
Thank you to Mrs Allen, Miss Lipinski and Mrs Bennett who have worked with our singers and dancers to prepare them for their big night.
KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION
Our Kindergarten 2020 transition program commenced last Friday and it was wonderful to see so many beautiful new students join our school. There were lots of smiles, a few apprehensions and only 1 or 2 tears but everyone took the over-whelming world of ‘big school’ in their stride. Transition continues this Friday. Thank you to Miss Pokoney, Miss Brentnall, Mrs Law-rence and Miss Geaghan for your work in providing this opportunity for our newest enrolments. Have a great week.
Leanne
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Website: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]
PREMIER’S DEBATING CHALLENGE
An Unexpected Blaze
A red, raging fire surges over hills. It glows, it groans. A lurking fire, looking for its next target.
I start to panic! A blaze is hurdling closer. As we try to escape, the inferno is chasing our tails.
“Will we make it out alive?” I thought.
Growing closer, the fire intensifies. A neighbourhood full of people screaming, shouting and
yelling. All I can hear is my own voice panicking.
The fire is racing rapidly across the land; trapping us in a cage of fire. Green grass is now
black, happy trees are now broken; wildlife is destroyed.
Blinding me, the red glow of the fire becomes brighter by the minute. Still panicking, I try to
scream but my mouth doesn’t make a sound. I try again; I have no luck.
The fire grows stronger. A blue sky is now blood red. Flowers wither and hit the ground.
The fire calmed for one split second then... Bang! It turned savage again. The burning was out
of control, it's like a flood of flames.
A wall of fire emerged, I was face to face with an angry competitor.
“I may as well just give up now,” I thought. Then courage came over me; I have to keep going,
I am strong, I am brave, I will save the neighbourhood. I must think quickly.
Thinking, thinking, thinking. My mind is blank. My knees wobble; they smash together. I fall,
then get back up.
Suddenly… my saviours emerge and are here to save me. Firefighters arrive with all of their
equipment. Now we all must do what needs to be done. Saving the neighbourhood might be
a tough challenge, but we can do this!
We band together with everyone we can find. It’s time we put our plans into action. We pick
up any water instrument we see. Together we hose down the angry monster. The wall grows
weaker - but so do we.
Out of the corner of our eye I see more people rushing out with hoses and buckets of water;
we grow strong again. The flames get smaller and the wall grows weaker. By now the whole
neighbourhood is here fighting.
We beat the fire; the wall has been destroyed. We are all so weak, but we have done it.
Years later, the grass is now green, the trees have grown back. The flowers have raised with
pride, the cotton candy clouds float proudly on by leaving a luscious light blue sky in their
place. Wildlife move back in. The neighbourhood is saved. Thank you to the effort and brav-
ery of fellow members of the community.
If you work together you can conquer anything!
Written by Lylah Kemp and peer edited by Grace Robertson and Matayah Gibbons (5/6B)
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Website: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]
PREMIER’S DEBATING CHALLENGE
BOOK FAIR & GRANDPARENTS DAY
MERIT
CERTIFICATES
KP Darcy, Khalat, Millicent
KL Hawa, Evie, Charlie
KH Ruby, Andy, Camden
1L Luca, Gyles, Millie
1G Victoria, Declan, Ammar,
Ruby, Indi, Mikaela
1N Luca, Ned, Oliver
2R Adyson, Pat, Chloe
2S Max, Zoe, Hamish
2T Taylor, Mila, Joshua
MERIT CERTIFICATES
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Website: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]
COLOUR RUN P&C Calendar
of Events Term 4
16/11/19 Bernardi’s BBQ
26/11/19 P&C Meeting
P&C Weekly News Facebook Group: Facebook/Wagga Wagga Public School
P&C
Email: [email protected]
Canteen News
Wednesday Special
Butter Chicken with Rice
$6.00
Thank you for supporting
the Canteen.
Silvy is looking for volunteers
to help in the Canteen this
term. Please let her know if
you can help out.
The Uniform Shop
The Uniform Shop will be open 8:30am till 10am for the next 4 Fridays for Kinder
Orientation.
EFTPOS, Cash and cheques accepted.
We also have a change room for
trying on sizes.
Thank you for your support
Please join us in welcoming these people to
the Wagga Wagga Public Parents & Citizens
Association for 2019/2020
Executive Team
President—Andrew Holmes
Vice President—Kristen-Lee Campbell
Vice President—Rainer Jolliffe
Treasurer—David Heazlewood
Secretary—Natalie Power
Committees
Canteen Committee
Convenor—Rainer Jolliffe
Secretary—Vacant
Assistant to the Treasurer— Vacant
Committee Members—Vacant
BASC
Convenor—Kristen-Lee Campbell
Secretary—Mardi Motton
Assistant to the Treasurer—Andrew Pidgeon
Committee Members—Emily Hyland, Allison Blake,
Emma Reynolds
Fundraising Coordinator—Krystal
Hutcheon
Uniform Shop Coordinator—Sherie
Smith
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Website: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]
COLOUR
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Email: [email protected]
Mango Drive
Don’t forget about the Mango Drive
Orders need to be in Wednesday 30
(tomorrow) to the office. Order
forms went home last week.
