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30th August 2019, Issue 16

Michael Kent - PRINCIPAL

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Hi everyone and welcome to this week’s newsletter.It’s an exciting time at WHPS as we prepare for next week’s concert! The students havebeen working hard in their practice and preparations.A special thanks to the staff for their hard work in preparing the students and finding away to continue their curriculum program amongst all the concert focus. School Concert – Next Week!A reminder that the 2019 concert will be taking place next Tuesday. If you haven’tpurchased your tickets you are encouraged to do so asap. Similarly the concert raffletickets have been selling fast, so please return these for your chance to win one of the 3great prizes!This year’s concert is again to be held at Yarra Valley Grammar School Kalinda Rd.Ringwood. W.H.P.S

presents : The Heights Radio ShowTUESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER, 2019 @ 6:30pm

Children need to be at the theatre by 6 pm. Documentation was sent home this week andfurther details will be coming home shortly about costuming, DVD purchases and otherlogistics for the night.As a apart of our preparations, all students will be required to attend the rehearsalwhich will be held at the venue on Tuesday 3rd September. Please log in to your child’sCompass page to provide permission for the bus travel for this day.See the recent Compass post and documentation sent home for further details. Local PoliticiansThis week our year 5/6 students enjoyed the visits from local councillor, Mark DiPasqualeand Federal Member for Jagajaga, Kate Thwaites. Kate was particularly engaging in herinteractions with the students. Her visit was a wonderful opportunityfor our students to embed their understanding of the government system. This was afantastic opportunity to converse with Kate and understand her role in shaping our future.

SEPTEMBERTUESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER WHPS CONCERT GEORGE WOOD PERFORMING ARTSCENTREYARRA VALLEY GRAMMAR KALINDA RD RINGWOOD WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBERINDIGENOUS LITERACY DAY (ILD) TUESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER GREAT BOOK SWAP & BAKE STALLINDIGENOUS LITERACY DAYFUNDRASIER MON 16TH SEPTEMBER FOOTY LOVERS SPECIAL FOOD DAY AND FOOTY COLOURS DAY!!!!!! TUE 17TH SEPTEMBER BANYULE COMMUNITY HEALTH DENTAL INCURSION AND SCREENINGS PREP - 2 WED 18TH SEPTEMBERBANYULE COMMUNITY HEALTH DENTAL INCURSIONGRADE 3 - 6 THUR 19TH LAST DAY OF TERM 3 FRI 20TH SEPTEMBERCURRICULUM DAY SATURDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER2019 AFL GRAND FINALWHO WILL BE THERE ON THE DAY?

OCTOBERSAT 5TH OCTOBERDAYLIGHT SAVINGS STARTS MON 7TH OCTOBER FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 SAT 19TH OCTOBERWHPS TRIVIA NIGHT 7PM IN THE GP ROOM (ADULTS ONLY)SAVE THE DATE!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thank-you for helping!We recently put a call out for some helpers to support 2 events/activities in support of the school.Firstly, thank-you to the parents who came to support the Friday breakfast program.Thanks to Susi Leggett and Cornelia Terblans who came along to assist and helped to ensure the viability of this program in thefuture. A special thank-you to Mel Edmonds who has maintained this program over recent years. Similarly, thank-you to all of the parents, friends and staff whom helped out at Sunday’s Bunning BBQ and cake stall. It was wonderful to have so many people helping out to make this such a community and fundraising success. We managed toraise around $2,000.00, which was an amazing fundraising effort. Special thank-you to the Community Links team for their hardwork in co-ordinating this activity. Book WeekWell done to everyone for getting involved in the recent Book Week activities. Thanks to the staff and especially our librarian,Kathryne for her hard work in co-ordinating such an enjoyable week of celebrating all things literacy! Our students and community thoroughly enjoyed the; Book treasure hunt, the Book Week dress up parade, the guest author visit,and the wonderful incursion and interactive performance focussing on the text: ‘Room on Our Rock’. It was a great fun-packed week! District Athletics Update - by Ava and KaylaYesterday the Athletics team went to Meadow Glen Athletics Track to compete in the District Athletics. WHPS came 3rd overall and everyone did an amazing job.Congratulations to everyone who made it through to the to the next level and a BIG thanks to Miss Massa for organising everything and helping us all train.

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BrickMasters Congratulations to all the students who recently participated in the WHPS BrickMasters challenge. It was great to see the studentsso engaged in the their lego building over the past 8 weeks. We were lucky to have ‘lego master’ Kale Frost attend the school for the judging of our BrickMasters final and also conducting aworkshop for our lego loving finalists. SunsmartA reminder that our Sunsmart policy commences from September. Students are asked to wear their Sunsmart hats for all outdooractivities. We will provide the next two weeks for students to bring their hats and then enforce our ‘NO HAT NO PLAY’ policy.Therefore children are asked to bring their hats (making sure they’re clearly named) from next week. 2020Planning for the 2020 school year is well underway. If you are planning on leaving the school next year, please let me know assoon as possible. This will help to strategically plan for classes and programs for next year. kent.michael.a@edumail.vic.gov.au Crossing roadsWe regularly hear feedback of times when some of students don’t display safe practices when crossing nearby roads. Students are reminded to concentrate when travelling around roads and especially when crossing roads. We have two crossingsthat are provided to support students travelling to and from school safely. Additionally, students are reminded that the wearing ofhelmets is compulsory for anyone riding or scooting to school. Parents are also reminded to please observe local parkingrestrictions as we often have local council officers patrolling the neighbouring streets and issuing fines accordingly. Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans and Community Memorial ServiceCongratulations to the school leaders and Miss. Clarke whom recently attended the Vietnam Veterans service on Saturday 17thAugust. This was a great community event and it was wonderful to have our school so admirably and respectfully represented.There is some additional information and photos attached within this newsletter.Please see some recent correspondence from the secretary of the sub branch: We would like to express our gratitude for your school’s representation at our Service last Saturday morning; given the fineweather and the around 300 people present, meant that we had a very successful morning.A major plank of our Service is to engage with the students of the local region and your school’s support is greatly appreciated. Aswe continually strive to get across – the Service is not about glorifying war in any sense but to focus on the 521 young lives lost inAustralia’s Vietnam involvement. Could you please pass on this thankyou to relevant parties in your school but particularly, to the student representatives.As always, please come back to me if you have any queries or require more information about this matter.Cheers,Alan CombenSecretaryDiamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Sub BranchVVAA (Vic)

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Thank youThanks to the small yet dedicated team of parents who came in on a Saturday to do some painting around our school. This was agreat way to give some of the coloured areas of the school a face lift in helping to beautify the playground for our students. Enjoy your weekend ahead. Regards,Michael

Are You A Parent of a Child Aged 2 to 12? The Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of Queensland is conducting research into parents’ opinions aboutparenting and programs available for parents. If you have a child between 2 and 12 years, we would love to hear your views onparenting and the services that are available to you as a parent. You will need to complete a short survey, which will remain openuntil the 31st of August 2019. To find out more or to participateplease visit https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/parenting

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Across The AP's Desk...Tony Ryan - Assistant Principal

The school has been enjoying a whole bunch of co-curricularevents and activities over the past couple of weeks and there is noshortage of opportunities for our students to explore their learningpassions.

BrickMasters Lego CompetitionWe have had quite a deal of excitement generated in recenttimes around our WHPS BrickMasters Competition, which has been runningout of the school library at lunch times. There has been strong competition andamazing and intricate designs put forward in each round by our students.Ultimately we had 9 students battle their way through the competition and wintheir way through to the Grand final, which was held on Tuesday. Ourcongratulations goes to everyone for this achievement. As an extra-specialsurprise Kathryne Campara was able to organise a Special Expert Judge tocome and assist on the day and work with our students, 2019 Lego Masterscontestant Kale Frost. We thank Kale for his willingness to participate and giveour students the thrill of engaging with him on all things Lego. We also thankKathryne for her coordination of the tournament and her work in securingKale’s services.

Last week we celebrated Book Week in our school with a variety ofactivities including our Library Treasure Hunt, Book Week DressUp Parade and the Meerkat Productions show Room on Our Rock.It was fantastic to see all our students and staff embrace this greatweek-long event in our school and there were some amazingcostume ensembles on display during the parade on Wednesdaymorning. We thank our staff and the school community for theircommitment to these events, the time spent creating costumes andfor engaging with such enthusiasm.

District AthleticsWe had approximately 50 year 3-6 students attend Meadowglen International Athletics track onThursday to represent our school at the Watsonia District Athletics Carnival. As always, our studentsare a great credit to our school and their parents, in the way they behave, compete andrepresent our school. Our congratulations go out to all our competitors for their efforts. We had someterrific results with a number of our students winning their way through to the Divisional level of theschool athletics, which is a terrific achievement. Miss Macellari will be passing on further details to thesecompetitors in the coming days. We wish them all the best for this carnival. We also thank Mr Mackie,Izzy, and our families for supporting our students on the day and to Miss Macellari for all her work inorganising our participation in this event.

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You may remember from our last newsletter, mysection about research suggesting there are manysocial and academic benefits for childrenthat enjoy dedicated discussion time with their familyover dinner at least three times per week. I mentionedmy intention to include a dinner table discussion starterquestion in each week of the newsletter. This week’s question. If you could time travel, where and when wouldyou go first? Why?

Special Men BreakfastWe have an important day on our calendar approaching this weekend and we took theopportunity this morning to thank and acknowledge all the wonderful men in our lives. Thiswas a great opportunity to bring our community together over a bacon and egg roll (is thereany better breaky tucker in Australian culture?) and provide the opportunity to meet othersand catch up with friends. Our students also got the opportunity to show their specialperson around their classroom and share their learning space. We thank all ourstaff and parent helpers that assisted with the running of our breakfast and wish our fathersand special men in our community a great weekend.

Across The AP's Desk...

ConcertOur students and staff have been putting lots of effort into their preparations for our whole school concertcoming up this Tuesday. It promises to be a fantastic night and a great opportunity for our students toshine! An event such as this doesn’t come together without a significant amount of work and our teachingand ES staff have been working tirelessly on choreography, lines practice, song rehearsals, set designsand costume designs to ensure a night to remember for our students and their families. Not that we needit, but it is another reminder of how lucky we are to have such a talented andcommitted staff, who go above and beyond for the benefit of our students!

For me, there are many historical events I’d love to experience in person. I’d love to experience life insome of our ancient civilisations. I’d also love to see some of our sporting greats such as Bradman orPharlap live. Having said this, it would also be very tempting to have a glimpse about 30 years into thefuture and get an insight of the world that awaits us. Do I have to pick just one? Have a great weekend everyone, Tony

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Each year, across Australia, The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children and books together celebratingChildren’s Book Week. During this time Schools, Libraries, Booksellers, Authors, Illustrators and children celebrate the wonder ofAustralian Children’s Literature. Here is a snapshot of how we celebrated our love of books at WHPS.

Book Lovers Treasure HuntWe kicked off the week with a BANG trying to track down the 24 lost books hidden around the school. Congratulations to Thomas and Nita who were the first team back with all the correct answers, and won themselves a $20Scholastic BookClub voucher, and title of WHPS Treasure Hunt Champions! The world renowned WHPS Book Week Parade Walking into WHPS last Wednesday was like walking into a library that had come to life, with our amazing students strutting theirstuff as their favourite characters. From dinosaurs to fairies and everything in between, it was a sea of colour and creativity and ahuge THANK YOU! must go out to our wonderful families who supported their little book lovers with all the sensational costumes.Only 361 days until next years Book Parade!!! So what are you waiting for? Jump into a good book now and start researching foryour next favourite character! Look out for more great Book Parade pics on the Library webpage athttps://www.watsoniaheightsps.vic.edu.au/page/181/Library Room on our Rock with Meerkat Productions Last Friday we were all treated to a wonderful story of acceptance andinclusion by the talented team from Meerkat Productions. And we also have some very talented actors in our mists, who out did themselves when invited up for some impromptu fun!

WHPS Book Week Fun

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After 5 heats, an elimination final and many wonderful creations we were down to only 9 competitors in our 2019BrickMatser Championship. On Tuesday we welcomed guest judge Kale Frost (of Lego Masters) who had the very difficult job of deciding thewinner, while also handing out advice for creating their pieces of brick art. Congratulations to Dylan who's creation took out this years trophy and saw him crowned the 2019 WHPS BrickMaster.Dylan also joined the other finalists in a Lego Lovers incursion with Kale (after the final), where they enjoyed learningKale tips and tricks that helped him in his Lego Masters journey.

Congratulations Dylan our 2019 WHPS Brickmaster!

Visit from Author Nicola Philp To close our Book Week celebrations our grade 3/4 students were very fortunate to welcome 'A Grain of Hope' and'Baby Days' Author Nicola Philp. Nicola shared her love of all things books and how she became an Author to share that love with others. She spoke of how her passion for the rights of refugees drove her to write 'A Grain of Hope' and highlight the plight ofrefugees in Australian Refugee Detention Centres. And why 100% of profits from the book 's sales are donated toRural Australians for Refugees https://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org.au Nicola's first book 'Baby Days' was selected by the Victorian Government to be included in a free baby bundle for first-time parents across Victoria from 17 July 2019 and will go out to almost 35,000 new parents each year. We are grateful that Nicola could give up her time and join us at WHPS and share how no matter what yourbackground, anyone can write a book and share their passions with the world. Please jump on to Nicola's website to read more about her story and both 'A Grain of Hope' and 'Baby Days' wouldmake a beautiful ad unique gift for any book lover. https://nicolaphilp.com

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More WHPS Brickmaster Photos!

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Vietnam Veterans Community MemorialService

Hello WHPS community,as you may have heard at assemblya few weeks ago, on the 17th ofAugust all of the school and vicecaptains, along with Miss Clarke,attended the Vietnam VeteranCommunity Memorial Service atGreensborough War MemorialPark. We lucked out with beautifulsunshine and a clear sky after aweek of rain and clouds!

Together, the captains placed a magnificent wreath on behalf of the school tocommemorate those who lost their lives to save others in the Vietnam War. We were all sohonoured to have the opportunity to take part in such a memorable ceremony. We heardseveral amazing speeches and a beautiful choir from Viewbank College, which featured atalented lady with the Bugle, as well as two songs being sung. This created such a beautifulceremony, as all these musicians were young, and it put forward a strong message ofrespect and effort. We were all truly grateful to lay a wreath at this service and representour wonderful school and our community.

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Maths What's happening in 3/4?It has been an interesting term for maths in the ¾classes. Lately we have been working on differentwritten strategies, algebraic thinking and problemsolving tasks. We have been working hard on ourwritten strategies throughout the term, focusing onvertical addition and subtraction with renaming, the boxstrategy for multiplication and long division. While thesestrategies were initially tricky, they have helped us solvelarge maths equations. We have also been focusing on Algebra by focusing onfinding the missing number. We did this by usingfunction machines to work out the rule and pattern andwhether you had to add, subtract, multiply or dividenumbers. Furthermore, we worked a lot on equationswith missing numbers by using the clues we alreadyhad in the sum to help us find the answer. In addition to Algebra, we were also challenged whenwe were given a complicated maths problem regardingthe school concert rehearsal and getting there by bus.We had to find out how many students and teachers aretravelling to the concert rehearsal, how many buses wewill need, what the most efficient bus size we could use,which company would be the cheapest with our schoolsize, the cost for each company and which classes hadto be split or combined to ensure we kept costs down!While this was really challenging if was very satisfyingonce we completed the task.

Chayse and Archie 3/4M

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Inquiry In our Inquiry project we have been researching different cultures. Everybody in our class has a differentcountry to research and find information about. In reading sessions we have been searching sports, food,clothing, famous people and animals from our country. We are writing dot points to summarise theinformation. Then we write a paragraph or two about each section. When we write our paragraph we havebeen doing neat handwriting and we have been trying to make our paragraphs interesting. In addition tothis we have been using VCOP to help us write our paragraphs. We are not allowed to copyright and haveto put all of the information into our own words. It is surprising how different other countries are toAustralia. Written by Charlotte and Zoe

Trinity Manor is a unique, family owned aged care community. Last week 3/4D visited thewelcoming place as a part of our Inquiry topic. The interior was amazing! We are learningabout our community and it was a pleasure to meet all the elders there. We asked abouttheir childhood stories and we showed our writer’s notebooks. The 3/4s will take turnsvisiting the Manor and getting to know the elders there. We hope you get to visit thiswonderful place and learn about the history in our community. Kate & Zoe 3/4D

Trinity Manor

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On Wednesday the 21st of August we had a special event at school. We all got the opportunity todress up as our favorite book characters. At the parade in the morning we got to show off ourcostumes, there was so many amazing characters! During class we got to make character profiles Inour writer notebooks. It was an awesome day and we can’t wait until next year. Written by Holly and Grace

Book Week

Snow White and the 3Dwarves

3/4M dressed in style

3/4D sharing their books The creative characters of 3/4A

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This year’s book week was such a success. But the mostexciting thing was having the lovely Nicola Philp, the authorof ‘Grain of Hope’. We were two of the lucky students whogot to acknowledge her lovely books and for her to come talkto us in our Library. One of her books, ‘Baby Days’ waschosen to put in a baby bundle. It contains baby toys, ablanket and some books. The government gives itto a families first new born babies. It took Nicola 2 years to create the book ‘A Grain of Hope’. She wrote the book because she feels that sometimesanimals can be treated better than refugees. Nicola knowsabout refugees because she writes letters to a migrant onManus Island where families and children are locked up withno escape. The book shows how a refugee girl feels and howshe escaped from her home country. It also shows about adog that is locked up but then the animal shelter helps it. We learnt a lot of things about refugees and about being anauthor. We feel we are lucky to be in this country becausesome people in other places have to move away from theirhome. They get on illegal, crowded boats to escape to go toa better place that doesn’t have war, shootings and naturaldisasters.It was such a privilege and we hope she comesagain soon. Courtney & Annabel 3/4D

Author Visit

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Welcome semester 2JSC representatives

Name: Joshua Nickname: JoshFavourite thing about WHPS: PEWhen I grow up I want to be a Rally car driverSome of my hobbies include: Playing sportsSomeone I look up to is: a race car driverWhy did you want to join JSC? To make theschool better

Name: MaverickNickname: MavFavourite thing about WHPS: There is alot of spaceWhen I grow up I want to be a: PilotSome of my hobbies include: RunningSomeone I look up to is: My friendWhy did you want to join JSC? To makethe school a better place

Name: IsabellaNickname: BellaFavourite thing about WHPS: It’s a funplace to beWhen I grow up I want to be a: TeacherSome of my hobbies include: DrawingSomeone I look up to is: My mum and dadWhy did you want to join JSC? To make theschool a better placee bit of body text

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Name: HollyNickname: HollFavourite thing about WHPS: PE, maths,writing, artWhen I grow up I want to be a: Swimmer inthe Olympics or a tennis championSome of my hobbies include: PlayingbasketballSomeone I look up to is: My mumWhy did you want to join JSC? To come upwith good ideas for our school

Name: KaylaNickname: KKFavourite thing about WHPS: Helping out inPE, doing maths and scienceWhen I grow up I want to be a: Not sure yetSome of my hobbies include: Playingbasketball and colouring inSomeone I look up to is: MumWhy did you want to join JSC? To help theschool because I wanted it to be a better place

Name: WilliamNickname: SharpFavourite thing about WHPS: PEWhen I grow up I want to be a: SoccerplayerSome of my hobbies include: BikeridingSomeone I look up to is: RonaldoWhy did you want to join JSC? I wantedto help our school

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Name: AlexiaNickname: LexiFavourite thing about WHPS: I like the peoplethereWhen I grow up I want to be a: mum/SchoolteacherSome of my hobbies include: drawing, playingoutsideSomeone I look up to is: My familyWhy did you want to join JSC? So I can respectWHPS

Name: PhoebeNickname: PhoebsFavourite thing about WHPS: MathsWhen I grow up I want to be: On TVSome of my hobbies include: MathsSomeone I look up to is: Mum Why did you want to join JSC? To helpWHPS

Name: TaraNickname: TarsFavourite thing about WHPS: PEWhen I grow up I want to be a: SchoolTeacherSome of my hobbies include: drawing,being creative and making thingsSomeone I look up to is: Bailey mybrotherWhy did you want to join JSC? I careabout our school

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Name: AudreyNickname: NoneFavourite thing about WHPS: Recess &lunchtime, kind teachers, sportWhen I grow up I want to be a: VetSome of my hobbies include: Tennis,singing, playing the pianoSomeone I look up to is: Ash BartyWhy did you want to join JSC? Fundraising

Name: IsaacNickname: NoneFavourite thing about WHPS: Science andMathsWhen I grow up I want to be a: ScientistSome of my hobbies include: Karate andbeating my dad at Mario KartSomeone I look up to is: My grandadWhy did you want to join JSC? So I couldmake a change at this school

Name: MaggieNickname: MagFavourite thing about WHPS: All theactivities and excursionsWhen I grow up I want to be a: BiologistSome of my hobbies include: Drawing,gymnastics and basketballSomeone I look up to is: MumWhy did you want to join JSC? To contributeto the school and help out

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Name: MatayaNickname: TayaFavourite thing about WHPS: My friendsWhen I grow up I want to be a: PoliceofficerSome of my hobbies include: MathsSomeone I look up to is: My brotherWhy did you want to join JSC? I think I amresponsible and to improve our school

Name: SabrinaNickname: FreienieFavourite thing about WHPS: My friendsWhen I grow up I want to be an: ActressSome of my hobbies include:GymnasticsSomeone I look up to is: Luna LovegoodWhy did you want to join JSC? To makethe school a better place

Name: ReubenNickname: Rab, Ben, RewFavourite thing about WHPS: Miss Massa andmy teacher Miss BoldenWhen I grow up I want to be a: Youtuber orcartoonistSome of my hobbies include: DoodlingSomeone I look up to is: My big brother IsaacWhy did you want to join JSC? I want to helpshape Watsonia Heights

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Name: Oscar Nickname: NoneFavourite thing about WHPS: Science, Mathsand PEWhen I grow up I want to be an:Astronomer/scientistSome of my hobbies include: Lego, astronomyand constructionSomeone I look up to is: My dad and my mumWhy did you want to join JSC? I want to makethe school a better place

Name: AngusNickname: GusFavourite thing about WHPS: STRIVEWhen I grow up I want to be an: AstronautSome of my hobbies include: DrawingSomeone I look up to is: My dadWhy did you want to join JSC? To improvethe school and I’ve never done it before

Name: ArchieNickname: RibsFavourite thing about WHPS: Sport and PEWhen I grow up I want to be a: basketballplayerSome of my hobbies include: Basketball,footy, mathsSomeone I look up to is: GiannisAntekumpoWhy did you want to join JSC? Because Ifelt comfortable in leadership

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Name: MackenzieNickname: MackFavourite thing about WHPS: PE and ArtWhen I grow up I want to be a: MarinebiologistSome of my hobbies include:GymnasticsSomeone I look up to is: My sisterWhy did you want to join JSC? To makeschool more fun

Name: AllyNickname: Chicken NuggetFavourite thing about WHPS: Lunch When I grow up I want to be a: Donutadvertisement personSome of my hobbies include: Art andhanging out with my friendsSomeone I look up to is: My parentsWhy did you want to join JSC? Because Iwant to be a leader

Name: EmmanuelNickname: ManniFavourite thing about WHPS: Art, Maths, PEand my friendsWhen I grow up I want to be a: Tennis playerSome of my hobbies include: Tennis,swimming and M.M.ASomeone I look up to is: My friends and familyWhy did you want to join JSC? Because youhave meetingst

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Name: EricaNickname: E.R.I.C.AFavourite thing about WHPS: ConcertWhen I grow up I want to be a:Singer/dancerSome of my hobbies include: DancingSomeone I look up to is: My sisterWhy did you want to join JSC?Because I wanted to help improve theschool

Name: ZekiNickname: ZekiFavourite thing about WHPS: The people arevery kindWhen I grow up I want to be a: Basketballplayer/world expertSome of my hobbies include: Basketball,geography, footySomeone I look up to is: My mum, GiannisAtetoukumpoWhy did you want to join JSC? To help myschool

Name: AnnabelNickname: NoneFavourite thing about WHPS: FriendsWhen I grow up I want to be an ActressSome of my hobbies include: Singing anddancingSomeone I look up to is: My mumWhy did you want to join JSC?Leadership role

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Name: MatthewNickname: MattFavourite thing about WHPS: ConcertWhen I grow up I want to be a: TeacherSome of my hobbies include: RunningSomeone I look up to is: A professionalrunnerWhy did you want to join JSC? Toimplement nude food for the wholeweek

Name: Leo HutchinsonNickname: LeoFavourite thing about WHPS: How goodsport is and how much the teacher helpsus.When I grow up I want to be an: AthleteSome of my hobbies include: WoodworkSomeone I look up to is: My dadWhy did you want to join JSC? To helpthe school get better body

Name: AliceNickname: PotatoFavourite thing about WHPS: The peopleare niceWhen I grow up I want to be a: YoutuberSome of my hobbies include: GymnasticsSomeone I look up to is: BrotherWhy did you want to join JSC? To makea difference in the school

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Miss Massa and Mr Mackie are really

looking forward to working with the

new JSC representatives and seeing

all the exciting improvements and

changes that they will implement

around the school and in the local

community.

Name: MauriceNickname: noneFavourite thing about WHPS? PE When I grow up I want to be:a Zoologist.Some of my hobbies include:SoccerSomeone I look up to is: My dadWhy did you want to join JSC? Mymum said it would be a goodopportunity for me.

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Student of the Week

Carla - PB - for doing an amazing job on her Big Write about her minion. Your sounding out wasfantastic and you should be very proud of yourself!Grace - PI - for putting in a huge effort into her big write. Keep up the amazing writing!Cleo – PM - for her positive attitude when tackling any challenge and always striving to learn. You are so Posi!Madeleine – PN - for putting so much effort into her school work. You are a star Maddie. Keep it up!Natalie - 1D - for giving everything a go with a smile on your face. You are a joy to teach!Lyrika - 1M - for showing respect towards her teachers by using her manners.Samuel - 1/2BT - for writing an amazing information report. You have been so focused during writing, and I LOVEDreading all about the Titanoboa snake!Jessica - 2EL - for her impressive contributions to our class discussions. Well done Jess!Ania - 2T - for such a fantastic effort on your animal information report! You did a fantastic job researching and puttingall of your information together creatively into a poster, well done!Grace - 3/4A - for showing courage in maths. I have loved watching you challenge yourself and take risks in yourlearning. It’s paying off!Archer - 3/4B - for being a great listener and always putting your best efforts into classroom tasks. You are a greatrole model and always show our value of RESPECT. Thomas B - 3/4D for using excellent research skills including skimming, scanning, writing succinct notes and checkinghis understanding. You are a legend! Lucas - 3/4M - for his fantastic and detailed Family Heritage Project. Keep up the awesome work mate, you arenailing it.Sophie - 5/6C - for her determination and persistence when learning how to sew by hand in DLC. Your apron islooking amazing and I can’t wait to see the finished product! Kara - 5/6H - for her amazing efforts collaborating with Ava, Ruby and Thyme and creating a hugely popular scrunchieand bake sale for such a worthy cause.Cooper - 5/6R - for his enthusiasm and contribution in passing our class bill. It was great to hear your ideas for theamendments.Will - (PI) - Mandarin - for working so well to identify the ‘female’ component in the Chinese charactersfor mother, elder sister and younger sister. Great job, Will!

Friday 16th August

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Student of the Week

Mya - PB - for jumping in the learning pit during writing sessions and sounding out words all by yourself. Great jobMya!Darcy- PI - for demonstrating our STRIVE values all week. He has been a kind and caring member of Prep I, welldone Darcy!Eli - PM - for focusing so well on reading by eye tracking the text and using the Stretchy Snake strategy. Well doneEli!Gus - PN - for the incredible effort you have put into your work lately, especially your writing. You have blown meaway! Julias - 1D - for his hard work and focus when writing an awesome information report about a King Cobra. Harper - 1M - for working hard on his his handwriting Zoe - 1/2BT - for including others and showing kindness. You are a wonderful member of 1/2BT and we are so luckyto have you in the grade. Alex - 2EL - for his fabulous research on the orca whale for hisinformation report. Well done Alex!Talia - 2T - for being such a kind friend this week. Your lovely letter to a student in our class was so thoughtful. Weare so luckyto have you in our class. Gordon - 3/4A - for his persistence and resilience with overcoming challenging obstacles. You never gave up and allyour hard work is paying off. I’m so proud of you!James - 3/4D - for showing persistence and resilience when solving math problems. Yourwritten methods are very efficient.Chayse and Archie - 3/4M - for working meticulously to solve our school concert bus problem. It was fantastic to seeyou two work together to find out the cost, grade splits and how many buses we will need. Keep up the great worklegends! Dylan - 5/6C - for being so good at reminding our class to follow the class law that we introduced in Inquiry. Hehelped 5/6C avoid getting 5 strikes! Well done Dylan!Ryder - 5/6H - for your standout impromptu performance in today's incursion “Room on a rock”. I have had half theschool come and tell me you stole the show! Bella (3/4M) - Mandarin - for having great focus and persistence when working through exercises to practise herMandarin reading and comprehension skills about family members on Education Perfect.PE Alice - 3/4A - for her outstanding effort in our rugby unit. I love the confidence you are showing! Keep it up!

Friday 23rd August

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Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!for lending a hand at the Bunnings BBQ and Bake Stall

Last Sunday we had a very successful fundraiser at Bunnings Eltham and we could not have done itwithout the help of some very special members of our community. Thank you to: Daniel Leibowitz, Paul Bostock, Michael Ritchie, Jo-Anne McIntyre, Damian Tzavellas, Adam LoweMichelle Wilson, Rebecca Groenewegen, Michael and Melinda Scholz, Rochelle and Bailey Barnett,Michelle and Luke Mason, Nita Campbell-Fraser, Michelle Wilson, Rochelle Barnett, RebeccaGroenewegen, Greg Driver, Chris Szymanski, Jane Gillard, Russell Walton, Miss Clarke, SimoneMasenhelder, Megan and Cohen Bramich, Cornelia, Jacobus, Johane and Daniel Terblans, Pierre Scotney,Brad Rowe, Victoria Madigan, John Allison, Shelli Giosis, Anita Rawlinson, Sharon Hutchinson, KateBeaumont, Jane and Mick Denton, Leanne, John and Sean Heard, Nikky Brown, Katherine O'Brien,Jessica Franklin, Beth Howard, Emily Apelgren, Georgina Nankervis, Belinda Padget, Lucinda, Pat andSebastian Boca, Pam Prendergast, Kat Hannon her dad Mark. A very big thank you must also go out to all the amazing WHPS Baking Angels who created lots of yummytreats for us to sell. Their delicious baking was walking out the door as soon as we opened and we couldn'thave raised just over $2000 without your treats.A huge THANK YOU also to all the families who came down to purchase bake treats and sausages. It wasgreat to see you all there and thank you for helping our great school to STRIVE for the Heights!

This morning we welcomed all the special men in our students' lives to visit the school and share breakfastwith their loved ones. We are so glad so many could join us and it was a fantastic morning had by all. A HUGE!!! thank you must go out to the AMAZING army of helpers who cooked or served the 28 dozeneggs, 18 kilos of bacon, 350 rolls, 12 liters of juice and 293 cups of coffee and tea, that went to helping uscreate this very special event!We could not have done it without the help of: Susi Leggett, Anna Wylie, Tracey Szymanski, Mr Hannon, Anna Greenhalgh, Annabelle Scotney, ShelliGiosis, Michelle Wilson, Megan Bramich, Katherine O'Brian, Anna Wylie, Janine and Noah Prendergast, MitiJindal, Miss Agnew, Kat Hannon, Liz Flemming, Dina Bojadzieva and Julie Novak. We hope you all have a wonderful day on Sunday with all the special men in your lives and enjoy thesunshine!

A Breakfast Fit for Kings and their Princesses & Princes!

What a wonderful community we have at WHPS!

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