SCHOOL NEWS YOUNG SMALL SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to all students who participated in the Young Small Schools’ Cross Country at Bribbaree on Thursday. They all did their very best competing in the terrible weather conditions. A special congratulations to those who have qualified for the YSS Cross Country District Team to run against the Young Public and Young North teams on Tuesday 22nd May at the Young Golf Course. A full list of those that have qualified will be sent to the school next week NAPLAN Years 3 and 5 will be sitting the NAPLAN on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week. Tuesday will concentrate on Language conventions and writing, reading on Wednesday and numeracy on Thursday. It is important that all year 3 and 5 students attend these days. Mr Walton will be administering these tests in the Library and Mrs Fairey will have the remainder of the primary students in her class for the duration of the test.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL The Mother’s Day stall was held this morning, the children were very excited

to be able to buy something for their mum or grandmother. Thank you to the P&C and people who kindly donated the gifts. We raised $137.00 from the stall.

We wish all mum’s and grandmother’s a wonderful day on Sunday!

YEAR 6 YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL LINKAGES PROGRAM The Linkages Program in Term 2 is a program that allows public school students to familiarise themselves with Young High School for one afternoon a week over five weeks. Public school students will come to the high school in weeks 6 – 10 on a Wednesday afternoon. During that time the students will participate in activities that allow them to experience various courses of high school learning. The students select the program they would most like to attend for the five weeks and an experienced high school teacher will take them through a program. Attached are selection sheets and information for the students and their parents to assist students in their selections. Please have students number in order their preferences 1 – 3 (1 being the most preferred). Once completed, return to Wombat Public School’s office by 24th May or the front office at Young High School by Friday 25th May. WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL The annual Walk Safely to School project will be run next Friday 18th May. This program encourages children to walk to school for both exercise and road awareness education. Mrs Fairey will meet students at the Hotel Car Park from 8:30 and at approximately 8:40 walk with them up to school. Participating students will receive a sticker from the organization.

NSW Department of Education and Communities

Wombat Public School

Newsletter Term 2 Week 2 Friday 11th May 2018

ATTENDANCE We have been asked to remind families of the Departments policy on attendance and absences, which is as follows: Parents of children from Kindergarten to Year 12 must ensure their children attend school every day. On occasion, your child may need to be absent from school. Justified reasons for student absences may include:

being sick or having an infectious disease having an unavoidable medical appointment being required to attend a recognised religious holiday exceptional or urgent family circumstances e.g. attending a funeral

Parents must provide an explanation for absences to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. Where an explanation has not been received within the 7-day timeframe, the school will record the absence as unjustified on the student’s record. We have provided forms for ease of filling out the details for each absence. Unjustified absences can be flagged as a concern with the Department, which may result in a liaison officer becoming involved. In addition all late arrivals, early pick-ups and partial absences must also be recorded into the book on the window ledge in the front office.

FROM THE OFFICE

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Issue 3 orders are due back by 25th may 2018. You can find catalogues on the office counter if needed. STUDENT BANKING A reminder that school banking is collected each week. Please drop into the office before Friday is you wish to make a deposit. Office days Week 3: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Thank You Tanya Slavin School Administration Manager

Infants

FROM THE P&C WOOD RAFFLE: Tickets have been sent home today

Price: $2 per ticket or 3 for $5

Due: Could you please return all sold and unsold tickets to school by the 15th

of May.

HOTDOG LUNCH ORDERS – Next Thursday to help fundraising for Year 6 Shirts.

OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS – If you have any money owing for uniforms or school lunches could you please

pay these accounts asap.

P&C MEETING Next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th May at 2pm in the school library. All welcome to attend. Minutes are attached from previous meeting and agenda for the upcoming meeting. Jess Holmes – P&C President Kylie Bloor – P&C Secretary

Primary

Hello all,

Week two is done and dusted! What a great week we have had here in the primary class. We are just starting a short unit on mass in mathematics. To engage students we made estimates of the weight of each student in the class. There was a lot of discussion backwards and forwards on this topic. We then weighed all students and recorded the results in a table. This proved to be an enjoyable activity with many laughs had by all! I was surprised at the accuracy of some of our estimates, and on several occasions the estimates matched the exact weight recorded! In English we have been focusing on our writing skills again as this encompasses other areas within the English curriculum. For this, we had an interesting lesson around writing a narrative based on a picture of some astronauts on Mars. We ended up a little off task at stages talking about Elon Musk and his plans to send people to Mars in the near future, and the logistics surrounding the mission. After a discussion, and a few videos on the topic, we wrote our narrative pieces with some impressive results. This should particularly help the students who are sitting the NAPLAN tests next week.

I’d like to make a special mention to all the students who participated in the cross country at Bribbaree. It was great to see how hard everyone tried in their respective races! I’d also like to thank everyone who has donated to and helped in kitchen/garden. Without your help this would not be possible so thank you very much.

Hamish Walton Relieving Primary Teacher

Stars of The Week

WHAT’S HAPPENING

EVENT ACTIVITY DATE COST NOTES/MONEY DUE

YSS Debating in Wagga Wagga Fri 11th May

P&C Meeting Tues 15th May 2pm

NAPLAN TESTING 15th -17th May

Walk to school Day Fri 18th May

Sports Leadership Day Fri 25th May

Assembly Tues 29th May 2pm

PRIMARY

STAR OF THE WEEK

Leo Auld

For

A great effort in the cross country

and continued excellence in English.

INFANTS

STAR OF THE WEEK

Rohan Fairey

For

Working well independently.

STAFFING WEEK 3 Term 2

DAY MRS FAIREY MR WALTON

MONDAY: Infants (afternoon - Director’s Visit) Primary (whole school afternoon) TUESDAY: Infants Primary - NAPLAN WEDNESDAY: Mrs Fairey - (office & L3)

Miss Noal Infants Primary - NAPLAN Programming 1-3pm

THURSDAY: Infants Primary - NAPLAN FRIDAY: Infants Primary

WORK HEALTH & SAFETY

A safe school environment is important to our school, please report any safety concerns to the school so we can attend to them appropriately.