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K-6 Whole School Newsletter Event Class Activity Date Cost Note Note Home Due Date

Aussie Bush Camp Year 4 7th-9th September $250 Yes 31st July OVERDUE

Canberra Excursion Year 6 16th – 19th November $360 No

School Disco K-6 Wednesday 2nd September

Father’s Day Breakfast,

Stall & Mini Concert

K-6

Friday 4th September

Sushi Day K-6 Monday 14th September $6.00 Y 31st August 10th Sept

P&C Meeting Monday 14th September 7pm

Swim School Yr1-3 Monday 7th-18th September $95.00 Y 20th August Overdue

Touch Football Gala Day Y3-6 Wednesday 16th September $8.00 Y 31st August 4th September

Please Note: No Payment will be accepted after the due date unless prior arrangements are made with the office.

**If you have not received a note for any activity, these are available from the office or the school website.

All notes and money must be returned to the office chute in an envelope with your child’s name, class and activity.

Thought of the week: “I believe in the magic of Kindness.”

Principal’s Report

Bookweek Parade

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our fabulous Bookweek Parade last week.

Unfortunately, due to the date change, I had a prior commitment in Sydney and missed the fun and spirit of the

day. Thank you to all those parents, staff and most importantly students who contributed to a fun day in so many

ways.

School Celebrations

This coming Friday will be another big day for our students. Breakfast celebrating the important role that

“Marvellous men” play in Education will be held in the COLA area near the office. Breakfast will be served from

6.30am till 8.30am.

During the day, all students will have the opportunity to buy from the Father’s day stall. These gifts are inexpensive

and my experience is that no matter what age, students love to buy from the school stalls for their Mother, Father

or significant other. Thank you to our parent volunteers for organising and running this stall.

At 9.30 am, we are holding our mini-school concert. Our students love to perform and we are looking forward to the

opportunity to share our children’s achievements across the school in a range of extracurricular areas.

Staff professional development

Last Wednesday night, staff were involved in an additional session of professional development. Staff have been

engaged in these extended sessions across the year, in lieu of the last two pupil free days of the year. As these

days are normally pupil free days, staff presence at school does not impact on students attending the school. The

benefit of trading these days off is that staff are able to engage in the required ongoing professional learning

throughout the year to benefit your child, rather than wait till the end of the year. Learning and using new skills is

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a much more powerful model than learning new skills or refreshing skills and then going on a long break without the

chance to practice and reflect.

Last Wednesday, staff engaged in processes of analysing student data and how this information can impact

positively on every student’s learning. Staff also spent some time increasing awareness and understanding of the

National Professional Standards for Teachers. If you are interested in more information about these standards,

Google AITSL (Australian Institute for teaching and School Leadership).

Warm regards,

Sharon McFarlane

School News…

Library News

Well, what a fabulous day we had celebrating Book Week and the joy of books. Thank you so much to our amazing

Warners Bay community. Every year I am astounded by the ingenuity you display in organising book character

costumes. Thank you also to everyone who came to share in our parade. We all had such a fun time and hope you did

too. Now enjoy the photos at the end of the Newsletter highlighting the great day we had.

Congratulations to the winners from each grade in our Book Week competition. The task was to match up staff

names with book covers that “Lit up their World” when they were young.

The winners from each grade (1-6) are as follows:

Year 1 Alicia Isley; Year 2 Heidi Badior; Year 3 Lucy Young; Year 4 Kate Tibbs; Year 5 Hollie Finley; Year 6 Luke

Edenborough.

Happy reading everyone, and remember: Kids who read succeed!

Ros Beard

Author visit – Steven Herrick

Unfortunately Steven lost his voice in time for our original booking so his performance for Years 3-6 will be this

Friday afternoon at 2pm.

The titles he will have available to purchase are:

Untangling Spaghetti ($14)

Pookie Aleera is not my boyfriend ($15)

Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain ($15)

If you want to find out more about Steven Herrick his website is www.stevenherrick.com.au

Sushi Day

We will be holding a Sushi Day on Monday 14th September. Please see the Order Form sent home today with this

Newsletter. Cost for Sushi Munch Box and drink will be $6.00

Woolworths Earn and Learn

Warners Bay Public School is participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program again this year. Please place

any Earn and Learn stickers in the box located in the front office.

P & C Meeting

Next P&C Meeting will take place on Monday 14th September at 7pm. All welcome.

New Enrolments

If you have or know of a child who is going to join us for Kindergarten in

2016, please contact our office as soon as possible so that we can

commence pre-enrolment preparations.

http://www.stevenherrick.com.au/

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School Disco

P&C will be holding a School Disco in the school hall on Wednesday 2nd September. K-2 will be held from 5.30pm-

7.00pm and Yr 3-6 from 7pm-8.30pm. The cost for entry will be $4 per student and food and drink will be available

for purchase from the canteen.

Father’s Day Breakfast & Performance

We will be holding our annual Father’s Day Breakfast from 6.30am on Friday September 4th which is always well

attended and a great opportunity for our students to acknowledge their father’s and male carers. This will be

followed by a mini-concert being held from 9.30am which will demonstrate how hard our students have been working

in their dance, guitar, drumming, choir and aerobics groups.

Father’s Day Stall

P&C will be running a Father’s Day Stall on Friday 4th September after our mini concert.

Gifts range from $1.00-$5.00 so send along plenty of spare change. Could students also bring along a bag to take

their goodies home.

Astronomy Viewing

Mr Allan Wade, who kindly offered to set up his telescope for a few hours on Thursday night at the Warners Bay

foreshore, has been called away with work. The event has been postponed until Tuesday 1st September at 6pm. As

mentioned in last week’s stage 2 news, this is not a school excursion, but is open to all students and their families K-

6. This event will not take place if it is a cloudy night or we have inclement weather. Allan will have his telescope

set up in the middle car park between Warners Bay Rd and Kings Street.

Early Stage One News

Book Week Parade

Book Week was held last Thursday and it was a huge success. It was fantastic to see all of the children coming

dressed as their favourite characters. We would like to thank all of the parents and special guests for coming to

watch the parade.

Father’s Day Breakfast

We would like to invite all the Dads and Family/Friends in the community that play a significant part in our student’s

lives, to help celebrate Father’s Day. The celebrations will start on Friday 4th September at 6:30 am with a free

cooked breakfast. The breakfast will conclude at 9 am. We can’t wait to see everyone there.

Mini Concert

The school will be holding a mini concert on Friday 4th September at 9:30 am in the hall. It will enable the whole

school community to see how hard some of our students have been rehearsing in the extra-curricular activities that

we offer at Warners Bay Public School.

What’s happening in K-2B?

Welcome to Week 8. Term 3 has really flown by and we are soon

heading into school holidays. K-2B has had an amazing term. A

continued favourite is our weekly cooking lessons. Students have had

the opportunity to try new and exciting ingredients.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our parents that

support our students at school and at home. I can’t wait to see what

Term 4 will bring.

Thanks

Mark Berger

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Stage One News

Stage reminders

Swim school starts Monday 7th September for two weeks.

Father’s Day breakfast, stall and mini concert on Friday 4th September

Lego is now available for students to play with at lunch time.

Please remember to label all clothing as we are getting a large collection of lost property.

What’s happening in 2H? 2H have been very busy learning about space. We would like to share some of our riddles.

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Stage Two News

Incursion Reminder: 3W, 4OP, and 3M are all going to the Great Barrier Reef (well, virtually) on Wednesday 2

September. They are being transported from the connected classroom, to the underwater realm of the Great

Barrier Reef to learn all about reef eco-systems. Please get any outstanding payments or permission notes in as soon

as possible. 3/4J and 4T have already gone, and they learnt a lot about why the reef is so important and some

interesting facts they may be able to share with you.

Resources: Many students are now coming to school without pencils or glue sticks. Children need to bring 2 lead

pencils, 1 red pen, an eraser, a ruler and a glue-stick to school each day. Please make sure your child has the

resources they need. So much class time can be wasted looking for replacements when students don’t bring in what

they need.

Sport Day: Just a reminder that Stage 2 sport day is Wednesday. Can you please ensure your child is wearing the

appropriate footwear (black running shoes) so they can participate fully in our sports program.

Nits: Unfortunately, it’s that time of year again when nits appear in greater numbers. Can you please check your

child and if nits are found, please treat them before returning them to class. Otherwise they spread very easily.

1. I have 11 rings around me.

I am the 7th planet from the sun.

I am a light blue, as light as the sky.

I have chunks of ice and icy rocks.

What am I? _____________________

(Harry M & Cooper)

2. I am known as a blue planet.

I go round and round and never stop.

I am the only planet known to support life.

I am green, blue and brown.

What am I? _______________________

(Madison & Olivia)

3. My core is made of dense iron and nickel

covered by rock.

There is no atmosphere on this planet.

I am closest to the sun.

I am known as an inner planet.

What am I? ______________________

(William & Jeice)

4. I am big and I shine.

I have flares that jump.

Planets orbit me.

I am the hottest things in space.

What am I? ____________________

(Ashley & Aaliyah)

5. I am something between space and time.

I am not quite a planet, I called a Dwarf planet.

New Horizon has explored me in 2015.

New things are discovered about me.

What am I? ______________________

(Fred & Thomas)

6. There are 2 types of me.

The first one can change every night.

The other one you can hardly see.

It drifts around planets.

There are some planets that have one of me

but some have as many as 63.

What am I ? _________________________

(Heidi & Ella)

7. It could fit 1000 Earth’s in it.

Two Earth’s could fit it in its red spot.

I have rings around me that are dark and very thin.

My rings are harder to see than other [planets.

What am I? _____________________

(Callan & Ben)

9. People call it an unidentified flying object.

I could carry aliens.

Another name could be a spaceship.

Many people don’t believe I exist.

What am I? ____________________

(Ewan & Liam)

10. I am covered by layers of thick clouds.

I am made of sulphuric acid.

I am like a giant greenhouse.

It is far too hot for rain to form.

What am I? ____________________

(Harry D & Jayden)

11. When you join me up it’s called a constellation.

I may look small from the sky.

But I’m huge.

I am hot and let off light.

What am I?______________________

(Mallory & Kyeeshah)

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Aussie Bush Camp: Everything is underway for a fantastic Year 4 excursion next week. However, we still have a few

outstanding payments and notes. Please get these into the office as soon as possible. And get packing! Don’t leave it

to the last minute and make sure you take everything on the checklist.

Don’t forget the Father’s Day BBQ this Friday, followed by the mini-concert in the Hall at 9:30am. The Fathers’

Day stall will be on, so make sure your child brings $2-$10 to spend and a shopping bag to contain the gift.

The Author visit, which was delayed, will also be on Friday – what a busy day that will be!

Carrie Jacobi

What’s happening in 3/4J?

Well, we’ve been having a fantastic time in 3/4J this term. It’s great to be back in class with such a fantastic group

of students. Congratulations to all the Year 3s who showed their brilliant colours in the NAPLAN results this year.

Well done! This term has been very busy with learning about poetry, writing amazing complex sentences, reading,

spelling, learning addition and subtraction strategies, our multiplication facts, volume, 2D shapes, ukulele, art, and

sport (just to mention a few things!), and in amidst all that, 3/4J has learned about water safety, first aid and how

not to be a bully. And it’s only Week 8!

Congratulations also to all the students who dressed up as book characters last week. What a great parade! The

students also loved reading to their buddies in 1M.

There’s only 3 weeks left to the term and we have so much more to fit in, and next week all of the Year 4s and I will

be going to Aussie Bush Camp. I’m getting very excited about it, as are most of the students. The Year 3s are

showing very faint signs of green but they’ll get their chance next year.

There are still a couple of outstanding payments, and 2 outstanding Permission/Information sheets. We need these

before Friday this week. Don’t forget, we head off next Monday morning! While we are at Bush Camp, the Year 3s

will be split between the other Year 3 classes to continue their expected school work.

As a result of the themed Fridays, where students are largely participating in self-directed learning, we have had

some very impressive projects in the first half of this term, and I’m looking forward to seeing what the students

come up with on their “Journey to the Centre of the Earth”. Lots of research was happening on Friday, and I’m sure

we are going to have another successful bunch of projects.

Carrie Jacobi

Stage Three News

All students looked excellent in costume last week for our book week parade. This Wednesday we have a disco

coming up for primary starting at 7pm. All students are to be picked up by parents at 8:30pm sharp from inside of

the hall. We require parents to come inside of the hall for student safety at this time of night. Students will not be

permitted to leave without their parent or caregiver.

Also this Friday we have our Father's Day breakfast BBQ starting at 6:30am. Then we

will be starting our mini concert performance in the hall at 9:30am for dance, choir,

aerobics, drums, guitar and signing choir.

Throughout Friday, classes will also be attending the Father's Day stall.

What’s happening in 5B?

5B have had a wonderful time dressing up in their favourite book week characters and

participating in our whole school parade. They have also been working hard learning about

government and Canberra. We have also been creating some informative power point

presentations that they will soon deliver to the class on their upcoming excursion

destinations.

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Term 3 Week 8 Awards

“I Achieve” Awards Achievement Awards Student of the Week

6P

Courtnie Anderson Rhiannon Jones Tasmin Weller-Walsh

Miranda Robson Benjamin Stitt

Jamie Manton Joel Worthing Jack Moen

William Parmenter Alarna Morley

5/6B

Casey McDonald Monique Baker Chelsea Whipp

Max Richardson Hayley Murphy

Molly Burgess Sam Kimberley Brody Page

Bailey Wilson Brody Page

5MH

Nicholas Ivkovic Dillon Munro Charlotte Getley

Layla Johnson Joshua Simcoe

Lachlan Hayes Liana Corbett Oskar Fergusson

Lusi Stitt Tyla Murphy

5B

Jordan Price Dylan Hodgetts Carmen-Lee Wittich

Amy Sames Nathan McMahon

Hayden Brown Mark Evans Max Searant

Connor McLachlan Una Atilano

4/5OP

Brieanna Worthing Joel Thomas Ellie Johnson

Tegan Beckers Mayra Kelly

Reece Butler Grace Thornton Jai Williams

Hannah Edenborough Matthew McKinnon

4T

Kirsten Arlitsch Charlotte Couch Emmett Carter

Abigail Rockman Lily McHarg

Maddison Farley Jesse Thurston Mali Weller-Walsh

Aimee Gollop Lucas Horn

3/4J

Zavier Fergusson Jayla Leech-Garde Anna Mayes

Summer Robson Rosie Pavitt

Sienna Glynn Daniel Chatwin Ava Carson

Matthew Parmenter Kate Tibbs

3W

Lillyanna Drew Noah Velazquez Lucy Young

Madeline Christie Mia Williams

Jack Dennis Lucas Wonderley Grace Dugac

Abbie Gilbert Jackson Marr

2/3M

Madison Goodman Cooper Ryder Chelsea Brown

Jasmyn Hiscox Rani Elliott

Allira Hunt Thomas Leskiw Austen Hiskens

Riddick Peter Lucy Sartori

2SJ

Lahni Gallagher Maddie Stonehouse Elijah Ball

Liam Blackie Oliver Gayler

Beau Cameron Ezekiel Potter Liam Wilson

Hannah Williams Hugh Potter

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2H

Ella Burton Madison Hodgetts Thomas Connolly

Harrison Donald Mallory Pearson

Callan McCormack Harrison Mason

Ben Mewett Jayden Bray

1M

Megan Brown Ben Staheyeff Chamara Fernando

Kali Atilano Judah Lott

Adam Moisey Sofia Sartori Ethan Carter

Chamara Fernando Sienna Barrow

1H

Alexis Dibley Eliza Jane Allan Khloe Patterson

Bronte Hayes Jacob Dark

Violet Kirk Jasmine Packer Alexis Dibley

Sophie Marsh Alex Wilson

K-1W

Tia Schmidt Maddy Cameron Jacob Dugac

Lara Wheeler Perri Cooper

Nick Adams Jorja Bramble

Erin Ambjerg-Pedersen Erin Ambjerg-Pedersen

KH

Summer Burton Isla Cornford Hugh Johnson

Sarah Katalinic Elizha Gyorgy-Garcia

Jaxon Cruickshank Max Badior Elizha Gyorgy-Garcia

Cooper Stephens James Kilpatrick

KB

Zavier Poynting Nixon McLeod Lillian Tunney

Nixon McLeod Taj Wilson

Elyse Cannon Amarliah Wetini Jack Mewett Jack Smith Emma Whipp

K-2B Fletcher Midson Noah Young

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