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Term 2 Week 8

Thursday 15 June 2017

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

Parent Reading Workshop

Thursday 22nd June at 4pm

At Wangi Wangi PS we strongly encourage students to read every night at home as part of our home reading

program. To further support this we will be holding a parent information session at 3:30pm on Thursday 22nd

June. Reading to children every day has a significant positive effect on their reading skills and cognitive skills

(i.e. language and literacy, numeracy and cognition) later in life. Children on average who are read to more

frequently at a young age achieve higher scores on the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy

(NAPLAN) tests for both Reading and Numeracy in Year 3.

This session is aimed at supporting Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 children to read at home. During this

session we will show examples and discuss simple strategies parents can use to support their child’s reading

development. Teachers will be available to supervise children during this session to support parents who are

worried about child care. We will also be providing a delicious afternoon tea. Please come along for some

really valuable, practical information.

Logo Launch

Tuesday 20th

June at 2:50pm for afternoon tea

The staff, students and P&C are incredibly excited to be launching a new Wangi Wangi Public School logo. This

logo has been created as a result of the community survey completed at the beginning of the year. These

results clearly showed that our logo needed some modifying to bring it in line with the future focussed learning

happening across our school. The logo will only be used on signage, school promotion and on the school

letterhead. This will not impact on school uniforms at this stage. The logo will be unveiled at a brief school

community gathering where a school logo cake will be enjoyed by all. A little hint to get you thinking, the logo

still includes our signature lightning bolt!

P&C Meeting

Our Monthly P&C meeting will occur on Tuesday 20th

June following the Logo launch at 4pm. Please come

along to support our school. Everyone is encouraged to attend!

Staff News

Mrs Murphy will be away from the 20/6 to the 29/6 to enjoy some time with her family. Mrs Clare Cawley will

be working with 4/5M during this time.

Tim Lewis

Principal

Library

Two Summers - Yr 4/5

On a giant puzzle piece each student has asked a deep thinking

question from the book Two Summers, a story about the

drought in Australia. They have given their question to a

classmate to critically answer. They then worked as a team to

piece together.

Rainforest – Yr 2/3

“I can feel dusty sand warming my feet.” Michael

“I can see the smooth sea yet underneath it is like a cit being lit

up with life by neon lights.” Gabby, Alexis, Aston, Lucy, Bronte

Extra Yarn - K

Making connections with the character, Annabellein the book

Extra Yarn. Each student is sharing times when they too were

generous, kind, creative and forgiving.

Merit Awards

Kinder Aaliyah French, Wil Campbell.

Yr 1 Layla Harrison, Oliver Eames.

2/3 Kaleb Hamilton, Abbie Gee.

4/5 Bae Kelly, Jack James.

5/6 Cameron Wheeler, Oliver Tabone.

Scope IT

Year 5/6 have thoroughly enjoyed their Scope IT lessons this

term. They are currently designing their own boats which will

be printed on the 3D printer and tested to see if they float!

Flight of the Bumblebee - Yr 1

Sounds zooming, zipping and

clashing together.

The upbeat music reminds me of

mosquitoes, bees, birds soaring

and darting in the busy sky.

Reading Workshop

for Parents and Carers of K – 2 students

Thursday 22 June

@ 3:30pm in the school library

Light refreshments will be provided

What’s on @ WWPS:

TERM 2 Week 8 Fri 16 Jun Assembly 9:30am Week 9 Mon 19 Jun Scope IT Wed 21 Jun Gymnastics Yr 6 Sports Gala Day MHS Thu 22 Jun Parent Reading Session K-2 3:30pm Week 10 Mon 26 Jun Scope IT Fri 30 Jun Assembly 9:30am Last day of Term 2

TERM 3 Week 1 Mon 17 Jul Staff Development Day Tues 18 Jul Students return for Term 3

Please refer to our website’s calendar for more details. www.wangiwangi-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Pyjama Day On 7th June, WWPS certainly had an unbelievably great

Pyjama Day. I didn’t see one single child wearing school

clothing. We’re very happy with the way we all contributed.

Better still, we raised $180! In the afternoon, many children

did bring in board games and we enjoyed an amazing

afternoon with friends! Pyjama Day was an amazing day to

spend with friends, and I hope everyone enjoyed it as much

as we did!

Sam and Amalie Yr 5/6

WWPS Mascot

Well done to everyone that

participated in the Wangi Wangi

Mascot competition. This design

will be used for our inspired school

mascot. The winner, Chloe Vane,

will sit down with a graphic designer

and work on finalising her picture.

Anaphylaxis Reminder Wangi Wangi Public School is a Nut & Seafood Aware school. A reminder to please refrain from bringing any nut or seafood products (including tuna & salmon) to school as we have students who have severe allergic reactions to these foods.

Community Notices

School Banking New School Banking rewards now available! Exciting new Term 2 rewards with a Future Savers theme are now available, while stocks last!

3D Chalk Set Tablet Case

Term 1 rewards Cyber Handball and Colour Change markers are still available also. For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Tuesday.

Kids Club

Games, craft, stories, songs and food

Kinder to year 6 @ Wangi Uniting Church

every 2nd

Tues 4-6pm

This term: 27 June

More info: 0407 477 705

Before & After School Care

YMCA ran OOSH @ Biraban Public School Toronto

Students taken and collected from school

More details available on 4959 4444

P&C News