608-610 Wallington Road Wallington 3222 Ph: 5250 1841 Fax: 5250 1459

Email: wallington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au

WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER

Principal: Glen Lauder School Council President: Kellie Tobin

PRINCIPAL NEWS

Term 4 Calendar Events

Wed 13 } Prep Orientation

20 Nov }

Tue 12 Nov Lightning Prem Soccer Day Yr 5/6

Yr 4 Girls Puberty Parent Info 7pm

Wed 13 Nov School Council Meeting

Thu 14 Nov Whole School Skipping

Fri 15 Nov Curriculum Day

Mon 18 Nov} Swimming Program

Fri 29 Nov }

Fri 22 Nov P-2 Melb Museum Imax Excursion

Yr 6 Blue Light Disco

Fri 6 Dec Parent & Friends Christmas Mtg 6pm

Tue 10 Dec Yr 6 Transition

Thu 12 Dec Special Christmas Lunch

Fri 13 Dec Christmas Family Picnic 5 pm

Mon 16 Dec Transition Day Yr 1-5

Tue 17 Dec Graduation

Wed 18 Dec Class Party

Fri 20 Dec END OF YEAR FINAL ASSEMBLY 9.10 am

Calendar of events can be viewed on the school website. Go to: http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents

7th November 2019

2020 Prep Orientation Yesterday afternoon we had our first Prep orientation for the year. It was great to see lots of excited but nervous new Wallington people enjoying their first experience of class life at school. I can’t wait to see them again next week for a longer stay.

Grade Six Surfing Last week the Grade Six students were lucky enough to be taken surfing for their PE lesson. They all did a great job on a beautiful day having a go and most were able to stand up! Today is the last session. Thanks to Ms Bazeley for organising the sessions.

Colour Run Unfortunately because of the upcoming works to be under taken on the oval in December Parents and Friends in consultation with myself have made the decision to cancel this year’s Colour Run. We were unsure of the space that we would have available. Colour Run will return next year.

2020 Class Structures I understand that both students and parents are eagerly awaiting some information about our class structures for 2020! We are just waiting on some last minute information with regards to staffing and student numbers before we can finalise our class structure for next year. It is our aim to announce the teachers and their grades as early as possible, hopefully within the next two weeks.

Term 4 Curriculum Day: Friday 15th November – no students will be required at school.

Being Sunsmart at WPS I encourage parents to add the free Sunsmart app to your phone. Being aware of UV levels is vital as we collectively make greater efforts to protect our children and ourselves from damaging our skin – ‘Our skin never forgets!’ As the spring weather certainly advances, we need to all develop habits of sun screening up each morning before school and then reapplying during the day. We encourage all students to bring their own sunscreen to school and applying prior to recess and lunch breaks.

Helping Your Child To Speak And Listen Talking with your child Regularly talking and interacting with your child extends their language and listening skills and helps grow their confidence with language. Include your child when discussing everyday activities such as grocery shopping, gardening, cooking dinner, collecting mail from the mailbox, doing housework, and travelling in the car or bus. Outings can also provide a world of new vocabulary. Discussion dur-ing outings can enrich your child’s understanding of the world. Out-ings might include going to the park, the zoo, a shopping centre, museums, libraries and art galleries. Other fun activities can include: Share rhymes, poems and songs. Encourage your child to join in. Share and talk about family histories and family photos. Look at picture books or art books. Ask your child to describe what is

happening in the pictures and make up stories together. Collect cardboard and other household items for your child to build

with. Ask your child to describe what they are building. Look at ‘junk mail’ and talk about the things for sale. Listen to simple radio programs or podcasts together and discuss the

content. Play vocabulary games with your child such as, “what’s the opposite

of ….?” (for example, “what’s the opposite of big?”) and “what’s another word for….?” (for example, “what’s another word for angry?”).

Oral storytelling Storytelling is a great way to extend your child’s speaking and listen-ing skills, and to expand their memory and imagination. Either you can tell the story, or you can encourage your child to tell the story. Storytelling might be about: your child’s favourite toy * a pet another family member a favourite fictional character from a book or television program * a famous person the work of people from different professions, such as

astronauts, firefighters, nurses and teachers an imaginary world with imaginary characters an imaginary animal that can speak.

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PARENTS & FRIENDS

Positive Behaviour Awards

Prep K

King

SAM S For always being organised and on time,

ready to learn every day. Congratulations Sam. Fantastic Effort!

Prep M

Moore

ALICE M For making the most of her learning time.

Great improvement Alice. Well done!

3/4D

Duckett

XAVIER G For great revising skills in Writing. Xavier,

you demonstrated a lot of respect when conferencing with a friend. You gave

feedback and listened to feedback and then improved your narrative.

You are a writing star.

3/4V

Vaught

MAYLA B For actively listening to feedback and

following her learning intentions. Well done Mayla, you are producing some

wonderful work.

CAMPBELL W For showing a lot of respect for your story in

writing. Campbell you worked so hard to produce a second draft that was so neat.

Well done, Campbell!

5/6S

Stevens

TILLY K For always actively participating and

cooperating in the classroom. You did a great job this week when you were playing Mabble

by trying to come up with challenging equations. Well done Tilly.

Assembly Presentation Schedule Term 4

8 Nov 3/4D 15 Nov } No 22 Nov } assembly 29 Nov 3/4V 6 Dec 5/6S 20 Dec Assembly at 9.10 am

Save the Date

The Christmas picnic this

year will be on Friday

13th

December at 5pm.

BYO Picnic Dinner and rug

and sit on the oval for a so-

cial evening to finish the year. A special visit from Santa

will be at 6pm.

Please leave a wrapped book only (NO TOYS) to max

value $10 at the office with your child’s name on it. (books

for siblings are welcome too), for Santa to hand out on the

night. We welcome 2020 prep parents to come along to

the night.

Final P&F Meeting 2019

Our Final P&F meeting of the year will be on Friday

6th

December 6pm. For dinner at Ming Terrace

Chinese Ocean Grove. Bring along a $5 wrapped novelty

item for a Christmas lucky dip between attendees.

As part of our SWPBS program we will be having a school wide focus on attendance for the re-mainder of the term. The matrix focus will be responsibility: We are on time, organised and ready to learn by 9.00am everyday. The students who achieve this for the remainder of the term will receive a certificate at the end of the term.

Each week the class with the highest average attendance (includes being on time) will be presented with a trophy.

Bride to be!

We wish Miss Norris and Damien all the very best

for their wedding on Saturday.

WHOLE SCHOOL SKIPPING

DEMONSTRATION

Thursday 7th November from 10am-11am

on the basketball court.

All welcome to come along and see

what the students have been learning. Lauren Bazeley, PE Coordinator