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Warranwood

Primary School www.warranwood.vic.edu.au

Term 2, Week 7

Thursday 5th June, 2014

WHAT’S ON? June

2-6 Science test for University of NSW

6 Interschool Sports Vs Ringwood North PS

9 Queens Birthday Public Holiday

11 Taiko Drummers to Ashburton PS

13 Interschool sports Vs Donvale Christian College

14 Trivia Night

16 Twilight Market Planning meeting 7.30pm in staff

room

16-20 Planning Week

17 Jnr School Production 1/2S 5 to 6pm

1/2M 6 to 7pm

1/2P 7 to 8pm

18 Jnr School Production 1/2D 5 to 6pm

1/2J 6 to 7pm

20 Interschool Sports Vs Croydon Hills PS

Reports Go Home

23 Parent Teacher Interviews

24 Parent Teacher Interviews

Hawthorn Football Club visit

Sushi Day

27 Interschool sports Vs Antonio Park PS

Last Day of Term School finishes at 2.30pm

Principal’s Report Reports and Interviews Staff have been working hard to bring together their assessment done over the first semester to create our reports. The re-ports will come home to families on Friday June 20. Parent/teacher, and if appropriate student, interviews will be held on Monday 23

rd June 3.45-9.00 and Tuesday 24

th June 3.45-5.30. Interviews will be of 15 minutes duration and will be booked

through Compass. Bookings have been opened on Wednesday 4th June. If you have any trouble booking please contact your classroom teacher. It is essential for all parents to book a time to discuss their child’s progress and work with staff to set goals for the second half of the year. World’s Biggest Morning Tea The final figure raised for the Biggest Morning Tea was $670. The money raised goes to the Anti Cancer Council and the Challenge organisation. Again, thank you to all the parents who helped out on the day and the families for so generously sup-porting us with donations and the morning tea. All the students had a fabulous day.

Georgia C FS Luke D FD Tharwin P FR Laura Q FS Charlotte H 1/2M Thomas M 1/2M Ellie H 1/2S Braden S 1/2 P Paige F 1/2P Zac S 1/2D

Tait B 1/2D Josh A 3/4B Tahlia S 3/4B Amy W 3/4A Olivia M 3/4A Zac H 3/4W Nic F 5/6D Elle E 5/6D Holly M 5/6P Thomas C 5/6P

Principal Awards

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Our Special Brady Brady in Foundation S is a very special individual with a great spirit. Check out the article on the front page of this week’s Leader for the full story. Great work Brady.

From Mia

On Friday the 30th of May, 25 students from middle

school attended a workshop to learn about Reconcilia-tion Week and the indigenous culture. The children thoroughly enjoyed the history and artefacts shared by the facilitators. The highlights were watching them throw boomerangs on the oval, learning the wallaby and emu dance moves and listening to rap on the did-geridoo.

Want to enjoy your kids? Want to enjoy being a parent? Tori Ped-ro’s website www.teach-through-love.com has a wealth of infor-mation on parenting tools and supports in understanding and managing your child’s behaviour.

Sue

Assistant Principal’s Report Cross Country Team Congratulations to our committed Cross Country run- ners who gave their all on Tuesday morning running through the rain, fog and slush at the Park Orchards 100 Acres Reserve. A big thanks to all the parents who made the effort to get down to Domeney Reserve and were able to shuttle the students back home for a quick warm shower and hot choccy afterwards. Well done also to Rod Neal, Chris Turner and Andrew Tonkin for their efforts in preparing the team and supporting them on the day. Early Morning Supervision Concerns Over the past few weeks it is becoming noticeable that some students are arriving at school earlier and earlier, some as early as 8am in the morning and being left unsupervised in the yard. It is wonderful to know that Warranwood kids want to be at school and can’t wait to get here however we must ask that parents keep them at home until 8.45am unless booked into OSH Club Before School Care Program. With winter now setting in it is also freezing in the yard and often wet and windy so please keep the students at home until a suitable time to arrive at school. At Warranwood staff undertake to have doors to classrooms open by 8.45am each morning and some even earlier de-pending on meetings and commitments they may have on the day. This is a great way for teachers and parents or stu-dents to touch base at the start of a day and ensure a great start to the day. We also ensure yard supervision in the morn-ing from 8.45am and afternoons until 3.45pm. Yesterday morning we had an incident with a student crossing the road by themselves, before the crossing supervisors had arrived. We were lucky that a passer by was able to assist and prevent a dangerous situation arising. Crossing super-visors are on duty from 8am -9.05am in the morning so please ensure your child isn’t crossing before these times. STAFF VS PARENT’S SHOWDOWN Trivia Night Challenge- Eye Of the Tiger! Forget Collingwood vs Essendon, Australia vs England or Liverpool Vs Man. United. The big ticket rivalry is hap-pening right here on your doorstep! Saturday night 14 June the Warranwood Gym will be a battleground of wits and conniving trickery as the staff take on the parent teams to reclaim their title! Have you booked your table for the HUUUGE trivia night event on Saturday, 14 June? In the red corner we have THE WARRANWOOD STAFF and in the blue corner we have the PARENT CHALLENGERS. Hurry and get your tickets before it’s too late to witness this once in a lifetime SHOWDOWN. Let the battle begin!

Shane Harrop

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Office News School Photos All packages were sent home last Tuesday. Please note that family photos were packed in with the eldest child’s pho-to package. I would like to emphasize that the school can not accept any returned photos for refunds. Should you need to return the photos it needs to be directly to MSP Photography within 14 days. Returned photos received after the 14 day peri-od will not be eligible for a refund. The contact details for MSP Photography is: 7/9 Mirra Court, Bundoora 3083 9466 7331. Hot Jam Donuts The school leaders will be running a Hot Jam Donut day at the Canteen next Wednesday, 12 June. They will be sold for $1. If you require a list of the ingredients, please contact me at the office.

Sports News

District Cross Country. Last Tuesday we sent our team of 60 runners to compete in the District Cross Country event. Fog, drizzle, hills and mud; ideal cross country conditions! Well done to all runners and special mention to the following students who fin-ished in the top 12 and will race again next Tuesday. Emily P, Emma W, Jack S, Jordan M, Kylah N, Dylan O’N, So-phie S and Kenna K. Thanks also to Matt Glover for his help at the finish line.

Winter Sport. Round 6. WPS V Ringwood North PS. 6 June.

Wellbeing at Warranwood Warranwood Peer Mediation Team At Warranwood we are lucky to have committed and caring Year 5 students who volunteer their time to train as Peer Medi-ators and then work as a team each lunchtime to facilitate our Peer Mediation program. They support fellow students who have minor friendship issues and assist them to resolve their differences and play and get along successfully. Our Peer Me-diators also run lunchtime games for those students who might like to join in and have some fun. They show amazing insight and pro-social skills to assist their fellow peers to sort their problems and move on in a positive way. Please remember to mention our Peer Mediators to your child if they ever come home with a problem. They are very enthusi-astic and capable to assist our students to sort their issues out before getting home and having a minor issue become larger over time as sometimes happens. Some of our Peer Mediators to look out for

Sport Venue

Football WPS

Softball Boys RNPS

Softball Girls RNPS

Netball A WPS

Netball B RNPS

Netball C WPS

Soccer RNPS

Volleystars WPS

Tennis RNPS

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Connect Groups at Warranwood

Following our Power Of 1 Bully busting presentation last week, Middle and Senior School Connect Groups explored the dynamics of a bullying relationship further and watched an inspirational clip from Britain’s Got Talent about two 12 yr olds that had experienced bullying and decided to work together to make a song/rap about it. After watching the clip students were put into teams and given some time to start creating their own Bullying rap or poem. To spice things up there is an I Tunes card for the winning team who will present at assembly in a few weeks. The teams have been asked to work together at lunch times or at home to develop their rap/poem and prepare. Our Foundation and Junior School Connect Groups are exploring how to be good friends and looking into the types of pro-social skills required to be a good friend. Behaviours and understandings such as sharing, listening, taking turns and having trust are focussed on through a range of games and activities to better equip our students for life in and out of the classroom. If you would like to watch the clip with your family have a box of tissues ready and take the chance to discuss the clip with your family. Link below

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Rf5qDuq7M&feature=youtu.be

Library News Just a reminder to students and parents that the Library is open before school. I do turn the heaters on! If it is a little chilly do come on in, have a browse or read and keep warm!! Kim Barlow.

Parents Association Report Trivia Night Less than 2 weeks away from the annual Warranwood Trivia Night. And do we have a surprise for you! All your

kids have been very busy completing some very special art work that will be auctioned on the night. That's right...every class will have a piece of artwork that each student has contributed to that will be up for auction on the night! And I don’t have to remind you how talented our kids are! These pieces of artwork look fantastic!!!!! What a special memento to have as a keepsake of your child’s contribution to a class art piece. We have other items up for auction as well and lots of giveaways and prizes! So grab your friends and family, and get your table booked. $20 per person for a guaranteed night of laughter, fun, games, prizes and now these fantastic pieces of artwork that will be auctioned off! BYO food and drinks. Tickets can be purchased by filling in the return slip on the notice attached to this newsletter. And in true trivia style, here are this week’s trivia tantalisers....a bit harder to get those trivia minds working! Questions 1. These popular toys, fictional animals, were named after artists - give their collective name, as well as individual names. 2. The card game Patience is also known by what other name? 3. According to the children’s song “Six Little Ducks,” what did the one little duck who ruled the others have on his back? 4. What is the name of the sister who goes blind in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie series? 5. What Australian movie includes the phrase “Tell him he’s dreaming”? Answers 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael 2. Solitaire 3. Feathers (bet you are all singing it now!) 4. Mary 5. The Castle How did you fare this week? Don’t forget to get your table booked!

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Community

Announcements

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Canteen News Canteen will be closed for lunch orders and over the counter sales on Wednesdays during Term 2.

SUSHI DAY - Canteen is having a Sushi Day on Tuesday, 24 June. Students will be given the opportunity to order Sushi for their lunch on this day. The normal canteen menu will also be available. Sushi for this day will be freshly made for us by TAKEYA SUSHI CAFÉ , LOCATED IN THE North Ringwood Shopping Centre. Order forms for this day were distributed last week and must be returned to school by THURSDAY, June 19. We will be unable to accept late orders this year. Roster for the remainder of this term:- June Fri 6 Tanya Ellard, Sam Ireland, Liz McGinley Mon 9 Queen’s Birthday Holiday Tue 10 Deb Sandilands, Trish Perry Wed 11 Canteen Closed Thur 12 , Fri 13 Mandy Dunlop, Trish Grant, Sharron Weight Mon 16 Jo Aikman, Claire Gissara Tue 17 Wendy Harrison, Heather Jones Wed 18 Canteen Closed Thur 19 Skye Callaghan, Mel Farmilo Fri 20 Leigh Church, Lisa Marshall, Kerryn Naismith Mon 23 , Tue 24 Jacqui Coia, Matoula Gatsoulis Sushi Day Helpers - Megan Deayton, Kelly Gersh, Terri McKinnon, Bec Parry Wed 25 Canteen Closed Thur 26 Mandy Dunlop, Di Jelinek Fri 27 Andrew Gersh, Craig Voyer, David Watt Canteen Vacancies If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered or if you are able to assist with one of the vacancies, please con-tact me during canteen hours or after hours on 9876 1288 or mobile 0413 370 898.

Rosemary

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NORTH RINGWOOD PLAYGROUP

Playgroup is a wonderful way to prepare your child for pre-school. It is a relaxed environment (although chaotic at times!) where parents/carers can enjoy a cuppa and share parenting stories, and children can learn new play experiences and learn to play together. North Ringwood Playgroup is one of the largest and longest running playgroups in Victoria and has

been open since 1974. We are very popular with local families but are continually attracting families from surrounding suburbs, all from word of mouth. We have qualified attendants taking care of eve-

rything! Our range of indoor and outdoor activities means there is very little repetition and always some-thing new and exciting for the kids. New toys are purchased regularly so the quality is of a high standard and the kids are always interested.

North Ringwood Playgroup is located in the Scout Hall at the rear of the North Ringwood Reserve, Wonga Road, North Ringwood. Entry is off Wonga Road.

Sessions start at 9.15am-11.15am, Mon-Fri.

ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN SO COME ALONG FOR A FREE TRIAL SESSION.

Telephone: 0422 671 812 E-mail:enquiries@northringwoodplaygroup.com.au

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