DIARY DATES Dec 22nd End of Term 4, 1.30pm Finish Jan 2018 25th Book Collection Day 30th Student’s Return to School

December 22nd, 2017

We Give Our Best

To Be Our Best

Church Visits Each year when our students visit the Anglican Church, the Church raise money on their behalf for a charity, this year being Angel Flight Australia. While the students were at the Church they watched a DVD about the work of Angel Flight Australia. On their be-half, congregations of both the Wonthaggi and Inver-loch parishes of the Anglican Church donated $545.

2018 Welcome to all our new families for whom this will be their first newsletter. We are looking forward to an-other busy and exciting year. We are saying farewell to Mrs Mulqueeny who is returning to Korumburra Pri-mary School and Ms McMahon, and sincerely thank them both for the time they have been at our school. We have appreciated their calm, professional attitude, and positive approach to working with all our stu-dents, staff and families. We wish them all the very best for 2018.

We will be welcoming back a number of staff from family leave and also Russell McCartney who has been on secondment to Wonthaggi North as a Maths coach. We welcome Miss Sharnee Gray who will join our Prep team, and due to our sudden growth in numbers have advertised for another teacher who will join the 5/6 team. At this time an appointment has not been made, but students in that class will be notified of their teacher’s name on book collection day. The Edu-cation Department has introduced new positions of Learning Specialists into schools for 2018 and we will include an English and a maths specialist to work with our staff next year.

Inverloch P.S. Bayview Ave., Inverloch 3996 (PO Box 159) Phone: (03) 5674 1253 inverloch.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Kongwak: (03) 5657 4224 kongwak.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Principal: Wendy Caple

The Year That Has Been A huge thankyou to everyone who has been involved in our school this year! It has been a busy and produc-tive one that has seen building works, the backtrack finally restored, new playground equipment, a huge number of new reading books purchased, room chang-es, staff changes, and most importantly our young people growing and learning many life skills. There are too many individuals to name personally, and I am likely to offend if I miss someone out but I would like to thank our School Councillors, and particu-larly Karl who is retiring this year, and Shan who has resigned for personal reasons, for all their hard work during their time on council. Also the PFA, the Easter Fair committee, all our parent helpers whether it be on the BBQ at the Farmer’s Market (particularly Wanda who has organised the BBQ and roster for each market who is leaving us), the sushi roster parents, those who helped on camps and excursions, in the classroom, our LAP helpers, our Parent Link volunteers, our garden helpers, and those who cover our books. Janelle Ber-tacco continues to do an amazing job organising Book Club benefitting those who purchase the books, and the school through the earning of points. We have also had support from many community organisations in-cluding our local Library, Life Saving Club, Bunurong Environmental Centre, the Historical Society, and the R.S.L just to name a few. We receive financial support to assist in sending students on camps, with food for students who have no lunch, and for our end-of-year awards. This support shows how much of a part of the community we really are, and brings with it the expec-tation that being a part of such an embracing commu-nity is a two-way interaction.

A new initiative is that the children of retiring School Councillors will select a book to be donated to the School Library on their behalf. The books will have plate with recognition of the Councillor on the inside cover. Hamish and Amaya both chose books for their parents – beside is a photo of them with their selec-tions – Do Not Open this Book, and Scarlet and Ivy.

2018 School Captains

School Captains Zak Box Amy Scott

Art Captains Jonah Hall Lottie Sproson

Environmental Captains Shelley Davis Chloe Harris

House Captains

Red Robbins Amity McInnes Charlie Deery

White Seagulls Jasmine Williams Harry Butcher

Blue Wrens Chloe Butcher Hamish Gillespie

Golden Honeyeaters Marli Box Riley Matthews

2017 Final Assembly / Yearly Awards Inverloch & District Community Bank “Margaret Rees Community Award” Gr. 6 Student/s: Sebastian Toomey Inverloch View Club “Most Improved Learner Award” – Gr. 3 – 4 Student: Boy- Riley Harris Girl- Emma Miller Jan Thomson “Reading Award” Gr. Prep – 2 Student: Boy- Arch Rayner Girl:- Grace Barton

Bass Coast “Young Leader Award”- IKPS School Leaders 2017 Year 5 Students: Boy- Zak Box Girl- Amy Scott

Connections Church “Good Neighbour Award” $ Prep Student: Ella Hubbard 1/2 Student: Georgia Cousens 3/4 Student: Alira Klemm 5/6 Student: Amy Scott

“Grade 6 Jumper Design” Year 5 Student: Jasmine Williams

“Principal Award” to 2017 School Leaders Abbey Dwyer Sebastian Toomey St Vincent De Paul “Riding the Waves Awards” INVERLOCH: CONFIDENCE: Boy- Lachlan Cann Girl- Willow Carr PERSISTENCE: Boy- Charlie Jury Girl- Bonnie Parise ORGANISATION: Boy-Cooper Newman Girl-Lyra Lochart GETTING ALONG: Boy-Rhys Newman Girl- Tayla Atyeo-Peters EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE: Boy- Harvey Aeschlimann Girl-Caitlin Kibble

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KONGWAK: “ Riding the Waves Awards” Boy- Rowan Fairlie Girl- Shaye Brown “Jenny Scott Award” Alexis VanOss

Staffing for 2018 will be: Principal: Mrs Wendy Caple Leading Teacher Curriculum: Mr Nigel Kilpatrick Leading Teacher Student Well-being: Ms Loree-Lee Jamieson Learning Specialist English: Mrs Kerri Besley Learning Specialist Maths: Mr Russell McCartney Prep B: Miss Chantelle Brown Prep E: Mrs Kate Eldred Prep G: Miss Sharnee Gray 1/2B: Mrs Sheri Box/Mrs Della King 1/2G: Ms Gab Patterson 1/2H: Ms Kady Hemming/Mr Russell McCartney 1/2M: Mrs Mel McRae/Mr Russell McCartney 1/2P: Mrs Clare Peterson 3/4B: Mrs Kerri Besley 3/4Q: Mrs Pam Quinlan/Mr Nigel Kilpatrick 3/4R: Ms Rachelle Roberts 3/4T: Mr Geoff Tyson 3/4W: Miss Anna Wilson 5/6E: Mrs Anndrea Ellt/Mr Nigel Kilpatrick 5/6M: Mrs Rhonda Mackie 5/6R: Mrs Tegan Renden/Ms Loree-Lee Jamieson 5/6V: Mr Rob vanRooy Kongwak Senior class: Ms Deanne Bull Kongwak Junior class: Mrs Karen Woods P.E.: Mr Lewis Rankin Spanish: Mrs Jacqui Castello Art: Ms Sarah Reark Music: Mr Andrew Paxton Teacher support: Amy Geisler, Elisha Redpath We will be ably supported by the following Integration and Education support staff in the classrooms: Vicki Bainbridge, Tracey Pratten, Kim Randall, Ethan Wilson, Mollie Bloch, Suzie Lawson, Sue Gow, Angela Toomey, Michelle Bene-dict, Gayle Huther, Nicole Moresco Business and Finance Managers: Deb Miller and Janelle Anderson Admin Officers: Lindee Benson and Barb Miller Library Technician: Rayleen Lennox ICT technician: Michael Hancock And our wonderful crossing lady JUDY!

A note from the SEL

team

Garden Help The garden is looking fantastic and has lots of yummy things growing in it at the moment. To ensure that all of the grade 3 and 4’s work doesn’t go to

waste over the summer we are calling on any available volunteers to help wa-ter over the summer holidays. If you are available to complete watering at any time you can leave your name on

the roster at the office. Ideally it would be terrific if the garden could be wa-tered every 2-3 days depending on the weather. Any produce that is ready to be harvested at this time would be

yours.

Kmsat student representatives enjoying a well deserved ice cream to celebrate the end of school year.

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WONTHAGGI LITTLE ALTHLETICS CLUB – 50 YEAR CELEBRATION FAMILY FUN DAY

Come join us on the 20th January for our 50 year cele-

bration starting at 11.00am at the Wonthaggi Second-ary Junior Campus. There will be food, raffles and kids activities. There is a gift race event, starting at 12 noon.

It’s $5 to enter. Three age group brackets: 9-15, 16+ and 40+. The seniors and masters categories have cash prizes of up to $150 for winners. Registrations

open on day starting at 11am and closing at 12.30 pm. Kids fun run starting at 11.30. FREE ENTRY. Any ques-tions please call Jenna 0447482500 or follow our Face-

book page: Wonthaggi Little Athletics

Tyler Jenkins and Anna Kesterton 2 of our students are in the cast of the show: The children have been busy rehearsing over the last few months for the January 4th opening. They have been putting in many hours honing their craft and I’m sure (know) audiences will be rewarded with a fun show. This is a family friendly pantomime that the whole family can enjoy – audience participation encouraged! Tickets can be purchased from https://www.wtg.org.au/

WONTHAGGI LIFE SAVING CLUB

Bronze camp is an annual event that consists of fitness, fun and learning to become a lifesaver. The camp is open to ages 13 and above and no prior experi-ence is necessary. Dates: 14th Jan-18th Jan 2018 Please contact the WLSC Chief Instruc-tor: Josie Chambers Email: chiefinstructor@wlsc.org.au

Summer Holiday Program available in January from 8am - 5.30pm with Uniting run by Cynthia Marriner. The programs venue is the Anglican Church Inverloch, with lots of fun ac-tive outdoor activities. Please phone Cynthia on 0420 399 683.

LOST PROPERTY IS OVER-FLOWING. PLEASE CHECK THE PILE. ANY ITEMS NOT COLLECTED WILL BE LAUNDERED AND GIVEN TO THE OP SHOP.