Our full calendar can be found at http://wamberal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back to Term 3…

CUSTOMER SERVICE- we greatly value your feedback As part of our Strategic Direction 3 (Collaborative Communities) we are participating in the 360 Self Reflection Survey which will be administered independently through the Department of Education Survey Team. This online survey provides feedback on customer relationships and communication with our parents, students and wider community and will be used to impact and guide future planning.

The parent survey is open to parents with student(s) currently enrolled in Year 2 and Year 5 within our school. Participation is completely voluntary, however we encourage all our Year 2 and Year 5 parents to consider participating in the survey to ensure high validity for the data received.

Year 2 and Year 5 parents are encouraged to complete the Expression of Interest form if you would like to participate. The survey will then be emailed directly to you from the Survey Team.

Building Update Want to keep informed about our upcoming building program? The next Information Booth will be held outside our school library from 2:30-3:30pm next Wednesday 1st August, 2018.

Social Media We have received very positive feedback about our school’s social media presence on FACEBOOK. Whilst we capture snapshots from within our school, we are careful to only use images for which we hold relevant permissions and it is possible that some of our events are therefore not covered for privacy reasons.

Any parents wishing to update their approval for children’s inclusion in social media are able to do by downloading and completing the Permission to Publish & Disclose Information Form and email or send to the school office. The form is also available on our school website.

Education Week This year’s theme is “Today's schools – creating tomorrow's world” and we look forward to meeting many of our families at our Open Day celebrations on Tuesday 7th August (am). A separate flyer will be sent home with additional information on this great opportunity. Have a great week, P. Miller Principal

What’s On Thurs 26th July PSSA Touch Football Gala Day (Boys & Girls), Koori Choir Practice 11:40am-12:00pm

Fri 27th July NAIDOC Week Assemblies K-2 (12:50pm) & 3-6 (2:25pm), 5 cent Friday Fundraiser (P&C), NSW Cross Country State Championships

Mon 30th July K-2 Choir 9:00am-9:30am, K-2 Sports Fun Day, Spelling Bee Stage 3 2:30pm-3:30pm

Tues 31st July Central Coast OZtag Gala Day Stage 1 & Stage 2, ICAS English 8:30am-9:00am, Spelling Bee Stage 2 2:30pm-3:30pm

Wed 1st August Beginner Recorder 11:45am-12:15pm, PRG Info Booth outside Library 2:30pm-3:30pm

Tues 7th August Education Week Open Day – Assembly 9:45am-10:30am, Open Classroom 10:30am-11.30am

Term 3 Week 1 25th July 2018

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope all students had an enjoyable and restful holiday period. It has been lovely to see students back this week ready for learning.

5 Cent Friday

The First four Fridays this term (27th July -17th August) will be ‘Five Cent Fridays”. Students are encouraged to scour the house – under beds, behind the lounge to find as many stray coins as possible. Coins will be collected by the P&C each Friday and funds raised will go towards supporting our students. There will be a prize for the class in each stage who collects the most coins.

NAIDOC Week

The 2018 NAIDOC week theme is 'Because of her, we can' which highlights the contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women across family, community and society. Our whole school NAIDOC week celebrations started yesterday Tuesday 24th July and will continue through to Friday 27th July.

NAIDOC week assemblies will take place in the school hall this Friday 27th July. K-2 from 12.50pm and Yr3-6 commencing at 2.25pm. All members of the community are welcome to attend.

NAIDOC Week merchandise will be sold throughout week 1 and week 2 (until sold out). These will be available for purchase each lunch and recess play time out the front of the library from today, Wednesday 25th July. Each item is $2.

• NAIDOC week pencil case • mini tennis ball

Education Week

On Tuesday 7th August, we will celebrate Education Week. The way that public schools are future-proofing their students to succeed in the 21st century will be the focus of Education Week 2018. The theme for this year’s Education Week is 'Today's schools – creating tomorrow's world'. At Wamberal Public School, we highly value our community partnerships with families and invite you all to share in this great celebration of Public Education. We hope to see many of you here for our assembly and open classrooms celebrating our many successes.

Attendance

Attendance is essential to maximise your child’s opportunity to learn. Please note it is the responsibility of parents to provide an explanation for absences to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. After this time, the absence is recorded as ‘unjustified’ and is unable to be altered. The 7 day timeframe for explaining absences is a requirement of the Education Act (1990).

Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained by parents. All absences are to be explained by parents within 7 days of the occurrence. Unexplained absences after this time will be recorded as unjustified and cannot be changed.

Students who achieve 100% attendance for each term are acknowledged with SRL tokens to purchase rewards at the end of the following term.

A simple and convenient way to notify the school of your child’s absence is via our Skoolbag APP. More information about downloading our APP is available here. You can also notify of absences via a telephone call to the school office, a written note or email to the school’s email address.

Band Visit to Gosford Public School

On the last day of term, the Wamberal Public School Bands attended Gosford Public School to participate in musical workshops with students from Gosford Public School, culminating in a concert for the school and parents. Well done to all who attended, you sounded fantastic!

PBL – Whole School

This week, we have focused on being safe, respectful learners across the whole school. This is always a positive way for us to remind students about whole school expectations following the holiday period.

SRL says, “Let’s be safe, respectful learners.”

Whole School

Safe by

• Be in the right place at the right time • Play and move safely • Be sun smart • Hear 2 whistles

Respectful by • Use polite talk • Wear the correct uniform • Do the High 5

Learner by • Listen to and follow teacher instructions • Do your best • Care for the environment

Have a great week. Lisa Lewis and Kylie Johnson Deputy Principals

WEEKLY MERIT AWARDS

WEEKLY MERIT AWARDS – Term 2, Week 10

3 Green Joey F Bailey W 3 Purple Tane S Eliza K 3 Red Jack H Brayden l 3/4 Aqua Taj D Nixon S 4 Blue Harper E Beau S 4 Purple Allie N Blake T 4 Red Kristie C Elliott H 5 Green Jack D Callum W 5 Purple Oscar W Cooper H 5 Red Savannah B Corey R 5/6 Blue Ella L Eesa S 5/6 Aqua Skyla B Jackson W 6 Purple Cooper T Charlie C 6 Red Ella A Jackson F

HELLO FROM THE LIBRARY IN TERM 3, WEEK 1

Welcome back to Term 3 which is always an exciting term in the library.

NAIDOC Week 2018 – “Because of her we can …”

In line with our Term 3 Library theme, “Find Your Treasure”, classes are learning about the value of our Indigenous cultures and the things which have traditionally been treasured by Indigenous Australians.

Students may participate in a Reading Australia colouring competition promoting a new Indigenous book called The Lizard Gang. Selected entries will be forwarded by the school to the external competition.

Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Annual Book Awards

“Find Your Treasure” is this year’s CBCA theme for Book Week in 2018. Book Week is held each year in Term 3 and is a great opportunity to explore some of Australia’s best new children’s books and revisit past award winners. The CBCA promotes five different book awards suitable for primary-aged children. Winners will be announced in Week 5. Stay tuned for more information about our special Book Week activities including a visiting performance and dress-up activity.

What are you reading? This week we have two student reviews of book series — by Sean H and Lucy B of 1 Green.

Sean H recommends the ‘Grug’ series by Ted Prior: I like this series because Grug always learns something in every book. I learn something from the books too because it’s easy to read and full of adventure and mystery. There are lots of problems but my favourite thing about the problems is that they are always fixed in the end.

Lucy B recommends the ‘Elephant & Piggie’ series: I like this series because they are friends and they are nice and they help.

Scholastic Book Club ‘Issue 5’ 2018

Scholastic Book Club Issue 5 brochures will be delivered this week: orders will close Monday, 13th August. Please order online as cash purchases are not available. Follow the simple instructions on the Book Club brochure or on the Scholastic Book Club website. Please contact me in the library for any enquiries.

Happy reading, Mrs Knight Teacher Librarian

P & C

The P&C needs you!

P&C currently have a few positions that are required to be filled: President, Vice President 1, Vice President 2 and Spring Fair Coordinator 2019. If you are interested in any position or would like to know more, please contact one of the executive team executive@wamberalpandc.org.au

P&C also require the position of Treasurer to be filled. This role involves managing finance accounts and working closely with the Assistant Treasurer. If you would like to know more, or would like to fill this position, please email assistanttreasurer@wamberalpandc.org.au

Year 6 Farewell Payments

As voted by the Year 6 Committee, the cost for this year’s farewell is $60 per head. This amount was decided in lieu of fundraising. Payment in full is required by 1st November and regular deposits can be made into the following bank account:

• Wamberal P&C Association – BSB: 032545 Account No: 940883

If anyone is experiencing financial hardship, please contact Mrs Jenkin for a confidential meeting.

Please ‘like’ our Facebook page…. 2018 Wamberal Public School Year 6 Farewell for up to date information.

Regards, Year 6 Committee Social Media Wamberal Public School P&C

BANKING

New School Banking rewards now available! Exciting new Term 3 rewards with a Super Savers theme are now available, while stocks last!

Mighty Boom Handball Heat Reactor Pencils

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 Wednesday.

CHESS CLUB Every Tuesday and Thursday at recess, students go to Mr Foyel’s room to play or learn to play chess. This is a great opportunity that many students from all over the school enjoy. This term, students have also been selected to represent WPS in either the ‘Championship’ or ‘Rookie’ Chess Teams. Each week, four students from these two teams play against students from other schools. This means, other school will come to our school as home games or we will travel to other schools as away games. This has been a great way for us to improve our skills and make new friends.

Last week, the ‘Rookie’ team played against Kariong PS. It was a lot of fun and we were lucky enough to win 3 ½ points to ½ point. We would like to thank Mr Foyel and all the wonderful parents who have helped transport both teams throughout the term.

Amelie P and Lachlan C

The 2018 National Songwriting Competition is now opens for entries!!

Every year, every student from every school across Australia is invited to put pen to paper and enter their original song for a chance to win prize-money that can be allocated towards musical equipment and tuition, as part of the ACMF’s annual National Songwriting Competition. Our annual National Songwriting Competition is a nationwide

initiative designed to encourage creativity and self-expression through songwriting. “Songwriting is a highly creative process. We want kids to free their imagination and engage with learning in a fun way” – Don Spencer,

Founder & CEO. For full Terms and Conditions of the competition, see http://acmf.com.au/national-songwriting-competition-tcs/

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ENROLLING NOW FOR TERM 3 At

Wamberal Public School

Play-based language learning with fun activities, craft, drama, puppets, music and games!

Program designed especially for primary aged children.

Term 3 classes starting Monday 30th July 2018 available for students:

TAKING NAMES FOR A NEW SPANISH FOR KIDS CLUB

• Thursday 3.40pm – 4.40pm for 5-12 years old

FRENCH FOR KIDS CLUB

• Monday 8.00am -9.00am for year 3 –year 6 • Monday 9.00am -9.30am for Kindy – year 2

NEW STUDENTS RECEIVE A MEMBERSHIP PACK VALUE AT $50.00

for only $20.00 ( optional)

(includes Song book, CD and access to Babelzone and Dino Lingo online resources in the Target Language)

HURRY PLACES ARE LIMITED TO 10 STUDENTS

For more information on cost and siblings discount

please call Nathalie Roy 0430 286 590

Email nathalie.roy@lcfclubs.com.au

www.lcfclubs.com.au