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FOR YOUR DIARY

SEPTEMBER

Monday 11th

• Division Athletics - $5.00.

Wednesday 13th

• State T-Ball - $5.00.

Thursday 14th

• Bike Ed Challenge.

Tuesday 19th

• Footy Colours Day.

Thursday 21st

• Grade 1/2 Dinner.

• Grade 2 Sleep Over.

• Grade 6 Fantastic Racers.

Friday 22nd

• Colour Run - Sausage

sizzle. • Last Day of Term 3

2:30pm dismissal.

OCTOBER

Monday 9th

• First Day of Term 4

• ‘Leap into Learning’

commences.

Sunday 29th

• Kidz Mini Mudda Online

Registrations Close at

8pm.

NOVEMBER

Saturday 4th

• KIDS MINI MUDDA EVENT.

Number 28 7th September, 2017

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WONTHAGGI PRIMARY SCHOOL ● Phone: (03) 5672 1600 ● Acting Principal: Mr Mark Chandler ● Email: wonthaggi.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au ● Website: www.wonthaggips.vic.gov.au ● Billson street (PMB 101) Wonthaggi, 3995

● Find us on Facebook

From the School Council President

Inter school competitions Next week we have a number of students representing our school in various sporting

competitions. The T-Ballers are off to the State Championships at Jells Park in Glen

Waverley, we have a number of athletes competing in the Division Athletics at

Casey Cardinia and the Bike Ed Challenge Team is ready to ride and compete at

Newhaven Primary School. We wish all our students the very best with their

endeavours and we know they will take great pride in representing themselves and

the Wonthaggi Primary School community. As a side note there are quite a few

parent helpers who have volunteered their services with transport and assisting with

the supervision of our students. We greatly appreciate your support.

Mates Training Program Over the past three days we have hosted the Mates Training Program. This has

provided the 22 participants who hail from different parts of Victoria and from

different work environments with the opportunity to learn more about the impact of

family violence, strategies that could be implemented to assist victims and steps

that could be put in place as preventative measures. The following excerpt from

MATE-Empowering Communities Preventing Violence adds further context to the

training program

MATE is not your usual workshop – people won’t walk away with

handouts! MATE offers a facilitated open and honest discussion in a

safe space where people can talk about the issues that are present

in our culture and our everyday lives. Facilitators encourage people

to think more broadly about factors they may not have considered

as fundamental to the problem, such as sexist jokes, degrading lan-

guage, unconscious bias and objectification of women.

Hosting the Mates Training Program aligns with our involvement with the Respectful

Relationship initiative, of which we are a Lead School. Our school firmly believes that

violence towards anybody is not acceptable, especially those that are committed towards women and children. Our school is endeavouring to continue the

conversation about family violence and is taking measures to empower people

from our community to continue their work towards building a culture which is

underpinned by equality.

Colour Run for Youth Assist On Friday 22nd of September we will be hosting our first ever Colour Run. This event

will take place just before lunch and will be held on the school oval. Students are encouraged to wear casual clothes on the day and where possible wear a white

t-shirt to extenuate the full effects of the colour. Parents and Friends have done a

marvellous job preparing for this event and we look forward with great anticipation

to a day full of fun and colour. Further details about the Colour Run are in this

week’s newsletter.

Footy Colours Day The SRC and Mr Inglis have just informed me that on Tuesday of the last week

students are able to wear their footy colours. There will also be a special pie order

available through the canteen on this day. The footy colours can be from any

code of footy so please don’t limit yourself to AFL. In saying that, if you turn up to

school wearing the Brisbane Lion colours you will receive special treatment from Mr

Chandler. Go Lions!

Kind Regards

Mark Chandler

Acting Principal

Our School Core Values: R

ESPECT R

ELATIONSHIPS B

ELONGING C

OMMUNITY G

ROWTH MINDSET

Breakfast Club Each Friday from 8.30am

in the Art Room.

Gluten Free Toast

and Cereal are available

WE ARE NOW TAKING ENROLMENTS FOR 2018 CALL OUR OFFICE FOR A TOUR

(03) 5672 1600

Farmgate deliveries need to be picked up from next to the

ART ROOM at 3.30pm on Thursdays.

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK

00A Lewtas M. Explaining his mathematical thinking.

00B Hannah A. For having a Growth Mindset towards reading.

00C Kiyah R. For being a fantastic problem solver in the classroom.

12A Jamie R. Developing resilience and an excellent attitude towards challenges.

12B Harlow S. For giving her best effort and showing a Growth Mindset in reading.

12C Austin B. Adapting to changes in classroom routine well.

12D Cleo R. For adding lots of Wow Words in her Big Write.

34A James R. Attending his first ever camp.

34B Cody B. For being a superstar at camp.

34C Logan S. For using a Growth Mindset to help improve his reading.

56A Will J. For working hard on his Fantastic Race Car and helping others once

finished.

56C Bailey H. Being organised to complete his excellent Fantastic Racer Car.

56D Jessica R. Demonstrating a Growth Mindset while constructing her Fantastic Racer.

56E Zac M. For his fabulous justification of the author’s choices during Reading Detectives.

KIDZ MINI MUDDA We Need Your Help !

Can you Donate?

- Hay or Straw Bales

- Tyres

Can you help ?

- Organise an obstacle.

- Be available on the day to help.

- Provide live music.

- Have a stall—craft or food

(some proceeds to be donated to school)

Please register your interest by emailing Bibi Sago on

sago.bibi.k@edumail.vic.gov.au or by contacting the

office.

REGISTRATIONS

OPEN

KIDZ MINI MUDDA 2017 Register Now ! Hey everyone, the Major Events Committee are

organising the KIDZ MINI MUDDA 2017.

It will be held on Saturday, 4th November on the

school oval. There will be lots of prizes, food,

obstacles, mud and fun.

Online registrations are now open.

Simply go to our school webpage at http://www.wonthaggips.vic.edu.au and follow

the link on the left hand side to be one of the first

200 registered to receive a Free Event T-shirt.

Major Events Committee

FOOD PACKS We have some extra

food from Breakfast

Club and have

decided to make up

some food packs, so

with the holidays

fast approaching if

you find you need

extra in the pantry,

please contact

Louise in the

Canteen to organise pick up of a pack

before Friday 22nd

September, the last

day of Term.

100 & 200 NIGHTS READING AWARDS

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Wonthaggi Primary School is now a FarmGate! FarmGate Online is a healthy way to Fundraise while also supporting local farmers and producers. By ordering your fruit and veggies online and collecting them from Wonthaggi Primary School, 10% of the value of your order goes to the school as fundraising.

So how does it work:

• Go to www.farmgate.online and click Sign In. You'll be asked to provide some essential information to join up to the site.

• Join the Wonthaggi Primary School FarmGate.

• Browse and select from our range of produce boxes or choose the fruit and veg your family like best.

• Place your order each Monday night by 8pm and pay online using PayPal or Bank Deposit.

• We pack your order and deliver it to Wonthaggi Primary School for collection Thursdays at 3:30pm from outside the Art Room.

• 10% of the value of the orders picked up from school is then paid to the school’s fundraising account.

Wherever possible, our produce comes from local farmers. If we can't source a product from the local area, we source as locally as we can. We only purchase Australian produce!

We keep packaging to a minimum and ask our customers to return the delivery boxes for collection from the school so we can reuse and eventually recycle the packaging.

OUR KEY CODE IS - FG2147

Farmgate deliveries need to be picked up from next to the ART ROOM at 3.30 on Thursdays.

PARENTS AND FRIENDS Colour for Youth Assist Colour Run On the last day of Term, Friday 22nd September we are holding a Colour Run to help raise money for The Bass Coast

Youth Assist Clinic. There will be a bbq on the day and we are holding a raffle at the last Assembly of the Term. See

the flier included with this newsletter for more information.

Parents and Friends

IN SPORT Division Athletics Good luck to Maya, Jai, Frankie, Eve,

Sophie, Ella, Seb, Bailey and Gabby who

have qualified for the South Gippsland

Division Athletics Carnival to be held on Monday 11th

September at Casey Cardinia Athletics Complex.

Students will travel by bus which has been generously

donated by The Wonthaggi Club.

State T-Ball Our victorious boys team travel to Jells Park next

Wednesday 13th September to compete in the

State T-Ball Championships. Best wishes to

Hamish, Jai, Matrix, Zac, Jarvis, Toby, Aiden,

Beau, Ryan, Bailey, Keagan, Seb and Max and

coach Mrs Wyatt. The team have committed themselves to training at recess and lunch and they have made

significant improvements which will hold them in good

stead in Melbourne. Students will travel by bus which has

been generously donated by The Wonthaggi Club.

Bike Ed Challenge 16 students head to Newhaven PS on

Thursday 14th September to take part in

a Bike Ed Challenge event. Thanks to

parents Kylie Tiziani, Lyndal Peterson and

Michelle Mabilia who have generously donated their time

to take the students to and from the venue. Miss Vagg will

accompany the students on the day.

Will Rankin

Sports Teacher

FROM THE ART ROOM The Grade 3/4’s have been working on these amaz-

ing space themed artworks.

We have suspended a pendulum in the artroom and

have filled this with paint. This gets given a push and

then let gravity do its work.

If you wanted to try this at home you need;-

• Rope

• Funnel

• Paint

• Paper

• Empty sauce

container

(with the bottom cut off)

If you would like to see a video of what the artwork

looks like there is a video posted to our facebook

page.

Pirili Chapman

Art Teacher