DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday 3 August Annual Athletics Carnival Tuesday 7 August – Thursday 9 August Stage 3 Mogo Town Camp Monday 20 August – Friday 24 August Book Week Monday 20 August – Thursday 23 August Scholastic Book Fair Wednesday 22 August Stage 1 Girrakool Excursion Thursday 23 August Book Parade “Find your Treasure”

PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE Hello to all,

School Development Day Welcome to our new families who have joined our wonderful school. I’m sure you will find Term 3 to be a busy and a learning-packed 10 weeks. During the School Development Day our teachers participated in a day of professional learning. This included an introduction to the 7 Steps for Writing pedagogy and coding lessons using the Quality Teaching documents. Thank you to Ms Carol Williams, Mr Matthew Walter, Ms Carly Dufficy and Mrs Lara Lenton who led staff through these sessions. All teachers within the Valley Schools Local Management Group then met from 3.00pm-6.00pm and listened to a lecture from the education key note speaker Steve Francis on the changing face of education. Teachers participated in a variety of workshops run by teachers and department staff. Congratulations to Mrs Liz Rogers who was pivotal in the planning of the combined schools event and presented her knowledge on creating films with the use of filmpond to teachers from participating schools.

Teacher Accreditation Congratulations to Ms Carly Dufficy who was awarded her teacher accreditation this week. This process must be completed by all beginning teachers within their first five years of teaching and involves participating in extensive professional learning and compiling a document that annotates how that teacher is addressing the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Stage 3 Excursion As our Stage 3 students and teachers prepare for their 3 day excursion next week I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Mrs Sharon Shearman for her exceptional organisation and to Mrs Sharon Head, Ms Carly Dufficy, Mrs Michelle Francis, Mrs Rose Wastell and Mrs Paula Mehrtens who are attending with students. It is a big ask to take a group of students away on a 2 night excursion - our Wyoming staff happily undertake this each year. We are very grateful for the opportunities that you provide to our students.

Conversations with your children Quite often as parents we remember to talk to our children about “stranger danger” and road safety however when was the last time you spoke to your child about what to do if they come across a syringe or bag of unknown substance when in the community?

Attention on Attendance Congratulations to the 37 students who remain with a perfect attendance record for 2018. Thank you also to the 34 students who have shown exceptional attendance (less than 2 days absent). At the conclusion of Term 2 our student award for perfect attendance was a $2 canteen voucher – keep up the great work! Rebecca Wild PRINCIPAL

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY K-6 ASSEMBLY This week’s K-6 Assembly will be held this Wednesday 1 August from 1.35pm in the School Hall. Classes 3-6A, 3-6F and K-3E will perform an item.

STAGE 3 MOGO TOWN EXCURSION Final payment for Mogo Town Excursion is due tomorrow Tuesday 31 July. Students will attend the Camp next week. Sharon Shearman ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

We will be holding our annual school Athletics Carnival on Friday 3 August 2018. The Year 3-6 Carnival will

commence at 9.15am and conclude at 2.40pm. The day will begin with field and novelty events until recess at 11.15am.

The K-2 Carnival will commence at 10am across the road from the school at Maidens Brush Oval. The K-2 students will be participating in field and novelty activities. They will return to school for recess at 11.15am. All students K-6 will compete in the 100m sprint races commencing around 11.30am and will finish in time for lunch at 1pm. Lunch will be held from 1pm – 1.45pm. After lunch Years 3-6 will hold age race finals and relays. K-2 students return to class and continue with normal lessons. Parents and carers are welcome to attend the day. In supporting the NSW Department of Education’s attendance policy, no High School students are permitted on school grounds during the carnival. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. Face painting and hair spray will be available in the student’s house colour for $2 each before school and at recess. The school canteen is offering special lunches on our Athletics Carnival day that can be pre-ordered from the canteen. All orders must be in by Wednesday 1 August 2018. There will be no special orders sold on the day. Larny Parkes ATHLETICS CARNIVAL COORDINATOR

P&C NEWS ATHLETICS CARNIVAL**** Everyone should have received their PRE-ORDER lunch bags for the carnival. (No early pickup) Canteen will be open for over the counter service at lunch time. P&C are running a stall for PARENTS PURCHASE ONLY for pies, sausage rolls, muffins and cold drinks. Coffee van will also be available on the day Anyone who is able to help out on the day pop on over, all help will be greatly appreciated Kate Cochrane P&C PRESIDENT

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 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.

2018 BOOKWEEK, BOOKFAIR & LIBRARY NEWS

2018 BOOKWEEK, BOOKFAIR & LIBRARY NEWS Welcome back to another busy and exciting term in the school library. Miss Nagle and I are continuing to upgrade the computers. This has allowed classes to have lessons in the library wherever possible. The computers are amazingly popular every morning before school and at lunch times as well. New books continue to be purchased and borrowed by students, whilst other books are used in class literacy lessons. We are extremely lucky that the school prioritises the resourcing of our wonderful library. I would like to thank the wonderful volunteers who continue to find time to cover books and help out wherever possible, especially during Books in Homes. Without volunteers our school library would not be able to function. Book Week Costume Day – Thursday 23 August In Term 3 it is Book Week again!! The theme this year is, ‘Find Your Treasure’. As usual students will be allowed to dress according to the theme. Their ‘treasure’ may be a literary character such as Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Cat in the Hat or a Super Hero. Or they may decide to dress as a pirate, or even a parrot. Other appropriate characters will be discussed in class and during library lessons. The following costume guidelines must be adhered to:-

• ensure your child is dressed according to themes suitable for a primary school book

• all students must have covered shoes, but no ‘midriff’ tops and no singlets in their uniforms

• students MUST NOT bring swords, guns or any other weapons as part of a pirate outfit or any other outfit

The book week assembly and costume parade will commence in the hall at 2pm. Book Fair – Monday 20 August – Thursday 23 August During Book Week I will also be running the Scholastic Book Fair. As usual there will be a large selection of books and some other ‘knick knacks’ to purchase. I look forward to your continued support of the book fair as I extend our goal to $3000 this year!! Last year we made over $2000.00 in sales which in turn allowed me to purchase 25 sets of multiple readers for Literacy lessons in Stage 1. Previously I have been able to purchase Stage 2 and Stage 3 excellent and modern dictionaries as a result of the money raised by the Wyoming Public School community during the book fair. Don McCready TEACHER/LIBRARIAN

TODD WOODBRIDGE CUP Last term 30 Stage 2 students attended the Todd Woodbridge Cup Zone carnival at Gosford Tennis Courts. Wyoming entered 5 teams and enjoyed a terrific day of tennis. Students played tennis matched in the modified ‘Red Ball’ format playing doubles and mixed doubles. Students played against teams from Central Mangrove and Terrigal Public School. All Wyoming students displayed excellent sportsmanship and a special mention goes to Deondre H, Joseph B, Lincoln S, Tyson L-W, Hayden K, Ava F, Annaleise F and Makalesi K who successfully made the Regional Carnival. These students will attend the Sydney North Todd Woodbridge Cup play-off at Gosford in August. Congratulations boys and girls and good luck for your next match. Jacqueline Nagle TENNIS COORDINATOR

WEEKLY AWARDS HONOUR CERTIFICATE

An Honour Certificate is awarded when a student has earned ten Certificates of Merit, ten Reading Awards of Excellence, ten Principal’s Awards or a combination.

Students may collect their Certificates of Merit, Reading Awards of Excellence and Principal’s Awards over a number of years to earn their Honour Certificate. I have presented an Honour Certificate to the following students. Karla D Katelyn K Ruby-Rose P Jade P Olivia S Dominic V Congratulations!! Keep up the great work. PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS Just a reminder that the class awards collected for the Principal’s Award must be collected within the one school year. As each class award is used towards a Principal’s Award it is marked on the back. This means that a class award can only be used once towards a Principal’s Award.

The following students have been presented with a Principal’s Award.

Ethan A Ahmed B Ally B Jet B (x3) Olivia B Joshua B Elizabeth B Ahleyah B Joseph B Lilli B Kyewaune C Kathryn C Kyan C Maddox C Harley C Xander D’J C Jeremiah D Marissa D Sama D Shakoorie D Logan E Zane E Clare F Ava F Xanthia F Annabelle F Kayla G Renna G Stephanie G Tara G Robert G Riley H-W Tenisha H-W Kiara H-M Chelsea H Tiana H Katelyn K Makelesi K Molly L Summer-Lee M Callum M Matthew M Amanda M Ashton M Jaydah M Anjeline M (x2) Claire M Sanika N Meadow P Cameron P Danny P Aziz Q Lachlan R Veronica R Dakota R Zac R Olivia S Eva S Patrick S Alice S Jayden T Jetta T Layla T-T Telia T-T

Joshua T Jacob T Jackson T Isabella U Dominic V Ronan W Leslie W-S Atama W Alex W CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

Congratulations to the following students who were presented with Certificates of Merit.

KM Karimah B Mia C KR Lacey H Atama W KS Cooper H Faith M K-3E Rheed C 1/2H Bella N Eva S 1/2O Clementine L Dakota R 1-2R Gemma M Ruby-Rose P 1-2S Emie D Alex G 1-2W Bella A Callum M 3-4M Tyson L-W Ronan W 3-4P Matthew M Oakley S 3-4W Hayley P Leilani V 3-6A Kurt B 3-6F Ryan S 5-6D Koryn D Ryan F 5-6H Korey B Mitchell D 5-6S Bella C Cameron P Miss Nagle Xanthe B Karla D Hayden K David N

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