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Newsletter Monday 2nd March 2020 Term 1 Week 6

Principal’s Report

Student Success

Congratulations to Cameron W and Liam B who will be representing our school at the regional swimming carnival tomorrow. We

wish them all the best! Well done to Marli G who has been selected to trial for the Hunter basketball team! Congratulations! Our

student leaders attended the Young Leaders Day in Sydney today and from all accounts are having a wonderful time and represent-

ing our school with pride. Our Fun Swimming Carnival was a great day last week and students did an amazing job joining in the

races. It was great to see such high participation levels as well as such wonderful behaviour on the day.

School Photos

Our school photos will be taken tomorrow. Students should wear full school uniform for the photos.

NAPLAN Online

This year we will be participating in NAPLAN online. The online test allows for students to complete questions at their achieve-

ment level, giving us a much better picture of how well they are achieving. The test will be completed within a two week window

from 11th – 22nd May. More details will be sent to Years 3 and 5 closer to the test date.

Supervisor Crossing Counting

As part of our ongoing traffic improvement plan, we are investigating getting a crossing supervisor for the pedestrian crossing on

Mills St. To qualify for a crossing supervisor, 300 cars must pass the crossing before or after school, combined or 90 students must

use the crossing in the morning and in the afternoon. At some time in the next few weeks, a representative of the crossing pro-

gram will be outside our school to count the number of cars and students before and after school.

Colour Run

We are looking forward to our P & C colour run on Friday 20th March! Students

are excited to be collecting sponsorship for the event and are looking forward to

the day. I have been in contact with Hunter Water in regards to using water for the

event and they have given us permission to use trigger nozzle hoses, buckets and

sponges for the event. Teachers will discuss being water wise with students before

the colour run to emphasise that this is a special occasion to use water.

P & C Disco

Our P & C disco will be held this Thursday with K – 2 attending from 5:30pm—

6:45pm and Years 3 – 6 attending from 7:00pm-8:30pm. Please note that payment

for entry can be taken on the night, however students who pay on the night will

not receive a lolly bag and bottle of water.

Coronavirus/ COVID-19

The Department of Education are working closely with the Health Department to

monitor developments with the virus and we understand that the community have

concerns about the virus and its containment. Please let us know if anybody in our

school community has been in close contact with anyone who has been suspected

of, or has been confirmed to have the virus.

As per our normal operations, any student who is unwell with flu-like symptoms

should remain at home until well enough to return to school. As is the case with

any virus, we encourage students to practice good hygiene by washing their hands

for at least 20 seconds after using the toilet and before eating their food.

Warm regards,

Deb Hall

Principal

Upcoming Events

Tue 3rd March School Photo Day

Wed 4th March Knockout Cricket

(Primary boys)

Thur 5th March Out of Uniform Day

Bring a chocolate

Thur 5th March P&C Disco

Mon 9th March P&C Meeting

Tue 17th March Tocal Excursion (Year 2)

Wed 18th Mar Tocal Excursion (Year 1)

Fri 20th March Colour Run (P&C)

Fri 20th March National Day of action

against Bullying



School photos Our school photos will be taken on Tuesday 3rd March. Payment envelopes have been sent home and need to be returned to

school on photo day. Credit card payments are available online at www.msp.com.au. If paying by cash, please enclose correct

money in the envelope provided by MSP as no change can be given.

Students need to be in full school summer uniform, including black shoes for the photos. The options for girls are:

• School dress

• Skirt with unisex polo

• Shorts with unisex polo

Boys are to wear unisex polo and shorts.

Family envelopes are available from the school office upon request.

Disco P&C are holding a disco in the school on Thursday 5th March.

Infants (K-2) 5:30pm-6:45pm

Primary (Yr3-6) 7:00-8:30pm

If you are a parent who is wishing to volunteer, please ensure you have completed your WWCC Declaration and ID check

through the office prior to the event.

Colour Run

P&C are after volunteers to help out during the Colour Run on Friday 20th March.

If you are available to help out on the day, please contact the front office and make sure you have completed your Declaration

for Volunteers form.

Also feel free to come along to the P&C Meeting on March 9th at 6pm as details of the Colour Run will be discussed.

Ethics 2020 It is my pleasure to welcome back our Primary Ethics volunteers for 2020 at Warners Bay Public School. Ethics classes are

available as an option in NSW public primary schools during the Special Religious Education/Special Education in Ethics (SRE/

SEE or ‘scripture’) timeslot. Primary Ethics is the charity authorised by the Department of Education to create curriculum and

train volunteers to deliver ethics classes. The ethics curriculum is available for children from Kindergarten through to year 6.

These classes aim to help children develop the skills of critical thinking and to view ethical issues from different angles. They

are encouraged to carefully listen to what others have to say, respectfully disagree with others if their opinion differs, and to

build on other student’s ideas.

We have our trained volunteers currently teaching Year 1, 2, 3, and 4 students, and a further two volunteers going through

the ethics training course. Kinder and a year 5/6 class will be able to begin once that training is complete. If you are interested

in enrolling your child in ethics classes, please contact the school office. We have students on wait lists for Ethics classes at

most year levels. This means that some children enrolled are still not receiving ethics classes as there are not enough volun-

teer teachers. Children wishing to join a group where there are no spaces available, will be added to a waiting list through the

school’s front office. Currently classes run once a month at 2-2:55pm on Wednesdays. If you think you have the time to help

bring this fabulous program to the school, we are always looking for more volunteers.

Ethics classes can be taught by parents, carers, grandparents or members of the community. If you would like to consider vol-

unteering for Ethics or know someone interested please contact our Ethics Coordinator Phoebe Jennings

([email protected]) or visit the Primary Ethics website for more information (https://primaryethics.com.au/)

As always, thank you to our amazing volunteer Ethics teachers!

Phoebe Jennings – Ethics Coordinator for WBPS

mailto:[email protected]

https://primaryethics.com.au/



Low Waste Wednesdays Warners Bay Public School is holding low waste lunch days each Wednesday

We are encouraging all families to participate in low waste lunch days by bringing a packed lunch to school that has no packag-

ing or waste. Ideas for a low waste lunch include:

Reusable lunch boxes and containers

Reusable drink bottles

Appropriate portion size

Please try to avoid:

X Foods that are pre-packed as individual serves such as chips, muesli bars and squeeze yogurts

X Cling wrap, foil or snap lock bags

X Poppers or juice cartons

Packing a low waste lunch can save money. Here are a few tips to get you started:

• Ensure you have lunch boxes that have different compartments and tight fitting containers for sandwiches and

items that would traditionally use foil or cling wrap.

• Preparation is important. Plan and prepare in advance and store in the refrigerator overnight. Involve the chil-

dren and only pack what they will eat.

• Use leftovers from previous night.

• Buy or make your child’s favourite snack foods in bulk or larger packets and portion into individual containers

for example;

• chips, biscuits or crackers

• fruits and yogurt

• whole cake, slices, (stored in the freezer)

• dried fruits e.g. sultanas and dates

• cheese – cut into blocks

• Buy 1-2 litre bottles of drink and pour into reusable drink bottles.

• Take note of what is not being eaten.

To help promote this initiative, students from the Green Team will be rewarding students with Low Waste Lunches.

If you have any enquires please contact Mrs Dechnicz through the school office.

Thank you for supporting your child’s participation in reducing our school’s waste.

Mrs Dechnicz & The Green Team

Sports Update Congratulations to our amazing Zone Swimmers who competed proudly for our school over the 2 day carnival at Charlestown

Pool. We wish Cameron W and Liam B all the best as they head to Regional Swimming on Tuesday to compete at Lambton

Pool. Well done also to our Basketball trials representatives and congratulations to Marli G for being selected to trial at the

Hunter trials on 10th March.

We have a busy week of trials coming up and wish our Netballers and Soccer players all the best in their zone trials this week. We had a hugely successful min-carnival last Wednesday with huge levels of participation and points gained for every house!

Results from the house points score and the competitive Swimming Carnival will be announced at this weeks Primary assembly

at 10:15am on Wednesday in the school hall.

Miss Bath



Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) at Warners Bay Public School

Acknowledging Expected Behaviours

Free and Frequents – ‘Gotchas’

Students who demonstrate the school expectations of being a Safe, Respectful, Active Learner, both

inside and outside the classroom are acknowledged with a ‘Gotcha’.

Each ‘Gotcha’ will align with one of the school expectations. The students fill it out with their name,

class and tick off which expected behaviour they demonstrated, and it goes into their Stage bucket (Kindy – Early Stage 1,

Year 1 & 2 – Stage 1, Year 3 & 4 – Stage 2, Year 5 & 6 – Stage 3).

Acknowledgements should be provided as feedback to reinforce appropriate behaviour, as we would expect in academic re-

quirements. All students have equal access to ‘Gotcha’ acknowledgments and this should provide an explicit teaching oppor-

tunity for staff and students at the time.

Merit Certificates and Millsy Certificates

Students can receive PBL merit certificates from all staff at WBPS. Students will receive their merit certificate

at either Infants/Primary assemblies (Weeks 3, 6 and 9, each term), relating to our Safe, Respectful and Ac-

tive Learner expectations. Students need to keep their certificates safe and when they have received 3 PBL

merit certificates, in a calendar year, they can bring in their certificates to their class teacher and receive a

BRONZE ‘Millsy’ award at the next assembly. When students receive 2 more PBL merit certificates

(equalling 5 in total) in a calendar year they will receive a SILVER ‘Millsy’ award and 2 more PBL merit certifi-

cates (equalling 7 in total) in a calendar year they will receive a GOLD ‘Millsy’ award and a PBL badge.

This system will begin every calendar year.

Thursday 5th March is Out of Uniform Day—Bring a Chocolate Once again, Year 6 are asking K-6 students to join in our annual out of uniform

day to help us with fundraising for the Year 6 Mini-fete. The Year 6 mini-fete

will be held on the last day of Term 1 (Thursday 9th April).

This Thursday 5th March, students are allowed to come to school in ‘out of

uniform’ clothes. Remember - no shoulders or tummies exposed, and enclosed

shoes and your school hat must be worn – (as we must always remember to be

sun-safe at WBPS.)

Instead of paying a gold coin as your fine for being out of uniform…Year 6 are asking you to bring in a chocolate. All choco-

lates will then be used as prizes at our ‘world famous’ Lob –a – Choc stall at the mini-fete.

Please help Year 6 by bringing along a chocolate and we will ensure you have lots of fun winning those scrumptious choco-

lates back at the mini-fete on Thursday 9th April.

Watch out for our Mini-fete newsletter which will be coming home later this week. It will outline all the exciting stalls you

can visit and the ways you can help us with donations for our upcoming mini-fete.

A big thank you from Year 6



Student Representative Council The K-2 Student Representative Council has started for 2020. Two students from each class in Kindergarten, Year 1 and

Year 2 were selected by their peers to be class leaders for Term 1. These leaders meet each Wednesday at lunchtime for a

picnic and discuss student matters and special projects. Students were also presented with SRC Leader badges in front of

their class last week.

This term, leaders have been learning how to share their ideas with the group and teachers have then been supporting the

students to consult their peers about certain issues. For example, our first project has been to decide on how our Home

Reading Raffle Bookplates will be created for the year. SRC leaders gathered ideas from their peers, shared with the SRC

and then voted on ideas they thought would work well.

Our first combined decision was to have the bookplates designed by the class who is running the K-2 assembly where the

books are presented. Congratulations to the leaders for gathering ideas from peers and representing their class in such a

mature way.

Thank you Thank you Phoebe and Shari for donating Library Bags to our school.

Miss Walters, Ms Wakely and Mrs Freund are very appreciative.

Office Reminder We are still chasing a number of orange notes (Emergency Contact Update). This is in addition to the Emergency Contact

Detail Report which went home last week (on white paper). The orange form is only used in extraordinary circumstances

in the instance of an off-site evacuation or other situation where we may need permission for your child to be collected by

another parent/friend or neighbour.

Please also return an medical forms you may have outstanding so that we have up-to-date information on your child. This

may be an updated Asthma Plan, a Health Care Plan, an NDIS parent consent form or other relevant information on the

wellbeing of your child.

If you haven’t already done so, please download our Skoolbag app. The Skoolbag app is used frequently to communicate to

parents and carers about things that are happening in our school and is also used for important last minute reminders. If

you are unsure how to access the app, please contact the office.

Statement of Accounts are coming home with students this week. If you are having difficulty paying your account, please

contact the office with regards to a payment plan.



National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence – Friday March 20th – Week 8

At Warners Bay PS, we are always working to teach our students about the negative impacts of bullying and violent actions

shown towards others. Each year we spend a special week long focus on learning about this issue in our schools and commu-

nities. Every class covers age appropriate lessons targeted directly at developing an understanding of the issues and impacts

relating to bullying and violence.

Teachers will be distributing colourful wrist bands that the school purchased that say – Bullying – NO WAY! Take a stand

together!

Remember:

At WBPS we celebrate that we are all different and this is what makes our school and world so special and unique;

People who bully usually have poor self-image and lack genuine confidence. Therefore, they can only make them-

selves feel better by being unkind or trying to gain power over others;

It is important to step up/ speak up when we see someone being unkind; otherwise our inaction tells the bully that

it is okay to keep on acting in the same way… and;

At Warners Bay we may all be different fish but in our school we all swim together!

Together we can work on eliminating bullying and violent actions in our schools and communities.

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