National Young Leaders Day. Thank you to parents Cisca, Sacha and Mel for accompanying myself and our Year 6 students down to National Young Leaders Day on Monday. All of the students agreed it was a very worthwhile day. More details inside! Laguna P&C. Thank you to our wonderful P&C who met last Thursday after school to hold the AGM and a general meeting. The committee for 2019 is Chriss Burns (President), Sophie Coleman (Vice-President), Louise Claesson (Secretary) and Louisa Farthing and Milly Ablett (co-treasurers). Don't forget that your school fees include a $1 surcharge that gives every family membership of the P&C. From a school perspective, we are very grateful for the effort that the P&C puts into each year's fundraising events, that both raise the school profile in the community and provide the school with funds to purchase resources to directly support teaching and learning programs. Easter Markets. Our school has been offered the Tea Stall at the upcoming Wollombi Easter Markets, to be held on Monday 22nd April. This is a good fundraising opportunity and also a means to publicise this year's Art Show. We will need donations of food for the day as well as help filling a roster to manage the stall. Louise Claesson will be leading the organisation of the day, so please get in touch if you can help out! Michele Heibel artwork. Have you seen the stunning works by Michele Heibel in our office foyer? Michele produced a wonderful work inspired by our School Presentation Night, and we are now the proud owners. It is a wonderful companion piece to her feature work from the 2018 Art Show.

Swimming. Last Friday we held a swimming expo at John and Robbie’s pool, and it is amazing to see the progress that our students have made! Thanks to the parent contributions to our swimming program, we are able to hand over almost $1600 to the pool maintenance fund. Great to see so many community members at the pool also! Swimming this Friday for all students, weather permitting. Warrawalong to the Reilly Farm. This year Year 6 students have the opportunity to earn a School Leader's Badge by completing a set of leadership tasks. One such task is the Personal Interest Project, where students share something with the class that they have a passion for. Stratton has invited the Warrawalong class to his farm this Thursday so he can show us how he cares for his animals. Warrawalong students can be dropped off at Stratton's farm between 9.00 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. Thursday! Teachers will arrange transport back to school at around 10.30. Sydney History Visit. On Tuesday 9th April the students of the Yengo and Warrawalong classrooms will be visiting Sydney in support of our History Units, Australian Colonies and Our Place. We will do a convict walking tour of the Rocks and then spend time up at the Australian Museum next to Hyde Park. The permission note will be attached to next week's newsletter. School Fees A reminder that school fees are due!

These funds go a long way to covering the cost of

student resources, including workbooks and

stationery. Payment may be made directly at the

office by cash and Eftpos or alternatively via our

school website (www.laguna-

p.schools@det.nsw.gov.au), look for the ‘make a

payment’ tab located at the top of the page.

Have a great week!

Mr Howe

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National Young Leaders Day!

Yengo Yarns...

Wow- what a week in Yengo! We all showed great courage at our swimming display on Friday with most students recording personal best times/lengths. Our Year 5’s were great role models when visiting our class on Monday. We took it as a great opportunity to brush up on Australian history in preparation for our Sydney excursion in Week 11. We read What's your story? and used different pairs of sunglasses to 'look through the eyes' of different characters which assisted with our understanding of history from their perspectives. We had a visit from Katie's adorable duckling and also got to impress Jody with our reading and learning goals. We are all very impressed with the standard and courage of the speeches we have heard so far.

Harper enjoyed some delicious Japanese food in Sydney over the weekend. Harper spoke to the staff in Japanese and they understood him! Its great to hear our kids applying their learning outside of the classroom!

The very capable Miss Daniela Suazo will be following Miss Cornish's program while she is on leave for Week 8 and part of Week 9. Thank you!

Finchley news…What a week we have had in the Finchley room. It's very lucky we

have just started a unit on Farms as part of our Living World focus in Science, as we have had a visit from two sets of ducklings in the past week. A big thank you to Ashton and Cooper for sharing their little fluffy pets with us. We loved observing their webbed feet, their long beaks and feeling their oh so fluffy feathers.

In Maths we are examining the properties of 2D shapes using all sorts of materials.

The Kinder’s have been writing their first whole sentences with great success. The Year 1’s are using their knowledge of vowel digraphs to spell tricky words independently, and use them in wonderful sentences. What a wonderful class we have!

Warrawalong warblings…

On Monday, the Year 6 students, accompanied by parents Sacha, Mel, Cisca and myself journeyed to Sydney for the National Young Leaders Day. We drove to Berowra, took the train to Central station and then took the light rail to the International Convention Centre in Darling Harbour where the event took place. There were four speakers – Tim Diamond (Cotton On), Tamsin Janu (author), Cate Campbell (Olympic swimmer) and Holly Ferling (Australian cricketer). Thank you students for your interest and excellent behaviour, and thank you Mel, Cisca and Sacha for your support. The messages that resonated with the students were:

- Choose friends who will help you be your best and support you, and be that friend to others – Cate Campbell

- It’s not enough to have leadership skills – you need to put them into action! – Holly Ferling

- Find something that you are good at, and find something that you love – Cate Campbell

- Feedback can be difficult to hear, but it an opportunity to grow and improve – Tamsin Janu

- Hard work is a must to achieve your goals – Cate Campbell

- Challenge your fears – don’t hide away from them – Tamsin Janu

- Setbacks will always happen, but be ready to ‘flick the switch’ and move on – Holly Ferling

Scholastic Book

Club

Orders &

payment due

by Friday, 22nd

March.

Ordering and

payment can be

made via the

Scholastic website

(Parent Loop Orders)

or by cash and eftpos

at the school.

Invitation to “The Dinosaur Show”

What: a lively show by Em's Entertainment, full of colour, music, a mystery to be solved and active joining in, suitable for children 2 to 7 years

Where: Kulnura Hall, corner of George Downes Drive and Greta Rd, Kulnura

When: 11am, Tuesday 23rd April, 2019 (show approx 45 mins)

Cost: $5/head (under 2 free, adults at children's prices)

Bookings not required, parking plentiful, next to picnic area. Organised by KCAEP Kulnura Community Arts & Entertainment Program. More Information Sue Douglas 43761350