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Term 4 Week 10 Christmas Edition Wednesday, 18 December

2019

2019 has been a busy but rewarding year. It has

almost been 12 months since I stepped through the

gates as Principal and I can say that I am the proudest

principal there is! We should all be encouraged by the

outstanding successes our school community has

achieved this year. I would like to share some

highlights with you.

In Term 1, we welcomed our new Kindergarten

students and what a great start they made. We

enjoyed a great day at our school’s Swimming

Carnival, Cross Country, Easter Hat parade and a visit

from the Easter Bunny who was a fabulous dancer.

We welcomed parents to our ‘Meet the Teacher

Night’ and new families at our coffee and chat

session.

Term 2, saw the continuation of our amazing

assembly items and Super Kid morning teas. Students

also participated in the 3-6 Athletics Carnival where

students showed great skills and participation. Walk

Safely to School Day was also an important event this

term.

In Term 3, we all participated in Education Week

events including our CoS concert, whole school

assembly, open classrooms and our SRC fundraiser,

pyjama day. Then came book week celebrations and

the book fair. Fabulous costumes and decorations

sent a creative and enchanting vibe throughout the

school. Kindergarten went to visit the farm and Stage

One visited the Sydney Aquarium. Stage Two

experienced what life was like many years ago during

their excursion to Australiana Village. Stage Three

participated in a successful 3-day trip to Canberra and

Year 4 had a ball on their adventurous camp. K-2 had a

fantastic day at their Athletics Carnival and

Week 1 Term 1 2020

Week 2 Term 1 2020

Footy Fun Day completed the term in spectacular

form.

Term 4, we hosted our very special Light the Night for

Blake, Grandparents Day, School Spectacular, SRC

Loud Shirt Day, Year 6 Formal celebrations,

Presentation Nights, Movie Day, class parties and

finally saying farewell to our Year 6 students as they

embark on their next milestone in life… high school!

To families relocating we wish you all the very best

with your next adventure.

We have also had the continued support and hard

work of our P & C. The endless efforts towards all the

Monday 27 January 2020 Australia Day – Public Holiday

Tuesday 28 January Pupil Free Day -New Students Orientation

Wednesday 29 January First Day – Students Year 1-6 Kindergarten Best Start selected students and times

Thursday 30 January Kindergarten Best Start selected students and times

Friday 31 January Kindergarten Best Start selected students and times

Monday 3 February Kindergarten Students – First Day staggeredstarts

Principal’s Message WGPS Calendar

WATTLE GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL

wonderful events for our students, families and wider

community does not go unrecognised. Discos,

Mother’s & Father’s Day stalls, the Cookie Dough

Fundraiser, election BBQs and who could forget our

amazing Fair. A massive thank you to our P&C

Volunteers including the amazing ladies in our

Uniform Shop!

Thank you everyone for your outstanding

support!

Staff Goodbyes It is with great sadness that we say farewell to a number of staff, wishing them well for their future endeavours - Mrs Julie Catana, Miss Weeks, Mrs Sesar (Miss Kabriel) and Miss Guilmeer. All of these beautiful people have been a special part of Wattle Grove and impacted in such a positive way! I wish them all these best and hope they stay in touch!

It’s a Boy!

Congratulations to Mrs Raleski on the birth of her

bundle of joy – Leon Raleski! Mum and baby are doing

well.

End of Year Assembly We finally got there! Thank you to everyone for their

flexibility with the change in dates for the end of year

assemblies, supporting us in keeping everyone safe.

Over the last two weeks we celebrated the

achievements of all students at our End of Year

Assemblies. I would like to congratulate the award

recipients on their achievements across a range of

areas. Although not every student is able to receive

an award, every student at Wattle Grove is a winner!

They have all worked extremely hard throughout the

year to achieve their personal best and I am very

proud of everyone! I would like to thank Miss Premier

and Mrs Steen for their organisation of the

Kindergarten assembly and Mrs Foreshew for her

organisation the Stage One and Stage Two and Three

assemblies. Many hours of work go into these events

to ensure they are a great celebration for all. Thank

you also to the teachers and administrative staff for

their work hard work and support in ensuring the

assemblies ran smoothly. It was great to see so many

students and families attending, it was greatly

appreciated and wonderful to see.

Student Leadership for 2020 I would like to congratulate the incoming Student

Leadership Team for 2020. I am looking forward to

working with you all.

School Captains: Grace & Nihal

Vice Captains: Jeyda & Dimitri

Prefects: Byron, Ethan, Jayda, Keira, Cooper, Nash,

Will & Zaahid

Volunteer Thank You Morning Tea Last week we celebrated our school volunteers at our annual Volunteer Morning Tea. It was a lovely morning, which recognised the hard work of our many volunteers who work across the school in many ways. Our gorgeous staff brought in many lovely savoury and sweet treats for everyone to enjoy. I would like to share my short speech with you all. I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to each one of

you for your valuable contribution to Wattle Grove

Public School! You have all contributed to making

Wattle Grove the special place it is.

Each one of you have given up their time to support

students in different ways and I genuinely thank you for

this. It fills my heart when you walk through the gates,

happy and excited to be working with our children and

teachers. The students absolutely love working with

you all, it is just such a joy to see! The staff also

appreciate your time and support in ensuring our

students are provided with the best possible learning

experiences.

I would also like to recognise our volunteers who were

unable to make today and those families who may not

be able to come to help on site but contribute in many

other ways.

I would like to end with a popular African Proverb that I

believe embraces today’s celebration... It takes a village

to raise a child, meaning that an entire community of

people must interact with children for those children to

experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.

This is what we do at Wattle Grove Public School daily.

Thank you to Mrs Murphy and staff for organising

today’s events!

Year Six Farewell What a lovely night was had at the Year Six farewell last Thursday night. All the students looked amazing for their night of eating, dancing and celebrating. The students displayed outstanding behaviour on the night and had so much fun with their friends celebrating their seven years of primary school. Thank you to all parents and carers for supporting this event and sharing the presentation part of the night with your loved one. Thank you also to Mrs Richter for her leadership and organisation of this event and Mrs

Robinson and Mr Wilson for their work and support, ensuring a successful night for the children.

End of Year Movie Day On Monday the students celebrated the year with a trip to the movies. All the students displayed exemplary behaviour as they watched the movie and snacked on some yummy food. Thank you to Miss Premier and Mrs Atkins for their organisation of this end of year celebration.

Super Kids Morning Tea I had the pleasure of celebrating with the December Super Kids K-6 last week. Congratulations to all the Super Kids, I had a great time sharing your achievements!

Semester Two Reports You would have received your child’s report this

week. Congratulations to all students on their

achievements this Semester and a big thank you to

the teachers for the time and effort they put in to

ensure these reports are an accurate record of each

child’s growth. If you have any questions, please

contact your child’s teacher

2020 Students in Years 1-6 return Term One on Wednesday 29 January. Kindergarten students will receive information via the post in relation to their Best Start assessment dates and starting dates/times for 2020.

From all the staff at Wattle Grove

Public School, we wish you a Merry

Christmas and a safe and happy new

year.

Miss Cameron (Principal)

Mrs Foreshew (R/Deputy Principal)

Principal’s Awards

Merit Awards

1 Aqua Macey, Yanoula, Hamish, Aidan, Xander, Jumana

1 Navy Maddison, Tayla, Ellie, Hamish, Josh, Kai

1 Sapphire Summer, Victoria, Aidan, Zack, Emma, Jay

1 Sky Josh, Emma, Max, Flynn, Maiya, Quinn

2 Emerald Miriam, Gelsie, Layla, Coen, Felix, Piper

2 Kiwi Dylan, Talan, Charlee, Vincent, Jackson

2 Jade Elijah, Ariel, Rachel, Ethan, Nella, Jack

2 Teal Aria, Hayley, Aiden, Harry P, Patrick, Madiu

It is hard to believe that the 2019 school year is over! It is no surprise this year has flown by; we have certainly had some fun times throughout the year. Thank you to all Defence families for your support, I have thoroughly enjoyed working with you and your beautiful children. I am excited to continue the support as DSM for 2020 and looking forward to the excitement that a new school year brings. To all our families heading off to new locations at the end of this year, I wish you a safe journey and a smooth transition into your new homes and schools. I believe your children are well prepared to manage and embrace the challenges and the fun ahead of them. I would like to wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and New Year!

5 awards Kayla 6 Pink


15 awards Kayla 6 Pink, Zoe 3/4 Coral

20 awards Kayla 6 Pink, Zoe 3/4 Coral


Student Achievement

Defence News

Kim Lazarevic

Defence School Mentor

Last Wednesday a group of the stage 3 students caught the public bus to Coles, purchased food to share and enjoyed a picnic in the local park before returning on a public bus back to school. This mini excursion was a follow up to a life skills program the students have been participating in throughout the year. As a part of this program the students have learned about making healthy food choices, consolidated their understanding of measurement concepts as they measured out ingredients for cooking, strengthened their social skills by working together, and participated in a variety of language opportunities, building their vocabulary and communication skills. This wonderful experience would not be possible without the amazing dedication of our SLSO team.

KP- Kindergarten we had a blast! We participated in

Healthy Harold, Sports in Schools, Easter assembly

item, cooking, Army Mufti day, Crazy hair day,

Grandparents day, Easter hat Parade, Book Week

parade, we went to the farm and the movies… to name

just a few things! Phew!! No wonder we are all so tired

and need a break for Christmas. Thanks to all my parents

for entrusting your child to me this year in their very

first year of schooling. I love teaching Kindergarten and

seeing how far they come. Thanks also for your home

support this year and to my parent helpers who gave up

time when they could to help in our room. K Purple has

been lucky enough to have Miss Moore assisting our

students in many ways and to have Miss Elaine teaching

us too this year. I am very thankful for the extra support

and volunteer help she has also provided to the children

and to myself throughout the year. She goes above and

beyond each time she’s in my room. I’d like to extend a

big thank you to Miss Elaine too for putting together the

children’s scrapbooks for me. This takes hours and I am

very, very grateful for the help. I hope you enjoy looking

through them. It has been a great year together and I

have really enjoyed getting to really know each child in

my class. I have enjoyed the laughs we’ve had. I would

like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry

Christmas and a restful and relaxing holiday season. I

wish everyone in K Purple all the best in Year One. Stay

as lovely as you all are KP and come back from time to

time and say hi. I asked the children to comment on their

Class Reviews for 2019

best part of Kindergarten 2019 and this is what they

said…

Noah…athletics carnival, doing art with Miss Elaine

and taking home Oscar and Chloe our class bears;

Andrew…doing painting, counting and learning

everything; Bodhi…doing handwriting; Ashton

T…making paper chains and making new friends;

Monty…sport; Jiaan…making Christmas craft and

doing Maths groups; Annabelle…reading books,

cooking, dance group and making new friends;

Bailey…Show and tell; Amelia…learning new things

and doing fun things like colouring in and free play;

Brooklyn…Art, sport, handwriting and technology;

Zebadiah…free play and Oscar and Chloe;

Fox…technology time, Oscar and Chloe and free play;

Emerson…everything about Kindy; Isla-

Rose…Christmas craft and dance group; Eloise…

making paper chains and reading; Ashton

N…everything; Jackson…learning and writing;

Hunter…Miss Elaine and handwriting;

Emily…pinpricking, helping Miss Premier, free play,

dance group and being the leader; Khaleesi…playing

playdough and dolls; Miss Premier…We have enjoyed

lots of fun together and learned a thing or two along the

way. I will miss all of K Purple. Good luck in Year One.

Miss Premier

We have had an exciting and fun year in K Yellow. I am so proud of each and every one of you and wish you all the best of luck next year in Year One. I’d like to thank all my parents for their support throughout the year and a big thank you to Mrs Bartram, Mrs Brunner, Mrs Jaftha, Mrs Farah, Miss Elaine, Miss Moore and our wonderful parent helpers for your help in the classroom. K Yellow’s favourite memories from Kindergarten: Sophia – dressing up for the Book Parade, Aiden – going to the farm, Cruz – going to the technology room, Audrey – performing our item, Ryan – learning about farm animals, Eston – our 100 Days of School party, Olivia – learning fun things, Jacob – playing sport, Niya – doing craft, James – making and eating fairy bread, Amelia – cuddling the baby animals at the farm, Tyson – going to the farm, Franki – painting, Kaitlyn – playing with my friends in free play, Charlotte – milking a cow at

the farm, Joseph – playing with my friends, Phoebe – Footy Fun Day, Lucy – playing sport, Jesse – going to the farm, Aidan – playing cars with my friends. My favourite memory of Kindergarten was having 20 beautiful children. I will miss all of you! xx Goodbye to Jesse and all the best at your new school next year.

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday. Love Miss Clarke

K Green has had an amazing year filled with fun, friends

and lots of learning. These are our highlights: Kody-

telling my news, Jesse-making my butterfly with Mrs

Lazaravic, Liam- doing Sport in Schools, Declan-

playing soccer with my friends, Hannah-learning how to

sound out words, Orion- playing with my friends, Jaxon-

drawing my grandparents, Mackenzie-working with Mrs

Jaftha, Isla- learning how to write, Panayioti- becoming

good at cutting out, Owen-playing sticky star fish,

Emily- watching Mr Bean when we had inside lunch,

Aakifah- having free play on Friday afternoon, Ruby-

giving out my Christmas cards, Alyssa-learning to read,

Braxton-going to the farm, Adelaide- making our

reindeer, John-playing with the toss ball towers, Verity-

making our number craft and Sophie-making lots of

craft. Mrs Steen’s highlight was watching how much

these little people have grown and their personalities

have blossomed.

Merry Christmas from K Green

K Blue have had an amazing year and everyone

has grown to be taller, stronger and we have all

learned a lot. It feels like such a long time ago

we all met each other and then soon after

completed our ‘Baby Shark’ item. All children

enjoyed dancing and having their moment to

perform. We enjoyed cooking yummy treats and riding on

the tractor at the farm. Some amazing Maths

groups and watching our silk worms grow. It is

fair to say that K Blue have become lovely

friends and we look forward to many more

adventures next year in Year One. When asked, K Blue had many favourite

experiences from the year. This is what they

said….. Samuel – making the Christmas tree and the

Technology Room, Aria – going to the farm and playing with my

friends, Leonardo – cooking and playing outside with my

friends, Chloe – cooking and Jolly Phonics Zac – playing with my friends and Mrs Boyes

teaching me. Caleb – going to the farm and playing with my

friends, Laura – when we made our puddings and

Christmas activities, Peter – sport and playing Dodge ball, Phoebe – craft and playing with my friends, Sophia – when Mrs Boyes teaches us and when

we are learning, Aaryan – Having fun with Mrs Barnes and making

craft, Matilda – having Mrs Boyes as my teacher and

having a tractor ride at the farm Kimiora – Jolly Phonics and doing craft

Braxton – playing soccer with my friends and

playing with my friends. Brienna – when we went to the farm and when we

do handwriting, Terry – when we went to the farm and when we

saw the cockatoo who talked to us, Zayden – Playing with my friends and playing

with Bailey. Martin – playing soccer with my friends and

playing basketball. Jaxson – going to the Technology Room and

playing with my friends.

Thank you for a great year K Blue. You truly

have been spectacular.

Mrs Boyes

What a fantastic year it has been in K Red. We can’t

believe K Red students have graduated from

Kindergarten, feels just like yesterday when they were

tentatively walking into our room for the first time. The

year has flown, and we have so many wonderful

memories. It has been an absolute pleasure and

privilege to watch them grow and help them learn

throughout the year. We have had lots of fun along the

way and we are so proud of all their achievements.

Thank you to our parent helpers who came in and

listened to the kids read every week, we couldn’t have

done it without you! These are some of the students’

favourite moments in Kindergarten:

Jad - getting prizes from the prize box

Lorenzo – learning tricky words and reading

Dominic – painting

Luca – dancing and hugging Santa

Imogen – tractor ride at the farm and using the saying

“ban the boring”

Antony – free play and Maths

Logan – 3D shapes and learning about spiders

Joshua – doing maths and playing with his friends and

having super fun

Leon – dancing and the spooky disco

Jay – writing and free play

Patrick – learning and getting tokens

Tara – dancing with Taylor

Larissa – having the best teachers and playing with her

friends

Anarah – hanging out with Lorenzo

Kiahna – counting and jolly phonics

Deja – having fun with her friends and being good

Terence – playing with the toys

Indiana – being an awesome teacher helper

Taylor – dancing with Tara

Thanks so much for all the fun and the great memories.

We are sad to say goodbye. We will miss you and wish

you all the best for Year 1. May all our students and

their families have a very merry Christmas and a fun

and safe holiday!

Love from Mrs McDougall and Mrs Frame

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…BLAST OFF!

1 Navy has been rocketing to success in 2019.

This year the class has grown and learned

together, challenging themselves to be the best

that they can be whilst developing their ability

to work with independence. Our class motto has

been to continually ‘Reach for the Stars’.

The students of 1 Navy have expanded their

thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills

and shown excitement and perseverance when

trying something new.

Experiences of special mention by the students

have been learning and trying new things,

Science, particularly exploring sea creatures and

visiting the Sydney Sealife Aquarium. Watching

and helping chickens grow in our classroom,

performing ‘Reach for the Stars’ at Assembly

and exploring new technology and applications

have also been memorable activities. Sharing

news has been a highlight along with dancing and

singing, fitness and sport, exploring Space and

many art activities, including constructing 3D

Rockets.

A special thank you goes out to all the

parents who have helped in 1Navy classroom

this year and supported learning both at

school and at home.

We would like to wish everyone a lovely festive

season and a happy and safe holiday. Best

wishes to all our students as they graduate into

new classes for 2020.

Warm wishes from the 1 Navy Teaching Team,

Ms Herron, Mrs Thomas and Mrs Dodson

2019 in 1 Aqua has been fun and fabulous! I am so proud of each and every one of you and wish you all the best of luck next year in Year Two. I would like to thank all my parents and support staff for their help throughout the year and A BIG thank you to Mrs Carswell, Mrs Jovevska and Mrs Hede for your help with Home Reading. Highlights of the Year include: Kaelan- Sport lessons, Emmett- running at the Cross Country, Addison- spelling tricky words, Layla- colouring in detailed drawings, Jumana- making new friends, Aiden- creative play, Damian- Maths games, Brooklyn- playing with Mobilo, Isabel- dancing, Macey-creating colourful Art, Hannah- reading interesting books, Emily- presenting my News, Brayden- iPad time, Hamish- planting seeds and watching them grow, Anton- gymnastics, Alonzo- Maths work, Yanoula-going to Super kid morning tea, Henry- performing our class item, Xander- our excursion to the aquarium, Rosalie- caring for our chicks, Cameron- playing handball, Asiya- Book Week Parade, Isla-Easter Hat Parade, Aidan-handwriting. My favourite highlight was teaching YOU! I will miss you! Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday. Love Mrs Aronis

WOW! What a year we have had in the Lego

classroom!

Some of our favourite memories were:

• Looking after and watching chickens

hatch

• Going to Sydney Sea Life Aquarium

• Performing songs from the Lion King for

our item

• Learning new apps and exploring coding

• Engaging in Literacy groups every week

Thankyou 1 Sky for always bringing excitement,

smiles and energy to our class every day! Your

enthusiastic approach to learning has been a

pleasure to teach and I have loved watching you

grow throughout the year. You should all be very

proud of your achievements!

I’d also like to thank all the amazing volunteers

who have given up their time to support myself

and 1 Sky this year. We have appreciated and

enjoyed having you apart of our Year One

journey.

I hope you have a relaxing and safe break! I look

forward to seeing you as grown up Year Two

students next year and hearing all about your

adventures over the holidays.

Always remember, mistakes are proof that

you’re trying and that you can do anything you

put your mind to.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love Miss Solo xx

What a busy year we had this year! I asked 1

Sapphire to choose one thing and share it with

you all.

Chickens…This year we had chickens in our

classroom. They hatched from an egg. They were

cool. We named them. One was called Speedy

and one was called Fluffy. We took them out of

the cage. Our class took turns holding them. We

liked watching them grow…Annabelle

Presentation…We had presentation night. We

performed a dance. The choir sang two songs. I

am in the choir and I love to sing. Some people

got awards. I got an award…Bella

1 Sapphire Item…Our class did an item about

Bilbies. We went into the hall and we walked up

the stairs to do our item. We said bilby facts,

we put on our Bilby ears and we sang, ‘Long Live

the Bilbies’…Ellie

Reading Eggs…In Reading Eggs you can learn a

lot of things every day. I think it is the best

thing in the world. You can learn words and

sounds, and do puzzles and fun activities…Emma

Craft…Craft is so much fun because you get to

be creative like when we did seed mosaics.

Wasn’t that fun! Erica

GoNoodle…GoNoodle is the most fun exercise

ever. Never ever can something else beat it

because it is so cool. We do it in class as a

break…Ivy

Gymnastics…Gymnastics is really fun. You can

jump on the trampoline and land as riding a

motorbike. We could roll like an egg and do a

challenge like who can lift their legs for a long

time. I like doing gymnastics…Kiara

Art…I am good at drawing. I can draw people and

toys. In class we have done directed drawings of

ladybugs, frogs, butterflies and caterpillars, a

castle and the sea with some fish and

seaweed…Leah

Sport…We do jumping and we kick a ball

together. I love sport. We have fun. We do hoola

hooping and skipping too. Sport is good exercise

for your body…Sophie

Healthy Harold…Look, Miss Stevens just said

that we were going to see Healthy Harold. We

had a chat about being safe and we watched a

story on the screen. Finally, we looked at our

body parts. It was cool…Summer

Recounts…When I first started Year One, I was

so bad at recounts, but I got much better at it.

When I first started writing recounts, I hated

it. Now I love to write recounts about great

things we’ve done at school…Vedha

Bilby Excursion…Our class went on an excursion

to Sydney Wildlife Zoo to see the Bilbies. We

also got to pat a snake and look at many

animals…Victoria

Aquarium Excursion…At the Aquarium it was

really fun. We got to see sharks and rays. The

best part was going on a boat ride to the

Antarctic to see the penguins…Aidan

Easter Hat Parade…At the Easter Hat Parade

you can wear a funny hat and you can see other

hats that people made. It is at school and people

come to watch…Alex

Mathletics…I like Mathletics because you can

verse people in your class, and it is fun too

because you can also verse people at school and

around the world…Harry

Footy Fun Day…Our school has footy fun day

every year. I love it. I get my footy day tokens.

I get stuff from the stalls. It is a great

day…Isaac

Ipads…Our school ipads are fun because they

have so many apps. There is Kahoot, Epic,

Playdough Touch and Live Mathletics. That is

why our school ipads are super, super fun…Jay

Typing Tournament…Typing Tournament is really

cool to play because it teaches you how to type

quickly. You get to move up levels and you have

to put your fingers on the home keys. I love

Typing Tournament…Jonah

Kahoot…We learnt about Kahoot. You can do

addition and subtraction and lots of quizzes

about many things. We did a quiz about bilbies,

nouns and adjectives. It is fun to play against

your friends…Kevin

Winning the Bilby Naming Competition…Yes, we

won a competition! At Easter time we won name

the Bilby competition. We got to go to Wildlife

Sydney Zoo. It was really good. We also got to

see bilbies! Wow!...Kye

Chrome Books…We use chrome books in our

classroom and they are kind of like PC’s. I like

doing Mathletics on them and I like helping the

students to use them…Max

Maths…When I started Kindy the maths was

only like 5+5=10 and 10-7=3. They’re easy. Now

we can do 10000+10000=20000 and 1000-

900=100. I love doing hard maths in class…Oscar

Epic…Epic is an app where you can read and

listen to books about animals and dinosaurs.

There are also books about wild animals and

prehistoric animals. You can watch videos that

give us knowledge and makes us smarter. What I

like about it is the animals because I find out

about new animals…Tanner

Christmas…I like Christmas because you get

treats and you get presents. That is why I love

Christmas…Zack

Sadly, we say goodbye to Oscar, Ellie and Jay.

We wish you safe travels and all the best at

your new schools. Thank you to the many parents

and friends who assisted 1 Sapphire. Thank you

to all the support staff who worked so hard with

our class. Thank you to all the teachers and

executives for all your support. I wish everyone

a Happy Christmas and a safe and relaxing

holiday. See you all in 2020! Miss Stevens.

What an amazing year it has been! Every single

student in our class has made

huge improvements and Mrs Catt and Mrs

Bateup are very proud of you all. Some of our

highlights were:

Juliet – learning how to make my writing exciting

Jonathan – meeting Mrs Bateup and how she

makes me laugh everyday

Miriam – going to the Featherdale Wildlife Park

excursion and going on the bus

Mackenzy – that I know some of my times tables

off by heart

Riley – learning how to add big numbers together

Lachlan – doing the big kid experiments at the

high school and seeing my sister

Aiyana – going to the high school for science

week

Piper – seeing the animals on our excursion to

Featherdale

Abby – Presentation night and becoming Stage 1

Student of the Year

Gelsie – doing Arts and Crafts with Mrs Catt

Layla – being in 2 Emerald with Mrs Bateup and

her funny voices

Ryder – Sports in Schools Gymnastics was my

favourite

Ava – doing Arts and Crafts with Mrs Catt

Marcus M – doing Art and Crafts with Mrs Catt

Sophia – learning new ways to solve hard maths

questions and learning my times tables.

Coen – Maths groups and playing with my friends

Felix – My favourite is the class party and arts

and crafts with Mrs Catt

Marcus R – Going on the bus to the Featherdale

Excursion

Niharika – being with Mrs Bateup, she makes me

laugh everyday

Will – Footy Fun Day when I went to all the

stalls

Cooper – seeing the birds at Featherdale

Wildlife Park for our excursion

Eden – having great friends

Zac – watching the teachers vs Year 6 game on

Footy Fun Day

It has been a privilege to watch all of you grow

and learn this year! Look out Year 3 there are

some amazing kids heading your way! Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year, stay safe,

Mrs Bateup and Mrs Catt

2 Jade have had an amazing year together. We have worked very hard to improve our skills and knowledge on a wide range of topics. 2 Jade enjoyed many special days including:

Featherdale Farm, Book Week Parade, Technology Days, Grandparents' Day, Science Days, Gymnastics and of course...... who could forget our special visitors - The Chickens!!! Special thanks to our wonderful parent and community helpers who helped turn us into Maths Wizards and Radical Readers. Have a well deserved, safe and happy break, catching up with family and friends, with no homework or bells.

Love and Best Wishes from Julie Finn and Mel Brook xxx

Here are some special moments from the unique and magical students from 2 Jade: Nella -When we went on our excursion to Featherdale Farm and Grandparents' Day. Rachel - My favourite activities were Technology and Literacy. Clara -Performing our class item and taking two chickens home to my house. ( They were boys!!) Ariel - Visiting Featherdale Farm and when we went to Holsworthy High School for Science. Zahraa - Spending time with friends and winning the award at Presentation night. Noah - That I was a champion at Spelling and Mathematics. Annabel - Footy Fun day and our excursion to Featherdale Farm. Caleb - I loved Maths and Literacy groups. Mason V - I loved being in our item and silent reading times in the afternoon. James - I loved sport and Mathematics. Te-wai - I loved playing soccer and basketball. Jeeven - I loved Art and being a Technology champion. Elijah - Holding our chickens and researching dinosaurs. Mikayla - I loved going on the ipads to do Epic and Christmas art. Alexis - I liked doing STEM activities and performing in our item. Jack - I liked going to Featherdale Farm and when the elves visited our classroom. Mason S - I loved everything about this year ! Ethan - I liked visiting Featherdale Farm, being part of the Elite Maths group, technology and being in our item. Oaani - Loved being in our item and spending time with my friends. Sereen - My favourite times of the year were when we had our excursion and when we performed our item. Grace - This year I became really good at Maths. I will miss 2 Jade and my friend Sereen. Heba - My favourite things about 2 Jade were having friends and winning the Cross Country.

Fawzan - I liked being in the top Maths group, visiting Featherdale Wildlife Park, Reading and Technology. Georgie - I loved performing in our class item and going to Featherdale Farm.

Goodbye and Good luck to Grace and her family as they start their new adventure xx

Thanks for the memories 2Kiwi

Thank you for such an amazing year 2Kiwi.

I am so proud of each and every one of you.

You have tried your best to learn as much as

you can and develop your skills. I only hope

you continue to work just as hard in Year

Three.

I think you’re all brilliant so I’ve decided to

give you a shout out!

Please Don’t Hack Me – Benjamin

Entertainer of the Year – Charles

Most Dependable – Danny

Can’t Stop That Smilin’- Heston

Worker Bee - Oliver

Super Addition Whiz – Liam

Storyteller – Eli

Can I Have Your Autograph? – Charlee

Super Speller - Dylan

Best Handwriting – Talan

Heart of Gold – Aria

Eager Reader and Future Comedian – Jackson

Future Inventor – Flynn

Determination – Bronte

Future Gold Medalist - Aleisha

Wonderful Wanderer – Vincent

Helping Hands – Serena

And the Oscar Goes To – Molly

Hugger to the Max – Bria

World Changer – Lilly

I wish you and your families a very Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From Mrs Sesar

What a fantastic year it has been and how fast it has

gone! I would like to thank all 2 Teal students for trying

their hardest this year. Every single student in our class

has displayed strength in their favourite subjects,

perseverance to further improve in areas of need and

growing maturity – all of which makes me feel very

proud of you. I want to thank you for all the fun memories you have

left me. Our class item “Power” by Will.I.Am was

impressive and our Athletics Carnival bought out the

athleticism and will to succeed in all of you. The Book

Fair was a blast and 2 Teal enjoyed dressing up as their

favourite characters in the school’s parade. Class

activities showed me just how clever you were and the

challenge of keeping up with your thirst for knowledge

and skills was thoroughly enjoyable. In addition, your enthusiastic participation in Sport in

Schools and dance programs demonstrated just how

committed you all were towards this area. We also

benefited from our day spent with the grandparents of 2

Teal students. In addition, we thoroughly enjoyed our

time minding the eggs and later the chicks, our STEM

days, visit to the Science labs at Holsworthy High, the

in-school author visit and drone-incursion. Come to think of it, our year has been action packed!!! I

am grateful that you have allowed me to help you this

year and I thank your parents, as well, for their support. Thanking dearly all students, teaching staff, parents and

our teacher’s aides for contributing to furthering the

education of 2 Teal in 2019. I wish everybody best of

luck in the future including a joyous, safe festive season

and a Happy New Year.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Mark King

It has been an extremely fun filled and exciting year this

year in 3 Canary. Miss Weeks has loved having each and

every student and their unique personalities have bought

great joy to every school day. Here’s everybody’s best

memories in their own words.

Nick- I have loved 3 Canary, the whole class have been

funny and nice. My friends in 3 Canary have made me

concentrate while I work and they are good friends to

play with because they all take turns.

Jack- My Favourite 3C memory is learning fun skills in

writing narratives. I also loved helping people out when

they were hurt or sick this year.

Chloe- This year I have enjoyed playing class games and

learning new things.

Benji- This year I loved having a great teacher and

improving my writing and maths.

Solaiman- I loved maths this year, it was so fun. I also

loved solving problems, like if someone fell over and

hurt themselves I would go and tell a teacher.

Max- My favourite memory in 3 Canary this year has

been improving my maths and writing and having fun

with my friends.

Mariam- My favourite 3 Canary memory is playing on

technology and spending time with friends.

Santi - Thank you Miss Weeks for letting me learn lots

this year!

Ben- This year I have improved in maths, particularly

subtraction and fractions. I have also improved with

handwriting. I also have improved a little bit with

persuasive writing. Finally, I have improved with

informative writing which I love.

Connor- I liked this year because it was our first year of

PSSA and I got to make lots of new friends.

Mollie-May- 3 Canary has been a great class to be in. I

loved doing Art and so did Mariam, she is really good at

it. I remember the funny time when we all got grossed

out when we had to dance with each other for the class

item.

Maricel- I liked 3C because people were funny and silly.

My most best friends Annabel, Mollie, Ruby, Vienna,

Nick, Savannah and Zoe were all really nice to me all

year. My favourite memory was doing our class item.

Savannah - I enjoyed maths, art, spelling and Christmas

art.

Zoe- I enjoyed doing art, spelling, maths, helping people

and cleaning sometimes.

Tyler- My favourite part was art, maths, hanging out

with my friends and the teachers.

Ahmad- My favourite memory is technology, maths, art

and crafts and hanging out with my friends.

Chris- I mostly liked technology because we did lots of

different things and got my Minecraft Education

account.

Ava- This year I liked doing art, it was really fun.

Annie - I loved when we got to write stories and when

we did art.

Poppy- My favourite thing in 3C has been learning,

having fun, making new friends and playing.

Vienna- What I liked most about this year is my teacher.

However, I really enjoyed everything like art,

technology and being with my friends, I’ve always

wanted a year like this.

Sam- I loved maths and doing tricky word problems.

Isabella- I liked our art lessons and our item.

Jett- My favourite memory in 3C was meeting such good

friends and playing great games with them.

Mitchell- I’ve loved this year because I have improved

my spelling, writing, maths, reading, English

comprehension and time skills.

Josh- I liked the first time I went to the classroom and

made friends and met the teacher.

Koda- My favourite part of the year was when Jack and I

did a research project about Pacu Fish.

This year 3 Mustard has been such a wonderful

class to teach. The students have learnt so much

and we’ve had so much fun! A few highlights

include:

Emily – The thing I enjoyed the most was when

the whole class did Christmas art.

Jacinta - I loved playing t-ball and netball for

PSSA sport.

Ruby-May - l have enjoyed 3M because l loved

making new friends.

Ofa- I love doing Christmas art and I love

playing with my friends.

Jack - I love maths, art, Christmas art, dojo

points and fun days.

Damian-I love playing with my friends and I love

maths.

Tillie - I loved when we got to set up the

Christmas tree with the whole class.

Ayah - I enjoyed pyjama day so much, it was the

best☺.

Inaayah - I have had one of the best

experiences ever on pyjama day ☺.

Veda - I enjoyed doing art, pyjama day, mufti,

spelling and maths☺.

Jai - I enjoyed having Mr Blanch as my teacher

and playing with my friends.

Philip - I enjoyed making slide shows.

James - I loved footy fun day because I loved

the sponge throw. I kept drenching everyone.

Jayde - I loved when we did art and I loved

maths in the morning.

Malachi - I enjoyed the trip to the athletics

carnival this year.

Zander - The thing I enjoyed through the year

was the athletics carnival.

Ben - My favourite thing this year was Mr

Blanch, my teacher.

Archie - I love having Mr Blanch as my teacher.

Dylan - I liked doing PSSA for WGPS.

Cooper – I liked playing baseball and I liked 3M

and having Mr Blanch.

Lachie – I liked going to the Athletics Carnival

and going to Regionals.

Jackson - I liked my cricket and touch footy

team this year.

Daniel - I liked doing art because it’s really fun.

Shaila - I love making new friends and learning

new, cool stuff at school.

Hunter – I liked doing art and sketching

activities.

It’s sad to see four 3 Mustard students leave us

this year to go to other schools around Australia

but I know their Wattle Grove spirit will shine

through. I would like to wish all of 3 Mustard a

safe holiday and a Happy New Year!

Mr Blanch

The one thing that was the best in Year 3 was PSSA. I

tried to try out for summer but I was unfortunate. In

winter I was very lucky. I got very active and loved it.

Chloe

This year I enjoyed spelling and grammar. Abbey

One thing I love about Year Three is being able to be

able to play in PSSA Amelia

The best thing this year was P.S.S.A I tried out for

cricket in summer but I didn`t make it so in winter I tried

out for soccer aka the best sport ever! Anyway, I tried

out for soccer and I made it in. We won the grand final

and I was so happy! Mitchell

The things I liked best about Year 3 were art and maths.

I liked writing and English too. I also liked to play tennis

every Friday! Suchita

The best thing that I did this year was PSSA Having

good friends like Archer, Jack and Isaac was great too.

Koby

The one thing about Year 3 I liked was PSSA I liked

Oztag and touch football and I liked our real nice

teacher. I had good friends Koby, Jack and Isaac. Archer

The best thing about Year 3 was T-ball. It was fun and

you took time off school. Also, you made new friends.

Zoe

The thing I liked the most in Year 3 was going to the

Australian Pioneer Village and making friends. Eliza

I like being in Year 3 because of tennis, Halloween art

and good friends like Eli, Jack and Ben. Austin

The things that I liked most in Year 3 were Christmas

art, maths groups, The Australiana Pioneer Village and

making friends. Lisa

The things I liked about Year 3 were the Australiana

Pioneer Village excursion, playing P.S.S.A and making

friends like Xavier and Christopher. Eli

The things that I liked in Year 3 were PSSA soccer

(when we won the grand final), I liked doing maths

groups with my friends, art and craft and maths mentals

as well. I wonder what Year 4 is going to be like? Dylan.

Here are the things that I liked in Year 3: PSSA (my t-

ball my team won the semi-finals!), art, maths, writing

and problem solving. Thomas

My favourite part of Year 3 was doing PSSA with my

friends. We made it past semi-finals. I also liked art,

maths and science. Jack

The things I liked in Year Three were school sport,

science and learning in the library. My favourite thing

was making friends and excursions. Ruby

My favourite things about Year 3 were the Australiana

Pioneer Village excursion, PSSA and maths groups. Jade

I like maths and the thing I like most about maths is

times tables. I like reading and I almost forgot, art! I like

origami. I’m really good at it. It is so fun! I didn’t make

it in to PSSA I wanted to make it in to soccer. Sam

The thing I liked most about this year was PSSA I tried

out for t-ball. I was so close but I just did not make it.

Also, I liked art. My favourite was our origami

Christmas tree. I really loved the Australiana Pioneer

Village excursion. My favourite was the harder math

that was really fun! Xander

What I liked about Year Three was my friends Ruby,

Emily and Lisa. They are the people who I love playing

with. My favourite subject was the wreaths we’re

making! Annika

I liked doing maths mentals a lot. I also liked spelling,

doing PSSA and training with Eli, Thomas and Riley. I

liked playing handball at lunch. I liked going to the

Australiana Pioneer Village with Eli and Chris. I had so

much fun! I liked going on the chrome books and I also

liked making the Christmas trees. I liked doing grammar

and making the visual literacy sheet that said what our

favourite food and stuff like that was. I like doing the

blue reading box card and Reading Eggs in literacy

groups and I also like doing study ladder. I liked reading

The Fantastic Mr Fox and handwriting. I like going to

the library. I liked doing art and I sometimes liked doing

assessment tasks and Typing Tournament. I liked doing

the Treasured Words for Archer and Isaac! Xavier

The things I liked doing were science, geography and

also making friends. I liked going to Australiana

Pioneer Village. I liked space stuff and continental drift.

I know Asia, Africa, North America, South America and

Australia. Joseph

This year, the things I liked most were Scripture and the

Australiana Pioneer Village. I also sort of liked Sport in

Schools. (Sport in Schools is where you do rotations of

different sports.) Madden =)

The things I most liked about Year Three were the

Australiana Pioneer Village, our Christmas art, literacy

and making new friends, Ruby, Isaac and Lisa. Emily

The things I liked at school this year were our Christmas

art, the excursions and my friends called Emily, Lisa,

Charli, Archer and Ruby. Isaac

I loved this year because I made new friends, learned

new things and I loved P. S. S. A. I can’t wait for 2020!

P.S. (I pretty much liked everything this year!) Bobby

My favourite thing about this year is that in Year Three

and over you get to play PSSA. I also liked the Pioneer

Village excursion. Matthew

3/4 Coral have had an awesome year! We have

set new and challenging learning goals, enjoyed

exploring new technologies and having the

opportunity to research new topics. We’ve also

loved reading our class novels, creating detailed

pieces of art and moving and grooving in our

class item! We would like to thank Mrs Cattana,

Mrs Dodson, Miss Kathy, Miss Shayla and Mr

Sainsbury for helping us in our room this year.

We would also like to thank Mrs Dack for helping

us in the Technology Room. Here are some of our

highlights:

Darian - Being in 3/4 Coral and having a great

year

Matthew - Soccer and PSSA cricket

Annabelle - Class Item and Book Parade

Lily - PSSA Netball and Schools Spec Excursion

Cherise - Art and playing with friends at lunch

Jessica - Excursion and reading our class novel

Joah - Spelling Bee and Sport

Sashwath - Science and Reading

Charlotte - Art and Class Novel

Sophie - PSSA Netball and Kids on Keyboard

Nandish - PSSA and Technology

Allegra L - Writing and Art

Zoe - PSSA and Art

Lincoln P - PSSA and Public Speaking

Will - Athletics and Swimming Carnival

Joshua - PSSA and Maths

Lachlan - Handball and Spelling

Lincoln T - Art and PSSA

Isla - Belle - PSSA soccer and Art

Arielle - Art and T-Ball

Allegra B - Camp and Art

Ailene - PSSA Netball and Camp

Lucas - PSSA and Camp

Christine - Camp and Art

Tyler - Technology and Maths

Joseph - Camp and STEM Day

Riley - Camp and Science

Ella - Camp and Creative Arts Groups

Alana - PSSA and Camp

Fletcher - Camp and Maths

We would like to wish everyone a happy and safe

holiday break.

From 3/4 Coral and Miss Cascio

It has been an absolute pleasure to be 4 Crimson’s teacher this year. This busy year has just flown by as we find ourselves at the end of a year that has been filled with lots of learning, laughs, creativity, friendship building, goal achievement and growth in so many ways. We have had so many highlights including Year 4 camp, technology design, CAPA groups and our Rock Around the Clock assembly performance. I thank all the students in our class for being the amazing people that they are, their enthusiasm for school and learning and for being a joy to be with each day. I wish you all the very best as the year comes to an end and to a happy, healthy 2020. Mrs Keroulis

Adelaide Working with new people and a new teacher. Best times and best laughs

Mohamed I like doing CAPA groups and art

Adam I have improved in reading. I love playing Binball on the basketball court.

Danica I have loved the books we read. Lennon I loved camp, especially the

zipline. Sotiris I loved writing imaginative texts. Madie I love doing art and working in

partners. My favourite part was CAPA groups – drama, music, art and dance.

Jasmine I liked our Stuart Little movie day.

Taqeya My favourite was bucket filling. It’s fun to write and receive notes.

Violet My teacher was a lot of fun. Ella My favourite was camp and

hanging with my friends. Makenzie I loved camp and our excursion

to the Pioneer Village. Matilda We did art, maths and bucket

filling. We also built better relationships with our friends

Milla This was my favourite year. I loved camp.

Joshua I loved doing art. Benji The best thing was Mrs Keroulis. Connor I loved the giant swing at camp. Nirav The best thing was playing

around and movie day. Adia I loved camp. The food and

cabins were awesome. Seb I love the running competitions. I

got to state for the first time in my life.

Lana I loved getting into sports. Cooper My favourite bit was the learning. Alex I loved the fun things we did.

Wow! Another year has passed by so quickly! It has been wonderful watching the students of 4Ruby grow socially and academically. They have been involved in many extra curricula activities throughout the year which they have enjoyed. A few of our highlights include our assembly item, STEM Day, Creative Arts groups and our Camp. 4Ruby are looking forward to being a part of Stage 3 when we return next year and the opportunities that entails. They are a fantastic class and we have shared many valued and happy memories of 2019. I would like to wish all the students and

their families a very Merry Christmas and a safe holiday! Mrs Raleski

"What I enjoyed most this year."

1. I love sport the most by Jacob 2. I loved making new friends. By Erika 3. The one thing I enjoyed the most about

2019 is ALL of my friends- they’re so cool to be around. By Antonio

4. I have enjoyed newcombe ball this year and my friends and teachers for supporting me with my medical condition (MED) BIG THANKS!!!!Isabella

5. I have loved being around my friends and having fun learning. Max

6. I enjoyed playing netball. Keira 7. I loved pnaslie.styerlaying with my

friends and learning new things. Drew 8. Going through the pregnancy with Mrs

Raleski and then finally having a baby boy! Yay! Chelsea

9. This year the thing I loved the most was the Maky Maky in the hall in Term 2 by Naman

10. My favourite thing was this year was PSSA. Levi

11. I really liked Science and the 3-6 dance group this year. Jessica

12. I really liked the Athletics carnival this year. Saxon

13. I really liked playing with my friends this year. Finn

14. The thing that I enjoyed this year was when it was smokey outside and we got to stay inside.Tiarah

15. I enjoy playing with my friends at recess. Elias

16. Lily: I enjoyed this year hop scotch and my friends were nice.

17. The thing I love about school is friends, learning and the teachers. Emmi

18. The thing that I loved about this year was the whole class discussions. Georgia

19. I enjoyed playing school netball with my friends and winning most of the time, by the way I played GS- Goal shooter! Divya

20. My favourite part of this year was the art. Eve

21. My favourite activity this year was playing with my friends. Luke

22. What I enjoyed in 2019 was all the maths activities. Georgia

23. I enjoyed having lots of new friends. Scarlett

24. I loved making new friends! Erika

4 Scarlet’s Memorable Moments What a fantastic year 2019 has been! 4Scarlet has been a wonderful mix of characters and personalities. We have shared a year of triumphs and achievements whilst still finding the time to face new challenges and conquer them. Thank you for the vivid memories we have of our year together, including our fabulous camp, our trip to the Pioneer Village and the laughs we shared on a daily basis! Treasure your primary school years and the friendships you have formed. We wish all of our students these things in the future: good health and happiness; honest and true friends; a solid education; motivation to push yourself on to the next challenge; kindness to share with those around you; commitment to all you do. Valeria – Going on the giant swing. Meike – Doing fencing at camp. Matthew D – Going to camp. Jai – Going on the gorge swing at camp. Travis – Winning the Oz tag grand final and the Touch Football grand final. Piper – Spending time with my friends at camp. Ethan – Seeing my friends. Paige – For making excellent friends. Nuuha – Going to the Pioneer Village. Ousman – Going to State Athletics carnival with my friends. Deeana – Winning PSSA soccer. Mitchell - Going to camp. Arya – Going on the giant swing at camp. Dion – Going to camp. Yasmine – Pioneer Village. Harrison – Going on the gorge swing at camp and learning. Taiya - Being in 4 Scarlet with Mrs Fuller. Abbie – Winning Girls

soccer and Oz tag. Robert - Sitting next to my friend. Matthew R – Coming 13th overall in the relay at State and running with friends. Leah – Going on the gorge swing at camp. Nai – Winning soccer. Lochlan – Being with my awesome teacher this year. Nikita – Falling off the Gorge Swing. Thomas – Going to camp. Congratulations on your achievements and we look forward to hearing wonderful things about you in Year 5! Take care, be brave, laugh often and best wishes always! With love Mrs Sonya Fuller & Mrs Shelly Vella xxxxx

It is with heavy hearts that we prepare to farewell the

students of 5Amethyst. It seems so short a time ago

that we were coming together as our school family and

preparing to work, laugh, learn and play together with

the whole year before us. And work, laugh, learn, play

and READ, we did! Each of the teachers you are

bestowed upon throughout your school journey has just

one year to enjoy their place in your life and we

consider 2019 to have been a great privilege. We

enjoyed reading with you, challenging you in Maths,

participating in STEM challenges, exploring new and

innovative technological programs and devices,

mopping up your tears or telling you to be quiet on

camp, travelling to sport with some of you, celebrating

your courage when public speaking, observing your

creativity, watching your friendships flourish, falter and

grow stronger, see you grow in confidence, watching

you persist and each bring your own kind of joy to our

classroom. Thank you. We have loved being your

teachers. We send you on your way, ready for all that

Year Six promises…

Mrs Atkins and Mrs Alderton

5Amethyst’s memorable moments….

Jack – Arguing with Mrs Alderton.

Keira – Hanging with friends, camp especially

Questacon☺

Alice – The Swimming carnival.

Tiara – Spending time with friends.

Shennae - My first zone athletics carnival.

Mariam - Camp, friends and having a blast of a year☺ ☺

☺ Zoe-Jane - Questacon, Canberra, War Memorial.

Draven – Playing zone softball and rugby.

Jaxson - Being in 5A, loving myself and having Mrs

Alderton and Mrs Atkins as teachers.

Maisie - Evie discovering the bottom of the sour

patches and eating it and chasing us around the cabin at

camp.

Holly - Evie when she KO’d me at camp and also when

the Paul Kelly Cup team made State and came 5th.

Grace - One of my favourite memories is when we were

at camp and we were all sitting on one of the beds

having a really good talk before dinner.

Dean - Playing Minecraft at school, I guess.

David - My memorable moment was at camp where

someone brought out the soap and I slipped on it.

William - Camp when we played ‘Murder in the dark’.

☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ Thomas - Camp and totally not sewing

Cooper - Meeting everyone at W.G.P.S.

Nash - Being elected as a prefect for our school.

Isabella - Two of my favourite memories in year 5 were

going to camp, and spending time with all my friends in

my class.

Ethan – I loved camp but my most memorable moment

was definitely being elected prefect! ☺

Layla - I loved camp, especially Questacon, Movie nights

and cabin Buddies!!☺

Rylee - Meeting the class and teachers.

Sienna – The athletics carnival, camp, doing art.

Bella – Hanging out with my friends, netball and oztag,

camp.

Jessica – Meeting lots of new friends.

Yara – camp (especially Questacon), sport and being in

dance group, Science and spending time with my

teachers and friends.

Christian – I loved doing Science with Mrs Bartram.

Owen – Camp and Sport.

What a fantastic 2019 5Royal have had, full of

exciting times and wonderful learning

experiences. It has been wonderful watching the

students mature socially and academically

throughout the year. We would like to wish all

our students and families a very Merry

Christmas and a safe holiday. Here are the

childrens highlights from their year.

Max loved ozobots and minecraft with Mrs

Cabrera. Georgia and J’aime had a great time together at

camp working together in team activities Luke enjoyed camp . He thought it was a great

experience. He loved the Australian Institiute

of Sport. Mason loved the Giants AFL game day. Cooper enjoyed soccer PSSA and had a great

time at the giants AFL day.

Trisha really liked footy fun day, especially the

water sponge throwing. At camp Caelyn had fun at the camp movie night Holly missed Mrs Casdas and had heaps of fun at

camp. Megan just loved going to camp and having fun

with her friends. Zane love STEM day and learning about

volcanoes with Mr Wilson. Dimitri and Stevie loved all the technology

especially the Robotics Jake loved the giant slide at Questacon. Ava enjoyed the Stem Day because she got to

visit other classes Shreeya loved being in the netball team and

going to camp. Isabel enjoyed CAPA groups because she got to

try new things Riley liked being in class with Owen because he

was his best friend Makayla loved camp especially going to

Questacon Maha liked using technology especially building

characters in Minecraft Sophia really loved camp and going to PSSA

softball. Bianca and Keletta loved camp, especially

throwing biscuits around the cabin in the dark. Owen had fun at camp particularly Questacon Isabella thinks that the 5 Royal teachers are

the best. She loves bringing them flowers All the best for 2020 Mrs Cabrera, Mrs

Casdas, Mrs Dillon.

Dear Parents and Families, Wow, what a year! To better state that- what a GREAT year! We have covered a lot of topics and participated in many fun and exciting activities. Each of your children has brought such joy and happiness to our classroom. I was so fortunate to have such a wonderful group of children this past year. My friends and family often laugh at me when I refer to your children as “my kids”. They are like my own children. They all have touched my life and this school year in very positive and rewarding ways. It has been my pleasure getting to know not only your child, but you as well. Having parental support and open lines of communication is an essential part of any successful school year. Thank you for all you have done to make our year so fulfilling and memorable. Whilst it has been a successful year, there are some things that despite my best efforts, 5/6Tuscany have failed to learn such as, • How to walk in 2 straight lines • That the Storm are the best NRL team. • That I can hear you, even if you whisper. • That I really do have eyes in the back of my head. • That superheros wear purple. • That pink iced doughnuts can cure most

problems.

Despite these gaps in their learning, I believe we have had a great year full of personal growth. Thanks for the fun memories. I’d like to wish my Year Six students the best of luck for high school and let my Year Fives know that I will want to hear all about their holidays when we return. Have a safe and happy holiday break and I will see you in the new year. Donna Robinson

What an absolutely terrific year it has been! As 6

Fuchsia has described it, it has been one

extraordinary roller coaster ride! Our students have

accomplished many fantastic achievements both

inside and outside the classroom. It has been

wonderful to see each and every student in 6 Fuchsia

grow and improve as the year has passed. It has

been a privilege to teach this exceptional group of

students and I will miss them greatly next year.

Here are the highlights of the year in the words of

the students:

Jack - competing at the Athletics Carnival and

winning in the long jump.

Gabbi - competing at all of our carnivals and PSSA.

Andy - I have loved our Science lessons.

Luke - playing with my mates and being taught by

awesome teachers.

Esme - I loved competing in sport.

Caine - running my stall on Footy Fun Day.

Leilani - I loved doing all sports and going on Stage 3

Camp.

Amelia - I loved the entire year!

Mary - I had a great time learning from all my

awesome teachers at Wattle Grove.

Hawraa - I loved our art lessons in 6 Fuchsia.

Elias - I had a great time during technology lessons.

Charlie - I loved technology lessons.

Bailey - I had an awesome time on Footy Fun Day.

Annalisa - I had a fantastic time on camp.

Gabriel - I had a great time during Science lessons

this year.

Zac - I really enjoyed running my stall on Footy Fun

Day.

Jayde - I loved Footy Fun Day.

Anannya - I loved being challenged in Mathematics

this year.

Nick - I loved all the art we did this year.

Aya - I loved the entire year! Especially camp.

Cassie - I had the best time on Footy Fun Day.

Nathan - throwing wet sponges at teachers on Footy

Fun Day.

Metallyka - reading interesting novels in class.

Aliyah - I had an awesome time during Footy Fun

Day.

Hayley - I loved Christmas craft and filming movies.

Javier - I loved our Stage 3 Camp.

Kodie - I really enjoyed technology lessons this year.

Jarryd - I had the best time ever on camp.

Together, 6 Pink and I have grown and developed in more ways than one. Many of us have become more confident, more mature, more social, more intelligent, more focused and just more enjoyable to be around. We have had many laughs this year, got to enjoy each other’s company at camp and explored a variety of different ways to display our work, using ICT. Some of the class highlights this year would have to be our long awaited Assembly item, The Wizard of Oz, our stage camp to Canberra, Tech Buddies, our home design projects using Minecraft Education, Footy Fun Day preparations, creating our self-made advertisements, working on the food stall at the athletics carnival and Footy Fun Day and crafting our traditional mask designs and pinch pot monsters. I would like to wish all Year 6 students the very best of luck in high school and in their future endeavours. Stay kind, stay healthy and stay proud of who you are. On behalf of 6 Pink, I would like to thank Mrs Thomas and Mrs Dodson for all of their hard work this year. Thank you to all parents who were able to support our fundraising efforts at our Footy Fun Day and at the Athletics Carnival.

Finally, we wish all staff, students and parents a wonderful Christmas and we hope you all have a well-earned rest. Kind Regards, Trina Richter and 6 Pink

Dear Parents/Carers I would just like to take one last opportunity in 2019 to say a huge thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and carers who assisted the P&C this year. Our success in 2019, comes down to the commitment and dedication of this P&C executive and extended team, along with the wonderful support of Miss Cameron, Mrs Foreshew and the teachers. We are all part of this amazing group for the benefit of our students and this wonderful school we are all proud to be a part of. I would like to say thank you to the parents who took on the role of PR for a class this year. It was great to see information being circulated to families via emails, Facebook pages and text messages. It was great to see our messages being sent out and parents responding and asking questions and participating within these groups. New PR notes will be sent home with students in February for our 2020 classes. It has been another wonderful year for our Fundraising Team. Discos, Easter Raffle, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day stalls, Cookie Dough and let’s not forget another amazing Fair. Thank you to Maria Lee and Neroli Kallis for continuing to host these events for our students and families. We truly appreciate the effort spent organizing all of these activities so that we can provide better materials and an enriching environment for our students.

P & C Thank you Message 2018

In 2019 we have provided the funds for a number of new developments at school including: - Year 6 Polo shirts

- Zone Participant Swimming Caps

- Pole covers in the playground

- Easter Eggs

- A book for each student

A special Thank You to our Uniform Shop who has looked after us all again in 2019. Katie and Tamara are always there to assist families each week. You have again played a huge role in the successful year we have just had and I am extremely grateful for your ongoing support and your tireless efforts. I would also like to say Thank You to Kristen Elmore who delivered us another fantastic school Fair. Certainly, a lot of hours and hard work goes into such a wonderful day. I find it extremely rewarding to work with Kristen and an enthusiastic group of people working to deliver our biggest fundraiser of the year. We are really excited about our upcoming Family Fun Night and can’t wait to share more information early in 2020. To all of the volunteers who assisted in so many ways during the year, including the P&C Executive; without the volunteers, our initiatives would never be as successful as what they are. Thank you to everyone who assisted in making our school such a great community in 2019. I am looking forward to a wonderful 2020. Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year. Kind regards Kristen McCanna WGPS P&C

Wishing our families a wonderful

Christmas & a safe and Happy New Year!

Disclaimer: The NSW Department of Education and Wattle Grove Public School do not endorse companies, services or products that are advertised in our newsletters or leaflet distribution.

Wattle Grove Public School Parents and Citizens Association

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING

19 FEBRUARY 2020 @ 7:00PM Staff Room – Wattle Grove Public School

The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Wattle Grove Public School Parents and Citizens’

Association will be held on Wednesday 19 February commencing at 7.00pm.

Following acceptance of the minutes from the 2019 AGM and the tabling of the Audit Report 2019, all

current Executive roles will be declared vacant and nominations called for the following positions:

□ President

□ 2 x Vice Presidents

□ Secretary

□ Treasurer

□ Fundraising Coordinator

Nominations for coordinators of the following Sub-Committees will also be sought:

□ Parent Representative Coordinator

□ Uniform Coordinator

□ Fair Coordinator

Per the WGPS Bi-Laws a motion will be passed setting the P&C membership fees for the 2020

P&C year.

The AGM is open to all parents and carers who wish to attend, however only financial members are eligible to vote. All current P&C members are encouraged to attend the AGM to vote.

If you wish to nominate for a 2020 P&C position however are not financial, you must pay your P&C

membership for 2020 in advance, at the commencement of the AGM.

For more information concerning any aspects of the P&C including the conduct of the AGM, and

the roles of executives and sub-committees, please email WGPS P&C at

[email protected] or go to the NSW P&C Federation FAQ’s

website: https://www.pandc.org.au/faqs.

At the completion of the AGM the February general meeting will be held.

1. Meeting open:

1.1 – Welcome

2020 AGM - WGPS P&C Wednesday 19 February at 7pm

AGENDA

1.2 – Attendance/Apologies

2. Adopt Minutes from Previous meeting.

2.1 – Matters arising from previous minutes.

3. Annual Reports

3.1 – President

3.2 – Treasurer’s report

3.2.1 2019 Auditor report

3.3 – Uniform Coordinator

3.4 – Fundraising Coordinator

3.5 – Fair Coordinator

4. Auditor

4.1 – Appoint auditor for 2020 P&C financials

5. P&C membership fees

5.1 – Motion setting 2020 fee.

6. P&C Handbook

6.1 – Adoption of 2020 P&C Handbook

7. 2020 P&C Executive & Coordinator Elections

6.1 – President

6.2 – Vice President x2

6.3 – Secretary

6.4 – Treasurer

6.5 – Fundraising Coordinator

6.6 – Uniform Coordinator

6.7 – Fair Coordinator

8. Date of next AGM:

9. Meeting closed:

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