A Message from our Principal

AVID Conference Last week, Mrs Lappan, Mr McKinnon, Mrs Poulson and Ms O’Brien visited Melbourne to attend the AVID Australia Conference. This Professional learning reinforced the idea of helping students to develop a growth mindset and gave us valuable ideas about how to deliver a numeracy based program and activities. We will look forward to implementing some of these new ideas in our classrooms in 2019. Presentation Days Congratulations to all of our K-2 students for doing such a fantastic job today at the K-2 Presentation Assembly and thank you to Mrs Lappan for stepping in my absence.

Well done to all the award winners, a testament to your hard work throughout 2018. Thank you to Mrs Reid for the organisation of the event and to the performance groups who did us proud. Thank you to the large number of parents and families there to support the children – much appreciated. We are very proud of all of our K-2 students for the improvements and progress they have made through 2018. Don’t forget that tomorrow is our 3-6 Presentation Ceremony commencing at 9:30 am in the school hall. Parent Helpers Morning Tea Last Friday, WWS held a Parent Helpers Morning Tea in the school hall. This small token of our appreciation was the very least we could do to repay you for your commitment to our students and school community. Stage Days Out Next week, each of our school stages will be having an end of year day out. If you have not yet returned a permission note and payment, please do so by Friday this week. School Reports Don’t forget that school reports will be issued to students on Friday the 14th of December. If your child is not at school on that day for any reason, reports will available for collection at the school office when the students return on the first day back – Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Ethics Classes 2019 Could you volunteer to teach Ethics for Woy Woy South Public School? We are expecting that the number of students wishing to participate in Ethics classes will continue to grow. We need volunteers so that we can continue to offer classes right through from Kindy to Year 6. Volunteers must be available for half an hour from either 9am or 9:30am each Tuesday morning (during teaching weeks) and are provided with thorough training (a two-day workshop and a couple of hours of on-line training) and easy-to-follow lesson materials. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to our school, please visit www.primaryethics.com.au or contact

Upcoming Events

Thursday, 13th December 3-6 Presentation Day – 9.30am

P&C Christmas Disco –

K-2 : 4pm – 5.30pm

3-6 : 5.45pm - 7.15pm

Friday, 14th December Bluey Rewards Day

Monday, 17th December

Year 6. Farewell

Tuesday, 18th December End of Year Class Parties (K-6)

Wednesday, 19th December

Last day of 2018!

Wednesday, 30th January 2019 Term 1 2019 begins (Years. 1-6 only!)

Monday, 4th February

Kindergarten 2019 starts

Woy Woy South Public School The School Mall, WOY WOY NSW 2256

P: (02) 4341 1899 F: (02) 4343 1984 Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Matt Barr Email: woywoysth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Date: Term 4, Week 9

Wednesday, 12th December

Respect | Responsibility | Relationships

Julie Hatfield (email: julie.b.hatfield@gmail.com), the school’s Ethics Co-ordinator. This will be the final WWSPS newsletter for 2018. On behalf of all the staff I would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a safe and enjoyable holiday period. Grades 1-6 return on 30/1/19 and Kindergarten commence on 4/2/19. Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal

Merit Awards

Superstar Awards

Year 2 – 3 Transition Information SCHOOL RULES The school rules are the same for all students from Kindergarten to Year 6. They fall under the following school value headings;

Respect

Responsibility

Relationships RESPECT covers the qualities of: ▪ Manners. ▪ Acceptance of authority ▪ Appropriate language ▪ Rights of others RESPONSIBILITY covers the qualities of: ▪ Caring for the school environment ▪ Correct equipment ▪ Learn & allow others to learn ▪ Listen & follow instructions ▪ Move safely & directly ▪ Use the Hi-5 RELATIONSHIPS this covers the qualities of: ▪ Tolerance ▪ No put-downs. ▪ Greetings ▪ Co-operation ▪ No Bullying Issues which originate within the classroom are resolved most often by the class teacher with duty teachers investigating playground issues. Referral on to an Assistant Principal, Deputy or Principal may occur after initial investigation. Miss King Assistant Principal (Stage 2)

KJ – Mia KP - Max 1A – Isla

1B - Zane 1M – Lola 2M - Freddy

2R - Tyra 2W - Maximus 3A – Levi

3W - Spenser 3/4P – Ben 4G – Isabel

4M - Alisha 5G – Liam 5/6L – Henri

6A – Jordan 6O – Binnowee

KJ – Jack KP – Lucy 1A – Angel

1B - Kai 1M – Isabella 2M – Talia

2R - Bella 2W – Niah 3A – Lily-Rose

3W - Jaymes 3/4P - Gemma 4G – Luke

4M – Lachlan 5G – Taleah 5/6L – Kimberley

6A - Felicity 6O - Hunter

Jack Newton Golf Program

Last Thursday students from year 6 headed to the

Everglades Golf Course to finish off the Jack Newton Golf

Program they had been participating in throughout term

4. The group enjoyed developing their putting and driving

skills as well as being part of the club for the afternoon. A

big thankyou to the Everglades Country Club, Jack Steed

and members of the club for hosting the students for the

afternoon and throughout the term.

Library News

Library Books Due Back

Thank you to the students who

have returned their library books

and have no outstanding loans.

For those with books still on loan

please return them now at any

time to the library. If books have been damaged/lost the

replacement fee may be paid at the school office. Please

feel free to contact me if you have any queries or

concerns.

Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC)

Congratulations to all students who completed the PRC.

Certificates have been given to class room teachers.

Special congratulations to Kyan in 4M and Sam in 6O who

received Gold award certificates. Gold awards are only

presented after 4 years of completing the PRC.

Have a lovely week.

Mrs Silver

P&C News Woy Woy South Public School P&C Facebook Page!!! Have you liked and followed our page?? Get up to date information and reminders on all things P&C. So join our Woy Woy South Public School P&C Facebook Page so we can get messages to all our volunteers and parents as required. This page will be a source of Canteen specials, Volunteers needed for certain days, Reminders for meetings, Reminders for money/notes due to the RED P&C BOX, Uniform Shop Specials and opening times, and anything we need to get out to you. Feel free to ‘like’ our page and send us a message if you need any clarification or advice about upcoming events. Splash Of Colour Prizes Congratulations to everyone who participated in our Splash of Colour. Last Friday the majority of prizes were handed out to the students. There was a delay in the Liquifly Fizz Rocket but they should be here later this week. There was also a change in the remote control car. All prizes were as of Friday 30th November at 9am.If at this time a prize was not selected a prize was selected for you. Hope we did ok. Thank you to everyone for a mammoth fundraising effort. Bakers Delight Fundraising – Order are finalised Bakers Delight Umina is helping us fundraise by donating money from all the Fruit Mince Pies, Lemon Tarts and Christmas Cakes we order. Last Friday we ordered 23 6 packs of Fruit Mince Tarts, 29 6 packs of Lemon Tarts, 13 Xmas Tree Cakes and 3 large Christmas Cakes. This is a huge order and thank you to everyone that supported this fundraiser. Pick up will be from outside the hall from 3.30-7.15pm on Thursday during Disco time or they will be sent home with students on Friday. Term 4 Disco-have you got your ticket yet? Our Term 4 Disco is this Thursday 13th December. We have made it a Christmas theme and we are looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow for the last time from 8.30-9.15am outside the canteen. Disco will run 4.00pm-5.30pm K-2 and 5.45pm-7.15pm 3-6. School Banking Just a reminder there will Not be anymore banking this year! If your child has ordered rewards they will still come in. Thank you all for a great year! We hope that all our Woy Woy South families have a

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! Stay Safe. 🎄 Uniform Shop SCHOOL HOLIDAY PURCHASE AVAILABLE!! The uniform shop is now closed for cash sales but any online orders made this week can be collected THIS FRIDAY MORNING ONLY! Orders placed via

quickcliq.com.au during the school holidays will be available for pickup on the first day students return to school provided we have enough stock. FEATONS LOCKSMITHS who are located at 330 West St, Umina Beach have kindly offered to sell our new grey polo shirts and other limited items during the school break. Keep an eye on our P&C Facebook page for further details. The Black Crow Canteen Last days for our large meat pie!! Our menu will have a few changes next year to keep us inline with the Healthy Kids Guidelines. Please keep an eye out on our Facebook Page for our new menu. Have you seen our specials lately?? We are supporting our local Bakers Delight at Umina and selling Cheese and Bacon Rolls and Vegemite Scrolls on Wednesdays for just $1.50 each!!! (if you’re lucky there might be some left on Thursday too!) These are available before school, recess and lunch. Canteen Roster Thursday 13th December - Friday 14th December - Monday 17th December - Tuesday 18th December– CLOSED Wednesday 19th December – OPEN (limited Stock) Did you know you can order your child’s lunch online up until 9.15am that day?? You can order your children’s lunches online at Woy Woy South. Check it out at – www.quickcliq.com.au Simple and easy to sign up. Amanda and Jacqui – Canteen Phone No. 4341 7798

Jack in KJ

Joby in 4G

Juliette in 2M

Congratulations to these three students

who have chosen to exchange some of their bluey tokens for a photo in the

newsletter and on Facebook this term.

We are looking forward to participating in some exciting and rewarding

activities this Friday on Blueys Reward Day!

Some of our favourite memories of 2018!

As this is our last newsletter for 2018, on behalf of WWS staff I’d like to wish you all a very Merry

Christmas and a Happy New Year! Also, to our wonderful year 6 students we wish you the best of luck as you begin your first year of high-school

Jolly bops Science Show

Pyjama Day

Athletics Carnival

Farmers Friend’s Friday!

Father’s Day Breakfast!

“Lost” Concert

Cooking Club

KJ’s Pizza Party!

Stage 3 Canberra Excursion

5G’s visit from Taronga Zoo

Gold Reward Excursion

Grandparents Day