Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School

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Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: woywoysth-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Matt Barr Term 1 – Week 6 Date: Wednesday, 4th March 2020

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Upcoming Events Tuesday, 10th March Zone Swimming Carnival

Wednesday, 11th March Kindergarten Teddy Bear’s Picnic - 12pm Mufti Day – gold coin donation for Westmead Children’s Hospital

Friday, 13th March Pi Day Friday, 20th March Harmony Day – wear an orange piece of clothing

Tuesday, 24th March School Photos Friday, 27th March Earth Day – K-6 Mufti

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Great news for our school After a recent visit to our school from the Brisbane Water Director of Educational Leadership, Mr Chris Bice and Executive Director of Regional North Operation, Mr Tim McCallum, our school was one of 3 primary schools on the Central Coast selected to participate at a Regional Director’s Conference, outlining the strategies behind our excellent progress in recent years and in particular, how we have established a positive culture of learning and wellbeing here at WWS. We as a school community have worked very hard on developing pride and positivity at our school in many different areas and I would like to publicly thank the staff for the commitment and passion they have shown towards this work. I would also like to thank all of you, the students, parents, grandparents and carers for supporting us in the quest to make our school a great place to learn and work. The future looks exciting for WWS! Coronavirus Update As you are all aware updates regarding the Coronavirus issue are well documented in daily news bulletins. NSW Public Schools continue to be regularly updated regarding the courses of action required and precautions to be taken. Please find attached to this newsletter the latest information provided to schools. Approaching students when at school As in every school, from time to time students have issues with other individuals or groups. Sometimes these situations can be ongoing and it takes significant time for staff to help the students to develop strategies to solve these problems and move on. As a parent myself, I can completely understand the frustration experienced when these issues linger or cause distress for your children. Regardless, experience tells us that parents confronting other children in the playground isn’t beneficial for anyone concerned and usually exacerbates the situation rather than solve it. If you’re concerned about an issue, please

speak with your child’s classroom teacher and from that they can determine whether the issue can be solved at that level or if further assistance can be provided by senior executive staff. Your cooperation with this is greatly appreciated. Works Notification Attached to this newsletter is a works notification from School Infrastructure NSW. Significant construction work will soon take place in our school and as it is an old site, preparations to ensure the environment continues to be safe are required. The large majority of the work, mainly roofing, will all take place when students are not at school i.e. weekends and school holidays. Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal

Harmony Day will be celebrated at WWSPS on Friday the 20th of March. Students are encouraged to come dressed in a piece of orange clothing on

this day, "Everyone Belongs" is the message and orange is the colour. Please wear sensible enclosed school shoes and our school hat on this

day.

The canteen will provide three international dishes that students can choose to order for their lunch on the Friday 20th March ONLY.

The 3 meals will be Butter Chicken, Fried Rice and Pasta. More information will follow regarding how to order these foods on the day.

Students will complete class activities with their buddy classes and during the Friday assembly in week 8 there will be a special Harmony Day

presentation where students will discuss what Harmony Day means to them and us as a school.

BOOK CLUB A reminder that all Book Club orders are due in by Thursday,

19th March 2020 Eli, Zane & Mimi in KW received a

Principal’s Award from Mr Barr for their illustrations of their dad’s. Well done!

Positive Behaviour For Learning The PBL focus for Week 6 is ‘Accepting Authority’. This means always following an adult’s instructions. When accepting authority, students should listen to the teacher and do what is asked without arguing. It is also important to allow others to listen to the teacher without interruption. Accepting authority allows for intentional learning and positive classroom experiences across all Stages at Woy Woy South. The PBL Team Library News Book Fair 2020 Dear parents and carers, Congratulations Woy Woy South on a spectacular turn out to our Enchanted Forest Book fair. We have out done ourselves once again beating the total amount ever earned at book fair this year, to utilise as funds for our Library! The students, parents and I had a fantastic time enjoying our 2-week book fair. Thank you to my student helpers who were dedicated and organised and more than happy to be involved and a big congratulations to Zoe of 3/4M for winning our Gummy Bear guessing competition with an exact guess of 372! Miss Nelson Teacher Librarian K-6 Mufti Day - Wednesday 11th March 2020 On Wednesday the 11th of March, Kindergarten will be having their annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic. We would like to invite all students K-6 to wear Mufti and bring a Gold Coin Donation. The money raised will be donated to Westmead Children’s Hospital. This charity has been chosen as a number of our students are currently visiting Westmead for treatments on a regular basis. Pi Day Pi Day is celebrated every year on the 14th of March around the world. Not only is it the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, but it’s also the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet (π). This year our school will celebrate Pi Day on Friday 13th March with a Pi scavenger hunt and a competition to see who can recite the most digits of Pi. Start practising reciting Pi now. Good luck mathematicians.

P&C News P&C MEETING – FRIDAY 9:00AM IN THE LEARNING CENTRE

Our next meeting is this Friday morning 6th March and is our AGM, followed by our usual meeting. This will take place at 9:00am in the Learning Centre. All positions will be vacated and nominations accepted for positions of President, Vice President x 2, Treasurer, Secretary, Canteen Convenor, Fundraising, Uniform Shop. You must be a 2019 member to vote in the AGM. All 2020 members can vote in the meeting held after the AGM. Membership is $2.00 per year. Everyone is welcome, including younger children. We try to have a laugh and a bit of fun so come along and find out who we are and what’s happening.

BAKERS DELIGHT HOT CROSS BUN DRIVE – IT’S BACK!!

Hot Cross Buns and Easter just go hand in hand and we are teaming up with Bakers Delight Umina Beach again to bring you a ‘bun ‘raiser for our school. We will be ordering Traditional, Choc Chip, Fruitless and Apple & Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns for $7.50 per 6 pack with $2.00 of each pack sold going to the school. So, start taking orders from families and friends now and a note will go home in Week 8.

TERM 1 DISCO

Our Term 1 Disco is being held on Thursday 2nd April and we can’t wait. Our K-Yr.2 disco runs from 4:00pm-5:30pm and our Yr3-6 disco runs from 5:45pm-7:15pm. Tickets are $5.00 each and will be sold outside the canteen on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the week of the disco. Permission notes will go home in Week 9. Each disco ticket includes a drink and packet of chips at the half time interval.

DONATIONS PLEASE

In Term 2 the P&C will be holding a variety of fundraisers for our school. We are looking for donations of items or services that could be used for prizes. Do you have a small business that would like to donate something in return for advertising? Do you know a local business that might like to help out our school with a donation? Please contact the P&C via our Facebook Page or email woywoysouthpandc@hotmail.com.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

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SCHOOL BANKING

Getting involved in School Banking is easy. All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youth saver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:

1. Online

Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youth saver account.

2. In branch

Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youth saver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is Friday. Each week you need to fill out the bank book and hand it to your teacher first thing in the morning.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

UNIFORM SHOP

Our school uniform shop is CASH ONLY and opens Wednesday mornings only from 8:45-9:15am. Alternatively you can purchase with a card online using your quickcliq.com.au account which is the same account used for online lunch ordering. Online purchases can be collected from the uniform shop, canteen, or Featon Locksmiths on West Street, Umina. Please note uniforms will be temporarily unavailable for purchase or collection from Featons from Thursday 12th March through to Friday 20th. Hats are available for purchase any time from the canteen for $10.00 in wide brim (XS-L) or bucket style (XS-XL).

Bluey's Snack Shack is celebrating vegetables week and the Big Vegetable crunch from 2nd – 6th March. During the week we will have 50c recess specials such as hot chips and veggie sticks & dip. We also have a special canteen made veggie burger with tomato and lettuce for $4.00, which you can order all week for lunch.

Did you know that we make our fried rice, pasta bolognaise and nachos which all have hidden vegetables and taste yummy too?

Canteen Roster Term 1 Week 6

Thursday 5th March - Kim

Friday 6th March - Michelle G & Ellen

Monday 9th March- helper needed

Tuesday 10th March - Leah

Wednesday 11th March - helper needed

Jacqui and Amanda - Canteen

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