A Word or Two from the Principal

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Throughout this Bulletin the term parent means parent, guardian and care provider.

South Wagga Public School Established 1892

COMING EVENTS

Term 4 November Wed 19 P & C Meeting Fri 21 Band Day at Conservatorium of Music

December Tue 2 Carols by torch light Tue 9 Yr 6 Farewell

Thurs 11 PRESENTATION NIGHT Wed 17 Last Day Term 4 for Students P & C Meeting Thurs 18 & Fri 19 Staff Development

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2015 January Tue 27 Staff Dev Day Wed 28 Students return

February Mon 2 Kindergarten start

SWPS Swimming Carnival 5-2-15

SWPS Athletics Carnival 30-4-15

Welcome to this week’s South Wagga Bulletin.

I would like to start with a huge congratulations to the Fete Committee on another highly successful and very enjoyable South Wagga fete. The evening ran very smoothly in every regard and the fete was a massive success. The final money count continues as the last of the silent auction money is sent into school, however, at present the profit is around $17000. Well done and thank you to everyone who supported this year’s fete. This week, building started on new fixed play equipment for Kindergarten and Stage 1 and it should be completed by the start of next week. The play equipment is a joint project between the school and P&C / Fete and some of the funds raised at this year’s fete have been directed towards the purchase of the equipment for the students. On Monday the Riverina Touring Band performed at school for the students, staff and parents. The school had three students taking part in the band, Ned Prescott, Tom Prescott and Meg Mundy. A highlight for me was seeing the remaining members of the South Wagga Band joining in with the Riverina Band to practise and perform. It was fantastic to see how much the students enjoyed the opportunity to perform as part of a large group. The Year 6 Fun Day today was another very good school activity. As part of their leadership responsibilities the Year 6 students had to plan activities and run the events on the day. The gold coin donation goes towards purchasing the 2014 Year 6 gift to the school.

Parents are reminded to attend the Cyber Safety Presentation next Thursday at 7pm in the gym. This is an extremely important and useful presentation for all parents and one that you should not miss. If your child has access to the internet or uses an IPad, IPod, Tablet or computer you need to attend this information session. I am hoping that the evening is well attended as it has taken a great deal of effort from a number of sources to make this parent presentation possible at South Wagga. I cannot stress enough the importance of all parents attending this very im-portant presentation. In closing I would like to congratulate Mr Duncan Brodie who was this week permanently appointed through the merit selection process as a teacher at South Wagga Public School. Until next week

Greg

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Achievement and How2Learn Awards Week 5

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Canteen Roster—October Week 7 Term 4

Mon 10: Tracey Tues 11: CLOSED Wed 12: Jenny & Glenn

Thur 13: Tracey Fri 14: Tracey & Mardi

Help always wanted

Canteen Closed Tuesdays

Achievement Awards

KR: Joseph Measday—Application in writing KJ: Jace Lucas—Enjoying listening to the Riverina Band 1/2D: Ricky Holmes—Trying hard in persuasive writing 1/2J: Mollie Walker—Maturity and leadership 1/2G: Charlie Roche—Growing confident in reading Emma Mundy—A fantastic persuasive text 1/2R: Caitlyn Jay—An excellent effort in persuasive writing 3/4H: Darcie Moon—Enthusiasm in maths Izzy Kimpton—Working well in reading groups 3/4L: Saffy Robertson—Oral presentation skills Xander Anschuetz—Greater concentration in class 3/4P: Tom Davies—Effort in reading groups Ines Treharne—Positive attitude and humour 5/6B: Caitlin Hoy—Always doing her best Ethan Ross—His positivity and friendliness 5/6C: Josh Mills—Excellent attitude towards classwork Hugh Wakefield—Excellent questioning skills 5/6S: Shivani Ratra—Inquiry thinking in science Paige Clancy—Outstanding results in mathematics Rani Hogg—Outstanding literacy results

Special Awards: Hugh Bent 1/2J, Angus Banks KR, Lillyanah Jackson 1/2J Library: Navya Gajella 1/2G, Cohen Benson 1/2D

How 2 Learn Awards

KR: Will Ryan—Learning to manage his distractions KJ: Devangi Joshi—Remembering to practise her learning at home 1/2D: Cohen Benson—Using remembering to his advantage 1/2J: Hugh Smith—Remembering facts and applying them to his learning 1/2G: Nate Sarantakos—Being a positive role model in collaborative 1/2R: Liam O’Neill—Collaborating well to build his farm

3/4H: Ben Kelly—Deep thinking in literacy 3/4L: Alex Manley—Making links between texts 3/4P: Joey Reyment—Reflectiveness in learning 5/6B: Meg Callaghan—Thinking deeply and arguing her points 5/6C: Saige Mascini—Planning her work 5/6S: Kate Sibrey—Planning her work & managing her learning time well Special Awards: Emma Mundy 1/2G

Mahek Jain with her official invitation to meet the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on 17 November at the Allphones Arena, Sydney.

The new fixed play equipment for Kinder and Stage 1, which should be completed by the start of next week. ………………………………………………………………

Working Bee Working bee this Sat 15 November @ 4.30pm. Volunteers are needed to help spread softfall for the new equipment. Please bring rake and shovel. Students are looking forward to using the new equipment.

Thank you.

Riverina and SWPS Band performing 10 November

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Girls Touch Team

Boys Touch Team

Bike Day Funanza! Leading up to bike day was very exciting for South Wagga Public School. Mr Brodie had planned and organised this day to be spectacular for all students. ‘Having Leigh from StarFM come in and talk to the kids about bike safety was great. It was a really engaging factor for all the kids’ exclaimed Mr Brodie. The students were so excited about having their bikes and scooters at school, they were zooming around like fireflies all day. Emerging from the dots at around 9:40am, Stage 2 and 3 hurried to grab their bikes and off they went. Stage 1 and Kinder went after recess. Rotating around all the six different stations, ranging from off road riding to learning the road rules, was great. ‘It’s wonderful to see just how much knowledge the kids really do have!’ remarked Mrs Dillon. Chris from Kidson’s Cycles and Paul from Morgan Street Cycles joined us this year to run all the classes through how to make sure their bike, scooter, skateboard and rollerblades were up to date and didn’t need any repairs. South Wagga is very thankful that Chris and Paul came because there were bolts, wheels and pedals flying everywhere and many flat tyres. The preparation that went towards organising this very special occasion by Mr Brodie was highly extensive and muchly appreciated by his pupils. --by Gabbi Dennis

This week’s focus is the strategy of Planning. In Kindergarten we have been using this strategy to extend our

writing capabilities when writing narratives. Before we begin to write, we always discuss our ideas with a few

friends. It helps us to think about whether we have included the: who, what, when, where and why questions at

the beginning of the writing. Then we use our imagination to invent a problem or puzzle for the middle of the sto-

ry which is where all the action takes place. But writing the ending is the most fun especially if it is a surprise and

makes people laugh.

Hospital Fete

Wagga Wagga Base Hospital FETE this Saturday 15 Nov at Civic Precinct from 9am-2pm.

New Glee Choir starting at RCM with Heather Wall and Meredith Adams. Performing at ‘Something to Sing About’ in the Civic Theatre in Sept

2015. Singers must be 12 years old by February 2015. Auditions are on Friday 28 November and Friday 5 December from 4.00 - 6.00 pm. WAGGA WAGGA CYCLING CLUB Wagga Wagga Cycling Club will be holding a: WHAT: Come & Try the Track session WHERE: Wagga Wagga Cricket Ground & Velodrome WHEN: 4.45pm-6.30pm, Monday 26 November What do you need to bring? Cycling Helmut Cycling Gloves if you have them Wagga Wagga Cycling Club will provide you with a bike for the evening. Participants will be fully insured by Cycling Australia. Participants will be fully insured by Cycling Australia. Contact James Vickers, President on 0427448566 or president@waggacyuclingclub.com

A huge thank you to everyone who attended last week’s Fete.

Thank you to all who volunteered their time to help set-up, work on stalls, co-ordinate stalls, donate goods to the

stalls and helped pack up. Together we raised over $17,000 on the night which is a huge amount that will go to the

P&C to be used around the school next year.

We have also raised additional funds throughout the year with the raffle, chocolates, Father’s Day and Mother’s

Day stalls, crazy camel calendars and mufti days. These funds will also be used by the P&C. We are currently

finalising all of the amounts from fete night and the fundraising so we will have more information in next week’s

Bulletin.

A very big thank you to all the businesses and organisations who supported the fete this year. A full list of these

businesses and organisations will be included in next week’s Bulletin. The support that we received from the

community was fantastic.

2014 Fete Committee