Principal: Steve Murphy Chisholm St P.O. Box 892 Wangaratta 3676 Phone: 03-5721-2658 03- 5722-1280 Fax: 03-5722-2712 Email: wangaratta.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: wangps.vic.edu.au

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Wangaratta Primary School Newsletter Issue 28

September 7, 2017

From the Principal

Lots of Things Are Always Happening Here at Wangaratta Primary School – It has been a busy week here at Wangaratta Primary School with lots happening in and around the school. On Monday, we had a staff professional development day where our staff spent the day increasing and sharing their teaching knowledge and skills, in order to enhance the teaching and learning that is happening across our school. I was really impressed with the high quality of information presented and the high engagement levels of our staff throughout the day. We were also lucky enough to have Melissa from Child First come in and speak with us, about the wonderful services they offer. Child First is a great resource for families and I encourage you to contact them if you require any type of support in relation to parenting, child development issues, or general support for your family. We also recently held a lockdown drill at our school. A lockdown procedure is used in the event of an external threat on the school grounds. We were really impressed how well students and staff carried out the lockdown procedures on this day, and students are to be congratulated for the way they handled themselves during this drill. It is a department requirement that schools hold emergency management drills once per term, in order to test our emergency responses and prepare both staff and students to successfully follow procedures in the event of a real emergency. In staffing news, we are happy to announce that our wonderful Foundation teacher, Jessie Hann, and her partner Alex, are currently expecting their first child. This means, that all being well, Jessie will work through until the end of this year, and then take family leave from the beginning of the 2018 school year. We congratulate Jessie and Alex on their news, and wish them all the very best for the upcoming arrival! In other staffing news, Cindy Rebbechi has decided to resign from her position here at Wangaratta Primary School from the beginning of Term 4, 2017. She will also be taking leave for the remainder of Term 3. We have begun the process to replace Cindy from the

beginning of Term 4, and will keep you updated with this as the process progresses. For the remainder of Term 3, we will be covering 1/2R with current staff members where possible, with Luisa Downing and Andrea Matheson working with the students in 1/2R over the next couple of weeks. We would like to thank Cindy for her contributions to our school during her time here and wish her all the very best for the future. Finally, it was wonderful to see so many Fathers and Grandfathers here enjoying our Father’s Day breakfast on Friday. It was great to have the opportunity to get out and meet some of our wonderful Dads and see them enjoying spending the morning and eating breakfast with their children and socialising with other Dads. A special thank-you to Steve and Carly Johnston for the organisation and running of this event, as well as to the other parents who assisted on the morning. Steve Murphy – Relinquishment of Principal Position We have received a letter from Steve Murphy, relinquishing his Principal position effective from the beginning of the 2018 school year. This means that Steve will not be returning to our school in 2018 as previously planned. As a result, the Principal position at our school will be advertised in Term 4, with the successful applicant taking on the substantive Principal role from the beginning of the 2018 school year. We thank Steve for his contribution and leadership of our school over the past couple of years and wish him well with his future endeavours.

EVENTS CALENDAR Friday, 8 September

Hoop Time Yrs 5/6

Bike Ed Yrs 3/4/5/6 Friday, 15 September

Yrs 1/2 Sleep over

Yrs 3/4/5/6 Bike Hike Friday, 22 September

Last day of term 3. School finishes at 2.15pm

P & F Hot Food Day Monday, 9 October

Term 4 commences. Wed, 11—Fri 13 October

Yrs 3/4 Camp Friday, 13 October

Zone Athletics (selected students only

2018 Foundation Transition Day 9am-11am

Tues, 31 Oct —Thurs, 2 Nov

Life Education Van Friday, 10 November

Foundation classes excursion to Traffic School

Mon 13—Fri 17 November

Yrs 3-6 Swimming Mon 20, Wed 22, Thurs 23, Tues 28, Wed 29 & Thurs 30 November

Yrs F-2 Swimming Friday, 22 December

Last day of term 4. School finishes at 1.30pm

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Grade 3-4 Human Body Unit of Work – Next week the Grade 3/4’s will start a unit of work on the human body. As a part of this unit of work teachers will be using the correct terms for all body parts. Students will be drawing a human body and labelling body parts using the correct names. If you feel you would like to discuss this with your child in advance we encourage you to do so. Please come and see the staff if you have any concerns in relation to this unit of work. Earn and Learn – A reminder to keep sending in the Earn and Learn stickers, there is only a few weeks left! A big thank-you to those who have already sent their stickers in. Thankyou—Father’s Day Breakfast A big thank-you to those families who kindly donated milk, cereal, juice, bacon, eggs and pastry etc for our Father’s Day breakfast. Your donations were greatly appreciated. Student Helpers in the Office It is with a sense of sadness that we are no longer able to have our wonderful student helpers answering phone calls during recess and lunch times. Changes to Child Safe laws has meant that we are not allowed to have students talk on the phone unless we can ensure that the person on the other end of the phone holds a Working With Children’s Check. We are disappointed that we can no longer offer this opportunity to our students, however we understand the need to comply with this rule. We are looking at other ways we can encourage students helpers in the office as we know how much our students enjoy this role and how valuable our staff have found their help. Colds and Flu / Sick Children – As most of you would be well aware there has certainly been a spike in the number of cold and flu viruses affecting people in the community at the moment. The school has certainly seen a rise in student absences over the last few weeks and in particular over the last 2 weeks. This has also included some of our staff who have been struck down with the same virus and we have had to employ a larger than normal number of Casual Relief Teachers to replace them while they recover. We are asking parents to be vigilant and help the school to control the spread of these nasty viruses by ensuring that you keep your children home when they are sick. While we are all about increasing attendance at school, we also understand and support the need to keep your child at home when unwell. Please just remember to contact the office to let us know that your child is absent. Regards Maree Moyle Acting Principal

Student of the Week

Xavier 5/6C—for ALWAYS showing respect and leading by example! Jayden 3/4D—for his hard work in class and clever answers to questions asked in class. Maddie FH—for being confident and helpful.

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Parents and Friends News

Woolworths Earn & Learn The Woolworths Earn and Learn program gives primary and Secondary schools around Australia the chance to earn school resources. This program commences Wednesday, 26 July until Tuesday, 19 September. Here’s how:

Earn one Woolworths Earn and Learn sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths.

Either place earnt stickers onto a sticker sheet or bring stickers into the office. At the end of the program, the stickers are redeemed for resources for our school through Modern Teaching Aids.

First Aid Roster Term 3 Roster ` The school is in need of extra helpers to assist with our first aid roster. Duties include: striping 1 single bed, gathering dirty items, making bed, laundering dirty items. Items are to be collected at end of school Friday and returned clean Monday morning. Please see the office to add your name to the roster.

Friday, 1 September—Naomi Friday, 8 September—Jennie G Friday, 15 September—Kay B Friday, 22 September—Mel L

Term 4

Friday, 13 October—Bree B Friday, 20 October—Tarnya C

Friday, 27 October—Julie I Friday, 3 November—Monique F

Thankyou to the school community for having a great Father’s Day Breakfast. It was a great community effort with many families donating goods or time or just attending. This is why our school community is so great.

Scholastic Orders have now closed—delivery will be shortly. Hot Food Lunch Day planned for Friday, 22 September. Fathers Day Photos—We would like to thank Bec and Nate from Harvey Norman Wangaratta.

Assembly Performances

Term 3 Wednesday, 13 September—5/6L Wednesday, 20 September—5/6C

Term 4 Wednesday, 11 October—Foundation L and H

Wednesday, 18 October—1/2A Wednesday, 25 October—Junior Guitar

Wednesday, 1 November—no performance Wednesday, 8 November—Senior Guitar

Wednesday, 15 November—3/4L Wednesday, 22 November—no performance

Wednesday, 29 November—3/4D Wednesday, 6 December—5/6C Wednesday, 13 December—5/6L

Wednesday, 20 December—Band and Choir

P & F Profile Hi, I’m Stacey Wallace and I am a mum to 3 girls, two that are here at Chisholm Street and my youngest to start next year. I am the Vice President of Parents and Friends. If you have any questions regarding P & F I’m more than happy to help.

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Music Count Us In exists to advocate for and celebrate music in Australian Schools. Each year, MCUI brings more than half a million people together in song, with a Celebration Day that reaches into every corner of the country. The song is written by student songwriters from across Australia, collaborating with MCUI’s celebrity mentors. This week, I introduced the song to students. They may practise at home by looking up Music Count Us In Shine Together on You Tube. Our celebration this year will include a whole school sing along in the BER building as well as the choir going to the Town Square to sing with other schools for the community.

Celebration Day is November 2nd with sing time at 12.30pm.

Music News

The first public performance by the Wangaratta Combined Primary Schools Concert Band is on

WHEN: Wednesday, 13 September 6.00pm-6.30pm

WHERE: Wangaratta High School Performing Arts Centre

Cost: FREE

All welcome to attend.

Writing Competition

Colour your classroom writing competition.

Win 1 of 20 $1000 classroom prize packs for your school. The topic is “If you could invent something that would make life easier for people, what would you

invent? Tell us in your best handwriting and in 300 words or less for a chance to win! Competition closes 29 September. Enter at www.colouryourclassroom.com.au

Wangaratta Combined Primary Schools Concert Band

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Menus and Functions Along the top of the screen there are various icons, and from

these icons you can navigate through the Compass portal.

The Home icon will take you back to the Home page.

The Calendar icon will take you to the school calendar, where you will be able to see the schedules of your students, as well as any school events or activities that have been entered to the calendar. The Pencil icon will bring up the Teaching and Learning menu, from which you can access Learning Tasks and School Resources. The Grid icon will bring up the Organisation menu, from which you can access Events, Course Confirmations, and the Job System. The Two People icon will bring up the Community menu, from which you can access Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences, School Photos, and School Documentation. The Star icon will bring up the Favourites menu, where any websites that the school has added will be linked. To the right of the screen, your name will display, with the Cog icon, which will bring up the Tools menu, from which you can access your Files, reset your password, update your contact details, and log out. Clicking on your name will take you to your profile page.

Compass Tips

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Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the challenge. FH—Darby, Emily, Harvey, Millie, Tayla and Todd FL—Hunter, Kieran, Pippa and Teo 1/2R—Asher, Caleb , Keira and Isla 1/2A—Bailey, Frankie, Brady and Harvey 1/2K—Riley 3/4D– Cooper, Lucas and Thomas 3/4L—Elliott, Ella and Hunter 5/6C—Alex 5/6L—Amy For those students who are still reading you have ONE DAY LEFT to register your books at the website.

Guitar

A purple three quarter sized guitar has been misplaced/missing. If you know where it is could you please let the office know. Thankyou.

Free Workshop

Thursday, 21 September 4pm-6pm at the Centre

17 Chisholm Street

If you’d like to be able to meet and chat with other families living with similar difficulties living in the Wangaratta region, please contact us!

Call Kelly on 0408 916 969 email: northeasttactics@gmail.com or message us through Facebook@North East TacTics.

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General Information

Bendigo Student Banking Change to Collection Day Please be advised that Bendigo Bank wishes to change its School Banking collection day to Friday instead of Wednesday. The bank will trial the new collection day for this term and are hoping the change of day is more convenient for parents to participate. 3rd Little Duck Lunch Orders Please note that we have been notified by 3rd Little Duck of the following changes to lunch orders On Line Orders must be made by 9pm SATURDAY Written orders must be placed in the order tub at the school office FRIDAY mornings instead of Monday. Children’s Dental Services Ages 0-18 years Did you know that NHW dental Service is open to children of all ages from 0-18 years of age? If you have a Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card, or child Dental Benefits Scheme - there is No charge for any public dental care. Children from 0-18 years of age—if you do not receive any of the above benefits—there is a co-payment of $32.50 per full course of care (1st July 2017). No charge for emergency care. Children are offered the first available appointment and are usually seen by Oral Health Therapists who are specifically trained to treat children. For those requiring more extensive care, children can be referred to one of our dentists. An Oral Health Educator provides education and dietary advice where required. For further information or to make an appointment, please call the friendly staff at the clinic on 57225325 any day between 9am and 4.30pm. The clinic is situated in the Community Care Centre, 4-12 Clark Street, Wangaratta. School Holiday Art Workshop with Dylan Martorell Wednesday, 27 September 12pm-4pm and Friday, 29 September 12pm-4pm Location: Boorhaman Community Hall at Boorhaman Golf Course FREE! (Snacks provided, please bring lunch) Details: For this workshop kids will make instruments and sculpture from recycled materials from the local community, including old farm equipment and ‘junk’. At the culmination of this two part workshop kids will perform a musical piece on the stage at the Boorhaman Hall with artist Dylan Martorell. This performance will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube, and available for viewing at the Open Day on Saturday, 7 October. RSVP Please email hello@residencyprojects.com to confirm attendance to one or both workshop days, or if you have any questions. School Holidays Art Workshop with Chaco Kato Friday, 6 October 2pm-4.30pm at Boorhaman Community Hall at Boorhaman Golf Course. FREE For this workshop participants will make woven sculptures using materials from the Boorhaman Golf Course ground. This workshop is suitable for kids and teenagers from 6-16 years. RSVP please email hello@residencyprojects.com to confirm attendance or if you have any questions.