Waratah Public School

Term 1—Week 10 RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY LEARNING Wednesday 3 April 2019

Lambton Road Waratah NSW 2298 T 4968 2221 F 4968 1986 E waratah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.waratah-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER TERM 1 2019

Friday 12 April Easter Hat Parade

Friday 12 April Last Day Term 1

Monday 29 April Staff Development Day

Tuesday 30 April Students Return Term 2

Friday 3 May Zone Cross Country

Thursday 30 May Athletics Carnival

Drumming Throughout Term 1, our Drum Corp students have been working really hard and have made amazing progress. They have thoroughly enjoyed having Col Hatchman as a guest teacher over the last 2 weeks. During Term 1, our students missed 2 lessons. We have been notified that the catch-up lessons will take place on Monday 27 May at 1.00pm and on Monday 1 July at 1.00 pm.

P&C AGM The P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place last night where elections were held. A big thanks to those volunteers who have chosen to give up their time to support our wonderful school over the past year and for those taking a position on this year. President: Leonie Hawtin Vice President: Julie Small Vice President: (Vacant) Treasurer: Bec Carey Secretary: Alison Donnelly Canteen Co-ordinator: (Vacant) Banking Co-ordinator: Leonie Hawtin Fundraising Co-ordinator: Rachel Garner Uniform Shop Co-ordinator: Bec Carey Over the next month we will be taking suggestions for P&C goals for the next 12 months, which will be voted on in the May P&C Meeting.

P & C Meetings Calendar 2019 P&C Meetings are normally first Tuesday of the month (during term) at Hamilton North Bowling Club from 6.00 pm.

7 May (Term 2 - Week 2) 4 June (Term 2 – Week 6) 2 July (Term 2 – Week 11) 6 August (Term 3 – Week 3) 3 September (Term 3 – Week 7) 15 October (Term 4 – Week 1) 5 November (Term 4 – Week 4)

Principal's Message Another exciting week has passed at WPS. Students have been consolidating the learning they have been doing throughout the term. What an amazing learning environment! I would like to thank all the parents that attended the parent/teacher interviews. It is such a valuable opportunity to invest in your students learning and understand how they are going here at school. Thank you also to our teachers for the additional hours preparing and delivering these interviews. On a bittersweet note, Mrs Novak has accepted a position as Relieving Assistant Principal at Heaton PS for the rest of this year, starting in Term 2. I know this was a very difficult choice for Mrs Novak as she loves our school but the opportunity was too good to refuse. We wish Mrs Novak

all the very best on her new adventure. Thank you Mr Metcalfe

Choir On Tuesday 26 March the School Choir performed at the Newcastle City Police Awards and Medal Presentation Ceremony. They were awarded with Certificate of Appreciation. Thank you to the Parent helpers on the day.

School Camp With the current closure of Myuna Bay camp, we are awaiting confirmation about the implications this will have on our Stage 2 camp. We are still hopeful that the camp will go ahead but this may mean a change of venue and date. We have been told to expect confirmation by the end of next week. Thank you for your understanding.

Harmony… “It’s up to us.”

Waratah students enthusiastically celebrated our multiculturalism on Harmony Day, Thursday March 21. Our playground was brightly coloured with orange clothes and students in traditional garb. Students enjoyed a variety of activities in their classes. They proudly shared words and phrases from our many languages including Akan, Arabic, Bengali, Croatian, Dari, English, Filipino, French, German, Hakka, Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, Kannada, Kirundi, Korean, Macedonian, Malayalam, Mandarin, Maori, Marathi, Malaysian, Persian, Pidgin, Punjabi, Samoan, Senegalese, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof and Yoruba. Waratah’s children of the world make us proud.

Uniform Shop Winter is almost upon us and the Uniform Shop is stocked up for all your winter uniform needs! Below is our winter uniform schedule. The Uniform shop also sells maroon beanies, scarves and gloves to keep students warm. Thanks to people’s kind donations, we are also stocked up with second hand winter jumpers.

Girls Tunic

Maroon thick cotton stockings Maroon cotton bootleg pants

Boys Grey shorts or long grey pants Gold polo shirt - long sleeved

Unisex Gold polo shirt - long sleeved

Maroon straightleg tracksuit pants Maroon Jumper/Jacket

School Band An information morning is being held this Thursday 4 April from 8.00 am in the Music Room. This is a great opportunity to ask questions and see the instruments that are available. If you can’t make it but would like your child to be involved please email Mrs Savage. karyn.savage@exemail.com.au.

Easter EGGtravaganza Raffle Let’s make this raffle Eggsellent! The P&C are seeking donations for our Easter raffle – anything Easter or chocolate, no donation will be too big or small. Please place your donation in the Easter box in the office. Raffle to be drawn at the Easter Hat Parade, Friday 12 April. The more donations the more prizes. Let’s get cracking and hop to it. Raffle tickets came home last week with the Newsletter. There are more raffle books available in the office. Tickets are $1 each and prizes will be Easter hampers. 1st prize - Extra large, 2nd Prize - Large, 3rd 4th 5th Prize will be Medium and there will be lots of small prizes up for grabs. Thank you in advance for your gratitude. The Fundraising Team !

Easter Hat Parade Our annual P—6 Easter Hat Parade will be held on Friday 12 April at 12.40 pm in our school hall. Everyone is welcome and we would love to see you there.