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 3 – Week 2 Date: 1st August 2018

Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships

Message from the Principal Public Speaking Finals Congratulations to all the students who participated in the WWS Public Speaking Finals this week. The standard of the speeches was amazing, making the task for the adjudicators extremely difficult. I would like to congratulate Millissa (Yr 3), Oscar (Yr 4), Harry (Yr 5) and Will (Yr 6) who were the winners for their grades. These students will now progress to the regional finals, which will be held in the weeks to come. Thankyou to all the parents who came to the event to support the students. National Tree Day – the highs and the lows… Last Friday Miss Goder arranged a fabulous opportunity for our students to participate in National Tree Day – a highly worthwhile event. Weeks of planning was undertaken sourcing the correct plants, organising times for the students to come out with their classes to do the planting and engagement in classroom lessons. The day was a huge success and a beautiful native hedge was planted along the retaining wall near the G Block computer lab, adding to the ongoing improvement of our grounds and to the students’ understanding of environmental sustainability. Despite the planting only being completed just before 3pm, unbelievably and to everyone’s incredible disappointment, all of the plants that were planted by our children were stolen between 3.30 and 4.30pm. Needless to say, the police have been notified and if anyone has any information regarding the removal of these plants, please inform me in the school office so that the appropriate course of action can be followed.

Athletics Carnival This Friday WWS will be hosting its first K-6 Athletics Carnival and Sports Day at Adcock Park, Gosford. This is a great whole school initiative and with great weather predicted, it promises to be an excellent day. As many parents have made requests for the purchase of the new sports shirts, the P&C has kindly agreed to open the uniform shop this Thursday between 8.30 and 9am so that keen students can look their best on Friday. A limited number of the new shirts will also be available on the day at the carnival. Pick up Procedures A reminder that all students being picked up before the end of the school day must be signed out of the school at the office in the company of their parent or carer. At no time are school staff in a position to escort students to the carpark or allow students to leave the school grounds to wait to be picked up. This is a safety requirement and part of our duty of care that is not negotiable. Your cooperation with this matter is greatly appreciated. Life Education – Healthy Harold This Term, The Life Education Program will visit WWS, including the return of Healthy Harold, the well-known character who for years has helped students right across NSW understand key concepts around health and positive decision making. Details and cost for participation in the visit will be sent home shortly. Congratulations Congratulations to our Pacific Island group who have done it yet again by performing brilliantly at the Narara Valley High School Today – well done! Thanks to Michelle and the team and Miss Goder for supervising the students. Have a great week everyone, Matt Barr Principal

Upcoming Events Friday, 3rd August WWS Athletics Carnival –

Adcock Park Tuesday, 7th August NAIDOC week celebrations

Thursday, 9th August Stage 3 Oz tag Gala Day

Friday, 10th August Stage 3 Gala Day

Education Week Open Day - Thursday 16th August 2018 Education Week is a state-wide annual event that celebrates Public Education in NSW. This year’s theme is ‘Today’s Schools- Creating Tomorrow’s World’. Woy Woy South Public School would like to invite our families to join us celebrating the achievements of all students at Woy Woy South. On the day there will be open classrooms, a performance in the hall and an opportunity to have recess with your child. A note will be sent out shortly with more details about the event. Miss King

Library news Welcome to an exciting term in the library. We will be looking at some of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) shortlisted Book of the Year books during library time. On Thursday in week 6 (30th August) we have a dramatic performance of the CBCA books in ‘Treasure Hunt’ where students will be able to view a live performance from a highly regarded performance group. Remember to keep working on your treasure chests, it is a family competition, so anybody may help with the entry. Entries to Mrs Silver by Friday week 4 (17th August) in the library. Start saving because in week 5 (Monday to Thursday) the library will be hosting our final Scholastic Book Fair. The book fair will be open from 8:30am before school, recess and until 3:30pm Monday to Thursday. I look forward to seeing you there! The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) is still continuing so keep reading, you have until the Friday week 6 (31st of August) to complete and submit your list. Mrs Silver Book week competition: What’s Your Treasure? ‘Find your treasure!’ is the Book Week theme for 2018 and as part of our Book Week celebrations we will be holding a competition to show off your treasure. There are prizes to be won! If your child chooses to enter this competition the project is due by the end of Week 4 (17th August). Follow the steps below:

1. Create a 3D treasure chest.

2. Think of at least 3 of

your favourite stories that you have heard or read.

3. Then create a way to display the titles and

author’s names of your favourite books! They can be any shape, size, colour and made from whatever materials you like. Let your imagination go wild!!!!!!

4. Under each title, write why these books are your

favourite.

5. Attach these onto or into the treasure chest in a creative way, so they can be read by others.

Merit Awards

KJ – Mia G KP– Braxton W KW – Janaysha G

KM – Tibor W 1B – Chloe K 1M – Dylan W

2M – Maya S 2R – Dominic B 2W– Caitlin C 3A – Daniel R 3W – Caitlin J 3/4P– Ben R 4G – Ruby M 4M – Alannah S 5G – Janiah K 5/6L –Mikaela G 6O – Noah C-U 6A – Isabella G

Superstar Awards KJ – Eloise C KP- Marli C KW– Connor R KM – Taylah S 1B – Jamie S 1M – Evvie W 2M – Imogen W 2R – Charlotte H 2W – Anan K 3A – Mahli T 3W – Lachlan H 3/4P – Alexandra

H 4G – Ember J 4M– Ron D 5G - Harrison B 5/6 – Aiden B 6O – Isabel S 6A – Heath D

Penny S, Cooper C, Aaron T in KJ and Phoenix F and Zachary J in KW, were awarded a special sticker from Mr.

Barr for their wonderful work well done!

6. Somewhere on your treasure chest, you will need

to create a sign that grabs someone’s attention. On the sign write, ‘This is my treasure!’ Add your name and class.

The best treasure chest in each grade will receive a prize!

P & C NEWS P&C Meeting – Wednesday 15th August– 7pm Night Meeting Our next meeting will be a night meeting. Everyone’s welcome. Come along or let us know of any ideas or concerns at woywoysouthpandc@hotmail.com Athletics Carnival Our Athletics Carnival is on THIS Friday 3rd August and the P&C are doing a meal deal for all our students K-6. We are also running a canteen on the day and a cake stall. Looking forward to seeing you all there and supporting your P&C. School Banking- Exciting new Term 3 rewards with a Super Savers theme are now available, while stocks last! Mighty Boom Handball Heat Reactor Pencils For every deposit made at school students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them! Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is usually every Friday. PLEASE NOTE-The next two Fridays of Banking has changed to the following dates: - * 2/8/18 (Thursday) * 8/8/18 (Wednesday) Due to Athletics Carnival and Gala Day. We have had to change. Sorry for any inconvenience!

Uniform Shop-Closed Friday 3rd August A big thank you to the extra helpers who have come in to sell our new Sports Polos which went on sale last week. We sure have been busy! If you want to pick one up in time for the Sports Carnival on Friday we recommend ordering online and having your child pick up from the shop. You can order online at quickcliq.com.au. The uniform shop will be closed Friday due to the athletics carnival. We will have limited stock of Sport Polos ($22 term 3 only price), Sports Shorts ($15) and School Hats ($10) available at the Sports Carnival. We've had a few parents interested in having a black sports skort stocked in our uniform shop. If you would like to have this option available, come and let us know. If there is enough support, we may be able to introduce this item. OUR NEW SPORTS SHIRTS ARE NOW IN STOCK!!!! SPECIAL PRICE OF JUST $22 for TERM 3. New uniform items as voted in at a recent P&C meeting were on display at the disco and will be on display outside our Uniform Shop each Friday next term. They will be part of next year's uniform and we are planning to have them available in term 4 this year.

The Black Crow Canteen – Closed Friday 3rd August

The Canteen will be closed this Friday due to the Athletics Carnival. We will have limited food and drinks available at the Athletics Carnival. Please see the flyer attached and coming home tomorrow.

The canteen will also be having special NAIDOC treats on Tuesday 7th August to help celebrate NAIDOC Day at Woy Woy South. See our special boards for more information.

We will also be having specials throughout Education week, come and check out our specials each day.

The canteen is trying to reduce our straw use by changing our milk supplier – our new look milk now has a pop top!!

We are finally back in our new look canteen!! It looks and feels amazing. We have specials running for the next two weeks with all different snacks you can try at recess as

well as our full lunch menu back. Have you missed the meat pies and sausage rolls? Or is it the slushies you have dreamed about? For us it was seeing all your smiling faces every recess and lunch. So make sure to come by and say hello and see what surprises we have for you!!

If you can volunteer in our canteen please pop in and see Amanda or Jacqui as we would love your help, even if it is just and hour or two after school drop off. The more the merrier.

Canteen Roster

Thursday 2/8 - Justine and Hali

Friday 3/8 - Sports carnival pop and help serve

Monday 6/8 - Tash

Tuesday 7/8- Michelle

Wednesday 8/8 - Danielle

Thursday 9/8 - Michelle

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

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