Warrawee “The place to be educated for the future” WARRAWEEKLY Term 1, Week 7: 12 March 2019 Further Upcoming Events can be viewed by clicking on this link to the “Events” page of our school website: https://warrawee-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ events.html PUBLIC SCHOOL UPCOMING EVENTS: TERM 1, 2019 Fri 15/03 National Day of Action Against Bullying Sat 23/03 Election Day Cake Stall/BBQ Fri 12/04 End of Term 1, 2019 NB: Easter 2019 is in these school holidays Week 10 & 11 Parent / Teacher Interviews - TBC Mon 08/04 “Hope Choir” - whole school incursion Thu 21/03 Harmony Day Thu 28/03 Sydney North Swimming Carnival, SOPAC Homebush Mon 18/03 Yr 4 Excursion to Wild Life Zoo Sydney Tue 26/03 Yr 3 Excursion to Wild Life Zoo Sydney Dear Parents and Carers, ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL Congratulations to all our WPS swimmers who competed in the Zone Swimming Car- nival last Friday. You participated and performed brilliantly! Thank you to Mrs Jurkschat and Mr Gray who acted as officials on the day. See further details in this week’s sport report. NEW STAFF APPOINTMENT As Miss Tabitha Johns left our school last year, we have recently filled her classroom teacher position. It is with great pleasure that I inform you that Ms Jennifer Edmond- son has gained a permanent position at Warrawee Public School and we will wel- come her to our school next term. Ms Edmondson will be coming to us from Allambie Heights Public School. NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE Yesterday our eight school leaders attended the National Young Leaders Conference at the International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour. Thank you to Mrs Crocker (Angus’ mum) for accompanying the students on what was a very inspirational and worthwhile outing. Please see more details about the day in Arkin and Harry’s reports further on in the newsletter. SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL This Thursday, 14 March a number of our Year 6 students will be sitting the Selective High School test at Normanhurst Boys High School. Information has been sent home regarding this test. We wish all these students the best of luck! NAPLAN Students in Year 3 and Year 5 will be completing the NAPLAN tests in Week 3 of next term. The tests will take place from May 14-16. More information can also be found on the NAPLAN website at http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support USE OF KISS & DROP ZONES If you are using the designated “Kiss and Drop” zones please move swiftly along as you drop your children off safely as we would like to avoid unnecessary queuing of cars. We appreciate your support and cooperation with this matter. Have a great week! Carrie Robertson 1486 Pacific Highway, WARRAWEE NSW 2074 | T: 9144 2637, 9144 5952 | FX: 9983 9340 E: [email protected]| W: www.warrawee-p.schools.nsw.gov.au UPCOMING EVENTS: TERM 2, 2019 Mon 29/04 Staff commence Term 2 Wed 08/05 Mother’s Day Stall (TBC) Thu 09/05 Cross Country Carnival Tue 30/04 Students commence Term 2 Fri 17/05 Walk Safely to School Day Thu 06/06 Yr 2 Excursion to Australian Walkabout Park Mon 10/06 Public Holiday - School Closed Tue 11/06 Yr 1 Excursion to Australian Walkabout Park Mon 17/06 Arts Alive Rehearsal Fri 05/07 End of Term 2
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Warrawee “The place to be educated for the future” WARRAWEEKLY
Term 1, Week 7: 12 March 2019
Further Upcoming Events can be viewed by clicking on this link to the “Events” page of our school website: https://warrawee-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/events.html
P U B L I C S C H O O L
UPCOMING EVENTS: TERM 1, 2019 Fri 15/03
National Day of Action Against Bullying
Sat 23/03
Election Day Cake Stall/BBQ
Fri 12/04
End of Term 1, 2019 NB: Easter 2019 is in these school holidays
Week 10 & 11
Parent / Teacher Interviews - TBC
Mon 08/04
“Hope Choir” - whole school incursion
Thu 21/03
Harmony Day
Thu 28/03
Sydney North Swimming Carnival, SOPAC Homebush
Mon 18/03
Yr 4 Excursion to Wild Life Zoo Sydney
Tue 26/03
Yr 3 Excursion to Wild Life Zoo Sydney
Dear Parents and Carers, ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL Congratulations to all our WPS swimmers who competed in the Zone Swimming Car-nival last Friday. You participated and performed brilliantly! Thank you to Mrs Jurkschat and Mr Gray who acted as officials on the day. See further details in this week’s sport report.
NEW STAFF APPOINTMENT As Miss Tabitha Johns left our school last year, we have recently filled her classroom teacher position. It is with great pleasure that I inform you that Ms Jennifer Edmond-son has gained a permanent position at Warrawee Public School and we will wel-come her to our school next term. Ms Edmondson will be coming to us from Allambie Heights Public School.
NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS CONFERENCE Yesterday our eight school leaders attended the National Young Leaders Conference at the International Convention Centre at Darling Harbour. Thank you to Mrs Crocker (Angus’ mum) for accompanying the students on what was a very inspirational and worthwhile outing. Please see more details about the day in Arkin and Harry’s reports further on in the newsletter.
SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL This Thursday, 14 March a number of our Year 6 students will be sitting the Selective High School test at Normanhurst Boys High School. Information has been sent home regarding this test. We wish all these students the best of luck!
NAPLAN Students in Year 3 and Year 5 will be completing the NAPLAN tests in Week 3 of next term. The tests will take place from May 14-16. More information can also be found on the NAPLAN website at http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support
USE OF KISS & DROP ZONES If you are using the designated “Kiss and Drop” zones please move swiftly along as you drop your children off safely as we would like to avoid unnecessary queuing of cars. We appreciate your support and cooperation with this matter.
HORNSBY ZONE PSSA SUMMER COMPETITION The results for the 1st March for PSSA cricket, t’ball and softball were:
This week is the last round of the summer competition. There will be two weeks free then the winter competition starts on Friday, 5th April, all games will still be playing in the mornings.
HORNSBY ZONE PSSA SWIMMING CARNIVAL 08/03/2019 It was terrific to be a part of this year’s Warrawee team. As usual we had wonderful parent support and excellent school, spirit. A number of our students made it into finals for 50m freestyle. They were Claire H, Ellana R, (8yrs girls) Simon J, Myles C and Oscar H for 9yrs boys, and Keira S and Zara C for the 12yrs girls. The PLC Pymble pool proved to be a quick pool and our students have done so well. Students going to Sydney North Swimming Carnival will be:
Keira S Zara C Simon J Claire H Ellana R The senior girls’ relay team with Lucy L and Maeve K.
Huge congratulations go to Keira S who became Senior Girls Champion for Hornsby having won the IM, 50m backstroke, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle.
Zara C won her breaststroke in blistering time and Claire H won the 50m freestyle and Ellana R came 2nd in the 50m freestyle. Simon J came in 2nd for his 50m freestyle.
Every swimmer was terrific and deserve to be proud of their achievements at the Zone Carnival.
Sue Jurkschat
SPORTS NEWS
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Harmony Day this year will be held on Thursday 21st March.
Children can wear orange on that day, suggestions include; a ribbon, socks or a T shirt. There will be activities conducted throughout the week by the class teachers.
The 100% HoPE Choir from Uganda will be performing on Mon-day 8th April as part of this celebration. The cost of $6.00 for the show will has been added to your Semester 1 fees, due out in the next week.
Sonia Wiberg and Elizabeth Miller EALD teachers at Warrawee PS
LIBRARY LESSON TIMETABLE Please make sure your child is ready for library with their library bag and books to return in their schoolbags. The timetable for library lessons is set out below:
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE (PRC) The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) has begun and will finish in late August. The PRC is designed to encourage chil-dren to read from a wide variety of texts and to improve the en-joyment of reading. Children in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 need to read (or have someone read to them) and record 30 books all together. I am reading 15 of these books during library lessons and parents will need to read the other 15 at home. Children in Years 3-6 need to read and record 20 books. These books can be recorded on a PRC form (available from the li-brary) or on the PRC website. Once on the website children can logon using the same username and password they use at school. All the PRC books are labelled in the library with the PRC Identification number on them.
If you are interested in your child doing the PRC and are unsure how to go about it, please contact myself or your class teacher.
During library lessons this term children in Kindergarten are learning how to borrow books and use the library to find the books they are interested in. Stage One are learning about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books as well as how to find those books in the library. Stage Two are looking at the indigenous aspect of their class unit on People and Places. They are finding out how the indigenous people use the environ-ment they live in. Students in Stage Three are developing their skills in finding information. They will be learning how to take notes effectively, write a bibliography, find reliable websites, discuss plagiarism and understand how to critically examine information found.
MERIT CERTIFICATES - “BIG REDS” Congratulations to the following students who have received a Big Red from their teacher on 01/03/2019
MERIT CERTIFICATES - “BIG REDS” Congratulations to the following students who have received a Big Red for redeeming 10 Mini-Merit Awards on 01/03/2019
Class Name
3N Will B, Alice F
3’O Maya L, Hugo F
3/4J Amy B, Nathan M
4G Anna L, Allan J
4M Jamie Y, Alannah H-M
5C Holly C, Oliver R
5F Tara B, Kayden L
5/6K Ashton R, Annabelle M
6C Mary F, Michael F
6W Tisha S, Siddharth I
3B Max S, Annabel McL
4T Max McP, Javier B
Name Class Name Class
Rami A 3’O Izen P 4G
Philippa W 4G Isabelle G 4G
Akshay K K 5/6K Stephen L 5/6K
Graeme K 5/6K
3-6 AWARDS
Ryan Z 1C Jake B 1R
Estelle F 2M Charlize B 2N
Amanda P 3/4J Amin A 3N
Ryan K 3N Simon J 4G
Amelia S 4M Lucy C 5/6K
Maddie H 5/6K Mia Y 5C
Roumina B 5F
CONGRATULATIONS! BANNERS were awarded to:
NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS’ DAY
On Monday, 11th March our captains and Mrs Roumanos accom-panied by Mrs Crocker went to the ICC at Darling Harbour for National Young Leaders Day. We had a wonderful experience listening to four amazingly accomplished people, one of the four speakers was Cate Campbell who is an Olympic swimmer and a great speaker and taught us that we need to work hard to accom-plish our dreams and be up to the task. She had 1 silver and 1 gold medal that the leaders got to see and touch and we were most fortunate to take a picture with her. We were inspired by their speeches and will take this opportunity to grow and learn.
Arkin R School Leader
On Monday, 11th March the Warrawee Leadership Team attend-ed the Sydney 2019 National Young Leaders Day at the Interna-tional Convention Centre. We heard a number of inspirational speakers including: Tim Diamond, General Manager Cotton On Foundation, Author Tamsin Janu, Olympian Cate Campbell and Cricketer Holly Ferling. We received a workbook that provided prompts to write about each presentation and we were shown some students that are already making a difference in their com-munity. Each speaker provided a few key messages to us. A highlight of the day was meeting and having a picture taken with Olympian Cate Campbell! This was a great opportunity for which we are thankful and believe future leaders of Warrawee Public School will also enjoy this experience.
Harry F School Captain
Our school leaders with Cate Campbell
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Hi everyone,
WELCOME TO 2019 EVENT WRAP UP Thank you to everyone who came along to the Welcome Event BBQ and movie night and helped make it such a success. It was an incredible turn out of around 400 people coming together on a beautiful evening to watch the cinema under the stars on the Infants oval.
A very, very big thank you to Priya B and all our Year 3 volun-teers who made the whole night happen – a big job. Thank you also to other parents (Sam C and Toshiya K) who arranged for support for our sausage sizzle and drinks from Peppercorn Food Company, Woolworths Thornleigh and Coca-Cola Amatil. Thank you also to all the parents who participated in the Welcome vid-eo – it was such a wonderful way to welcome in the new school year in 20 languages:- Afrikaans, Bengali, Cantonese, Dutch, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kinyar-wanda, Korean, Mandarin, Persian, Portuguese, Serbian, Span-ish, Swedish, Tamil and English.
VOLUNTEER SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE FOR ELECTION BBQ Warrawee Public School will be a voting centre for the NSW State Election on Saturday 23 March 2019, and the P&C will be running a BBQ (bacon and eggs in the morning and sausage sizzle at lunch). This is a great opportunity for the school to raise funds while connecting with our wider community. We’re seeking volunteers on the day from across all classes - volunteering is easy: just nominate your preferred time! Sign up here: http://signup.com/go/aiFwNWh
NEWS FROM YOUR P&C
P&C PRESIDENT REPORT - 12/03/2019
Only thing we need is your Appendix 5, a 100 point ID check that can be completed at the school office before the day. Don’t let the paperwork turn you off, it’s a 5min form to fill in and 5mins in the office. 100 points of ID is: passport/birth certificate and drivers licence.
MOTHER’S DAY STALL – YEAR 1 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Warrawee P&C will be holding a Mother’s Day stall on Wednes-day 8 May. The children will get an opportunity to buy a gift (or two) for their Mum/Grandma/carer for Mother’s Day. We are look-ing for Year 1 volunteers to help run the Mother’s Day stall. If you think you can help, either on the day or beforehand purchasing /wrapping/setup please email Katy Brack: mail-to:[email protected]
CLASS PARENTS Please see the list of 2019 Class Parents in this newsletter. This information is also available in the P&C section of the school websites in the “Class Parents” tab. Thank you to everyone for volunteering to take on this fun and rewarding role in our school community.
If you haven’t yet received any emails from your class parent, please check your spam or junk folder. Any problems, please contact Amanda, our Class Parent Coordinator, at [email protected] PARENT BUSINESS DIRECTORY – ONLINE NOW We are getting more and more businesses sign up to be part of the Parent Business Directory. To download the latest version of the directory please visit the P&C section of the school website and go to the “Our Community” tab.
Inclusion in the directory is open to all Warrawee families who own or part own a business and is completely voluntary for the small fee of $50 per school calendar year. If you would like to register please email [email protected]
NOTICE OF P&C AGM – 25 MARCH Please note that the Annual General Meeting of Warrawee PS P&C will be held on Monday 25 March, 7pm in the Library (the AGM will then be followed by a General Meeting of the P&C).
AGM Agenda - President's Report, Treasurer's Report, Election of P&C positions for 2019.
The following office-bearer positions will be elected by ballot by financial P&C members; President, Vice President (x2), Treasur-er and Secretary.
Nominations for office-bearing positions are open to financial P&C Members to be received by Monday 18th March and can be emailed (with a short note of introduction) to [email protected]
We will also confirm the P&C Executive on the night (office bear-ers and up to an additional six representatives).
NEXT P&C MEETINGS – ALL WELCOME AGM & General P&C Meeting Monday 25 March (7pm, School Library)
UPCOMING P&C EVENTS
State Election Day Cake BBQ Saturday 23 March Walk to School Safely Day Friday 17 May 2019 Mother’s Day Stall Wednesday 8 May Cross Country Fundraiser Thursday 9 May (event) Working Bee Sunday 26 May Father’s Day Breakfast Friday 30 August (TBC) World Teacher’s Day Celebration Wednesday 23 October Big Night In Saturday 2 November Thanks for your support, Sally Bayley - [email protected]
FLEXISCHOOLS Last Friday Flexischools once again encountered technical is-sues, which prevented families from placing their orders. This is an Australia wide problem, it is totally out of our control at War-rawee. The Flexischools team are doing their best to fix these hiccups, and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
If the issue arises again, can we suggest: a) try and pre-order the day before OR b) contact the canteen via the school office and we will take your order. Thank you for your patience.
VOLUNTEERS Volunteers are always welcome to help out in the Infants win-dow.If you have a spare hour or so we always love parent help-ers to open the infants window at lunchtime 12.15 - 1.35pm, sell-ing snacks and drinks. Please email us or knock on the Primary door.
Tuesday 8:30am – 9:30am Thursday 8:30am – 9:30 am THURSDAY AFTERNOON BACK IN WEEK 8 Thursday 2:30pm – 3:30pm First 3 weeks & last 3 weeks of term ONLY.
TERM 2 & 3 WINTER UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS In the next week, Flexischools will be offering a 'Winter Uniform Package' for all kindergarten and new students. All orders will be delivered directly to your child’s class.
Reminders:
• Online orders will be delivered to your child’s class on aThursday
• Uniform Price Lists can be found on the school website
• Please note the Uniform shop no longer accepts cheque pay-ments
• With the supermarkets no longer using single use plasticbags, we ask that you please bring in your own bag.
BAND CAMP Band Camp is coming up on the 29-30 April, make sure you have the dates in your calendars! Intermediate and Performance bands will enjoy a 2 day workshop, with Training Band joining them for the Monday.
TRAINING BAND Just a reminder that all Training Band musicians should now be attending both the Tuesday and Friday morning rehearsals every week.
This week the bands are working on:
Training Band: Traditions of Excellence p 6-7
Intermediate Band: Heavy Metal, Nutcracker March and Sky-fall
Performance Band: Fiesta, Tranquil Sky and Big Band Bop.
