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Link Letter 23rd August 2018

Assembly:

Monday 27th

August

910am

Class: 56N

Dear Parents / Carers,

ARTS FESTIVAL & SCHOOL CON-CERT

What a huge week ahead with the Arts Festival running over the 5 days next week, as well as our School Concert. Our Concert ( which includes an item from the Kindergarten as well as all the classrooms ) will be held on Tuesday evening from 6pm – 7.30 approx. It will be held in Galvin Hall ( Wodonga Senior Secondary College ) located on the Woodland Street side. Please arrive at 5.45 to be seat-ed and ready to go by 6pm. Tickets for the concert cost $5 per family and there will be some lucky door prizes drawn at the conclusion of the concert. Families are expected to stay to the end and support all our clas-ses. Please make every attempt to attend as class items require all the students involvement, and it is important to provide the students with these special opportunities to perform in front of large audiences. I thank our parent community for the work and effort they go to with props and costumes required to make our concert and Arts Festi

val items engaging. Special thanks to our wonderful staff who have spent much time pre-paring the students and getting their items polished ready for next week. Our students are re-ally excited!

PARENT OPINION SURVEYS

If you were a randomly chosen parent who received a Parent Opinion Survey for this year, we would like to remind you that they must be returned by Mon-day at the latest. Thank you so much to those who have com-pleted them and returned their survey to the school. We really value you feedback so thanks for taking the time to do so.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

What an awesome day was had last Friday for all our years 3 – 6 students who travelled over to Albury ‘s Alexandra Park for our annual Athletics Sports. I was most impressed with the level of participation from all stu-dents. Everyone had a go at all the activities and just had some fun. This attitude is fantastic to observe and I really felt proud of the students ( some of whom don’t find physical activity their

most favourite thing ) , but I could tell they felt proud of their individual efforts. Students were supporting each other, cheering and encouraging their efforts. Congratulations to Mrs Macdonald who has put in many weeks of training the stu-dents in all the various Athletics events during P.E. lessons. I know she was very proud of her students. Well done to all the staff , student and parent help-ers who worked to make it a highly successful day.

Regards ,

Jocelyn Owen

Principal’s report

SPECIAL DATES

Wednesday 12th September

School Council Meeting 545pm fol-lowed by financial training 630-830

SLC members are excited to announce a new fundraiser for 2018.

Wodonga Wheelchair Sports will be coming to us!

When: Week 9 of term 3

Thursday 13th September and Friday 14th September.

Over the two days all classes will participate in a one hour wheelchair sports skill session. All children will get the

opportunity to use a wheelchair, learn wheelchair skills and participate in wheelchair games.

We will be asking for $2:00 donations per child to support this very worthwhile cause. All monies raised will go to

support our local Wheelchair Sports Club based at the Wodonga Leisure Centre.

You do not need to be wheelchair bound to get involved in wheelchair basketball. Sessions are run weekly at the

Wodonga Leisure Centre. Anyone interested in getting involved in wheelchair basket ball should contact Dennis Ramsay 0433 025 210, or see the wheelchair Basketball flyer below for more details.

SLC News

Wodonga West Children’s Centre

One Can Challenge

CAN you donate 1 CAN?

20-24 August

Supporting our local community

Small actions x lots of people = BIG result

Wellbeing report

CFA Visit

On Wednesday 14th August the school was fortunate to

have a visit from the CFA education bus to speak with

students from 2/3 up to year 6 about home fire safety.

What a wonderful opportunity for all who attended. I

hope students share what they have learned with the rest

of their families.

Training 4 Trades

Six students from year 6 were chosen to

participate in this year’s ‘Training 4

Trades’ group. After several years doing

metalwork we have switched back to

woodwork and the students are busy work-

ing on their projects. I won’t say what they

are making as some students want it to be a

surprise but I have no doubt the finished

product will be fantastic.

Break time programs

There may be other break time activities that will be announced on the day they happen.

Program Day, time, location

Pom Pom critter making Monday, lunch, EAL room access via the library, all welcome

Computers Monday, lunch, Miss Chick’s room, see her door for year level

rotation Tennis for 5/6 (Creative Play will be on term 4

for F-2)

Wednesday, lunch, in the gym for Year 5/6 students

Child Support Legal Service The Child Support Legal Service of Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) assists parents with legal problems relating to: • getting or paying child support

• parentage testing

• changes of child support assessment

• spousal maintenance

• adult child “over 18” maintenance. Free confidential in person or telephone appointments are available for eligible people at VLA offices and regional centres. They will be in Wodonga on the 1st of October. We may provide information or referrals to other organisations that can help. To check eligibility and enquire about an appointment go to https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/childsupportenquiry or call Legal Help on 1300 792 387.

ATSI Discussion Group

The next Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Discussion group meeting is next Tuesday 28th of August at 9.15am in the meeting room. All family members with an interest in cultural inclusiveness are welcome to attend.

Houses

All students met with their house groups last week and by all ac-counts it was a lot of fun. Water house enjoyed hearing about items that were used by early Australians, Fire learnt some new dance moves and Earth had fun with some hoppity frogs. It is fan-tastic to see students of all ages interacting with each other and getting to know some teachers that aren’t their classroom teacher a bit better.

SPORTING SCHOOLS

Fortunately we have been successful in attaining substantial funding from Sporting Schools again, so that students in our Junior school can participate in a Gymnastics and Tennis program this term, FREE of charge!

Students in FP and FB will be doing the Launchpad Gym Fun program at Flyaway Gymnastics Centre and stu-dents from 1/2M and 1/2G will be doing a four-week Hot Shots Tennis program run by Cameron Meager from Margaret Court Tennis Academy.

This is an excellent program and I am sure the students are very excited to be attending.

Susan Macdonald

P.E. Co-ordinator

Sports News

Conjunctivitis Outbreak

We have had numerous cases of Conjunctivitis

which is highly infectious. If you notice your

child has red, sore eyes (or there is discharge)

they must be excluded from school until any dis-

charge from their eyes has ceased. We would

recommend you promptly see your doctor for

medication to alleviate this nasty condition. Gymnastics fun

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Last Friday we held a very successful Athletics Carnival at the Albury Athletics centre. The participation and behaviour of all students was to be highly commendable. It was great to see so many students trying their best at every event. A special thank you goes to the W.M.Y.C students for their invaluable assistance on the day. Also to our parent helpers, Rowena Barton, Chandra Boon, Amanda & Thomas Guy, Glen West and Manuel Ward. Congratulations to those students who were successful in qualifying for the District Athletics. This Carnival is being held on Tuesday 4th September in Albury. Notes will be sent out soon so please remember to return permission notes and keep training.

Aths Day

We will be holding a Father’s day raffle all tickets

will be $1 and must be returned by the Thursday

30th August to be drawn by Thursday afternoon.

There are great prizes to be won and there are

more tickets available at the front office if needed.

We will be holding a Father’s day stall on the

30th & 31st August. There will be lots of items

available for students to purchase for the spe-

cial men in their lives.

Prices will range from 50c-$5.00

Reminders

Wodonga West Children’s Centre Concert 2018 When: Tuesday 28 August 6pm (Students to arrive at 5.50pm) Where: Wodonga Senior Secondary College - Galvin Hall, 69 Woodland Street, Wodonga. (Please do not enter via Brockley Street) Entry: $5 per family

School Concert

Parent opinion surveys are due back by Monday 27th Au-

gust . Thank you so much to those who have completed

them and returned their survey to the school. We really

value you feedback so thanks for taking the time to do so.

MAT Program

The MAT life skills program combines

physical and emotional wellbeing with

traditional training techniques. The stu-

dents enjoyed participating in drills,

stories and games in a fun and interac-

tive way.