Woolomin Public School Newsletter Term 2, Week 4 Frederick Street, Woolomin, NSW, 2340 Phone: 6764 2274 Email: woolomin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.woolomin-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Monday, 18 May 2020

Welcome to Week 4 of Term 2. Last week, I was very pleased with the focus on teaching and learning. While this

is an expectation in schools every week, it is notable as students and staff are settling into a solid routine of

teaching and learning despite the many challenges of recent months. Across the school, staff are working hard

to ensure students are showing progression toward their individual learning goals and students are engaged in

learning and working hard.

We have the majority of our students back to full time learning in the classroom and have plans in place with the

students who are participating in combined (home and school) learning plans.

This week, teachers will be meeting to coordinate a range of formative assessments to identify student learning

progress and needs. This data will provide information as to where students are up to in their learning. This infor-

mation will be forwarded to parents through Semester One Reports and Parent/ Teacher meetings and also be

used by teachers to guide future planning and programming. More information about the format of Semester One

reports will be forwarded to parents by Week 7. Please contact me if you would like to discuss report formats or

any other concerns you may have about your child’s learning.

Please continue to take care of yourself and your family. It is important to focus not only on your physical health

but also your emotional and psychological wellbeing. One way to support these areas is through the practice of

gratitude. Gratitude is one of many positive emotions. It is about focusing on what's good in our lives and being

thankful for the things we have. Gratitude is pausing to notice and appreciate the things that we often take for

granted, like having a place to live, food, clean water, friends, family and even computer access. While times can

be tough, it can help to stop and reflect on the positives in our life. An attitude of gratitude is a positive way of

looking at life. Gratitude can increase our children's happiness, teach them to be more empathetic and help them

to be more thankful for everything they have. Research shows there are many

benefits of teaching gratitude to kids. They include things like: higher levels of

happiness and optimism, improved sleep, less stress and an improved ability to

cope with stress. At WPS, students engage in the practice of gratitude through

our whole school wellbeing program to support their resilience and coping abili-

ties.

Mrs Leisa McMahon

Principals Message

Our Best Everyday

Woolomin Public School 2

Student Awards

Principals Award

For pride in herself and school as

demonstrated through her commit-

ment to wearing her uniform complete

with the shiniest black shoes.

Awarded to:

Amba Graham

Primary Class Award

For outstanding attitude, application

and achievement in Mathematics.

Awarded to:

Tiffany Blackwell

Infant Class Award

For demonstrating improved writing

skills.

Awarded to:

Emma Adams

Home Learner Award

For a sharp ‘problem solving mind’.

Awarded to:

Joseph Sampson

Mr Burnett’s Mathemagician Awards

For growing their Times Tables skills and knowledge.

Awarded to:

Holly Meredith, Maiya Douglas, Tiffany Blackwell, Glen Meredith, Grace Hoad and Mayci Oliver

Week 4 Word Search

Can you find our Week 4 award winners names?

AMBA TIFFANY EMMA

JOSEPH HOLLY MAIYA

GLEN GRACE MAYCI

Bonus word: WOOLOMIN

Woolomin Public School 3

This week is National Recognition of Volunteers

Week. A great opportunity to sing the praises of

the wonderful people who give their time so gener-

ously to support our students and staff.

We are fortunate to have a hard working group of

parents in the Woolomin School P&C Association

who coordinate many exciting fundraising initia-

tives. The funds raised from these initiatives ena-

ble all students to attend excursions at a much re-

duced cost to parents.

We also have two amazing ladies who volunteer

within the school, supporting students and staff.

Mrs Kimball has been volunteering in our school

two days per week for several years. Mrs Kimball

supports Mrs Hughes in the office making teaching

resources and supports Miss Burford in the Infants

room. Mrs Meredith volunteers on Thursdays and

supports Mrs Smith with SRC initiatives. While

COVID-19 restrictions have meant that volunteers

are currently not able to support in schools, it is

important to acknowledge the valuable support

volunteers provide to our learning environment.

We appreciate our wonderful volunteers and thank

them for their time and energy and look forward to

welcoming them back to school as soon as possi-

ble.

While most students have returned to school five

days there are several students who are returning

to face to face learning on a phased return plan.

The two scheduled days these students are re-

quired to attend school during this phase are as

follows:

Infants and Primary - both Tuesday and Wednes-

day.

Students who require support with medication or

health procedures are required to have a current

health care plan. If this relates to your child could

you please ensure you provide school with an up-

dated Health Care Plan that has been completed

by your doctor. If you are unsure if this concerns

your family please contact the principal or school

asap. Mrs Hughes has emailed these families and

will be following up with them to ensure these are

in place.

It was very sad to hear that Natalie Austin passed

away on Sunday 10 May. Natalie was a beloved

member of the Woolomin village and school com-

munity. Throughout the years she volunteered

many hours supporting fundraising and student

council events. Natalie was a hard working mem-

ber of the Woolomin P&C and was actively in-

volved in Animal Nursery initiatives. She was a

coordinator of many raffles and was amazing at

seeking out lovely raffle prizes. For many years,

Natalie cooked the Year 6 graduation cake which

was presented to Year 6 students on presentation

night. Their cake was always decorated beautifully

and would have taken Natalie many hours to

make. Natalie was the instigator of a project where

a collection of student artwork from across the re-

gion was selected, framed and donated to the

North West Cancer Treatment Rooms. It was Na-

talie’s wish that the artwork would brighten the

walls and lives of people who had to sit for hours

while receiving treatment. This is an example of

Natalie's kind heart and generous spirit. Our love

and thoughts go to Natalie’s family and friends.

Changing Communities,

Changing Lives

Transition to School

Health Care Plans

Sad Community News

Woolomin Public School 4

The School has recently ordered top up supplies

of school uniform items. The school clothing pool

is expecting delivery of more winter jumpers, long

navy pants, royal blue track pants, royal blue sum-

mer shorts, sport shirts, skorts and shorts and

school beanies. If you are needing to purchase

any uniform items, please contact the school office

with required items and sizes and we will notify

you when the item/s arrive at school.

Our school uniform requirements, range of uniform

items available to purchase and a pricelist will be

available on the school website in the coming

weeks.

Winter Boys

White button through shirt (no polos)

Navy slacks / track pants

White socks

Gold School Bucket hat

Black shoes, sandals or joggers

Tie

Royal Blue Jumper/Jacket

Winter Girls

White button through shirt/blouse (no polos)

Navy blue tartan tunic

Navy slacks / track pants

Navy socks

Gold School Bucket hat

Black shoes, sandals or joggers

Tie

Royal Blue Jumper/Jacket

NO Track pants to be worn on formal occasions. Stu-

dents need to be dressed in alternate Navy slacks or

tunics.

Mini Canteen lunches will continue to be non-

operational until further notice. The following are

available to purchase during breaks.

Chocolates $1.00

Ice Block $1.00

Yowie Cup $2.00

On Wednesday 20 May Dr Jim Stacey will be hold-

ing appointments for the 2020 Influenza vaccine at

Woolomin School.

Whilst all staff, students, families and community

members are invited to attend, we would like to

clarify that this is not a school initiative. We are

hosting the appointments in the school library to

support community access to the service being

provided by Dr Jim Stacey.

Only students that have a parent present on

site, a signed consent form, their Medicare

card and their $20 payment will be seen by Dr

Stacy and receive the vaccine.

We ask that you RSVP your interest to the school

so we can ensure strict social distancing is ad-

hered to and that Dr Stacey has enough vaccines

with him for the appointment. Appointments will be

held in the School Library.

Information and consent forms were emailed to

parent email addresses last Tuesday 12 May. If

you require a printed consent form please let the

office know and we will organise this for you.

This year the placement process for entry into op-

portunity classes for 2021 have been delayed until

later in the year. Applications were due to open on

April 28 2020 but have been postponed until fur-

ther notice. This delay has been in response to the

social distancing measures that are currently in

place throughout our schools and communities.

The opportunity class placement will still go ahead

in 2020, and the department is working to ensure

Year 5 students are placed in Opportunity Clas-

ses in 2021 with minimal disruption to both schools

and families. We will advise of dates once they

have been announced.

Further information can be found at: https://

education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective

-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

School Uniform

Mini Canteen

Flu Vaccine Clinic

Opportunity

Opportunity Class

Placement Tests

Woolomin Public School 5

This year our school will be taking part in the Tell Them

From Me surveys. This includes 4 surveys: 2 by stu-

dents, 1 by parents and 1 by teaching staff. The first of

these surveys will be conducted in Week 5 (next week)

by students.

During Term 3 parents will have the opportunity to com-

plete the Parent Survey. More information on this will be

sent home during Term 3.

These surveys are conducted by an independent re-

search company called The Learning Bar and all an-

swers given are anonymous and confidential. Students

will be able to skip any questions they do not wish to

answer .

If you DO NOT wish for your student to participate in

this survey please ensure you have completed a non-

consent form and returned to the school office by this

Friday 22 May.

Please see below and following pages for Student Sur-

vey FAQs.

Joss Facility Management currently have some job op-

portunity's around the region for their contracted facili-

ties.

Tell Them From Me

Surveys

JOSS Jobs

Woolomin Public School 6

Woolomin Public School 7

Term 2 Calendar of Events

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 4

18

Newsletter

19 20

Woolomin Commu-

nity Flu Clinic

21 22

Tell Them From Me

Student Survey

NON-Consent due

Week 5

25

Tell Them From

Me Student Sur-

vey Week.

26 27

28 29

Week 6

1

Newsletter

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4 5

Week 7

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10

11 12

Week 8

15

Newsletter

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Week 9

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25 26

Week 10

29

Newsletter

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2 3

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