Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School The School Mall WOY WOY NSW 2256 Ph.: (02)43411899 Fax: (02)43431984 Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected]Principal: Matt Barr Term 1 – Week 7 Date: Wednesday, 11 th March Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships Upcoming Events Friday, 13 th March Pi Day Friday, 20 th March Harmony Day – wear an orange piece of clothing Tuesday, 24 th March School Photos Friday, 27 th March Earth Day – K-6 Mufti Thursday, 2 nd April Stage 2 (Yr. 3 & 4) Excursion to Avoca Beach Picture Theatre - $17 P&C School Disco Tuesday, 7 th April Kindergarten Easter Hat Parade Thursday, 9 th April Cross Country MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Sporting Successes Congratulations to all of the students who represented us so brilliantly at the Southern Central Coast Zone swimming carnival at Peninsula Leisure Centre yesterday. It was reported that our students had perfect behaviour, performed extremely well and encouraged each other enthusiastically throughout the day. Thank you to the parents who attended and supported our students – it is greatly appreciated. Special congratulations to Amber S from Yr. 5 who was crowned 11 Years Girls Zone Swimming Champion – what an achievement! This also included a zone record in the 50m Freestyle! Congratulations also to Jonty B from Yr. 4 who won the 50m Freestyle in the 10 Years Boys. Both students will now progress to the Sydney North Carnival to be held at Homebush in the weeks to come. Good luck! In other sports news, congratulations to Levi P in Yr. 6 who has progressed to the final selection trial for the Sydney North Cricket Team. This is a great achievement in a region that is very competitive in this particular sport. Teddy Bear’s Picnic WWS hosted the annual Kindergarten Teddy Bear’s Picnic today. The event is more popular than ever and has become a historical tradition at our school. Special thanks to the students for the amazing performance and to the parents and grandparents for taking the time to attend. Thanks to Miss King and the Kindy team for the fantastic organisation. Livena & Porscha in 1E received a Principal’s Award from Mr Barr this week for their wonderful work. Well done girls!
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Weekly Newsletter Woy Woy South Public School
The School Mall WOY WOY NSW 2256 Ph.: (02)43411899 Fax: (02)43431984
Website: www.woywoysth-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] Principal: Matt Barr Term 1 – Week 7 Date: Wednesday, 11th March
Respect ~ Responsibility ~ Relationships
Upcoming Events Friday, 13th March Pi Day Friday, 20th March Harmony Day – wear an orange piece of clothing
Tuesday, 24th March School Photos Friday, 27th March Earth Day – K-6 Mufti Thursday, 2nd April Stage 2 (Yr. 3 & 4) Excursion to Avoca Beach Picture Theatre - $17
P&C School Disco Tuesday, 7th April Kindergarten Easter Hat Parade Thursday, 9th April Cross Country
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Sporting Successes Congratulations to all of the students who represented us so brilliantly at the Southern Central Coast Zone swimming carnival at Peninsula Leisure Centre yesterday. It was reported that our students had perfect behaviour, performed extremely well and encouraged each other enthusiastically throughout the day. Thank you to the parents who attended and supported our students – it is greatly appreciated. Special congratulations to Amber S from Yr. 5 who was crowned 11 Years Girls Zone Swimming Champion – what an achievement! This also included a zone record in the 50m Freestyle! Congratulations also to Jonty B from Yr. 4 who won the 50m Freestyle in the 10 Years Boys. Both students will now progress to the Sydney North Carnival to be held at Homebush in the weeks to come. Good luck! In other sports news, congratulations to Levi P in Yr. 6 who has progressed to the final selection trial for the Sydney North Cricket Team. This is a great achievement in a region that is very competitive in this particular sport. Teddy Bear’s Picnic WWS hosted the annual Kindergarten Teddy Bear’s Picnic today. The event is more popular than ever and has become a historical tradition at our school. Special thanks to the students for the amazing performance and to the parents and grandparents for taking the time to attend. Thanks to Miss King and the Kindy team for the fantastic organisation.
Livena & Porscha in 1E received a Principal’s Award from Mr Barr this week for their
wonderful work. Well done girls!
Young Leaders Day Last Monday week Miss O’Brien escorted our student leadership team to the Young Leaders Day Conference in Sydney. This day is designed to inspire young leaders from schools across NSW to make change and strive for success in the future. I would like to personally congratulate this fine group of students for representing our school so well and significantly contributing to our good reputation in the community – well done! Harmony Day On Friday 20th March, Woy Woy South PS will be hosting a Harmony Day Celebration. The message of the day is ‘Everyone Belongs’ and aims to engage people to participate in their community, respect cultural and religious diversity and foster a sense of belonging for everyone. Since 1999, more than 70,000 Harmony Day events have been held in childcare centres, schools, community groups, churches, businesses and federal, state and local government agencies across Australia. WWS students are invited to wear a ‘touch’ of orange (i.e. t-shirt, headband, hat etc.) with their school uniform on the day. Students will also engage in specific activities linked to the ideals mentioned above. A Harmony Day menu will also be available at the canteen on the day. Parent Teacher Meetings Parent Teacher meetings are scheduled for Weeks 10 and 11 this Term, and Week 1 in Term 2. A note regarding the details and booking times will be distributed shortly. These sessions are not designed for students, as another opportunity will be presented later in the year with Student Guided Tours. Further Works As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, further work will continue this weekend on the grounds of our school in preparation for the impending roof works Have a safe and happy week everyone, Matt Barr Principal Positive Behaviour For Learning This week our PBL focus is showing Respect, Responsibility and Relationships by using appropriate language. This means students should speak kindly to teachers and peers. They need to be mindful about saying please and thank you. Using appropriate language in the classroom and playground is essential to building a respectful learning environment for all at Woy Woy South. PBL team
Harmony Day will be celebrated at WWSPS on Friday the 20th of March. Students are encouraged to come dressed in a piece of orange clothing on this day, "Everyone Belongs" is the message and orange is the colour. Please wear sensible
enclosed school shoes and our school hat on this day.
The canteen will provide three international dishes that students can choose to order for their lunch on the Friday
20th March ONLY.
The 3 meals will be Butter Chicken, Fried Rice and Pasta. Meal Deal orders need to be in no later than Thursday, 12th
March 2020.
Students will complete class activities with their buddy classes and during the Friday assembly in week 8 there will be a special Harmony Day presentation where students will
discuss what Harmony Day means to them and us as a school.
As a way of providing you and your children with lots of useful online resources, each week we will be sending home a ‘Wonderful Website of the Week’. This will equip you with a list of great websites that your child can use when they are using computer technology at home. Please always remember to talk to your children about responsible and safe use of the internet. Enjoy! Pi Day Pi Day is celebrated every year on the 14th of March around the world. Not only is it the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, but it’s also the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet (π). This year our school will celebrate Pi Day on Friday 13th March with a Pi scavenger hunt and a competition to see who can recite the most digits of Pi. Parents, family members and carers of competition participants are invited to attend our International Pi Day competition in the hall at 10:30am. Good luck mathematicians.
P&C News P&C MEETING – THURSDAY 7TH MAY 7:00PM
Thank you to everyone who came to our AGM last Friday morning. It was a full house and lots of voting took place. We would like to congratulate our Executive Team for 2020:
President – Keiran Dearing
Vice Presidents – Sarah Stewart and Leah Nisbett
Treasurer – Lori Prouse
Secretary – Shannon Conroy
Uniform Shop Coordinator – Jordana Featon
Canteen Conveynor – Danielle Hunter
Fundraising Coordinator – Brianna Church
Our March meeting was also very eventful with planning for discos and Mother’s Day Stalls, decisions on our major events for 2020 and some sub committees made for different things. It was great to see so many new faces and new hands being put forward for jobs. Keep it up Woy Woy South!
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 7th May at 7:00pm in the Learning Centre. This meeting will include final preparations for our Mother’s Day Stall and our major event for Term 2. So, lots of volunteers needed, come along and see what we are up to.
BOOK CLUB A reminder that all Book Club orders are due in by Thursday,
19th March 2020.
BAKERS DELIGHT HOT CROSS BUN DRIVE – IT’S BACK!!
Hot Cross Buns and Easter just go hand in hand and we are teaming up with Bakers Delight Umina Beach again to bring you a ‘bun’raiser for our school. We will be ordering Traditional, Choc Chip, Fruitless and Apple & Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns for $7.50 per 6 pack with $2.00 of each pack sold going to the school. So, start taking orders from families and friends now and a note will go home in Week 8.
TERM 1 DISCO
Our Term 1 Disco is being held on Thursday 2nd April and we can’t wait. Our K-2 disco runs from 4:00pm-5:30pm and our 3-6 disco runs from 5:45pm-7:15pm. Tickets are $5.00 each and will be sold outside the canteen on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings the week of the disco. Permission notes will go home in Week 9. Each disco ticket includes a drink and packet of chips at the half time interval.
DONATIONS PLEASE - MOTHERS DAY RAFFLE
In Term 2 the P&C will be holding a variety of fundraisers for our school. We are looking for donations of items or services that could be used for prizes. Do you have a small business that would like to donate something in return for advertising? Do you know a local business that might like to help out our school with a donation? Please contact the P&C via our Facebook Page or email [email protected]
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK – SPECIAL MARCH DEAL
We are fundraising with ‘The Entertainment Book’ again this year and currently they have an amazing special on if you purchase a Membership. They are completely online now which means you download an APP to access your membership BUT this means you can look up on their map where you are and it will tell you who has deals around you to make it even easier to save money.
HOT OFFER!
Right now, purchase an Entertainment Membership and receive our special BONUS offer!
$10.00 JB Hi-Fi eGift Card when using promo code GIFTME
We participate in School Banking every Friday throughout term. It is a great way to get students thinking about saving and they can also receive prizes the more they bank.
What are you saving for?
UNIFORM SHOP
Our school uniform shop is CASH ONLY and opens Wednesday mornings only from 8:45-9:15am. Alternatively you can purchase with a card online using your quickcliq.com.au account which is the same account used for online lunch ordering. Online purchases can be collected from the uniform shop, canteen, or Featon Locksmiths on West Street, Umina. Please note uniforms will be temporarily unavailable for purchase or collection from Featons from Thursday 12th March through to Friday 20th March. Hats are available for purchase any time from the canteen for $10.00 in wide brim (XS-L) or bucket style (XS-XL).
BLUEY’S SNACK SHACK
Canteen Roster
Thursday 12 March - Michele G
Friday 13 March - Ellen
Monday 16 March - Sandra
Tuesday 17 March - Kylee
Wednesday 18 March - Volunteers please
Now that the weather is getting a little cooler in the morning start your day with a warm Milo for $2.00 or a mini toasted ham & cheese wrap for $1.00.
Remember no other hot food will be available on Harmony Day Friday 20 March, apart from our pre-ordered Meal Deal.
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.
