NORTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

Hampden Avenue, Wagga Wagga PO Box 40, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Ph: 6921 3533 Fax: 6921 3459 Email: northwagga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

North Wagga Public School P&C Association meet 2nd Thursday of each month at 6.30pm in the Library

Tuesday, 21st April, 2015

From The Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to what should be a busy and productive term. The school ANZAC Day ceremony will take place this Wednesday at 10.00am. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landings in Gallipoli and therefore our ceremony will be a special one. Captain McLeod from Kapooka Army Base will address the students and Michael McCormack MP will present each child with a special commemorative Gallipoli penny. As well, two of our students will read out some writing they completed in Term 1 to mark the occasion. This Saturday, the School Captains and I will attend the town ANZAC Day Ceremony and they will lay a wreath for our school at the Cenotaph. The 2015 – 2017 School Plan is now complete and has been placed on the School Website under the ‘Our School’ section. This document is the result of collaboration between staff, students and the community to develop the School's Vision Statement and Strategic Directions for the next three years and beyond. It outlines the purpose, people, processes, products and practices for each strategic direction, describing the ethos of our school and the collective purpose of what we do. The Annual Cross Country will take place this Thursday at Lake Albert. Primary children and those in Year 2 that are 8 years and older will attend. Our students always like to take part in this event and it looks like the weather should be fine. The Infants will be doing a special course around the school grounds from 9.30am till 10.00am. Great news! The Roads and Maritime Services plans to install flashing lights outside North Wagga Public School on William Street this week. Installing these flashing lights in schools zones has been shown to improve driver awareness of the need to travel at a lower speed to ensure the safety of children and others coming and going from the school area. The Trent Barrett Shield will occur Thursday 30 April. We have two teams involved; the boys team will play modified league rules and the girls will play tag rules. The draw for their games will come out tomorrow and further information hopefully will be sent home this week. Brad Griffith Principal

MOTHER’S DAY STALL Friday 8th May

A reminder that the Mother’s Day stall will be held on Friday 8th May. Students need to donate a gift of $3 in value and can purchase something on the day for $2.00 per gift. If a student wishes to buy more gifts for $2 each they have to donate that many gifts, e.g. if they wish to buy two gifts they have to donate two gifts. All gifts are to be given to the class teacher so that the gifts donated can be recorded. Please support this fundraising activity. Not only will the students love the opportunity of choosing their own gift for mum, all the money raised is used to improve our school for the students. Anyone who can volunteer in the morning and help with the stall, please contact the school. Any help will be gratefully appreciated. Some examples of gifts: Packet of handkerchiefs, soaps, bath salts, hand cream, chocolates, lollies, coffee mugs, tea cups, flavoured teas, scented candles, make-up bags etc. Trudy Standley, Coordinator

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 22nd April NWPS ANZAC Ceremony Thursday 23rd April School Cross Country Thursday 23rd April P&C Meeting – Please note change of date Friday 8th May Mother’s Day Stall Monday 25th May Stage 3 Civic Theatre Performance – The Unknown Soldier

ASSEMBLY The next assembly will be held this Thursday, 23rd May at 2.45pm in the hall. At this assembly the Class Councillors for Term 2 will be presented with the badges. Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving their badges this week:-

KQ: Amelia Bowen & Rhys Belford KW: Lachlan Theodossio & Lara Moore 1/2M: Josephine Leah & Lachlan Wurtz 1/2S: Alex Walsh & Chelsea Martin 1/2V: Summer Beresford, Kobi Howarth 3L: Amy Cowell & Thomas Spackman 3/4S: Liam McCaig & Hayley Beresford 4/5P: Mayah Williams & Harrison Green 5/6M: Jack Fewson & Jessica Philpott 5/6W: Owen Armstrong & Grace McMullen THEATRE PERFORMANCES This year, every student at North Wagga Public School will have the opportunity to attend a live, professional theatre performance at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students! Performances will be as follows:- Early Stage 1 - “Cranky Bear” - Wednesday 16th September Stage 1 - “Revolting Rhymes” - Tuesday 13th October Stage 2 - “The 26 Storey Treehouse” - Monday 31st August Stage 3 - “The Unknown Soldier” - Monday 25th May Further information and permission notes for each Stage will be sent home nearer to each event.

P & C MEETING – PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE The P & C wish to advise that from now on P & C Meetings will be held on the 2nd Thursday of

each month. However, due to the school holidays this month’s meeting will be held this Thursday, 23rd April and 6.30pm in the Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.

CROSS COUNTRY The Annual Cross Country for students aged 8-12 will be held at Apex Park, Lake Albert this Thursday, 23rd April. Students are asked to take a hat, drink bottle, recess and asthma medication if required. The Infants will be doing a special course around the school grounds from 9.30am till 10.00am.

UNIFORM ORDERS Uniform orders together with payment can be handed in to the school office and once a week the uniform co-ordinator will fill the orders and send them home with the child. Prices for uniforms have been set out below. Prices: Polo shirts - $20.00 Sports shirts - $20.00 Sports shorts - $13.00 Sports trackpants - $23.00 Jumpers - $23.00 Jackets - $35.00 Girls grey bootleg pants - $20 Boys grey pants - $20 **School hats are $5.00 and may be purchased from the office before the class bell each morning

NOTES, ETC TO BE RETURNED Cross Country, Apex Park Permission note and payment due back now!

General School Contribution - $45.00 per student Subject Contributions - K-Yr 2 – $20.00 and Yr 3-6 – $28.00

COMMUNITY NEWS

TURVEY PARK NETBALL CLUB Turvey Park Netball Club has a few vacancies in their 8s and 9s teams! Games are played at Kooringal Road Netball Complex, usually at 10:00am for these age groups. Cost is $110 which includes a NetSetGo pack of a shirt and netball. Competition commences Saturday, 2nd May and runs through to end of August. Current team members are from North Wagga School, so training will be held there too! So if you are in Year 1, 2 or 3 and interested, give Jane Wadley a call on 0438331046 to secure your spot! 2015 MOTHER’S DAY CLASSIC – WALK OR RUN FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH It doesn’t matter how you walk or run….it just matters why! The Mother’s Day Classic is a national event held annually to raise money for research into Breast Cancer. The Wagga Wagga group will be holding their event on Sunday, 10th May at the Wagga Wagga Music Bowl at the Botanic Gardens. You can register online at mothersdayclassic.com.au or on the day from 8.30am. The 4km walk/run starts at 9.30 and there will be a BBQ, coffee van, Mother’s Day raffle, bottled water, prizes and entertainment – so come and have some fun for a great cause. WAGGA WAGGA CYCLING CLUB – “TRY THE ROAD” New adult and junior members (3 years and up) are welcome to register now for the 2015 road season. If you can ride a bike you can try the road. Improve you bike handling skills and try recreational riding in a safe, traffic free environment. Bring your bike and helmet (AS2063) to the Velodrome in Kincaid Street on Monday, 27th April at 4.30pm. For further information phone James Vickers 0427 448 566. RIVER & WREN BOUTIQUE MARKETS Come and join us this Sunday, 26th April for our market day at the Wagga Wagga Showground from 10.00am till 3.00pm. For further information visit www.riverandwrenmarkets.com.au or www.facebook.com/riverandwrenmarkets.com.au MOUTHGUARD PROMOTION The Best Street Dental Clinic is currently running a professionally fitted mouthguard promotion for $149.00. Mouthguards come in a range of colours and are far superior protection and comfort than boil and bite mouthguards. For more information or to make an appointment please contact 6921 5799. Promotion ends Thursday, 30th April.

CANTEEN ROSTER Wednesday, 22nd April Jen Fewson, Kate Plum Friday, 24th April Mahiba Dahir, Marissa McMahon, Carol Mulley Monday, 27th April Michelle Guthrie

ANZAC CEREMONY Everyone is welcome to attend our ANZAC Ceremony which will be held on Wednesday, 22nd April at 10.00am.

After the ANZAC service tomorrow morning, the

canteen will be selling ANZAC biscuits at recess for 30c each.