WARRIMOO PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Term 1 – Week 6 Florabella Street, Warrimoo 2774 Tuesday, 3 rd March 2015 Ph: 4753 6182 Fax: 4753 6898 Principal – Mr Michael Kitchin Email: [email protected]School Website: http://www.warrimoopublicschool.bluemts.com.au/ REMINDER PAGE CALENDAR – Term 1 Week 6 Thursday 5 th March… Assembly – Stage 2– 2pm Friday 6 th March … Schools’ Clean Up Day Week 7 Tuesday 10 th March… P&C Meeting – 7.30pm Friday 13 th March… National Ride2School Day Week 8 Monday 16 th March… Sydney West Swimming Carnival – Homebush Thursday 18 th March… Assembly – Stage 3– 2pm Week 9 Wednesday 25 th March … School Photos Friday 27 th March… School Cross Country Carnival Week 10 Thursday 2 nd April … Hat Parade – 9.15am Easter Raffle Draw – 2.30pm Last day term 1 Sunday 5 th April … ** Daylight Saving ends ** Term 2 commences for students Tuesday 21 st April 2015 PAYMENTS MONEY IS COLLECTED ON WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS BEFORE 10AM ONLY PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to receive monies after the stated final payment dates, as listed below. If there are any difficult circumstances in regard to any payments by the due date, for incursions / excursions, please do not hesitate to contact the school. EXCURSION/INCURSION AMOUNT FINAL DUE DATE JAM Music Books (3W, 4K, 5–4BK & 6–5T) $12.00 Thursday, 12 th March 2015 Author Visit – K-2 $3.00 Thursday, 12 th March 2015 Author Visit – Years 3-6 $5.00 Thursday, 12 th March 2015
Congratulations Once again to our School Captains for 2015 Peyton E., Mitchell H., Bronte S. and Caitlin M. who
received their badges at the assembly last week.
To the 15 students who represented at the Blue Mountains PSSA Swimming Carnival last Friday with many personal bests swum. Well done to Ivy E. 5/4BK and Will H. 2B who will now represent at the Sydney West Swimming Carnival on the 16th March 2015 at Homebush Olympic Swimming Centre.
To Will H. 2B and Myles F. 6/5T who competed in the Region 6 Athletic Championships at Blacktown International Sports Park. Will placed 1st in two events, achieving one record and Myles placed 2nd in three events. Myles will now progress to the State Championships.
To Cleveland A. and Mitchell H. for being selected in the BMPSSA Touch Football Representative team.
School Hats Parents, the wearing of a school hat is part of the school uniform code. Coloured hats should not be worn. This will assist the school as we consider options for our identification of our 8 Anaphylaxis students.
Please check your child’s hat has their name inside it and that it is theirs’ as we have had a number of hats lost over the past few weeks. Please return any misplaced/misappropriated hats to the office for return to their owners. Thank you.
Textbooks For those who missed the opportunity to buy at school, all textbooks are available through the ‘Turning Page Bookshop’ in Springwood.
Parking Please be mindful of our neighbours when picking up or dropping off your children, by not parking in or across their driveways blocking them in. Thank you.
March P&C Meeting – Term 1, 2015 All parents, caregivers and community members are very welcome at our monthly P&C Meetings. The next meeting is 7.30pm, Tuesday 10th March 2015, in the staffroom. Michael Kitchin Principal
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Schools’ Clean Up Day
NOW – Friday, 6th
March 2015 In 2015 we are celebrating 25 years of volunteer action to ‘Clean Up Australia.’ Last year, an estimated 572,406 volunteers cleaned up 15,708 tonnes at 7,140 sites across Australia. Thankfully, there’s not too much rubbish at Warrimoo Public School! It’s an activity that assists our students to learn about the impact of litter on our environment and make a difference in their school and local community. With this in mind, would each student from K–6 bring along a pair of gardening gloves for Friday 6th March 2015. Mrs Beaton (on behalf of our Environment Committee)
ATTENTION: 6-5T
6/5T Fundraising for 2015 6/5T will once again be raising funds for the end of year farewell to Year 6 and for their gift to the school. We plan to begin with the limited sale of chocolates both during recess time at school, and at home via the students. We hope that each student will be responsible for the sale of one box of mixed chocolates and sweets (about 38 units). They are products chosen by the students.
We have planned our fundraising for the weeks leading up to Easter, hoping that this would be more convenient for families. We hope to start selling at the beginning of Week 7 Term 1 2015 (Monday 9th March). Chocolates will be sold for $1 or $2 each and bags of lollies for $3 each.
Please complete and return the following form to indicate whether your child will be involved. We are aware that some students have allergies to products containing nuts and will do our best to consider the needs and safety of these students.
6/5T Fundraising for 2015 I am aware of the fund raising for the end of year farewell to Year 6 and for their gift to the school. My child is _______________________________ of Class ______________.
I give permission for my child to bring home a box of chocolates for sale.
I’d rather my child was not involved. ________________________________ Signature of Parent / Carer
ATTENTION: WHOLE SCHOOL
Author / Illustrator Visit - Susan Berran Author of ‘The Freaky Series’
We have been very fortunate to be able to book a visit from Susan Berran on Friday 20
th March 2015.
She is an advocate for children’s literacy. She uses her illustrator skills to help ignite and encourage enjoyment of reading and writing. She will be running workshop with the children from K-6. A brief outline of what the workshops entail: Stage 1 (K/1/2) - 45 minute session
Short reading and some fun building and drawing own characters Stage 2 & 3 - 90 minute session
Short reading, some tips & tricks towards better writing; ie character building, bringing your story to life etc
We are pleased that we were able to timetable a visit for early in the year as we are hoping to build on the interest and encourage children to develop their writing. This will be particularly beneficial for the children sitting NAPLAN this year. The cost of the workshop is $3.00 for Kindergarten – Year 2 and $5 for Year 3 – Year 6. We encourage all children to attend. Payment is due no later than Thursday 12
th March, 2015.
C Hart ____________________________________________________________________________
Author / Illustrator Visit – Susan Berran I give permission for my child _________________________ of class __________ to attend Susan Berran’s workshop on Friday 20
th March 2015.
Enclosed is $3 – for KC, 1M & 2B Enclosed is $5 – for 3W, 4K, 5-4BK & 6-5T
Signed ___________________________________. ____________________________________________________________________________
Author / Illustrator Visit – Susan Berran I give permission for my child _________________________ of class __________ to attend Susan Berran’s workshop on Friday 20
th March 2015.
Enclosed is $3 – for KC, 1M & 2B Enclosed is $5 – for 3W, 4K, 5-4BK & 6-5T
Signed ___________________________________. ____________________________________________________________________________
Author / Illustrator Visit – Susan Berran I give permission for my child _________________________ of class __________ to attend Susan Berran’s workshop on Friday 20
th March 2015.
Enclosed is $3 – for KC, 1M & 2B Enclosed is $5 – for 3W, 4K, 5-4BK & 6-5T
Signed ___________________________________.
Warrimoo Public School’s
Swimming Carnival
On Friday 27th February 2015, the following fifteen students from Warrimoo Public School participated in the Blue Mountains
PSSA Swimming Carnival at Glenbrook pool - Cleveland A, Jaclyn B, Louise B, Lucinda B, Ivy E, Peyton E, Quinn E, Myles F,
Will H, Mitchell H, Catherine M, Caitlin M, Hamish M, Imogen P, and Wil W. It was a very overcast day but the rain did stay
away and the sun made a brief appearance from time to time. The students all represented the school in a fine manner,
displaying great behaviour, great swimming talent (some even breaking their own PB’s) and great sportsmanship. Well Done, Warrimoo!
Two students – Will H (8yrs 50m Free) and Ivy E (Jnr Breaststroke and 10 yrs 50m
Free) were successful in their events and have been selected to represent the Blue
Mountains Zone in the Sydney West Regional Swimming Carnival which will be held on Monday 16th March, at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre - we wish them both
well and I know they will represent the school with pride.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Kirsty Mitchell for stepping up and being Team Manager on the day, as I was on time-keeping for the whole day. I
would also like to thank the wonderful parents who came along to support and cheer on the children in their races. Finally, I would like to give a special thank you
to the children for their wonderful behaviour and team spirit they displayed on the day.
A Fantastic day was had by all!
Judy Withers
Ukulele T Shirt Following our performance at the Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival I perceived a need for a shirt that distinguishes the Warrimoo ukulele group from other school groups.
I have found a design called ‘The Black Cow Face’ which would make a statement and fit with the theme of Mookulele (Warrimoo PS being built on the site of a former dairy). The cost of one of these T Shirts would be approximately $20 per shirt delivered to the school (cost to be confirmed). I will not proceed with ordering unless all
Mookulele members can have one. Please complete the following attachment if you would like your child to have a Black Cow Face T Shirt. Mr Tomlins Attention: Mr Tomlins
Black Cow Face T Shirt I would like my child _______________________________ to have a Black Cow Face T Shirt at a cost of approximately $20 per shirt (cost to be confirmed). ______________________________ Signature
P & C News
Monthly P&C Meeting
Annual General Meeting NEXT WEEK
Tuesday 10th March 7:30pm
This month’s P&C Meeting will the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 10th March in the staff room.
All parents, caregivers and community members are welcome to attend.
P&C Assistance Required!
Vital P&C Roles must be filled at the March AGM
The P&C's AGM will be occurring in March and whilst all roles are vacated and re-elected at this
meeting, there are 2 roles in particular that must be filled with new people. Both the current
president and treasurer have been in the role for 3 years and so can no longer continue in these
positions.
As the P&C plays a vital role within the school community, particularly in relation to raising
additional funds to assist with the education of our children, it is imperative that these 2 positions
get filled.
The role of president doesn't take too much time apart from being at and chairing the meetings
which happen 2 to 3 times per term.
The role of treasurer takes more time but does not require accounting experience, purely a
reasonable ability with numbers and an attention to detail.
If this sounds like you PLEASE consider helping out the Warrimoo PS community. The current
treasurer will still be around and is more than happy to assist whoever takes this position on until
they feel comfortable with what needs to be done.
If you have any questions or feel willing to consider this position, please contact Kirsty on (02)
4751 3361 or 0411 260 215.
Many thanks for your consideration of these two positions, the P&C committee.
Our ever popular Spoil Yourself night for mums will be held on FRIDAY 8 MAY from 6.30pm. Details to come shortly...
Canteen
Term 1 - 2015, Week 5, Friday 6 March
A small team of volunteers run our school canteen. We need more volunteers whether they are parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles. All new volunteers are initially rostered on with more experienced volunteers. If you can help out please email [email protected] or contact Judy or Claire.
This Weeks Roster
9.00am – 11.30am Alycia W & Lisa J
11.00am – 1.00pm Nikki C
12.00 – 2.00pm Jody H & Kat A, Rose D (new) Please arrange a swap if you’re unable to do your shift this week.
Download Term 1 Roster here>>>
Download lunch order form here>>> Canteen Co-ordinators: Claire (0420541705) and Judy (0403337154)
Hi All, Hope you are all now getting back into the swing of things…. It’s time to move, dance and have fun. Whether you love to dance or just move and exercise in a fun and friendly environment. ZUMBA is a fun way to get fit. You can laugh and feel great! NEW CLASS TIME: WEDNESDAY 7.30pm - 8.30pm Until end of term $10 per class. Love to see you there!
Community News (continued)
WINMALEE HIGH SCHOOL
YEAR 7 2016
EXPO
Students in Year 6 and their parents are invited to an Expo Day at Winmalee High School on:
Wednesday 11 March 2015
10:00am – 12:00pm
There will be a number of special events for parents and students starting at 10am and concluding by 12.00pm. Parents and students are asked to be seated in the school hall by 10am. Activities for both students and parents will follow until 12.00pm.
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INFORMATION EVENING
There will be an information evening for Year 6 students and families at Winmalee High School
on:
Thursday 12 March 2015
7–8 pm Winmalee High School Hall
There will information available regarding the criteria for out of area enrolments on the evening. Please phone Julie Younan on 4754 2822 if you would like to have more information about enrolling for 2016.
Community News (continued)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS PENRITH OBSERVATORY
ASTRONOMY NIGHTS IN MARCH Saturday 14 March - 8pm – 10 pm COMETS AND THE ICY OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM Recent exciting space missions to icy bodies in our solar system have brought us more information about these remote and mysterious objects. We will discuss some of the findings for our distant dwarf planet neighbours and our comet cousins as well as what this means in the context of life on earth and in the solar system. Saturday 28 March - 8pm – 10 pm DADS & KIDS NIGHT Kids and dads also include grandfathers, kids and grandkids. So it is for everyone. Age is no barrier to spending an evening with the family and the stars. These nights will also include a 3D astronomy movie, a tour of the dome area and 0.6m telescope and an opportunity to view celestial objects through the university’s telescopes. Our programs will run regardless of the weather. Cost: $18 adult, $12 child/concession and $50 family Bookings are essential: Book and pay online: www.uws.edu.au/observatory, What’s On Contact: Tel: (02)4736 0135 Email: [email protected] www.uws.edu.au/observatory, www.twitter.com/uwsobservatory www.facebook.com/UWSObservatory
IRONFEST will be held at Lithgow Showground on 18
th & 19
th April 2015.
Aiming to educate through entertainment, Ironfest features historical events over these days - jousting, and the annual colonial battle re-enactment event entitled ‘The Battle of Lithgow’. Both events depict accurately extremely interesting periods in history. The re-enactments are very dramatic, featuring artillery, cavalry and infantry, and there is a fully authentic military encampment, hospital and blacksmith’s workshop. Lots of roving entertainers, music, dance, woodturning demonstrations, as well as Australian made goods on sale at the stalls. Saturday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Sunday 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Tickets at gate: One day - Adult $35; Conc. $30; Child $25; Family $95. 2 Day Weekend - Adult $55; Conc. $45; Child $35; Family $140. For more information you can visit the Ironfest website at www.ironfest.net.au.
