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NORTH WAGGA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Building a Culture of Excellence

: 6921 3533 : 54 Hampden Ave, North Wagga Wagga

: www.northwagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au : northwagga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

What’s on at NWPS Thursday 30th January Swimming Carnival, Oasis

Monday 10th February K-6 Assembly, 2.15pm start

Wednesday 12th February Welcome Back BBQ, 5.30 – 6.30pm

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Welcome back!

Today we have had a fabulous day settling the students into their new classes and welcoming a lot of new faces throughout Years 1 – 6

into our school. We have many families who have come from out of town and it is wonderful to welcome them to our school community.

Our new kindergarten students will start on Monday and will spend today and the remainder of this week completing their Best Start

assessments during allocated time slots.

I appreciate the effort taken to ensure all the students are in correct school uniform, including black school shoes. This certainly reflects

the pride students have towards our school.

The school has been a hive of activity during the holidays with a number of changes occurring. We now have an all ability access ramp

into our school hall, allowing easy access for all students and community members, we are just waiting on the rail to be installed which

we hope will happen in a couple of weeks. We have also had synthetic turf laid around the arbour area and new paving. This will limit the

dust, prove a quiet area to sit and chat with friends and the instant ‘green’ is aesthetically pleasing…..it looks fabulous. Finally, we have

had new offices built in what was the old resource room. This has allowed for a new store room, Principal office and Assistant Principal

office, it too looks fabulous and will be very functional. Our two gates that need repairing, unfortunately were not completed in the holidays,

however, after a phone call to assets management yesterday, they will be fixed soon.

This year’s Welcome Back BBQ will take place on Wednesday 12th February. This is where families are invited to enjoy a sausage sizzle

and quick catch up where students will have the opportunity to introduce their family to their teachers. A return slip for catering and

invitation will be sent home on Friday.

Tomorrow is a big day on our school calendar for all students who are aged 8 or above at our school. We are off to the Oasis Aquatic

Centre for our annual swimming carnival. The weather is predicted to be 40+, please ensure your child/ren have a hat and sunscreen!

In 2020, we are looking at making a few changes to the newsletter and assembly. Firstly, we will be having the newsletter distributed

fortnightly with a basic one page reminder of dates and events on the odd weeks. Secondly, due to professional learning commitments

that usually fall on a Thursday or Friday we will be having a K-6 assembly every fortnight on a Monday afternoon commencing at 2:15.

Initially the assemblies will be carried out in our hall, however, once the renovations are completed we will relocate to the North Wagga

Community Hall.

Have a fabulous week!

Trudy Standley

Principal

WHOLE SCHOOL STAFFING This year again we have 11 classes. We welcome some new teachers to North Wagga including Mrs Belinda Kendall, Mrs Naomi Bryce

and Mrs Cara Blencowe. Both Mrs Kendall and Mrs Bryce come to us from Mt Austin PS and Mrs Leanne Herbert as Admin Manager,

who comes from Mt Austin HS. We’re sure they’ll enjoy their time at NWPS.

We have some teachers who are only working part-time, and therefore some classes are covered with a job-share arrangement. The

details of those, as well as the class names, are listed below:

There will be some teachers on leave throughout the year, but we will aim to minimise disruption to classes as much as possible.

Inevitably, maternity leaves, long service leaves and sick leaves are all part of the landscape in all work places, so I greatly appreciate

families’ understanding when these things impact on classes.

Class Staff Stage Additional Role Role Staff

Green Mrs Librando/ Mrs Johnson

Early Stage 1 Mrs Librando AP ES1/S1

Principal Mrs Standley

Lime Mrs Bryce/ Mrs Cattle

Early Stage 1 Learning Support Mrs Frogley/ Mrs Havrlant

Navy Miss Smith ES1/Stage 1 Library Mrs McIntosh

Yellow Miss Wareing Stage 1 Student Support Officer Mrs Langfield

Red Miss Saddler Stage 1 School Admin Manager Mrs Herbert

Purple Ms Moore Stage 1/2 School Admin Officer Mrs Archer

Blue Mrs Quilliam/ Mrs Blencowe

Stage 2 Mrs Quilliam AP S2 School Admin Officer Mrs Burley

Pink Mrs Phillips/ Ms Mulrooney

Stage 2 General Assistant Mr Lashbrook

White Mrs Kendall Stage 2/3 Counsellor Ms Schwarz

Black Mr Motton Stage 3 Senior Psychologist Ms Jahn

Orange Mrs Hilton/ Mrs Bolitho

Stage 3 Mrs Hilton AP S3

FIRST DAY PHOTOS

ASSEMBLY INFORMATION This year Assembly will be held fortnightly on Monday afternoons, commencing at 2.15pm in the school hall. The first assembly will be

held on Monday 10th February. SRC and House Captain badges will be presented at this assembly.

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SWIMMING CARNIVAL TOMORROW The annual swimming carnival will be held TOMORROW. Primary children will be attending and also children in Year 2 who will be turning 8 this year who are able to swim 25m. Students in Year 2 who turn 8 in 2020 who cannot swim 25 metres of the pool are required to stay at school with their usual classroom teacher. Students are permitted to leave the event before the end of the school day, if they are signed out by a parent/caregiver. The sign out records will be with Ms Moore and Mrs McIntosh. ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING THE CARNIVAL SHOULD ARRIVE AT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AT THEIR USUAL TIME SO ROLLS CAN BE MARKED BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE POOL.

FAMILY INFORMATION NOTES

These notes were sent home with your child today. They are on YELLOW paper and should be completed by all families and

returned to the office as soon as possible. It is essential that we have up to date information around how we contact you to ensure we can call you in the event as an emergency.

STUDENT MEDICAL AND HEALTH CONDITIONS NOTIFICATION FORMS

These notes were sent home with your child today. They are on BLUE paper and should be completed even if your child does not

have any medical conditions and returned to the office as soon as possible.

WELCOME BACK BBQ An invitation and return slip for catering purposes for our Welcome back BBQ will be sent home to families on Friday. The slip will be

on PINK paper and should be in your child’s bag. Please ensure it is returned to school by Friday 7th February, 2020.NG AL

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Mrs Bryce Mrs Kendall Mrs Blencowe Mrs Herbert

CANTEEN NEWS

Wednesday 5th February – Kate Plum Friday 7th February – Carol Mulley, Jane Wadley Wednesday 12th February – Jenny Chobdzynski Friday 14th February – Kylie Burns, Kirsty Barby, Help needed (12-2) The P&C would welcome any new offers of help from our new families. Please contact Jane 0409926836 STUDENT BANKING

With the new school year just starting, Hume Bank would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your ongoing support and participation in our Hume Bank School Banking program. The community program is designed to promote financial literacy in our schools. Please call into the school office to collect an application form. A reminder that School Banking will commence from 11 February 2019. NWPS Students need to bring in their student banking on Monday’s for Hume Bank to collect books on Tuesday morning. This will commence next week.ST

PPUDENT BANKING ENT BANKING OMMUNITY NEW

2020 Riverina Wagga Wagga Primary Dance Ensemble

Auditions soon!

This is a selective dance ensemble that has been developed for talented dance students in years 4-6 from

public schools in the Wagga Wagga area. We encourage both male and female students to audition. The

ensemble will begin developing a group performance piece to audition for both the Riverina & State Dance

Festival and audition to perform in the 2020 Schools Spectacular.

Audition Details (Round 1) Date: Friday 31 January, 2020

Where: Wagga Wagga High School, Currie Hall Registration: 3:30pm

Audition Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm

Call Back Audition Details (Round 2) Date: Sunday 2 February, 2020

Where: Wagga Wagga High School, Currie Hall Registration: 9:30am

Audition Time: 10:00am-11:30am

For more information, please collect a registration sheet from your front office, or email Kathryn Fisher -

Kathryn.fisher2@det.nsw.edu.au