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The Newsletter from Warners Bay Public School Email: [email protected] Phone: 49488129
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K-6 Whole School Newsletter Event Class Activity Date Cost Note Note Home Due Date
Swim School Yr1-3 Mon 12th – Fri 23rd Sept $70 Y 6/8/16 26/8/16
Glenrock Lagoon Excursion Yr3-4 Thursday 27th October $10 Y 19/9/16 21/10/16
Bathurst Stage 3 October 31st- Nov 2nd $320 Y 22/08/16 23/09/16
Presentation Day K-6 Thursday 8th December NIL N 4/11/16
Year 6 Farewell Yr6 Tuesday 13th December $25 N 4/11/16
Party Day K-6 Wednesday 14th December $15 N 4/11/16
*** Last Day – Term 3 is Friday 23rd September ****** School resumes for Term 4 on Monday 10th October 2016. ***
Please Note: No Payment will be accepted after the due date unless prior arrangements are made with the office.
**If you have not received a note for any activity, these are available from the office or the school website.
All notes and money must be returned to the office chute in an envelope with your child’s name, class and activity.
Assistant Principal’s Report
Another busy term comes to a close. The K-2 students certainly have been busy learning all about Australia and our
place in the world. I am looking forward to seeing our World expo displays in the hall. Our students have really
enjoyed expanding their knowledge of other cultures. I am sure we have planted the seeds of travel into their
minds.
It has been wonderful to meet the new kinder train students for 2017. I am impressed with how excited they are
to be coming to Warners Bay Public School. Their learning journey begins and the Warners Bay community is looking
forward to watching each stage of their development.
Leenie Hamilton
K-2 Assistant Principal
Merewether High School – Application process
Parents of year 5 students 2016 are invited to attend an information session about the procedures for applying for
entry in an academically selective school for Year 7 2018. Details are as follows:
Date: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Where: Bensley Hall – Merewether High School, Chatham Road, Broadmeadow
Time: 4:00pm
The Chalkboard
Term 3 Week 10 2016
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Year 5 Girls Dance Group – Term 4
Just a reminder that for the first three weeks of the term, our lessons will be on Thursday mornings at 8:30.
Teegan Jones
Canteen
Thanks once again to our lovely volunteers who help to keep our canteen open as much as possible. Our Term 4
Roster is now in the canteen and would welcome any help. Even if you are only available for half a day, it all helps.
Please note this week that the Canteen in open today and tomorrow (Monday and Tuesday) and then will be closed
for the rest of the week for stocktake and cleaning.
P&C News
Thanks to our parents that came long and supported the Trivia Night on the weekend. It was a fun night and we
appreciate your support in helping to raise funds for our school. Many thanks also to parents that helped in the
canteen on Disco night.
WBPS Rugby League Team
It’s been a busy year for our WPBS Rugby League boys. Well Done team!
Kinder News
Hello everyone. The Kindergarten Teachers would like to wish everyone a warm farewell for the school holidays. Have fun
together and keep safe. We look forward to seeing you all again in Term 4.
Warm weather
Please remember your child’s hat and cold water bottle. The weather is warming up. NAMES on everything that
comes to school please.
Lost property
We have so many jumpers, sloppy joes and food containers floating around with no names. It is difficult to return to
its rightful owner if there is no identification.
Homework Bags
Well done to all the families that remember to return the homework bags on Thursday. It makes life easier for
your class teacher to reorganise and hand out the new bags for the week.
We have had some great feedback from parents about how much fun these bags are. We hope you are enjoying
them in your family.
KH have loved watching the dance choreography their friends have done. The videos have been emailed to Mrs
Hoscher or brought in on a thumb drive and the friends can view it.
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Activities at school…
So many fun activities in this past two weeks…
Father’s Day - we hope you all loved your superhero medals and were given the free hugs and smooches promised on
these medals. Children loved making these for their SUPERHERO DADS and GRANDADS.
Thanks for giving up time to celebrate with your kids at the BBQ. The children appreciate you taking time to
celebrate their place of learning.
Father’s Day Stall - Thanks to the many mums giving up their time to help your child choose special gifts for you.
These mums do an amazing job at our school.
NAIDOC DAY
Thanks to Mrs Jodie Stewart and her helpers for a wonderful NAIDOC ceremony. We were entertained with
Aboriginal dancers from WBPS, learnt about storylines of the local aboriginal culture and had fun with the various
activities around the school.
DISCO
Thanks to the mums who supervised the canteen and thanks to the teachers for giving up family time to stay at
school and supervise your children at the school disco. Money raised goes straight to your school. Once again, we
have a special group of parents that care about your kids and give their time freely to provide these experiences.
Same lovely faces… thanks so much! You know who you are.
NRL afternoon
Thanks to Mr Andrew Batchelor. WOW!!!
The NRL afternoon was just fabulous. Kindy boys and girls were treated to 30 minutes of activities with footballs,
running, catching, kicking.
And the best part is that we have 1 more afternoon to look forward to. We have thoroughly enjoyed both of these
afternoons.
Gymnastics
Thanks to Miss Lisa Bath who is a qualified gymnastics teacher who is providing Kindy with a small skill session of
gymnastics. The kids have really enjoyed learning stretching and rolling and tumbling.
What’s happening in KH?
Work Experience Student
We were so lucky to have a work experience student for 5 days.
Sam Hawkins was a wonderful role model and helper in KH. He was a
Year 10 student from HUNTER SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING
ARTS. KH helped him to realise that his career choice of teaching
kindergarten is the right one.
Reminder.
A letter was sent home at the beginning of the term asking for a
family photo and informing parents and carers of the costume
requirements. KH are showing off their skills with a signing choir. I
am sure you will be impressed. We are so excited to show you.
At this stage, only 3 family photos have been emailed to me.
This is the final invitation- if you would like a family photo included in our concert slideshow, please email asap. If
not, that’s fine too.
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Costumes are to be long sleeve black t-shirt or sloppy joe and long black pants black socks and black school shoes. If you are unsure of anything please send Mrs Hoscher a note or call in to see her.
Kind regards
The Kindy Teachers
Enjoy our photos - Bookweek Celebrations with our Buddies!
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Thank you “Angel Gollop” for helping us in KH.
Stage One News
Welcome to the last week of Term which has been extremely busy. Don’t forget to put these dates in your diary.
Week 10
Monday 19th September till Friday 23rd September – Swim School Week 2
Tuesday 20th September – NRL Backyard League Coaching Session #3
Thursday 22nd September – Infants Assembly – run by 1LJ and 1M non swimmers
Friday 23rd September – Last day of Term 3
SWIM SCHOOL
Swim School continues this week. All students are to be commended on their behaviour and great attitude.
What’s happening in 2M? I can’t believe it is the last week of term already! 2M have been working so hard and have had a fantastic time
participating in all the activities that have taken place over the past two weeks. We have enjoyed learning NRL skills
at the Backyard League coaching sessions and have our final one this Tuesday. Although I was on leave, Miss Nikki
and 2M told me that the NAIDOC Day celebrations were great, and that everyone loved the activities they
participated in.
The class has learnt about Italy as our focus country during the Olympic Games. We discovered that it is located in
Europe, looks like a high-heeled boot on the world map, and many delicious foods that we regularly enjoy originated
in Italy, such as: pasta, bolognaise, lasagne and pizza. Miss Nikki showed the class a YouTube clip about how gelato is
made and I brought some in for everyone to taste. Most of 2M loved the gelato and thought it was delicious!
I have noticed that we are running low on tissues at the moment, as there have been a lot of children with colds and
allergies. If you didn’t send in a box of tissues for the class to share earlier this year, it would be greatly
appreciated if you did, so that we have some in our classroom to use.
Wishing you a safe and happy holiday break,
Maxine Morton and 2M
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Stage Two News
Thank you to all those people who attended our late, but fantastic, NAIDOC day ceremony and celebrations. It was
such a great day, thanks to Miss Stewart and others. The students and teachers had a great day.
You will notice an excursion to Glenrock in the Term 4 invoice. This is to complement our science unit: Living World.
We will get a bus to Kahibah, walk from the Yuelarbah Car Park to Glenrock Lagoon and then along Burwood Beach to
Merewether Baths, looking at the different habitats along the way, evidence of Aboriginal occupation, evidence of
early British settlement and have a great walk as well. We get picked up after we have lunch (and possibly a paddle)
and brought back to school.
What’s happening in 4J?
Well, what a fantastic camp trip we had last week, and what a great bunch of children to take. The students were
enthusiastic and willing to let themselves be challenged by some fairly difficult activities. I’m sure many are still
talking about things they experienced – they certainly are in class.
In amongst camp and other activities we are still working on our ukulele song which we will be performing at the
Showcase Concert next term, and have been asked to perform it at the Newcastle Ukulele Festival.
I will be sending out permission notes this week to get an idea of how many people would be willing and able to get
their children to the festival to perform either the Saturday or Sunday of 22-23 October. I will have details early
next term on the specific date and time. I will need at least 12 students to perform, but happy if the whole class
can make it.
Next term we will be starting our science topic: Living World.
Stage Three News
Urgent reminder: All Year 5 and 6 students must have their Bathurst payments finalised and permission note
returned no later than this Friday, 23rd September. This finalisation date was discussed at the Term 1 Parent
Information session and has been in numerous newsletters during the year. Many thanks to the families who have
been able to get this sorted already, and we appreciate that our other families are trying hard to do so by the end
of this week.
Before the end of term, Stage 3 families will receive their Bathurst Countdown newsletter. In it will be information
pertaining to what kind of clothing and items to pack (that way, families who need to purchase clothes in the
holidays know what will be required). It will also include messages re departure and return to school times,
accommodation venues and will also have an attached medical form to be completed and returned by a date early in
Term 4. Our Stage 3 students are getting very excited about the upcoming trip and are currently working on a
History Unit linked to the exploration of Australia & NSW, and the discovery of gold in Australia and the impact it
had on the development of our country as a democracy.
Year 7 2017 - WBHS Application Package due back to Ms Patrick by Thursday 22nd September (this week) as
she has to deliver to high school on Friday morning. Thank you for ensuring it is here on time!
Term 4 is a particularly busy and emotionally charged time of the year for Year 6 as they have so many ‘last’
experiences of primary school life. We hope that parents and other community members who have watched them
grow into such wonderful young people, will be here to celebrate their final primary milestones along with them. If
you have not yet sent Mr Batchelor your bundle of photos to be included in the Year 6 farewell slide show – the last
day of this term really will be the cut-off date. Photos can be saved to a flash drive, scanned and emailed or sent in
and we will scan them and return the originals to you. This is a major task for Andrew and with camp, a school
musical and report writing (just to name a few big ticket items for next term) Mr B needs to get this finalised now.
We appreciate your assistance with regard to this matter.
Year 5 students, who are considering standing for election in Term 4, need to be planning and thinking about their
commitment and the possibility of presenting a speech. The Year 5 teachers will be speaking to the students early
in Term 4, so we hope that they are starting to think about their decision and will be ready when it’s time.
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Year 5 and 6 at Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge Day
On Friday 9th September, the largest group of both Year 5 and Year 6 students ever to represent WBPS at
Science & Engineering Challenge Day went off to have a fabulous day testing their brains and their team work skills
at this annual event held in New Lambton. Mrs Archer and Mr Batchelor accompanied the students, and commended
them on their fabulous efforts on the day.
All students represented their school with pride and learnt a lot about how to solve Science and Engineering
problems, all of which may foster an interest in these fields when they are thinking of a possible future career.
Caves Beach PS were the overall winners of the day but congratulations to WBPS students as I was so pleased to
hear that quite a few of our 12x 4 person teams won different team challenges during the day. It was so exciting to
have some Year 5 students attend for the first time. They learnt a lot and I’m sure they will be our ‘secret cards’
for next year’s competition.
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What’s happening in 6P? This Friday will see 6P wishing a fond farewell and best wishes to Mr Wennerbom, as it is his last day with our class.
Mr W has been on a 10 week Internship program through Newcastle University and has brought a wonderfully
musical flavour to our classroom. For those of you who have not met him, Nathan is an accomplished guitarist and
has a wonderful singing voice and diverse knowledge of music. 6P have had the opportunity to take part in some
incredible music lessons and have worked in teams to write, create and perform music together. During this week
they will also be working with Mr W’s support, to create amazing ‘hands-on’ Maths lessons and games to share with
their fellow Year 6 friends in a big Maths Workshop session on Thursday. The students are really looking forward
to hosting a fun time for their friends. At the conclusion of the week, Nathan will be a qualified teacher and 6P and
I wish him all the best for a long and happy career in education.
Stage 3 staff and students also wish all of our families a great Term 3 break. See you back here in October, ready
for a busy and exciting end to 2016.
Janine Patrick
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“I Achieve” Awards Achievement Awards Student of the Week
6P
Chloe Taylor- Reeves Jamaica Lane Isabel Wittingham
Angelina Ball Hollie Finley
Elke Badior Joshua Simcoe Jordan Price
Luca Niarros Oskar Ferguson
6B
Jade Hunter Ahleyah Deyaolu Nathan McMahon
Cole Ambjerg-Pedersen Charlotte Getley
Liana Corbett Callum Harrison Amy Sames
Kaiden Wettig-Wallace Nathan Mitchell
5/6A
Grace Thornton Brody Page Mayra Kelly
Joel Thomas Oliviah Barter
Estefan Velazquez Jayden Peter Rebecca Mullin
April Robson Noah Hewitt
5B
Tarmika Hodder Jai Williams Aimee Gollop
Jayla Leech-Garde Cooper Rae
Summer Robson Myles McCormack Jett Tully
James Latimer Stella Honeysett
5M
Lily Penhall Sienna Glynn Rosie Moen
Daniel Wilson Abigail Rockman
Ava Pearson Ethan Welsh Brayden Foster
Joshua Gibson Riley Gainey
4H
Shaylee Canon-Dennett Oliver Zur-Mason Hush Lonsdale
Koby Hall Jack Webb
Adam Henry Daniel Chatwin Rani Elliott
Lillyana Drew Mia Williams
4J
Esther Hammill-Knott Ella Sames Trinity Gilbert
Lucas Wonderley Oscar Fergusson
Mady Christie Tommy Conrad Sahara Lane
Michael Tibbs Jackson Marr
3W
Ashley Dennis Hugh Wilson Chloe Storey
Isaac Mitchell Thomas Connelly
Madeline Stonehouse Lachlan Couch Norah Holland
Jayden Bray Ben Mewett
3P
Tim Kimberley Zane Dunlevie Madison Hodgetts
Levi Wever Abi Paterson
Callan McCormack Eliza Gribbin Niamh Mullhall
Mallory Pearson Callum Cornford
2M
Megan Brown Sharlee Gilbert Sienna Barrow
Addison Holmesby Nicholas Adams
Alicia Isley Jacob Dugac Bodie Carolan
Cameron Waite Zane Emmerson
2S
Benjamin Staheyeff Jacob Dark Riley Pope
Jorja Bramble Adam Moisey
Allira Tunney Abbey Masterson Grace Young
Brody Frame Chamara Fernando
1/2H
Elizha Gyorgy-Garcia Sofia Sartori Zahlia Carson
Alex Wilson Isla Cornford
James Kilpatrick Olivia Starkey Darcie Whatling
Jasmine Packer Sophie Elston
1M
Lily Rathbone Sienna Hackney Henry Batchelor & Alecia Storey
Emma Whipp Alecia Storey
Amelia Jones Samuel Godfrey Molly Gollop & Elyse Cannon
Jessica Balchin Lara Wheeler
1LJ
Alicia Diaz Yarwood Chanique Brown
Natalia Smith Cooper New
Marli Gilmour Maddy Cameron
Andrew Parmenter Nixon McLeod
KW
Jewel Hamilton Nara Hamilton Jewel Hamilton
Billie Drew Hannah Stonehouse
Christopher Huang Liam Cathcart Bruce Nixon
Darby Midson Seth Thomas
KH
Ivy Wilson Isla Barrow Malekai Dixon
Nathan Pearson Jackson Fong
Sara Rotero Malekai Dixon Nathan Pearson
Lachlan Holl Ruby Drewe
KB
Aleisha Wiliamson Lilly Hayes Malachi Faavae- Eli
Kallib Rush Elsie Smith
Bryceson Spruce Sonny Lott Kartiya Nikovski
Ruby Bramble Austin Ashman
1-3B Noah Young Matilda Roberts
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