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Dear Parents, Carers, Students and Community,

ASSEMBLY Congratulations to Kiara who was awarded the Beverley Whitfield award at the assembly on Monday, a prestigious award recognising Kiara‘s swimming achievements. Kiara was presented this award by our local Mayor, Cr Marianne Saliba, in honour of Beverley Whitfield a famous Olympic swimmer who grew up in Shellharbour. LEARNING CONVERSATIONS It’s not too late to book in for a learning conversation with your child and their teacher. Parent/Teacher/Student Learning Conversations will be held throughout the next 2 weeks, from Monday 26 August until Friday 6th September. Learning conversations will be held in your child’s classroom and include the parents/carer, teacher and student. This opportunity empowers students to share their learning, as well as promote a shared responsibility of parents, teachers and students working together. The Learning Conferences are strictly 20 minutes and spaces are limited. If you require more time with a particular teacher, please arrange a separate meeting by contacting the teacher or telephoning the school on 4296 6266. In addition, if the times scheduled are not suitable, please phone the office so alternate arrangements can be discussed.

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MORNING ASSEMBLY & KISS & DROP Last year we introduced an initiative for students in Kindergarten to Year 2 called Drop and Kiss initiative and encourage parent to use the same strategy. This will enable students to build confidence and independence and support all students to get into their classroom quickly and straight into learning. We ask that when the bell goes that parents kiss their children and encourage them to move to their lines, and therefore into their classrooms independently. We still encourage you to stay for assembly and wave your children off as they head to their classroom. If you have any questions or concerns, please speak with your child’s teacher. All parents are welcome to stay for our morning assembly and hear the messages provided to our students. We ask that parents remain to the side or the back of the assembly and refrain from walking through to their child or in front of the speaker and to hold their conversations until the end. This allows our students to listen and concentrate on the messages being provided. If you are needing to speak with your child’s teacher we ask that you seek them out prior to assembly by visiting the office or by making an appointment.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Congratulations to Teileigha and Georgia for making it to the next level for athletics. We wish them the very best of luck and feel proud they are representing our school. P&C MEETING Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 2 September at 1.30pm in the Community Room. We encourage everyone to come along to learn more about our school and the role of the P&C.

NEWSLETTER 29 August 2019

Term 3 Week 2 2019

2 Hogarth Avenue Mount Warrigal NSW 2528 Ph: 02 4296 6266 Fax: 02 4297 2816 Email: mtwarrigal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.mtwarrigal-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Mount Warrigal Public School Kindness - Safety - Respect - Fairness A quality school developing the individual in a caring community

Jodi Niedermayer Principal

BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS Thank you to the many parents and family members who joined us for our Book Week celebrations. As always we are overwhelmed by the amazing costumes and enthusiasm for books at our Book Week Parade. The book fair continues to be running throughout this week. We encourage all family to head to the library, as books are on sale from $1.50. Thank you to some of our P&C members for their support in setting up the Book Fair and to Mrs Marold for her organisation and contagious passion for books. FATHER’S DAY STALL The Father’s Day stall, organised by our P&C, will take place this week, Thursday 29th August. Students are encouraged to bring $5 to purchase their dad or special person a gift. Thank you in advance to the P&C members who have volunteered their time to organise gifts, the raffle and will also support the stall on the day. Our school is so lucky to have such a dedicated group of member. If you’ve not been able to volunteer previously, it’s not too late. The P&C will also have gifts available for purchase on Friday if you missed out. SASS RECOGNITION WEEK This week we also recognise the hard work and dedication of our School Administration and Support Staff. Our SAS staff consists of administration staff, library assistants, SLSOs, general assistants, a school chaplain and community liaison officer. Our school wouldn’t be the same without this amazing group of people who are dedicated to our school, students and families. I encourage our whole school community to show your appreciation to our SAS staff by thanking them for ensuring are students are known, valued and cared for. 2020 KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL ENROLMENTS We are currently accepting enrolments for students starting Kindergarten in 2020 and also for parents wishing for their child to attend our preschool in 2020. If you or anyone you know is seeking enrolment for 2020, please call into the school office to collect an enrolment form. It’s important for us to have this information by the end of this term, so children can participate in transition activities and parents can receive vital information. LAKE LEARNING COMMUNITY PUBLIC SPEAKING Mount Warrigal Public School will once again participate in our Community of Schools Public Speaking Competition. This will run the same as last year, culminating with the stage winner competing at Lake Illawarra High School, alongside representatives from Lake Illawarra South PS, Warilla North PS, Primbee PS and Windang PS. All students will be encouraged to present a speech within their class, as part of the English syllabus, and the top speaker from each class will then present at stage finals to determine who will go on to represent our school on the 17th September (Week 9). WEARING A HELMET Cyclists of all ages are required by law to wear a correctly fitted and fastened helmet that meets the Australian Standard. It is also recommended by Transport for NSW that riders of scooters and skateboards wear an approved helmet. This is supported by the Department of Education as well as a part of the behaviour code and school expectations. Parents and carers are asked to support the school and the department by complying with this law. Schools may advise parents or carers if a student is not wearing a helmet and may request the student not bring their bike onto school grounds. Kind regards, Jodi Niedermayer

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Dates for Your Calendar

26 August-6th September Parent/Teacher/Student Learning conversations

30th August Touch Football Shellharbour Primary School Gala Day

2nd September P&C Meeting @ 1.30pm in Community Room

5th September Sports Ready

17th September Whole School ‘Sculptures by the Sea’ Killalea Excursion

17th September Public Speaking Finals at Lake Illawarra High school

CBCA Literary Lunch Story A story by Chelsie, Shante, Ashanti, Jayla, Hayley, and Sahiz of MWPS In collaboration with Teacher/Librarian, Susan Marold and Author Karen Hendriks. Written on 14th of August 2019 at the CBCA Literary Lunch at Fairy Meadow Fraternity Club. We had a great time at the Literary lunch along with 8 other schools and Librarians. We wrote a story in collaboration with our Author then we had to do a presentation (acting out the parts) to the students and teachers from other schools as well as the 10 Local Authors.

Our Story!! Tales of Daisy and Duckworth Duckworth the Cowboy juggles cactus in the circus.

‘Ouch! That stings!

Oh No!...... Duckworths’s been prickled

Yikes! ……………………………How Embarassing!

Duckworth starts to puff up (He’s allergic to cactus)

He gets bigger and bigger and bigger ………………………………

Oh No! He’s broken through the roof!

(Magical theme Music )

Daisy unicorn appears

Kapow. Her Magical powers Zap Duckworth

He zooms everywhere like a deflating balloon PHTTTTTTT………

Oh No ………………I’m the size of an ant “ sighs Duckworth

I just want to be me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He cries

The unicorn blows her magic breath over the hapless duck.

Duckworth goes back to his normal size and floats onto the unicorn’s back.

TA DAH!

Duckworth and Daisy are now a new Circus Act touring across the nation.

And Duckworth is still working on his juggling

(picture of Duckworth juggling chickens)

How Embarassing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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P&C NEWS – AUGUST 2019 THE LOOSE CHANGE CHALLENGE: The Loose Change Challenge continues all year, so kids can keep bringing in spare change (with parent’s permission) and place it in the jar in their classroom. Which class will win the prize in Term 3? BUNNINGS BBQ ON SATURDAY, 10TH AUGUST: Thank you to our school community that came to the P&C’s fundraising BBQ at Bunnings last weekend. A massive thankyou to our fantastic volunteers that braved the cold and wind, to sizzle those sausages. ENTERTAINMENT BOOK: The P&C is offering the Entertainment Books/Memberships for sale, containing hundreds of special deals for restaurants, cafes, activities, theme parks, hotels and resorts. Please return any unwanted books. PIE DRIVE: Thank you to everyone that supported the P&C’s recent Pie Drive. A big thank you also goes to Oak Flats Patisserie for baking all of those delicious pies and treats for our school. CANTEEN HELPERS: Mount Warrigal community, we need you!! We are needing volunteers to assist in the canteen from 16th August – 6th September. Come and learn a new skill whilst helping the school. If you can spare a few hours between 8:30am-11:30am on any of those days, please call Michelle on 0488 974 303. WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK: Anyone that volunteers for the P&C is required to have a valid Working With Children Check number. Please advise your WWC number to the school office. You can apply via Office of the Children’s Guardian website, https://www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/child-safe-organisations/working-with-children-check 2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP: The P&C is running a 2nd hand uniform shop, offering good quality, pre-loved uniform for a Gold Coin donation per item. There is also an assortment of second- hand shoes available for free. Open Monday and Thursday after morning assembly, next to the Community Room. We accept donations of good quality, clean uniform also. NEXT P&C MEETING: The P&C’s next meeting is on Monday, 2nd September at 1:30pm, in the Community Room. We welcome new members and encourage everyone to come along to a meeting, where you can find out more about the fantastic and rewarding work the P&C does to support the school and benefit the kids. You can become a financial member by paying the small annual membership fee of 50 cents at the meeting. Any queries, please email the P&C at mountwarrigalpublicschool@pancaffiliate.org.au.

COME ALIVE FOR SOUTHERN STARS 2019 Rehearsals for Southern Stars 2019 COME ALIVE are in full swing, with public school students taking part in a wide range of dance, music, drama and vocal rehearsals around the Illawarra - and the state.

COME ALIVE, featuring 3000 public school students, will take place over four performances at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong on Friday August 23 (10am and 7.30pm) and Saturday August 24 (2pm and 7.30pm).

This year COME ALIVE features circus, the NSW Millennial Marching Band, 2000 dancers, a 600 strong choir, a full orchestra, our hugely popular boys vocal ensemble, the Aboriginal Dance Ensemble Yanggaa Garaba, and the amazing talents of the best featured student vocalists and performers in Southern NSW, and much, much more!

You don’t have to know someone in the show to buy a ticket. Southern Stars is a world-class arena spectacular show which is suitable for all ages, and most of all is entertainment at its finest. Buy your tickets now before they sell out!