ABN 85 237 812 060 Edition 11 3rd May 2018

Tyner Road, Wantirna South 9801 1900

E-mailwantirna.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website http://www.wantirnasouthps.vic.edu.au

May Friday 4th Mother’s Day High Tea Forms Due Gr. 3/4 Phillip Island Camp Return – 2.30pm Learning Celebration Assembly – 2.45pm Second Hand Uniform Shop Open 3.30pm Sunday 6th Working Bee 9am – 12noon Wednesday 9th Reusable Lunch Bag Orders Due Mother’s Day High Tea 3pm – 5pm Friday 11th Mother’s Day Stall 9am – 11am Tuesday 15th NAPLAN Gr. 3 & Gr. 5 Students (Language Conventions &

Writing) Wednesday 16th NAPLAN Gr. 3 & Gr. 5 Students (Reading) School Council Meeting 7pm Thursday 17th NAPLAN Gr. 3 & Gr. 5 Students (Numeracy) Friday 18th District Cross Country Aussie of the Month Assembly Monday 21st Education Week Commences Tuesday 22nd Grandparents Open Morning 9am – 11.00am Grandparents Concert (Prep, Gr. 1&2 Students) –

10.30am – 11.00am Grandparents Morning Tea 11am – 11.30am WaSPS Open Night 5pm – 7pm Thursday 24th Open Morning 9am – 12.30pm Tours Available

Working Bee Sunday 6th May 9.00a.m.-12.00p.m.

Our first Working Bee for the year will be held this Sunday 6th May from

9.00a.m.-12.00p.m.

We plan to spread mulch, fill the Vegie gardens with soil, paint basketball

backboards and plant out garden beds as well as a number of general

maintenance jobs. If you can afford some time we would love to see you at the

Working Bee and join us for a sausage sizzle and refreshment after.

Please bring along gardening implements eg. wheel barrows, shovels, rakes

etc. I look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday.

Education Week

This year we celebrate the exciting Educational opportunities we offer at

WASPS from Monday 21st May - Friday 25th May. Please see below the

program for Education Week.

Tuesday 22nd May Grandparents Open Morning 9.00a.m.-11.00a.m. All

Grandparents welcome Prep-Grade 6.

Tuesday 22nd May 10.30a.m.-11.00a.m. Concert for Grandparents of Prep,

Grade 1 and Grade 2 students.

Tuesday 22nd May 11.00a.m.-11.30a.m. - Morning Tea for Grandparents.

Tuesday 22nd May Open Night for parents, students and prospective parents

5.00p.m.-7.00p.m. Tours available.

Thursday 24th May Open Morning for all parents and prospective parents

9.00a.m.- 12.30p.m. Tours available.

Compass

Last year we introduced Compass as an administrative package to streamline

and support families and staff in the day to day management of the school.

Many thanks to all the families who have embraced the package, downloaded

the App and are using the package for absences and payments of camps and

excursions. We have found it is a great tool to keep all families in touch with

what is happening at school. If you have difficulties using Compass or had

trouble downloading the App, please don’t hesitate to contact Deb or Lyndall in

the office at school.

Somers Camp

Every two years the Knox School Network is given the opportunity to attend

Somers Camp. This year we have been offered Somers Camp from Tuesday

14th August - Wednesday 22nd August. The Camp is only offered to Grade 5

and 6 students and is heavily subsidised by the Education Department.

Expression of interest letters went home recently to all Grade 5 and 6 students.

If you would like your child to attend this amazing Camp, please fill in the forms

and return to the office. If you require any further information, please don’t

hesitate to contact me at school.

Scruff’s Back

Scruff returned to WASPS on Tuesday to oversee the PAWS Drawing Club at

lunchtime. It was great to have Scruff back at school along with Mrs. Paton

and new baby Makayla joining the many students at the PAWS Drawing Club.

Grade 3/4 Camp

Yesterday the Grade 3/4 students left for the CYC Island Camp down at Phillip

Island, which for many students is their first camp. The weather was perfect

and you could feel the excitement in the air as the students headed off to the

Island stopping at San Remo to feed the pelicans along the way.

The children will be engaged in all sorts of outdoor adventure and initiative

activities over the three days. We look forward to hearing all about their

adventures when they get home on Friday at approximately 2.30pm.

Hawthorn Football Club Visit

Last Tuesday we had a visit from Hawthorn players, Isaac Smith and Kieran

Lovell. The players spoke to our Grade 3 students about leadership, support,

teamwork, being a good citizen and looking after one another as well as of

course their journey into AFL football. It was great to sit with the players, listen

to their stories as well as learn about their backgrounds and how hard they had

to work to become AFL footballers. Many thanks to the Hawthorn Football Club

for their continued support of our school.

Have a great weekend everyone, and ……..

“Go Tigers”

Wayne Macdonald

Principal

COMPASS

Information for Families on the Compass System

Camps and Excursions

Thank you to all the families who are using the Compass System.

When your child is invited to attend a Camp or Excursion, Compass will

generate an email to your registered email address advising you of the

event and requesting your permission and any payment required.

As all families are now expected to use the Compass system to give

permission and make payment through Compass for these events by the

requested closing date, it is very difficult for the school to monitor

permission and payment for your child if the Compass system is not used.

There has been a great response to this convenient time efficient system.

If you do not know your login, or if you are having problems using the

system please contact the school office for assistance.

Lyndall Murnane

Business Manager

OFFICE NEWS ……………… Canteen Lunch orders have commenced and can be ordered each Friday. A copy of the Canteen Price List/Snack Item List has been sent home to each family. Thank you to those who have volunteered their time to help with the running of the Canteen. Lyndall & Deb

CANTEEN ROSTER Friday 4th Rachna Bowman & Melanie Hare

Monday 7th Jenny Byrne & Michelle Pancutt

Tuesday 8th Alicia Randall

Wednesday 9th Bianca Truman & Jenny Coppens

Thursday 10th Liz Hussey

WASPS NEST ROSTER Saturday 5th Ohia Family (6A)

Sunday 6th Commerford Family (Prep C)

CANTEEN PRICE LIST

Our Canteen provides lunch each Friday. Please write NAME and CLASS on paper bag (enclose correct

money if possible). LUNCH ORDERS TO BE HANDED IN FRIDAYS TO THE CLASSROOM. Please note that

snack items are not to be ordered with lunches.

HOT FOOD

Meat Pie $2.50

Sausage Roll $2.50

Party Pies $1.00

Party Sausage Roll $1.00

Hot Dog $2.50

Chicken Nuggets $ .50 each

SANDWICHES (Plain/Toasted)

Hot Baked Bean or Spaghetti Jaffle $3.00

Ham $2.20

Cheese $2.20

Tomato $2.20

Egg $2.20

Combinations – 20c per additional filling

(e.g. Ham & Tomato Sandwich - $2.40)

$ .20

DRINKS

Flavoured Milk (Low Fat)

Chocolate, Strawberry, Honeycomb

$1.80

Fruit Juice – 100% juice

Apple/Orange, Tropical, Apple/Blackcurrant

$1.50

CANTEEN SNACKS PRICE LIST

Snack items are available Mondays, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Sunfruits $0.80

Jumpy’s $0.70

Ovaltines $0.80

Popcorn $0.80

Tubes $0.60

Icypoles $1.00

Go Choc Chip Cookie $0.80

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Mother’s Day is coming up and we will be running our annual Mother’s Day

Stall on Friday 11th May. If anyone is able to help please leave your contact details at the office. We will be also be having an afternoon tea for mums & special friends on Wednesday 9th May. Please refer to the letter that went home recently for full details. If anyone if able to help with preparing some lovely treats on Monday, Tuesday &/or Wednesday next week from 9am in the Buzz please let the office know.

With lunch orders returning this term we are selling reusable lunch bags to anyone who is interested in getting one to use for lunch orders. Please fill in

the form that has been sent home and return to the school with payment by 9th May if you are wish to buy a bag.

Next meeting will be mid-June. Date, time & venue TBA

Dear Mums & Special Friends, We invite you to attend this year’s Mother’s Day/Special Friend’s High Tea! This year we are looking for expressions of interested to attend and enjoy a lovely afternoon tea with your wonderful children on Wednesday the 9th of May between 3pm & 5pm. The cost will be $5 per person (adults and children at the same price) and can be paid in advance OR upon arrival on the day. A notice was sent home last week for you to complete and return to the office by tomorrow, Friday 4th May.

District Athletics Results Well done to our Athletics Team for a wonderful performance on Tuesday at the Knox Athletics track. We finished in 2nd place overall with only 4 points separating 1st from 2nd. What a great result! All of our competitors did very well with 3 of our relay teams advancing and athletes moving through to the next Division competition in 21 individual events. Well done to:- Evie 800m, 10 Girls Relay Isaac 800m Hannah 800m Zoe R Discus and 1500m Keisha 1500m, Triple Jump, 200m, 11 Girls Relay Sebastian Discus, 200m Zara Discus Logan Shot Put, 11 Boys Relay Zoe S Discus, 11 Girls Relay Max High Jump, Hurdles, 100m, 11 Boys Relay Mitchell Discus Talysha Long Jump, Hurdles, 100m, 11 Girls Relay Ally Hurdles, 10 Girls Relay Sienna 10 Girls Relay Chloe 10 Girls Relay Harry 11 Boys Relay Tennyson 11 Boys Relay Tilly 11 Girls Relay Congratulations also to Max (11 Boys), Talysha (= 11 Girls) and Keisha (= 11 Girls) who won the medal for overall Age Group Champions. Well done. What a fantastic effort by everyone involved.

Hawthorn Player Visit We were very lucky to have two Hawthorn Footballers, Kieran Lovell and Isaac Smith visit our Grade 3 students on Tuesday. They players spent time with individual groups of children asking them to consider things apart from diet, exercise and sleep that contribute to our overall health. We were asked to think about people in our lives that had been or were a good influence on us. The students then made individual football jumpers for these people and discussed how they were impacting positively on their lives. The players explained that they were often asked to look at influences in their own lives and which ones were positively impacting on their football or home life, they also explained how important it was to show gratitude to these people. The players were also happy to chat to the kids about football in general.

Division Cross Country The Cross Country Team is being finalised and training is under way. The Carnival details are as follows:- Date – Friday 18th May Venue – Knox Athletics Track Time – 12noon to 2.30pm

Nicola Tuohey – PE Teacher

School Banking Information Session.

Wantirna South Primary School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards. The rewards available during 2018 are:

Twister Power Handball

Secret Scratch Pad

Sparkle Glitter Pens

Glow Light

Mighty Boom Handball

Heat Reactor Pencils

Slushie Maker Cup

Zoom Flying Disc

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year. School Banking day is Wednesday. Each week you need to hand your deposit books to your teacher. We will be holding a School Banking Information Session at our school: Time 3.15-3.45pm Date: Wednesday 9th May Location: Outside Foundation rooms

Please join us and find out more about the School Banking Program and how your child can get involved. If you are interested in opening a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account for your child you can visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. A School Banking representative will be available at the Information Session to show you how you can do this. In order to verify yourself and your child, you will need your driver’s licence and your child’s birth certificate, but if you don’t have these with you on the day, you can complete verification online at home.

WORKING BEES IN 2018

The first of this year’s Working Bees will be held on Sunday May 6th. Please bring

along personal tools or garden equipment if you are able to volunteer some time.

We also have Working Bees scheduled for Sunday August 5th and Sunday October

28th, so put those dates in your diary. Working Bees are another fun way to

socialise with other parents and also help keep our great school looking its best!

If you are unable to attend on any of these dates but would like to contribute some

time or if you have any particular skills, e.g. carpentry, plumbing etc., please let

Lyndall or Deb at the office know.

SCHOOL UNIFORM PURCHASES

Due to stocktake, RH Sports retail shop will be closed on Friday 1st June.

Online ordering will still be available during this period.

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or visit the RHS Uniform Shop at Unit 12/100 New Street, Ringwood. Phone 9870 1377

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