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ABN 85 237 812 060 Edition 41 15th December, 2016
Tyner Road, Wantirna South 9801 1900
Website http://www.wantirnasouthps.vic.edu.au
December Thursday 15th Reports Go Home Friday 16th Gr. 5 & 6 Fun Day at Monash Aquatic Centre NO ASSEMBLY Monday 19th Whole School Movie Final Assembly 2.30pm SCHOOL DISMISSED 3.30PM Tuesday 20th Pupil Free Day January Monday 30th Fee Payment & Book Collection 8.30am – 3.00pm Tuesday 31st Gr1 – Gr6 Students Commence Fee Payment & Book Collection 8.30am – 12noon February Thursday 2nd Foundation Students Commence 9am Fee Payment 8.30am – 12noon
Christmas Concert What a great night we had for our Christmas Concert last Monday. The weather was perfect the children’s performances were excellent and we all enjoyed another great community event, many thanks to everyone who came along and joined in the festivities with the children. A big thank you to Mr. Downs and Mrs. Howse who co-ordinated the evening and Jenni Brown and Georgie Papenfuss and their team of helpers who ran the sausage sizzle on the evening. We really are so lucky to be part of such a great community at WASPS. Endeavour Award Congratulations to Lauran who was presented with the Ferntree Gully Endeavour Award at the Christmas Concert by Nick Wakeling MP. Lauren is pictured being presented with the Award for her outstanding 7 years at WASPS. School Captains 2017 Traditionally at our Christmas Concert we hear from our current School Captains and then announce our Captains for the following year. Both Hayden and Amy spoke brilliantly about not only their year as School Captain, but what WASPS has meant to them over the last seven years. Hayden and Amy have been outstanding School Captains and fantastic role models for all of us at WASPS this year. Our school is a better place for having Amy and Hayden lead in 2016. It gives me great pleasure to announce that our School Captains for 2017 are Maddie and Cohen. We all congratulate both Maddie and Cohen and look forward to them leading our school in 2017.
Grade 6 Graduation Last night parents, grandparents, teachers, family and friends gathered at the Knox Club to celebrate the Graduation of our Grade 6 students. The Grade 6 students looked fantastic all dressed up for this important occasion. The night was full of emotion, song, speeches and of course, presentations. Our School Council President Mrs. Lindy Visage inspired us all with her speech on striving to always do your best, making good choices and working hard to achieve your dreams. Mr Alan Tudge our Federal member presented the Aston Shield to James recognising his outstanding commitment to all aspects of his schooling and the upholding of our school values. Congratulations James. We are all very proud of you and all you have achieved. Awards were also presented to:- Maths Ken English Holly Sport Abby, Amy and Kai Performing Arts. Gracie Visual Arts Indi And Dux for 2017 Lando Congratulations to all of our Grade 6 students on graduating last night. You have been outstanding role models and leaders of our school, not only this year but for many years. On behalf of everyone at WASPS, we all wish you well next year as you begin secondary school and for the future.
Staffing 2017 Today the students had an opportunity to meet their teachers for 2017. Our staffing structure for 2017 is – Foundation A Miss Paton Foundation B Miss Bain 1A Miss Bethune 1B Mrs Shanahan 2A Mrs McCoy .8 /Mrs Emonson .2 2B Miss Buckland 3A Mrs Martin .4/Mrs Baxter .6 3/4C Mrs Poloai 4A Mrs Dunn 5A Miss Collins 5/6C Mr. McBain 6A Miss Kalbitzer Specialist Teachers Art Miss Fraser PE Mrs Tuohey Music Mr. Downs Education Support Mrs Keam, Mrs Maskill, Mrs Matthews, Mrs Collins, Mrs Howse, Miss Chloe Emonson, Mrs. Sebire and another staff member to be announced. Canteen Manager Mrs Tracyann Johns OSCHC Co-ordinator Mrs Jessica Tai Administration Manager Mrs Deb Drake Business Manager Mrs Lyndall Murnane Assistant Principal Mrs Kerri Emonson Thank You Tania and Alisha At this time of the year it is always hard to say goodbye to staff members. Alisha Kums has done an outstanding job in co-ordinating our Before and After School Program along with our Holiday Program. We cannot thank Alisha enough and wish her well as she takes up a new fulltime position at a Kindergarten. Thank you Alisha.
Mrs. Tania Hunter will also be taking on a new leadership position at Mt. Waverley Primary School next year. Tania has been teaching at WASPS for almost 12 years now and in that time has made an enormous difference in the lives of all the children she has taught. Tania has been instrumental in introducing the iPad Program in Grade 5/6 and overseeing all of our ICT programs. Thank you Tania. We will all miss you but at the same time wish you well in your new role at Mt. Waverley P.S. Thank you Tania. Welcome New Staff A big welcome to Miss Kate Buckland, Miss Samantha Fraser and Mrs. Kayri Shanahan who are joining our staff next year. We all look forward to working with Kate, Kayri and Samantha. Student Reports Over the last few weeks Kerri and I have had the opportunity to read all student reports. It has been fantastic to see the growth of all of our students this year. Reports along with portfolios come home today. Families Leaving WASPS As with staff, it is always sad to farewell families who are ending their association with WASPS this year. We thank the following families for their contribution and support of our great school over many years, The ‘Alatini , Ali, Austen, Du, Du Plooy, Kunst, Lee, Main, Marshall, Thomas, Tsai, Alldridge, Brown, Lubin, Lui, Raman, Smith, Taylor-Rutkowski, Collins and Turner families. On behalf of all of us at WASPS, thank you and all the best for the future. Facilities Over the school holiday period we are hoping to erect our new shed, re-surface our basketball/netball courts, paint our Art Room, re-surface the area outside the Buzz Café and paint our chicken coup. Assembly A reminder that there will be no Assembly tomorrow, as we will be holding our final assembly on Monday 19
th December commencing 2.30pm.
Thank You and Merry Christmas On behalf of all the staff at WASPS can I thank each and every parent for your input and support over the last 12 months, we are so fortunate to be part of such a wonderful school community who all work together to get the best results for our children. To our wonderful teaching staff on behalf of our school community thank you for another great year of teaching and learning. May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a great Christmas with family and friends and a safe, happy and healthy New Year. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday 31st January. Have a great holiday everyone. Wayne Macdonald Principal
Book Collection/Fee Payment Days Fee payments and book collection will take place in the Music Room on the following dates – Monday 30
th January 2017 8.30am – 3pm (Pupil Free Day)
Tuesday 31st January 2017 8.30am – 12noon (Gr. 1 – 6 Students Commence)
Thursday 2nd
February 2017 8.30am – 12 noon (Foundation Students Commence)
Lyndall & Deb
OFFICE NEWS .....
This week at The Hive we.........
On Wednesday we jumped outside to soak up some
vitamin D! Taking advantage of the shinning sun we ran
out onto the big kids playground. Taani and Abyssinia
found some flowers and leaves to create nature
necklaces; while Mahlia learnt how to do a handstand!
On Tuesday we made salt dough decorations! We mixed
in all the ingredients together and shaped them into
moulds and waited for them to dry so we could decorate
them. While we were in the crafty mood Mia decided to
make a compass out of pipe cleaners!
On Monday we were so excited for the Christmas Carols
that this afternoon we couldn’t stop talking about it! So to
get our singing voices warmed up we decided to go to
the multipurpose room and play sing star!
On Monday it’s Kids Choice! We’ll be taking a vote on what to do this afternoon. Will we head outside to the
playground? Will we be artistic? Or maybe we will bake up a storm! The choices are in the children’s
hands!
For more information on the Hive OSHC Program please call; text or email us Phone no: 0421 250 881
Email: [email protected]
For the pupil free day we’re going Christmas crazy! We’ll be getting all our last minute
Christmas decorations and cards done as well as any other fun crafts we can think of we may even pop on a movie in the afternoon to relax on the
very last day at the Hive for 2016
This year at the Hive was a busy but exciting one. We said goodbye and good luck to Alisha, who has been a fantastic friend and co-ordinator at the Hive as she continues her journey in early
childcare. However, we are excited to welcome Jess as our new co-ordinator! We’re super excited to see what fun things she has planned for the New Year!
We’ve had lots of fun this year, with water fights in the summer to movies and hot chocolates in the winter. Playing and exploring outside finding out what is around us in nature and our school to getting crafty inside and making anything we could imagine! 2016 has been a wonderful year full of smiling faces and fun stories. We’d also like to congratulate Cohen Bland on becoming school captain for
2017! We wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a safe and wonderful New Year. We’re looking forward to
seeing you either in Vacation care or in the new school year! As we say goodbye to our grade 6’s we wish them luck with their future; we know that whatever you
do, and whatever you choose you’ll be fantastic! Just remember, ‘You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any
direction you choose’ – Dr Seuss
Coming up next week:
PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWS Wow Christmas is nearly here and what a great Carols night we had! I would like to thank all of you who have volunteered this year. It has been lovely to meet new people at each event. I have enjoyed two years on the Parents’ Association and would like to say thank you as I will be stepping down at the end of this year. Jenni Browne
Saturday 17th Aitken Family (3/4C) Sunday 18th Turner Family (5/6A)
SCHOOL BANKING PROGRAM
Thank you to all those students who banked with the Program during 2016. Unfortunately some of the Rewards are currently out of stock and will not be available for delivery until next year.
WASPS NEST
2017 TERM DATES
Term 1 30/1/17* - 31/3/17 Term 2 18/4/17 – 30/6/17 Term 3 17/7/17 – 22/9/17 Term 4 9/10/17 – 22/12/17 *30/1/17 Pupil Free Day 31/1/17 Gr. 1 – 6 Students Commence
2/2/17 Foundation Students Commence
Sport Leaders It has again been a very busy Term in PE and Sport at Wantirna South Primary. I would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication shown by our wonderful Sports and House Captains this year. Jezlyn and Ethan have been absolutely wonderful in their roles as Sports Captains. The following House Captains have also shown great leadership and dedication to the role. Tyner: Hannah and James Knox: Indi and Lando Wallace: Kai and Gracie Duggan: Makayla and Abby Well done and thank you for your wonderful support. Student Achievements Well done to the following students who have achieved new School records a number of different events: Athletics Abby Shot Put New Record – 7.22m Swimming Maddie 50m Backstroke New Record – 50.22 sec Swimming Chloe 50m Butterfly New Record – 59.35 sec Well done also to our Boys T-Ball Team who progressed through to Regional level, finishing Runners Up. Our Boys Tennis Team also won the Knox District final and finished Runners Up at Division. Well done to Abby Austen who progressed through to regionals in the Shot Put event – she is ranked 7th in the Eastern Metropolitan Region for this event. Orienteering Champions Well done to the following Grade 3 and 4 Students who won their class orienteering competitions: Grade 3/4 A Lee and Max Grade 3/4 B Tilly and Joel Grade 3/4 C Poppy and Devlin
Beep Test Champions Well done to the following students who achieved the highest Beep Test score in 2016 – Grade 3
Sean 8.6 Olivia 7.0
Grade 4 Jacob 10.3 Zoe 9.4
Grade 5 Cohen 11.2
Senithya 7.8 Grade 6 Kai 12.4 Amy 11.2 Thank you for the support from the many families who have helped with transport, umpiring, and assisting with running events including the House Cross Country. We could not run these events without help from our School community. Thank You! 2017 Sports Dates 16th February District Swimming Kilsyth Pool 24th April District Athletics Knox Athletics Track 19th May District Cross Country Knox Athletics Track Nicola Tuohey
DANCE CLUB Dancing has come to an end for 2016. What a great year it has been. We have performed at assembly, the Stringybark Festival, the Music and Dance Concert and the Carols. The dancers have tried different styles and learned new steps, improved coordination and made new friends. Thank you to all the dancers for coming in each week, I can't wait until next year to do it all again. If anyone is interested in joining the Dance Club next year please contact me on [email protected]. Michelle
RH SPORTS HOLIDAY OPERATING TIMES
RHSports Retail Schoolwear Showroom will close for the Christmas break at
12.30 pm on Thursday December 22nd and re-open at 9.00 am on Tuesday
January 3rd.
The retail shop will then be open through January (public holidays excepted)
Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
We will also be open for one special day of trading on Saturday January 28th from
9.00 am to 2.00 pm.
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December 4
th Jezlyn 7
th Lynda 8
th Raine 10
th Olivia 11
th Ethan 15
th Gemma, Ellie & Troy
16th Chase & Isaac 17th
Caden & Cohen 22nd
Aaron 25th
Poppy 26th
Liam 31st
Kobe & Olivia January 2
nd Arta, 5
th Sammy 6
th Eloise 8
th Chloe 9
th Harper 12
th Farell, Coleby, William
& Scarlett 13th
Lottie 16th
Keisha 17th
Zoe 18th
Mitchell & Meg 19th
Breanna 20
th Elise 21
st Dylan 23
rd Ruari 25
th Alannah & Mia 26
th Taani, Ailin, Cameron
& Poppy
Prep A Evie Prep B Sarvesh 1/2A Kayden, Sienna & Caitlin 1/2B Rae, Olivia & Oliver 1/2C Jeremy & Mia 3/4A Mya 3/4B Connor & Alex 3/4C Xavier, Bella, Annabelle & Devlin 5/6B Dylan Music: Aedan, Eloise, Aaron & Jezlyn Bridges: Lavitta, Chase, Isaac, Chloe, Eliza & Maanav
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