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Warranwood Primary School

www.warranwood.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT FATHERING PROJECT

More than 100 fathers, dads, role models, special friends, father figures all meeting together because they know they play a critical role in the development of all our children. Thanks to Shane Harrop for organising the event. Just brilliant!

CANBERRA CAMP

A huge thank you to the staff and parents who attended this year’s Canberra “camp”. The commitment of staff to their students to organise such a major event, and then give their time 24/7 for the week is just fantastic. And they do it with such good will and humour. These teachers could not speak highly enough of the enthusiasm and work all of the parents also committed to the week. Great job – again, thank you to all!!

OPEN DAY AND NIGHT

On Wednesday 24 May the school will be open for Education Week. We are showing off our school to the local community as well as our parents and friends.

9:00 – 1:00 All classes will be on display.

6:00pm Prep 2018 Information Session – for new families.

7:00pm Open night. Launched by our famous Taiko drum group, the evening will feature CODING UNPLUGGED, where students and classes across the school will be showing off the work we have all been doing in coding as part of STEM.

RIVER OF VOICES

This week has seen classes begin the journey of discovery about what makes our area and our community what it is! This includes research as well as listening to people in our community who have experience or knowledge of the history of the area! A very exciting project!

SPRING FAIR

We are excited! New logo (awesome job Cambell!). Rides booked. Bands booked. Still time to join the fun — our next Spring Fair meeting is next Wednesday night at 7:30pm.

MOTHERS DAY

Thank you so much to Carmel and Mel for organising a highly successful Mother’s Day stall!!

Term 2, Week 4 Thursday 11 May 2017

THIS WEEK’S PRINCIPAL AWARDS Prep Avvy S, Damon K Year 3/4 Chloe D, Jai G Year 5/6 Asha P

Compass Reminders Update your child’s at-tendance DOWNLOAD THE APP!

WHAT’S ON? May 15 Middle School Incursion 16 Sushi Day School Council 17 Spring Fair Meeting 7.30pm 19 Prep Incursion 23 District Cross Country 24 Open Day/Night, Prep Info Night

The next Grown Up’s Garden club is

Tuesday 16th May from 9-1 (see page 5)

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL REPORT

CONGRATULATIONS to all the dads and key male role models (107 in total), who had the chance to attend our special night. Warranwood now has our very own Fathering Project Program and I’d like to say a very special thanks to the volun-teers who approached me after the presentation and agreed to form our first organising team. We will be meeting in the coming weeks at a venue to be advised to plan our first Warranwood Father/Child event. There are already so many ideas and so much enthusiasm being shown by our very own CHAMPION DADS AND MALE ROLE MODELS! Please be aware that if for some reason you were unable to make it last night you can still join in and become a Warranwood Champion Dad! See me for more details. Please stay posted for information about our Planning Team meeting and dinner at a local pub in the coming weeks.-WATCH THIS SPACE! Fathering Funnies! Ok Dad. Your fathering since the last meeting has been good! Cuddles, plays and trips to the park are all up. This is very encouraging. We’ve noticed shoulder rides and bath times are down, not really a cause for concern yet, but I’ll flag it any-way. Now, about pocket money…. Fathering Tip of the Week Say, “I love you!” Tell your children you love them, often. Make eye contact and use your children’s names. Surprise them sometimes by expressing your love when they don’t expect it. Write how you feel in cards, notes, emails and text messages. Love includes being there for your children, no matter what! Tell your children you will always be there for them. Senior school packed full of dads! Dads sharing what they think makes a great dad SPRING FAIR Competition winners A huge congratulations to Cambell for his amazing design and concepts in his graphic presentation. We are sure you will agree his is a tremendous fit for our fair.A special mention to both Tijana and Lila for their great work and coming runner up in the design competition. Cambell will appreciate his unlimited ride wristband and the girls will enjoy a $20 food and drink vouchers at the fair.

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A SPECIAL PREPPY THANK YOU All the Preps at Warranwood would like to say a HUGE thank you to the parents and helpers who have made their play space so nice. As you can see it is looking so much friendlier and the sand pit has come alive! We would like to acknowledge Nathan Hill from Hillscapes Landscaping for all his expertise and extra long hours to make sure the play space could be rejuvenated.

NAPLAN Over the past few days our Year 3 and Year 5 students have been completing NAPLAN assessments in Literacy and Numeracy. NAPLAN 2017 results will be provided to schools and parents from mid-August. All students who participat-ed in the NAPLAN tests will get an individual report of their results. NAPLAN individual student reports provide infor-mation about what students know and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions and nu-meracy. We will forward the reports home in a sealed envelope when they are ready. There will be some catch up tests held for students to complete missed tests on Friday 12 May. We have been pleased with the calm and balanced approach our students have approached NAPLAN tests this year. It is a credit to all our families for the way in which they have ensured a balanced approach to the testing. Well done team! Shane

From Wendy...

Diane Plant is a visiting primary school nurse from the Department of Education and Training who will be

attending Warranwood Primary School to conduct the annual Prep health assessments. Diane will also see

other children, as requested by parents or referred by teachers (with parents’ consent).

The purpose of the visit is to provide all Victorian children with the opportunity to have a health assessment;

to link children, families and school communities to services available in the community; and to provide in-

formation and advice that promotes health and wellbeing. Parents are invited to contact Diane on 0448 377

936 if there are any issues they wish to discuss. The contact number for the visiting primary school nurse is

Parents of students (other than Prep students) who wish their child to be seen by the school nurse need to

complete a referral form that is available at the school office. This completed referral form needs to be then

returned to the school office.

Parents of students in Prep should be aware that if you do not wish to consent to the program you still must

complete page 3 of the questionnaire, tick the appropriate box, sign and return the form by May 19, 2017.

Wendy Scott

Health and Wellbeing Coordinator

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Performing Arts News

What an exciting year in Performing Arts ! 2017 is full of colour, fantasy, singing, dancing and music! The Preps have already performed Where the Wild Things are at the end of Term 1 assembly and last week they performed two shows at Grandparents Day…. Still to come -

The Junior School Fractured Fairy tale movie will premiere at Reading Cinemas on 31/5/2017 …. Tickets are available at https://www.trybooking.com

The Senior School will perform their production of The Wiz of Oz at The Mahon Theatre, Aquinas College on 5/6/2017

The Middle School will perform their production of Peter Pan at The Mahon Theatre, Aquinas College on 11/9/2017

The Preps will perform their Fairy tale Productions in the school hall on 24/11/2017

We look forward to seeing you all at these special Performing Arts events,

Jacinta O’Leary Performing Arts Teacher

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PE/SPORT NEWS

The next Winter Sport game is against Good Shepherd PS on Friday 12 May. At Warranwood PS: Softball x2 (20) Bill Shorten Netball C (9) Tennis (10) Danielle Rushford Volleystars (51) Natasha Walden Total: 50 At Good Shepherd PS: Soccer (12) Chris Turner Netball A & B (16) Olivia May, Jennifer Davis & Nat Football (22) Andrew Tonkin Total: 50

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

Cross Country training: (Tues 9 & 16 May) and Thurs (11 & 18 May) mornings at 8:30. Meet on the

basketball court. The District event is at Domeney Reserve in Park Orchards on Tuesday 23 May from 9:30

am to 12:00 noon. Have a look at the track on the weekend. It circles the footy ground and proceeds through

the Hundred Acre Woods. Be Beary careful!

CROSS COUNTRY #2

A special mention for Brady C and Will for their outstanding efforts at the House Cross Country event. Brady

will be proceeding to the district level, competing as a para-athlete, and Will from Year 1 was just awesome!!

SPORT TRIALS

Congratulations to Cooper (basketball), Brody (AFL), Ella (AFL) and Aiden (soccer) for proceeding through to

the next round of trials.

SPORTING SCHOOLS FUNDING:

Warranwood Primary School has successfully gained funding to promote AFL Girls. Coaching and sessions

will be conducted at school on Monday 5 and 12 June for Middle School girls and Friday 9 and 16 June for

Senior School girls. We look forward to the enthusiasm and skill development of our girls in AFL football.

Andrew Tonkin PE teacher

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Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge 2017

The Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge is now open and we are excited about participating again this year. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to 16 years in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition, but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by the closing date of the challenge. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. You can register your child by completing the form in this newsletter and returning it to school. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll. For more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge and to view the booklists, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc I hope that we have many enthusiastic Warranwood students participat-ing this year! Jacquie Durik Challenge Coordinator

Grown Up’s Garden Club Our garden club consists of parents, grandparents and friends from the local community who meet to garden, maintain the school and enjoy a cuppa. We are mindful that some people have physical limitations, but there is plenty to do, so there is always an appropriate job for everyone. Projects are allocated based on what needs to be done in the school and the ability of the group from sweeping leaves to weeding, pruning, planting, mulching etc. In addition to the gardening we do, it’s a social morning with refreshments provided too. The kids love to be a part of it and often join in during recess or lunch times. Our next Garden club is Tuesday 16

th May from 9-1 and you are welcome to come for any part of this time you can

spare. If you have any questions or would like to be involved in any way please contact the office (child teacher etc) Or you can contact Kirsty on 0438 666 638 or kirstyannb@yahoo.com.au

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~ Meal Deal 1~ Hot Dog

Apple Slinky Just Juice fruit box

$5.00

~ Meal Deal 2~ Hot Cheese Sub

Apple Slinky Big M Choc or

Strawberry

$5.00

~ Meal Deal 3~ Hawaiian or Margarita

Pizza Apple Slinky

Just Juice Fruit box

$5.00

2017 Canteen News & Roster The canteen will be having a SUSHI DAY on Tuesday May 16th Due to 5/6s being on camp last week, we have extended the due date for sushi orders too tomorrow, Friday 12th May.

Please write your child’s name and grade clearly on the form To keep the students warm at recess and lunch we have Hot Milo’s , Chicken Noodle soup and warm choc chip or cinnamon muffins available over the counter. Homemade Pumpkin Soup is back! Please order through the lunch order system. Cup of soup with a warm buttered roll $5.00 A reminder that Canteen is open on Wednesdays at lunch time for over the counter sales only (no lunch orders are available on this day)

Super Saver Meal Deals $5- Please include additional 20c if you require sauce

If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered please contact me in advance. Volunteer hours are:

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 2.30pm Friday 10am to 2.30 pm

Warm regards,

Megan Parker

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 2 2017

Date Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer

Friday, 12 May 2017 Sarah Mitsalis Andrea Heywood Cheryl Butler

Monday, 15 May 2017 Belinda Humphreys Jo Aikman

Tuesday 16th May Sushi Day Dee Halls Sue Budge Tali Stewart

Matoula Gatsoulis Sylda Jones Trish Grant

Wednesday, 17 May 2017 Canteen Closed

Thursday, 18 May 2017 Jenny Brown Volunteer Required

Friday, 19 May 2017 Kylie Donis Cheryl Butler Maureen Adams

Monday, 22 May 2017 Lee Stack Susan Skerry

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 Louise Robinson

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Canteen Closed

Thursday, 25 May 2017 Nicole B Jessica Hollien

Friday, 26 May 2017 Christian Arsensis Jessica Lancashire Simone Simpson

Monday, 29 May 2017 Jo Hunter Chantelle Watt

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 Sylda Jones

Wednesday 31May 2017 Canteen Closed

Thursday 1 June 2017 Volunteer Required Katie Bronstring

Friday 2 June 2017 Courtney Phillips Cheryl Butler Sue Budge

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FOSTER CARERS NEEDED

If you have thought about foster care, please get in touch and ask the questions you have always wanted to.

Ring: Key Assets 1800 932 237 or 1800 WE CARE Email: info@keyassets.com.au

Web: canifoster.com.au or keyassets.com.au Interested families would receive a brochure, information and no

pressure!

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