Welcome Kindergarten Class of 2016

returned, we assume

parents are happy for

their child to continue

as per 2016.

Our first week for 2017

ended with much ex-

citement as the Primary

students took part in a

wonderful day of swim-

ming. Congratulations

to all who took part, the

winners who will go

onto Narrabri and the

organising staff and par-

ents who put on a great

day. In particular, I want

to thank Mrs Baird for

her organisation of the

day and her thoughtful-

ness in allowing the stu-

dents to have frequent

swim breaks in the pool

during the day to beat

the heat.

This week sees many of

our programs restart.

The visiting Occupation-

al and Speech Therapy

programs are underway

with assessment of our

new students happening

this week. Parents will

be contacted about

their children partici-

pating in either of these

programs. Attached to

the newsletter is infor-

mation about the scrip-

ture classes run each

week by the local clergy.

Please complete and

return the form if you

do not want your child

to take part in scripture

lessons this year. If not

View from the Principal’s Desk

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

The Week in

Review

2

Swimming

Records

2

Homework 3

Term Dates

3

Swimming

Results

4

Parent News 4

Wee Waa Public School 1 4 F E R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 W E E K 4 , T E R M 1

D A T E S T O

R E M E M B E R

22/02/17 Zone

Swimming

Narrabri

23/02/17 Music

-A-Viva Con-

cert School

Hall

06/03/17 Re-

gional Swim-

ming Armi-

dale

Champions and Runners Up at our

Swimming Carnival on Friday

proudly displaying their medal-

lions.

Back L-R: 11 Yrs Girls Champ Alex

Wright, R/Up Josie Galagher, Snr

Girls Champ Lucy Crutcher, Snr

Girls R/Up Phoebe Paulston, Snr

Boys Champ Sean Croaker. Front

11 yrs boys r/up O’Shea Green, 11

yrs boys champ Isiah Cochrane, Jnr

Girls R/up Matilda Currey, Jnr Girls

Champ Megan Crutcher, Jnr boys

r/up Liam Crutcher, Joint Jnr Boys

Champs Brody Slee, Jackson Hum-

phries

48 degrees last Sunday!

P A G E 2

Record Breakers

The Week in Review—Swimming Stars

Despite the hot weather

we had a wonderful turn-

out for our annual school

swimming carnival on Fri-

day.

A big thanks to our won-

derful helpers. The day

couldn’t run without you!

Susanne Kable—for your

program entries and effi-

cient recording of results

Alana Galagher—

recording results

Shane Kable—Starter

Susan Wright and her

band of timekeepers:-

- Raylene Slee, Kristy

Schwager, Rhonda Gala-

gher, Richard Wright, Ker-

ry Crutcher and Amanda

Humphries.

Thanks also to the parents,

grandparents and friends

who attended to support

our children.

Our students were won-

derful and participated

enthusiastically. There

was a lot of team spirit

with both teams cheering

excitedly for their house.

Barwon came out winners

on the day with a score of

497, to Gwydir’s 379.

Congratulations everyone

on a fantastic day.

A big shout out must also

go to our members of staff

and Mrs Baird who orga-

nized the carnival and

worked tirelessly in the

heat. Thankyou.

Zone Swimming Carnival

Narrabri Town Pool

Wednesday 22 Feb. Notes

will be sent home this week

to students who have quali-

fied to attend.

Lucy Crutcher 12yr girl 66m free 54:69

Lucy Crutcher Snr girl 66m breaststroke

1:15:66

Megan Crutcher Jnr girl 66m back-

stroke 1:17:13

Alex Wright 11yr girl 66m backstroke

1:12:88

Lucy Crutcher Snr girl 66m backstroke

1:06:50

Well done!

Upcoming Events

The temperature wasn’t the only thing break-

ing records last week.

Our 2017 swimmers tore up the pool, break-

ing seven previous school records!

Congratulations to:

Liam Crutcher 8yr boys 66m Free 1:21:75

Alex Wright 11yr girls Free 1:01:19

W E E W A A P U B L I C S C H O O L

Musica-Viva performance

The World According to James—

Jazz Performance

Wee Waa Public School Hall,

Thursday 23rd Feb.

All students will attend. There is no

cost to the students.

Homework

P A G E 3 W E E K 4 , T E R M 1

Homework in 2017

This is a contentious issue, which came to a head for staff when as few as 10% of students in each class were regularly com-

pleting homework in 2015. After discussion between staff and the P&C the following protocol was developed and imple-

mented in 2016. It will continue in 2017.

Home reading

Home reading is expected and is being encouraged by all staff. Infants classes will have a home reading program set up

ALL children are encouraged to borrow books from the library

Homework

Only those parents who agree to ensuring their children will complete homework will have it forwarded each week.

Non return of homework for 3 consecutive weeks will see a child removed from the homework program and the parents will be notified by the class teacher.

Please complete the homework note when the classroom teachers send home their class newsletter this week and return it to your child’s class teacher to begin receiving homework.

This includes parents, friends

and older siblings who are de-

livering lunches etc

Thank you for your under-

standing and we look forward

to seeing you at the office!

Thank you to all of our won-

derful volunteers who come

each week to help with read-

ing groups and other activities.

Please remember that ANY-

ONE who enters the school

grounds for any reason must

sign in at the office.

Pots Needed

Some of our lovely parents are busy potting up plants

to sell at our 2017 fete. If you have any pots spare can

you please drop them into the school. Thank you for

your help!

Term 1

Mon 06/02/17 to Fri 7/04/17

Term 2

Wed 26/04/17 to Fri 30/6/17

June Long Weekend

Mon 12 June 2017

Term 3

Tue 18/07/17 to Fri 22/9/17

Term 4

Mon 9/10/17 to Fri 15/12/17

Term Dates

Don’t forget to visit the office

The next General Meeting of the

P&C will be on TONIGHT Tuesday

14 February from 5.30pm in the

school staffroom.

Please consider coming along and

joining the P&C, everyone is made

very welcome.

Our AGM will be held on

Tuesday 14 March 2017.

Narrabri Zone Swimming Carnival

will be held on Wednesday 22 Feb-

ruary from 9.00am. Helpers for

timekeeping and cooking the BBQ

would be appreciated. Please let

Susan Wright or Kerry Crutcher

know if you can assist. Thankyou.

41 Cowper Street

PO Box 128

WEE WAA NSW 2388

Phone: (02) 6795 4284

Fax: (02) 6795 3098

E-mail: weewaa-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School App: Username community

Password weewaaps

Wee Waa Public School has something to offer every

child. Whether their interest lies in sport, academic chal-

lenge, technology or artistic endeavor.

Our school has a dedicated computer laboratory as well as

several class sets of both ipads and ipods.

Students who excel in the sporting arena have many op-

portunities to represent our school, district and zone at

State Level Competition in a huge variety of different indi-

vidual and team sports.

Academic achievement is encouraged with the provision of

Extension Classes for both infants and primary students.

Students who show talent with art are also catered for

with the school running a successful Art Extension pro-

gram each year.

Wee Waa Public School hosts a variety of cultural and

musical shows in our school hall throughout the year and

also attend and perform at the Narrabri Eisteddfod.

If you would like any further information

please contact Mr Peter Carrett (Principal)

on 6795 4284.

Department of Education -

NSW

Parent News

Respecting the past, valuing the present,

aiming for the future.

Wee Waa Public School

Boys grey logo polos will soon be arriving at the

canteen. Please see Debbie if you’d like to purchase

one.

Swimming Gear Raffle

Please buy a ticket and support our fabulous P&C.

Two prizes. Tickets $1 each. To be drawn at the

Zone Carnival on 22/02/2017.

Update of Contact Details

If you have new details (ie phone, address, emer-

gency contacts), please let the school office know

as soon as possible. It is important for us to be

able to contact parents if the need arises.

Thank you ;-)

Swimming Carnival Results Senior Girls R/up Phoebe Paulston, Champ Lucy Crutcher. 11 Years Girls R/up Josie Galagher, Champ Alex Wright. Junior Girls R/up Matilda Currey, Champ Megan Crutcher

Senior Boys Champ Sean Croaker, 11 Years Boy R/up O'Shea Green, Champ Isaiah Cochrane. Junior Boys R/up Liam Crutcher, Joint Champi Brody Slee and Jackson Humphries.

Great job everyone. You achieved outstanding results!

Healthwise New England North

West—Book Donation

Today we had a visit from Mrs

Anna Haire (Speech

Pathologist), who presented our

school with the Speech Patholo-

gy Australia Books of the Year.

These were donated by Health-

wise New England North West.

The titles include:- Big Pet Day,

Silly Birds and Plenty. They will

be available for borrowing in

our school library next week.

Lexie and Jedda are looking for-

ward to reading them!