Wattawa Heights Public School

Leaders in learning, innovation and opportunity

Bulletin

The Avenue, Bankstown NSW 2200

Tel: 9790-3948 Fax: 9790-0985 Email: wattawahts-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.wattawahts-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 9 7th December 2016

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 4

Week 9

5th December

Last Day Of

Scripture

6th December

Prefect Elections

7th December

Reports go

home

8th December

Mini Fete

9th December

Special Awards

Assembly

Term 4

Week 10

12th December

K– 2 Picnic

3 –6 Surf

Awareness

13th December

Year 6 Farewell

14th December

Presentation

Day

15th December

Talent Quest

Family BBQ

Night

16th December

Last Day Of

School

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

We have been extremely busy over the last 3 weeks with so much happening around the

school.

We are very excited with the launch of our new Facebook page. This will be used as a

platform to celebrate all the good news stories that are happening at the school. It is a

great way to share photos and keep you up to date with weekly events.

White Ribbon Breakfast was an enormous success. Thanks to the parents who coordinated

the food for the breakfast. You all went above and beyond our expectations and the whole

school community is extremely grateful for the hard work and dedication that went into

organising such a successful event.

The White Ribbon breakfast and special assembly was attended by many important

guests such as White Ribbon Ambassador and channel 7 and TV host, Andrew O Keefe,

our local member of parliament Jason Clare, representatives from Condell Park High

School, The Smith Family, Craig and Kane from Bankstown Youth Development Services

who worked with our Boys Respect Group to compose, perform and record their Rap

representing the important messages of White Ribbon Day, to upload it onto YouTube.

We are so proud of their success and hope that the power of their voices, empower others

in society, through social media to contribute to changing our society in a positive way into

the future. The group also performed on Friday night at the White Ribbon march in

Lakemba. Thank you to Mr Muller for attending this event with the boys.

The school was featured in a story by Andrew O Keefe on Chanel 7 Sunrise outlining the

successful morning and the very important messages from some of our students. Please

follow the link below to watch this episode.

https://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/33331295/ending-violence-against-women/

Last Wednesday, Wattawa Heights was nominated to showcase the outstanding learning

opportunities that are offered to our students across K-6 in the area of STEM (Science

Technology Engineering and Maths). Our school hosted a very successful professional

learning opportunity for 30 teachers from across various schools in Sydney. The

Professional Learning Division of Mac1 and Harvey Norman Business and Education,

nominated Wattawa Heights for this event as we are definitely leading the way in the area

of using technology such as iPads for coding and purposeful learning that is integrated and

allows for collaborative problem solving, fostering creativity in students. The visiting

teachers got to learn about our school’s journey of learning and how to best use

technology to plan 21st century learning experiences. They then had the opportunity to

observe the class programs in action and ask our students questions about what they were

doing with the technology. K-2 students demonstrated how they used the App Scratch

Junior to create a story using their own characters and setting. Years 3 and 4 students

created a game using the App Hopscotch and Year 5 and 6 students explained how they

coded spheros to move through mazes and perform Olympic games events such as sprints

and swimming. They also used the App Hyperpad to design a game that summarises their

understanding of the novel Rowan of Rin that they were studying in class.

Congratulations to Mrs Azzopardi, Mr Toland and Mr Robberds for hosting an excellent

experience for the students as well as the visiting teachers. The survey results showed that

the day proved to be a huge success and it was rewarding to hear all the positive

comments from colleagues at other schools, who were extremely impressed with how well

the school has progressed in this area.

This week we celebrated the outstanding achievements in behaviour for our Principal Award

Winners for 2016. I had the privilege of sharing a morning tea with the K-5 students and a

pizza lunch with the Year 6 Principal Award winners and their parents. Congratulations to

these students, we are very proud of you.

Song Room was a great success this semester. Years 3, 4 and 5 had the opportunity to

show case the talents that were gained through their participation in the program. A huge

thank you also goes out to the parents who worked on the Community Art Values mural.

This has added a beautiful touch to our main hall and is a reminder of our strong community

partnership.

Next week is a very busy week with lots of events on the calendar. Make sure you have downloaded

the Skoolbag App and follow us on Facebook to ensure that you keep up to date with what is

happening.

Don’t forget our last social function for the year! We are looking forward to seeing lots of families.

The last day for payment will be Monday 13th December.

As this is the last newsletter for 2016, I would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication

that comes from our wonderful teaching staff who always go above and beyond what is expected of

them to ensure that your children, our students, are offered the best possible learning experiences.

To our very supportive Student Learning Support Officers, Mrs Saroufim, Mrs Samrani, Mrs

Chemaisse and Mr Ben, thank you for the continual support they give to the individual students

that they work with. Thank you to our office administration staff Mrs Hotton, Mrs Paris and Mrs

Saroufim, our general assistant Mr Wilkinson and our cleaners, Peter and Stephanie, who ensure

that the every day running of the school is taken care of.

This last semester has been very rewarding for me as I embarked on the position of Relieving

Principal. Although it has been challenging at times, I can say that even after 18 years at the school

I still enjoy the challenges that are encountered as part of being a leading educator. It has been

wonderful watching the community come together and be part of the many successful events that

we have had this year. The school cannot be what is without the support of the parents and the

community.

I look forward to another challenging term next year and take this opportunity to wish you all a very

safe holiday and all the very best for 2017.

Mrs N. Comninos

Relieving Principal

VALUE AWARDS WINNERS

In Week 5 Ali Ghanem received an award for Kindness; Badr Sallaj received an award for

Co operation; Hamzah Naboulsi received an award for Respect and Yara Yaghi received an

award for Respect.

In Week 6 Emmanuel Beah received an award for Cooperation; Amal Mawas received the

award for Responsibility; Serena Masri received an award for Responsibility and Jamal Taki

received an award for Kindness.

In Week 7 Taha Abdulwahab received an award for Acceptance; Zaskiya Bahri received the award

for Cooperation; Mikail Sabbagh received an award for Cooperation and Manaia Teddy received an

award for Acceptance.

In Week 8 Bill Truong received an award for Cooperation; Michael Mhanna received the award

for Honesty; Maka Wichman received an award for Cooperation and Yara Hamed received an

award for Acceptance.

TEACHER’S MESSAGES

LIBRARY NEWS

SPORTS NEWS

On Saturday 19th November both Sienna Motti and Paris Americanas competed in two events, Kata

(form) and Kumite (combat). Sienna won Gold in the 12-14 years girls NSW State Championships and double gold 1st in Kata and Kumite. Sienna is the Australian Champion for both Kata and Kumite

and will compete in the Australian National Championships. After winning Gold in the NSW State Championships 10-11 Year girls Paris Americanas qualified to compete in The Australian National

Championships and was placed in the top 4 for both Kata and Kumite.

We are currently in the process of collecting all overdue library books ready for 2017. If you have any li-

brary books at home please return then as soon as possible.

Wattawa Heights Facebook Page

We are very excited to see so many members of our school community liking our Facebook

page.

Please make sure you 'like' the correct one though. There is an official Wattawa Heights page

and one that Facebook create when there have been a number of people 'check in' at a place.

Our official page is the one that has our school logo with a white background and a photo of four

of our great students as the profile picture. Make sure you like it to receive regular updates

about the wonderful things happening at Wattawa Heights.

AROUND THE SCHOOL

The year is almost over and we’re happy to end it with a great Christmas raffle this Friday 9th of

December. We’ll be up on the verandah everyday from 8.45am collecting raffles. More

raffles can also be purchased from the verandah.

We have some great prizes such as a fit bit Alta, iTunes vouchers, waterproof bluetooth speaker,

razor scooter, bulldogs merchandise pack, basket ball hoop stand, board games, Taronga zoo

entry passes and much more! Good luck to all that enter.

We also want to thank everyone that has helped us throughout the year, its been great

bringing the community closer together. Enjoy your end of year break and be safe!

Vice President

P & C

OFFICE NEWS

Lost Property

There is a large number of jumpers and jackets in lost property that are not labelled. If your child

is missing one please come to the office to claim it.

School Banking

As Presentation Day is on next Wednesday, School banking will be collected on Tuesday next week.

This will be the last day for the year. Thank you to Mrs Alhalaby for coordinating this all year.

Returning in 2017

If you are NOT returning in 2017 it is essential that you let the office know as it makes it very

difficult to plan classes without this accurate information.

STUDENT AWARDS

BRONZE AWARD

Mayez Babbo-Ali, Michael Mhanna, Jake Ngo,

SILVER AWARD

Hamidah Mohamed, Abbas Al Assadi, Mikail Sabbagh,

Hamza Naboulsi, Yasmin Hakim,Chloe Walsh, Abbas Abdallah,

Maryam Matar,

GOLD AWARD

Allison Anh Nguyen, Yara Yaghi, Kareem Al-Melham, Idris El-Ali,

Rashid Mohamed, Isaac Taki, Hanadi Hamed, Rabab Hamed,

Zade Akdemir, Serena Habach, Mohammed Abughazleh, Badr Sallaj,

Tamara Dib, Noah Akdemir, Barbara Samaan, Abodul Elayoubi,

Jihad Masri,

PLATINUM AWARD

Mary Koroma, Anam Sallaj, Ward Nelson, Sebastian Costa Clements,

Ghassan Ghazzawy, Aysha Hamouda, Hellen Boima,

Nadine El Homsi, Mohamad Masri, Abdulkader Moralli,

Grace Mouzayek,

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Jamal Taki, Karymah Ismail, Amanda Ung, Jalal Yaghi,

Maiysaa Haddad, Jacob Rifaie,

Alyssa Ingram, Carina Topalidis, Alyssa Ingram, Carina Topalidis,

Majeed Khamase, Baneen Al-Asadi, Greta Alama, Lili McInney,

Manaia Teddy, Hussain Aljamali, Ridho Bahri, Mohammed Shehata,

CLASS AWARDS

KA Hellen Boima, Mariam Elmasri, Kareem Al-Melham, Idris El-Ali,

Mohamad Masri, Issac Taki

KL Ayisha Habbouche, Shaniel Teddy, Mohamad Alkelfi,

Muhammad Chafic

1/2G Ameena Abdulwahab, Cyrine hamed, Zade Akdemir,

Mohammed Shehata, Vevina Kaunds, Serena Masri,

Isabella Risteski, Walid Zakaria

1/2H Yacoub Allouche, Karymah Ismail, Hamidah Mohamed,

Ibrahim Alhalaby, Ali Babbo Assi, Jalal Yaghi

1/2N Jana Mourgabel, Yusr Tukmaji, Ghassan Ghazzawy,

Jehad Hijazi, Jacob Rifaie, Mikail Sabbagh

3/4D Zaskiya Bahri, Leane Elyaseri, Rosemary Samaan,

Lydia Asaad, Badr Sallaj

3/4L Ammar Raad, Joseph Maomai, Dylan Tran, Ali El Haddam,

3/4M Aysha Hamouda, Alyssa Ingram, Angela Kaunds, Carina Topalidis,

Moussa Jebara, Jake Ngo, Zain Abou Hamed

4/5W Shaneece Alameddine, Majeed Khamase, Phillip Maomai, Gadi Salem,

Ahmad Baylouneh, Mohammed Dib, Taher El-Chami, Abodul Elayoubi

5/6R Moed Salem, Richie Taki, Nancy Abouelhamd,

Mata Faavae-Eli, Fatmah Kurdi, Taha ABdulwahab

5/6Z Benny Ho, Serene Lababidi, Sienna Motti, Nicholas Costandi

WATTAWA HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL PLAYGROUP

FRIDAYS 9AM – 11AM IN THE SMALL HALL

COMMUNITY NEWS

Playgroup will be held this Friday 9th December at Monkey Mania at

Bankstown Sports Club 10am, all are welcome . The following

Friday 16th December we will be having a end of year party to

celebrate our last playgroup for the year. Please speak with Mrs

Marwa Taki to discuss what food to bring.

9am - The Roundabout Youth Centre, Helen Street Cnr Carlingford Road,

Sefton

9.15am - Greenacre Senior Citizen Centre, 202 Waterloo Road, Greenacre

9.30am - 69 The Mall, Bankstown (on Paul Keating Park side, opposite

Lincraft)

9am - Panania Railway Station, Panania on Weston Street side

9.15am - Revesby Railway Station, Revesby on Blarney Street side

9.30am - Padstow Railway Station, Padstow on Howard Road side

Tuesday 10 January 2017

Thursday 12 January 2017

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Thursday 19 January