Last day of Term Friday 21st December—1.30pm Finish

No Canteen on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st December

Principal’s Report Staff Training Days for 2019

To assist your planning for 2019, please find the confirmed dates for next year’s

staff training days. We apologise that one of the days was listed incorrectly in

last week’s newsletter.

Tuesday 29th January

Friday 22nd February

Friday 24th May

Monday 4th November

Please note that all students in Years 1 to 6 will begin school next year on

Wednesday 30th January, whilst Foundation students will begin on

Thursday 31st

January.

2019 Teaching Teams

After several weeks of planning, we are excited to confirm the following teaching

teams for 2019. Individual teacher preferences, staff promotions and the need to

recruit several new staff have all resulted in the need for quite a few changes to

the teams for next year. Despite these changes, we are blessed with such

highly capable teachers who will spend all of this week participating in a

planning week to ensure 2019 kicks off smoothly.

Specialists:

Visual Arts: Vicki Symons

Performing Arts: To Be Appointed

Physical Education: Sarah Nobbs/Jack Rhodes (Monday to Thursday)

Science: Simon Radford

Japanese: Helen Atkins

Williamstown North Primary School

Newsletter

133 Melbourne Road, Williamstown 3016 Tel: 9397 5722 Email: williamstown.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.willynthps.vic.edu.au Compass Link—https://willynthps-vic.compass.education Attendance—via compass link

2018 Term Dates Term 4

8th October to 21st December New Dates added to the

calendar this week

Calendar of Events *

Mon 3rd to Fri 14th Dec Foundation Swim Program

* Wed 5th & Thurs 6th Dec Beach Program—6D & 6H

* Mon 10th & Tues11th Dec Beach Program—5K & 5R

* Tuesday 11th December

Year 7 State-wide Transition *

Wed 12th & Thurs 13th Dec Beach Program—5G & 5J

* Friday 14th December

Year 4 EOY Excursion & Year 3 EOY Excursion

* Monday 17th December Year 5 EOY Excursion

* Monday 17th December

Year 6 Graduation *

Tuesday 18th December Year 2 EOY Excursion &

Foundation EOY Excursion *

Wednesday 19th December 10.30am Meet your 2019 Teacher & Class Mates

* Thursday 20th December Year 1 EOY Excursion & Year 6 EOY Excursion

* LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

FRIDAY 21ST DECEMBER 1.30PM FINISH

12th December 2018

Number 40

Respect — Responsibility — Resilience — Doing Your Best

Digital Technologies Melissa Ziebowski

Additional Support Rachael Burgess (Monday)

The leaders for each of these teams are listed in bold in the first column.

Transition Program – Final Stage

All current students from Foundation to Year 5 have now participated in two stages of our whole school

Transition Program over recent weeks. The final stage is planned for next Wednesday 19th December at

10:30am, where they will visit their 2019 teacher in their allocated classroom with their new class mates for

next year. A very exciting time indeed!

Events Calendar

Thanks to the hard work of the Community Engagement Sub-committee of School Council, we are pleased to

provide all families with a detailed Activity Calendar for the next two years, with many dates now confirmed for

2019. This is the first time we have been able to provide such detailed information so far in advance. I would

encourage all families to save this Calendar for their easy reference next year. We sincerely hope that this

calendar greatly assists your future planning over the coming months. The calendar will be updated as dates

and events are confirmed.

2019 Parent Payments

A huge thank you to the many families who have paid the 2019 Parent Payments that were mailed out to each

family a few weeks ago.

To ensure your child/ren is equipped with all of their necessary materials for 2019, payments must be received

prior to Wednesday 30th January. Once payment has been received, your child’s essential supplies will be

Foundation

Kaitlyn

Hayes

(FH)

Bronwyn

Murray

(FM)

Zach

Schmidt

(FS)

Julie

Papazisis

(FP)

Year 1

Danielle

Buttigieg

Year 1B

Tess

Bullock

Year 1Bu

Dale

Evans

Year 1E

Tania

Brown

Year 1Br

Robyn

Law

Year 1L

Year 2

Belinda

Witchell

Year 2W

Tammy

Voukelatos

Year 2P

Monday &

Tuesday

Ashleigh Paton

Wednesday to

Friday

Julie

Kelly

Year 2K

Wendy

Drayton

Year 2D

Monday to

Wednesday

Lisa Hibbert

Thursday &

Friday

Graduate Vacancy

Currently Being

Determined

Year 3

Crystal

Gunter

Year 3G

Fran

McCormick

Year 3Mc

Virginia

Irvine

Year 3I

Bridget

Sherrin

Year 3S

Kylie

Missen

Year 3Mi

Year 4

Kitty

Black

Year 4B

Dianna

Lane

Year 4L

Dean

Pearce

Year 4P

Belinda

Chandler

Year 4C

Tahlia

Giles

Year 4G

Year 5

Cathy Graham

Year 5G

Monday to

Thursday

Felicity Minton

Friday

Kate

Richards

Year 5R

Tom

Drummond

Year 5D

Jamie

Peters

Year 5P

Year 6

Tristan

Bugler

Year 6B

Bethany

Johnstone

Year 6J

Tess

Holland

Year 6H

Patrick

Kelly

Year 6K

After School Care Hello all OSHClub families,

At OSHClub we offer permanent and casual bookings to accommodate your needs. You can make

a booking online at any time but we do need 24 hours notice prior to the start of the session time for

Before and After School Care and up to 5 days prior for Vacation Care.

Late bookings need to be made by calling our Customer Service and Billing Team on 1300 395 735

or the service phone 0422 236 845. Bookings made within 24 hours will incur an extra charge of

$4.00 per session per child, the same with vacational care although 5 days of notice is needed.

It would greatly assist us with our program if you are able to pre-book your children into our service

before our session begins. Please cancel your child/ren if they are not attending the program on the

day you have booked them in as our numbers are high and it helps us to run a very smooth

program.

It is our protocol that if your child is booked in and you have not informed us that your child is not

attending and we cannot get in touch with you or any or your contacts, we are obliged to ring the

POLICE and our Area Manager. You can either ring or text us if your child is attending or not

attending on that day.

Kind regards,

OSHClub staff members

Willy French Club Term 4 Supportive, stimulating and fun learning environment with experienced, native speaking teacher.

Watch your kids feel positive about learning French. Children of all ages and experience welcome.

Wednesdays 3.50pm - 4.50pm

Williamstown Community Centre

14 Thompson Street

Jim Callahan 0432 719 034 jim.callahan@lcfclubs.com.au

delivered directly to their 2019 classroom ready for the first day of school.

Payment can be made by cash, EFTPOS or BPay. If you have any queries regarding these payments, please

don’t hesitate to contact the main office on 9397 5722.

Final Assembly

Please note there will be no assembly next Monday 17th December due to the Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

which will be held in the Gymnasium.

The final whole school assembly for 2018 will take place in the Gymnasium at approximately 1:15pm on Friday 21st December, with students being dismissed at 1:30pm after this assembly to begin their summer break.

Enjoy the rest of the week

Jim Cahill—Principal

Fresh Fruit Friday (FFF) for 2018 This is a very special and

interactive group who

volunteer an hour of their

time each Friday morning.

Fresh Fruit Friday needs

parent volunteers. Please

email Linda Taylor directly, so she can add

you to the roster—

taylor.linda.l1@edumail.vic.gov.au.

Thank you to all parents that assist with Fresh

Fruit Friday each Friday. Parents on the

roster for this week Friday 14th December

are: Kim Pannone, Narelle Rabbidge, Belinda

Wood, Rachael Burgess and Ray Price.

Canteen Julieanne Weir manages our Canteen and is always very appreciative of the time parents or family members can volunteer to help in the Canteen. Julianne can be contacted via the General Office. New parents or family members are always needed and most welcome. So, if you can spare any of your valuable time, it would be greatly appreciated.

The Canteen is open for lunch orders 5 days a week. Parents Helpers are needed each day. If you can help on a Monday or Tuesday, please let Julieanne know.

Thursday 13th December—Georgianna Horsfall

Friday 14th December—Arlene Lawrence

Wednesday 19th December—Arlene and Dawn

Thursday 20th December—CLOSED

Friday 21st December—CLOSED

Uniform Shop News Primary School Wear (PSW) is our official Uniform supplier. Uniforms can be purchased at the store located at Unit 1, 128 Bertie Street Port Melbourne. Items can also be purchased online. Email portmelbourne@psw.com.au.

Trading hours are Tuesday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm, Saturday 10.00am to 1.00pm and closed on Sunday and Public Holidays.

School Banking School banking day is Wednesday.

Don’t forget to send in your child’s bank book.

Student Safety

Please take the time to regularly remind your child/ren about safety, especially when going to and from school. Here are the important points to mention:

Do not to talk to strangers and never accept a ride from a stranger, or accept lollies or gifts from a stranger.

Immediately report any issue or problem you may have when going to or from school, to your mum and dad, or to your teacher, the Principal, Assistant Principal or office staff.

Always get permission from mum or dad before going to play with a friend after school and always let mum and dad know where you will be and what time you will be home.

We advise that, wherever possible, children should travel to or from school with an adult or with their friends, rather than travel alone.

Early Release

All children collected from school before 3.30pm must be signed out at the Office. Parents will be handed an ‘Early Release Pass’ to hand to the supervising teacher. If a child is signed out at Recess or Lunch time, the Office staff will call the child to the Office and then ensure the Early Release Pass is given to the supervising teacher.

Bikes & Scooters Many children ride bikes and scooters to school each day. All bikes and scooters must be locked up in either the Bike or Scooter Enclosure to prevent theft. Please ensure your child has a chain and a lock.

All children who ride a bike or scooter must wear a helmet which is a requirement by the Government. The school regularly reminds all children about wearing helmets for their safety.

All bikes, scooters, skateboards, ribstic and helmets must be labelled, with your child’s name and class. Children are reminded they must walk their bike, scooter, skateboard or ribstic to and from the school gates. No bikes are to be brought through the school buildings and we request, where possible, that scooters are also not walked through the building.

Working With Children Cards Cardholders who are required to renew their WWCC will no longer need to go to Australia Post to lodge a paper form and present their current card. Cardholders will go to the WWCC website to complete their renewal application online and, if applying for an Employee Check, pay the fee using a credit card when using the online renewal process, cardholders will be notified by SMS, letter or email 28 days before their WWCC is due to expire. It is important for cardholders to keep their contact details up to date so that they receive this important reminder.

After receiving a notification, individuals continuing to do child-related work should go to MyCheck on the WWCC website and apply to renew their check. Cardholders will be asked to register with MyCheck if they have not already done so. Once logged in to MyCheck, cardholders will be prompted to confirm or update their personal contact and work details, complete the online form and, if applying for an Employee Check, pay the non-refundable fee. More information: an FAQ guide to online renewals will be

available in 'Publications' under 'Resources' on the WWC website,

or contact the Customer Support Line on 1300 652 879 8.30am –

5.00pm weekdays except public holidays.

http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

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a past history of mild asthma

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If forewarned, hay fever and asthma sufferers can take

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