18th September 2012

OUR SCHOOL VISION: Encouraging all members of the school community to work together

to create a positive and motivating environment, allowing all students to maximise their educational

opportunities in an ever changing world.

PARENT

PAYMENTS

RECEIVED

164 families at

WPS.

Completed

payments

= 65% (107 families)

Have you

recently asked

your

child/ren......

“What

did you

learn

today?”

Rail Street, PO Box 402, Wandong 3758

P: 5787 1232

F: 5787 1821

www.wandongps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Rhonda Cole

‘The Puggle Post’

Congratulations to our ”Students of the Week.”

Prep B: Maata Cartisciano—(Having a positive attitude to her learning)

Prep G: Adara Curry—(Displaying her knowledge of most used words)

1/2 C: Lachlan Battistin—(Persisting with his maths tasks)

1/2 H: Jacob Phelan—(Showing improvement with his reading)

1/2 M: Zoe Coad—(Having a positive attitude to learning)

3/4 C: Corey Dennehy—(Writing a detailed “Dreamtime Story’)

3/4 S: Ben Drury—Using a number of strategies to work out a worded problem)

3/4 Y: Mace Upton—(Always displaying good sportsmanship)

ASSEMBLY IS AT 1:00PM THIS FRIDAY

21ST SEPTEMBER, 2012

SCHOOL FINISHES AT 1:30PM

A Message from the Principal….

School review: Our school review is now complete, with Jan the

reviewer presenting her findings to staff and School Council on Monday

of this week. As part of the review process, Jan spoke with members of

our student body to gain an insight into a student’s perspective of what

happens at Wandong Primary School.

Jack, Madison, Caitlin and Joshua told her all about our school—what

happens in the classrooms, in the yard and about the interactions between staff and students.

These four students did an amazing job and if we ever need

someone to publicise our school we certainly now know who to

call on!! They had definite ideas for the future and could justify

their thoughts. Thanks you all for your great input.

As a school we now develop our four year Strategic Plan for the

period 2013– 2016. This will be completed by December using

the feedback from the reviewer and our ideas for future

development.

This document is then broken into yearly cycles which guide our professional learning, teaching and

learning focuses and budget spending.

Second visit to Dianella Village Hostel: Last Monday a group of grade five students once again

headed off to Dianella Village Hostel in Kilmore for our second visit. As the village was gearing up

for the football finals, we thought we could create some colourful footy posters for the residents to

hang on their walking trolleys or bedroom doors.

The students had fun talking about football and were delighted to look at some very old photos that

one of the residents had of the Tallarook Football Clun in the 1940’s. The time just flew and before

we knew it we were back to school.

GOLD CERTIFICATE WINNRS:

Congratulations to Lewis, Taylah and Tali who all achieved a

Gold Certificate at assembly for three gold tickets this year.

Gold tickets are handed out by classroom or yard duty

teachers to students displaying our school values.

Super effort!!

Principals for the Day: Many thanks to the

following students who requested to be

“Principals for the Day” with their wish star for

150 nights of home reading. They have been

super helpers—assisting me with filing, teaching

small groups of students, presenting “Story

Time” to kindergarten students, cleaning the

yard, organising school council paperwork and

delivering important items to the classrooms.

You certainly made my job a lot easier on the day

on which you helped. Thank you!! :)

Welcome Back Miss Adams: Next term Miss Adams will return to our school.

Jaclyn has been teaching overseas for the past two years on a contract for the

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria) and the

Victoria International School of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. This has

been an amazing lifetime experience for Jaclyn and we look forward to her

sharing her stories and memories with us. Jaclyn will fill some short term leave

positions, including the first five weeks of term four in 1/2 H whilst Mrs Chisholm

is on long service leave and will be an absolute asset to our school in what is the

busiest term of the year.

Have a great holiday break and thank you for your continued support of our school,

Rhonda Cole

Bunning Fundraising BBQ 20th October, 2012

On Saturday 20th October, Wandong Primary School will be holding a BBQ at

Bunnings Craigieburn, starting at 8am until 4pm (It usually finishes early because we

sell out!). Bring the family down and dad can go shopping and mum can help on the

stall or mum shops and dad helps. Please let us know if you can help. Return the

form with the times that you can assist us.

Name: (print)………………………………Contact number:……………………………….

Please circle times that you can assist.

8am - 10am 10am - 12pm

12pm - 2pm 2pm - 4pm

And a little bit more from the Assistant Principal………….

Done, Done & Done

I am very pleased to announce that the area around

the hall is now finished. It looks fantastic and we are

rapt with the finished product. The space will be a

wonderful outdoor learning area and an excellent spot

for students to relax and chill out during lunchtimes

and recess. The area will also work beautifully as a

space for our parents and school community to use

during assembly and other school events such as the

Christmas concerts and fetes etc. Check out the

before and after photos. Again, special thanks goes to

Kevin Hannam from Bendigo Bank in Wallan for donating $10,000 as part of their Community

Partnerships Program. We look forward to continuing our partnership in the future. I’d like to

also thank our Parents’ Club for donating money to project, to Michael Tessari for laying the

turf and finally to Steve Thrum for his vision, professionalism and expertise in completing the

area to such a high standard.

More Fun at Camp

This the grade three and four students head off to

‘Weekaway Camp’ in Lancefield. Weekaway is a great adventure camp with lots of challenging

activities for the students. Thanks to Mrs Yaneff, Mrs Langdon and Miss Chisholm, Mr Fearn

and Mrs Cole for giving up their time and to our parent helpers; Emily Gawley, Bernie Cram,

Paul Selvaggio and Malcolm Mumberson for taking the time out of their busy schedules to be

part of the camp.

Last week in the

newsletter, in a moment of

absent mindedness, I forgot

to thank Tony Bellman for

also giving up his time to

attend the grade 5/6 camp.

Sorry Tony. I headed down

to Ace-Hi Camp last

Thursday and it was great

to see everyone was having

an awesome time despite

the ordinary weather. Highlights included; flying fox, giant

swing, initiatives course and archery.

Anthony Potesta

Before Before

After

After

Muffin Break Muffin Vouchers: Just in time for holiday shopping!

Earlier this year we were fortunate to win the Muffin Break Facebook competition. Half of the muffins were

sold to families with the remainder of the muffins being provided through a voucher system. Vouchers are

available for purchase through the newsletter or directly from the front office….. What a great idea with the

school holidays coming up. No doubt many of us will be at Epping Plaza enjoying endless hours of shopping

over the holiday break and a cheap nice muffin with a nice cuppa will fill that hunger gap.

Cost: Each voucher will provide you with FOUR Muffin Break Weight Watchers Muffins

Each voucher of four muffins costs $8.00 each (which totals $2.00 per individual muffin) or 3 vouchers

(12 muffins) for $20 (which totals $1.60 per muffin)

Vouchers can only be used at the Epping Plaza store and are valid until 31st December 2012.

Don’t forget that these muffins can be frozen so they are also a cheap, nice lunch box filler.

Money raised is all profit for the school and will be used to pay for the instant turf we have laid on our new

terraced area near the hall. Thank you for your support.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

MUFFIN BREAK VOUCHERS:

Family name: ……………………………………………..

Eldest child’s name: ……………………….. Grade: ……

Please send home ……………. voucher/s for four muffins

with my child at a cost of $8.00 for one voucher (4 muffins) or $20.00 for three vouchers (12 muffins).

I have enclosed $.......... with my order. Signed: ……………………………………….

Fundraiser: STUDENT PORTRAIT TEA TOWELS AND BAGS

Parents’ Club are organising a fundraiser for the beginning of term four – student portraits on either a

tea towel or a carry bag. Each student is currently completing a small self portrait which will be printed

onto a tea towel or carry bag. The whole school will be featured—even the staff!!

Tea towels (75cm x 50cm) can be purchased for $10.00 each; carry bags (45cm x 40 cm) cost $15.00

Orders and money must be paid to the office by the first Friday of term four (12th October) to ensure we

receive them before Christmas. These are a great idea for grandparents and for a keepsake… as well as to

dry dishes and carry bathers to the swimming pool! Great Xmas pressies too!

Samples are available at the office.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Student Portrait tea towels and carry bags:

Family name: ……………………………………….. Eldest child’s grade: …………………..

Please order me: …… tea towel/s @ $10.00 each and /or ……… carry bag/s @ $15.00 each.

I have enclosed $ ……………... Signed: ………………………………………...

HOLIDAY REMINDER

Chook News…..

5 cent Friday…

To assist with the upkeep of our chooks, we collect any loose

coins on Fridays. Please send any loose coins along with your child. They

will then place them into the class jar for counting. We need to buy grain,

nesting straw and fresh greens to supplement the chickens regular meals of

lunch scraps. Last week’s total…$23.45

(This total also contains the money from the sale of the very fresh

eggs)

The chickens will be vacationing at Club Dennehy these holidays.

WANDONG PRIMARY

SCHOOL SUPER

READER’S

CLUB:

Congratulation 100

nights reading:

Dargam Al-Ghazawi,

Jethro Caelli, Cody Cartwright,

Deegan Belfiore, Chloe Belfiore

Congratulation 150 nights

reading:

Oliver McKinlay,

Hannah Flannery,

Georgia Thomson

Congratulation 200 nights

reading:

Max Davies,

Mohamad Al-Ghazawi,

D’arcy Bourke, Bridgette Davies,

Claire Selvaggio

Karate 4 Kids - Karate classes for children who would like to learn Karate will operate at our school in the hall every Tuesday evening. Classes will run from 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Children must be over 5 years of

age. This is a “Beginners” class. If you would like to know more, please contact

Mark Abela on 0417323669

NOTICE FROM LOCAL POLICE

Just a reminder to all students and parents that:

NO STUDENT IS PERMITTED TO ENTER SCHOOL GROUNDS AT ANY TIME OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS EXCEPT IF

ATTENDING THE HOLIDAY PROGRAM

Parents: please ensure your children do NOT attend the school during this break

It is an offence to enter a school property during a period of school closure

Any person found on school grounds outside of usual operating hours may be prosecuted for trespass.

Police will be performing regular patrols around and through the school grounds over the holiday period

Residents are also encouraged to report any suspicious behaviour

at the school outside of usual hours by contacting Triple Zero (000)

If you have any queries regarding this please contact the

Mitchell Crime Prevention Officer Police on 5735 0200

ST. PATRICK’S PARISH Sacrament of Confirmation

Dear Parents,

Children from schools In the St Patrick’s Parish, who wish to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this year are asked to attend the meetings as set down below. Miss Anne Kerr will be the teacher in charge of preparing the children for their special day and parents are expected to attend the first meeting with their children as well as attend the parent meeting.

Also please note…the cost for each child will be $40.00

The Sacrament of Confirmation this year is to be celebrated on:

Friday November 9th

at 7.00pm. Sunday November 11th

at 1:00pm.

Sunday November 11th

at 3:30pm.

WANDONG MILO CRICKET

GIRLS & BOYS

5YRS OLD TO GRADE 6

Registration Day: Saturday 6th

October 11am-1pm

Starts: Wednesday 10th October

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Enquiries: Adam Dennehy – 0422 444 278 or

Lisa Dennehy – 0448 395 430

REGISTER & PAY ONLINE NOW

www.in2cricket.com.au

WOW! …. WHAT’S ON @ WANDONG

Wed 19th Sept—Fri 21st - Grade Three/four camp

Thursday 20th September - Story Time @ 2:30pm in the library

Friday 21st Sept - Swimming Deposit due (no late payments

will be accepted)

Friday 21st Sept - Term three payment for netbook due

Friday 21st September - Last day of term three

(1:30pm dismissal)

Friday 21st September - Campers return @ 1.30pm

OCTOBER

Monday 8th October - First day of term four

Tuesday 9th October - Thinklinks session (12:30pm—1:30pm)

Friday 12th October - Tea Towel order & money due

Monday 15th October - Full payment for swimming due.

Monday 15th October - Book Fair begins

Friday 19th October - Swimming Session

Saturday 20th October - Bunning

Tuesday 23th October - Thinklinks session (12:30pm—1:30pm)

Friday 26th October - Swimming Session

NOVEMBER

Friday 2nd November - Swimming Session

Tuesday 6th November - Melbourne Cup Day (Public Holiday)

Friday 9thNovember - Swimming Session

Tuesday 13th November - Thinklinks session (12:30pm—1:30pm)

Friday 16th November - Swimming Session

Friday 23rd November - Swimming Session

Tuesday 27th November - Thinklinks session (12:30pm—1:30pm)

Friday 30th November - Swimming Session

DECEMBER

Monday 3rd December - Information Evening for 2013 prep

parents

Friday 7th December - Swimming Session

(You can check the website for more information or forms)

Student attendance

in semester two:

“EYES ON THE

TARGET”

Staying below 750

absent days for semester

three and four.

(approx 3.5 absent days

per child)

Number of students

per grade level at

school every day last

week.

Preps: 26

(Total number of preps: 37)

Grade one/twos: 52

(Total number of 1/2s: 67)

Grade three/fours: 50

(Total number of 34s: 61)

Grade five/sixes: 83

(Total number of 5/6s: 79)

Total absence days across

the school for this

semester

{434}

Congratulations to

this week’s winners….

Five/Six Unit

(83% of students had

full attendance)

Super effort!

“Every day is an important

day to be at school.”

SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH ALLERGIC REACTIONS:

Our school is continuing to support students who suffer from allergic reactions.

Wandong Primary School

Scholastic Book Fair IS COMING!!

In week two of next term, Wandong Primary School will be having their annual Scholastic Book Fair in the hall.

On Monday 15th October all children will get a chance to go to the book fair and have a look at the range of books on sale.

Students will have a wish list slip onto which they will be encouraged to list any items in the book fair that they may like to

purchase.

The book fair will be open for purchases for half an hour before and after school on Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th, Thursday

18th and Friday 19th October.

Parents are encouraged to come to Book Fair with their child.

(Great ideas for Christmas pressies too.)

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We are seeking helpers to assist with purchases in the mornings and afternoons from 8.30 - 9.00 a.m. or 3.30 - 4.00 p.m. from

Tuesday 16th - Friday 19th October. If you are able to assist, please fill in the slip below and return it to the office. We will confirm

the times with you in the first week of next term.

I can help on:

Tuesday 16/10 Wednesday 17/10 Thursday 18/10 Friday 19/10

8.30-9.00 8.30-9.00 8.30-9.00 8.30-9.00.

or/and:

Tuesday 16/10 Wednesday 17/10 Thursday 18/10 Friday 19/10

3.30-4.00 3.30-4.00 3.30-4.00 3.30-4.00

Name:(print)______________________________

Contact Number:________________________________ With thanks

Congratulations

Georgia Shingles

Georgia received two medals for

participation in Gymstar.

Georgia is

seen here

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displaying

her medals.

…... be Mrs Mac for the day.

Wala’s wish was to be her

favourite teacher for the day

and that teacher is Mrs Mac.

Wala coped very well with the

demanding role.

…...have a Pyjama Day in

3/4 Yaneff.

Chantel’s wish was to

have a PJ day in her

class.

…...be Principal for the day. Rueben,

Lawrence, Catherine, Bridgette, Ella and

Shae all wished to be principal for the day.

Over the week, these students have been

helping Mrs Cole with her very busy days.

All six students helped Mrs Cole with

assembly on Friday afternoon when the

student leadership team were on camp.

……...be Principal and Ros for a

day. Ella and Rueben helped in the

office and assisted Mrs Cole to get the final

paperwork for the end of term three

quickly finished.

Wishes are granted when a student reaches

150 nights of Home Reading.

Well done!

What a wonderful time was had by all.

Storytime in the library was excellent

with another exciting story shared.

All attendees created their own special

teapot and enjoyed singing a few little

songs with Mrs Cole

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Opening Classroom Doors

Uniform Shop

Any orders for uniforms can be placed at anytime at the office. The

orders can be filled and picked up the next day. If there are any items

out of stock, they will be ordered and delivered usually within one

week.

CAFÉ Reading in Grades 3-6

Comprehension

For Comprehension we are learning to infer. We have also learnt

how to make movies in our minds when we are reading. Sometimes

we write down or draw what we are seeing. We have just started

learning how to summarise the text and finding out the main idea.

Luke and Hayley 3/4S

Accuracy

Some strategies we have learnt include Cross Checking and Read On

and Come Back. If you don’t know how to read a word you can read

the rest of the sentence and come back to guess what the word

means. Ben 5/6E

Fluency

We have learnt about using different ‘gears’ when reading out loud or

in our heads. For example, ‘first gear’ is when you read a little bit

slower to get to know the text in a new book. ‘Fourth gear’ is

skimming and scanning the text to get bits of information.

Luke and Hayley 3/4S

Expand Vocabulary

To learn new words and their meanings we can check the dictionary

or thesaurus. Sometimes in text there will also be a glossary so we

have learnt to use that as a resource too.

When we find new words we haven’t seen before we put them on our

class Word Collector. We find out their meanings and we can use it

for learning to spell new words and use them in our writing.

Tajhana and Jacinta 5/P