DATES TO REMEMBER Monday 20 August – Friday 24 August Book Week Monday 20 August – Thursday 23 August Scholastic Book Fair Wednesday 22 August Stage 1 Girrakool Excursion Thursday 23 August Book Parade “Find your Treasure” Thursday 30 August Years 3-6 Maths Day

PRINCIPAL’S UPDATE

Hello to all, I had the pleasure of attending the Cooinda Local AECG Awards last week where our Aboriginal Education Worker, Sharen Herbert was recognised for her extensive work with staff, students and families of Wyoming Public School. Sharen is an integral member of our staff and works tirelessly and her efforts ensure school community has a strong knowledge of and connection to Aboriginal culture. Isaac W of 5/6D was also recognised for his persistence and perseverance with learning. Since joining us in 2017 Isaac has always worked to his full potential and has quickly become a respected and well liked student by staff and students. As Isaac was on the Stage 3 excursion, he will receive his award at this week’s assembly. Well done Isaac.

Quality Teaching Rounds Wyoming Public School staff will commence professional learning called Quality Teaching Rounds in the coming weeks. During this time groups of teachers will be observing lessons of colleagues and using the Quality Teaching framework to code the nature of teacher-student interactions and the quality of the learning taking place. All teachers are participating in this wonderful opportunity resulting in 1 day away from class duties per week for a period of 5 weeks. We have worked hard ensuring that wherever possible the same casual teacher will replace the classroom teacher and that regular lessons will be followed during the days. We thank all parents for their understanding that teachers at Wyoming are working hard to continue their own professional learning journey.

Work Opportunities for Women Are you currently looking for work or changing your career path? We have been very fortunate to partner with TAFE NSW in holding a Work Opportunities for Women (WOW) course at the School. The 5 week course (commencing Tuesday 28 August: 9.30am-2.30pm) will assist you in all areas of breaking into the workforce and when completed you will be confident in your next move with an updated resume and increased communication skills. The course is fully subsidised and your only cost will be the $10 booking fee. Please call Lisa Matthews 0403 305 891 as soon as possible to register.

Stage 3 Excursion Feedback I am so very proud of all students in Stage 3 who attended the Stage 3 excursion last week. Feedback from staff was that your behaviour and attentiveness was exceptional and that you engaged in all opportunities available while you were away. Congratulations!

A very big thank you to Mrs Sharon Shearman, Mrs Sharon Head, Ms Carly Dufficy, Mrs Michelle Francis, Mrs Rose Wastell and Mrs Paula Mehrtens who accompanied students for the 3 days. We are very grateful that you provide such wonderful experiences to our students.

Nesting Plovers With the warmer weather commencing earlier than usual our resident plovers have nested in various locations around the school. Please take a moment to talk to your children about the importance of giving these birds space and walking slowly, calmly and not making eye contact if near them

Attention on Attendance Our attendance figures continue to be exceptional with 22 students on perfect attendance and 24 students who have had less than 2 days off this year. Congratulations to students and parents for this great effort.

Have a great fortnight

Rebecca Wild PRINCIPAL

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

K-6 ASSEMBLY This week’s K-6 Assembly will be held this Wednesday 15 August from 1.35pm in the School Hall. Classes KS will perform an item.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Book Club due Tuesday 14 August. No late orders will be accepted. Please note books ordered online will not be delivered to school until after the 14 August when the orders are placed.

Sharon Head BOOK CLUB COORDINATOR

PARTNERSHIP OFFICER NEWS Greetings everyone!! In partnership with TAFE NSW we are hosting a Work Opportunities for women (WOW) course which will consist of the following - resumes & cover letters - online technology - Tafe Pathways... - introduction to digital IT Course dates are: 5 weeks every Thursday starting Tuesday 28 August concluding Tuesday 25 September. Time 9.30-2.30pm TAFE registration will be Monday 20 August. This will only cost you $10 Please contact or message me ASAP to register 0403305891. Yours in community Lisa Matthews PARTNERSHIP OFFICER

DROUGHT RELIEF This term Wyoming Public School would like to do their bit to help support the farmers in New South Wales that are currently going through one of the worst droughts in history. There will be a couple of ways that you can offer your support. The first option will be a donation tin on the counter of the canteen to support Hunter Farmers through the ‘Buy A Bale’ charity. The second option will be to donate any of the following new and unopened items to the canteen from the list below to the Wee Waa Farmers Donation Drive. We ask that you please check best before dates to allow sufficient time for the distribution and consumption of these items. We will then organise to get these items taken to the nearest drop off location. Non Perishable Foods • Canned Food • Glass Jar Food • Sauces • Soups & Noodles • Breakfast Items • Snacks • Confectionary • Pasta, Rice & Grains • Tea and Coffee • Drinks

Household Items • Shampoo &

Conditioner • Toothpaste,

Brushes & Floss • Soap & Bodywash • Sunblock • Nail Clippers &

Tweezers • Tissues & Toilet

Paper • Razors • Deodorant &

Aftershave • Hair Brushes and

Hair Gel • Lotions • Cleaning Products

Later in the term some of the proceeds raised from the school disco will also be given to the ‘Buy A Bale’ charity. Thank you in advance for any donations. Every little bit will help ease some pressure during this long and tough drought for the farmers. Kate Packer COORDINATOR

2018 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL On 3 August 2018 we held our annual Athletics Carnival with keen competitors displaying terrific sportsmanship and vocal supporters. It was a great weather day despite the windy conditions. All students under 8 participated in the 100m age races with no finals and were rewarded with stickers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each race. The novelty events undertaken across the road at Maidens Brush Oval was a huge success! Well done to all our K-2 students, staff and parents. Student results are attached to the newsletter. Thank you to the families who could join us for the day. HOUSE POINTS 1st place ~ Collins with 446 points 2nd place ~ Armstrong with 393 points 3rd place ~ Glenn with 308 points 4th place ~ Aldrin with 266 points The winning house was Collins with 446 points! Well done Collins!!! Well done to all our competitors!!! Brisbane Water Zone Carnival Team Congratulations to the 40 students on qualifying for the Zone Carnival on 31 August at Mingara! You will each receive a permission note home shortly detailing information for the day. Well done to all! Larny Parkes ATHLETICS CARNIVAL COORDINATOR

NEW SCHOOL BANKING REWARDS NOW AVAILABLE!

Exciting new Term 3 rewards with a Super Savers theme are now available, while stocks last! Mighty Boom Handball Heat Reactor Pencils

For every deposit made students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them! Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Wednesday.

2018 BOOKWEEK, BOOKFAIR & LIBRARY NEWS

2018 BOOKWEEK, BOOKFAIR & LIBRARY NEWS Welcome back to another busy and exciting term in the school library. Miss Nagle and I are continuing to upgrade the computers. This has allowed classes to have lessons in the library wherever possible. The computers are amazingly popular every morning before school and at lunch times as well. New books continue to be purchased and borrowed by students, whilst other books are used in class literacy lessons. We are extremely lucky that the school prioritises the resourcing of our wonderful library. I would like to thank the wonderful volunteers who continue to find time to cover books and help out wherever possible, especially during Books in Homes. Without volunteers our school library would not be able to function. Book Week Costume Day – Thursday 23 August In Term 3 it is Book Week again!! The theme this year is, ‘Find Your Treasure’. As usual students will be allowed to dress according to the theme. Their ‘treasure’ may be a literary character such as Harry Potter, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Cat in the Hat or a Super Hero. Or they may decide to dress as a pirate, or even a parrot. Other appropriate characters will be discussed in class and during library lessons. The following costume guidelines must be adhered to:-

• ensure your child is dressed according to themes suitable for a primary school book

• all students must have covered shoes, but no ‘midriff’ tops and no singlets in their uniforms

• students MUST NOT bring swords, guns or any other weapons as part of a pirate outfit or any other outfit

The book week assembly and costume parade will commence in the hall at 2pm.

Book Fair – Monday 20 August – Thursday 23 August During Book Week I will also be running the Scholastic Book Fair. As usual there will be a large selection of books and some other ‘knick knacks’ to purchase. I look forward to your continued support of the book fair as I extend our goal to $3000 this year!! Last year we made over $2000.00 in sales which in turn allowed me to purchase 25 sets of multiple readers for Literacy lessons in Stage 1. Previously I have been able to purchase Stage 2 and Stage 3 excellent and modern dictionaries as a result of the money raised by the Wyoming Public School community during the book fair. Don McCready TEACHER/LIBRARIAN

WEEKLY AWARDS

HONOUR CERTIFICATE

An Honour Certificate is awarded when a student has earned ten Certificates of Merit, ten Reading Awards of Excellence, ten Principal’s Awards or a combination.

Students may collect their Certificates of Merit, Reading Awards of Excellence and Principal’s Awards over a number of years to earn their Honour Certificate.

I have presented an Honour Certificate to the following students. Emmaleigh G Stephanie G Kevin M Ishan S Leslie W-S

Congratulations!! Keep up the great work. PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

Just a reminder that the class awards collected for the Principal’s Award must be collected within the one school year. As each class award is used towards a Principal’s Award it is marked on the back. This means that a class award can only be used once towards a Principal’s Award.

The following students have been presented with a Principal’s Award.

Bella A April A Zane A-Y Te Rina B Mustapha B Noah B Emilia B Chloe B Korey B Milarni B Brody C Tadhg C Zayne C Russel C Corey C Ty C Oliver D Jeremiah D

Mitchell D Clarissa E Chelsea E Jake F Jethro F Sharlotte F Jeremy F Zoe F Emmaleigh G Amalia H Kobie H-M Lacey H Cooper J Mia J Oliver L Tyson L-W Mick M Gemma M Charlie M Matari M Abby M Ryan M Lotu M Charlotte M David N Abigail P Bree P-M Hayley R Fonua R Ishan S Maddison S Keily S Aidan S Joseph S Alice S Kodi T Jayden T Kayne T Tejarna V Benjamin W Shanaya W-S

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Congratulations to the following students who were presented with Certificates of Merit.

KM Jaedym R Jayda S KR Aria P Fonua R KS Gurnoor B Kaiden J K-3E Stung K 1/2H Jayden T Harrison T 1/2O Tyron H Katelyn K 1-2R Mustapha B Chloe B 1-2S Brooklyn P-L Alysha T 1-2W Elijah B Sasha S 3-4L Milly G Azaliah P 3-4M Zayne C Shakoorie D 3-4P Indi-Anna K Nicholas V 3-4W Jacinta L Jayden T 3-6A Jamie F Ryan M 3-6F Cameron R 5-6D Alyssa B Kirralee D 5-6H Layla C Alexia K 5-6S Ashton M Aziz Q

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