Great news this week with Ms Sewell having

a healthy, bouncing baby boy! Congratulations

to Olive on her new baby bother Arlo!

Christmas Carols! On Thursday 7th December

we are expecting a very special visit from

Santa! The children will serenade parents with

carols in our weather shed from 2.30, and

parents are asked to bring a wrapped present

(of the literary variety) to the office for Santa

to present on the day. Looking forward to the

XMAS cheer!

Swimming lessons are on Wednesday,

Thursday and Friday this week. Thank you to

all of our students for your energy and

participation in the program over at John and

Robbie’s pool.

Thank you to the parents who were able to

make it to the P&C meeting last night. The

contribution made to the school by the

fundraising efforts of our P&C cannot be

overestimated. The climbing equipment,

weather shed extension, playhouse area and

the soon-to-be-completed sandpit shade sail

replacement and extension allow our students

plenty of creative play areas during lunchtime

and recess, and they have all been funded

through the P&C.

Joel Fitzgibbon popped into Warrawalong last week!

Presentation Night! Planning is well

underway for this night of nights! Parents,

please ensure that you make the $10

contribution to the school for costumes. The

costume items will be taken home by the students

after the night.

Premier’s Reading Challenge. This long-running

initiative has proved to be a great motivation in

helping to get students interested in reading fiction

texts. As the great humourist Garrison Keillor said,

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.” A

special mention to Jaimie, Atticus and Harry, who

today received a Platinum PRC Certificate for

completing the challenge for 7 consecutive years!

Thank you to Mrs Baker for your time and energy

promoting this great initiative!

Before the completion of 2018 I would like to

thank this year’s Year 6 cohort, who have impressed

the teachers with their maturity, leadership,

initiative and friendliness throughout the year. A

special group, as both teacher and principal I have

been very appreciative of their leadership and

support. I know that Jaimie, Nirikai, Flynn, Nash,

Zander, Blake, Rudi, Atticus and Harry will make the

most of their last few weeks at Laguna.

School Plan 2018-2020. We are currently in the

throes of creating the school plan, which links the

school’s vision and strategic directions to school

programs, activities and resources. Consultation with

our school community is an important aspect of

school planning, and recently community member

Karen Jones conducted a survey of 20 randomly

selected families. Survey results can be found on our

website, please follow link: http://www.laguna-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/laguna-ps-school-

plan-2018-2020

Have a great week! - Mr Howe

D O E - N SW

Laguna Public School

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Congratulations Ms Sewell!

P A G E 2

Finchley News… … Week seven already! Where has the time gone? The

Finchley students are continuing to work hard and give everything their best.

We have been focusing on contractions and reading fluency during literacy,

and collecting and graphing information in maths. We have nearly completed

our unit on landscapes, and I am impressed at just how knowledgeable the

students are. Next we are looking at the sustainable use of water in science.

A timely topic as we head into summer. Dance practice and swimming

lessons are keeping the students very active, and the Presentation

Night vibe is definitely in the air!

EGG CARTONS WANTED! Our wonderful volunteer Janet donates her eggs

to a refugee charity down in Sydney, and is needing egg cartons. Any spares

gratefully accepted!

Presentation Night

Tuesday

12th December

Thank you to parents that have already paid

their $10 contribution to the costumes costs.

Swimming Lessons

Please make payment in cash to

the office a.s.a.p. if you have not

already done so.

Yengo News….

This week in team Yengo, students have been sharing their knowledge of rainforests.

Students have presented their projects in some amazing and creative ways!

We have seen some great presentations, amazing posters, technical models and even an awesome scratch presentation!

The class have used great skills preparing and presenting their projects.

Students used great eye contact and expression while presenting.

We even allowed other students to give some positive feedback for next time.

Well done for all the effort you have put in to the projects!

Miss Rowsell

T E R M 4 W E E K 7

The Warrawalong Word!

The highlight of our week has been the presentations of our science projects. Students were

asked to complete a Powerpoint presentation that demonstrated an aspect of human

endeavour in our solar system and how related scientific discoveries have benefitted humankind.

We have had many standout presentations across a huge range of topics, including: the Apollo

11 mission, the International Space Station, Greek astronomy and the mysterious ‘Planet 9’!

The students also demonstrated their growing aptitude with Powerpoint, embedding sound and

video clips to great effect.

Stars of The Week!

Thank you to Taj from Yengo and Olive and Tess from Finchley for working so

hard to uphold our school values of Respect, Responsibility, Courage,

Honesty and Compassion!