05.03.2015 T1, Wk6

Mallee Zone Swimming

Sports Success

Well done to Patrick Kelly, Tristan Dalbon and Isabell Hand on their efforts at the Mallee Zone Swimming Sports in Swan Hill on Monday. All Tyrrell Cluster students swam well and enjoyed success in the pool.

Patrick Kelly—11yr Breast Stroke 1st in the final, 11yr Butterfly 1st in the final, 11yr Boys Freestyle Relay = Tristan Dalbon—10yr Backstroke—7th, 10yr Breaststroke—4th, 10yr Boys Relay 1st in final Isabell Hand—9/10yr Breaststroke, 9/10yr Freestyle, 9/10 Girls Relay 4th in final Tristan and Patrick will now compete in the Regional Swimming Sports in Swan Hill on March 17th. Well done! Swimming All students will continue to swim on the next two Tuesdays (10th & 17th). Year 3-6 students will need to bring clothes to swim in for their rescue scenario next Tuesday 10th.

“Together We Achieve More”

Week 7 9th March—Labour Day Holiday 10th March—NEXUS @ Tyrrell College 13-15th Mallee Maker’s Market and Quilt Show Weekend Week 8 16th March—School Pho-tos. Week 9 24th March—Easter Bon-net Parade & Easter Raffle drawn 25th March—School Council AGM, 7.30pm 27th March—End Term 1, 1pm dismissal

Parent Teacher Interviews 16-26th March

Book Club orders & payment due

back on 10th March

Phil Kettle Author Day—Postponed Due to a family emergency Phil was unable to join us today for the group day. We have postponed this special day and hope to reschedule in the coming weeks. Anyone who has sent in $10 for a book, we will keep this until he comes unless you tell us otherwise.

I want to be Day & Taco Lunch—Friday 27th February Well done to all students on the effort you put into dressing up last Friday for “I Want to Be Day” - it was great to hear all about your dreams and aspirations for the future. Thanks to the parents who helped their children prepare for the day at school. Labour Day—Public Holiday There will be no school for students on Monday 9th March as this is the La-bour Day Public Holiday. Nexus Arts—@ Tyrrell College Next Tuesday 10th March students will attend their first Nexus Arts Council performance at Tyrrell College. We will travel by bus to Sea Lake at 11.20am and return to school before a regular dismis-sal of 3pm—students will need a packed lunch to take on this day, please nothing that requires warming. If you have not paid your Student Fees (Nexus Arts are included in these) then $10 per child needs to be paid prior to Tuesday’s performance. School Photos School Photos will be taken by Greg Cruikshank of Swan Hill on Monday 16th March first thing in the morning. Please complete the form and return with payment by Friday 13th. Students should be wearing their full WGS uniform (boys navy logo T-shirt and plain navy shorts, Girls in navy and white check dresses if possible).

Buddies Reading It’s been great to have Jan Adcock join us on past weeks for the Buddies Reading Program. Now that the swimming program is almost fully concluded we hope to settle into routine with all our reading volun-teers. Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews Due to the busy nature of this term and our busy parent group who have work and outside school commitments, parents are invited to schedule a time

for an interview with their child’s classroom teacher after school hours, during weeks 8 and 9 (March 16th-26th) of this term. Please call the school or put a request in your child’s diary for a time that suits. Teachers will confirm these dates/times with parents.

Melissa Mitchell Principal

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Senior Class—Melissa Mitchell English—Students have almost completed their first full draft of their Persuasive Writing piece “Books are Better Than Television”. We created a giant hamburger poster which illustrates the layers of a Persuasive Piece of writing. We have been learning about suffixes such as ‘ed’, ‘ing’ and ‘s’ and how to apply them to words with different vowel/consonant endings. Plural and singular has also been a focus as we have learned about words like ‘fish’ that doesn’t change and ‘goose’ that changes to ‘geese’. The English language is certainly a complex thing! Oral Language—News. Next weeks news top-ic for all in the senior room is ‘Favourite Animal Facts’. Students should be prepared to speak about their chosen animal (not pet) and include answers to Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How? Maths—We have finished off learning about bar graphs and all that we need to know about put-ting one together so that the information is accu-rate and easy to read. Homework— Spelling Rules Unit 4 - Tuesday 10th March Maths Mate Sheet 5 - Tuesday 10th March

Junior Class—Natalie Mitchell

English: This week we have been learning

about the letters ‘a’ and ‘c’. We have

learnt what they look like, what they

sound like, what words start with these

letters and lastly how to write them. These

activities have been very useful in intro-

ducing the letters to the Preps and con-

solidating them with the Grade 1 & 2 stu-

dents.

Maths: Continuing on with our unit on

‘Shape’ we have had great fun this week

revising our 2D shapes and learning

about 3D shapes. Students enjoyed mak-

ing a variety of large 3D shapes from

rolled tubes of newspaper with the senior

room students.

Values: Our whole school value this week

is ‘Flexibility’. Students have spent time

looking at what being flexible means and

ways in which we can show it. Things such

as playing a game a different way or try-

Physical Activity Options in

Swan Hill Did you know there are over 20 different

physical activity options for kids in Swan

Hill?! This includes: active after school care,

little athletics, badmintons, basketball, box-

ing, bowls, canoeing, calisthenics, cricket,

dance, football, futsal, gymnastics, netball,

pony club, soccer, skate park, swimming and

tennis. If viewing online, click here for all

the details or contact Health Promotion on

5033 9337 or hpreception@shdh.org.au for a

copy.

Friends of Woomelang Group

School

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Woomelang Opportunity Shop

“When Opportunity

Knocks”

56 Brooke St Woomelang

Fundraising branch of the Woomelang & District

Historical Society

Open: Thursday 2-5pm, Friday 1-4pm

& Saturday 10-12noon

Or by request, please phone

Brydie or Gwenyth or Gwen

50812 010 or 50812 218 or 0438812302 Like us on Facebook “Woomelang Op Shop”

Sea Lake

Neighbourhood House

Monday 9-5pm

Wednesday 9-4pm

Friday 9-5pm

The Woomelang Crafty Ladies have

been very busy preparing for the Black

& White themed Quilt Show coming up

on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th

March.

You are invited to come along and

check out some beautiful and amazing

quilts.

The Quilters Harvest from

Warracknabeal will have a Pop Up Shop

operating on the Saturday from 10am til

4pm, for all your quilting needs.

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Facilitated Playgroup Activities

on Tuesdays

@ Bush Nursing Centre

9-12noon

Come along and join in a social and

stimulating morning for mums and

bubs (0-5yrs old)!

“Riordan’s Garage” (volunteers) on Mondays 9.30-11.30am and 3.30-5.30pm Mon and Fri, Wed 9.30-11.30am. After hours call outs, $10 call out fee, call ph 0408 190 217 “North West Ag” Diesel only, Monday to Friday 8.30am-5.30pm

Woomelang Fuel

LASCELLES MINAPRE

HOTEL & CAFÉ Licensed Post Office

Fruit & Vege’s, Papers, Bread, Milk, Takeaway Food, Coffee,

Drive Thru Bottlo, General Store and much more……

Meals available 7days in a

welcoming environment

Your hosts—Wally & Michelle

p. 50816242

f. 50816241

Woomelang Golf Club

We welcome all new players of all ages with all levels of experience.

We hope to start playing on

Sunday 12th April and every Sunday thereafter, starting at 1pm.

Men, Ladies and Children all play together.

Whether you play for 2hours, a couple of holes or the whole 18 holes, we welcome everyone to come

along and have a hit.

Darrell Boxall, President

Hopetoun

Neighbourhood

House Inc.

Our new open hours are as follows:

Monday 9.30am – 3pm Wednesday 11.30am – 5pm Thursday 1.30pm – 6.30pm

‘Other times by arrangement’

61 Austin Street

Hopetoun, Vic., 3396 Ph: 03 5083 3408

Mobile: 0417 838 228 Email: info@hopehouse.org.au

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Woomelang Store &

Cafe Ph. 0435 850 183

Friday 6th Meal Special:

Main— Chinese Night Pork & Plum Sauce

Sweet’n’Sour Chicken Beef and Black bean

*All served with fried rice

Dessert—Cheesecake

Fish and Chips also available. Eat in or take away

Now available—

Tubs of salad; coleslaw, potato or pasta

Sliced meat; champagne ham, roast beef & silverside

BBQ Chickens cooked Mon—Fri

Woomelang & District Historical

Society INC.

Our next meeting is on Wednesday

the 18th March and will be a cata-

loguing evening.

Interested community members most

welcome to come along

and see what we do.

Starting from 4pm.

New members welcome

Gwenyth Barbary

President www.woomelang.com

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Chances for Children funding round is NOW OPEN – Closing April 24th

2015.

Application forms (which includes eligibility guidelines) are available for download at www.chancesforchildren.com.au.

Please feel free to contact any of the Chances team in Swan Hill (50 324479) or Mildura/

Robinvale/N.S.W. (50217480) if you have any questions or queries.

The chances team ask for your support to spread the word that the Chances funding Round is NOW OPEN – and invite you to forward this email to any networks, colleagues or friends who

may be interested in knowing more about Chances.

Many Thanks

School Sport Victoria State Team Trials This is an invitation to students to participate in the Mallee Division Trials for the State Teams of AFL football, football (soccer), netball and basketball. Students can nominate for more than one sport. These trials are open to students in Year 4, 5 and 6 (Students turning 10, 11 or 12 in 2015) 13 year olds are not eligible. They should be highly skilled in their chosen sport. Please feel free to visit the Mallee Primary Division Website for information https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Conferences/NorthEasternConference/LM/PrimaryDivisionLoddonMallee/Mallee/Pages/default.aspx or contact Tim Croft on 0439032354. Mallee Division Trials for State Team Selection All Trials have been completed and names entered. Good luck to all successful students. Date and Venues Refer to Specific Sports for further information. Basketball Thursday 23rd of April 2015 Soccer Wednesday 15th April 2015 Football and Netball Thursday 30th April 2015 Go to specific sports ages in Australian Football, Soccer, Netball, or Basketball, for further information and nomination forms. Tim Croft Mallee Division Officer

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56 Brooke Street Woomelang Vic. 3485

Suppliers of Agronomic Services, Chemicals, and

General Merchandise

p. 50812 131 f. 50812 138

Rick’s mob 0418 999 483

Steve’s mob 0432 207 243

For Tyre Repairs

& New Tyres

Waterfowl Identification Test is happening.

Thursday 12th March 7pm at the Hopetoun & District Neighbourhood House. If you plan on go-ing duck hunting, whether this season or in the future (you must be over 10yrs ) then this is your opportunity to do the test here in Hopetoun. We will hold a training session this Thursday at 7pm to go over everything you need to know & need to study up on. You MUST book both for the training session by contacting me as well as booking for the test (online) Check out the info on our Facebook page (or give me a call for further information. Cheers Cindy, 0417 838 228.

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