NEWSLETTER 12 21st May, 2013

PRINCIPAL: Mr Jim Roworth TELEPHONE: 6921 3398

FAX: 6921 8745

Website Address: www.waggawagga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au E-Mail: waggawagga–p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

SCHOOL DIARY WEEK 4

Thursday 23rd May

Athletics Carnival

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

As we move into the cooler weather, I ask students

and parents/carers to be aware of the uniform

requirements at WWPS.

Students will want to wear warmer jumpers,

hoodies and coats. All of these are available for

purchase from Lowes or Hunters Newsagency in

school colours with our emblem on them. A few

beanies are available at the office. Navy blue

scarves are permitted. Please assist us to uphold

the wonderful uniform standard that we have set.

Please find enclosed in this newsletter information

on a Choral Camp available to students.

Good luck to all our sports representatives this

week-Athletics, Touch and Rugby League.

We welcome 3 CSU prac students to WWPS this

week. KE - Keith Finemore

1S - Elizabeth McLoughlin

3/4B - Jarrod Reid

Also an ex student Elisa Pevere returns for Work

experience with KC.

There have been reports of Hand, Foot and Mouth

cases in the school, please be aware of this as it is

very contagious.

If the Athletics Carnival is washed out on Thursday

the sausage sizzle will go ahead.

Jim Roworth

Principal

Riverina Schools Choral Camp Information for Parents and Applicants

The Riverina Schools Choral Camp will be held at

the Borambola sport and recreation Centre,

Sunday July 21st 4pm-Friday July 26th, 2013

with concert 2.30-3pm.

The camp will feature workshops in a variety of

choral styles, along with camp activities led by

Sport and Rec Centre staff. The camp will also

include a bus tour (Thursday) where the group

will perform as a choir at local schools. It will

conclude with a camp concert (Friday).

Years 5 to Year 12 students may apply. Students

need to nominate by Friday 31st May 2013 and

upon acceptance will be asked to forward the full

amount of $360 by Tuesday 18th June 2013.

If interested please call at office and collect

forms.

Photos of our Super Heros Day.

More photos inside.

KE Charli King, Jude Passlow, Sarah

McDermott

KC Indy Casson-Breen, Henrietta Hand, Niam

Airey

KR Mylo Stewart, Sharjil Ahsan, Chelsea Holle

1S Elok Soekarish, Monique Dennis, Bailey

Kotzur

1P Christee Nah, Ella Hughes, Simone Broom

1N Sujie Masson, Isaac Bloor, Ryan Elkins

2T Asha Priest-Bennett, Prajesh Pandey,

Seisha Passlow

2GL Jake Woodhouse, Claire Heazelwood,

Saira Udas

2L Jack Armstrong, Charlie Dacey, Ethan

Blanch

Week 4 Assembly KC

Annual Refugee Week

Community & Family Celebration

When: Saturday 22 June 2013 11am – 3pm

Where: Kyeamba Smith (Main) Hall Wagga Wagga Showgrounds

What’s on: Rides, Jumping castle, Animal farm, Interesting Stalls,

Sausage sizzle, Face painting, Activities for kids and Cultural performances Performances include a Multicultural fashion

parade, Filipino dance troupe, Burmese singing and

dancing, African music and dancing, Unison Choir

Bring your family and join in the fun

Australia’s Biggest

Morning Tea This year we celebrate 20 years of

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. We

can all help by raising money to fund

research for a cause that is close to so

many of us.

Please help Wagga Public School raise

money by donating at the office or

online at

https://nswcancercouncilfundraising.org.au/

WaggaPublicMorningTea

Chess is Back Yes! The NSW Primary Schools Competition has

begun again for 2013. This year WWPS has one

team of six keen players entered into the

Rookies league.

On Friday 17th May we played against Mater

Dei’s D team. Brendan Guise had a strong win;

Zac Morehouse and Tom Tough both had

stalemates for a draw. Our new team member,

Jay Gordon-King, played a really hard, long

match, which challenged his opponent right to

the final move, but unfortunately lost his first

competitive game.

Final score 2-2 a fair result for the new season.

Next Friday we travel to Kapooka PS for our

second round.

@ Learning Disposition:

RESILIENCE

Capacity:

NOTICING This involves perceiving subtle nuances, patterns and

details in experience.

When you use this learning muscle, you…

Notice how things look, what they are made of, how they

behave.

Are patient, knowing that details may take time to emerge.

Can identify significant detail.

Get a clear sense of what, before starting to think why or

how.

LANGUAGE TO ENCOURAGE NOTICING What do you notice about the way … is doing that?

What happened first/next?

What is this? Touch it, smell it, listen to it, look at it. What do you notice? What are your senses telling you?

Just watch/listen to this for a while. What happens? Wait a little longer. What’s happening now? Wait a little longer...

What do you think is the most important … in this picture/

diagram/article?

Let’s be patient a little longer and see what else we can notice about...

You’ve noticed a lot of important/significant things about...

Can you see a difference between … and … ?

Great! You waited patiently, watched carefully, and

now you’ve found a pattern.

I love getting right into this because it makes me

feel…

HOW CAN YOU HELP AT HOME?

Recognise that looking, watching, listening and playing with ideas

are key to successful learning.

Prompt children explicitly to notice detail and to make

comparisons.

Encourage children to ask themselves questions which will lead

them to want to look harder to find out the answers.

Reward the capacity to notice.

About Dentures Dental Prosthetist

Gary Barutzki Direct to the public for all your Denture needs.

Registered with Health Funds and Veteran Affairs.

Phone 6925 0549 for appointments

BORAMBOLA HOLIDAY CAMPS

Adventure Snow Combo Juniors

Monday 8th to Friday 12th July-7-12 years

Sports Crazy Camp

Monday 8th to12th July-10-13 years

To find out all details phone 131302 or

www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps

WWPS Enviro Corner! It was another busy week in Environmental Education at WWPS!

As part of our Science unit ‘Environment Matters’,

Stage 3 planted their own class ‘Crow Patch’ veg-

gie gardens alongside the Recycled Bottle Green-

house. A lot of fun was had by all and we look

forward to seeing how our veggies grow!

An upgrade of the original Crow Patch veggie

garden was undertaken recently. This was

accomplished through the placement of raised

garden beds inside the gardening area so more

classes can be involved and allow for easier

maintenance. A big thank you to the business Master Touch Landscaping & Irrigation for donating soil for this project.

Call Tony and Simon on 0437036256 for all your landscaping needs! A huge thanks must also go to all the parents who

braved the cold on the weekend to come along and help shovel the

soil into the new garden beds—your help and support is very much

appreciated.

Stage 3 students will now be assisting 4-6

classes around the school to help start their

own ‘Crow Patch’ in this upgraded area. They

will no doubt be able to pass on the knowledge

learnt in our ‘Environment Matters’ Science

unit to these classes.

William Dorrell

WWPS Environmental Education Coordinator