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Wakehurst Public School, 8 Glen Street, Belrose T: 9451 1812 www.wakehurst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Fortnightly Newsletter 24 September 2019

Principal’s Report Dear Parents and Carers School Leaders Visit to NSW Parliament House Last Friday I accompanied our Year 6 captains and vice captains to visit NSW Parliament House as guests of our local member for Davidson, Mr Johnathan O’Dea. Not only did our captains have the opportunity to visit the legislative assembly and legislative council, they were also given a behind the scenes tour of the venue. Mr O’Dea thanked the students for taking on a leadership role in their school setting, and the students also received a certificate to recognise their contributions to school leadership.

Oval, Playground Upgrade and Air Conditioning Thank you very much to our parent community, and especially Mr Bill Stephinson and Mr Luke Burlet, who have spent a considerable amount of time continuing the upgrade of our school oval. The new irrigation system and water tanks are now in place. The next stage of the upgrade will see the weeds again sprayed and the new soccer goals installed. The first phase of the new playground art was also completed over the last holiday break and the children are enjoying the additional handball courts and hopscotch. During the break all additional classrooms and Before and After School Care had their split system air conditioning systems installed. We know that everyone in the community will benefit from this program and that the students and teachers will appreciate the improved air quality in their learning spaces. The air conditioning has been funded by both P&C and school funds.

Upcoming Events

Term 3 Oct Mon 28 Halloween Walk-a-thon Tue 29 Musica Viva Performance

Wed 30 Kindy 2020 Transition 1 Parent Information Session 9:30am

Nov Sat 2 P&C Trivia Night Mon 11 – Fri 22 Year 2 Swimming scheme

Tues 5 Year 6 Fete

Thurs 7

Kindy 2020 Transition 2 Band Information Day (information session for Year 2 and 3 students interested in joining the band in 2020). Year 2 students perform recorders.

Fri 8 Kindy to the Zoo Thurs 14 – Wed 20 Life Education

Dec Wed 4 Band end of year performance Wed 18 Last day of Term 4 for students


Kindergarten 2020 Transition to School We are looking forward to welcoming our Kindergarten 2020 students to Wakehurst PS at our transition mornings on Wednesday October 30 and Thursday November 7. During our first transition day the current Kindergarten students will dance, there will be a uniform fashion parade as well as information for the parents on our programs and best start process. The children will enjoy meeting new friends and working in the kindergarten learning spaces with the teachers. Enrolment forms can be downloaded from our website or obtained from the school office if required. Presentation Day Assemblies On Tuesday 10 December we will be holding our 2019 Years 1-6 Presentation Day Assemblies in the school hall. Our assemblies will celebrate student achievements across all domains and we will also entertain the audience with musical and band performances. Remember to save the dates!

• Years 1-3 – 9:30 am – Tuesday 10 December • Years 4-5 – 11:45 am – Tuesday 10 December • Kindergarten – 2:30 pm – Thursday 5 December

Healthy School Canteen Congratulations to our canteen manager Mrs Kate Read for all her hard work in the submission for our school to achieve healthy school canteen status. A substantial amount of work went into the submission and this initiative also supports the health and wellbeing of our studens. Having a healthy canteen means that our students are more likely to develop healthy eating habits that can have a long-term impact on their lives.Thank you also to the parents who volunteer in our canteen each week to help make the lunches each day and serve the children during both recess and lunch breaks.

Our school is participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be closing on 25 October so if you have not already done so, please log in to complete the survey. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au. To access the survey for our school go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/wakehurst2019 The survey is available in 23 languages. Positive Behaviour for Learning This week we are focusing on the expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best across our playground settings. We are especially concentrating on students being kind, considerate and cooperative, playing fairly and taking turns and including others across all playground settings. Please take the time also to remind your child of these expectations when in the playground.

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/wakehurst2019


Planning for 2020 We have commenced initial planning for our classes for 2020. To assist in this process, it is most helpful if we have accurate student numbers, as this does impact our class sizes and teacher allocation. If your child will not be returning to Wakehurst Public School in 2020, please send written advice, using the form below, to the school office by Friday 1 November, 2019.

Student/s Not Returning to Wakehurst Public School in 2020

To assist us with our class planning, if your child/children will not be returning in 2020, please complete the form below and send it to the office. This does not include Year 6 students moving on to high school next year.

Name: ____________________________________________ Class: ____________________

Name: ____________________________________________ Class : ____________________

Name: ____________________________________________ Class: ____________________

The relocation is due to:

moving overseas or interstate

moving to NSW Department of Education School __________________________________

moving to an Independent/Catholic School _________________________________

Reason for Leaving: (optional) _______________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

Parent/Carer Signature: _____________________________________________________________

Kind regards Caroline Desmond Principal


Year 3 – 6 News Welcome back to Term 4! We have many exciting upcoming events this term. Information regarding any of our school events can be found on our Skoolbag App as well as in the events section of our school website. Sydney North Athletics Last Thursday, 4 Wakehurst students represented Warringah Zone at the Sydney North Athletics Carnival. Sophie F (Year 4), Oscar H (Year 5), Rebecca S (Year 6) and Jack S (Year 6) competed in a variety of track and field events across the day. Special congratulations to Rebecca S who placed 2nd in the 12/13 years girls 800m and 1500m and will now represent Sydney North at the NSW PSSA Athletics Championships and to Jack S who was a finalist in the 11 years boys shot put.

PSSA - Can you help? The location of games for PSSA games can be found on our Skoolbag App and school website events section. We do require assistance in transporting the kits each week to our home and away venues. If you are able to assist us in any way, please let one of the PSSA coaches know. Students are reminded that training sessions take place for t-ball and softball on Tuesday mornings from 8.30am and cricket is on Wednesday mornings from 8.30am. 2020 Swimming Carnival Our 2020 Swimming Carnival is being held on the afternoon of Thursday 30 January. As this is very close to the start of school for our students all of our planning will need to finalised this year. As such, entry forms (for students who are turning 8 years or older in 2020) will be coming out at the beginning of November and student permission notes and requests for parent helpers will also be coming out prior to the end of the school year. If you have any questions regarding this event, please see Ms Fox or your class teacher. Trish Fox Assistant Principal


K – 2 News Welcome Back – it’s Term 4 already and so much is coming up it is very exciting.

The Great Book Swap was such an exciting morning for the students on Tuesday – their love of reading escalated as they swapped a much loved book for someone elses. Thank you Mrs Lindsay! We are looking forward to Música Viva visiting our school next Tuesday, thank you Mrs Carden for all your work preparing the students during Music lessons. Year 6 Fete is coming up on Tuesday 5 November! – we encourage the K-2 students to have their coins stored in a clear zip lock bag or wallet to avoid loose coins going astray. Students need to bring a gold coin donation required to wear mufti for the day. Kindergarten are looking forward to their excursion to the Taronga Zoo, Friday Week 4-children wear sport uniform; need their hat and sunscreen applied, food and drink; raincoat if it looks like rain; all in a small backpack. Our first Transition to School session is next Wednesday and we look forward to welcoming our new families and students. Jane Packman Assistant Principal

Library News

The Great Book Swap

On Tuesday, the Library Leaders ran The Great Book Swap to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The children bought in one or two loved books to swap and a gold coin donation. Thank you for donating quality books and making the experience a really positive one. The staff also had a Mini Book Swap in the staffroom. Wakehurst Public School raised $400 and this money will go towards the purchase of culturally appropriate books for indigenous students in


Issue 7 Book Club- Orders Due Tomorrow

Book Club will close tomorrow Friday 25th October. Please use the LOOP payment process to place your order. The Book Club books will be delivered to your child’s classroom.

Catherine Lindsay Teacher Librarian

Band News

Year 2 Recorder Performance and Training Band 2020 Information Day – November 7 Year 2 children will put on a recorder performance for families on November 7 from 2:15 – 3:15pm in the school hall. Children and families will also be entertained by the concert band and provided information about joining the band in 2020. Training band is open to children going into Years 3 and 4 in 2020. Current Year 3 students will also attend and receive band information to bring home. We look forward to listening to the performance and sharing the benefits of the band with future musicians. Further information and a written invite will be sent home with year 2 students soon.

The band would also like to thank Kurt Schramm, a school parent with Australis Music, who supported the band committee in procuring our new drum kit!! There were many excited and motivated drummers in rehearsal sessions this week. THANK YOU, KURT!


P&C Events & Fundraising

Trivia Night Ticket Sales

· Ticket sales for the Trivia night will close Sunday 27 October so be sure to get your tickets through flexischools. · Reminder: Please bring gold coins on the night and come dressed in Back-to-school theme. Prizes on the night for best

dressed. BYO food and drink and the Dessert Bar will be open on the night too. · Reminder for Year 2 Parents to please donate a bottle of wine and deliver to the office and Kristina Fraser (Luke’s mum

from 2J) is coordinating the collection of the alcohol. Please contact her if you prefer to arrange collection by email on [email protected] or phone on 0432-356-959.

The WPS Online Auction is now Live . . .

· The link to the Class Artworks and the Online Auction is https://www.32auctions.com/wps2019 · This is great for all families to be involved for those who can’t attend on the night. · The Auction will close at 10pm on Saturday the 2 November, 2019.

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.32auctions.com/wps2019


Oval Irrigation Over the last year the P&C and School have been working together on a project to rejuvenate the oval. This has been a shared financed project from the NSW Government Community Building Partnership Grant and the P&C (approximately 50%). Over the last three weeks the final and most significant stage of the project has been undertaken, with the installation of an automated irrigation system. This included connection of two tanks to the COLA and Roof of the Shed / 3-6 toilet block, which means that the irrigation system will use rainwater, making the system more sustainable. This will allow for watering when required and convenient. Luke Burlet has been managing the project and has spent a large amount of time from the lead up work with the Government Grant submission through to the installation of the irrigations system. We like to thank Luke for the huge commitment and effort to see this project through. There were also other contributors along the way, including myself and parents including those that helped over the last two weekends with the covering in of the irrigation pipes and sprinklers. Thanks to those from the working bee installing the tank, Mel & Mike Ellis and family, Damien Symons, Rozelle Wessels, Peter Orth, Darren Kilkeary, Nimisha Kalimuthu and four boys from Davidson High.

P & C Grounds – Oval Irrigation

Young helpers

We build… Preparing a 2nd Tank stand

Luke connecting Irrigation system

Could not do it without Parent support and help, thanks Mike, Rozelle and Damien


The project will officially draw to a close over the coming weeks, but work on the oval will continue, with additional topsoil and some grass to fill in the bare patches. Maintenance also begins, with fertilising and weed control. Thanks to Michael, the school’s new GA, for fertilising this week. We are also still working with Craig Easton from Green Turf Solutions to kill off the Reed Weed that continues to grow across not only our oval but others in the Northern Beaches. We like to thank Craig for his commitment to removing this weed. Another weed spray will happen on Saturday 2 November, there will be no effect to children or staff during the school week. We also like to acknowledge Terry Fitzgerald, previous GA, for helping with the setup and connections to Craig and Steve, these connections have been great in helping to complete this project. We wish Terry all the best with his ongoing health battles. Bill Stephinson Grounds Committee & Vice President P & C

Finer bits done by hand!!

The heart

Plumbers Connecting the COLA & installing a tap in Vege Garden

Nice Work!!… Now I have to fill it in with this spade!!

We Dig … Steve from Ventrac, great support and fantastic machine.


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