Principal: Steve Murphy Chisholm St P.O. Box 892 Wangaratta 3676 Phone: 03-5721-2658 03- 5722-1280 Fax: 03-5722-2712 Email: wangaratta.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: wangps.vic.edu.au

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Wangaratta Primary School Newsletter Issue 12

May 4, 2017

From the Principal

NAPLAN testing - Tuesday 9th May- Friday 12th May 2017- grade 3 and 5 students. The National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to participate in tests in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. NAPLAN is the measure through which governments, education authorities, schools and teachers and parents can determine whether or not young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes in literacy and numeracy. NAPLAN tests are one aspect of the school’s assessment and reporting process, and do not replace the extensive on-going assessments made by teachers about each student’s performance. NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy. Questions are multiple choice or require a short written response. To give you an idea of what the tests look like, sample questions and a sample writing task are available on the NAPLAN website- www.nap.edu.au. Once again students at Wangaratta Primary School will be participating in the NAPLAN testing program. Tuesday 9th May- Language conventions– Yr 3 40 mins, Yr 5 40 mins. Writing– Yr. 3- 40 mins, Yr. 5 40 mins. Wednesday 10th May- Reading– Yr. 3 45 mins, Yr. 5 50 mins. Thursday 11th May- Numeracy– Yr. 3 45 mins, Yr. 5 50 mins. Friday 12th May- catch up day for any students absent etc. What happens if my child is absent from school on test days? Wherever, possible, schools will organize for individual students who are absent at the time of testing to complete missed tests at another time during testing week. Will I receive a report on my child’s performance? A NAPLAN report will be issued by your school later in the year. Where can I get more information? www.nap.edu.au or contact the school. Language conventions include spelling, grammar and punctuation. Numeracy includes number, space, algebra, function and pattern, measurement, chance and data. Please speak to the teachers at school should you require any further information. Woolworths tokens and toys- Parents are reminded that staff are not responsible for possessions that children bring to school. We encourage precious and special items to remain at home. If they do come to school, it is the child’s responsibility to adequately care for the item. We have had a lot of children bringing Woolworth tokens to school. Some children have been swapping or misplacing these tokens. Again staff are not responsible for sorting these issues out. We encourage children to keep these tokens at home, where they are safe.

Pupil free day-

Some advanced warning to parents that Wednesday 31st May is a report writing day for staff and it will be a pupil free day at Wangaratta PS. There will be further information about an Out of school program that will be offered on this day.

EVENTS CALENDAR Tuesday, 9 May

NAPLAN Wednesday, 10 May

NAPLAN Thursday, 11 May

NAPLAN Friday, 12 May

P & F Mothers Day Stall Friday, 19 May

P & F School Disco Monday, 22 May—Friday 26 May

Education Week Tuesday, 23 May

MSP School Photos Wednesday, 31 May

Curriculum Day—students not required to attend school

Wednesday, 21 June

Yarrawonga Chess Tournament Friday, 23 June

Trivia Night Friday, 30 June

Last day of term 2. School finishes at 2.15pm

Monday, 17 July

Term 3 commences Tues 25—Fri 28 July

Artist in Residence Friday, 28 July

Artist in Residence Rehearsal at WHS

Whole School Performance at WHS

Wed 16 Aug-Fri 18 Aug

Years 5/6 Camp

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THE 2017 ATTITUDES TO SCHOOLS SURVEY

We want our students to tell us what they think

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey assists schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school.

Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 22 May to Friday 23 June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.

Students - Year 4, 5 and 6 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.

The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3.

The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are known to influence student engagement and performance.

Students privacy is our priority

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes only. Your child’s privacy and the confidentiality of your child’s survey responses will be protected at all times. No identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file.

This survey is not a test and your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion.

Want to know more?

Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information or see: Attitudes to School Survey

St Johns Ambulance This week our students have engaged in relevant first aid information sessions, provided free of charge by the St Johns Ambulance service. These sessions have been greatly enjoyed by our students.

Athletics sports Well done to everyone on the fantastic athletics carnival on Friday. We were so lucky with the exceptional weather for our day.

I was impressed by the attitude of our students and their willingness to participate in all of the events. A huge thank you to all

our parent helpers, without you the day would not have been as successful. Once again thank you to our P and F for the BBQ

provided, this smelt great and was appreciated by all. Congratulations to Mrs Zoe Henschke and her band of helpers on the

organisation of the day.

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Thankyou

This week was Principal Recognition Day. I would like to thank Wangaratta PS Parents &

Friends and School Council, for the lovely gifts I have received this week. I was lucky

enough to get a beautiful bunch of flowers, a lovely card and a presentation at assembly of

a thumb print picture. I have these proudly displayed in my office, to remind me of what a

wonderful school I have the privilege to work in.

Mumps

We have been notified of diagnosed mumps in the Junior school. Included in this

newsletter please read the Mumps Fact Information sheet from Better Health on pages 4,5

and 6.

Mandy Elliot

Acting Principal.

Student of the Week

Vincent 1/2R—for participating in class discussions using interesting words and expressing his opinion in a thoughtful manner. Sam 3/4L—for showing outstanding sportsmanship on Aths day and supporting his peers. Eli 1/2K—for making a great effort in his reading groups and taking care with his planning and writing introductions. Well done Eli. Maddie FH—for helping others be on task and being a great leader. Louis 3/4D—for great sportsmanship. Louis forgot about his own race at athletics to stop and help a friend. Katelin 5/6C—for being a kind and caring classmate and taking ownership of her learning! Cody 5/6L—for making some great contributions to our class discussions and his hard work in writing!

Music News Just a few quick reminders of things coming up this term……… Assembly next week—Junior Guitar will perform May 2—Senior guitar will be on at recess. Band will be on at lunchtime. May 9—Junior Guitar will be on at recess. Choir will be on at lunchtime. May 11—There will be no band, choir or guitar lessons on this day. May 12—The choir will be performing at the closing of the Heritage Festival at the Wangaratta Library at 5.30pm—please come along and support them if you can. May 24—The choir are performing for the senior citizens. They will leave school at 1.45pm and will miss assembly that day. June 29—There will be no band, choir or guitar lessons on this day. Combined School Concert Band—It’s not too late. Expressions of interest forms available from the office. Great workshop on Offer for Children during the Across the Arts Forum May 7 Have fun with ARIA award winning Mic Conway as he shows you, step by step how to easily MAKE and PLAY lots of fantastic musical instruments from around the house. From the rubber glove bassoon to gum leaf, drinking straw flute, tin can banjo and lots more—there’s loads of fun and then form a “junk band” with Mic at the end. There is also a workshop for adults. For further information and bookings go to www.ganeaa.com.au click on Across The Arts, then the workshop which will give you more information.

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Congratulations CHISHOLM!!! A big congratulations to Chisholm House Team for taking out this years 2017 Athletics Day. Congratulations to Brodie and Ragni, the house captains of Chisholm and every student part of the Chisholm team, such a great effort. Well done to the other teams for all their great effort, participation and trying their best. Thankfully the weather was fine this year and students got the opportunity to demonstrate their athletics skills they have been practising over several weeks. A big thank you to all the parent helpers who assisted on the day, whether it was setting up at 8am, running an event, recording times and measurements, leading a group of students or assisting with the pack up – the school thanks you for your time and assistance, we can not run these days without the support of our wonderful parents.

I would also like to thank the P&F parents who held the bbq on the day to refuel our hungry athletes, Caffeine Fetish coffee van, Little Athletics for the hire of their equipment and the Wangaratta High School helpers.

It was great to see so many students out competing, showing great sportsmanship and persistence on the day. It was a pleasure to see so many families coming down and supporting the students on the day too. Again a huge thank you to staff, students and the parents for all your contributions and hard work in making the day a huge success. Zoe Henschke

Athletics Day

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Parents & Friends News

Scholastic Book Club Order Forms due in Thursday, 4 May. Mothers Day Stall Friday, 12 May all items $4 including a card. Mothers afternoon tea next Friday, 12 May—mums and special people are invited to share afternoon tea with their children. Food is to be supplied by dads and we ask some dads to help with set up and pack up. School Disco Friday 19 May—Black and White Theme—Foundation to Grade 2 5.30pm—6.30pm Grade 3 to Grade 6 7.00pm-8.00pm UPCOMING SAVE THE DATES:

Trivia Night, Friday 23 June. 6.30pm start. $15 per person.

Cabaret Night, Friday, 25 August. A fun night of food, music and dancing. More information on this great night will be out shortly.

Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge

The 2017 Reading Challenge has now opened. We would encourage all students to participate in this challenge. For students from Prep to Year 2 the challenge is to read or experience 30 books. For students in Years 3-6 the challenge is to read 15 books. The Challenge runs until Friday, 8 September. Students who complete the challenge will receive a certificate of achievement, and have the opportunity to see their name on an online honour roll. So far we have 43 students who have registered. Points so far for houses are as follows: Faithfull 6000 Reid 5000 Murphy 6000 Chisholm 5500 Students who register through our school will have a nominated day that they could wear a casual shirt and again when they have successfully completed the Challenge. Students will also receive points for their house upon registering and completing the Challenge. Registration forms are available from the school office.

Wangaratta High School

Open Day Wednesday, 17 May

12pm-4.30pm

A chance for the community to step through our state of the art facilities. Tours throughout the afternoon and an address from transi-tion coordinator at 4pm in the Flexible Learning Centre. For any further enquiries or school tours by appointment please contact transition Leader Kasey Doyle on 5723 0500.

First Aid Roster

Term 2 Roster Thankyou to the parents/carers who have volunteered to assist with the washing of the first aide linen. We would love to hear from other parents/carers if you are able to assist, if so please see Yvonne at the school office.

Friday, 5 May—Naomi C Friday, 12 May—Jennie G

Friday, 19 May—Kay B Friday, 26 May—Alison W Friday, 2 June—Anne D Friday, 9 June—Mel L

Friday, 16 June—Naomi C Friday, 23 June—Jennie G

Friday, 30 June—Kay B

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Yesterday some children from grade 5/6 went to Apex Park to help with the Rainbow Serpent community art project as part of the Across the Arts forum. Today some grade 3/4 children will have their chance—thankyou Miss Dews for giving up your free time to take them! The art work is to feature at the opening of the Bulliwah trail. On Saturday there will be a ceremony at elders rock—Apex Park where you can see the art work as well as see our grade 5/6 children perform the song they have been writing with Marisa Quigley.

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General Information

Learn to Save with Piggy! Every time you make a deposit into your savings account on a School Banking Wednesday you receive a stamp. Collect all 6 stamps for the school term and you will be entitled to a reward! Your stamp card will be issued when you make your first deposit. Call Wangaratta branch on 5721 9499 to find out how to join school banking. Carevan Wangaratta The Wangaratta Carevan provides weekly meals for all and is committed to supporting our community. The Carevan is at the following locations from 6pm: Monday (Yarrunga) Bindall Avenue Park Tuesday (West End) Rotunda/BBQ area between Lowe and Ross Courts Wednesday (Central) Apex Park (Pavillion/Under cover area) Come along and enjoy great wholesome meals, great company and great service, everyone is welcome! Contact us on 5721 2125 3rd Little Duck Lunch Orders Please note that we have been notified by 3rd Little Duck of the following changes to lunch orders On Line Orders must be made by 9pm SATURDAY Written orders must be placed in the order tub at the school office FRIDAY mornings instead of Monday. North East Regional Pre School Association Open Days Come along and visit our services to make your selection for 3 and 4 year old Kindergarten places in 2018. Appin Park Kindergarten (4yr old program0 Wednesday 24 May, 12.30pm-2.30pm Christopher Robin Kindergarten ( 4yr old program) Merriwa Park Wangaratta Wednesday, 24 May 9.00am-10.30am Coronation Kindergarten (4yr old program) Swan St, Wangaratta Tuesday, 23 May 9.00am-10.00am The Hub Kindergarten (3yr old program) Burke Street, Wangaratta Monday, 22 May 1.00pm-2.00pm Wangaratta West Kindergarten ( 4yr old Program) Orkney Street, Wangaratta Wednesday 24 May 1.00pm-3.00pm Glenrowan Pre School (Occasional Care, 3 & 4yr old Program) Old Hume Highway Glenrowan Monday 22 May 10.00am-12.00pm Moyhu Pre School (Occasional Care, 3 & 4yr old Program) Byrne Street, Moyhu Wednesday 24 May 1.00pm-2.00pm At each service you will have the opportunity to meet with staff who will be on hand to introduce themselves, to show you around and answer questions relating to what happens at the service. Wangaratta Scout Group—Invites you to join the fun! Scouting is adventure. New skills, great friends and heaps of fun. It’s an adventure program that encourages life skills such as leadership, resilience, confidence and working well with others. Boys and girls, young men and women and parents. Scouting is an activity the whole family can enjoy together. Come and Try! A delicious sausage sizzle provided! Monday, 8 May for all Cub and Scout aged children (ages 8-14) College Street, Barr Reserve. For more information or to join please contact Liz Golec on 0408 388 982 Marmungun Rock Ceremony The Dirrawarra Indigenous Network proudly invites The community of Wangaratta to attend the unveiling of the first hand print carved into the Marmungun Rock to honour Wangaratta’s Citizen of the year. Saturday, 27 May 11am-12.00pm The Marmungun rock Apex Park Wangaratta