Wentworth Falls Public School Newsletter

Wentworth Falls Public School 24 May 2018

Falls Road, Wentworth Falls NSW 2782 * Tel: 0247571604 * Fax: 0247573927 * Ley Wighton Relieving Principal Email: wentwthfal-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s report 1

Awards, Futsal Report 2

Stage 1 Local Walk 3

Library Happenings 4

Canteen Corner 5

P&C News 6-8

Inside this issue:

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 2. 2018

May 25 Zone Cross Country 29 ICAS Science

June 1 Stg 2 Hyde Park Barracks 6 Stg 1 Rouse Hill ( 2M & 2P) 7 Stg 1 Rouse Hill (1C, 1M &

1/2PS) 15 Newcombe Ball Gala Day 18 FOIM Opera House 25 P&C Meeting 7.30pm 29 Athletics Carnival

July 2 NAIDOC week PROMS Rehearsal 4 Dion Drummond 6 Last day of Term

Proudly celebrating 131 years of continued excellence in Public Education

From the Principal.. We were treated to an entertaining Mother’s Day Raffle draw at the Monday morning assembly on the 14

th of May. And the morning was

additionally pleasing in that so many members of our community were prize winners. I hope you are enjoying those wonderful hampers! Thanks again to our amazing community who support us in so many ways. We are currently looking at purchasing netbooks and iPads for the technology focused funds that were raised in the Fun Run. This equipment will allow more children to access applications, robotics, undertake research and use technology and the web, in a purposeful way that connects to their learning. We are also purchasing some film equipment. Seven teachers will be staying back at school next Tuesday evening for a professional learning session on movie making in the classroom. This course, ‘Future Film Stars’ comes with great reviews from a number of Sydney schools, and teachers from neighboring schools will be attending as well. We are very happy to be able to host this professional learning session here at Wenty. NAPLAN last week went smoothly and students were calm and settled during the test sessions. It was so impressive how students took this in their stride and approached NAPLAN with a great attitude. Congratulations to Year 3 and 5 students for your mature approach!

Stage 1 classes enjoyed their ‘Captain Murray’ excursion last week. What a great opportunity to explore our local community and connect our environment to our learning. A huge thanks to Mrs Salins whose efforts made this such as wonderful day. The Kindergarten students had a wonderful day at Calmsley Hill Farm last Friday. Feeling very grown up, they boarded the bus and headed off to their first school excursion. Students milked a cow and were delighted at the ability of a kelpie to round up sheep! What a day! You will be receiving your child’s report at the end of this term, and the reports will have a different look this year. Mrs Moore and the Assessment and Reporting Committee members Mrs Bones, Mrs Murphy and Mrs Bond, have been working diligently on many aspects of our assessment and reports and I’d like to recognise their fine work. A reminder about lost property. With the chilly mornings, our jumpers are on first thing, but are often removed during play and more and more jumpers are ending up in lost property. Please label clothing so that it returns to its owner.

Ley Wighton, Relieving Principal

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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Principal’s Awards

WEEK 3 Term 2

KB excursion

KF excursion

K/1M Lily

1C Caleb

1/2PS Emil

2M William

2P Ella

3/4/M Maddie

34MU Marley

3/4E Araminta

3/4H Josh

5/6B Hamish

5/6F Giulietta

5/6H Louis

5/6Z Kirrilly

PBL Awards

WEEK 3 Term 12

KB Henry

KF Sequoia

K/1M Sasha

1C McKenzie

1/2PS Ethen

2M Clementine

2P Ida

3/4/M Max

34MU Angel

3/4E Audrey

3/4H Lilian

5/6B Hannah

5/6F Elliot

5/6H Rocco

5/6Z Tehya

PBL Awards

WEEK 4 Term 2

KB Esperance

KF Hudson

K/1M Alan

1C Lucy

1/2PS Lucinda

2M Meredith

2P Olga

3/4M None awarded

34MU William

3/4E Jade

3/4H Finn

5/6B Archie

5/6F Aleesha

5/6H Charlotte

5/6Z Kenta

Principal’s Awards

WEEK 2 Term 2

KB Sofia

KF Uanee

K/1M Olivia

1C Ryder

1/2PS Evelyn

2M Rosie

2P Owen

3/4/M April

34MU Henry

3/4E Harry

3/4H Josh

5/6B Mimi

5/6F Malakai

5/6H Louis

5/6Z Aiden

Stage 2 PSSA Futsal

Stage Two participated in the PSSA Futsal Gala Day on Friday the 18th of May. 31 keen and enthusiastic young futsal players turned up bright and early at school to catch the bus to Katoomba Aquatic Centre. With plenty of time before kick-off, Wenty decided to intimidate our arriving opposition by running through a series of warm up drills prior to the official kick off. Our teams played their hardest and fairest for a combined total of 25 games in one day! Our Year 3 and 4 boys played well in their games and both came third in their respective age pools. The Year 3 and 4 girls teams both made it into their grand finals and played really well to finish runner-ups for the day. Great fun was had by all and Wenty should be proud to win the self-appointed "Best cheer squad award". Josh McGrath, Stage 2 Futsal Coordinator/enthusiast

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Stage 1

Local History Walk to THE SANDPATCH,

Wentworth falls

Captain Murray Captain James Somerville Murray lived in the 1800s. Year 2 went on an excursion to Jamison Valley and then we went to Sandpatch in Wentworth Falls where Captain Murray’s family had lived. Rosalie

The Sandpatch Last Wednesday we went on an excursion to Sandpatch. We went as soon as we could. On the way we saw Hannah’s house. It used to be a tea room. We went down to Jamison Valley lookout and saw the Went-worth Falls. When we got there we did some activities. Here are some that we did: museum, artefacts and the well. Ida

History Walk It was a sunny day and cold, and there was a lot of people, we went to the Jamison look-out. Then we went to Sandpatch and looked at a horse stable, looked at a well and we dug artefacts. Clinton

Captain Murray – Lilla Murray The glorious days of Captain James Somerville Murray. Born in the early 1800s. When he was 18 or 15 that's when his story began. In 2018 I went on an excursion. In the morning last Wednesday Year 1 and Year 2 walked with their clas-ses. The first stop was my best friend's house. It was a tearoom! Then we walked to the Jamison Valley. It was as beautiful as a butterfly! The Princes from England saw it as well! Next stop Sandpatch! We most enjoyed Sandpatch, because we learned a lot about Captain James Sommer-ville Murray and Lilla Murray (Captain James Somerville Murray wife) it was the most fun I have had in ages!

The Story Walk In the morning we went down past Jamison Valley. We went with 12PS and 2M. We were going to the Sandpatch. We did a few activities. I found the biggest object in the treasure hunt. At lunchtime we had yummy scones with runny cream and jam. After lunch time we walk down Falls Road into the school and went home. Douglas

When we went to ‘Murray’s House’ we went to the lookout first. When we walked to sandpatch we did some activ-ities to learn about Captain Murray and his fami-ly. I liked looking at the brick well and the melted glass and bottles. Ewen

A very special thanks to the many parents who escorted Stage 1 students on our history walk. The children appreciate more than you realise the extra adults who show such a keen interest in their learning!

Stage 1 students and teachers especially thank Mrs and Mr Salins, and Mr and Mrs Partington (senior) for guiding our learning at Sandpatch. Year 2 were lucky to have a talk from Mrs Buckland, your home’s history sounds a treat

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Proudly celebrating 131 years of continued excellence in Public Education

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P & C NEWS

Fundraising update It definitely feels like the P & C has been very busy with fundraising so far this term – we have been wrapping up the fun run money and prizes, we have new convenors in the canteen, there was the Mothers’ Day stall and raffle and then the disco. We have even sold lemons, limes and rhubarb from the school garden. Very many people to thank – David Roberts for working without elves to package up all the fun run prizes, Nina Tuason and her bunch of vollies for the jars and stall, Michelle Doake for the amazing Mothers’ Day raffle and Nat O’Conner, David Roberts, Vera Wong and the many, many parents who pitched in to make the disco a rocking success. The disco raised $3000, the Mother’s Day stall made $980 and the Mother’s Day Raffle made $1271.50 – report follows. At the P & C we like to spend money just about as much as we like to raise it – perhaps a little more. If you missed the last P & C meeting the news is: we have approved a new high quality PA system for the pebblecrete so not only will everyone be able to hear what is said at assemblies but we will also have the capacity to mic student performance and even Artfest bands. We approved a new set of ipads for Stage 1 and new film making equipment for Stage 2 to use for their Films by the Falls festival entries. We are also buying a set of permanent soccer goals for the field and a temporary set too. Finally, the P & C has approved new shelving and new furniture for our fabulous library (Mrs Halse is going to have more than a few retail therapy credits up her sleeve once she’s done her purchasing). And so for the rest term P & C business gets back to its normal more manageable steady hum of running the canteen and cafe, pulling out weeds, selling uniforms and whatever else David Roberts gets up to - unless you are one of the wonder-ful people who has joined the Artfest Committee whose organising wheels have just begun to turn for the year…

Mothers’ Day Stall and Raffle Thank you to everyone who made this year’s Mothers’ Day Stall a great success! The first thank you must be given to all the families who brought jars back to school to fill. We had over 150 jars returned to school this year! Every jar brought back is money saved for the next stall and less waste going to landfill. We have a lot to be proud of! There are many individuals to be thanked for making the stall possible, but we need to start by thanking Nina Tuason who is the inspiration and motivating force behind our school’s unique Mother’s days jars. Thank you to Elise Okunew for counting up all the money, writing on all the extra raffle tickets and separating out the money for the raffle and the jars. It was an enormous amount of work. We recycle as many jars as we can, but because many never make it back to school we do have to buy new ones. Once again we have Jason and Monique Cronshaw to thank for picking up the new jars from the city. A special mention must also be given to Fiona Gibson and Nicole Jack for recycling over 60 jars between them!

316 jars were filled and decorated over 3 days by a wonderful group of women. Thank you to Monique Cronshaw, Jo Griffith, Naumi Hogan, Kate Holden, Fenny James, Neige Manwaring, Philippa Matthews, Sandie Naumann, Simone Poulter, Michi Sparks and Jo Stewart.

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The next job was transporting all the jars to school and selling them, and for this we need to thank: Sarah Buckland, Monique Cronshaw, Erica Gander, Agnes Ivony, Nicole Jack, Keris Macarthur, Renee Miller, Elise Okunew, Simone Poulter, Sally Shargorodsky, Jo Stewart, Lloyd Swanton, and David Roberts for providing the music to make the stall even more lively! We also need to thank Amanda Pole for donating the lavender oil for the bath salts, Jane Cleary for making templates for cutting the fabric, and David Mellor from D’vine Cellars and Serene Dirani from Falls Food Hall for all the boxes we collected to transport the jars to school. We still have 50 jars that will be sold at Open Day and other days, but so far the Mothers’ Day jars have made $980.62 for our school. We must also put out an ENORMOUS thank you to Michelle Doake for organising the Mothers’ Day Raffle this year. The raffle raised $1271.50. The seven raffle prize winners were (in prize order): Danielle Kistan, Gwenda French, Julie Guyer, Stephanie Peitsch, Sandie Naumann, Beth Champion and Sarah Elliott. Hope the prize winning mum’s are enjoying those prizes because you all much deserve them.

Thanks again to the many business that supported the raffle: The Grandview Hotel, Season Sushi, D’Vine Cel-

lars, Kate’s Just Gorgeous, Lily’s Pad, Schwartz’s Bakery, Lash Drama, United Cinemas, Big W (McKenzie

Lawyers), Dillinger’s Nursery, Blue Mountains Food Co-op, Home Hardware and Maprang Thai. There are

also items from it’s the little things, Fish and Fowl, Jo’s Pop Culture, Quidditas, Megalong Books, Paper Ele-

phant, Lauren Halse, Vera Wong, Zoe Field, Karen Louis, Annie Partington, Josephan’s Fine Chocolates,

Home Hardware, Blue Mountains Ugg Boots, Gingham and Wax, Gifts-N-Things and Big W. Heathercote

and Ivory soaps, organic teas, bodum cups, IKOU oil burner, cake stand, Blind Tiger Organic Gin from Leura

Cellars, WFPS Art Cards and more.

Wanted: Artfest Publicity/Copywriter

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We would love to find someone within the school community with some experience to help with publicity for Artfest this year. This role has traditional involved writing two articles for the local newspaper and a few blog posts. If you have some skill in this area your abilities would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Sandie on craft@bluemountainsartfest.net.au if you can assist.

Café Canteena News flash: we have a fresh batch of mint hot chocolate! We are open every Monday morning real coffee how you like it ($3 or $3.50 large or double), chai ($3) and hot chocolates ($2) are on the menu. 50c off coffee if you byo a keep cup. We have skim, soy and decaf.

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WFPS iPhone/Android APP

Our free school App is available for download from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, searching by the school’s name.

Initially you will need to logon to the app with the following details:

Username – community

Password – wentworthfallsps

You will then be able to select the groups for which you wish to receive notifications (ie: select either ALL or choose the relevant Stage groups for your children).

The App is an excellent way to be informed of up coming excursions, events and the newsletter. An alert is sent if an excursion delayed. Student absences can be submitted through the App.

Clothing Pool

Thank you to the parents and carers who have been supporting the clothing pool through your purchases this year. We have a huge range of sizes of polo fleece jumpers especially sizes 12, 14, and 16 at $10. Hairbands made from recycled uniforms - a parent (Tina) has kindly and creatively made some amazing hairbands that will be for sale for $5 each at the clothing pool – while stocks last. There are three types, hairband, scrunchie and hair elastic. Opening times for Term 2 :

Change of open days from June Starting in June, the Clothing Pool will now be open on Fridays not Wednesdays. Open time: Friday :8.20-8:45 inside foyer of classroom 1C. We accept cash only.

Next P & C meeting will on Monday the 25th June at 7.30pm in the school hall. All welcome.

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Thank you Mr Roberts for sorting out all of the Fun Run prizes. I’m sure all the children enjoyed receiving them. Thanks again for all the support the school received from our wonderful families and community.