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Respect Commitment Responsibility

Principal: Mrs Joanne Ferguson

We meet and learn on Wonaruah Country

Phone: (02) 49 66 2044

Fax: (02) 49 64 1148

Term 4, Week 6 Monday, 18 November 2019

Dates to RemembeR…

Students are committed to doing their

best through cooperating with others

Values Awards

Week 4 Week 5 KB– Ruby Glover Shouna Pinnington

K/1P– Jackson Rodeck Xavier Stuart

1G– Damian Cooper Jonara Hamilton

1/2P– Ivory Thompson

2/3B– Lucas Purkiss Hallie Westbury

3/4J– Hannah Maere Joel Gibson

4/5S– Matilda Trotter Kodi McVey

5/6M– Alison Silva Bella Nichols

6W– Breanna Milson Deegan Cammarata

The evening will run from 5.15pm-8.30pm. 5.15-5.30pm: Arrival and photos 5.30-6.00pm: Presentation (Year 6 and 2 members of their family ONLY) 2020 leaders to run order of events 6.00pm: Dinner (Year 6 and 2 members of their family) 6.45-8.30pm: Disco (Year 5 will join us) Families are welcome to stay for the disco but are not required to. Year 6 students and the 2020 leaders DO NOT pay for their meal.

Each student in Year 6 is allowed to bring with them TWO adult members of their family. The cost is $18 each to cover the cost of the meal. For catering purposes please return the permission slip and payment of $18 pp by Wednesday 27 November, 2019.

Date Events 16 Oct-11

Dec Kindy 2020 Transition Program, Wednesdays Week 1-9, 2-3pm

11-22 Nov Swimming Program, 2-6

19 Nov Inclusive Communities Meeting, 2.15pm

22 Nov Books in homes giving assembly, 12.45pm

26 Nov K-2 BDO Transport Excursion

27 Nov Parent info evening, Yr 7 2020 FGHS

3 Dec Orientation Day Yr 7 2020 FGHS

4 Dec Christmas Concert

6 Dec Stage 3 Big Day Out

10 Dec Presentation Assembly, 10am

11 Dec Stage 2 Big Day Out

12 Dec Year 6 Farewell, 5.15pm

18 Dec STUDENTS LAST DAY 2019

29 Jan 1-6 STUDENTS RETURN 2020

30 Jan KINDERGARTEN COMMENCE 2020

Please remember to return signed note and money to the front office by

Wednesday 27 November, 2019.

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K-2 TRANSPORT EXCURSION / BIG DAY OUT Next Tuesday 26 November, is our K-2 Transport Excursion. Thank you to everyone who has paid on time, I know everyone is very excited! We will be leaving school no later than 9:10am next Tuesday to ensure we don't miss the train. Our excursion will go ahead regardless of the weather so please ensure your child has a school hat and appropriate wet weather gear just in case. A note will be sent home later this week outlining the finer details.

STAGE 2 BIG DAY OUT This year, our Stage 2 students are invited on our Big Day Out to Terrace Strike Zone and Lakeside Pool at Raymond Terrace. We will enjoy a game of ten pin bowling and structured pool activities. This on Wednesday 11 December, 2019 (Week 9). Students will need to bring a hat, drink bottle, swimmers, towel, fruit break, lunch and recess. Please note: NO FOOD WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE PURCHASED AT THE POOL OR STRIKE ZONE. We will be leaving WPS at 9:15am and return to WPS no later than 2:45pm. Please pay $25 to the front office by Friday 6th December 2019.

STAGE 3 BIG DAY OUT Stage 3 Big Day Out will be held on Friday 6 December (Week 8). They will be heading to Hoyts Cinema Greenhills & East Maitland Aquatic Centre. The cost of the BDO is $25. Notes and payment need to be returned by Wednesday 28 November.

SWIMMING PROGRAM As the swimming program was cancelled last week due to the fire danger, the students will be making up the missed time with 1 extra hour of swimming each day this week. Thank you for your understanding in the matter.

TOUCH FOOTBALL On Friday 29 November, students in Stage 2 and 3 will be representing Woodberry Public School at the NRL League Touch Day to be held at Lakeside Sporting Complex, Raymond Terrace. This Gala day will be a non-competitive event and with no scores being recorded on the day. Students are encouraged to have fun and participate. We will meet at WPS at 8.00am to mark roll and organise transport. The event should be finished by 2.30pm. There will be a canteen available on the day. Please see permission notes for other information.

As we are approaching the end of 2019, there will

be NO more borrowing for the rest of the year! This gives us time to get our wonderful school

library in order for the start of 2020, so PLEASE RETURN ALL LIBRARY BOOKS TO THE

LIBRARY ASAP!!

Scholastic Book Club is due back to the front office or LOOP by FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER. There are lots of awesome books & gift ideas for Christmas in this issue… Please let the office know if this is a Christmas present & we will give you a call when it arrives.

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APPLICATION FOR EXTENDED LEAVE – TRAVEL If your child/children are going on holidays for more than three days you must come to the office to fill in an application for extended leave as per the Department’s attendance policy. Also if you will be on holidays when school resumes in 2020 you must fill out this application for extended leave now. Please come to the office to enquire and fill in this form before the end of the year.

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES MEETING Our next Inclusive Communities parent meeting will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 19 November at 2.15pm in the Place of Friends. We will be discussing how the 2019 school year ran with fundraising and special events and what changes can be made in 2020. All welcome to attend!!

TEA TOWEL FUNDRAISER Our Term 4 fundraiser is nearly here!!! ALL students K-6 have designed a portrait of themselves which has been reduced onto a large tea towel (please see actual design below). We have

ordered ONLY 150 TEA TOWELS at a cost of

$15.00 each where purchase will be on a first in best dressed basis. Payment can be made at the front office either by cash or card. These will be a perfect Christmas present. Please keep an eye out for our flyer once we know an estimated date of arrival!!! PLEASE NOTE THAT NO PAYEMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL TEA TOWELS ARRIVE!!!

PAPERLESS NEWSLETTER 2020 Here at Woodberry Public School we are going paperless for our fortnightly newsletter in 2020. Our newsletter is currently available to view at any time on our Woodberry Public School Website, Facebook Page, SkoolBag App and via email. We understand that not everyone has access to internet so a paper copy of our newsletter can be collected from the school front office each fortnight. If you wish to receive our newsletter via email in 2020, please complete and return note attached to the back page of this week’s newsletter to the front office by Friday 6 December, 2019 (Term 4, Week 8). Thank you for your support with this.

At Woodberry Public School we use SkoolBag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our Parent/Student community. If you haven't already, we are asking parents to install our SkoolBag App... To install the FREE App, just search for ‘SkoolBag’ in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Once in the App add “Woodberry Public School” to subscribe. We use SkoolBag to communicate with parents for all upcoming events, school information & Newsletters.

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CHECKMATE Woodberry’s year of chess came to a conclusion on Wednesday 6 November with our Rookie and Knight teams competing in the regional Primary Schools Final at Broadmeadow PCYC. Both teams of four players progressed to the final after coming 3rd in their respective Maitland Schools Tournaments. Before we discuss the regional final we should mention the Upper Hunter Primary Schools One Day Chess Tournament where our 3 best went to Singleton to face off against 21 other teams. The Woodberry Team of Ryan Jordaan, Luke Ryan and Josh Hardy came away with another 3rd place receiving medals and a trophy for their troubles. That brought the record to 3 tournaments and 3 third place finishes. Not bad for our first year of competition. This brings us to the regional final… Both teams finished in the middle of the pack. A very respectable performance by all. I’ll give the final words to some of our competitors. ON THE REGIONAL FINAL: Excited to be there! Got better throughout the day. (Mathew Fleming) Good challenge! There were some difficult players. (Luke Ryan) Stressful, fun, exciting, good players & challenging. (Daniel Omand) Loved it! Nice people. Good to meet the different people. (Jayden Cooper) Challenging. Making us think a lot. Slept well that night. (Ryan Jordaan)

ON THE YEAR OF CHESS: Great experience. Can’t wait to do it in High School. (Josh Hardy) Awesome! Funniest time at school. (Mathew Fleming) Learnt to lose with grace… sometimes. (Jaiden Cooper)

Our school canteen is open on

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAYS!

The canteen will be open for the Christmas Concert on Wednesday 4 December, selling snacks & drinks between 5.15- 6.00pm.

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MERIT AWARDS

VALUES AWARDS

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

BANNERS & MEDALS

SPECIAL AWARDS

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PAPERLESS NEWSLETTER 2020

Here at Woodberry Public School we are going paperless for our fortnightly newsletter in 2020. Our newsletter is currently available to view at any time on our Woodberry Public School Website, Facebook Page, SkoolBag App and via email. We understand that not everyone has access to internet so a paper copy of our newsletter can be collected from the school front office each fortnight.

If you wish to receive our newsletter via email in 2020 please fill in information below:

Email Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

Name of parent/carer: ____________________________________________________________________

Name of student/s: _______________________________________________________________________

Class: ________________________________________

Please complete and return to the front office by Friday 6 December, 2019 (Term 4, Week 8).