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WHAT’S ON AT WWPS?

WEEK 5Monday 17 AugustSpeeches due for Public Speaking Comp

Wednesday 19 August NPBS Maths Comp

TERM 3 – WEEK 4 – 2020PRINCIPAL’S REPORTWelcome parents to our latest edition of our Newsletter. As you can see throughout this edition we have been extremely busy over the past fortnight.Newcastle OOSHLast week the panel and I met to select an OOSH provider for our school. I am excited to announce that we have secured an OOSH provider through a tender process. OOSH Newcastle will be starting at our school in Term 4, they will provide outstanding before/after and vacation care for students at Wangi Wangi Public School. Please look out for details coming to you in the following weeks on how to enrol in the service. It will operate on site, out of our school hall. OOSH Newcastle currently have many successful services operating across the Hunter, including at Merewether Heights PS, Mt Hutton PS and Glendale East PS. https://ooshnewcastle.com.au/ Australian Primary Principal’s DayI would like to thank our whole school community and wonderful students for all of your incredibly kind words last Friday, which was the Australian Primary Principal’s Day. I was thrilled to have all of our students present handmade cards and to receive 4 FISH awards at a special Friday assembly. I am incredibly lucky to be the leader of such a kind, caring and dynamic school. My job is made very enjoyable by having such dedicated and thoughtful students and a team of professional colleagues working along side me each day.Tell Them From Me Parent SurveyCan I please ask parents to take some time and participate in this year’s TTFM parent survey. At Wangi Wangi Public School we analyse and use the results of this survey to see what aspects are working well at school and to identify areas where we can improve. The parent survey is anonymous and helps to clarify and strengthen the important relationship between parent and school. The following link will give you quick access to the survey,http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/WWPS How can schools use the data?The survey data can help schools:• understand parents’ perspectives on their children’s experience at school, including teaching, communication and the school’s support of learning and behaviour• understand parents’ perspectives on activities and practices at home related to their children’s learning• provide evidence of areas of strength to support self-assessment and reporting• engage the school community in discussions to identify strategic directions for school improvement• establish improvement measures and help schools track achievement against themTim Lewis

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3/4M have been using the fabulous spheros in technology. They got to design their own race tracks, build their tracks in real life and use them to race one another.

3/4M have been loving drama this term. They are all engaged, engrossed and eager participants in drama lessons this week. They have been learning and testing out dramatic techniques of voice and characterisation. They have also been working tirelessly on their acting ensemble rehearsing Matilda the Musical. They cannot wait to stage this one!

They have also been working hard on their persuasive writing. Here are some of our super star writers who got to visit Mr Lewis’s WOW Work Wall, to show off their persuasive writing!

Miss Molloy’s Art Club has been a real hit. We have been focusing on portrait drawing techniques, to create these stunning artworks. They have also been developing their painting skills in a lesson which focussed on the techniques of blending, to create a stunning sunset artwork.

YEAR 3/4

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Meet our debating team - Tynan, Gabby, Regan and Shaye. These four students were selected after two trials, one in which all interested students prepared and presented an argument and one in which they had to summarise and rebut an argument of mine. All students who auditioned for the team should be commended for their efforts. Our team will share their debating experiences via our Newsletter throughout the year.Mrs Peterson

MERIT AWARDEES Week 3

CONGRATULATIONS

Imogen Jensen - Always putting 100% effort into her readingRegan Baldwin - Sounding out unknown words and rereadingMadison Campbell-Cook - Red hot go in writing/handwritingKorbin Casey - Meaningful contibutions to class discussionsSam Blackford - Original ideas in persuasive writing lessonsBalin Wilsn - Writing interesting, detailed persuasive texts

Mia- Jane Johnson - Being in the moment to be a “switched on” learnerLuke Ellis - Choosing efficient numeracy stategies

Ayda Ferguon - Great use of convincing modal languageLayla Harrison - High level of interest & participation in maths

Seamus McDowell - Improvement in writing. Carly Walters - Being a kind and friendly student.

Elliot Tabone - Demonstrating a positive attitude towards learningTaleiah Eather - Beautiful manners and a consistent positive work ethicCohen Nelson - Incredibly kind to all, always displaying a positive and

resilient attitude

FISH! AWARDEES Week 3

Lydia Pursell - Choosing a positive attitude all the timeLiam Edgerton - Creative in Drama lessons

imohgen Alo - Positive attitude and kindness to othersLiliy Shearer - Settleing in well in 3/4 by working co-operatively with

everyoneHannah Cook - Showing a great atitude towards learning and persisting

with challenging tasks

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DEBATING

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CONGRATULATIONS

Finn Winter - trying really hard to focus when readingAleigha Kruger - enthusiasm for Maths

Blair Barry - being a sight words superstar!Tara Holden - applying self positvely to reading

Sofia Harouchar - experimenting with different strategies in MathsEmma Hales - writing more detailed persuasive texts

Azaylia Herbert - persistent effort & improved success in literacyZyla Sellars - consistent effort in all classroom tasks

Birrani Towney - enthusiastic approach towards STEM lessonsLachlan Murray - always giving his best in class & always eager & ready to learn

Mitchell Cavell-Hall - commitment to all areas of learningRegan Bender - being a quiet achiever who applies herself at all timesXavier Flanagan - outstanding attitude and commitment to learning

Ciera Martin - displaying a positive attitude to all aspects of school lifeRiley Evans - fantastic effort in Literacy groups

Nixon Swift - always being ready to learnLeon Smith - positive attitude / ready to learn

Cooper Sullivan - choose your attitudeWil Campbell - “Being there” to be a great learning model

Seraphina Hall - taking responsibilty for her own & others belongings by tidying up after herself and others to keep our classroom tidyKaleb Hamilton - enthusiastic and focused attitude in Maths

FISH! AWARDEES Week 4

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All WWPS classes were set up on Class Dojo during the ‘learning at home’ phase. Due to positive

feedback from parents and carers, we are continuing to use Class Dojo as a means of communication and to share glimpses of student learning. This week teachers also sent individual photos of award

recipients via Dojo. If you have not yet signed up or have

forgotten your password, please contact your child’s teacher so

that they can help you.

Remember

to bring your

speech for next week’s

Public Speaking

Competition!

MERIT AWARDEES Week 4

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On Mondays and Tuesdays at recess, a group of dedicated students from years 3-5 have been engaging in STEM activities with Miss Baillache. STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, - allows students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills while working collaboratively. We have been learning how to code Circuit Playgrounds (a little circuit board you can code to do almost anything!). Students have made sirens, lights that turn on by clapping, night lights and even a temperature gauge. Students have also been learning how to code and drive our awesome Spheros. Next week, students will be working on making a game using our Circuit Playgrounds which we would love to get some of our infants students to try out! Watch this space! Miss Baillache

STEM CLUB

MATHEMATICSWe are now in our fourth week of Maths Groups, which means that we will be assessing student learning and achievement next week. This is exciting for both teachers and students. It is exciting for teachers because we can measure and evaluative the effectiveness of our teaching. The excitement for students comes from being able to see their growth. Students will place their post-test avatar on their class data wall and compare it to where their pre-test avatar was placed, which gives them a clear visual representation of how much they have learnt and improved throughout the five week cycle. I have been fortunate enough to get in and team teach with different teachers during the Maths block over the past few weeks. I am impressed and proud of the consistent practice that we are establishing across our school in this area. Seeing students engage in daily Number Talks, where they share and develop flexible strategies has been a highlight for me. There is nothing better than seeing students’ ‘crunchy eyebrows’ turn into ‘ah-ha moments’!Danni Peterson - Assistant Principal

On Wednesday morning the PBL group walked to Dobell Park to observe the area for our Making A Space for Change project. We got to experience what it is like to be a designer in the beginning the stages of design by photographing the things we want to change and add to our new environmentally sustainable design of Dobell Park. We also had a little fun whilst we were there. Laicey, Gabby and Shaye

PROJECT BASED LEARNING

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COMMUNITY MESSAGES

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