Newsletter Term 1 Week 5 - Willoughby Public School

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Swimming Carnival PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss. Small minds discuss people. E. Roosevelt Congratulations to all our swimmers for showing sportsmanship and enthusiasm at the swimming carnival. Well done to the teams who cheered them on and thank you to Juliet Spence and Nancy Lindley (team leaders) and all our staff and parents/carers who helped out in many and varied ways – great job everyone. See later in the Newsletter for results. Welcome Morning Tea It was terrific that so many parents and carers came to the welcome morning tea last Friday. I hope you got to know some new people and you learnt some more about the school from our Year 1 parents/carers. Thank you for all the very positive comments about our fabulous staff and school. Thank you to our wonderful P&C President Penny Hackett and Vice President Vicki Thirwell and all our hard working Year 1 parents and carers for providing the delicious morning tea. New Sports Uniform We have had a delivery of the new red and yellow sport shirts and shorts. They look terrific and will be available for sale from tomorrow Friday 1 March. A stall will be set up near the uniform shop. Shorts will be $20, shirts $27—cash preferred. Orders can be placed for the blue and green sports shirts. We will let everyone know as soon as they arrive. Staff Development Days The staff will be making changes to their staff development days at the end of the year. The last two days for staff are 19 and 20 December – both these days are staff development days – no students at school. Instead of working the above two days staff will be working on Saturday 1 June and another Saturday 1 November 2013. Interrelate Year 6 students have commenced their Interrelate program. Students will be attending four sessions of this program which is designed to help enhance self-esteem, consolidate previous sexuality education and help develop communication and decision making skills. It explores a range of issues in greater depth, offering a comprehensive sexuality program designed specifically for this important time in senior primary school student’s lives. A wide variety of creative activities and teaching methods are used during this program. These include – discussions, student’s questions – written and oral, role plays, games and other activities. Feedback from the program implementation has been very positive. HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE SCHOOLKIDS BONUS? Do you know about the Schoolkids Bonus? It is a new cash payment to help eligible families and students with the costs of primary and secondary school studies. Around 1.2 million families have already benefitted from the first wave of payments in January 2013 – have you? If you receive a family or income support payment, including Family Tax Benefit Part A, you could be eligible to receive $410 a year for each primary student and $820 a year for each secondary
student, with half paid in January and half paid in July. The Schoolkids Bonus replaces the Education Tax Refund (ETR) and is a much simpler system. You no longer need to collect receipts and payments are made automatically so you don’t have to wait months to make a claim via your tax return. Unlike the ETR you can choose how you use the payment to best support your children’s education – whether it be school books, stationery, uniforms, school fees, or excursions. Check your eligibility by visiting australia.gov.au/schoolkidsbonus and if you think you might have missed out on the January payment, contact Centrelink – either in person at a Centrelink-Medicare Office or by calling 132 468. Movies and books Is your child a reluctant reader? Why not try helping them find the book that goes with a movie or DVD they’ve enjoyed, or are about to see. Encouraging your child to read can help them to build their imagination. For tips and ideas: http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/homework-and-study/ english/my-book-club/how-movies-can-inspire-kids-to-read Rainforest creatures Experience Taronga Zoo's stunning Wild Asia rainforest trail guided by volunteer researcher Heidi Greentree. Rainforest Heroes is a new, free iPad app that lets students capture their discoveries, on location at the zoo or from home, and then make a field report. Find out more about the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taronga-zoo-rainforest-heroes/id558373157?ls=1&mt=8 Fitter, healthier, happier Go4Fun is a free lifestyle program being run across NSW towns. For 7-13 year-old children who are above a healthy weight, activities aim for a long-lasting and healthy approach to living and are suitable for both kids and their families. To make an enquiry: http://healthykids.nsw.gov.au/ campaigns-programs/go4fun%C2%AE-program.aspx Coles Sports in Schools’ 2012 Vouchers Thirteen boxes of sports equipment arrived at WPS last week thanks to the ‘Coles Sports in Schools’ vouchers from 2012. We received a variety of equipment including tennis balls, soccer balls, basketballs, cricket bats, cricket stumps, AFL goal posts, ball launchers, high bouncy balls, joey (K-2) cricket sets and pink soft balls… just to name some of it. A huge thank you to all the families who collected and handed in vouchers last year and the parent volunteers (the fabulous Shirley and Melissa) who helped coordinate the collection of vouchers. It really makes a big difference to our sports equipment and sport programs.
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