Wahroonga Public School’s Newsletter THE BUSH TELEGRAPH Thursday 9 August 2012 Term 3, Week 4
Inside this Issue PRINCIPAL‘S PROSE
____3 BOOK WEEK/ BOOK FAIR We are having a Book Fair next Thursday, 16 August 2012. Parents, Chess News grandparents and friends are invited to choose a book to donate to the ____4 library. Books are priced from $10 to $40. Drop into the library anytime on Deputy Principal News that day.
____8 This year’s Book Week will be a low key affair with the teachers Library News & Choir News concentrating on the School Concerts. However, we are having an author and an illustrator work with the students during the Book Week period. ____9 We have been promoting the Children’s Book Council Short Listed books. ICT News CHOIR AT SYDNEY TOWN HALL ____10 A highlight of our Education Week activities was the senior choir’s WPS Writing Wall participation in the massed choral works at the ArtsNorth performance at
____11 the Sydney Town Hall last Thursday. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance. The evening was a showcase of the musical talent of public P & C News & Canteen News schools in Northern Sydney. Having the event in such a beautiful hall was ____12 justified by the high standard of the presentation. Thanks to Mrs Piper for Banking News preparing the choir, Mrs Voysey and Mrs Moxham for assisting on the evening, Mrs Flynn, Miss Miller and Mrs Gilchrist who attended the event. ____13 Band News CHESS SEASON Congratulations to our School Chess Teams on their season. Our A team ____14 won their division and our B team came third in their division. This is a Uniform Shop News wonderful effort. Mr Jones, our volunteer Chess Coach, has written a report for our newsletter on page 3. EVENTS FOR NEXT WEEK Tuesday 14 August I want to thank Evan Jones for another year as our Chess Coach. Evan is a Years 3‐6 ICAS Mathematics wonderful person for volunteering twice a week for this. He coaches on Tuesdays, organises transport, afternoon tea, adjudicates and does the Thursday 16 August paperwork for the Friday afternoon matches. Mrs Flynn assists on Yr 3‐6 Assembly (5M & KD Item), Tuesdays for the coaching sessions. His children have long since left the 8:45am ‐ 5:00 pm Book Fair school but he has stayed on for many years in this role. If you are interested in assisting Evan please let me know. Monday 20 August Book Week Yrs 3‐6 Workshops SCHOOL CONCERT Most parents have returned their initial application for School Concert Wednesday 22‐24 August tickets. We will be getting back to you soon with the outcome of the Years 5 & 6 Aussie Bush Camp application and with any tickets that will be available for the matinee performances. Tuesday 28 August Book Week K‐2 Workshops P&C MEETING The P&C meeting is on tonight at 7:00 PM in the staffroom. Everyone is Wednesday 29 August welcome. Mrs Carlos is coming to the meeting for the first 15 minutes to Zone Athletics Narrabeen talk about the NSW Teachers Federation’s position on the NSW Government’s program Local Schools Local Decisions.
1 PARENT INFORMATION MEETINGS I am presenting a parent information session on “Knowledge & Learning” at 6:00 PM this evening in the School Library if you want to come along. The P&C meeting will be held directly after this meeting at 7:00 PM in the staffroom. Mrs Carlos will be presenting a talk for parents on computer education on Thursday 20 September 2012 at 10:15 AM and again at 6:00 PM. These talks will be held in ICT 1 (Block V), which is Mrs Carlos’ room. In Term 4, there will be information meetings on mathematics education.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Today the Athletics Carnival is on and I will write more about this next week. Good luck to all our competitors.
LANGUAGE CLASSES ON THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL A private operator of after school language instruction is interested in offering a class or classes on Thursdays depending on demand. They might offer French, Italian, Spanish or German depending on your response. Attached to this e‐mail is a letter from the company seeking expressions of interest. Another operator runs Chinese language classes on Thursdays and these are going well.
PAUSE, PROMT AND PRAISE Pause, Prompt & Praise is a simple technique that, used well, will support your child to practise his/her reading and to develop more reading confidence.
The principle of Pausing – then Prompting – and then Praising is very useful to remember and apply anytime your child is reading aloud to you. Teachers and trained tutors often use a more structured version of this principle but the following tips can help you to try it out when reading with your child at home.
The 3Ps technique is best used when your child is reading and ‘gets stuck’ on words that they can’t read or are new to them. When your child encounters words that are difficult for them to read, the 3Ps technique will allow him/her the opportunity to have another go, self‐correct, or if needed, find out (be told) what the problem word is.
Two important things to remember from the outset when using Pause, Prompt & Praise • The goal of reading is to understand (make sense of) what is read, so always keep this in mind when you are prompting and praising your child. • Try to ensure that you are relaxed, interested and supportive, which in turn will help your child feel OK when they make mistakes or just can’t work out a word and need to be told what it is. At home this technique will work best when your child is reading a text that is well matched to their reading level, which is where your child can easily read most of the words in the text and only falters on occasional words. Before reading, make sure that you are both comfortable and can clearly see the text your child is reading.
Pause Once your child starts reading aloud, carefully follow the text as they read. If your child comes to a word they don’t know try not to jump in straight away and supply the correct word. Wait and give your child time to work out the word. In the first instance ‘pausing’ creates an opportunity for your child to try and self‐correct or work out the word for him/herself.
Prompt If your child successfully supplies the word they have stumbled over it’s a good idea to suggest that he/she goes back to the beginning of the sentence and re‐reads the whole sentence again (to recap meaning) before reading on. If your child has not independently worked out the problem word, at this point you may intervene and prompt them with some quick, low‐key suggestions about what they could do. Say things like: – Try reading on for a sentence or two, miss out the difficult word and see if that helps you to work it out what it is. – Look at the sound the word begins with, use that clue and think about what might make sense here. Look at the pictures and see if they give you a clue to what the word might be. – Go back to the beginning of the sentence, re‐read it and have another go at working it out.
If prompts like these are not working, this is the point at which you simply tell your child the correct word. Try not to spend too much time prompting as your child will find it difficult to maintain the overall meaning of what they are reading. 2 Praise This is the easiest part of the process for any parent because it’s something that comes naturally. Praise your child’s reading efforts and successes whenever you think it is appropriate during the reading process. As well as praising their effort it is often good to tell them why. For example you might say:
– Well done, I thought it was brilliant the way that you went back, re‐read the sentence from the beginning and worked out that word you were having trouble with. – That was great reading tonight, you worked out some pretty tricky ones for yourself. Well done.
John Benton Principal [email protected]
CHESS NEWS This year Wahroonga Public School entered two teams in the NSW Junior Chess League interschool competition, which ran for nine weeks during Term 2 and 3. Both teams had an enjoyable and successful season.
Team A finished the season with an excellent record of seven wins, one bye and one narrow loss, scoring 31.5 out of a possible 36 points to win their division, 4.5 points clear of the second placed team. The squad of Tomas T, Ethan H, Nithin M, Sophie S and Thomas H proved to be extremely well‐balanced, with every player winning the vast majority of their matches, as evidenced by the team scoring five 4‐0 walk‐over wins.
Team B finished the season with an impressive record of five wins, three losses, and one bye, to score 24.5 points out of a possible 36, which placed them third in their division, 5.5 points behind the division winners. Of the squad of Mi‐ cah Z, June S, Lukas H, Oscar B, Hamish M, Sean N and Craig H, only June and Oscar had interschool experience at the season’s start, so the result far exceeded our expectations. The team was competitive against all comers, and every team member contributed to the final score. It was particularly pleasing to see the veteran players and newcomers gel into such an effective team.
In addition to achieving fine results, it was most pleasing to observe the excellent behaviour of our team members. They have managed to exhibit enthusiasm, resilience in adversity and an attitude of respect for opposition, team‐ mates and supervisors throughout the season. We would like to congratulate them on a splendid effort.
Finally, we would like to offer a heartfelt thanks to Mrs Hayley Bicknell for her generous assistance with transport and supervision throughout the season. Fielding teams would have been virtually impossible without her energetic sup‐ port.
Evan Jones
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FROM DEPUTY PRINCIPAL NEW STUDENT TO WAHROONGA PUBLIC SCHOOL This week we welcome a new student to our school, Elvis C to 3Q. We hope you enjoy your time at Wahroonga Public School.
2ND PLACE FOR YOUNG ICT EXPLORERS AWARDS We are very proud to announce that one of our teams Jono S, James C and Sean E from Year 6 were awarded 2nd place in the Finals of the Young ICT Explorers awards which was held at the University of New South Wales on Saturday against 16 finalists from other schools. All boys received and ipod nano and a certificate and made Wahroonga Public very proud due to their fine conduct and behaviour on the day. Judged by experts in the field of Information Computer Technology (ICT) the boys’ robot program was given overwhelming praise for its interest and innovation. A special con‐ gratulations to the other representatives from our school, Thomas K, Marcus M, Nicholas G and Lachlan S who made computer games and embedded them into a website and Kyle who make an information bearing website on an animal. A special thank you to Mr Tomlins and Mrs Carlos, the school’s specialised ICT teachers who have been working with the students each Monday during lunch time and who attended the whole day judging event on Saturday. Please see further information by Mrs Carlos later in the newsletter.
BAND AWARDED GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE Congratulations to the Intermediate Band for achieving a Gold award, the Junior band a silver award and the Beginner band a bronze award at their performances at the University of New South Wales Band Festival Competition on the weekend.
ATHELTICS CARNIVAL A special thank you to Miss Alissa Wilcock for organising the Athletics carnival and to the primary teachers for their work in running the carnival. We had another successful carnival with a high number of students participating and many parents volunteering to perform jobs throughout the day. Congratulations to all the successful competitors. The presentation of ribbons will soon be carried out and the age champions and winning house will be announced at next Thursday’s assembly. Miss Wilcock will provide a detailed report in next week’s newsletter.
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE This year, we are well on our way to having many students complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge. This week, Wahroonga public School has reached 120 students!Congratulations to the following students who are the latest students to complete the challenge: Rachel M and Natalie C.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS)
Next Tuesday 14 August, students from Years 3 to 6 will participate in the ICAS Mathematics test. ICAS provides an opportunity for students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external testing situation. Students receive a certificate and an individual student report indicating which questions they answered correctly and their score com‐ pared with the rest of the students tested. The International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Mathe‐ matics assesses students’ skills and knowledge across five strands:
Algebra and Patterns ‐ Involves patterns of numbers, relationships between numbers and the use of symbols to stand for unknown or variable numbers Chance and Data ‐ Involves mathematical treatment of data and statistics Measures and Units ‐ Involves properties of the physical world that can be measured, the units used to measure them and the process of measurement Number and Arithmetic ‐ Involves types of numbers, their properties and number operations. The strand has strong links with Measures and Units, Algebra and Patterns and Chance and Data. It also has some links with Space and Geometry. Space and Geometry ‐ Involves the properties of two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional space.
There are differences in content across papers to ensure they are appropriate for year levels. Please note that calculators are not permitted and formal algebra is not tested as the emphasis is put on pattern, structure and puzzles. All students will require a 30 centimetre ruler with millimetres indicated.
PSSA RESULTS Congratulations to the PSSA Junior netball team for winning 14 ‐ 0 and the senior girls 23‐15 last week against Hornsby Heights.
4 The Bush School Concerts’
TICKET REQUEST FORMS DUE NEXT MONDAY 13 AUGUST 2012.
As part of the school’s Creative Arts Program, we would like to invite parents and friends to ‘The Bush School Concerts’. Students in Kindergarten to Year 2 will be performing at a Matinee and Evening concert on Tuesday 11 September and students in Year 3 to 6 at a Matinee and Evening concert on Thursday 13 September 2012.
Each week I will try to give you as much information about the concerts as I can. If you have a question about the concert please email it to me at [email protected] or drop in a note at the office and I can answer it in the following newsletter. We have had to return some ticket request notes to parents as tickets were restricted at first to 2 tickets per family and 4 tickets per family if you had a K‐2 and a Years 3‐6 child.
How long will be concert be? The concert is expected to go for approximately 1 1/2 hour each night with no intervals. The students will be part of a finale so once they have performed their class item they need to remain with their teachers in the classroom until the finale at the end of the concert.
Do I need to buy tickets for preschoolers? The tickets will be in the form of the program which needs to be shown at the door. Each ticket will represent 1 seat. If preschoolers can sit on your lap for the entire concert they will not need a ticket.
When is the program design due to school? Mrs Voysey distributed to each student a piece of paper asking students to design the front cover of the program. Some classes had theirs sent home whilst other classes devoted time to the task within class times. These designs were due back to school yesterday. Initially class teachers will choose their favourite designs and then Mrs Voysey and Mrs Carr will choose the designs for the program.
Who will compere the evenings and be part of the stage crew? The School captains, vice captains and prefects will be compering the two nights. Mrs Carr and Mrs Voysey are currently working on the script for the night. The Year 6 hall monitors will be the stage crew for the two nights. A note will shortly be going home to the School Leaders asking about their availability for both or either nights.
Where will the students be when they are not performing? As tickets are restricted, students may not have any parent viewing their concert. In this case, your child will need to be dropped off at their classrooms and then picked up at the end of the night. Once dropped off at the classrooms, their class teachers will supervise them.
What costume will the students be wearing? Your class teacher has already been in contact with your class co‐ordinator and communication to parents should be well underway. Some classes will have limited costumes and others will require more work. If parent involvement is required your help would be of great assistance.
Will the show be recorded on DVD? The Concert Committee is currently investigating the cost of producing a professionally filmed DVD of the concerts. If this is done, the DVD will be sold to the parents.
PIXIFOTOS—REPEATED The 2012 class photographs were sent home last week with your child. Please ring the Customer service number at PixiFotos on 1300 733 900 for any queries regarding your order. Team sport and group photos will be taken in Term 4 Week 1 with order forms going home later in the term.
UNIFORM AWARDS Each Wednesday, students from 3/4G will collect the uniform data from each class and the winning classes are published in this newsletter. Congratulations to KWH, KB, 1T, 2I, 2C, 3Q, 5G and 5/6F.
5 TIMETABLES—Term 3 Week 5 (Beginning 13/8/2012) TIMETABLES RESUME AS NORMAL THIS WEEK The following timetables are correct at time of print. We apologise in advance for last minute changes which may occur.
Week 5 ‐ Sports Tuesday Wednesday Friday uniform required ‘Moving Bodies’ ‘Moving Bodies’ Years 3 ‐ 6 Dance Dance
KJ 1W, 1VJ Macquarie Sports
KK 2I, 2FC Cliff Oval
KD 2C, 2J AFL KB 1T, 1MK Macquarie swimming– goggles, swimmers and towel
KWH 1/2H P.S.S.A Netball P.S.S.A. Soccer—soccer shirt, soccer socks, shin pads, soccer shoes
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Enrichment Classes Stage 1 ‐ Years K‐2 Stage 3– Years 5 & 6 Stage 2 ‐ Years 3 & 4
Library Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday K – 2 Please bring your li‐ 3M 2I KJ KK 4E brary bag to each lesson 3Q 2J KD 3/4G 5/6F
3H 1MK KWH 6W 5M 1T KB 4S 6C 1W 1VJ 5OV 2C
4W 2FC 5G 1/2H
REMINDER– Girls’ Maths Club with Mrs Flynn and Mrs Griffith in 3/4 classroom Each Monday 1st half lunch for Years 3 to 6
REMINDER– Boys’ Maths Club with Mr Johnson in ICT3 Each Thursday 2nd half lunch for Years 3 to 6
REMINDER– Friendship Corner in Blackbutt Square Each Thursday 2nd half lunch K — 6
6 The SILVER STAR AWARDS are awarded to: KJ – William C, Taliesin Y, Liam H KK – Ethan H, Sofia M, Belle H, Leo J, Savannah S 1M – Hamish P, Oliver V, Cameron H 1/2H ‐ Harry A, Sebastian D
Weekly Years 3 –6 Sports Awards
MEXICO CITY Freddie P Joshua K ATHENS Benjamin G Jack S
MUNICH Lachlan S Jake W BEIJING Hannah N Sophie S
MONTREAL Lily B Annabelle L SYDNEY Luke B Jonathan S
MOSCOW Jessie K Charlotte S AFL Ewan H
ATLANTA Brianna M Maia S SWIMMING Bailey H Sarah S
PSSA NETBALL Penny L Nicola H PSSA SOCCER Ross B Laura W
Belinda Zorian Deputy Principal [email protected]
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7 CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 2012 AND OUR FANTASTIC BOOK FAIR
It’s time to celebrate, once again, the joy of reading and relishing good books. Our annual Book Week excitements take place in the week beginning 20 August. We, along with the other schools and public libraries throughout Aus‐ tralia, will be reading award winning books, discussing them, and sharing them.
This annual celebration began in 1946 when one book was chosen as the best published in Australia during that year. The prize was a handshake. (If it had been a lady she would have received a camellia!) Now, in 2012, 419 books published in the last 12 months were sent to the Children’s Book Council judges – a mara‐ thon reading challenge for them. The judges short‐listed six books from five different categories. We added most of them to our collection and Mrs McGrath and I are reading them with the children. We are all inspired by both the talented writing and the glorious illustrations.
On Friday 17 August we will be told which book has been chosen as the winner in each of the categories. Sometimes we agree with the judges, sometimes we agree with each other, and sometimes we don’t. It is all good fun, and en‐ courages children to read, and read with insight and enjoyment..
We will be having an outstanding author, Chris Cheng, come to talk with the senior school about his writing. We know he will enthuse and inspire the children. For the junior school, we have invited a delightful artist called Sarah Davis, who will discuss and display her art. We have several of the books she has illustrated. They are very popular.
Last, but by no means least, we want to have a big, bold Book Fair. It is two years since we shifted into our luxurious new library. In that time we have added some new stock, but we have also removed a lot of tired, dull books which discourage readers. The children like lots of bright, shining and up‐to‐date books, both fiction and non‐fiction, and we hope you will help us to get them.
Our Book Fair will take place on Thursday, 16 August. We will have many books available for donation to our library. There will be books, both story and information, to appeal to many different interests, on a variety of subjects and themes, for all ages from Kindy to Year 6.
They will be priced from $10.00 upwards. Books donated have a label put inside them recording the name of the child or children who have donated that book. Each donator will be the first to read his or her book.
Please do visit us on Thursday 16 August. The library will be open from 8.45am to 5.00pm. We hope you will give a book to our library, but no pressure! Most of all we hope you will visit us and check out the lovely library that is an important and integral part of our school.
Crys Mills and Trish McGrath Teacher‐Librarians
CHOIR CORNER Thank you Senior Choir for the fantastic work you did last Thursday. You should be very proud of your beautiful singing AND your beautiful behaviour at the ArtsNorth choral festival in the city.
Middle Choir and Senior Choir are on a short break from rehearsals, however please note the Senior Choir do have a performance opportunity coming up at the end of week 8 at St Mark’s Anglican Church as part of their 150 yr anniver‐ sary celebrations. A note will come home to ask your availability. It’s on Saturday morning, 8 September, 11.00 – 11.30 am. Therefore we will have a couple of rehearsals in the lead up to that performance.
Thanks, and happy singing everybody.
Singing is such an excellent thing, that I wish all people would sing
Richard Byrd quotes
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On Saturday Mr Tomlins and Mrs Carlos accompanied 7 Year 6 boys to the Young ICT Explorers (YICTE) finals at UNSW. There were finalists from several NSW and ACT schools, both public and private, competing in 4 age categories ranging from year 4 to Year 12. The aim of the competition was for small teams of students to create a project of their own choosing which incorporated ICT as an integral part.
We entered 3 teams in the competition: 1‐Jono Steer, James Casey and Sean Edwards who created a robot using Lego NXT which could ask for a colour, sense when the correct colour was shown to it, and give a fun little dance. It was designed to help toddlers practice their colour recognition.
2‐Marcus Matrai, Thomas Kennedy, Lachlan Strang and Nicholas Ge who created a collection of fun games using the Scratch programming language, and then built a website to display the col‐ lection.
3‐And Kyle Henderson, who worked by himself to build a website about helicopters, one of his passions. This website was written entirely in HTML and CSS code, lan‐ guages Kyle had to learn throughout the project. Although selected, Kyle was un‐ able to join us for the finals event.
The day consisted of each of the teams setting up a booth to demonstrate and pitch their project. The room containing the Yr 4‐6 and 7‐8 finalists was a hive of activity as photographers took photos, interviewers interviewed the teams on camera and the judges came to hear the stu‐ dents’ pitches. Both teams did an exceptional job on the day, represent‐ ing Wahroonga Public proudly, especially when being questioned by a team of 3 serious adult judges! The boys explained their projects very well and showed their obvi‐ ous passion and enthusiasm for all things ICT. Once the judging was over there was time to see all the other projects including the Years 9 to 12 booths and choose their favourite for the people's choice award. This was a time of learning, sharing ideas, and being inspired by the older students’ excellent projects. After lunch it was time to go back into the auditorium to find out the judges’ decision. We were very excited when it was revealed that Jono, Sean and James had won 2nd place in the Years 4‐6 category. They were extremely happy to go up on stage and receive their cer‐ tificates and iPod Nano prizes. I would like to thank Mr Tomlins for his hard work men‐ toring and assisting the boys all year. Thanks to the par‐ ents who accompanied and encouraged their kids on Saturday. I was very proud to be a teacher of such fine students, and I’m excited to see what wonderful ICT pro‐ jects Wahroonga Public students will create in next year’s competition.
Ruth Carlos Computer Coordinator
9 ll a Captivity is the bars of an iron cage riting W Captivity can whip you with wrath and cruelty W Captivity can leave you with rage and anger WPS But it can make you feel sad and frustrated. Captivity forces you to do something you don't want to Captivity can choke you with pain Captivity can lock you on a chair with chains Captivity is a darkness that will haunt you for ever Captivity can trap you in one spot Captivity can break your heart Captivity can darken the sun.
By Sam VM, 6W
If only I could be away from the never ending bars of the cage And be away from the hatred of Haluk Then I could be lying next to the cool streams. If only I could be free from the cruelty of the chain through my nose And be wandering in the forest of my dreams Then I could be happy and live with my family in peace. If only I could be free of Haluk And be in the wild catching the threshing fish of the mountain streams Then I would be living the life that I was meant to lead.
Hannah N, Georgina B, James C and Lachy H ‐ 5G
Freedom Captivity Captivity
Free as a bird Famished Diminished Stuck in a dark cage With no limits Eluding Despairing Yearning Isolated from the light And no boundaries Enclosure Anguish Safety Dreaming of freedom Just peace and freedom Dream No more fear Gliding Soaring Flying By Bailey W, 5OV Fear is behind us Peaceful Wild Freedom Kasra P, 5OV Freedom By Laura W, 5OV Playing in the sun Sleeping under shady trees Drinking and hunting
By Bailey W, 5OV
10 P & C NEWS We hope all of the Year 3‐6 children had a great day at the Athletics carnival. Congratulations to all of the children who participated. A big thank you to all of the parents who helped with running the canteen and food preparation.
We look forward to welcoming Mrs Carlos to our P&C meeting tonight. Mrs Carlos will be talking about the NSW Teachers Federations position on “Local Schools, Local Decisions”. All parents are welcome to come along.
We will soon be starting to look at the make up of the 2013 P&C Committee. There will be several positions becom‐ ing vacant at the end of the year, so if you are interested in joining the P&C, please come along and see what it’s all about before our Annual General Meeting in December.
DIARY DATES:
TONIGHT 7pm, P&C Meeting, Staff Room
Susan Stenning P&C President [email protected]
CANTEEN NEWS A big thankyou to all the canteen using members of the school community for making the switch to online ordering. Early lunch orders for Friday sports (collected at recess) must go to the separate section within the flexischools site – so take care with Friday orders!
Please note that a paper bag is not required if you order online. If your child is away due to illness you can contact the canteen via the school office and we can cancel an online order. Orders can be placed online prior to 8.45am at www.flexischools.com.au.
Please let me know if the online system is not suitable for your child otherwise hand delivered bags will not be proc‐ essed until after lunches have been served.
With the winter fruits such as oranges, mandarins and kiwi fruit – and also banana, watermelon and strawberries – the fruit salad is a value for money sweet treat for lunch that is packed with vitamins to ward off the winter colds ($1.00). When the days are chilly – a hot all milk milo for recess is also a great choice for $1.50.
ROSTER REMINDER
Friday 10 August (AM) Jennie K, Rhona B (PM) Rose H, Holly F, Sylvia B Monday 13 August (AM) Kiralee W, Yunha (PM)Jackie H, volunteer please Wednesday 15 August (AM)Leigh A, Adrienne B (PM) Janita L, Camilla L, Maria McB Friday 17 August (AM) Belinda H, Meagan R (PM) Nilu H, Verity W, Jo Jeffcoat
Kate O’Keeffe, Canteen Manager [email protected] 0412 825 343
COMMUNITY NEWS
Prayer Group meets in the Before and After Care Building, on Thursdays. Come and pray for the school 9.15- 9.45am. Rachel Ridley-Smith 9980 2380 [email protected]
11 BANKING NEWS BANKING ROSTER 14/08/2012 Robert L / Vanessa G / Michelle L 21/08/2012 Vanessa G / Gabi H 28/08/2012 Nina Z / Wendy M/ Ingrid v L
The Commonwealth Bank School Banking Program
The School Banking program includes an exciting Rewards Program designed to encourage children to get into the habit of making regular saving. Every time your child makes a deposit at school they receive a silver coloured Dollar‐ mites token. The first token will be received upon the first deposit at school. Once your child has individually saved 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive Dollarmites reward item. Students will have lots of fun saving their to‐ kens for these cool rewards items.
School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. The school receives $5 when children make their first deposit at school and a commission on every deposit made through the School Banking program.
Taking part in School Banking is easy
If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week using their Dollarmites deposit wallet. If your child has misplaced their Dol‐ larmites deposit book or deposit wallet, they can request a new one from either the local branch or contact the School Banking Co‐ordinator.
If your child does not have a Youthsaver account, you can open one at any Commonwealth Bank branch and there are no forms to fill in! Alternatively, if you are an existing Commonwealth Bank customer with access to NetBank you can apply online. Another option is to download a paper‐based application form from commbank.com.au/schoolbanking. Please note this option may take up to two weeks before a Dollarmites wallet and deposit book is sent to your home address to start banking at school.
If there are any queries please contact me via e‐mail.
Michelle Lightfoot Banking Convenor [email protected]
Dear Parents and Kids, Thanks for participating in this year’s Woolworths Earn & Learn Program! With the program due to end on the 12th of August there’s only a few more days to collect Earn & Learn Stickers for your School. You’ll need to return your completed sticker cards to school by August 23rd . Please make your best efforts to have them on a card (even if it’s a photocopy as no loose stickers will be counted). We look forward to another delivery of wonderful teachings tools for your children.
Kerry Silver.
12 BAND NEWS EDUCATION WEEK PERFORMANCE Congratulations to Stage Band on their wonderful performance for the Education Week assembly last Thursday. Due to Mark having a prior commitment that he was unable to change, they performed without a conductor and sounded fabulous!
NSW BAND FESTIVAL University of NSW, Kensington. Clancy Auditorium. Congratulations to the children who performed so beautifully at the NSW School Band Festival last Sunday. Beginner Bands were each awarded Bronze, Junior Band was awarded Silver and Intermediate Band played brilliantly and won a Gold Award!
We were very proud of all the bands, as were the parents who watched and gave them enthusiastic applause. The chil‐ dren have had the opportunity to listen to a recording of their performance and the adjudicator’s feedback during their band rehearsals this week.
Thank you to the parents who assisted with marshalling the children and transporting equipment. A member of the audience approached me to compliment the children on their excellent behaviour.
The children who attended are eligible for a school representative patch for band. The patches are available from Mrs Zorian for $2.00. The year bars are $1.00.
Sunday 19 August 2012 Concert Band: arrive 3:40 pm to perform at 4:45 pm Stage Band: arrive at 5:10 pm to perform at 6:15 pm.
AUDITIONS At this time of year a very small number of children are selected by their conductors and tutors to audition for a higher band. As it is very difficult to make the leap to the higher band mid‐year, the selection criteria is based on confidence and technique as well as playing level. It is far better for children to remain with their existing band for a little longer than to move up too early, lose all their confidence and with it their enthusiasm. There will be further auditions held at the end of the year.
TUTOR BIOGRAPHIES At the last Band Committee meeting, it was suggested that a brief outline of one of our conductors and tutors be pub‐ lished in the Bush Telegraph each week. Given the extremely high calibre of our tutors, parents are interested to learn more about their accomplishments. This week is Mark Barnsley, our Concert Band and Stage Band conductor:
As a performer, Mark Barnsley is one of Sydney's first call jazz and commercial trombonists performing with such international artists as Michael Buble, Frankie Valli, Jerry Lewis, Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen) and has supported the Rolling Stones on tour in Hong Kong. In Australia he has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Marcia Hines, Tina Arena, Human Nature, David Campbell, Tom Burlinson, Australian Idol, Guy Sebastian, Doug Parkinson, Jon Stevens, Paulini, James Morrison, Caroline O'Connor, Don Burrows, Emma Pask, Jeff Duff, Wayne Bergeron and Bobby Shew,to name a few. Mark has also performed on many national televi‐ sion shows, movie soundtracks and jingles as well as the professional theatre show productions of Dirty Danc‐ ing, Floorplay, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, Chicago, West Side Story, Mary Poppins and Annie. Mark has studied with the following international trombone greats: Bill Watrous, Steve Turre, Conrad Herwig and Joe Alessi. Mark has recently released his first album as a solo artist.
Mark has been heavily involved in music education in Sydney since 1993, conducting both concert and stage bands in many primary and secondary schools. His bands have been recognized at the highest levels with invi‐ tations to perform at the Opera House, School Spectacular, multiple bands being awarded Command Perform‐ ances at the Yamaha Festival and winning multiple State Band Championships. Mark is also in demand as a cli‐ nician, running masterclasses and workshops with other school bands and has had many of his students go on to become professional performers. Currently Mark directs ensembles at Wahroonga Public School, Turra‐ murra High School and Abbotsleigh and teaches lower brass at Pymble Ladies’ College and Barker College.
13 FLUTE FOR RESALE: Yamaha Flute $300. Fabulous entry level instrument. Great tone. Full service done in June. Please contact Rachel: [email protected]
DIARY DATES 28 – 30 November: Band Tour for Concert Band children in Years 5 & 6. This year they are visiting the Forster/Taree region.
All enquiries, contact Anne Seage, on 9489 3086 or 0413 622142 – before 6.00 pm, unless it is urgent, please. [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS OPENING HOURS WE ARE OPEN THIS WEEK AS NORMAL, THURS 2‐3PM AND FRI 8.30‐10AM
FLEXISCHOOLS Please register on flexi schools for the option of ordering online. Visit www.flexischools.com.au This is a great way to avoid those queues during busy times! Orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom or be available for pick up from the shop, during normal opening. Your choice!
$1 SPECIALS!!! We have a few of the older style rugby knit sport shorts in stock from Size 14 and up. Also girl’s tights in size 7‐9yrs… paler shade of grey than current stock.
SECOND HAND CLOTHING Thank you for continuing to donate your used uniforms. We have a good selection of summer uniforms for those who wish to be super organised. Please come in and have a look. All donations are greatly appreciated and proceeds go straight back to the school. Thanks.
DR SHOE Anyone wishing to purchase good quality shoes or runners for school, Dr Shoe can be contacted on 0414 912 838. Dr Shoe will be here again on Aug 30th. Max is also happy to come to you for a free home fitting. The P &C receive a do‐ nation for every pair sold.
ROSTER Thurs Aug 9 Karen, Kez Fri Aug 10 Jodie, Meagan Thurs Aug 16 Ingrid
Jo Nickson, Uniform Shop Manager 0411 019 394 [email protected]
CANTEEN ORDERS As of Monday 6 August 2012 the canteen will only accept lunch orders online. Orders will close at 8:30 AM on each canteen day. If students bring a paper‐bag orders they will be given a sandwich with a filling like vegemite or cheese and a piece of fruit. If you use the canteen and have not registered at flexischools you have until Monday 6 August to do so. If you don’t have access to a computer contact the canteen committee for a special arrangement.
The P&C Canteen Committee
14 15 Children’s First Aid
Ever felt you ought to know more childrens’ emergency first aid?
Many of us wouldn’t know what to do in a childrens’ emergency. Kids First Aid was set up to ad- dress this. Run by paramedics, who are also parents, they run short, engaging courses for parents which focus on the latest CPR procedures and the 10 most common medical emergencies which happen to children – from burns to choking, drowning, bites, asthma and poisoning.
Would you know what to do?
Kids First Aid is coming to Turramurra Public School and you are invited.
When: Tuesday 18th September Time: 6.30pm – 9.30pm Cost $75 (some health funds will refund, including NIB and HCF). Kids First Aid will give a small amount of the registration fee to the school as a fundraiser. Location: Turramurra Public School. Room details will be confirmed to those registered once numbers confirmed.
Babies under 12 months are welcome to attend.
At the end of the session, everyone receives a laminated poster summarising the key actions for each of the situations presented.
For more details, check out their website or contact Susan Denne (TPS parent) at [email protected] or on 0417 433 148
How do I sign up?
Simply go to kidsfirstaid.com.au and select ‘find a session’ from the left hand menu and click on the ‘book here’ button for the 18th September session
This is a great course and may be the most important 3 hours and $75 you ever spend.
16 17 “My approach to your best health is both realistic & practical. This is accomplished through com- bining my skills and your goals with a realistic and sustainable approach that lasts. I believe that any changes you make are as permanent as the realistic & practical approach taken towards it ".
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COUNSELLING and PSYCHOTHERAPY For: Children, individuals, families and Couples. Covering issues such as: Depression and anxiety, self esteem, trauma and abuse, stress and anger management, communication and relationships, loss and grief. I am a qualified counsellor with over 20 years experience work- ing individuals, couples and families. I am also a certified coach for working with children experiencing anxiety, low self esteem, school phobias etc. 21/1 Rohini Street, Turramurra Jude Piercey 0413351486 Bsc (Hons) grad dip Counselling CM CAPA [email protected]
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CRICKET FOR BOYS & GIRLS
Wahroonga Junior Cricket Club Junior & Milo in2CRICKET for boys & girls age 4 to 10, all abilities Enjoyable games, from entry level to team cricket
RECRUITING NOW Milo at Turramurra Memorial Oval Juniors on HK&HDCA grounds For information: Phone 9988 4508 Email: [email protected]
www.wahroongacricket.com
Wahroonga Public School 71 Burns Road Wahroonga NSW 2076 T: 9489 3086 F: 9489 7322 E: wahroonga‐[email protected] W: www.wahroonga‐p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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