WALBUNDRIE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Culcairn Road Newsletter WALBUNDRIE NSW 2642 Term 2 – Week 5 Phone: 6029 9004 [email protected] 1 June 2018 E: [email protected]

Shooting Hoops Our School Leaders learnt Through the funding provided by the Sporting Schools Grants, we have heaps at the GRIP Leadership begun having sessions each week with Basketball and coach Conference Helen. These sessions will be held Mondays and Wednesday afternoons every week until Week 9. GRIP Leadership On Monday 28 May, Lilly and Olivia attended the GRIP Leadership Conference in . The girls had the opportunity to learn what makes a good leader and how to make positive change in their school. Check out their report on page 2. RPSSA Cross Country Congratulations to Lilly, who will be representing our Walbundrie Small School Network at the Cross Country in on Thursday 14 June. Well done, Lilly, we wish you all the best of luck! Upcoming Events PSSA Netball Monday 11 June Olivia and Lilly represented the Walbundrie Small Schools Network in QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY the PSSA Netball Knock-out competition. The team was successful in both of their games and is now onto the next level, which should be held Thursday 14 June before the end of term. Congratulations girls! RPSSA Cross Country Down the Rabbit Hole We Went! Monday 18 June It was awesome to see everyone all dressed up for our Book Fair and Library Visit 9:30am Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Tuesday. Thank you so much to all our Friday 29 June parents for the delicious treats that were sent it, the kids had a fantastic Reports home to parents time! Tuesday 3 July Even Teachers Learn SRPSSA Athletics Carnival As teachers, we are constantly learning to refine our teaching practice Friday 6 July and knowledge. Mrs Chang and I attended 2 days of professional Last Day of Term 2 learning last week with Professor Dylan Wiliam, who is an internationally renowned researcher on Teaching and Learning. His main focus is Formative Assessment, where we constantly check for children’s Our Program & Resource Fee understanding on topics. This way, we can assess what they already is now due. know and move children forward with their learning. His knowledge and Cost per child is $40.00 wisdom is refreshing and practical. We had been implementing some of Thank you to those families his strategies in the classroom already, so it was fantastic to attend the who have already paid. conference and learn more about it. Mrs Chang and I are also attending the 7 Steps to Writing Workshop this Saturday. This day is focused on developing writing and making stories more interesting and enjoyable to read. Reminders Please wear your sports uniform Yours in Education on Mondays and Wednesdays Kirrilee Twyford this term for our Basketball sessions! ACTING PRINCIPAL Delivering excellence,A qualityopportunity education and success in a caring in an innovativeenvironment and caring environment 1 Learning About Leadership GRIP Leadership was a fun and educating day, where we learnt lots about how to be an excellent leader. We learnt about how you can make positive changes at school and in your community. We learnt that it is better to be a strawberry leader not a watermelon leader. They also used the words transform and integrity a lot throughout the day. We had a great day with the GRIP team and will always remember that you don’t need a position or a badge to be a great leader. Anyone can be a great leader if you put your mind to it and take on the responsibility. By Lilly and Olivia

It was simply wonderful to see everyone in the spirit of our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Tuesday 29 May.

While the weather was a little wet outside, inside we were toasty warm - captivated by the tantalising, delicious and magical treats on display as we embraced Tea Time!

Delivering excellence,A qualityopportunity education and success in a caring in an innovativeenvironment and caring environment 2 There is a place, like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice Kingsley: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

Delivering excellence,A qualityopportunity education and success in a caring in an innovativeenvironment and caring environment 3 Delivering excellence,A qualityopportunity education and success in a caring in an innovativeenvironment and caring environment 4 A quality education in a caring environment 5 A quality education in a caring environment 6 CLAIMING THE DATE

RAND

FOOTBALL NETBALL

35th AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL/NETBALL DEVELOPMENT ROUND ROBIN CARNIVAL 2018

To be held at the RAND SPORTSGROUND AND RAND PUBLIC SCHOOL OVAL

SUNDAY 5th August 2018

First Game Commences at 9.30am

BOYS GIRLS 8 & under ( 9 a side) 10 & under 10 & under ( 9 a side) 12 & under 12 & under (9 a side) 14 & under 16 & under Age groups to be confirmed

CARNIVAL COORDINATORS Carole/James Rand Public School RAND NSW 2642 Ph: 02 60295228 bh Fax: 02 60295301 Email [email protected]

Delivering excellence,A qualityopportunity education and success in a caring in an innovativeenvironment and caring environment 7 Walbundrie Whereabouts

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

30/4 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 Staff First Day of Term Development Day - 2 for all students 1 P&C Catering

7/5 8/5 9/5 10/5 11/5 SRPSSA Cross 2 Country

14/5 15/5 16/5 17/5 18/5 P&C Meeting Netball - Year 5 3:15pm <------NAPLAN ------> and 6 Girls 3 for Years 3 and 5 students Basketball

21/5 22/5 23/5 24/5 25/5 Simultaneous 4 Storytime - 11am Basketball

28/5 29/5 30/5 31/5 1/6 <------BOOK FAIR ------> 5 GRIP Leadership Book Character All Coles Basketball Conference for Dress Up Day Vouchers are due Years 5 and 6 back by today 4/6 5/6 6/6 7/6 8/6 Basketball Basketball

Term 2 Term 6

11/6 12/6 13/6 14/6 15/6 QUEEN’S Basketball RPSSA Cross Country 7 BIRTHDAY

18/6 19/6 20/6 21/6 22/6 Greater Hume Writing Workshop Basketball Shire Council @ Brocklesby PS 8 Library Visit Basketball

25/6 26/6 27/6 28/6 29/6 Basketball SRPSSA Reports home to 9 Athletics Carnival families

2/7 3/7 4/7 5/7 6/7 10 Last Day of Term 2

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