Issue 14 May 15, 2014

Principal: Steve Murphy

Chisholm St P.O. Box 892
Wangaratta 3676
Phone: 03-5721-2658 03- 5722-1280
Fax: 03-5722-2712
Email: [email protected]
Website: wangps.vic.edu.au
EVENTS CALENDAR
Work Habit Keys
Persistence, Getting Along, Organisation, Resilience and Confidence
A history of putting children first.
Friday, 16 May
Years 5/6 Hawthorn Football
Clinic
Tuesday, 20 May
Walkathon
Friday, 23 May
Years 5/6 Interschool sports
Monday, 26 May
Curriculum Day (Report
Writing) students not required
to attend school
Wednesday, 28 May
National Student Leaders
Albury Conference for SRC
Thursday, 29 May
F/1/2 Scienceworks
Friday, 30 May
Interschool sports Yrs 5/6
Friday, 6 June
O&M Division Cross Country
Monday, 9 June
Public Holiday
Tuesday, 10 June
School Council 7pm
Friday 13 June
Disco
Friday, 27 June
End of term 2 - 2.30pm finish.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Happy National Volunteer Week! Our newsletters often contain thanks and
acknowledgement of the huge contribution our parent and community
volunteers make to our learning community. This week, as part of this national
celebration, I thank again our generous volunteers for their support with class
activities, excursions, camps, school promotion, fund-raising, catering, working
bees, and much, much more.

Working Bee on Sunday 25 May, 9.00-12.00pm
Once again we are hoping to have a crew of volunteers to help rejuvenate our
sandpits, top-up our playground soft-fall, de-cobweb the eaves, and generally
spruce up the school before winter sets in. Even if you can only spare half an
hour wed love to see you Sunday week. If you are able to bring along a wheel
barrow and tools that would be fantastic. See the advertisement promoting
this event elsewhere in the newsletter.

Student Free Day Monday 26
rd
May
Another date to pop in your calendar is our Report Writing Day on Monday 26
rd

May. There will be no students at school on this day. This is so teachers can
make an early start on this time consuming process. Unfortunately, Stepping
Stones Out of School Hours Care will not be available on this day.

Transition Forms due Friday 23
rd
May
Families of grade 6 students please check your childs school bag for a
Transition Form tomorrow afternoon (Friday 18
th
May). This form needs to be
completed and returned to school by the following Friday, 23 May. The
transition form is to let us know which secondary school you would like your
child to attend. We then pass this information on to the relevant school to
begin the transition process to secondary school. There will be a letter and a
page of FAQs with the form to answer any questions you may have. If youd
like more information please do not hesitate to contact me.

Scholastic Books
Weve recently taken delivery of new readers and beautiful big books for our
Foundation children from Scholastic Books. These were purchased with the
rewards earned from all the book orders our students have made every month.
Keep those book orders coming in. The kids love them and the rewards are a
great benefit to our classes.

NAPLAN clarification
Our Year 3 and 5 students have just completed the annual NAPLAN tests. The
children have persisted well with this long test period and have strived for
their personal best. Ive had a few NAPLAN questions asked of me and I
thought there may be other people wondering similar things:
Are the NAPLAN results linked to school funding? The short answer is No.
There have, however, been some cases when schools, where students had
poor results, were given additional funds to support their students.
Our Mission
Keeping the child at the centre of all
we do.

Our Vision
Wangaratta Primary School is com-
mitted to developing creative think-
ers with a curiosity to learn. We
strive to personalise the learning for
every child by developing their skills,
passions and interests. This keeps
the child at the centre of everything
we do.

Our Values
Respect
Tolerance & Inclusion
Ready to Learn
Personal Best
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Are any students excluded from
NAPLAN at WPS? No. All students
have the right to participate and
only a childs parent or guardian can
decide to withdraw their child. As
part of our duty of care we do
check with some parents if they
wish their child to participate when
we feel participating in the three
days of testing might impact
negatively on the child.

Safe Drop-Offs and Pick-Ups
And finally, a reminder to be very
careful when picking up and dropping
off your child from school. I know
parking is at a premium at these times
of day but please do not park (no
matter how quickly) in the No
Standing zones either side of our
crossing. It limits vision of the
crossing and puts our kids at risk.
Thanks. Have a good week.
Steve
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Callum - for always getting
along and including everyone.
Ella - for being organised and
ready to learn, for getting along
with others and being a self
umpire in Bluearth.
Fraser Fraser never gives up.
He pushes himself, works hard
and produces terrific results.
Mackenzie for always doing his
personal best and being a quiet
achiever.
Ma d i s o n f o r s h o wi n g
persistence in her writing and
having a go at all her work.
Ril ey for his fantastic
attitudes and persistence
towards his work, especially his
story writing.
Wangaratta Primary School
Walkathon

This year we will be having a walkathon. Sponsorship
forms have already been sent home but if you need another form
please go to the office.
The Walkathon will be held on:

Tuesday, 20 May.

Green permission notes were sent home yesterday please return to
school prior to Walkathon.
Sponsorship forms need to be handed in prior to the Walkathon as
well please.
Special
Achiever
Profile



Zac

What have you achieved? I got
into the Regional Soccer trials and
passed, now I go to Shepparton for
the next level.

What did you have to do to
achieve it? Train and practise a
lot

What is the best part/thing
about your achievement? I got
to play soccer with all my team
mates who tried out as well plus I
got 2 days off school.

Have you achieved your goal?
Yes
PARENTS PLEASE
NOTE:

3rd Little Duck Lunch
Orders

Friday 16 May will be the last Friday
for lunch orders.
Lunch orders will now only be
offered on Mondays commencing
Monday 19 May.
SATURDAY MORNIING
NETBALL
CANTEEN DUTY

Saturday 17 May


Please make yourself available to
help out at some stage in the
morning.

Chaplains Chunk

I came across a good
article in the paper this
week about a book written by a lady
describing herself as a MOB (mother
of Boys). The author, Hannah Evans,
has three boys which is the same
number as my wife and I have (plus 2
girls, FOG) and I can agree with a lot
of what she says! For example: boys
needs are really quite simple,
Exercise, discipline, lunacy and love.
Also: Making a mess in the name of
science is an important part of the
mainly male mindset. I like the way
she talks. Being an overgrown boy
myself, I think shes spot on. Thirdly,
and most importantly, boys need to go
outside to let off steam at least twice
a day, every day. Or be warned, she
says, it will be you, not just him, who
is climbing the walls.
Our boys (and girls) grow up fast and
the article was a good reminder to
have fun with our children and help
them grow active, healthy and happy,
while we can. I have copies of the
article if anyone is interested. Happy
MOBing, MOGing, FOBing and FOGing.
Nick Taylor
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Last week the junior school students went on a tour
around Wangaratta. Whilst they were out they found
many of Wangarattas landmarks including parks.
Library, monuments and of course our famous rivers.
The excursion allowed us to learn a little about what
makes up Wangaratta and its history. We will now be
able to use what we have learnt about Wangaratta
when comparing our life to life in other countries.
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SICK BAY ROSTER
Term 2 roster.
Week ending


May 16Carly J
May 23Helen F
May 30Heidi S
June 6Kay B
June 13Emma P
June 20Sharryn B
June 27Mabel E
Victorian
Premiers
Reading
Challenge
2014

Once again the Reading Challenge has
commenced. All students are encouraged
to register.

Students who wish to take part in the
Reading Challenge can get their
registration form from the school office.
When you register please put your house
on the form. The house with the most
registrations will be awarded 200 points.
At the end of the challenge the house
with the most students who have
completed the reading challenge will be
awarded 500 points.

Further details of the Challenge please
see Yvonne.

Happy Reading!!!!
Absence Note

Student Name _______________________________________

Grade _______ Dates Absent __________________________

Reason _____________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Signature ___________________________________________

Date ______________________________
Wangaratta Primary
School Banking with
Wangaratta Bendigo Bank
Branch

EVERY WEDNESDAY
Please bring your
Deposit Book
Passbook
Deposit Money

Hand into the front office or to your
teacher first thing in the morning.
To find out how you can participate call us
on 03 5721 9499
Wangaratta
High School
CLC Students
The CLC are
doi ng s ome
fundraising for the local
Salvation Army. As part of this
fundraising they are running a
competition Guess How Many
Jelly Beans In The Jar
Entries are 50 cents each; the
Jar and forms are at the front
office. All money raised will be
used to help families locally.
BIKE NEWS

Hey Kids, heres
your chance to use your bike ed
skills. The Wangaratta Cycling Club is
holding a Come and Try afternoon
on Saturday 24
th
of May from 1pm at
their club rooms located in the
Wangaratta Sale Yards Complex in
Shanley Street. Interested Junior
cyclists aged 8 and above are
welcome to come along and see what
its all about. Bring your bike, your
helmet, and Mum or Dad. There will
be several qualified club members
and parents on hand to assist with
bike set up and conduct a skills
session. Free BBQ. The club has some
bikes available for use by juniors. To
register your interest, please send an
email with your name, age, skill level
a n d c o n t a c t d e t a i l s t o
[email protected] or
contact the Club President, Mal Kay
(mobile) 0447 214 464 for more
information. Beginners welcome. The
Vi c t o r i a n Sc h o o l s C y c l i n g
Championships are coming up soon
and the Border road racing heat will
be held on Friday August 22
nd
at the
Wangaratta Airport. How great
would it be to ride for Wangaratta
Pr i mary School ? For mor e
i n f o r ma t i o n v i s i t , ht t p : / /
vic.cycling.org.au/News/PgrID/3429/
PageID/10. The Wangaratta Cycling
Club holds weekly junior training and
road racing sessions at 2pm on
Saturday afternoons at the
Wangaratta Sale Yards Complex in
Shanley Street.
Interschool
Football
Years 5/6

What a great start
as a team

We were at St Bernards as the
rumble of the footie players ran
onto the field waiting for the first
whistle to blow. The ball smashed
into the ground as the first quarter
started.
We may have not kicked any goals
in the first half but it was all about
us in the second half. Even though
we tried our best, we didnt win
with the final score being 37points
to 74 points but theres hope that
we will win next time.
Thanks to Brylee, Dylan, Robbie and
Jacob for giving up their playing
time to help out umpiring, scoring
and timing.
Every player played great but
special mentions need to go to Josh
who did some great tackles, Nikita
who made a spectacular mark,
Ethan with great persistence
throughout the whole game and
Charlie and Harvey who were great
rovers.
Sooraj Madhavla and Lachlan
Carboon