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Term 1, Week 9 2019 DO YOUR BEST

Calendar events

Week 10

Monday 1st April

Tuesday 2nd April

“The Gruffalo” Years K-3 Girls Soccer trials – Albury Lunchtime Instructor– Dance for fun K-6 invited Mrs Lane – Finance IT systems training Griffith

Wednesday 3rd April Choir Practice 3.20pm-4.20pm Lunchtime – Sewing Club first trial run.

Thursday 4th April Lunchtime – Chess Club

Friday 5th April Merit Assembly 2.20pm (Choir singing) Lunchtime- SRC Indoor Hockey Comp continues

Week 11

Monday 8th April Lunchtime – SRC Indoor Hockey Comp finals Mr Dawson on leave 8th-12th. Mr Fattore Relieving

Tuesday 9th April Performance K-6 ‘Scientastic’ Lunchtime Instructor – Dance for fun

Wednesday 10th April

Choir Practice 3.20pm-4.20pm Canteen Specials Day Lunchtime – Sewing Club ironing out any kinks. Mrs Lane & Mr Dawson Finance IT systems training

Thursday 11th April Yr 6 – ANZAC placing crosses and flowers at cemetery with other school seniors. Lunchtime - Chess Club

Friday 12th April Easter Hat Parade and activities No Merit Assembly

P&C Meeting After a successful P&C AGM on Monday 18th, we are pleased to announce the P&C Executive for 2019.

President: Amanda Kissick Vice President: Brendan Webster Vice President: Julie Casagrande Secretary: Sally Leach Treasurer: Belinda Johns Canteen Co-ord: Ann Scroop

The next P&C meeting has been set for Monday, 6th May, 2019, at 7.00pm in the Information Centre. All are welcome to attend.

SRC – School Representative Council Congratulations to the SRC on the successful fund raising ‘School St Patrick’s Day’ Monday, March 18th. A total of $56.00 was raised and will be donated to the Cotton On Foundation. This is equivalent to feeding three children for a month.

‘Lakeview’Lake Wyangan Public School’s Newsletter

134 Boorga Road, Lake Wyangan, NSW 2680 Telephone: 02 6962 3217

Email: lakewyanga-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.lakewyanga-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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“The Gruffalo Performance” Years K to 3 are attending a performance at the Griffith Regional Theatre Tuesday April 2nd. Cost is $17 for performance and bus hire and notes were sent home yesterday. If you haven’t already sent your childs note and money back to school could you please do so ASAP. eForm is also available on skoolbag and payment can be made via our website.

Easter Hat Parade Our Easter Hat Parade is coming up soon, just one weekend remaining before, Friday, April 12th, at 2.15pm. The Easter Hat Parade will be aimed at Kinder to Year 2 with any Year 3-6 or staff member who wishes to make a hat also invited to join in. Every student who brings in an Easter hat made at home will receive a ticket to put in a lucky egg raffle. The Most Popular Easter Hat in each year group K-2 as voted by the children will receive a certificate at the next assembly. There will also be some kind of Easter related activity for all the children after their parade, such as Find-The-Bilby or an Easter Egg Hunt. Easter Hats are designed and constructed at home and brought along on the day (before Recess please to be considered in any vote). It is preferable if the Easter Hat does not have confectionary on it. All students in K-2 will also make a simple Easter decorated head band in class which might be used for the parade if a backup is needed. Parents, Family and any other little children about the place are welcome to come along and watch or join in the activities. It all helps foster some creativity and fun for children near the end of term.

Naplan Online Practice Test Lake Wyangan Public School is one of over 500 NSW schools in 2019 conducting NAPLAN Online. All NSW schools commence NAPLAN Online by 2020. There will be one 45 minute practice this week for students in Year 3 and Year 5 either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday to test out our computers and network capacity and to give the students some familiarity with what they will see when the real NAPLAN tests of literacy and numeracy are conducted later in Term 2. There are no results for students from the practice trial. Mr Dawson or Mrs Good will explain and guide Yr3 and Yr5 students through the practice. Parents/carers can contact Mr Dawson if they want any further information.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy – important skills that each child needs to succeed in school and life. The NAPLAN tests are designed to help us make sure students are on track with their literacy and numeracy development. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN tests for reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. Between Tuesday May 14th and Thursday May 23rd, our school will participate in NAPLAN Online. Students do not need to be computer experts to take the NAPLAN test online. Making sure students have computer skills is part of our school curriculum, and our teachers will ensure your child is familiar with the online format. To see the types of questions and interactive features of NAPLAN Online, visit the public demonstration site at https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher.

Girls Riverina Soccer Trails On Tuesday 2nd April, Porsha Barbaro, Jess Carusi, Emma Hutchinson, Sophie Hilton and Serena O’Conner will try out for the Girls Riverina team with trials to be held in Albury. We wish the girls all the best in getting selected to move to the next phase to be held in Lismore late May.

Communication Just a reminder that Skoolbag is now a very important part of how the school can easily communicate with parents and carers in conjunction with P&C meetings, permission notes, email, the calendar, our website and newsletters. If you haven’t already put the LWPS Skoolbag App on your phones and other portable devices, could you please do so. If you have any difficulties, please let Mr Dawson know so that either help can be given or feedback to Skoolbag can be provided to fix issues which pop up.

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Mayor's Leadership Reception Our School Leaders had the privilege to attend the 2019 Mayor's Leadership Reception on Tuesday, 26th March. In attendance were the Hon. Sussan Ley Federal Member for Farrer, Mayor John Dal Broi, Principals and Student Leaders from other local schools.

Back Row: Mr Dawson, Mayor John Dal Broi. Front Row: Aaron, Cooper, Sophie, Jessica and Hon. Sussan Ley.

Author Visit and Writing Workshops Students in Years 3-6 had a great day working with children's author Paul Stafford on 21st March. Paul ran writing workshops with the students, showing them how to plan for and create stories, before showing how the stories can easily be turned into short films.

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Netball Gala Day 10 Year 5/6 Girls enjoyed a great day out with Ms Marangoni attending the Netball Gala Day last Friday. The first game they were defeated by Binya/ Small schools but made a huge improvement winning their 2nd game quite convincingly. Well done girls as the majority of the team had never played before. Jessica Carusi was selected on the day to try out for the Riverina team but was unsuccessful. Well done to all the girls!

L – R Ruby Snow-Currey, Jazelle Gowans, Shiane Mallise, Stevi Ward, Violet Leach, Jessica Carusi, Romy Piroso, Emma Hutchinson and Sophie Hilton with Teacher Ms Marangoni.

Union Gala Day Congratulations to James McCloskey, Jack Dartnell, Terrell Robins, and James Snow-Currey who enjoyed the competition at the Southern Inland Rugby Union Gala Day on 19th March. They played with the Small Schools Year 5-6 team who did really well, finishing third overall.

Riverina Hockey Trials Aaron Dawson and Cooper Taylor travelled to Albury on Monday 25th and tried out for the Riverina Hockley team. Aaron was lucky enough to be selected so we wish Aaron all the best at the State Hockey Carnival in June. Well done to both the boys.

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Boys Riverina Soccer Trials Aaron Dawson, Harvey Emery and Jack Johns travelled to Tumut last week to try out for the boys Riverina Soccer team. Unfortunately our boys weren’t successful but put in a great effort representing our school and Griffith Zone well in their games. Positive Behaviour Learning [PBL] Lake Wyangan Public School has been developing it’s new Student Wellbeing Policy and associated procedures with a major focus on positive behaviour learning principles. As part of the strategies in our Lake Wyangan Public School 2018-2020 School Plan - Strategic Direction 2 this will incorporate what community in the old days would call School Rules and discipline procedures. Based on our four school community values of ‘Respect, Responsibility, Care and Do your Best’, each class has displayed the LWPS Behaviour Expectations Matrix and through each term across the school, class teachers focus and do lessons to teach a specific positive behaviour/expectation. Where possible these expectations are expressed in meaningful language for the children. Consequently at Lake Wyangan we are being explicit with children in teaching what is expected and valued and will be rewarded rather than only having a punishment or giving time to unwanted behaviours. In Week 10 and Week 11 the class and school focus is ‘Get help when needed!’ A copy of our Behaviour Matrix will be attached on Skoolbag and all parents will have the opportunity as the School Plan is implemented to contribute to the new LWPS Student Wellbeing Policy.

Merit Awards Congratulations to the following students who earned and were presented merit awards. Merit Awards Week 7 K/1L Skylelah Curry-Tyrrell, Rubielee Favero, Mia Lodding, Angela Westerlund 2/3M Zane Jackson-Walker, Parker Lee, Jaylani Marr, Bailee Taylor 4/5G Ashton Barnes, Ruby Favero, Cailan Lewis, Molly Snow-Currey, Tori-lee Townsend-Booth 5/6F Sophie Aloisi, Jazelle Gowans, Jack Johns, Abbie Scroop Italian Gina Delpiano, Jye Delpiano Merit Awards Week 8 K/1L Monique Ward, Archie Leach 2/3M David Fowler, Dom O’Brien, Blake Wells, Vivek Gullipalli, Nate Lodding, Lachlan Richards 4/5G Indi Tyson, Ruth Westerlund 5/6F Esha Gullipalli, Emma Hutchinson, Cooper Taylor Italian Cailan Lewis, Sydney Lewis

Merit Awards Week 9 K/1L Naish Tyson, Isaac Mateo 2/3M Rom Ziv 4/5G Lachlan Hewitt, Hunter Crawford –Ross, Gina Delpiano 5/6F Jessica Carusi, Aaron Dawson, Lenaya Lynham, Romy Piroso Italian Jessica Carusi, Emma Hutchinson, Stevi Ward

This week’s PBL Focus is:- Get help when needed!

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General School Contributions Thank you to everyone who has been able to pay the General School Contribution fee of $25 per child. This contribution helps maintain a similar level of funding available for resources or special programs as other schools. In the last few years the support from families has been terrific and all Voluntary School Contributions collected have been directed solely to the purchase of consumable items used by students in the classroom to improve their lessons and experiences. It is a most valued contribution and your support is appreciated.

Text Book and Software Fee Lake Wyangan PS has a text book and software fee of $20. In 2019 this is contributing towards maths texts and help provide access at home for students on the internet to Mathletics and Reading Eggs educational software.

Code of Conduct for Parents/Visitors A code of conduct for parents and visitors ensures that everyone who visits the school site is able to do so in a safe and harmonious manner and to ensure that students, staff, parents and other visitors are not subjected to intimidation, derogatory, aggressive, hostile or violent behaviours. Parents and visitors are expected to: • Treat all persons associated with the school with respect and courtesy • Request permission from the Principal or Teacher In Charge to be in school grounds after morning drop off

and before afternoon pick up. All sign the visitors register at the office before any activity. No parents or community can enter school grounds when they like to watch or assist their child or other children in any way, without the Principal’s permission.

• Ensure their child/children are punctual to class • Make appointments in advance of expecting to obtain an interview • Allow staff to supervise, investigate and manage students without interference • Discuss issues or concerns about the school, staff or students through the correct procedures • Follow school procedures governing entry and behaviour on school grounds, including any restrictions that

may be imposed. Any person contravening this Code of Conduct is advised that the provisions of the Inclosed Lands Protection Act (1901) and its amendments will be followed if any of the following occur: • Behaviour in the presence of students, staff, parents, or other visitors to the school that causes alarm or

concern to the students, staff, parents or other visitors; • Use of offensive language (i.e. swearing) in the presence of students, staff or other visitors to the school: • Any interruption to the learning environment of the school such as entering classrooms without permission; • Actual physical assaults or threatened physical assaults on students, staff, parents or community member

at the school or during the course of school activities. Your co-operation is sought in maintaining a safe and happy school.

Lake Wyangan Public School respect and acknowledge the Wiradjuri people, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our school is based.

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Community News

Help Remember our Ex-Servicemen & Women on ANZAC Day (Submitted by Marg Tucker) For ANZAC Day this year, as happened last year, a small white cross and a poppy will be place on every Ex-Serviceman and Woman’s grave in the Griffith Cemetery, just over 1000 graves in total. On the 11th April a small service in the cemetery will be held, the community, and students in particular, are invited to visit the Griffith Cemetery and place the provided flowers on the graves marked with little white crosses. Donations of flowers will also be gratefully accepted. This has been a beautiful thing to see over the past ten years. Not one of the marked graves went without a flower last year, placed there by the small but enthusiastic crowd. I look forward to seeing you all at the cemetery. Arrive at 9.50amd for a 10.00 start. – Marg Tucker

School Holiday Netball Camp – Wagga A valuable opportunity for children of all skill levels to receive top quality coaching with former NSW Swifts player, Jackie Murphy, hosting our Junior Netball Camp, along with a panel of experienced coaches including Southern Sports Academy Coaching staff, special guest coaches and Southern Sports Academy athletes. Who: The Southern Sports Academy Where: Equex Centre, Wagga Wagga When: 16th-18th April 2019 Ages: 7-10 years, Tuesday 16th only 11-14 years, Wednesday 17th & Thursday 18th Applications: www.ssa-nsw.org.au

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DO YOUR BEST RESPONSIBILTY RESPECT CARE

All Settings Place rubbish in bins

Return equipment

Respond to the bell

Use equipment appropriately

Be prompt

Be prepared

Be honest

Eat in the eating area

Right place right time

Follow adult instructions

Use good manners

Use kind words

Allow other students to play and learn

Accept differences in people

Take turns

Respond politely to everyone

Be respectful to others speaking

Keep your hands and feet to yourself

Stay in bounds

Get help when needed

Oval Use good sportsmanship

Play fairly

Play by the rules

Respect nature Wear your hat

Leave sticks on the ground or tree

Play Equipment

Share the space

Include others in games

Play safely with sand and equipment

Wear your hat

Allow space between yourself and others

Toilets Use toilets during breaks

Food and drink free area

Wait your turn

Give privacy to others

Leave the toilet clean

Wash your hands

Play in playground only

COLA – Lines - Morning lines, end of recess and lunch lines, bus lines

Remain seated in the correct line

Stand with your parent or carer at pick up time

Ask permission before leaving your line

Respect the personal space of other students

Sit quietly and calmly in lines

Follow your teacher to the bus lines

COLA - Eating and play times

Sit on seats to eat

Raise your hand and wait during eating times

Handballs only

Use good sportsmanship

Follow agreed rules

Share the space Walk

Safe games

COLA -Assembly

Ignore distractions Keep chairs and feet still

Stand and sing the National Anthem and school song with pride

Stand and say school creed with pride

Acknowledge others success appropriately

Clap politely

Listen and look at the speaker

Carry chairs correctly and safely

Allow space between yourself and others

Walkways and Movement

Stay on the path

Move quickly and quietly to where you need to be

Knock and wait before entering rooms

Walk

Garden Water garden only

Have permission to be in the garden

Care for nature Wear your hat

Use tools appropriately

Canteen Use serving windows

Buy food for yourself

Wait your turn

Wait calmly in the correct line

Walk

Hall Access hall with permission

Enter and exit calmly

Walk

Carry chairs safely