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2 July 2024
WASSUP Woonona
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Principal's Report
End Of Term 2
It is hard to believe at the end of the week we will be halfway through the 2024 school year. I would like to congratulate the students and staff on a successful and enjoyable beginning to the year. I would also like to thank the school community for their support of our school. I hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday and I look forward to seeing everyone return to school on Tuesday 23 July.
Staffing Term 3
Next term, Ms Strinic will be taking planned long service leave. Mrs McLerie will be stepping into the vacant Deputy Principal position during this time. I welcome her to the role and know that she will do a fantastic job supporting students, staff, and our community.
NAIDOC Week
NAIDOC Week falls each year during the school holidays, so schools make plans to celebrate this important event. Friday of last week and this week is our school NAIDOC celebration. K-2 students participated last week and 3-6 this week in a range of activities that will enhance their understanding of Aboriginal culture and traditions. A highlight of the two days will be students being involved in learning about artifacts as well as completing a whole school art project, which I know will be a fun and engaging session for all. I have already seen the K-2 contribution to the artwork and can’t wait to see the final product this Friday.
Semester 1 Reports
Tomorrow, your child’s Semester 1 report will be uploaded to the Sentral Parent Portal. For staff this is a culmination of months of work, and I congratulate them on their professional approach in ensuring the reports were completed in a timely manner. I feel very confident that teachers have taken great care to provide professional judgements on students and their achievement.
As was the case last year, there will only be interviews at the request of parents as interviews were conducted at the conclusion of Term 1. If you would like to discuss your child’s report further, please contact the classroom teacher to organise a mutually convenient time to meet.
State Rugby League
A big congratulations to Sonny, Hudson and Jimmy who represented South Coast at the NSW PSSA Under 11s Rugby League Championships in Week 9. Their team finished a very respectable 4th out of 13 teams, just falling short of a state final in a very close semifinal. Well done boys on a fantastic achievement and to Mr Heffernan who coached the team!
Southern Stars And Choral Festival
Last week, our Choral Festival Choir got a taste of what is ahead as they had their first cluster rehearsal. On Monday of this week, our Southern Stars Dancers had their first cluster rehearsal on a very big and busy day. Mrs McLerie and Ms Phillips were so complimentary of our students, their level of preparation, as well as their attitude and behaviour. I look forward to attending both events next term when the big shows finally arrive.
Regional Cross Country
Congratulations to all the students who represented Woonona Public School and North Wollongong PSSA on Friday of Week 8. The South Coast Cross Country Carnival is held at a very difficult track in Nowra and all students did a wonderful job against tough opposition. A special congratulations to Arabella, Archie, Reg, Jimmy and Lachlan who finished in the top six in their respective events and are now off to the state championships, to be held at the end of the term. Woonona Public School is very proud of you all.
Athletics Carnival
What a fantastic day! It was wonderful to see the students of Woonona Public School striving to do their best and representing their sport house with such pride. We had perfect weather, and the students were able to enjoy competing in a variety of events. Well done to all our students for displaying great sportsmanship and wonderful behaviour throughout the day. Congratulations to the students who came a place and to those who will be representing Woonona Public School at the Wollongong North district carnival next term. A huge thank you to Mr McMullen, Mrs Vella and Mr Coso for their fabulous organisation of the day and to Mrs Barnaby and Ms Gibson for organising the K-2 Tabloid activities. Thank you also to our wonderful parents who assisted on the day and to the parents and carers who came and supported our students. A great day was had by all.
K-1 Cross Country
Thursday of Week 9 saw our K-1 students participate in a wonderful morning filled with excitement, smiles, and enthusiasm. It was lovely to see many families join us for the morning. A big congratulations to all our participating students, for our organising staff and for our supporting students. What a lovely way to encourage fitness through fun.
PSSA Gala Day
Friday of Week 8, our Stage 2 and 3 students left our school grounds to compete in PSSA sport. Stage 3 students were involved in soccer at Ocean Park, whilst Stage 2 participated in Touch Football at Hollymount Park. I was impressed, but not surprised, to hear of our students’ enthusiasm, teamwork and sporting prowess. Well done to all involved and a huge thanks to our teachers for their support and coordination of such a big event.
Congratulations Mrs Macedo
Earlier this term, Mrs Macedo went on maternity leave, pending the birth of her second child. I would like to congratulate Mrs Macedo, her husband and proud big brother Cristiano on the birth of their daughter Alessandra on Friday 14 June. We wish you all the best at this exciting time.
Comedy For A Cause
I would like to thank our P&C for the amazing event they brought together at the end of Week 9, as our school community came together to laugh their way through “Comedy for a Cause”. A special thanks to Liz, who led this initiative, but also to the P&C committee and other helpers, who banded together to provide a great night of laughter. Well done and thank you to all involved for making the night such a huge success.
Stage 1 Geography Showcase
Monday and Tuesday of this week has seen our school filled with exciting Stage 1 students and families, as our Year 1 and 2 students have had the opportunity to share their learning in geography. A big congratulations to our Stage 1 students and teachers for providing a snapshot to our families of some of the great things that happen each and every day at our school.
Big Book Swap
The Big Book Swap will occur this Wednesday and we look forward to an exciting day, as students have the opportunity to purchase a book for a gold coin donation. This wonderful initiative is such a novel (pun intended) idea, and I thank Mrs Carroll for leading this again in 2024. It is great timing too… A new book to read, just in time for the school holidays. I’m sure many of our students will look forward to enjoying their new purchase in the coming days and weeks.
Education Week
Education Week falls in Week 3 of Term 3, every school year. Our Education Week Open Day will take place on Wednesday 7 August. More information will be shared in Week 1 of next term, but for now, if you can, please make plans to have some time at school, visiting your child’s class and maybe even sharing a nice recess break with your child and the students and staff of our school.
CAPA Showcase At Woonona HS
On Monday night, Woonona High School held their annual CAPA night. Part of this night was performances of the Community of Schools Band, which included a number of our students. Congratulations to these students on their performance, as well as the big commitment they show each week in attending rehearsals as well as all the practice that takes place at home.
Kinder 2025
Our school has already had a number of visits regarding parents wishing to enrol their child for Kindergarten 2025. This is great news! If you are planning on enrolling your child next year, or know of someone who is thinking about it, that lives in our school drawing area, please fill in an online enrolment application, located on our school website.
Mr Tim Fisher
Principal
Event Permission & Payment Due Dates
- Stage 1 NSW Rail Museum permission & payment - due now
- Stage 3 Camp second installment or full payment - due Thursday 25 July
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data 2024
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). This is a legislative requirement under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).
This information assists schools to formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disabilities, consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disabilities and develop shared practices so they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities.
This year, the NCCD Consensus Date is the 16th August. The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured.
If you would like to find out more about the NCCD, please visit
www.nccd.edu.au/for-parents-guardians-and-carers or contact the school for further information.
Term 2 Stage 3 Technology Update
During this term students in Stage 3 have been coding using Blockly language to solve several tasks via the Grok Academy website. This has led to students using Blockly code to program our ‘Dash’ robots. This task required students to research driverless trains, such as the new Sydney Metro trains, then plan a new metro link from Wollongong to the new Western Sydney Airport using Google Earth. They then had to create a scaled version of their train route and program the Dash robots to follow this route including stopping at a number of stations along the way.
Mr Grennan
Moments In Maths
Stage One’s Maths Quest journey has come to an end for this term and all classes competed in the Maths Quest competition. I am pleased to say that all classes submitted their answers successfully and got all questions correct! Have a look at some of the competition questions and see if you can solve them! Next term we will continue the Maths Quest journey and learn how diagrams can help to solve maths problems.
Kindergarten and Year 1 Cross Country Carnival
On Thursday 27 June, Kindergarten and Year 1 students participated in the Cross Country Carnival. Our Kindergarten and Year 1 students couldn't have picked a better day to compete in the long distance race. We sincerely appreciate the House Captains and Vice Captains who assisted and cheered for all the participants. Every student gave it their all while running, and we were really impressed by their outstanding sportsmanship!
Congratulations to Oxley for winning the point score!
Mrs Alanah Barnaby
Library News
Great Book Swap
As part of the school’s NAIDOC celebrations, we will be hosting Woonona Public School’s Great Book Swap to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy foundation. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation will use all funds raised to purchase culturally appropriate reading resources for remote Indigenous communities.
This will take place in
Week 10 - Wednesday 3 July
This week we are encouraging students to bring in one (1) good quality book from home to donate to the swap. A donation tub will be located in the Library foyer for students to bring in their donation.
On Wednesday 3 July, students in class groups will be able to view books and purchase one for a GOLD COIN DONATION.
I hope all students will get involved in this event and help support such a worthy organisation that is making a difference in remote Indigenous communities.
If you would like to make an additional donation to our school book swap you can find the details and the school’s Great Book Swap donation page by clicking the link below OR on the school website.
https://edu.greatbookswap.org.au/woononapublicschoolsgreatbookswap
Book Club
Issue 4 of the Scholastic Book Club was delivered to classes last week. Thank you for supporting Book Club this term. We have received Scholastic rewards points to purchase books for the school.
Library Loans
Overdue notices will be sent out this week. Please take the time to help your child locate and return their books this week. We have several of our younger students with lost books. It is important for students to take responsibility of their library books and store them in a safe place in their library bags. I encourage students to place their library book back in their school bag after they have read it so it doesn’t get misplaced at home.
If you received an overdue loan notice and the book is lost, please let us know so it can be wiped from our system. Notices will also list the book price which parents can pay to the office for purchase of a replacement copy. If you receive an overdue notice and the book has already been paid for previously or has already been returned, please send the slip back in with this noted down. Our library computer system will automatically create notices for any overdue books from this year. Thank you to those students who have already returned books or notified me about lost books.
Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.
Happy reading,
Mrs Carroll
Librarian
KB NAIDOC Photos
Sport News
PSSA Knockout Reports
Our touch footy state knockout girls kicked off their campaign with a dominant performance last week. Remi was the star performer with 6 tries as Woonona cruised to a 16-0 win over Balarang PS. The girls are now eying off a stern test against Kiama PS, who also had a huge win in their first match, in the next round.
Come on Woonona! 🔵🔴
Our girls are through to Round 4 of the Football State Knockout after a nail biting 1-1 draw against Russell Vale. After extra time, we went through on most corners! A cruel rule that knocked us out at this stage last year. Ella scored the clutch goal in the second half after Russell Vale went up early.
Come on Woonona! 🔵🔴
Mr Heffernan, Jimmy, Hudson and Sonny Representing the South Coast at the NSWPSSA Rugby League Championships.
Reg: 2nd Place at the South Coast Cross Country Championships.
Archie: 1st Place at the South Coast Cross Country Championships.
Lachlan: 1st Place at the South Coast Cross Country Championships.
Mr McMullen
Canteen And Uniform Shop
Onsite uniform shop closed until further notice.
School Canteen
Uniform Shop
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Community News
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