FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Dear Parents/ Caregivers,
Last week our school participated in the Hawkesbury Schools Dance Festival and each student who took part should be very proud of their wonderful performances. The Stage 3 dance group on Monday evening not only danced with skill and ability but looked bright, happy, and beautiful. On Tuesday night our Stage 1 and Stage 2 dance groups were wonderful and received a great audience ovation. All these students and their teachers have worked very hard to reach these high levels of performance. Congratulations! Thank you especially to Mrs Killin, Mrs Edgecombe, Miss Carroll, Mrs McPherson, Mrs Maclean and to the many parents and friends who assisted with the preparations and transport.A special thank you goes to Mrs June Horvarth, Chloe and Amber Braushi’s grandmother, for making the beautiful costumes for each the dance groups. You are a very special lady!
Our first Kindergarten Transition session last Thursday was very successful with both children and parents giving very positive responses and reports. This program will continue each Thursday until the end of November, 9.00 - 11.00am in our Supported Classes classrooms. Mrs Julie Grigoriadis our Community Connections contact officer will also continue with the parent group and playgroup for younger siblings as part of our transition program this year.
Thank you to the parents, friends and staff of our Support Unit who attended the Hawkesbury Fishing Classic yesterday for the draw of the Monster Raffle. It was a busy and wet day for our group who were in-charge of feeding the many people who attended. I believe there were many compliments to the cooks and to the workers on the day. Thank you to all our community members who purchased tickets. The boat was won by a Mr Johnson, not from our school; however our student, Jack Wenzel had the honour of drawing out the winning ticket. Well done Jack!
This week we have two teams competing in the Milo Cricket Competition, thank you to Mr Edgecombe for organising this for our students. Next week three students from our school will compete in the Semi Finals of the Hawkesbury District Public Speaking Competition which is being held at Londonderry Public School. We wish Jazmine Hart from Stage 3 and Stephanie Pitt and Emily Hamilton from Stage 2 all the best for this competition. Thank you to Miss Brennan for working with these students.
Last week I met with a team from the Multiplex Company who will be managing the building of our two new rooms and the extension of the Supported Classes play area under the Commonwealth Governments BER program.This group was accompanied by a representative from the company managing bushfire hazard risk and an arborist who outline the requirement to reduce the area of shrubs, trees and undergrowth around the new buildings. The information they have given is that this will happen during the next school holiday period with work to commence on the building now scheduled for early next year. This is of course not the same as the information I had received earlier, however, I am aware of the scope of the BER project and therefore I am sure timeframes will be constantly adjusted. Please be assured that any work taking place in the school under this project is managed following strict Occupational Health and Safety requirements and our students and school community will be informed of each step along the way.
Focus Behaviour
This term we will be highlighting the important behaviours which have been stated in the Core Rules for students in NSW Government Schools.
This week we are reminding our students that our community expects that we
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Acknowledge the importance of fairness and respecting each others differences.
Joan Kahl,
Principal
Friday Assemblies 9:00am
Hosted by:-
Week 4 Support Classes
Week 5 Newton
Week 6 SRC
Week 7 House Captains
This is a 9 week term; the last assembly is in Week 7
Fortnightly AWARD WINNERS
Student s : Shania Montgomery and Jonathan Morton
Class Award : Pleiades
TUESDAY K-2 and Support Classes Assemblies
Week 4 Milky Way
Week 6 Comets
Week 8 Rockets
SCHOOL NEWS:
Have you received these notes?
* Year 6 Farewell note (Stage 3 only)
* Reminder for Cookie Dough Orders
* Stage 2 Powerhouse Museum excursion
* High School Week
* School Swimming Scheme
* Hot Dog Meal Deal
Copies of these notes are available from the foyer
CANTEEN
NEWS:
“Healthy Choice Wednesdays”
NO CHIPS sold on Wednesdays choose from our Healthy Choice Options.
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Fruit sold every morning before school 20c per item! (Fruit to be consumed at time of purchase) Thank You.
HOT DOG MEAL DAY...HAVE YOU ORDERED YOURS YET?
ORDER FORMS AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE!
LOST PROPERTY
There is a LARGE amount of jackets, jumpers, and variety of clothing in our lost property box.
Please come and have a look!
It is advisable to mark your clothing with your child’s full name so it can be returned quickly to the child. Thank you.
Students Leaving
If any family and students are leaving during or at the end of Term 4 please let the office know as soon as possible as this information is required for the Department before the end of the school year rollover. The Office will need the date of leaving Windsor Park PS, the new school’s name, new home address and a contact number.
Thank You!
P & C NEWS
Please come along to our next meeting, we would really love to see some more faces - tomorrow night (Tue 10th November) in the staff room at 7:30pm
Cookie Dough order forms have to be handed in by this Friday 13th November. I can’t take any late orders as it takes two weeks for them to come back after the order is put in.
I hope everyone enjoyed the Gala Day fun afternoon the other week – we raised around $500 on the day which will go towards much needed items for our kids.
Donna Keith - President WPPS P & C Committee
SCHOOL CAR PARK
If you drive your child/children to school please drop them off outside the school gates.
Please arrive and leave the school grounds by the paths, not through the car park. The children know the car park is out of bounds and if they are walking through it with parents or carers this rule can be confusing for them. The children in the Support Unit are dropped off outside their classroom door by taxi in the morning and afternoon. Our own school bus also needs to be able to move freely within the car park. The car park is also very busy in the morning and afternoon with staff arriving or leaving and with buses from Before and After School Care facilities arriving and leaving. During these times there can also be trucks entering or leaving the car park due to deliveries for the school. Therefore the area behind the Hall is for deliveries or for picking up of sick or injured children only.
Thank you for your co operation in helping to ensure the safety of the students.
Kindergarten Enrolments for 2010 are still being taken
Contact
Windsor Park School Office
4574 3070 for more information.
Out of Area applications will be considered by the School OOA Committee