• The playing fields had topsoil spread last week. This week turf will be placed on the fields. Hopefully we will be able to use the fields within 5 weeks. Perhaps our cross-country in week 10 will be a chance to celebrate a lush, green playground.
• The P & C meeting last week was well attended and was a forum for informative discussion. These meetings are always pleasant gatherings and a great chance to find out more about your school as well as the opportunity to contribute. The next meeting will be the AGM and will be held on Tuesday 11th March. If you are able to attend, it would be great to see you there.
• The presentation from Nutrition Australia will go ahead tomorrow in the library at 9.30am. The presenter was delayed last week due to family reasons and is very keen to meet with parents to discuss nutrition.
• Congratulations to Harrison and Matthew on receiving their Principal’s Award last week.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday 19/2
9:30am Nutrition Australia talk in the Library for parents

Thursday 21/2
8.30am Learning Support Team meeting

Friday 22/2
Years 3 – 6 Gymsports
District Basketball trials

Tuesday 26/2
District Swimming Carnival

click here for an online school calendar

News Around the School

Assembly Awards
Congratulations to the following students who received Assembly Awards last Thursday:
Matthew for Settling In Well to Kindergarten
Jean for Settling In Well to Kindergarten
Callum for Working Well in Year 1
Connor for Being a sensible class member and listening well.
Asha for Working Without Disturbing Others.
Caleb for Working Without Disturbing Others.
Elijah for Contributing enthusiastically to class discussions.
Madison for Being A Kind and Helpful class member.
Thomas for Excellent book work and Handwriting.
Scout for Good Effort and Great Art.
Taryn for Wonderfully Expressive Reading.
Ryan for Trying Hard With Reading.
Keeley for Being An Enthusiastic Student.
Harrison for Taking Great Care With His Book Work.
Sarah for Always Displaying A Positive Attitude.
Matthew for Being A Excellent Worker.
Kade for Being So Helpful For Ms Pechey and for Always Finding Something Positive To Say To Others.
Adel for Being A Quiet, Focussed and Diligent Student.

2008 SRC
Congratulations to the members of the 2008 Student Representative Council.
Ben, Breanna, Sean, Sanna, Shaylah, Brodie, Phoebe, Luke, Kira, Cooper, Brittany, Ryan, and Tegan, as well as our 2008 student executive.
These students will meet regularly to discuss issues of concern from around school. Their decisions will be forwarded to the staff and principal for action to be taken.

School Swimming Carnival
Students received their ribbons at last Thursday’s assembly. The winning house was Banks with 62 points, followed by Macquarie 59, Cook 43 and Endeavour 36. Congratulations to our swimming champions, listed below.

It’s very pleasing to be able to note acts of sporting behaviour and it doesn’t always happen on the field or in the pool. At the assembly I announced Kye as our 11 year champion. I had miscalculated and left an event out of the tallying of points. Kane was our 11 year champion and it was Kye who came up to me as soon as the assembly finished to tell me of my mistake. He could have kept quiet, but that’s not what champions do. Well done Kye, your honesty is appreciated.

Champions
Junior Girls: Shaylah
Junior Boys: Jordyn
11 Years Girls: Kiarra
11 Years Boys: Kane
12 Years Girls: Georgia, Caitlin (equal)
12 Years Boys: Kyle
A note will be sent home today for all students going to the North Wollongong District swimming carnival on Tuesday 26th February.

Road Safety
Children in K to 2 should not cross roads unassisted, they should be holding an adult’s hand. Around schools at the beginning and end of the day can be especially dangerous as parents are dropping off and picking up their children and may have difficulty noticing small children dashing out onto the road. In the newsletter there are two colouring in competitions from the RTA. One of these emphasises slowing down around schools, the other the importance of holding hands crossing the road.

Parking in Corinda Road
1. On the southern side of Corinda Road it is NO PARKING between 8am and 9.30am and between 2.30pm and 4pm. This means it is a drop off and pick up area only, with vehicles permitted to stop for a maximum of 2 minutes.
2. The turning circle is permanently NO STOPPING.
3. NO STOPPING sections are clearly marked at the intersection of Corinda Road and Royal Crescent. We hope this will make the situation safer for our students. Parking rangers will be visiting regularly to check the situation and issue fines. Parents are asked not to drive into the staff car park for safety reasons.

Student Assistance Scheme
Applications for assistance through this fund have closed as we have committed all available funds.

School News Online
We have set up a new online newsletter at weps.wikispaces.com. We will trial this site for the next few weeks and see how it meets our needs. Please inform the office if you use the site and encounter problems. There are ads on the site, but, if we decide to use it, these can be removed for a small annual fee.

Canteen News
After all 2007 payments have been made the canteen balance is $5009.33. This is a great result considering the canteen was in the red due to renovations earlier in 2007 so all the volunteers, especially Maree, Toni and the Canteen Committee members should be commended for all their hard work.

Library News
Welcome back to the new school year. Library classes for this year are:
KB – Tuesday
K/1M – Tuesday
1B – Wednesday
1C – Tuesday
2D – Monday
2F – Monday
3L – Tuesday
3/4A – Monday
4W – Wednesday
4/5H – Wednesday
5/6C – Monday
6P – Monday
All children in Years Kinder through to and including Year 3 need to have a library bag to borrow. A BIG thank you to all our families that supported our book club throughout 2007. We earned $2,584 in book club bonus rewards, which was fabulous.
HAPPY READING! Donna Thompson

Text Books
Thank you to all the parents who have purchased their children’s books so far. It would be appreciated if all books can be purchased as soon as possible as teachers have commenced using the books. Thank you

Canteen
We are in need of volunteers for the school canteen. If you can please out once a month, please call Carolyn on 0400 373 650. The kids love to see you there!

Fundraising News
Don’t forget to get your Hot Cross bun orders in early. The date the orders need to be in by Wednesday 5 March. They are $6 per 6 pack. They are the same price as in the Baker’s Delight stores. However, we make a little bit from each pack for our school.
Have fun from the Fundraising Team.

Kids Café
Thank you to Jackie for a great job on Friday. Our volunteers are doing a very good job, and we thank you all.
This week’s lunch special is Chicken chippies and salad for $2.20 or chicken chippies are 40c each. (available week 4 only)
Apple orders will go out this week.
The winners of the colouring in competition will be given out tomorrow (Tuesday).
H2O. Free water from the canteen to fill your water bottles.

Canteen Roster
Term 1 – week 4
Mon 18/02 – CLOSED
Tue 19/02 – Kylie
Wed 20/02 – Carolyn, Vanessa
Thurs 21/02 – Kate, Terri
Fri 22/02 – Miranda, Toni, Belinda
Mon 25/02 – Tracey, Joy
Tues 26/02 – Carolyn, Lorraine
Wed 27/02 – Ann, Karen
Thurs 28/02 – Kristy, TBA
Fri 29/02 – Kristy. TBA