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Term 1 Week 10, 2021
15 McKell Avenue Waterfall NSW
T: 2233 9520 9638 F: 9548 1238
E: waterfall-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Possum Post
Waterfall Public School
Save the Date!
Principal’s Report
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 April –
Brick Fair Helensburgh Tradies
Term 2
Week 1: What a SENSATIONAL Term 1 it has been!
Monday 19 April – Staff We end the term with a celebration of learning! All 20 students achieving
Development Day – no students their writing and personal goals. This week our focus was on modelling
Tuesday 20 April – Students Return and guiding students to self-reflect on their learning. Students were
Friday 23 April – Small Coast Schools excited about their achievements with goals being successfully reached.
Cross Country at Waterfall PS Together new goals have been set for Term 2! We are excited and proud
Friday 23 April – Combined ANZAC of each of our students. A time for us all to celebrate each individual
assembly with Otford PS & student’s personal growth and success!
Scarborough PS
Easter Celebrations
Week 2: Yesterday we could not have asked for better weather!
Wednesday 28 April – Touch Under beautiful blue skies students EGGcitedly paraded their Easter Hat in
Football Clinic front of family and friends. How lovely it was to have our parents,
Friday 30 April – Taekwondo clinic grandparents and friends back on site and able to share in this special
event! The Student Leaders did a fantastic job running the Easter Hat
Week 3:
parade. Didn’t the students look sensational in their hats! Looks like there
Monday 3 May – P&C 7pm
was lots of hard work and fun put into making these EGGquisite Hats!
Wednesday 5 May – Touch Football
Clinic
Friday 7 May – Taekwondo clinic
Friday 7 May – P&C Mother’s Day
Stall
Week 4:
Tuesday 11 May – NAPLAN Week
Years 3 & 5
Wednesday 12 May – Touch
Football Clinic
Friday 14 May – Taekwondo clinic &
National Walk Safely to School Day P&C Easter Raffle & Egg Hut
A HUGE thank you to our AMAZING P&C for running the raffle, organising
Week 5: the prizes, the Easter egg guessing competition and putting together a fun
Tuesday 18 May – coffee and a chat filled afternoon for our students with an Easter egg hunt.
– hosted by ‘Eucalyptus Whispers’
Wednesday 19 May – National
Simultaneous Storytime
Wednesday 19 May – Touch
Football Clinic
Friday 21 May – Taekwondo clinic
Friday 21 May – Engadine Zone
Cross Country
Cockatoo Café
Thank you, Karen for your organisation and hard work in the canteen. You were
super busy making tea, coffee and treats to ‘welcome back’ our families on site. We
greatly appreciate all you do for our families.
Karen and Waterfall PS staff, thank you for supporting our canteen. The students are
enjoying this new addition to our school, as are we!
Check out the new Term 2 set menu in this addition of Possum Post.
Year 6 Wet Water Fun Afternoon
What a way to end our Wednesday! Thank you, Year 6 for
putting on a FANTASTIC afternoon of fun, fun, fun in the sun!
Students had the best time and thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. There was enthusiasm, energy, smiles and laughter
all around, and not only by our students but our staff and
parents as well. A huge shout out to the parents who stayed
and volunteered to help with the wet water fun afternoon.
Your support was greatly appreciated by all.
I wish all our families and friends a happy and safe Easter filled with
lots of love, laughter and chocolate! Take care and enjoy the holidays
with your children.
Thank you for your ongoing support and I look forward to further
strengthening our partnership in Term 2.
See you back in Term 2 when students return on Tuesday 20 April 2021!
Lilly Morabito
Relieving Principal
Thought of the week!
POSSUM PORTRAIT
Meet Colt
Interviewed by River
What do you want to be when you get
older?
An animator or mechanic
What is your favourite colour?
Light blue
Who are your friends?
Glenn, Mark, Isabella and you River!
What is your favourite show?
SpongeBob, my favourite!
What is your favourite song?
Ocean Man
What is your favourite food?
Chicken nuggets salted with chicken salt
WPS Showcase Student Writing Samples!
Sit in a nook and get hooked as you read our imaginative writing.
We are clever, we are proud!!!
Stuck
By Jack - Kindergarten
One sunny day there was a
spider.
Stuck
By Ty – Year 1
One day there was a web in the trees. A boy was running through the trees in
Herbie Goes around the World
the forest. He ran into the web and got stuck. The spider came out of the tree.
By Colt - Year 5
The boy stopped and looked at the spider. He got away and ran. Then the spider
was alone and started to cry.
Herbie Goes around the World
By Colt - Year 5
Herbie was driving along on a bridge but he fell off. Luckily Herbie could
float, he was like a boat sailing the world.
Herbie went past nearly every continent but just then he started sinking.
He beeped his horn so loud that a kid at shore noticed him. The kid
yelled, “Somebody help that car.” The kid ran to his dad who owned a
tow truck. His dad fished Herbie out of the sea. He was pretty rusty. The
kid’s dad said, “Are you sure you want this one?” The kid said, “Yep I
think he's going to do BIG things.”
Herbie was so happy that they fixed him and when he was about to
drive away the kid jumped in. Herbie drove off with him. The kid was
having so much fun. Suddenly a drawbridge was rising, this was going to
be Herbies biggest jump ever. He went zooming over the bridge. Luckily,
he landed safely.
Little did Herbie know two robbers stole two million dollars and were on
the run. As he was driving around he saw people running in the distance.
Herbie got there so fast he was like lightning. Herbie caught up with the
robbers and stopped them.
The police arrested them and the police said to the kid “Thank you for
catching these robbers, you will get a big reward.” To the polices surprise the kid said, “Don't thank me, thank
Herbie.” The police said to Herbie, “uhm well, thank you Herbie, but I think a car wouldn't have any clue what to do
with one million dollars.” “We could let you be car of the day?” Herbie smiled and beeped his horn. The kid said, “I
think he would like that alot.” THE END
Why is Waterfall PS the BEST place to be?
❖ Waterfall PS is the best place to be because we get to write and learn
to read. By Ruby – Year 1
❖ Waterfall PS is the best place to be because we get to go on lots of
excursions and do lots of activities like, Water Fun Day, Pizza and Pj
Day and Pancake Day. By Mark – Year 4
❖ Waterfall PS is the best place to be because I have lots of friends
and it is a nice place to be By Rocco – Year 3
❖ Waterfall PS is the best place to be because we get to have mufti
days, excursions and I have lots of friends to play with and the
teachers are amazing! By Zoe – Year 2
Waterfall Public School is proud to be a Sporting School! Engagement in sport and physical activity can help keep children healthy, happy and socially engaged, all of which can impact on their intellectual capacity and academic achievements. Waterfall Public School has partnered with Sporting Schools to deliver Taekwondo and Touch Football to students in Term 2. The program is fully funded and provides children with positive sporting experiences to help develop a lifelong interest in sport and physical activity. Uniform Pool Below is a list of uniforms for anyone wishing to purchase second hand uniforms. Please contact Jenny Benn for more information: Second Hand Items include: Winter tunics Size 8 -4, Size 10-4, size 12-2. Summer tunics Size 10-4, size 12-5 Grey pants long Size 6-1, size 8-1, size 10-1 Grey shorts Size 8-5, size 10-9, size12-2 Green sports skirts Size 6-2, size 8-1, size 10-1 Long green pants Size 10-2, size 14-1 Green sports sport Size 10-1
Waterfall PS BASC
Week 9 Wrap Up
Despite the rainy cold weather, we had a great week here at
Waterfall Before and After School Care. The creative minds of the
children kept us busy as we were making Origami animals with our
educator Georgia. Children made paper hoping frogs and later they
engaged in a race challenge.
We also continued making our “Harmony day” poster which we started last week, and all our children participated in
finishing it. Through this activity we engaged in discussions about the importance of celebrating cultural diversity and
best ways of how we can promote respect for cultural and religious diversity at our centre and throughout Australia.
Lastly, let us not forget our professional sketching classes called ‘Sketching with Fiona’ where the children get an
opportunity to learn more about sketching techniques and styles with the help of our lovely educator Fiona. Through
this activity they have stretch their capabilities in drawing and exercised creativity. We will continue with the Sketching
with Fiona classes throughout the next term as well.
Happy Easter everyone, hopefully we will see you soon at our Vacation Care!
Adam
2021 PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE Now is the time to get involved in the 2021 challenge! The Challenge runs from 1 March to 20 August 2021. Ongoing reading is encouraged. Books read from 1 September 2020 can count towards the 2021 Challenge. Students can log on from Monday 1 March 2021 using their DET username and password. On their first log on for 2021, students record their previous school, if applicable. Students must complete their online Student Reading Records by Friday 20 August (11.59pm) 2021. Students must complete a set amount of reading to meet the Challenge. See table below: Books on the Premier’s Reading Challenge list are available on the PRC website. There is also a copy of each PRC list (K-2, 3-4 and 5-6) kept in the School Library for parents’ reference. All rules and instructions are available on the 2021 Premier’s Reading Challenge website at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/premiersreadingchallenge To experience a book a child can listen to the book, participate in a shared reading of the book or read part or all of the book independently. All Student Reading Records are submitted online. Students and/or parents must enter their books as they read them or when all books are read as follows: 1. Students log into the student Portal using their OWN username and internet password. There is no special password or log in required—just their own DET one. 2. Students select Premier’s Reading Challenge from the portal page. 3. Everything the students need including booklists are on that site 4. Parents can access the PRC website by typing “Premier’s Reading Challenge” into a Google search, but you will need to log on with your child’s DET username and internet password. Passwords are self-managed by the students. Your child (except Kindergarten students) should know their internet password. I don’t have a record of passwords. Mrs Bremner can reset student passwords if necessary and I can too if needed. Kindergarten students will be issued with a username and password later in the year. Reading can be completed and a paper record kept until Kindergarten get their passwords. Once the passwords are issued, books can then be logged on the challenge site. An electronic Student Reading Record is completed by either entering the PRC ID number of each book or clicking on titles from a drop-down PRC list. Many choice books can also be selected from a drop-down list. The easiest and most reliable way to enter PRC books is by their ID number. It is a condition of entry that all students entering and successfully completing the Premier's Reading Challenge will receive an official PRC certificate and their names will appear on the PRC Honour Roll. To successfully complete the Challenge the student must have an online reading record entered by 20 August (11.59pm) 2021. Only the student’s name will appear in the Honour Roll with no other identifying factors. Students who do not wish to receive a certificate or be on the Honour Roll should not register for the Challenge. These students may do the Challenge unofficially, they may use the PRC booklists and can seek recognition in their local school community but they cannot enter an official record. Please note: all online submissions are to be completed by the parent/student and entries must be completed by the closing date. Students, whose online entries are received by the closing date of 20 August 2021 (11.59pm), will have their certificates presented in Term 4. Only one certificate per year will be issued to each student regardless of the number of books read. Students who complete the Challenge for four years receive a gold certificate and those who complete the Challenge for seven consecutive years receive a platinum certificate. If you have not submitted your entry and clicked complete by the closing date, the school will not be able to submit any late entries. Over the past few years our participation in this event has grown! I hope to see many students get involved in the Premier’s Reading Challenge again this year. Reading is succeeding!! Mrs Bremner & Mrs Morabito
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