Welcome Back:
Welcome back to Warners Bay Public for 2025! We are looking forward to a wonderful year! I would like to welcome all new and returning families to our school for 2025. A particular welcome to our new Kinder families and those who have joined our school for the first time. We are looking forward to having a fantastic year, sharing the learning journey with you and your child. The year has started very smoothly with students and teachers settling into classes with ease and hit the ground running with learning.
Term 1:
This term we have a lot of exciting events starting with the visit from the Life Ed van last week and this week. This is a valuable program teaching students healthy habits. Later in the term we have school photos, our Easter hat parade, cross country, NAPLAN, mini-fete and points swimming carnival. This carnival is for all Year 3 – 6 students. A busy, but fun-filled term!
Staff for 2025:
Our classes have been finalised for the year. Our teachers spend a great deal of time to get the mix of personalities right for a class group and I thank them for their time and effort in designing the best classes possible. If your child is not in a class with their best friends, we encourage them to build their resilience and develop new friendships, as they will continue to do throughout their life.
Our classes for 2025 are:
KL – Mr Lowe
KZ – Mrs Zink
1M – Miss Marriott and Mrs Freund
1H – Mrs Hoscher
2M – Mrs Morton
2W – Mrs Wheeler
3M – Mrs McLeod
3/4D – Miss Davis
4H – Mrs Harvey
5L – Miss Bath
5B – Miss Blyth
6M – Miss Mitchell
6A – Mr Batchelor
K-6G – Mrs Ward, Mrs Wilson
K-6W – Miss Weller
K-6S – Mr Shoesmith
Learning Support and RFF – Mrs Milgate, Mrs Burr, Miss Patrick, Miss Nikki, Miss Keating
Library – Mrs Freund
Band – Mrs Moon
Dance – Mrs Childs
I would like to welcome our new staff members Mrs Fiona Ball who will be relieving as School Office Manager two days per week, Mrs Suzan Wilson who will be teaching our ES class two days per week, Miss Grace Keating as a support teacher and Mrs Maddie Childs as dance teacher.
Leaders Induction:
The Induction Ceremony for our school leaders – student executive, house captains, Wonai team and librarians will be held tomorrow at 2pm in the school hall. Parents are welcome to attend.
Student Success:
Good luck to Emily who will be competing at the Cricket State Championships next week! We are sure you will smash it, Emily! Our competitors swimming carnival was a great success last week. The students did an amazing job on the day and a massive thank you to our team of parent volunteers who helped on the day.
Welcome BBQ:
A reminder that our Welcome BBQ will be held next Tuesday from 3:15pm. During this time our teachers will host half hour parent information sessions. The timetable for information sessions is as follows:
3:15 - 3:45pm SHINE in K-6W classroom and Kinder classes in KL classroom
3:45 - 4:15pm Year 1 classes in 1M classroom and Year 2 classes in 2M classroom
4:15 – 4:45pm Year 3 and 4 classes in individual teacher’s classrooms
4:45pm – 5:15pm Year 6 and 6 classes in 5L and 5B classrooms
Parents are welcome to come and enjoy the BBQ at any time during the afternoon. We look forward to seeing you there.
Parent Communication:
Communication is very important to our school. If you need help with something or have a question, there are several ways you can contact us.
For general enquiries: Call the school office on 49488129, visit the office during school hours or email warnersbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
To speak with your child’s teacher: Email them at warnersbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or call the school office and leave a message for them to contact you.
Please note, teachers are in class all day and on duty at recess and lunch times. While they will be prompt in replying to you, please understand that they may not be able to contact you back immediately. Teachers will also send emails to parents through our new School Bytes system.
You have a concern about your child: In the first instance, contact your child’s teacher. If you have further concerns, please contact the Stage Assistant Principal as listed below.
Kinder and Stage 1 – Mrs Milgate
Stage 2 – Mrs Burr
Stage 3 – Miss Patrick
SHINE – Mrs Ward
If you have significant concerns, please contact the school office to speak with me.
Attendance:
Working together for students attendance and to maximise learning, we want to do all we can to be sure your child achieves their potential and enjoys being in school.
We know that school is the best place to learn. By attending school every day your child will get the most out of their learning and improve their career and life options.
When your child is absent it is important you let the school know, including the reason why, on the day or the day before. This helps make sure we know where our students are and offer support for you and your family if needed.
If you are having trouble getting your child to school every day or on time, please talk to our school staff so we can work together, because every day counts.
Missing a day here or there may not seem like much, but absences add up and can negatively impact your child’s learning and wellbeing. When your child misses one day a week that’s 40 days of school and 8 weeks of learning in one year. Over an entire school journey this adds up to 2.5 years of lost learning.
