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Principal's Report

WWS Presentation Days 2024

As has been the case for several years now, due to our student numbers, WWS will be conducting separate presentation days for K-2 and 3-6. Details are as follows –

K-2 Presentation – Wednesday 4th December 9.30am

3-6 Presentation – Thursday 5th December 9.30am

Families of students who are receiving awards at these events will receive an invitation via their email next week.

Childhood Separation Anxiety Seminar for parents of K-6

WWS has organised two seminars for parents in K-6 on Childhood Anxiety on Monday, December 2nd, 2024. There was a high level of interest for these sessions previously. Parents will be offered practical advice on developing plans to assist students in managing their anxious thoughts, as well as being provided with resources and avenues for help if further support was required.

Small Steps Transition to High School - 4.15pm to 5.15pm. This workshop is aimed at parents of students moving into the high school setting.
Small Steps Separation Anxiety for kindergarten students - 5.45pm to 7.00pm. This workshop is aimed at parents of students transitioning to Kindergarten from pre-school.

The 'Fairy' Tree

By now many of you will have read my sad message about our beloved WWS ‘Fairy’ Tree. The tree has been assessed by expert arborists and has been classified as in significant decline, and as such, is at risk of failure. While this is a sad moment in our school’s history, the safety of our students must come first. Please be assured, I have already investigated suitable mature trees as a replacement. We know there will be some sad children (and parents), so we appreciate any time you may spend helping the children to understand why this is happening and why their safely is so important to us.

Grandparents’ Day

A huge thank you to all of the Grandparents who attended Grandparents Day on November 8th. As always, the event was extremely well attended and our students loved welcoming their loved ones into their classrooms and the playground. Thank you to all staff for their hard work in making the event a great success.

Kindergarten 2025

Our final Ready 4 School session took place this week. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our new 2025 kindies and their families and we can’t wait for them to start with us next year. A reminder to all 2025 kindy families, that the first day of school will now be on February 6th. This start date will be consistent with all public school in NSW.

Matt Barr

Principal

Positive Behaviour for Learning.

⭐️Yarn Up 2024 ⭐️

We had an awesome afternoon doing cultural activities, yarning and eating delicious food. A massive thank you to Miss Dwyer, Miss King and the Aboriginal Team for organising such a fantastic event for our community. Also a massive thank you to Pat for coming to our school and being a such big part of our community 😁

How wonderful are Grandparents on Grandparents Day !

Training for Cross Country

With the weather warming back up it is time for the Cross Country Crew to get back together! For the rest of term, any interested student in Grades 2-6 are welcome to meet on Friday at 8am outside the Canteen for training. We will only be cancelling if it is raining or the oval has been closed the day before. All levels of ability are welcome and Mr Young looks forward to seeing you then.

Thank you to all of the families who have kindly gifted to the We Care Connect Christmas Toy Appeal. We will be accepting donations of brand new, unwrapped gifts for children of all ages until Friday November 29th. Pop your gifts into the xmas box in the office and help spread some kindness this Christmas.

Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) End of Year Party !

Linking to Parent Portal - School bytes

Steps to link your child's name to your account as follows:

1. Open the school bytes parent portal app OR use the following link https://portal.schoolbytes.education/auth/login

2. Select the create a new account link (if not already created previously)

3. Enter your first name as it appears on your student's profile at school

4. Enter your last name as it appears on your student's profile at school

4. Enter the email address that you use for school communication

5. Create OR enter a password

6. Confirm the password

7. Select Create Account (an email will be sent to nominated email address to verify your account)

9. Select link other student

10. Search for Woy Woy South Public School Name

11. Enter Student's First Name

12. Enter Student's Last Name

13. Select student's current grade

14. Enter student's date of birth

15. Select search

If you have more than one child enrolled, you will need to repeat steps 9-15 to link to their account also.

The system may request you to enter a linking code, if this does appear, please contact the school on 4341 1899 to request an individual linking code.

Woy Woy South P&C News

QuickCliq website for online canteen and uniform shop orders

https://www.quickcliq.com.au/

Select the button above to go to 'Quickcliq'

Log into your account – go to “Add Credit” and then select “Direct Deposit”.. Save the bank account details into your online banking account and make weekly or fortnightly deposits into your Quickcliq Account…

ENROL NOW FOR 2025

BIKE SAFETY FOR KIDS

Dear Parents and Carers

Unfortunately after several reminders, we still have a large number of students riding bikes and scooters to school without wearing a helmet.

Our first concern is obviously for their safety and secondly, the police have recently suggested they will be patrolling the local area to ensure students are being compliant. If you are caught riding without a helmet you can face an on-the-spot fines of $344.

As student safety is our number one priority it would be greatly appreciated if all families could please assist us in ensuring helmets are worn daily.

Many thanks for your cooperation