Wambi's Wavebreaker

Stage 3 Camp and Canberra Excursions

Next Monday, our Year 6 students have an early departure as they head to Canberra on their major excursion. They will be able to enjoy many of the major sites and attractions in our nation’s capital and consolidate their learning about our democratic processes.

Next Wednesday, our Year 5 students depart for the Great Aussie Bush Camp where they will experience a time of bonding with many opportunities to achieve their personal best through a wide range of fun and challenging activities. 

Highlights from both excursions will be shared on our Facebook page for the school and wider community to enjoy.

We look forward to welcoming our students back at the end of next week and hearing about their great experiences.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

It has been lovely to see many parents taking the opportunity to meet together with teachers during our Term 1 interviews to partner together and discuss the progress of their children. We hope you find these interviews valuable.

Thank you to our teaching staff for the time invested and being available to meet before and after regular school hours.

Have a great week,

Paul  Miller

Principal

At Wamberal PS, we believe that students should be active participants in the school community, and they should have their opinions heard and respected. Our School Representative Council (SRC) provides a fantastic opportunity for students to learn leadership skills and connect with their peers.

At the last two assemblies, students who were voted by their peers to be the SRC member for Semester 1 received their badges in front of parents, families and peers.

We look forward to working with our SRC members in contributing to the school decision making process.

All enrolments for high school are now online, with digital expression of interest forms to be completed by 31 March 2023. Visit the moving to high school page to find out more about the transition of Year 6 to Year 7 process. 

At Wamberal Public School, we are safe, respectful learners. This week, all students have been learning about being safe, respectful learners during ‘FRUITO’ and teachers are rewarding students with SRLs for demonstrating the school’s expectations of safe, respectful learner behaviour.

Our social emotional teaching this week continues to focus on emotional regulation, through identifying emotions and learning a variety of skills to self-regulate.

Our Wamberal PS P&C have had a long history of supporting our school. They coordinate the canteen, organise grants, and provide many fundraising activities that positively benefit our students and the school. Many additional opportunities and upgrades are a result of P&C initiatives.

The P&C always welcomes the support of new members. The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held at school on Monday 20 March 2023 at 7:00pm, with all positions being declared vacant. Coming along to the meeting is a great opportunity if you have ever considered joining the P&C or finding out about ways in which you can work in partnership with the school.

Have a great week everyone.

Jane Rees

Deputy Principal

Research shows that reading not only activates, stimulates and interconnects various areas of the brain, but also that reading can make permanent changes to the brain, preparing it for cumulative growth. The more children read, or listen to stories, the more their brains develop. Just talking with children about stories, the world and ideas, helps to increase their understanding of the sound patterns and meanings of diverse vocabulary, of language structures (grammar) and of general knowledge, as well as strengthening other skills which underlie children’s capacity to read. The more children experience reading and language stimulation, the more children’s capacity for reading blossoms, becoming more automatic and fluent.  

Interestingly, some of the areas activated by reading are also activated when performing tasks in other subject areas such as Maths. Strong reading skills support learning in all Key Learning Areas.

Scholastic Book Club’s ISSUE 2 orders can be made until Friday, March 24. A percentage of the value of student Book Club orders accrues to provide resources for our school. Thank you for your support.

Please see the Skoolbag app for important Library updates. Feel free to contact me through the school office if I can help in any way.

Happy reading,

Nell Knight    👱‍♀️📚

Teacher Librarian

Currently reading Starry River of The Sky by Grace Lin. I had very high expectations of my third read from Lin’s trilogy and it took a while to find my reading rhythm with Starry River of the Sky (actually the second book). Once I did, I looked forward to my nightly read and devoured it in no time.

I have enjoyed Lin’s trilogy immensely — When Mountain Meets the Moon, Starry River of the Sky and When the Sea Turned to Silver. It is quite a while since I read the first title but I know I loved it. I currently feel most impressed by When the Sea Turned to Silver and When the Mountain Meets the Moon. The books in this series can be read as stand-alone stories but the characters reappear and the tales are cleverly connected. I particularly enjoyed Lin’s use of traditional tales which are woven into the narrative. These too, can be read as stand-alones, but offer more as part of the larger narrative.

Age: 8-12 and up.