Principal's Message

Good afternoon, Parents/Carers,

Staffing Changes Week 10

I will be taking leave next week.  Neil Wilcox will be stepping in as Relieving Principal and Emily Hubbard will be taking on Learning & Support Teaching.  I would like to wish everyone a safe and restful break and I look forward to a very busy Term 4.

Kindergarten 2027 Transition Meeting at Werris Creek Preschool

We will be holding a meeting with all prospective Kindergarten 2027 enrolments at Werris Creek Preschool, 14 Coronation Street, Werris Creek at 4:00pm this afternoon.  This is a great opportunity to gain knowledge and receive enrolment forms and information on our school and Kindergarten program and meet our Kinder Teacher, Hannah Overell for 2027.  If you know of anyone who is wanting to enrol their child in 2027 please come along to the meeting or they can contact our school for more details.  

4/5/6T Port Stephens Excursion Meeting

We will be holding a meeting this Thursday, 17th September at 3:15pm in the 4/5/6T classroom and via Teams for Parents/Carers to discuss the upcoming excursion to Port Stephens in Term 4.  We ask all Parents/Carers who are sending their child on this excursion to attend to receive some vital information regarding the excursion.  If you are unable to make the meeting in person, and wish to attend via teams, please advise our office by close of business tomorrow and advise your e-mail address so we can send a teams invitation.  If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our school office.

School Assembly

We will be holding our last school assembly for Term 3 this Friday, 18th September at 2:15pm in the school hall.  Our K/1B class will be entertaining us with a performance.  All welcome to attend.

Quirindi Spring Show

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the Quirindi Spring Show held last weekend:

Colouring In Competition

Telmie - 2nd Place

Liam & Maddison - Highly Commended

Billy & Lillian S - Encouragement Awards

Collage Art Competition

Skylar - 2nd Place

Hudson - 3rd Place

Rowan - 4th Place

Jaxon S - 5th Place

Classes for 2027

Our classes and teachers for 2027 will be as follows:

K/1O  Miss Hannah Overell

2/3B    Mrs Baldo

4/5/6T Miss Jane Thompson

Behaviour Focus

This week we again are focusing on being Safe:

We are learning to:

• Move Safely around the school at all times

We know we are successful when we:

• We are not running in walking areas

• We are not running on concrete paths

• We are not playing tips or running in play equipment area

• We walk while carrying equipment

Turn Up Awards

Each day your child attends their name will be entered into the draw to receive a paddle pop voucher.  A voucher will be issued each week to each class.  If your child attends 5 times in that week they have 5 entries.  If they attend two days in that week they have 2 entries. Congratulations to our winners for Term 3, Week 8:

K/1B -    Nasha

2/3O -     Summer

4/5/6T - Sieanna

Future Leaders of Werris Creek Public School

Each morning before we start our day we hold an assembly to discuss what is happening for the day, behaviour focus for the week and acknowledge our turn up and home reader awards.  We start our assembly with an acknowledgement to country.  We are now encouraging some of our younger students to step up and lead our school.  This week we have Ashton & Koda leading with the Acknowledgement to Country.  Well done to Ashton & Koda for aspiring to be future leaders of Werris Creek Public School.

Home Reading

Home reading is encouraged at Werris Creek Public School.  Just 10 minutes per night can make a difference.  To encourage our students to read at home, we offer some great incentives. If you would like some tips on encouraging your child to read, please see their classroom teacher.

Attendance Matters

Congratulations to the 10 students who are part of our 100% Club.  These students have attended school 100% of the time in Term 3. 

We have 35 Students in total attending 90% or above.  Keep up the good work as attendance matters.  

If your child is to be absent from school for any reason, please ensure you contact the school office to advise or reply to the SMS message that is sent on the day of absence.  It is important that we notify the department the reason your child is not attending school.

Quirindi Community Christmas Tree Lighting

We have been invited by the Quirindi Business Chamber to participate in the Community Christmas Tree Lighting on Wednesday, 2nd December.  Our students from all years will be singing a number of Christmas Carols at the event.  More details to come on times when available.

Kind regards

Kathy Nott

Principal