Rugby

Dear Parents

Please find flyer below from the Hunters Hill Junior Rugby Union Club

Class and Portrait Photos 2014

Dear Parents

Class and portrait photos for all Wyvern students have been distributed today.  The photos have been processed by Advanced Life Photography.  Included in each pack is a class photo, portrait in various sizes and the opportunity to download the portrait image.  The cost for this pack is $30.00.  This cost will be charged to student’s stage accounts next term.  If you do not wish to purchase the Class and Portrait Photos please return the pack to Wyvern Office by Wednesday, 9^th April, 2014.

Kind regards

Wyvern Office

Movies in the Park

Building Learning Power – Parent Information Sessions

Building Learning Power – Our Wyvern Learning Framework

At Wyvern we are deeply committed to equipping our boys with lifelong learning tools that will hold them in good stead into the 21^st century. As part of our learning, we embed lessons with strategies where we teach boys to be more resilient, resourceful, reflective and reciprocal.

Cate Fryda, our Learning Framework Team Leader, will be holding parent information sessions next term to outline how we build your son’s learning power in our classrooms and around the school. Everyone is most welcome to come along and learn more about how learning has changed over the past decade and why these changes are having such positive effects on our boys.

Parent Information Session Details

WHEN: Thursday 22^nd May (Week 4, Term 2)

TIME: 8.30am OR 6.00pm

WHERE: Wyvern Library

Any further questions, please feel free to email Cate – cfryda@newington.nsw.edu.au

Wyvern’s Own Ironman

On Sunday 23^rd March, Mr Hugh Scott (1S class teacher) competed in the Asia-Pacific Ironman Competition in Melbourne.

The race consisted of a 3.8km swim, 180km cycle and a marathon (42.2km). Although he wasn’t in it to win it, he persevered through the day to finish in 13 hours. The hardest part of the competition was not the actual race day but the days, weeks and months of training leading up to the race. Mr Scott trained 5/6 days a week and it was this perseverance, resilience and preparation that eventually took him over the finish line. Proper diet and adequate rest are very important with these types of races but are also imperative in daily life.

Wyvern boys participate in the 2014 Sydney South Rugby 7’s Tournament

Wyvern boys participated in the 2014 Sydney South Rugby 7’s Tournament on Friday 21st March.  To view the report, click here.

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Seed Sport – Multi Sports Clinic

Seed Sport – Autumn Rugby Clinic

Newington Crested Ware

There are a range of crested ware on offer at the Black and White shop. They range from memorabilia, clothing, keepsakes as well as an exclusive Sesquicentenary line which can be found on the Sesquicentenrary site. For more information about crested ware, please contact Rollanda Rosenstrauss.

To download the crested ware catalogue and price list  click here

To view the crested ware page on the public website, click here

Flyers in Bookstand

Tuckshop

• Everyday Tuckshop Menu

Martial Arts

• Kung Fu Action at Wyvern

Co-curricular

• Co-curricular (Before and After School) Activities at Wyvern

Wyvern Uniform Shop

Winter Items Available from the Uniform Shop – get in before the rush!

Winter blazers, long sleeve shirts and shorts just arrived. Come in and buy before end of term rush!

Long sleeve Midford shirts reduced from $30 to $15 in sizes 5, 14, 16 and 18.

We are now stocking for rugby:

• Protective headgear, sizes small/medium (made by Paladin which is high quality IRB approved).
• Mouth guards

Second Hand Clothing

Please find attached Wyvern’s Second Hand Clothing Price List.  No orders will be taken for the Second Hand Clothing Pool. If you wish to purchased an item you will need to go into the shop to do so. Click here for Second Hand Clothing Price List

Wyvern Uniform Roster Term 1 Week 11 & Term 2 Week 1,  Click here

Wyvern Uniform Shop Winter Price List 2014, Click here

Wyvern Uniform Shop Order Form, Click here

Wyvern Sport

For all Saturday morning sport at Newington Senior School, parents are requested to park off site along the street. The schools onsite car park is maintained for officials, emergency vehicles and staff only. With the winter sport season upon us, the car park area can become very busy early in the morning. Please consider this simple request to ensure the smooth management of Saturday morning sport at Newington.

Wyvern Sports Newsletter – Week 10, Click here

Sports Results and Match Reports for 15 March 2014, Click here

Sporting Venue Addresses, Click here

2014 Sports Handbook, Click here

Tuckshop News, Roster & Online Ordering

Dear Parents

If your son suffers from an allergy it is imperative that you advise the Wyvern Office and the Tuckshop so that we are aware of it. Click here for the ‘Alliance Catering  – Food Allergens Advisory Statement’.

Please Note: As of Term 4 there has been a price increase in lunch orders due to supplier increased pricing.

Tuckshop Menu and Roster for Term 1 Week 11 and Term 2 Week 1, Click here

Everyday Menu and Price List, Click here  Please note that there have been a few changes made to this for ‘Items from the Freezer’

Online Ordering Instructions, Click here

Online Ordering FAQs, Click here

Term Dates 2014 & 2015

TERM DATES 2014

TERM ONE
Wednesday 29 January to Friday 11 April
11 week term followed by a 2 week break
Classes commence Wednesday 29 January

TERM TWO
Monday 28 April to Friday 20 June
Queen’s Birthday (Pubic Holiday) –  Monday 9 June
8 week term followed by a 3 week break

TERM THREE
Monday 14 July to Thursday 18 September
Wyvern Staff PD Day (Student Free Day) – Friday 19 September
10 week term followed by a 2 week break

TERM FOUR
Wednesday 8 October to Monday 8 December
Labour Day Public Holiday – Monday 6 October
Wyvern Staff PD Day (Student Free Day) -Tuesday 7 October

TERM DATES 2015

TERM ONE
Thursday 29 January to Thursday 2 April
Classes commence Thursday 29 January
10 week term followed by a 2 week break

TERM TWO
Monday 20 April to Friday 26 June
Anzac Day Public Holiday – Monday 27 April
Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday – Monday 8 June
10 week term followed by a 2 week break (for 2015 only)

TERM THREE
Tuesday 14 July to Friday 18 September
10 week term followed by a 3 week break (for 2015 only)

TERM FOUR
Monday 12 October to Tuesday 8 December
Annual Prize Giving 3-6 – Tuesday 8 December

P & F News and Events

Hello!

WoW! What a great night! One hundred and eighty-six women attended our ‘Women of Wyvern’ dinner and by all accounts we had a great time. If the energy, chatter and ‘table hopping’ are anything to go by, then it was a perfect night. A huge thank you to the Year 4 Class Parents for the time and energy they put into organising the event: Sandra D’Addona, Dianne Di Cristo, Joanna Natoli and Vanessa Safieh. I also want to extend a special thank you to the Dedes family who took extra special care of our group at their wonderful venue, Dedes on the Wharf.

Our next event is a ‘whole of Wyvern House’ event – the annual Great Garden Party is on tomorrow, Friday 4 April 2014. I do hope you come along and visit all the stalls that parents have been working hard to set up. It’s a lovely way to start celebrating the beginning of the end of Term 1 and the actual beginning of the weekend.

The Mother’s Day gift catalogue is out next week, so don’t forget to have a look and see if there is anything your boy(s) would like to purchase. I must say, Year 5 Class Parents have great taste. There is a great range of gifts at a great range of prices – something for every mum (and I’m not above dropping hints). Order forms are due at the front office by Tuesday of Week 1 – 29 April 2014 and, in the interest of placing orders in time for distribution, late orders can’t be accepted.

In Week Four I invited parents to put forward their views about the federal Department of Communications’ discussion paper about online safety for children. The NSW Parents’ Council made a submission to the Department, supporting the proposal for the creation of a Children’s E-safety Commissioner, a code of conduct for social media sites including swift removal of harmful material and the creation of a specific criminal offence. You can read the submission here. 

Next term,  Mr Pollard, volunteer parent Lisa Reinitz and I hope to reinvigorate volunteer opportunities in the Mary Andrews Garden so stand by for more information. Also, please remember that the keynote presentation at our Term 2 P&F meeting is about the boys’ social and emotional development. Mr Holden will also be providing us with an update on the school’s anti-bullying policy and building plans.

Easter is my favourite time of year and I’m so looking forward to it again (while dreading all the chocolate). I do hope that you enjoy the well-deserved and highly anticipated break after this long term. Fingers crossed for wonderful sunny and crisp Autumn weather, which I expect to find when my family visits our nation’s capital on ANZAC Day.

Until next time, be well and happy

Natalie Mina
President, Wyvern P&F
natalie.mina@accenture.com; 0414 850 455

DATES FOR THE DIARY

• Friday 4 April – Great Garden Party, Mary Andrews Garden, 3.00pm – 5.00pm
• Thursday 8 May – Mothers’ Day gift distribution – orders will be taken in Term 2
• Friday 2 May – Kindy and Year 5 Parents’ Social Events, 3 Weeds Hotel
• Friday 9th May – Mothers’ Day Breakfast, 7.30am – 9.00am
• Thursday 15 May – Term 2 P&F Meeting, 7.00pm – 8.30pm
• Kindy mums meet at Paper Cup every Wednesday and Friday morning at 8.15am
• Year 2 social events are currently being confirmed and dates for the year will be available shortly

OSHClub – Wyvern’s Before & After School Care Program

Wyvern’s Before and After School Care Program is run by OSHClub. Enrolment for all students is recommended and allows parents to easily manage their before and after school care needs via an online account. Visit  www.oshclub.com.au to use the free enrolment service.

For all late bookings, please contact the Coordinator, Eleanor, on 0428 131 700. OSHClub’s head office number is (03) 8564 9000 Click here for the OSHClub Information Flyer.

For OSHClub Newsletter Term 1 – Week 10, click here.

Holiday Program, click here

Kind regards
OSHClub Team

Next Two Weeks

Faith Matters

Taking Care of Unfinished Business

A young Korean once approached the counter at Trans World Airlines and explained that nine years earlier, when he was 17, he’d travelled on a child’s ticket. Now he wanted to pay the difference. The agent was dumbfounded by his honesty! Billy Kim was 17 when the Korean War broke out. His dad died and his school was bombed, so he joined the American troops, shining boots and washing dishes. When he got an opportunity to go to America, he was thrilled. Landing in San Francisco he thought he’d arrived in heaven! But he had to get from there to his sponsor in Virginia, and he had no money. Afraid he’d get lost, some friends bought him a child’s ticket and pinned a note on his uniform; it read, “To Whom It May Concern, send this boy to Route 1, Box 75, Danville, Virginia.” But the story doesn’t end there. Billy later became pastor of a church of over 10,000 people. Eventually he went on to preside over the Far East Broadcasting Company, and translated for Billy Graham when he spoke to a crowd of over one million people in Seoul, Korea. Not bad for a boy who shined shoes!

God’s choice of leaders has less to do with connections and charisma than with character and conformity to His Word. Restitution is important in God’s economy, after all He sent Jesus to set things right between us and Himself. Do you have any unfinished business that needs attention? Perhaps as we approach Easter it might be an ideal time.

Peter Morphew
Chaplain

Artist of the Week

K – 2 Artist of the Week

Alexander thought about the idea of a foggy day. He then used a collage technique layering grey and brown card with tracing paper and black crayon overdrawing. Alexander’s carefully finished work successfully portrays Mount Fuji on a foggy day.

Alexander Tsakonas 1S

Debbie Bourke
K-2 Art Teacher

Years 3-6 Artist of the Week

Year 3

Students in year 3 were discovering  The Great Barrier Reef National Park. Students created tropical fish out of clay after completing observational drawings in their VAPDs. Students were taken throughout the tricky process of joining the clay, smoothing and making scales using various tools.

These boys were able to glaze their fish using  bright colours as well as enhancing the texture created.

Well Done boys.

Isaac Zoud 3R

Daniel Frougas 3G

Year 5 

These artists of the week from Year 5 were very difficult to choose from, as all Year 5 surpassed themselves creating works about their personal and cultural identity. Students appreciated “Brett Whiteley’s “Self Portrait in a Studio”, and discovered that the artist had placed various things in his studio that had meant something to him. These objects were painted in his unique style.

Students were taken through a number of explicit drawing activities, as well as some intuitive grey scale painting. Students were asked to bring in objects that could be incorporated into their artworks which reflected their cultural/and or personal identity.

Congratulations to Year 5 for completing a challenging piece that kept them on their toes the whole time.

Well Done Year 5.

Charlie Papps 5M

Owen Read 5J

Meredith Buining
3-6 Art Teacher

Achievement Awards and House Points

House Points

A Message from Mr Holden

Dear Parents,

As we near the end of this exceptionally busy term I would like to congratulate boys for their hard work, enthusiasm and great commitment to all activities.  The final week of school will require students to draw on their ‘Perseverance Muscles’ as we do expect standards in all areas of school life to remain extremely high.

In the final week of Term 1 students will undertake a range of exciting and engaging activities as we temporarily break away from our normal timetable. Week 11 therefore will be ‘Flexible Learning Week’ where each grade will follow a particular theme.  For example, K-2 boys will be ‘travelling around the world’ to learn about different cultures and countries. For this week our specialist teaching staff will integrate their particular areas of learning by working alongside class teachers.  Please visit the relevant Year Group page on Spaces for further information.

Please note that on Monday 7 April and Wednesday 9 April there will be no sport due to the ‘Flexible Learning Week’. Sport will resume first week back in Term 2.

Also, as part of Flexible Learning Week, on Tuesday 8 April, all Wyvern students will have a Cyber Safety Education day to be run Mrs Emma Clemens, class teachers and our ICT team. Again, further details are on Wyvern Spaces.

On Wednesday 9 April, Year 6 staff and students will travel to Lake Macquarie for a 3 day outdoor education camp. As well as being great fun, such activities help boys to build confidence, team work, independence and resilience. I am sure that all boys will embrace the challenge of camp with enthusiasm. I thank Mr King (Year 6 Team Leader), the Year 6 teachers and wider staff team for organising this valuable opportunity.

At the end of Term 1 Ms Annie Lukins will be leaving Wyvern. Annie has been a wonderfully bright and cheery face for boys and parents and has made a very valuable contribution during her time at Wyvern. We wish Annie every success for her future pathway. At the start of Term 2 I look forward to welcoming Mrs Beth Anderson to the office team in the new position of Data Administrator.

I hope you all enjoy some quality family time over the special Easter break. I look forward to seeing the boys refreshed and ready to launch into Term 2 which commences on 28th April. Note, students need to wear their full winter school uniform – winter blazer, winter shorts, black jumper (optional).

Ian Holden
Head of Wyvern House