A Message from Mr Holden

I would like to thank and acknowledge the P and F for organising the recent Father’s Day breakfast. It was a wonderful occasion for Wyvern dads to spend some time with their sons and other parents.

As mentioned in my last newsletter, the process for allocating students to next year’s classes is thorough and starts in Term 4. As part of this, some parents may feel that they can assist by offering additional information about their son. Should you wish to express a view about the style of classroom management you think may best match your son (e.g. particularly nurturing or greater structure, etc.) I invite you to contact me via email before the end of this term. We approach each year as a new start for the boys, hence, we do not automatically consider requests made in previous years. However, should there be significant information from past requests, please do contact me again. Please note that I cannot consider any requests made after the end of Term 3 deadline.

A final reminder that next week, on Thursday 13 September at 6:30pm, the Wyvern P and F are generously sponsoring an important event for all parents of boys in Kindergarten to Year 6. The theme of the evening is “Raising Boys in a Digital World”, to be presented by Dr Kristy Goodwin. More information about Kristy Goodwin can be found at: http://drkristygoodwin.com/about/

I encourage you to attend this important workshop; please RSVP for this event at wyvern@newington.nsw.edu.au

Ian Holden
Head of Wyvern House

Achievement Awards and House Points

 The following achievement awards were awarded at Assembly:

House Points

Artist of the Week

K – 2 Artists of the Week

Kindergarten have looked closely at the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Legendary artists that they are named after. (Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael) 

They have begun making discoveries regarding these artists and are looking at the stories being represented:  historical, religious, legendary and imaginative. 

Alex Cao, Jad Chami and Oscar Yusiw have all completed an interesting personal interpretation of Raphael’s Sistine Madonna. 

Yelena Rubie
K-2 Visual Arts Teacher

Barnardos Christmas Appeal – Gifts for Teenagers

Dear Wyvern Parents,

We will once again be supporting Barnardos Gifts for Kids for our Wyvern Christmas Appeal and this year Barnardos has made a special request from us to support ‘Teenagers’.

Barnardos are now caring for more teenagers than ever before, and Christmas is a particularly difficult time for them. Christmas should be one of the happiest days of the year for them, a day surrounded by family, filled with love and the excitement of a gift. Unfortunately, tens of thousands of Australian teenagers live in disadvantaged households, and Christmas can be a day filled with disappointment and confusion when they wake to find no gifts or special food on the table.

So this year we will be supporting ‘Teenagers Only’ so that they too can feel the love we have for giving to those less fortunate.

Each year we are constantly amazed with your generosity to support families less fortunate and once again we are seeking your support, but for teenagers only. In order to make a difference we are asking that you donate Gift Cards & Vouchers ONLY. 

As of next Tuesday, 11^th September we will place a Christmas Box in the Office Foyer with a slot in the lid for you to place your donation. All donations need to be made by the end of October. This will enable Barnardos to ensure timely distribution of gift cards and vouchers for Christmas.

We thank you in advance for your wonderful support of this incredible cause and know that your generosity will definitely make a difference to these young people this Christmas.

Wvyern SRC

Faith Matters

For Faith Matters this term, we will look at some folk stories and explore how they link to matters of faith and our lives today.

He Watches Over

For a Cherokee Indian youth to be considered a man, he must endure the ‘Rite of Passage.’

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone.  He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the morning sun shines through it.  He cannot cry out for help to anyone.  Once he survives the night, he is a man.  He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each boy must come into manhood on his own.

The boy is naturally terrified.  He can hear all kinds of noises.  Wild beasts must surely be all around him.  Maybe even some human who might do him harm.  The wind blows the grass and earth, and shakes his stump but he must sit stoically, never uncovering his eyes.  Finally, after a horrific night, the sun appears, and he removes his blindfold.

It is then he discovers he is not alone.  His father is sitting on the stump next to him, having been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

We too, are never alone, not matter how frightening our circumstances.  Even when we aren’t aware, God is watching over us, always protecting us.  When we are afraid and feel alone all we have to do is reach out to Him. He may not always give us the answer we want, but He is present!

Deuteronomy 31:6

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

Isaac Williams
Assistant Chaplain – Wyvern House

ICAS Writing Competition Results 2018

Next Two Weeks

Oshclub – Wyvern’s Before and After School Care Provider

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 Rebecca Leontios on 0428 131 700. OSHClub’s head office number is (03) 8564 9000 Click here for the OSHClub Information Flyer.

Newsletter, Click here

Kind regards

Rebecca Leontios
Program Co-ordinator

Sport

Sports Newsletter, Click here

Sporting Venue Addresses, Click here

2018 Sports Handbook, Click here

SRC Fundraising Event – ‘Buy a Bale – Bake Sale’

On Friday 24^th August, the SRC representatives held a ‘Buy a Bale – Bake Sale’ in order to raise money for our Aussie farmers.

Buy a Bale supports Aussie farmers and rural communities throughout Australia. This drought appeal campaign is providing meaningful support for farmers by delivering hay and other essential items to farmers who have no feed left for their cattle.

Our SRC representatives were keen to support this campaign and help drought-affected farmers.

All staff and boys at Wyvern were absolutely amazed at the overwhelming generosity and support within our school community. Many families had taken the time to bake cake themselves – ranging from kit kat cupcakes, rainbow cakes to some very cute emoji cake slices.

The SRC representatives did a fabulous job of setting up the stalls and getting ready for their hungry customers. The cakes all proved to be very popular and were enjoyed by both boys and staff, for a gold coin donation. As a result, we were able to raise $1816.95 for the Buy a Bale campaign.

A very big thank you to the Wyvern families who either baked or bought baked goods for the Bake Sale.

Jenny Yoon, Hana Kitamura, Ciara Harding

STEM at Wyvern

STEM at Wyvern is thriving because of the high levels of interest and passion inherent to our Wyvern boys. Proof of their commitment to STEM is the high number of boys who chose to submit and innovative device or scientific investigation in the Young Scientist Awards Competition. Two of our students took out top honours in the two age categories that Wyvern entered in the first category which is the innovative devices. In the Year 3 and 4 division, Harry Vohra was placed equal first for his self-made driverless robot car. Harry built this car to investigate if it could be used as an on-demand bus for people in a local community.  Part of this investigation was testing safety using lego blocks as obstacles to avoid and pre-programming set destinations. In the Year 5 and 6 division Anthony Gregoire was placed equal first as well with his uniquely designed and built, ‘Aqua Elevator’. His prototype showed how people in wheelchairs could be floated to the top of water slides in water parks so that they were not excluded from all the fun due to stairs. As both these boys are New South Wales state winners, the next step is the national BHPBSEA competition. The boys will also receive their NSW Young Scientist Awards at a formal presentation ceremony at the University of Wollongong on Wednesday, the 31st of October. Other participants in the Inventive, innovative device categories were: Benny Hunt, Angus Thompson and Patrick Jones in Year 5 who sped up the composting process to produce feed blocks for our drought stricken farmers. Also in Year 5, Rushabh Gandhi built his own drone from scratch and has invented a system for surveillance that takes away the need for fixed cameras, can be used for parking infringements, car break-ins, car accidents, fires and safe playground surveillance. He built a large city to demonstrate the effectiveness of the drone. In Year 6 Joshua Ibrahim designed a self-driving robot to get his granddad walking. It plays Sinatra and allows his granddad (who is on dialysis) to a walk on a set path for more exercise. Next weekend on the 14 -15 September the 12 boys who entered the Scientific Investigation category will have their entries judged and will receive feedback. We wish these boys all the best and a further update on what these boys investigated and how they achieved will appear in the next newsletter. A big thank you to the Year 11 senior students who have acted as mentors every Wednesday this term for our young scientists. We also thank the parents for their infinite patience and support of students in the competition. Please check out this website for further details http://www.youngscientist.com.au/

Lindsay Bosch
STEM Teacher

Term Dates 2018

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Tuckshop Menu & Roster

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Kind regards

Wyvern Office

Uniform Shop

Wyvern Uniform Roster Term 3 Weeks 8 and 9 Click here
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Nicole Williams
Uniform Shop Manager
Mon & Thurs   7:30 am  to 9:00 am 
Tues  2:30 pm to 4:00 pm

Wyvern Reading Hour

What is Australian Reading Hour?

On Thursday, September 20, 2018, stop what you’re doing and join us in Wyvern Library at 7:15am for one hour of reading. Rediscover the benefits of reading. Take the time to learn, grow, escape and relax.

In children, reading has been shown to help with identity formation, setting them up for success in the future. In adults, reading has been shown to reduce stress by 68% more than listening to music, going for a walk, or having a cup of tea.

Why read?

Studies have discovered some interesting outcomes concerning the importance of reading:

• Reading reduces stress by 68%, relieving stress more quickly than listening to music, going for a walk or having a cup of tea
• Children who know adults who read for pleasure take it for granted that reading is valuable
• When tested for empathy, readers of narrative fiction achieved significantly higher than other groups
• Reading is closely linked to increasing our understanding of our own identities
• It was found by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research that reading to children six to seven days a week puts them almost a year ahead of those who are not being read to.

Morris Gleitzman on Reading 

Children’s Laureate and 2018 Australian Reading Hour Ambassador

“Most vital human functions are accompanied by pleasure, and reading is no exception. I’m proud and delighted to be an Australian Reading Hour Ambassador for 2018, and to use the opportunity to gently remind the adult community that young people deserve that pleasure every day. They also need it, because no other activity will better equip young people to embrace their futures in a sometimes dark and uncertain world with optimism, resolve and creativity. Our stories have saved us in the past, and in the minds of young readers they can again.”

We look forward to seeing Wyvern students, Senior School siblings, parents, grandparents, carers and staff at our Reading Hour on Thursday September 20th at 7:15am in Wyvern Library.

Kind regards,

Mrs Barnes & Mrs Mann