The West Oak

Newsletter of Colac West Primary School“The Smaller City School”

Tabloid Sport

March 13th 2014Volume 1 Issue 7

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Inside this Issue-Page 1…

1. Kana Parade This Saturday2. Ride2School Day3. Peanut Reminder4. Student Of The Week Awards5. Performances6. The Big Write7. This Week At Assembly

Page 2…8. School Council9. Student Activity10. 2014 Camps11. Book Club12. 2014 Premiers Active April13. Parent Helpers14. Preps Full Time15. Surprising Science

Page 3…16. School Council17. Parents Club18. Coming Events

Page 4…19. Community News

Colac West Primary School(03) 5231 2479PO Box 268,Colac, Victoria 3250email:colac.west.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

KANA PARADE 2014THIS SATURDAY!The Parade starts at 1pm. Children will need to assemble at school by 12.30pm. Please note children will need to be collected immediately after the procession in Dennis Street, behind the Memorial Square.Children will represent what they want to be when they grow up. Dress up as what you want to be but please remember a sunsmart approach to costumes. We have flags, umbrellas and balloons for participants. Dress up and have a ball with us at Kana. Parents are welcome, especially with decorating the truck on Saturday morning.

RIDE2SCHOOL DAYNext Wednesday March 19th is National Ride2School Day. Students are encouraged to ride, walk, scoot or skate to school. Please remember your helmets where required and that you must be 8 years old to ride, if not with a parent. The Year 5/6 class have Bike Ed in the last session which will form part of the day.

PEANUT REMINDERPlease remember that we are asking everyone to leave peanuts and peanut butter sandwiches as home food options. Please leave them out of school lunches.

‘Student of the Week Awards’Principal’s Award Elias ClarkP / 1 : Smith Regan Jacques1 / 2: Moore Ian Lumley3 /4Gray/Watson Shanelle Eykenboom4 / 5: Jackson Sarah MorrowYr 5/6 Cole Reyce HaslemArts Corey HaslemLibrary Sarah Morrow

PERFORMANCESNext week we have 2 performances coming for our Colac West students as part of Cultural Diversity Week. On Tuesday we will be entertained by a variety of African music using various instruments and then on Thursday, Camp Quality are coming with their puppet style show. It is an educational program using muppet style puppets to deliver a fun and positive message about supporting children living with cancer and other serious illnesses. Then on Friday it is Harmony Day and students are encouraged to wear orange as part of this day. This of course is followed by the Kana Parade on Saturday.

THE BIG WRITEV is for VOCABULARYC is for CONNECTORSO is for OPENERSP is for PUNCTUATION

THIS WEEK AT ASSEMBLYMC – Jessica ParsonsAcknowledgement – Douglas HunterPledge – Brooke HawkinsStudent Activities – Bianca PearceHouse Points –Flynn Wisbey/Jessica ParsonsHouse Captain's report: Rita Alkurd

SCHOOL COUNCILThe Annual Meeting of School Council is to be held next Wednesday evening at 7:00pm. This will be followed by a General Meeting of the new School Council at 7:30pm. These meetings are in the staffroom at Colac West.

STUDENT ACTIVITIESThe highlight of this week has been the Division Athletics on Tuesday. Our team of 30 students performed very well, with some outstanding individual and team efforts. Colac West was voted the best behaved school on the day - naturally. Our T20 cricket team had their first game on Wednesday night and had a lot of fun. CSC visited our Year 5 and 6 students on Thursday to talk about Year 7 and the Open Night. On Friday Rupert is off to the Regional Swimming and we wish him the best of luck. There is a netball club meeting after school also. Saturday is the Kana Parade and Mr Ware is expecting a big turnout of students for our float. Next week we have a performance of African music, Ride2School Day, a Camp Quality performance and Harmony Day on Friday It will be another big week. Thankyou.

PREPS FULL TIMEAll preps will be attending school all day as of this coming Wednesday 19th.

2014 CAMP NEWSYr 5/ 6 Camp is to Anglesea on 22/23 May. This camp will cost $115 and can be paid by instalments or in full by 19 May.* Paying a small amount

SPORTSome upcoming dates for Colac West Students and District sport are:1. Division Basketball trials April 24th2. Division soccer trials 28th of March3. Division Football & Netball trials Friday 4th of AprilThe District School Athletics event was held last Tuesday at the Central Reserve and we took 30 children who were complimented on by teachers from other schools for their excellent behaviour. If you were there, you would have seen an excellent bunch of children all sitting together representing our school brilliantly. As for results, we did OK given our size. Special performances were Rita winning Shot Put and third in Discus, Mason for second in Discus, Asha for second in Shot Put and Discus and Brooke came third in High Jump. Our 12yo boys came second in the Relay and our 11yo girls came second in their Relay. Anyone who placed in a running event, including Hurdles, won’t know their results for weeks as the times have to be sorted out by the officials and then sent to us to find out who will go on to the Regionals in Ballarat on the 17th of October. So there’s plenty of time between then and now. Thanks to Mr and Mrs Swayn for helping us at Shot Put on the day.

PARENT HELPERSWe encourage you to be part of our team at Colac West by becoming a Classroom Helper. Some people have already taken part in an information session, over the years and we welcome you back again.

Surprising ScienceLast week at Assembly, Matthew Swayn and Jasper Zabala demonstrated how you can poke holes in an inflated balloon. Still don’t believe them? Why not give it a try yourself!As skewers are pointy and sharp please ask an adult to help you with this experiment.You will need: • some ordinary balloons• wooden skewers • people to amazeWhat to Do:Blow up and tie your balloon. You may want to blow up more than one just in case the balloon pops on the first (or second) try.• find the dark part of the balloon - it’s the opposite end to the opening• Hold the balloon in one hand, and slowly push the pointy end of the skewer into the dark part of the balloon • Once the skewer is through, you can keep pushing the skewer inside, and poke it out through the dark part of the balloon near where you tied it off. There you have an amazing balloon kebab!What’s going on?When a balloon is inflated it is under a lot of pressure and the rubber is stretched out so that it is thin in most places on the balloon. Any little puncture can burst them. However, there are two parts of the balloon that can resist a poke and those are the darker parts near the top and bottom. They are dark because they're thicker in those places, and the thick skin lets them form a tight seal around the skewer without breaking (usually!).

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR 2013

PRINCIPAL:Peter Nelson: 52312479

PRESIDENT:Anthony McDonald

Anthony McDonaldKatrina HammondCraig Ware

PARENTS’ CLUBCommittee for 2014President: Libby SwaynVice President: Sharon JacquesSecretary: Prue BorensteinAssistant Secretary: Ellis ClaridgeTreasurer: Nadine BeckettCanteen: Davida McDonaldSchool Council Rep. Connie Wilson

NEXT PARENTS’ CLUBEveryone welcome

COMING EVENTSMarch 14th - Assembly 9:00amMarch 14th - Regional SwimmingMarch 14th - Netball Meeting 3:20March 15th - Kana ParadeMarch 17th - Golf Clinics 4 / 5 & 5 / 6March 18th - Harmony Day Music Performance P-6 11:45am

Peter NelsonAndrew CoxCorey BeckettConnie WilsonTony BensonKerri BauerRod SwaynDeb Howlett

FinancePeter NelsonKatrina HammondAnthony McDonald

Buildings & GroundsPeter NelsonCorey BeckettRod SwaynTony Benson

Curriculum / PolicyPeter NelsonDeb HowlettAndrew CoxCraig WareKerri Bauer

Date: Annual MeetingMarch 19th at 7.00pm& General Meeting 7:30pm

March 19th - Ride2School DayMarch 19th - School Council Annual Meeting 7:00pmMarch 20th - Camp Quality Performance P-6 2:30March 21st - Assembly 9:00amMarch 21st - Harmony DayMarch 24th - School Nurse (Preps)March 25th - Golf Teams Clinic 2:25pmMarch 25th - Dental Hygiene visit (Preps)March 26th - School Nurse (Preps)March 28th - Assembly 9:00amMarch 28th - Division Soccer TrialsMarch 30th - Autumn Fair 11:00am - 3:00pmApril 2nd - CSC Open NightApril 4th - Easter Hat Parade 9:00, Assembly 1:30April 4th - Division Football & Netball Trials

OPEN NIGHT

All grade six students and their families

are invited to our Open Night on:

Wednesday, April 2ndPresentations will be held at5.00 pm, 5.45 pm and

6.30 pm

Autumn Harvest Fair

Sunday March 30th

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