No 8 16 SEPTEMBER 2019

Dear Parents, Staff and Children,

New School Uniform / Hats We are currently finalising the design of our new uniforms which will be introduced at the beginning of 2020. The new uniform, featuring red, black and white will be compulsory for 2020 Preps with a 2 year phase in period for the remainder of the school. We will publish full details along with price lists, etc as soon as these become available. The expectation is that students will wear red hats. We are currently investigating a slouch hat which will also be available through PSW. We will continue to allow students to wear the generic broad brim or legionnaire hats also. Book Week Activities Book Week saw many activities around the school, the highlight of course being our dress up parade. Again, it was wonderful to see the children in their colourful costumes, celebrating this year’s theme, ‘Reading Is My Superpower. Thankyou to the many family members who also came along in support. The parade was followed up by Housemates activities where children enjoyed activities in relation to this year’s book titles and a sausage sizzle lunch. We were lucky enough also to enjoy a visit by author and illustrator Susan Berran who ran sessions across the school on Tuesday. The children loved hearing her stories about what inspires her writing and taking part in some illustration activities. The annual Book Fair also took place with families having the opportunity to purchase literature, including this year’s shortlisted books and merchandise. Special thanks to our JSC and the many staff who coordinated these events for our school. FOSW I would like to take the opportunity to thank our fantastic FOSW team for their hard work in the organisation of this year’s Disco Bingo. They worked tirelessly, drumming up sponsorship and donations for our school from local businesses, who have been very supportive of this community event. The dedication of our FOSW team is second to none and we are extremely grateful for the efforts they go to, not just for the children, but for our parents also. We raised in excess of $5000 which is an outstanding effort. Thankyou to all who attended and raised their auction paddles on the night. Thankyou also to FOSW for their coordination of the Father’s Day Stall. As always, the children had a great selection of gifts to choose from. We appreciate the support of parents who came along to help run the stall on the day and the many families who donated gifts for the raffle prizes.

Summer Sports Carnival On Friday 6th September our Year 5 /6 students participated in the District Summer Sports Carnivals. Children had the opportunity to compete in Volleyball, Softball, Basketball and for the first time, Lawn Bowls. A great day was had by all with teams enjoying various levels of success. Congratulations to our Softball team who came away as winners of the small schools’ pennant. Athletics Finals Last Tuesday five of our students went off to represent our school at the Divisional Athletics Finals. All competed to the best of their ability and enjoyed personal success on the day. Congratulations to the following students on their wonderful effort. Anita Zambetta – 4th in the 800m event Eli Skinner – 1st in both the 200m sprint and the 100m hurdles Oliver Smyth – 3rd in his hurdles event Madi Vnucec – 5th in the discus Harry Smith-Jones – 1st in the discus We are proud of the outstanding achievements of all five students. Special congratulations to Eli and Harry who will now move on to compete at the Regional Finals in October.

TIMELINE

Term 3

17th September

Graduation and special

group photo day

19th September

Footy Meal Deal and

Footy Dress up day

20th September

Last Day of Term 3

2.30pm dismissal

Term 4

7th October

1st day of Term 4

24th October

Sunbury West on Show

12th November

7pm information evening

for 2020 Preps

21st November

Prep orientation

9.15am-10.30am

25th November—27th

November

3/4 Camp

27th November

Prep orientation

9.15am-10.30am

3rd December

Prep orientation

9.15am-10.30am

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au

Notices that have gone home….

Term 3

Grade 5/6 Special Group Photo Enve-

lopes (if you wish to order photos) -

please return to school by 17th Septem-

ber

Grade 3/4 Camp - Balance due Monday

11th November. Partial payments can be

made at anytime through Qkr!, direct

deposit into the school bank account or

by cash / eftpos at the office

Grade 5/6 FOOTSTEPS payment and

permission slips are now overdue. Please

forward $35 with slip to the office ASAP.

FOSW News

Term 3 Events

Chocolate Drive money is now OVERDUE! Could

any money and/or any remaining chocolates

please be returned to the office as soon as

possible.

Congratulations to the winners of our Father's Day

Raffle:

Amber Mink

Cooper Martin

Marlie Paine

Kailah Makai

Josh Chisholm

Trinity Watts

Madi Vnucec

Dekoda Powell

Lily Wakeling

Jordin Lewis

Mrs Attard

Term 4 Events

Fun Run 15th November - more information to

come soon.

Christmas Raffle

Junior School Council Last month, we welcomed our Junior School Councillors to our monthly School Council Meeting. We enjoyed hearing their formal report about their role and the many tasks and activities they have undertaken throughout the year so far. It was also an opportunity for JSC members to participate in a formal meeting and gain some insights into how our Council operates. The students had many probing and interesting questions for Council and it was great to see them take on a keen interest. Thankyou to Eliot Lee, Chloe McCracken, Casey Dowal, Ben Jeal and Lily McMonagle who represented the 2019 JSC. Save The Date—Sunbury West On Show Sunbury West On Show will be on Thursday 24th October. From 5.00pm—7.30pm. As in previous years, it’s an opportunity for parents to come along and see the types of learning that takes place within the classroom and beyond. More details will be available in the next newsletter.

Inga Wilson

Principal

Our Fathers Day stall helpers

Prep DA Johann Pamintuan & Chase Janetzki

PLS Lily Watt & Destiny DeBono

1/2B Jake Rees & Marlie Paine

1/2D Hayden Wilkes & Anastasia Vartanova

1/2M Lily M & Emily Rees

3/4O Harrison Watkins

3/4T John Nangaparampil

4/5P Cymorah Vakalahi

5/6L Dayne Weiler & Teisha Menzes

5/6P Madi V & 5/6P

Art

Japanese 3/4T

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2019 Monday 9th September

Prep DA Winter Knispel & Sophie Williams

PLS Harsheen Kaur & Daniel Reynolds

1/2B Macey Hayes & Ava Kaye

1/2D Ned Martin & Mia-Jane Roberts

1/2M Alana Grech

3/4O Chanel Phillips

3/4T Kayla Jones

4/5P Jye Jackson

5/6L Will Conduit, Emily Kristic & Eli Skinner

5/6P Josh Flannery

Art 1/2D

P.E. Prep LS

Japanese Mal Davies

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2019 Monday 2nd September

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2019 Monday 26th August

Prep DA Chloe Kakoschke & Aneira Francis

PLS Aiden Boyd & Josh Chisholm

1/2B Sienna Jorgensen & Connor Jollie

1/2D Felicity Robertson & Ruby Champion

1/2M Harriet Banchero & Mason Hermelin

3/4O Peyton Patience

3/4T Tyedess Valeliano

4/5P Ben Jeal

5/6L Scarlett Flannery, Dekoda Powell & Cam Sheppard

5/6P Daniel Sheldrick & Logan Vaiese

Art 5/6L

P.E. 5/6P

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2019 Monday 16th September

Prep DA Whole Class Prep DA

PLS Whole Class Prep LS

1/2B Tom Azzopardi & Abby Grimes

1/2D Whole Class 1/2D

1/2M Lily King & Archie Hall

3/4O Harley Boyd

3/4T Sierra Goddard

4/5P Sienna Wells & Ace Grech

5/6L Calvin Wallis & Issy Delia

5/6P Trinity Watts & Mackenzie Sheppard

Art 3/4T, 3/4O & 4/5P

Japanese Harsheen Kaur & Ben Jeal

Prep

The Preps were fantastic in their hosting of Assembly on August 26th! They put lots of practice into singing the National Anthem and the School Promise. They also performed 'We're going to the zoo' to get them excited about their upcoming trip to the Werribee Zoo!

Prep

Finally, the Preps got to get on the big bus and go to the Werribee Zoo! They saw lots of animals including gorillas, cheetahs, lions, wild dogs and monkeys. They did the Habitat Heroes program, where they met a small animal called a Potoroo, saw some wallabies and explored using magnifying glasses to see small insects. Lastly, they got to go on the Safari Bus! They saw animals that lived on the African Savannah including zebras, giraffes, rhinoceros and ostriches. The Preps had a wonderful day seeing the animals in their habitats and learning new facts about them.

Prep Zoo excursion continued……….

BOOK WEEK 2019

The Preps were busy during Book Week too! They read all the short listed books for 2019 and did some activities. They loved dressing as their favourite book character or a superhero for the theme 'Reading is my Superpower!'

Grade 1/2

STEAM - Can your boat float?

The Grade 1/2 students have been investigating different toys and how push and pull forc-

es affect how toys move. The students were given a STEAM challenge where they had ma-

terials and had to create a floating device that could hold ten marbles. They predicted

which items would float and sink and were allowed to test these theories in a tub of water.

They worked in small teams to design and build their flotation device and placed them in

the water for the big test. The students followed up this activity by discussing what was

successful and unsuccessful in their designs.

Grade 1/2 Continued…...

Grade 1/2 Continued….

TOO MANY TOYS INCURSION

To complement our Inquiry topic this term, the children in Grade 1 and 2

attended an incursion called ‘Too Many Toys’ last Tuesday 4th September.

The children had a wonderful time and were an enthusiastic audience! The

performance included fun, hilarious laughter, music, dancing and roles for

the children to play. The performance followed the plight of Danny, a boy

who had too many toys. When his dad asks him to clean up his room and

get rid of some of his toys Danny must decide which toys to keep and

which ones to give away. With help from the audience Danny comes to

realise the qualities of his much loved toys.

BOOK WEEK 2019

Community News

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CHILDSAFE

The Child Safe Standards are set out to create safe places for children to fully and actively partici-

pate in the life of the community benefiting everyone. Sunbury West Primary School will ensure

that the children in its care are protected to the best of its ability and in line with their duty of care

and the compulsory child safe standards. Our Childsafe policies and procedures can be found on

our website http://sunburywestps.vic.edu.au/

2020 ENROLMENTS

We are now in the process of planning for 2020.

Enrolments for the Year 2020 are now being taken.

Enrolment forms can be collected from the office. If you

have already picked up an enrolment form please return it

to the office. A.S.A.P.

When enrolling please provide:

Proof of Age – e.g. Birth Certificate and Immunisation Certificate (This can be obtained

from the Medicare Website)

Please note: If you know of any potential enrolments, please ask families to

contact the school as soon as possible so we can accurately plan for next year.

Also to assist in our planning for 2020, if your children will not be

returning to Sunbury West Primary School could you please let us know in

writing as soon as possible.

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