No 3

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 6th March 2017

Dear Parents, Staff and Children,

District Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to the many students who competed in the Twilight Swimming Sports

on Thursday 23rd February. Our kids performed extremely well and as always showed

great sportspersonship and a wonderful team spirit. With many spectators cheering on

our competitors, it was again symbolic of the great community that Sunbury West is.

Congratulations to all swimmers for their participation. Sunbury West finished second

in the small schools’ division. Congratulations to Dane Reeks and Ava Giddens who

were our only swimmers in the Divisional swimming today, they have both progressed

to the Regional Finals in their respective events, 11 Year Old Backstroke event and 50m

Breaststroke. Good Luck Dane & Ava!

School Council

As the number of nominations has not exceeded the number of places on School Coun-

cil, there is no need for a ballot. Congratulations and thankyou to the following parents

who are newly appointed to our Sunbury West School Council this year; Katie Nichols,

James King and Lance Robertson.

They will join existing parent Council reps, Melissa Jeal, Fabio and Bernadetta Zambetta

and Stevielee Boyce. Our department reps are Daniel Gregory, Melissa Baba, Pina

Readman, Elissa Campbell and myself.

Thankyou to our outgoing Councillors, Rae Marsh Delia, Mark Chatman, Abi Bradbury

and Ben Payton. Your contributions over a number of years in some cases, are greatly

appreciated and valued. We still have one parent rep place available, so it’s not too

late!!! Our first official meeting of the 2017 School Council is on Wednesday 22nd March

2017.

FOSW

We are looking forward to our Family Fun Night on Friday 17th March. This is always a

great community event and we look forward to seeing as many families as possible.

(More info in the FOSW section of the newsletter).

This week FOSW is also preparing for our Easter Raffle. Please forward any donations

for prizes directly to the office.

Nominations for FOSW President and Secretary are now under way also. If you would

like to nominate someone, or yourself for these positions, please collect a form from

the office.

Compass

By now all parents should have received their Compass Log in details as they were sent home with your child

last week. Thank you to those families who have already logged in and had a look at the new portal. A remind-

er our newsletter will be available for viewing in your Compass Newsfeed each fortnight. Please contact the

office if you have any questions.

Inga Wilson - Principal

TIMELINE

Term 1

13th March

Labour Day Public

Holiday

15th March

Grades 3 - 6 House

Athletics

17th March

Family Fun Night

20th March

Whole School Incursion

The Bongo Brothers

24th March

Curriculum Day -

Students not required at

school

27th - 30th March

Grade 3 - 4 Swimming

31st March

Hot Cross Buns - must be

pre-ordered

31st March

Last Day of Term 1

2.30pm Finish

18th April

First Day of Term 2

(Tuesday)

Notices that have gone home….

Term 1

CSEF Application Forms

Excursion & Camps Payment Protocol

House Athletics $6 due 9th March

The Bongo Brothers $6 due 15th March

Grade 3/4 Swimming $40 due 23rd March

Compass Login Letters

Hot Cross Bun Meal Deal due 23rd March

Prep CD Ksenia Vujasinovic & James Larton

Prep DA Archie Hall & AJ Vaiese

1/2 B Mykah Lewis & Charlotte Rawson

1/2 S Lucas Gardner & Chanel Phillips

1/2 T Cara Pamintuan & Felicity Degering

3/4B Bailey Pierce & Issy Delia

3/4N Alexander Jacobs & Harper-Jane Steele

3/4T Harry Smith-Jones & Madelynn Vnucec

5/6 G Brayden Smith & Kaitlyn Wilson

5/6L Tommy Evans & Ella Young

5/6M Cam Hildebrand & Zac Theodore

P.E. Chaise Wallis & Syd Guyett

Music Breanna Prior & Mackenzie Sheppard

Japanese Felicity Degering

Art 1/2T

Principal Tyedess Valeliano

All Students of the week will now receive

their ribbon and a certificate with a

description of why they received their

award.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 - 2017 - Monday 27th

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 - 2017 - Monday 6th

Prep CD Felicity Robinson & Jack Kristic

Prep DA Flynn Payton & Freya Cucanic

1/2 B Oliver Smyth & Resky Saputra

1/2 S Maleah Whitby

1/2 T Jeya Reeks & Molly-Rose Greenhalgh

3/4B Anita Zambetta & Hayden Baba

3/4N Saphira McLachlan & Oscar Murray

3/4T Jordan Hermelin & Megan Van Berlo

5/6 G Declan O’Donovan & Tyler Baba

5/6L Tom Sheldrick & Jada Hall

5/6M Kim Tabamo & Tara Van Boxtel

Music 3/4B, 3/4N & 3/4T

P.E. 3/4B, 3/4N & 3/4T

Art Summer Walsh & AJ Vaiese

Japanese Sienna Jorgensen

ALL Sunbury West families are invited to come along and meet other members of our school community and have an enjoya-ble night on

Friday 17th March between 5.30pm-8.00pm

Families are welcome to bring along a picnic dinner or enjoy a sausage sizzle that you can purchase on the night. Soft drinks, bottled water & Icy poles will also be available for purchase on the evening. Please Note: The FOSW FAMILY FUN NIGHT is a community event. While many teachers may be present they will not be responsible for your children. All children are the responsibility of their parents for the whole evening. So, pull up a chair (BYO) or put on your dancing shoes to join in the fun. We look forward to your company!

We still need more helpers, if anyone is available could they please return the green helpers form ASAP

Easter Donations - We are currently working on the Easter Raffle and welcome donations for our hampers. Please send donations to the office as soon as possible.

Committee nominations are now available from the office,

they need to be returned by Friday 31st March. The new

committee will be announced at the first meeting of Term

2, Friday 21st April.

All Positions are open for nomination so please if you wish

to join our vibrant committee please collect a form, you

can either nominate yourself or someone else. President,

Vice president and secretary positions are all available.

General committee members do not need to be nominated.

FOSW TEAM

Banana Paddle Pops

Term 1 only $1.00 each

NEW CANTEEN MENU

COMING IN TERM 2!!

Hot Cross Buns on Friday

31st March. Information

was sent home today.

Please order via the Qkr!

app. Orders must be

placed by Thursday 23rd

March.

No late orders can be

accepted

School Banking

School Banking day is Wednesday

Make sure you bring your

banking each week to earn

great rewards!

Please make sure you update your child’s class on Qkr! as

it is confusing for lunch orders if they still come up

as last year’s class!

*NEW* Raspberry

Mini Calippo’s

Only $1.00 each

*NEW*

Lemonade icy

twists

Only $1.20 each

Thank You - Fruit Tubes!!

Last year we offered a free fruit tube to students as an

incentive for families to pay for their

2017 Bookpacks using Qkr!

We will be providing students with a voucher for

their fruit tube this week and they will be able

to redeem their voucher at the canteen this

Friday 10th March at lunchtime.

A BIG Thank You to those families who have taken Qkr!

on board as your payment method.

Look at how busy the Prep children have been. They are learning to make new friends and work together in the classroom and at PMP. They are exploring numbers, learning to write and having a go at reading.

Well done Preps for your great start at school.

Community News

Each week as we receive Community News items we will be adding them to the newsletter as a separate attachment. If you would like to read the community news please click here.

Japanese Festivals: Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival or Girl’s Day)

Minnasan konnichi wa ( みんなさんこんにちは Hello everybody）

During our Japanese lessons we have been learning about Hina Matsuri. This festival is held on March 3 every year. It is a

time for families to wish good health and future happiness for girls. Each family sets up a display of hina dolls clothed in

colourful kimono. They offer rice crackers and other food to the dolls.

The dolls wear clothing of the imperial court during the Heian period (794 to 1192) and are placed on a tiered platform

covered in red material. The top tier is for the emperor and empress. A miniature gilded folded screen is placed behind

them, just like the real imperial throne of the ancient court. On the second level are three ladies-in-waiting. On the third

tier are five male court musicians. Ministers sit beside trays of food on the fourth step. The fifth step has guards. Can you

see an orange tree on the left and a cherry tree on the right?

ウダスカせんせい

Udasuka Sensei

Ms Wlodarska

日本語

Nihongo Notes (Japanese Notes)