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Week 8 Term 4 2019
Dear Parents and Carers
It is very exciting to be approaching the end of another school year but there is absolutely no slowing down here at
Tamworth West. This week staff are participating in planning days. This involves analysing data from across 2019,
completing some professional learning around literacy and numeracy teaching and planning for 2020. In addition, students
are keenly preparing for West Factor and Presentation Day. We will all be looking forward to a well-deserved rest come the
last day of term.
Student Representative Council Elections
I am so proud of the 25 year 5 students who presented their speeches last week on why they believe they would make an
excellent school captain for 2020. The speeches were outstanding and the manner in which the candidates conducted
themselves was exemplary. At the conclusion of the speeches, students from years 2—6 voted.
At the 3—6 assembly last Thursday, I had the pleasure of announcing the ten successful nominees who were named to our
Student Representative Council for next year. I also had the opportunity to invite the students who were unsuccessful to
join a new leadership initiative for 2020 - the Student Wellbeing Leadership Team.
Congratulations to the following ten children who were elected to be members of the Student Representative Council in
2020.
Eva Flick Harry Good
Charlie Forrester Aiden Gray
Aimee Hawkins Jake Hudson
Lily Staines Nathan Mumford
Brooke Steel Joseph Reading
Our captains and vice captains for 2020 will be named during our Presentation Day ceremony.
I look forward to working to help develop the leadership skills of all our wonderful year 5 leaders.
Sporting House Captains and Vice Captains for 2020
In 2020, students in year 6 who are not part of the Student Representative Council will be eligible to nominate for Sports
Captain or Vice Captain. Mrs Spinks will meet with all eligible year 6 students on Friday 31 January 2020 to collect
nominations. Voting will take place on Monday 3 February 2020 and the successful students will be announced on Tuesday
4 February 2020.
The Leaders’ Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday 7 February 2020. Further details will be published at the
commencement of the new school year.
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NSW Teachers Federation Industrial Action
The NSW Teachers Federation has announced that it will hold a stop work meeting from 8:30 am on Thursday 5 December
2019.
As only a small number of staff have indicated that they will be attending the meeting, parents are encouraged to send
students to school as normal on this day.
P&C
Our wonderful P&C will host our annual Carols in the Playground next Wednesday evening
from 6:00 pm. It would be wonderful if you could join us for this wonderful evening.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the P&C for their very kind and generous
donation towards our new Stage 3 outdoor furniture. We can’t wait for it to arrive!
Big change to 2020 Newsletters
We all know that when it comes to creating a sustainable future, everyone has their part to play - and that includes schools.
There are a number of reasons for implementing a change to our current newsletter:
The impact of Australia’s paper use goes beyond just trees. It takes 24 trees and 90,000 litres of water to produce one
tonne of printer paper, as well as large amounts of electricity and oil. Paper that isn’t recycled also contributes to
landfill and pollutants in the air. By going to a digital newsletter we will directly contribute to reducing waste, water and
power use - and providing a cleaner and more sustainable world for our children in the future.
By using a digital communication platform, information will flow faster and is always in the right hands - which in turn
can boost productivity and save valuable time.
The benefits of going paperless will also help our school save money. Between buying reams of paper to photocopying,
filing and printing, the costs of using paper quickly add up - in fact, we estimate that our school spends between
$8000—$10000 a year on publishing our newsletter in its current form.
From 2020 our newsletter will be available on our school website, through ENews and on our
school Facebook page. Of course families who do not have access to technology will be able to
request a hard copy of the newsletter through the front office.
Presentation Day
Please remember that Presentation Day rehearsal and our annual ceremony is on next Thursday and Friday. A permission
note was sent home with students last week and is due back to classroom teachers by next Tuesday 10 December 2019.
There is no cost associated with this whole school change of routine.
Holiday Times and Seasons Greetings
The 2019 school year ends for students on Wednesday 18 December 2019. Teachers will be involved in a School
Development Day (SDD) on Thursday 19 December 2019, and as we have already completed our final SDD earlier in the
year, the school will close from Friday 20 December 2019.
Teachers return to school on Tuesday 27 January 2020 and students return on Wednesday 28 January 2019.
I wish you all the warmest greetings for the holiday season and best wishes for happiness in the new year. Thank you for an
excellent 2019 and I look forward to working with you again in 2020.
Have an awesome week.
Mrs Terrie Kay
Principal
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS) 36 students from across the school participated in the ICAS assessments organised by the University of NSW in term 3. For the first time all assessments other than writing were online. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with a range of assessments. Thank you Mrs Deaves for coordinating these assessments and ensuring all students had settled test conditions. It was exciting to see a number of students take part in multiple assessments. I would like to make special mention of the following students for achieving a merit, credit or distinction result.
Travis Mumford Credit—Maths Joseph Reading Merit—Maths and Spelling; Credit—English, Digital Technologies and Writing. Lexi Crelley Credit—Writing Leila Strickland Credit—Spelling; Distinction—Writing
These marks correspond to the following grades. HD - High Distinction: top 1% of students; D – Distinction: the next 10% of students; C – Credit: the next 25% of participants; M - Merit: the next 10% of participants; P – Participation: for all remaining students.
Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) Meeting Tamworth West will host the local AECG meeting this afternoon, Wednesday 4 December 2019. This is a group of community members and representatives of educators from across Tamworth who discuss supporting Aboriginal education and Aboriginal students in our schools. End of Year Combined Christmas Scripture Service This Thursday morning , 5 December, will be the last scripture class for 2020. I would like to acknowledge the dedication of the volunteers who come in each week to teach scripture. Thank you. This Thursday will be a special Christmas service in the school hall for all students in Catholic and Protestant Scripture and will run during the normal scripture time. This week will also be the last week of SUPA for the year. SUPA club will continue in 2020 and will commence early in
term 1, as will scripture lessons. All students will be placed in the same scripture group unless a note is provided by
parents. Kindergarten students will be placed in a scripture group depending on the information provided on the
enrolment form. A note will be sent home for any students who do not have an allocated scripture or non-scripture
group.
Maths English Spelling Digital Technologies
Science Writing
Participation Jake Cross - Felstead
Sebastian Leahy
Akshadityaa Sarapu
Sebastian Leahy Jake Cross - Felstead
Sebastian Leahy
Akshadityaa Sarapu
Charlie Forrester
Sebastian Leahy
James Gee Sebastian Leahy
Charlie Forrester
Cooper Staines
Leila Strickland
Kharington Sellar
Kharington Sellar
Lily Staines
Sebastian Leahy
Mackenzie Sellar
Joseph Reading
Ella Hawkins
Kharington Sellar
Mackenzie Sellar
Caelarni Taylor
James Gee
Mackenzie Sellar
Ella Hawkins
Merit Joseph Reading
Joseph Reading
Credit Travis Mumford
Joseph Reading
Leila Strickland
Joseph Reading
Lexi Crelley
Joseph Reading
Distinction Leila Strickland
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BEST AT WEST: Emily MacAlpine, Jemma Vongphachan, Charlotte Eather, Katie-Lee Marsh, Chayse Shepherd, Jordan Day, Abbi Burkett, Jackson Hughes, Nathan Mumford, Joey Reading, Cody Iles, Carter Radford, Abigail Dick, Jasper Taylor, Clio Aiassa,
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Brooklyn Laidlaw, Charlie Gardner, Issac Cochrane, Naite Syron, Layla Blanch, Miranda Wrigley, Evie Penfold, Reece Alexander, Maddie Mason, Blayde White, Elijah Philp, Jacob Paterson, Eva Flick, Braith Hudson
CLASS AWARDS KF (Mrs Fletcher) Class Award - Kailen Dwyer PBL Award - Stella Fielding 1D (Mrs Dean) Class Award - Jace Dawson Book Work Award - Isabelle Hartley PBL Award - Harlow Taylor 1/2H (Mrs Hammond / Mrs Sinclair) Class Award - Sarah Love Book Work Award - Jacob Mills PBL Award - Makenzie Ivin 2R (Mrs Rankmore) Class Award - Charlotte Munro Book Work Award - Lachlan Young PBL Award - Annie Rains 2W (Mr Willis) Class Award - Harris Avdic Book Work Award - Xavier Bishop PBL Award - Caleb Iffland
3L (Mr Lyon)
Class Award - Bailey Dwyer
PBL Award - Connor Wise 3S (Mrs Sheedy)
Class Award - Kelsie Jenner Book Work Award - Heather Love PBL Award - Charlie Smith 3/4B (Miss Bagshaw)
Class Award - Cooper-Lee Shaw
PBL Award - Layla Vongphachan 3/6C (Miss Cunneen)
Class Award - Chelsea Cochrane, Brandon French
PBL Award - Blair Morris 3/6L (Mrs Lyon)
Book Work Award - Zeke PBL Award - Cody Jenner 4M (Miss May)
Class Award - Benjamin Ward, Olivia Eather
PBL Award - Jordan MacAlpine 5F (Mrs Flick)
Class Award - Tyrone Anderson Book Work Award - Laycee Calvani PBL Award - Aiden Gray 5/6K (Mrs Milton)
Class Award - Sanatida Sayabath Book Work Award - Leila Strickland PBL Award - Paul Egan 5/6M (Mr Tovell)
Class Award - Monique Parkes
PBL Award - Chayse Shepherd, Wyatt Cutmore
Our annual carols night will be held on Wednesday 11 December from 6-8pm on the grass outside our school hall. There will be games, a sausage sizzle, entertainment from the fabulous Scott Munday and a treat for the children. Everyone is welcome to bring a chair or a picnic rug and enjoy the evening.
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BEST AT WEST: Patrick Miskle, Patricia Evans, Eva Wrigley, Ashar Shepherd, Tilly Crelley, Freya Cochrane, Larissa Dawe, Racquel Ford, Travis Mumford, Eva Flick
STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Maketana Sayabath, Charlee Maree Osborne, Saraya Reading, Cooper Maudlin, Sienna Mulligan, Ryder Mountain, Jacob Howarth, Lexi Crelley, Nathan Weatherall, Bruce Duncan, Zeke, Linda Ruttley, Abbi Burkett, Aiden Gray, Chloe Mulligan
CLASS AWARDS KD (Mrs Deaves) Class Award - Scarlet Stewart KF (Mrs Fletcher) Class Award - Max Staines PBL Award - Airlee Syron 1D (Mrs Dean) Class Award - Ashton Wise Book Work Award - Anna Ferguson PBL Award - Austin Rodd 1R (Mrs Richards) Class Award - Saiyuk Shrestha Book Work Award - Chloe Carey PBL Award - Lyric Maru 1/2H (Mrs Hammond / Mrs Sinclair) Book Work Award - Will Hutt PBL Award - Hannah Simpson 2R (Mrs Rankmore) Class Award - Lauren Grant-Iramu PBL Award - Elijah White 2W (Mr Willis) Class Award - Rithik Prithiviraj Book Work Award - Jake Cross-Felstead PBL Award - Tahitia Chand
3L (Mr Lyon) Class Award - Bailey McLachlan PBL Award - Neo Shepherd 3S (Mrs Sheedy) Class Award - Deklan Poole Book Work Award - Nullah Cochrane PBL Award - Sam Smith-Bowden 3/4B (Miss Bagshaw) Class Award - Cooper-Lee Shaw PBL Award - Ayden Woolfe 3/6C (Miss Cunneen) Class Award - Phoebe Elton Book Work Award - Kody Davis PBL Award - Paige Chomel 3/6L (Mrs Lyon) Class Award - Logan Elliott 4M (Miss May) Class Award - Harry Penfold, Lilly Faulkner PBL Award - Mason Mackenzie 5F (Mrs Flick) Class Award - Jerome Lillicrap, Cody Iles PBL Award - Jemima Cook 5/6K (Mrs Milton) Class Award - Jemma Vongphachan Book Work Award - Mia Parkes PBL Award - Sophie Cullen
Have you got the West Factor? When: 10 December 2019 (Week 9) Where: Hall Time: 12:10-1:35pm
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Last Friday, 29 November was the last day to hand in diaries for awards. Thank you so much to students, parents and carers for your participation in our Home Reading Scheme. The effort put in by all has been amazing.
Congratulations to all the students who have reached the next level in our Home Reading Scheme. FIVE: Patrick Miskle TEN: Jordan Fulwood FIFTEEN: Yenu Adlao, Ashlee Day, Mya Kelly, Zac Galvin TWENTY: WOW!! Jacob Mills, Jessie Sanderson Welch, Austin Rodd, Jacob Hawkins, Jasper Taylor, Cooper Maudlin, Aimee Hawkins, Max Staines, Ella Hawkins, Ava Crompton, Theodore Verning Cochrane Bonavita, Scott Hawkins, Mia Aissa, Daniel Maudlin, James Gee, Ben Ward, Elijah Philp, Caelarni Taylor Jo Sheedy
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2R MADE CARDS FOR THE FIRE FIGHTERS! 2R were so moved by all the fire fighters who came into Tamworth to help fight the fires, we decided to make some cards
for the fire fighters, and tell them how much we appreciate their amazing work! We were so excited when one of the fire
fighters contacted Mrs Rankmore and sent us this message:
I was part of the RFS region West strike team 1. Our team had firefighters from Parkes, Forbes, West Wyalong, Cootamundra, Dubbo, Lightning Ridge and as far west as Wilcannia, near Broken Hill. We were part of the containment crew. We back burned around the observatory to protect it from the coming fire. We had
crew members patrolling the edge ready for possible spot fires, blacking out (when all remaining flames, hot spots and smoking timber are extinguished) on chainsaw
duty.
We fire fighters would like to thank you for your amazing and beautiful cards. They brought many smiles to our faces and your messages brought a tear to many an eye. We are so honoured to be able to help you and your community. We were amazed with all the amazing donations of food and COFFEE (Firefighters LOVE
their coffee) that the Tamworth community gave us. Your cards were the perfect ending to a very long day. You guys are our heroes!
Maybe I will see you on the fire ground when you are older. Lots of high fives,
Region West Strike TEAM 1
They also sent us some photos of their work! Thank you Strike team 1, and thank you to the class of 2R for being
such special global citizens!
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A message from our General Manager Flexischools
I am writing to apologise for the difficulties and challenges which you and your staff will no doubt have experienced on
Friday 29 November 2019. Due to issues, parents may have experienced placing orders using our mobile app or mobile
browser.
While we continue to investigate the cause of this issue with our cloud computing provider, we understand it was
unrelated to the load on the system on busy Friday mornings and it was an unfortunate coincidence that the issue
occurred at that time. We do not expect this issue to reoccur.
As the term is drawing to an end I would just like to let you all know that there will be limited food and drinks available
at the canteen for lunch orders. There will be alternate options available for students with their orders if the food
chosen is out of stock.
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CLEANERS REQUIRED
We are looking for reliable cleaning staff to work at a local Government sites in the Tamworth and surrounding area.
Experience preferred but not essential.
Training and uniform provided.
Please send your résumé to Joss Facility Management PO Box 5258 South Tamworth or email
Or for more information contact Cherie Ph: 0447 908 030 between 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday
A working with Children Check is required for this position
