Wembley Primary School   NEWSLETTER No. 2 - 19 February, 2020    

From the Principals 

School Council Election In our last newsletter we called for nominations for the parent category of the School Council. At close of nominations there were eleven applicants for the four vacant positions. Please refer to the Nomination Notification table below for the list of nominees. As a result, there will be an election for the parent category. Currently the office is preparing the ballot papers, gathering candidate statements and envelopes for distribution to all members of the parent electorate i.e. parents includes a guardian or person who is liable to maintain or has custody of a student.  Please note: this includes both parents of a child. Throughout the duration of the election campaign there is to be no campaign literature supporting candidates or groups of candidates distributed or posted in the school. Ballot papers will be distributed via the eldest child in each family on Monday 24 February 2020. The envelope will include: 

·  Candidate statements ·  Ballot papers x 2 ·  Four envelopes x 4 

To cast your vote, you must: 1.  Place a cross (x) next to the names of the four 

candidates standing for election for whom you wish to vote. 

2.  Place the completed ballot paper in the blank envelope provided and seal. 

3.  Place the envelope containing the ballot paper in the stamped envelope provided, seal and write your name and address on the back of it. 

4.  You can either post or deliver in person your completed ballot paper. a.  Posting your ballot paper – please address the 

envelope to: Rosie Blake Wembley Primary School 32 St Leonards Avenue Yarraville 3013 

To be a valid vote it must reach the office by 4.00pm Monday 2 March 2020. 

 

Upcoming dates:  Monday 10, Monday 17 & Monday 24 February  Year 5/6 Beach Program  Tuesday 11 February - Friday 21 February Year 3/4 Swimming Program  Wednesday 26 February Curriculum Day  Monday 9 March - Friday 13 March Year 6 Camp  Wednesday 11 March 9am & 5pm English Information & Classroom Helper’s Training Session for Prep-Y2 parents  Friday 20 March Bake Sale WPCG  Thursday 26 March Athletics Day (3-6)            

 Student Clothing 

Please ensure that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled with their name and class. This will ensure that, if they accidentally leave a jacket or hat in the playground, it will be returned to them and not end up in the lost property cupboard. Parents are also asked to regularly check the clothing that is brought home, to ensure it does in fact belong to your child and has not been mistakenly taken. 

 

 

b.  Delivering your ballot paper in person – place your ballot paper in the ballot box provided at the office.  

Ballot papers will only be accepted between 8.00am and 4.00pm on any school day including the day of closure of the ballot Monday 2 March 2020.   We wish all the candidates all the very best and look forward to informing the community of the outcome of the election on Monday 2 March 2020.  

Wembley Primary School School Council Election 2020 

Nomination Notification  Nominations received for the parent and DET positions Wembley school council election 2020. An election is to be conducted for the parent members of the Wembley school council. The following nominations were received by 4.00pm on Wednesday 19 February 2020. The name of the nominees, self-nomination or their nominator and the membership categories are as follows:  

Membership Category 

Term of Office  Name of Nominees  Name of Nominators 

  Parent Member   Four (4) Vacancies   

  From the day after the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022     

  ·  Cameron Botterill ·  Janet Condy ·  Belinda 

Faehrmann ·  Helen Harris ·  Toni Ireland-Hay ·  Rebecca Holder ·  Bridget Horton ·  Russell Hunt ·  Karina 

Novacevski ·  Elise 

Toomey-Brown ·  Beck Thomas 

  

  · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Beck Thomas · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Self-nominated · Jessica Scott · Rebecca Holder   

  DET Member   Two (2) Vacancies 

  From the day after the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022   

  ·  Katie McClue ·  Taxia 

Katsouranis 

  · Self-nominated · Self-nominated 

   

Big Childcare  Welcome back all families old and new. For any bookings please call or text 0481 730 086 or email: wembley@bigchildcare.com For any accounts queries please call: 8682-9400  The Autumn Vacation program information is attached please feel free to return the form or alternatively go to: bigchildcare.com *Click on Holiday Care to book or for further information.  Pupil Free Day – Wednesday 26 February Next Wednesday 26 February we will be holding a pupil free day. Teachers will be collaborating around the development of our School Strategic Plan and the Annual Implementation Plan, following our review in late 2019. We look forward to sharing our planning documentation with the Wembley community. Big Childcare will operate on the day, during its normal times of 7.00am-6.00pm. Please contact Nikki or Chelsea on 0481 730 086 or wembley@bigchildcare.com to make a                           booking.  Supervision before and after school We would like to note that supervision before school commences at 8:45am, and concludes at 3:30 following the 3:15 dismissal bell. We have noticed that a number of children have been dropped at school earlier than 8:45am throughout the past two weeks and we would remind parents that children can be booked into before school care if work commitments impede on the supervision times. Any student that arrives at school earlier than 8:45 is to be accompanied by an adult. This is around a duty of care to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students. Students walking home from school without parental supervision must leave the grounds prior to the 3:30pm bell, this is to ensure they are departing with the maximum number of other families and therefore not on their own.  Italian Classes (after school) Students will be taught the basic Italian requirements of proficiency in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking, depending on the child’s year level by a fully qualified LOTE teacher with more than 20 years experience. Time:  3:30 – 4:30 pm (Prep – Grade 3) 

4:30 – 5:30 pm (Grade 4 – Grade 6) Cost: $15 per lesson Please bring cash payment to the first lesson (alternate arrangements can also be made, just email or speak to Nellie) When:  Monday 24th February – 23rd March 2020  Where:  BER Building, Room 26. If you would like to enrol your child/children for the above classes, please email Nellie Barbuto: nmbarbuto@gmail.com    Sun Smart Wembley Primary School is a SunSmart school and students are required to wear a broad brimmed school hat at all times whilst in the playground – this includes during recess and lunch time, as well as physical education, sports sessions and whilst on excursions. Please ensure that your child has applied sunscreen prior to coming to school. 

Children without a hat will be asked to spend their recess and lunch breaks in the shaded area near the canteen. Hats can be purchased from the office at a cost of $14. All hats should be clearly labelled with the child’s name and room number so they can be easily returned, if misplaced.  Student Free Days (Curriculum Days) for 2020 Each year schools receive four student free days (when student instruction does not occur) for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development and student assessment and reporting. School Council has approved the following three student free days: 

· Wednesday 26 February 2020 – Developing our 2020 Annual Implementation Plan following our School Review in Term 4 2019 

· Wednesday 27 May 2020 – Student Engagement and Wellbeing · Wednesday 24 June 2020 – Student Led Conferences 

 The School Council has set these dates well in advance to enable you to make appropriate arrangements for childcare. These dates are also published on the school’s website. Big Childcare will be operating on these days should you require childcare. The contact number for bookings for Big Childcare is 9314 9358.  Term Dates for 2020 In order to assist parents with planning for holidays the following are the school Term Dates for this year.   

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING SCHOOL TERM DATES 2020 TERM 1 Tuesday 28 January (students Thurs 30 Jan) - Friday 27 March  9 weeks TERM 2 Tuesday 14 April-Friday 26 June    10 weeks TERM 3 Monday 13 July-Friday 18 September    10 weeks TERM 4 Monday 5 October-Friday 18 December    11 weeks Parents are asked to be mindful of the Term dates when booking family holidays, to ensure that they coincide with school holidays. This avoids disruption to the educational program.  Prep playground refurbishment – Easter Break Students and families may have noticed that parts of the Prep playground are boarded up. This is in preparation for the refurbishment due to occur during the Easter Break. The Prep Playground will have a fresh new look come term two. Watch this space!  School Contributions and Levies Information has been distributed to all families in relation to school contributions and levies for 2020. If you have misplaced your information, please contact the Office or visit our Website to access the information for each year level. Please note that the Excursion and Incursion levy must be paid by Monday 23 March and any remaining contribution paid in full no later than the end of Term 1 2020.   Our preferred payment option is via our Qkr! App (please see the Wembley Primary School 

website http://www.wembleyps.vic.edu.au/ for details) or payment can also be made using cash, BPay or EFTPOS at the office. If making your payment at the office, please bring along your completed 2020 Parent Contribution Payment Summary Page. If required, a Payment Plan can be arranged. Please contact Mandy Pilkington, Business Manager, on 9314 7054 to discuss. Financial Assistance (Information for Parents) The Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) forms and information is on the school’s website and available from the office. Families who were eligible in 2019 are not required to resubmit an application. If family circumstances have changed, you will need to complete a (CSEF) form. All Prep parents who are eligible you will also need to complete a (CSEF).  Please note: the program for 2020 closes on Friday 26 June 2020.  Buddy Program – Persuasive Writing Each year all students across the school are allocated a buddy. The purpose of our Buddy Program is not only to support a smooth transition for children starting school, but to develop relationships between younger and older children, enhancing the sense of a friendly and supportive school community.  The Buddy Program enables younger children to feel safe and cared for, while older children feel valued and respected, and can develop responsibility and leadership skills. This role has very special responsibilities and means a great deal to our students. Often the buddy grades are preps and year sixes, whilst year one to year five classes are allocated a class each between the year levels, such as year five classes with year one classes, etc. Sabrina (one of our Year six students) wrote a persuasive letter to us asking if she could be allocated a prep buddy, as there were considerations made around the possibility of partnering our prep students with a year five buddy for this year, due to the Year 6 camping, filming, sporting and farewell commitments, and the possibility of not having adequate time to dedicate and mentor our prep students. Following conversations with the year prep, five, six and leadership team, together with Sabrina’s persuasive email demonstrating the power of student voice, we made the decision that prep students would in fact be partnered up with Year six students.   See Sabrina’s email below and a photo taken of Sabrina together with her Prep buddy Isabella! A beautiful story.   Dear Terry and Vassie,   I heard some news that there's a chance that grade 6 will not be given the chance to be a buddy to the new prep students.   This news is very sad and disappointing to me.   A lot of people in Grade 6 agree with me and they all felt down like me.   

I would love to be that bright light to a special prep just like my buddy, Abbey, was to me when I was in prep. I still have fond memories of Abbey and ever since I got out of prep I wanted to be a Grade 6 and be just as important a person in a new student's life. That year has come I would hate to miss out. It seems that this chance is being taken away.   I think everyone in Grade 6 would love to have that chance to be a buddy to a prep. Although we are not officially their buddies we normally visit them at least once a week in the prep playground making them feel welcomed and making new friends. I see lots of people making these new preps feel welcome at Wembley.     We didn’t get the chance in Grade 5 and we all would hate to miss out in Grade 6. Please don’t change to grade 5’s until next year. You can do what you did last year the Grade 6’s got preps and one Grade 5 class.    I am hoping that you will reconsider and give us the opportunity to have the same impact on a prep that I experienced.    Thank you Sabrina M 6A  

  

Instrumental Music Program We wish to inform the Wembley community that the Instrumental Music Program will continue in 2020.  In late 2019, conversations were had with the Instrumental Music Teacher around a review of the Instrumental Music Program and a possible shift in the instructional times. A decision was made to continue with the status quo for 2020. As such, the program will continue in 2020 in the same structure that was provided in 2019.  Violin lessons began this week and all other instruments will begin next week. We have been in contact with the Instrumental Music Teachers Laura S (violin), Elisa (violin), Laura O (keyboard), Valerie (keyboard), Phil (drums) and Tom (guitar).  Each respective teacher has been in contact with families of children that participated in the Instrumental Music Program in 2019, with information regarding lesson days/times and fees.  Moving forward, throughout 2020 we will be working together with our Instrumental Music Teachers, students, parents and classroom teachers, to engage in a review of our Instrumental Music Program to enhance the program for 2021.  We will be reflecting upon and acknowledging the great value that it brings to our students’ education and identity, and will be seeking input around the holistic approach to the programs, the structure of lessons across the week, and the balance between classroom instruction and instrumental instruction, to ensure we’re maximising all learning opportunities within and beyond the classroom.  We apologise for any inconvenience or confusion that might have been caused and look forward to working together as a community to build upon our valued Instrumental Music Program.      

 

 

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Student Learning and Achievement Award - Term 1, Week 2  

P A  No award    

P B  No award    

P C  No award    

P D  No award    

1A  No award    

1B  Gabriel O  For making such a great start to the year 1. You have displayed a great attitude in participating in classroom discussions and completing all of your learning tasks. Your kind attitude to those around you and the support you have provided to your peers has been so wonderful to see. Well done Gabe! 

1C  Willa M  For being a fantastic role model student by finishing her work and for consistently showing all of the Wembley school values! Well done Willa! 

1D  Maxwell M  For showing outstanding focus during all tasks this week. Keep up the great work! 

1E  Eli T  For always being a positive role model to others during class time. 

2A  Summer R  For being a wonderfully positive role model to others during learning time. Well done Summer, keep up the great work! 

2B  Aven C  For making an amazing start to life at Wembley. Aven, you have settled in so well and you are already a great member of 2A! 

2C  Jude P  For slotting straight into life at Wembley. You are already a treasured member of the school community. Well done Jude! 

2D  Aleksija S  For consistently offering to share her thoughts and ideas with the class. You’ve made a great start to 2020 Aleksija, keep up the great work. 

3A  Lainie H  For being very creative with all her written work. Your illustrations and your creative spin you put on written work is very impressive. You’ve had a great start to the school year. Well done Lainie. 

3B  Alana P  For exhibiting all the Wembley values and helping our class to establish a respectful and caring team environment. Thank you for being such an amazing member of 3A! 

3C  Olivia T  For demonstrating resilience when sharing her ideas with her teacher. I’m very proud of you Oliva, Keep up the wonderful work. 

3D  Isla M  For her wonderful transition into the Wembley community and for demonstrating nothing but kindness and positivity towards her peers. Congratulations Isla, you’re a superstar! 

4A  Ben W  For being an amazing role model in building and maintaining our classroom expectations. Thank you for your brilliant work! 

4B  Elly B  For being a supportive and encouraging classmate as we build the routines and expectations for the year. We are so lucky to have you in 4A, Elly! 

4C  Spencer B  For being incredibly helpful when setting up our new classroom and classroom procedures! Your effort has been fantastic! Keep it up! 

4D  Juliet F  For making a fantastic start to the year, for always trying her best and demonstrating the Wembley values each and every day. Great work Juliet!  

5A  Amelia W  For not only completing some brilliant found poetry and Writer’s Notebook entries, but also for her selfless efforts to contribute to a tidy and happy 4D! Great start, Amelia! 

5B  Rayanne D  For being a fantastic role model of respect, responsibility and cooperation while setting up our classroom. Thank you for all of your help. Keep up the exceptional effort! 

5C  Amne K  For being such a great helper in setting up our classroom for the year! Thank you for putting in so much effort. Well done Amne! 

5D  Jacob D  For making such an amazing start at Wembley in 5C! You are already an integral member of our class! 

5E  Nicholas S  For displaying a hardworking and respectful attitude in the classroom. 

6A  Marly W  For making an outstanding start to Year 5! We are very proud of the effort you have been putting in to all learning tasks and the kindness you have been showing your peers. Well done Marly! 

6B  Vitthal P  For your outstanding poetry and demonstration of the Wembley Values in Week 1. Congratulations, Vitthal. 

6C  Connor N  For being an excellent role model by helping his peers to uphold the classroom rules, expectations and values. Great work Connor! 

6D  Ruby R  For your thoughtful contributions to establishing our class routines and structures Your natural leadership and commitment to helping your peers is clear and valued by all. We are very lucky to have you in 6C. Congratulations Ruby! 

 

 

Student Learning and Achievement Award - Term 1, Week 3   

P A  No award    

P B  No award    

P C  No award    

P D  No award    

1A  No award    

1B  Jack G  For showing great persistence and determination when working on your writing stamina and confidence. Keep up the great effort and don’t forget to believe in yourself, as you can do anything if you try. Well done, Jack! 

1C  Charlotte B  For being a fantastic classmate and putting in a lot of effort in her writing! Well done Charlotte!! 

1D       

1E       

2A  Oliver S  For showing wonderful persistence in writing and putting a huge amount of effort into your Recount. Keep up the wonderful work, Oliver! 

2B  Cameron L  For being a respectful, enthusiastic and happy member of 2A. Cameron, you have made a great start to Grade Two. Keep up the good work! 

2C  Adella C  For showing great resilience and doing her best in everything she does (especially playing hockey with one hand). 

2D  Levi W  For encouraging his classmates to show persistence during a challenging activity. Great job, Levi! 

3A  Ryan T  For enthusiastically engaging in all learning and being a respectful and kind member of 2D. We are lucky to have you in our class Ryan! 

3B  Yasin A  For displaying incredible resilience during swimming lessons and throughout the day, despite having new stitches in his foot. Yasin, your bravery and perseverance has impressed your entire class! 

3C  Kyon C  For using your student voice to share your opinions about school rules with your class, teachers and the principals, Vassie and Terry… and then the whole school listened at assembly! Bravo!  

3D  Lucas D  For his amazing efforts in the classroom and smooth transition into 

the Wembley community. Well done Lucas, it has been great to get to know you and watch you form new friendships with your classmates. You’re a superstar! 

4A  Giaan W  For demonstrating all of Wembley’s values and rules in the community and being a great role model to all. 

4B  Kobe S  For demonstrating the Wembley values and supporting the class in developing our routines and expectations. You’re a great role model for 4A, Kobe! 

4C  Sam K  For making a smooth transition back to Wembley Primary School. Keep up your hard work and great job on maintaining a Growth Mindset! 

4D  Ryder S  For always sharing his ideas, opinions and wonderings and being a supportive member of our classroom community. Excellent work Ryder! 

5A  Kaylah L  For completing a fantastic first information report and for sharing her rich knowledge about the world with the class. Great start to 2020, Kaylah! 

5B       

5C  Ella R  For showing persistence and enthusiasm at our beach program this week! What an amazing effort! Well done, Ella. 

5D  Avison H  For being a positive, thoughtful and considerate member of 5C. You have shown yourself to be a great leader within our class! 

5E  Audrey T  For demonstrating persistence and excellent problem solving skills by completing a mathematics ‘Fermi Problem’ independently. Well done Audrey! 

6A  Thomas F  For demonstrating excellent work ethic, responsibility and being a great role model for others in 5E. Keep up the fabulous work!  

6B  Sabrina M  For demonstrating voice and agency through persuasive writing. Well done Sabrina for taking a risk. 

6C  Lucy R  For demonstrating an excellent understanding of a range of comprehension strategies when responding to a text. Keep it up! 

6D  Tom G  For showing increased effort and determination to complete tasks to a high standard. Keep it up Tom, you are on track for an excellent year.