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Wentworthville Public School QUALITY TEACHING TO MAXIMISE STUDENT LEARNING
Term 2 Week 9 2018 Newsletter
70 - 100 Fullagar Rd WENTWORTHVILLE NSW 2145 Australia Phone: 02 9631 8529 Fax: 02 9896 3079
Website: www.wentwthvil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] Student Portal: http://portal.det.nsw.edu.au
Wonderful Happenings at Wenty!
The last two weeks have been full of teaching and learning opportunities and events to promote
engagement within our school.
Students have represented our school at The Opera House and at a Cumberland Council
Reconciliation Action Plan 2019-2020 Consultation meeting at Hilltop Public School
The ‘Men of Wenty’ Gardening Workshop saw Bunnings involved and supporting our school and three
new vegetable hip high gardens
We have grown to 604 students enrolled at the school.
And………………………...
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From the Principal – Denise Lockrey
The Premier’s visit yesterday!
What a delight it was to have The NSW Premier visit
Wentworthville yesterday to engage with students and
see where the new future-focussed build will be going
and the
upgrade of the
school
buildings!
It was a very
positive visit and we
value the unique
opportunity that this
new upgrade of our
school facilities will
provide for our school
community as we
educate many students
of Wentworthville into
the future!
Our school captains Zahra and Isaac were fantastic
hosts and represented the leadership team well.
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Festival of Instrumental Music
I had the pleasure of being in the Concert Hall of the Opera
House and enjoying our students performing in the recorder
section of the massed ensemble on Monday evening June 18
for the Mimosa concert.
Mrs Hall and the students have been committed to learning their music throughout
the year and the evening was a huge success. So proud to see so many Public
Education students K-12 engaged in the Creative Arts! Well done Wentworthville! ☺
Cumberland Reconciliation Action Plan 2019-2020 Consultation
Mrs Gladden kindly
supported our students
at the event and I
thank her for her
leadership. She
outlines the day below.
On Tuesday 19th June 2018, 5 students attended the Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) consultation led by
members of Cumberland Council and Aunty Cleonie at Hilltop Road Public School.
A Reconciliation Action Plan aims to outline practical actions that an organisation such as council will
undertake to build strong relationships and enhance respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island
peoples and other Australians.
Students engaged in a Yarn Up circle; sharing stories about themselves and where they are from, listened
to a Dreamtime Story shared by Aunty Cleonie before sitting together and brainstorming ideas of what they
would like to see in the local community to help promote Reconciliation. All of the ideas that were collected
will be compiled with other suggestions put forward by other members of the community. The council will
then write the action plan.
Congratulations to Zahra, Isaac, Ayla, Skyler and Alize for representing our school with pride and
contributing your valuable ideas towards the action plan.
Mrs Noni Gladden
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We recently held our second Bunnings Workshop to
encourage the men of Wentworthville to feel part of
our school. Bunnings generously donated 3 hip high
gardens which have now all been planted out by
some of our ‘Men of Wenty’ participants and I am
sure we will soon enjoy the produce.
So wonderful to have living things growing and for
the children to have a sense of where food
comes from. Thank you to our ‘Men
of Wenty’ and Mrs Felila (our
Community Engagement Officer)
who facilitated this opportunity.
Last week we hit the
magic 600 students, with new
enrolments joining our
Wentworthville school
community. We had a special
cake for the students 600-604
to cut at a morning assembly!
Class representatives from
all the school got to sample
the lovely cake too!
As I have communicated
before, we continue to grow
and with this positivity come
challenges. However, with
these challenges we are
embracing the opportunities
that lay before us over the
next two years. Our school will
continue to need to land many
demountables throughout the next 6
months (for both growth and demolition
work) to accommodate the growth and
staging of the building upgrade project.
We are very much of the opinion that it will be
‘short term loss and long term gain’. We are
hopeful, with the project progressing well and
milestones being met at this stage, that we will
have a new build fit for purpose sometime in
2021. Of course, I will keep the community informed as we progress
throughout the project, which is at the schematic design phase currently.
Some sad news
It is with great sadness that I communicate some personal news regarding Mrs Shah’s family. Last week Mrs
Shah received unexpected news of her husband’s passing whilst working interstate. As you can imagine it
has been a very difficult time for Mrs Shah and her family.
Our thoughts and condolences are with Mrs Shah, her daughter and wider family and friends as they adjust to
this devastating reality. At this stage, I am uncertain when Mrs Shah is returning to work as her family is her
first priority at this important time. I would ask the community to be respectful of Mrs Shah’s needs and
privacy during this difficult time.
Denise Lockrey
Principal
Stewart House
Thank you for all the wonderful donations for Stewart House. Please be aware that this collection has now
ended. There may be another collection drive for clothing later on in the year. A notice will be put in the
newsletter letting you know when this will take place.
Weeks 8 - 9 Term 2
Sydney West Rugby Trials
Our School Captain, Isaac Fonua, recently represented
Wentworthville Public School at the Sydney West Rugby trials.
He qualified for the finals trial and just missed out on making
the final team. Congratulations to Isaac on making it to the finals selection. It is a wonderful
achievement that is only possible due to Isaac’s dedication to the sport and perseverance in training.
Well done Isaac!
Name Class Name Class
Jason KM Hari 2R
Vissakanan KM Charlotte 2R
Jenisha Amipara KM Suvika 1KS
Jessica Felix KL Arnav 1B
Naren Dasari KL Sanat 1KS
Mahim Patel KM Syeda 2R
Mohamad (2 awards) 1M Aditya 2R
Sia 2R Swara 1B
Aria M 2G Yubi 2R
Neal 2G Yashita (2 awards) 2R
Sharveya K-2G Yukthasree 2G
Sneha K-2G
Semester One SRC representatives have demonstrated terrific leadership
skills through their involvement with our school community.
So far this year they have been involved in a jointly run fundraising event
with the school’s P&C, helping to organise a Blue Day cake stall to raise
funds for National Autism Awareness.
This term they
organised and ran a
Games Day. They had
lots of fun games
available for students to
play. They raised
$367.75 which will be used to purchase board games for
all students to use in their classrooms.
The excursion complemented
learning relating to the
Geography unit of work on
Features of Places. Students
enjoyed learning Aboriginal
dances, games and history, as
well as the practical uses of a
number of native plants.
Refugee Week
Our library has a great collection of books supporting many different subjects, learning areas and interests.
This week a selection of great stories was displayed for Refugee week.
Scholastic Book Club
Twice a term we send home a Scholastic Australia book club brochure.
Participation is optional, but it can be an easy way to add books to your
own home shelves.
Our school will be hosting a Scholastic Australia Book fair in the library during Education Week
6th – 9th August. Students will have the opportunity to buy books at the fair.
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Hints for reading at home
Reading to and with your child can be a very special time spent together. Set a regular time to read each day.
Talk about the book as you read, match books with family activities. Consider reading the library books
yourself so that you can connect with your child and the books they enjoy.
Book Week 2018
18th – 24th August 2018
Who is your favourite
book character?
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PIZZA DAY
Thank you to all the families who supported this fundraising event.
We hope those who ordered enjoyed their pizza.
To those who offered to assist with the distribution of the pizza, thank you very
much for giving up your time for the students.
For your diaries:
Wednesday 8th August – Open Day - P&C will be holding a living fundraiser & pre-loved book sale and
Sausage Sizzle – Pre-order notes will be going home shortly for the sausage sizzle & the living fundraiser.
Friday 31st of August sees the P&C putting on a Father’s Day Breakfast and holding our Father’s Day
stall for students to purchase gifts and raffle tickets for some amazing prizes. Watch out for the posters
and notes during Term 3.
Thursday 27th September – Colour Run Fun Run - More information to following in upcoming newsletters.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 4th of July at 6.00pm in the School Staff Room, please come along
and find out more about what your P&C does for your school.
If you have questions or would like to give suggestions, please don’t hesitate to email us on
Kind regards,
Leanne Keighley
President
Wentworthville Public School P&C
Term 2 Calendar as at 28 June 2018