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A: Westall Terrace, Leeming, WA 6149 W: www.westleeming.wa.edu.au P: 9266 6000

NEWSLETTER

26 Nov 2018

Dear Parents, Guardians, Community Members, Staff and Students,

As we move towards 2019 we can reflect on the many community events that we have all participated in and worked to ensure generous fundraising and community engagement for all. Thank you to all the parents, family and friends who came out on Friday to support our very successful inaugural West Leeming Colour Run. We were blessed with great weather and everyone had a fantastic time! Funds raised will help with refurbishing our school and classrooms.

Congratulations to all our students who represented our school in the Basketball Grand Slam Finals. The girls were champions, which was an outstanding result, and the boys only missed winning their grand final by 7 points, which was a tremendous effort. All students are to be commended on their attitude and great sportsmanship. They were true ambassadors for the school. My thanks go to all the coaching staff.

THANK YOU to the wonderful parents who provided the WLPS staff with a lovely morning tea on Friday.

I look forward to the final three weeks of the 2018 school year to be full of opportunities to consolidate and celebrate our learning. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our school community for your support. I am so proud to be a part of such a wonderful school.

See you in the playground,

Kylie Moss

Principal

the whole-school Presentation Evening

commencing at 5.30pm on Tuesday, December 11, on the Dudley Hartree Reserve. Families are invited to bring their rug and chairs and enjoy the performances and help us celebrate the end of another great year at West Leeming Primary School. Parents are asked to collect their children from the class teacher at the end of the evening. We look forward to seeing you on the night and hope you enjoy a fabulous community evening.

Parents and family members of our Year 6 students are invited to attend the Graduation Ceremony to be held in the Undercover Area on Wednesday, December 12. Doors open at 9.00am and the ceremony will commence at 9.30am. Following a morning tea for the graduating students and their families, our graduands will leave on a river cruise.

PRESENTATION EVENING &YEAR 6 GRADUATION

UPDATE OF EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR REPORTS HOME This semester, all student reports will be emailed home on Monday, 10 December. Parents are urged to ensure the school office has your up-to-date contact email address.

YEAR 2 TREASURE SALE

Friday, 7 December, 9.00 - 10.00am

in the Undercover Area

Items 50c to $5.00

All monies raised to be donated to

the Cancer Council

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2019 Student Requirements A reminder that book lists for the pre-ordered shop pick-up have to be returned to the school office as soon as possible, as the closing date was Friday, 23 November. You can also order online up to December 3 for home / business delivery. Please note that there is no school pick-up; orders have to be collected from Ziggies.

Participating in this program helps our school’s fundraising.

AUSTRALIAN MATHS COMPETITION

to all the students who were presented with certificates for

their achievements in the Australian Maths Competition.

The following students scored distinctions: Joseph W. Chloe L. Cris G. Finlay M. Matthew D. Amber S. Hannah J. Shayon K. Mitchell R. Chelsea S. Joshua S. Blake W.

The following students scored high distinctions: Max M. Joshua L. Alex J.

Congratulations to Andy W. who won “Best in School”.

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CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES It’s that time of year again when classes may begin some Christmas activities in the coming weeks. If you do not wish your child to participate please notify the class teacher.

DIARY DATES Nov 26, Mon School Council Meeting, 6.15pm P&C Meeting, 7.30pm

Nov 29, Thu Parent Assembly, M2

Nov 30, Fri Leeming Retirement Village

Dec 4, Tue Kings Park, Yr 2 Big Day In, Yr 4&5 Big Day Out, Yr 6

Dec 5, Wed Volunteers Morning Tea, 10.00am Kindy 2019 Picnic, 3.30pm

Dec 7, Fri Year 2 Jumble Sale, 9.00am

Dec 10, Mon Reports emailed home

Dec 11, Tue, 5.30pm Presentation Evening

Dec 12, Wed, 9.30am Year 6 Graduation & River Cruise

UPDATING CONTACT DETAILS It is vitally important that we have up to date

contact information for your child. Please contact the office if you have changed your

address, email, phone numbers or emergency contacts.

0438 942 201

to the following students:

J1 - Charlie B. M5 - Sophie J. & S3 - Tom G. J2 - Delaney I. Alexis D. S4 - Sophie D. & J4 - Amelia W. M6 - Luis N. & Cormac G. M3 - Sophie H. Jasmine L. S5 - Max D. & M4 - Ayden S. & S1 - Brodie Y. Kai M. Stephanie H. S2 - Ash C. & Tanika H.

Mrs Mathie (Music) - Joshua L. & S1 Mrs Sharma (Science) - Jack F.

West Leeming Star - James H. Aussie of the Month - Lauren B.

MERIT CERTIFICATE Term 4 Week 7

J1 - Sebastian G. M3 - Taj D. & S2 - Charlize L. & J2 - Lucas G. & Tayah D. Bailey P. Alexander H. M4 - Sydney F. S3 - Harry S. J3 - Harry H. & M5 - Emmett C. & S4 - Anthony W. Monique M. Mackensie A. S5 - Simon S. & J4 - Lucas K. M6 - Chloe C. & Amber S. M2 - Travis H. Ethan S. S6 - Chelsea S. S1 - Hamish B.

Mrs Mathie (Music) - Kayla M. & M2

MERIT CERTIFICATE

Term 4 Week 6

NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT MOVEMENT It would be appreciated if the parents of students

from Pre-Primary to Year 5 could notify the school, in writing, if their child will not be attending West Leeming

PS in 2019. Parents are also asked to ensure that the school is advised in writing if their child is going on holidays before Thursday, 13 December 2018 or if they will be returning to school after the school year has commenced on Monday, 4 February 2019; please make sure you have provided information of their return date.

Thank you to the many families who have already notified the school and provided the necessary details. This will assist us with planning for the 2019 school year.

END OF YEAR ONLINE PHOTO ORDERING REMINDER We have been advised by Kapture Photography that all sports and/or special team photos taken this year will be removed from their website at the close of Term 4. This is your last chance to view and purchase these photographs.

Please visit www.kapture.com.au and access the gallery using our school code, J7LD2Z. This code can also be used to purchase class or individual photographs should you have not ordered earlier in the year.

http://www.kapture.com.au

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Year 5

NOTICE

WLPS COLOUR RUN FUNDRAISER There was great anticipation and excitement on the senior oval as we held our inaugural WLPS Colour Run on Friday. What a fantastic way to end the week! The smiles on the children's faces, as well as the parents and staff, said it all! The children had a wonderful time going through the obstacle course and getting sprinkled with colour. A few children said they’d gone round 10 times! One thing’s for certain - they all ended up very colourful!!

THANK YOU to everyone for helping make this a very successful fundraiser.

All funds raised are now due back as soon as possible.

The WLPS Colour Run Team

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Year 5

MUSIC BUZZ WEEK 8, TERM 4

Welcome to the last Music Buzz for 2018 and what a year it has been. There have been so many highlights with the stand out one being the fantastic musical production of THE GRUNCH. The students were absolutely wonderful and now they can relive that experience, with a recording of it, rain effects and all!

The Music Assembly last week was a great opportunity for the choir and senior instrumental students to showcase their abilities to the parents and whole school. This is when it is so wonderful to be a music teacher!

Instrumental offers went home last week to selected students. Parents, please try to attend one of the meetings this week as it will help you understand the commitments required of your child and YOU.

The Band will be performing at M2’s assembly this week.

Year 5 flute, clarinet and trumpet students are invited to the final band rehearsal on MONDAY, 3 December at 8.25am.

The Christmas Choir and all Year 6 instrumental students are performing at the Leeming Retirement Village this Friday and Parents and friends are encouraged to come along and listen. It will begin at 10.00am and should go for about an hour. Please make sure that your child has returned the permission form by Tuesday.

Lastly, THANK YOU to all of the parents who have assisted in any way with the music program. Just making sure that your child is on time to rehearsals helps enormously. There have been many behind the scenes helpers and I sincerely thank you.

I wish the whole school community a Happy and Joyous Christmas.

Don’t Stop The Music!

Rosemary Mathie Music Specialist

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Year 5

Alan Placanica Sports Specialist

SCIENCE AT WLPS The Years 5 and Year 6 classes made skeletons with pasta, as we were learning about vertebrates in Science and learning about bird beak adaptations.

The Year 3s made dioramas to show different habitats of animal kingdoms.

Charu Sharma

Science Specialist

WEST LEEMING GIFT

to the 2018 West Leeming Gift winners, Alice L. and Owen C. The finalists were Monique M., Elijah D., Olivia P., Lincoln T., Lynner J., Jason S., Arianna J., Riley D., Poppy J. and Isaac R.

The West Leeming Gift is a handicapped running race involving every student in the school. All students have run in trials in their year levels to determine the fastest runner in each year level (boys and girls separately). The fastest runner from each year level then ran in the final of the Gift against all the other year levels’ fastest runner.

Each runner in the final has a handicap. The handicap is worked out according to times recorded in the trials. This results in a very exciting race, involving the fastest Year 1 through to Year 6 runners all in the same race, with the winner laying claim to being the fastest runner in the school.

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COMMUNICATION AVENUES AT WEST LEEMING SMS 0438942 201—Use this number to advise the school if your child will be absent from school and the reason for the absence.

School Website: http://www.westleeming.wa.edu.au/

School Stream App—To install the app, just search for School Stream in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Download and install; then search for our school. Go to https://www.schoolstream.com.au/download/ for more detailed Instructions.

If you don’t have access to a smartphone, you can access the app on your pc or laptop at this link: https://westleeming.myschoolstream.net/?style=embed

REMINDER Please email any notices for our final newsletter for 2018, out on Monday, December 10, to wlpsnews@gmail.com

by Friday December 7, 12 noon.

If you are submitting group photos, please make sure

all students in the photos have permission to be published. If you are unsure, please check with the class teacher.

Late last year, after two auditions, Kereen He was accepted into the Charlesworth Ballet College’s 2018 after-school program.

Kereen currently does 8 hours of ballet training per week, including school holidays.

If you are also a ballet lover and would like to support WA’s young dancers such as Kereen, please come and watch Sleeping Beauty at the Crown Theatre (tickets at www.ticketmaster.com). Kereen will be on stage in the 3:30pm show on 15th December.

BASKETBALL GRAND SLAM GRAND FINALS Last week our Girls and Boys Basketball teams participated in the Summer Slam Competition held at the State Basketball Centre.

This competition is a state wide event involving both private and state schools with some schools employing professional coaches. Teams needed to win through a qualifying round before being invited to the competition. Both teams made it into the grand finals with the boys’ team ending up as runners up and the girls’ team winning the championship. This is an amazing result on their part. Their dedication and effort over the months was rewarded with a fantastic finish. Mrs Kerryn Houghton and Mrs Michelle Davey as the coaches along with parent support also contributed greatly to the success of the teams. Our “professional” coaches have put in a lot of time preparing the players, so WELL DONE COACHES. Champions and Runner Up champions is a very good effort.

WELL DONE to all players on your great success

Alan Placanica Sports Specialist

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26 Nov 2018 Wild west café

THANK YOU to last week’s volunteers - Bek Cox and Barb Grice. Your help is greatly appreciated!

This week we have the following volunteers: Tue 27/11 NO VOLUNTEER—HELP REQUIRED! Wed 28/11 NO VOLUNTEER—HELP REQUIRED! Thur 29/11 Di Sumich Fri 30/11 Barb Grice

We still require volunteers on our roster!! No cooking expe-rience is necessary, just come in and lend a hand. Tea, coffee and lunch is provided to all volunteers. Spend as long as you like - even an hour or 2 can make a difference to the smooth running of the day. To put your name on our roster or find out more please contact Rita on 9310 3407, call into the canteen or send an email to wlpscanteen@hotmail.com .

The canteen is available for students from Pre-Primary to Year 6. Please note we are open Tuesday to Friday from 8.30am and cash orders must be placed at the canteen window by 9am. You are also able to place your order online by 8.50am each day via www.quickcliq.com.au. Pre-Primary parents please do not order recess items or frozen lunch treats for your child as these cannot be delivered to the classroom.

The menu is available on the school website, school stream app and the Quickcliq website. Hard copies are available to view at the can-teen. Any new families who are unsure of the ordering process, please feel free to come to the canteen and have a chat with our amazing canteen manager Rita.

UNIFORM SHOP - IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Uniform Shop will NOT be open during the summer holidays. If you require uniforms for the first week of Term 1, 2019 you will need to purchase before the 10th Dec 2018. The school uniform policy and information on the uniform shop and how to purchase via Quickcliq is available on the school website.

Orders via Quickcliq for 2018 will be accepted until Mon 10th Dec 5pm - these orders will be delivered to class on Tues 11th Dec 2018. Orders placed after 10th Dec 2018 and during the summer holidays will be ready for collection from the Uniform Shop on Wed 6th Feb 2019 - Week 1, Term 1. Please come along to the Uniform Shop for more information on how to order/purchase and to try on items for sizing. All new items need to be ordered via Quickcliq. Second hand items are available for purchase with cash or EFTPOS from the Uniform Shop on opening days. Please note the Uniform Shop is closed on Wed 12th Dec 2018, the last week of school for stocktake.

Term 4 2018 - Opening Hours Wed 14th November - 8.15am to 9.00am Wed 21st November - 8.15am to 9.00am Wed 28th November - 8.15am to 9.00am Wed 5th December - Last day open for 2018. Mon 10th - Last online orders accepted until 5pm Tues 11th - Last orders for 2018 delivered to class Wed 12th December - CLOSED for stocktake

Term 1 2019 - Opening Hours 8.15am to 9am Wed 6th February - Orders placed from 11th December 2018 and over the summer holidays can be collected on this day, no deliveries to class this week.

WLPS Uniform Shop Committee

GILBERT’S FRESH MARKET SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM (SOS) Our school is participating in the Gilbert’s Fresh, Southlands Shopping Centre, Willetton Support Our Schools Program.

To support our school, simply sign up to Gilbert’s SOS Program at their checkout; then have your card scanned whenever you shop at Gilbert’s. Gilbert’s will donate 1% of your total spend back to our school.

Gilbert’s Fresh Market (open 7 days) Southlands Shopping Centre, WILLETTON

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “Persistence and resilience only come from having been giv-

en the chance to work through difficult problems.” ~ Gever Tulley

26 Nov 2018

Registrations are now open for the next Better Health Program running at Cockburn ARC in Term 1, 2019.

Funded by the Department of Health, The Better Health Program is a FREE healthy lifestyle program delivering fun, interactive sessions supporting children aged 7-13 years and families to adopt healthy attitudes to food and nutrition, to encourage regular exercise, make informed food choices and learn essential health skills and knowledge.