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‘WWPS is a Child Safe school’ Warrnambool West Primary School

Term 3—Week 4—Wednesday 7th August 2019

From the Principal


08/08/2019 Warrnambool West Primary School

Thanks once again to the many of you who attend our Assemblies each Friday afternoon. Last week it was a privilege to be acknowledged by staff and students as part of ‘Celebrate Principal’s day’. Students sang songs, read poems, presented me with hand-made cards and a beautiful bunch of fresh flowers. It was a humbling experience to be acknowledged by our school community. In my message to students I reminded them that the reason teachers come to work each day is to inspire and motivate students to make the most of every learning opportunity presented to them. Congratulations to the amazing students who received awards last week, keep up the great work!

Transition

We are currently taking enrolments for our 2020 Foundation (prep) students. Our student leaders and Mr Hackett visited Central Kindergarten on Tuesday as part of our transition program, with other visits planned throughout the term. If you know of any families who are considering enrolling their child in Foundation at Warrnambool West Primary School in 2020, please invite them to make contact with the school as soon as possible. Our transition into Foundation starts next term, with a parent information session and visits to the school for next year’s Foundation children.

100 Days of School

It is hard to believe that tomorrow marks a huge milestone for our Foundation students who will celebrate 100 days of school! Students will be participating in range of activities around their 100 day theme as well as marking the occasion with a cake. All Foundation families are invited to come

along and help the students celebrate this special occasion in the Foundation Room from 9-11am.

Professional Learning

On Monday afternoon, all staff commenced CUST (Cultural Understanding and Safety Training). The purpose of the training is to increase understanding of Koorie culture, history and experience to ensure a strong foundation to support improved outcomes for Koorie learners across all areas of schooling. CUST is delivered by the Department’s Koorie Education personnel and we look forward to increasing our collective understanding of local Aboriginal history and perspectives.

Parent Opinion Survey

The Department of Education Parent Opinion Survey is presently underway and again will be completed online by a randomly generated sample of WWPS families. The feedback from these surveys, along with the Staff Survey and Year 4 – 12 Attitudes to School Survey, is very helpful as an annual pulse-check and to identify opportunities for future work. Thank you in advance if you have been selected to participate!

Work experience

It is wonderful to welcome back ex-student, Willem Douglas from Brauer College as part of the work experience program. Willem is working predominately with Mr Hackett in PE and science classes as well as spending time in classrooms. Welcome Willem!

Annie

Tomorrow all students will be attending Brauer College’s musical production of ‘Annie’ from 1-3 PM. If you have not returned your consent form please log onto COMPASS or return the paper consent form to school by tomorrow.

Mrs Clare Monk Principal

We are Responsible

It has been very rewarding walking around the school throughout the week see minimal rubbish in the yard. This means that our whole student body is being extremely responsible and ensuring that they place their rubbish in the bin and are not taking food wrappers outside. Thanks to all of you for ensuring that our school looks amazing!

Parent Teacher Interviews

Thank you to all families for their attendance at parent teacher interviews last week. Your attendance at interviews is just one of the many ways of fostering the importance of the home – school connection. If you were unable to attend your interview, please make contact through the office to meet with your child’s classroom teacher to make another time.

Uniform

It was pleasing to see a majority of our students arrive at school each day decked out in full school uniform. We will continue to make our expectations around uniform very clear to students, especially when on excursions and representing WWPS. A friendly reminder that our pants are navy and NOT black and these can be purchased from department stores such as Target and Best and Less quite cheaply. The wearing of coloured long sleeve ‘T’s is not part of our approved uniform. Our new zip jackets have arrived and can be purchased at the office for $35. The jackets offer an alternative to the wearing of polo fleece jumpers. We encourage any families who are struggling to support their child in meeting these expectations to contact us for assistance.

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Teamwork

This week in Positive Ed, the students have been learning about teamwork. In the F- 2 classes, the students

chose a person who is good at working in a team. They recognised what these people do that makes them a

good team member.

Lisa Halliwell



Sporting Schools:

The Sporting Schools after school program is back!

What: Free hockey sessions after school Where: Meeting on the basketball court

When: Thursdays from 3:30- 4:15pm (starting week 2 finishing week 8)

Please see the office to register for this. (25 places maximum!)

Guitar lessons:

Guitar lessons are still available after school on Tuesdays (starting week 2).

Please register with the office if you are interested. Maximum 10 spots available

Lessons run from 3:30- 4pm. Available to all abilities!

Contacting Books

We are looking for volunteers to help us contact our brand new library books from any time after 11:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We would be so grateful for your support! Even if you could contact 1-2 books before the bell goes at school pick up time.

Thankyou! Meagan Roberts, Zoe Evans and Megan Crameri

WWPS Book Week Parade

Tuesday 20th August 9.15am in the undercover area

Come dressed as your favourite book character. Please bring along your book. Your classroom

library, the Warrnambool Library and WWPS Library are fabulous resources to look through for

ideas.

Name Class Reason

Nate Mahony Mrs Irvine

Nate is always being friendly and helpful and is a wonderful member of

our class. He loves to learn new things. When he finished his work he

always looks to help his teacher or his school friends.

Kyle Lewis Mrs Lilley For being a fabulous class member who always uses his manners, is

friendly to everyone and is a wonderful helper.

Charlie Silver Miss Evans For demonstrating great understanding of his reading goal this week.

Liam Crawford Mrs Roberts For his excellent work with addition and subtraction algorithms.

Matthew Amory Mrs Hopkins

Matthew has worked hard this week on sticking to the task even when

it gets difficult. He has shown persistence and the ability to finish what

he starts.

Levi Bell Miss Dean

For trying so hard, particularly with your handwriting. Also, for putting into action what you have been learning about

sustainability and why it is important, when you saw something that needed cleaning up.

Nathan Condon Mr Griffin For displaying resilience and overcoming his own anxieties to take part

in classroom activities

Ruby Storer PE For imaginative dancing when creating a dance story! Well done!

Maya Douglas Science For working hard with her team to complete all work and conduct a fair

and safe experiment. Keep up the fantastic work!

Students of the Week 08/08/2019 Warrnambool West Primary School

Week 4 All Week

Thursday Thursday

5-9th August 8th August 8th August

Enrolment Week Annie Musical @ Brauer College Foundation ‘100 Days of School’

Week 5 All Week 12-16th August Science Week

Week 6 Wednesday Thursday

21st August 22nd August

Years 3/4 Science Excursion @ Deakin University Years 3/4 Hoop Time Basketball

Week 7 Monday-Wednesday Monday Wednesday Thursday

26th-28th August 26th August 28th August 29th August

3/4 Splash Factory Swimming F-2 Bus Safety Incursion 5/6 Science Excursion @ Deakin University 5/6 Hoop Time Basketball

Week 8 Monday-Wednesday 2nd-4th September 3/4 Splash Factory Swimming

Important Dates: Term 3, 2019

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