Westlawn Public School

Newsletter Term 1 Week 10

2nd April 2019

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Student leadership is highly valued at

Westlawn PS. As part of their ongoing

leadership roles over their last year at

Primary school, our Year 6 students develop

skills and knowledge about leadership

through a number of channels, including the

Burn Bright Leadership program which the

Year 6 students completed during Term 1. We

strongly believe that leadership potential is

in all children and we have high

expectations of all Year 6 students in

leading and demonstrating this capacity to the

best of their abilities. We expect them to be

positive role models for younger students by

demonstrating responsible, respectful and

safe behaviour. Those Year 6 students who

have qualified for their leadership role will

be presented with their Leadership Badges

at the Award Assembly at 1pm on Wednesday

10 April. Parents are most welcome to attend

the assembly.

Bus Zone

Road Safety around schools is a shared responsibility. Children are considered vulnerable road users and as a community we each have a role to ensure safety in school zones is a priority. School zones are planned with children’s safety in mind. Local Council, NSW Police, Roads and Maritime Services, bus operators, school staff and P&C all work closely to ensure students enjoy safe journeys to & from school.

Parents & carers also have a key role. Stopping & parking in Bus Zones is not a safe drop off or pick up space – this area is reserved for large vehicles (buses). An inspection by Roads and Maritime Services in partnership with the school raised concerns around this practice in the Cassia Street Bus Zone. A banner has been installed on the fence to remind drivers not to stop or park in this zone. Drivers are asked to please park safely & legally, even if this means walking your children from the car to the school gate. Under the NSW Road Rules - Stop in Bus Zone (school zone) - $337 fine & 2 demerit points. ALL speeding and mobile phone offences in a school zone carry Double Demerits all year round. This information is from the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS). Parent/Teacher Interviews Parent/Teacher Interviews will be conducted this week and next week to provide information about areas of progress your child has made and areas in which they can improve. Please make sure you have arranged an appointment with your child’s teacher. Westlawn PS Cross Country Next week our school Cross Country will be held on Tuesday 9 April at Barnier Park, Junction Hill. All children in Years 3 to 6 are to attend the carnival. All primary teachers are at the carnival so there is no supervision arrangement back at school for primary children.

Message from the Principal

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Please make sure hats and sunblock are packed, along with lunch, recess and a water bottle. P&C Meeting and Canteen Meeting Our final Canteen and P&C Meeting for the term is on Wednesday 10 April at 6pm in the Meeting Room. We welcome parents being involved in the school. Please come along and meet the committee and other P&C members, and be part of a group of parents who make a great contribution to the school. Easter Raffle Last week tickets were sent home with students for the P&C Easter Raffle. The P&C is asking for donations of Easter eggs or chocolates for raffle prizes. The eggs do not have to be expensive, just whatever parents can afford. The eggs get bundled up into prize packs. Last year we were able to give out over 30 prize packs plus we gave a prize to the student who sold the most tickets. Any tickets sold or unsold must be returned to school by Tuesday Monday 8 April as an audit requirement. If you are unable to sell the tickets please return them immediately so we can re-issue them to someone else. Please send any Easter egg or chocolate donations to the school office. The raffle will be drawn after the Easter Hat Parade on Friday 12 April. The P&C Raffle will be drawn on Friday 12 April after the Infants Easter Hat Parade which starts at 11:45am under the Primary COLA. Parents are most welcome to attend.

Primary Disco The Primary Disco is Thursday 11 April from 6:30 to 8pm in the hall. Cost is $2.50. The theme is ‘Hippy’. Please make sure children are collected at 8pm. The proceeds, as always, go to the Year 6 Farewell. At each disco, refreshments are sold. We always ask parents of year 5 and 6 students to volunteer for selling the refreshments, if possible, as their children will

benefit that year or the following year from the discos, by covering the cost of the Farewell. If you can assist, it would be appreciated. Please see Mrs Hadley if you are able to assist. International Competitions (commonly known as Uni of NSW Competition) This year these competitions will be conducted online at school. They will not be occurring until later in the year. The information regarding the competitions will be sent home at the end of Term 2.

Have a great week, Trish Ellis Relieving Principal

SRC Citizenship Award

The SRC present a weekly

Citizenship Award at our

Primary Assembly. Each

week we meet to discuss

what encouraging things we

have seen happening in our

playground and classrooms.

The SRC look for behaviours

that are helpful,

demonstrate our school

rules or an act that shows a student as a

positive role model for others. We then

nominate children we have seen displaying

these behaviours. Last week the SRC focussed

on finding children who were displaying

excellent sportsmanship.

The students who were nominated by SRC

representatives are Aliya Eastment, Sidonia

D’Souza and Sophie Johnson. We all voted.

The award winner has been seen and

heard…always displaying sportsmanship when

playing soccer, always happy even when she is

not winning and is always the first one to

shake the opposition’s hand at the end of a

SRC News

Reminders

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game. This week’s Citizenship Award winner is

Sophie Johnson. Congratulations Sophie!

Over the coming weeks, the SRC are looking

for students displaying excellent

sportsmanship.

Westlawn PS Cross Country Carnival

The WPS Cross Country Carnival will be held

next Tuesday 9 April at Barnier Park, Junction

Hill. The carnival commences at 9:30am

sharp so all children are asked to be at the

ground by 9:00am.

A bus will leave Westlawn at approximately

8.50 am for children who arrive at school by

bus to link up with the rest of the school at

Junction Hill. The same bus will bring

children back to school at approximately

1:30 pm. This travel option should have been

indicated on the returned permission note.

The annual carnival provides the children with

the opportunity to feel part of their House

Team so full attendance at the carnival is a real

necessity for the school.

The cross country will be run along similar

lines to the athletics carnival. Parents are

welcome to walk the course with the children.

The start line will be on the Westlawn Soccer

Fields next door to Terry West Oval. This

would be the best area for parents to sit and

view the carnival however there is no seating

so parents are advised to bring their own.

Competition is in the following divisions: GIRLS and BOYS

8/9YRS (2000m)

8/9YRS (2000m)

10YRS (2000m)

10YRS (2000m)

11YRS (3000m)

11YRS (3000m)

12/13YRS (3000m)

12/13YRS (3000m)

There will be no canteen in operation. Please

pack plenty of food and water. All children

must be protected from the sun with hats, T-

shirts and sunscreen. All children are

encouraged to wear a T-shirt in the colour of

their house team or their sports uniform.

Otherwise, a coloured ribbon or the like can

be worn. Parents are not required to put

themselves to any expense in providing the

house colours. It may be a good idea to pack a

jumper or tracksuit in case it turns cool. There

is a Department directive that shoes must be

worn in all events.

HOUSE COLOURS

JUPITER - RED

NEPTUNE - BLUE

SATURN - GREEN

MERCURY - YELLOW

Students who suffer from asthma should

follow their asthma management plan on this

day. Any children who need puffers, epipens

etc. will need to bring them along.

Children need to have a note if they are going

home with another parent.

In the case of inclement/dangerous weather

conditions, an announcement will be put over

the local radio stations and placed on our

school’s website and Facebook page after 7:30

am on the morning of the carnival. There will

only be an announcement if the carnival has to

be postponed. The back-up date for this

carnival is Thursday 11 April.

Students who finish in the first 6 in their

age division will progress to the Clarence

Cross Country Carnival to be held at

Junction Hill on Tuesday 7 May 2019 (T2

W2). Boys Cricket Knockout

Round 2

Westlawn PS travelled to Iluka last

Wednesday to play Chatsworth Island PS and

somehow we avoided the rain! Chatsworth

Island had a team of young, inexperienced but

enthusiastic players who were keen for a

game. Westlawn won the toss and elected

bowl. The Chatsworth Island boys were

playing their very first game of cricket on a

Sporting News

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‘real’ pitch using a hard, leather ball and

wearing all the protective gear. They struggled

to score many runs but they certainly gave it

their all, were big on courage and enjoyed the

experience immensely. Westlawn were able to

dismiss Chatsworth Island for 14 runs.

Bowling figures were: Zane Farrell 2-1, Ted

Hill 1-0, Kade Simpson 0-1, Blake Norrie 1-1,

Jaiden Moran 2-3, Eli Jones 0-1, Noah

Woodbury 0-1, Hayden Biele 0-4, Sam Buggy

3-0 and Tyla Spinks 1-2.

Westlawn’s opening pair, Kade and Reece

Winters, went about their job in quick time,

chasing down the runs needed in the second

over. Both sides then agreed to continue play

so all players could have a bat and bowl.

Round 3

Westlawn took on South Grafton at JJ

Lawrence Fields last Friday. Again, the

weather looked a bit dreary and the ground

was a little wet from some overnight rain but

conditions improved throughout the day.

South Grafton, who had a gritty win over

Grafton PS in the previous round, had a young

and inexperienced team but were full of

confidence going into this clash. Westlawn

won the toss and sent South Grafton in to bat.

Their opening batsmen were watchful and

showed plenty of determination and skill as

they dug in for the first few overs. They took

early runs where they could. Ted Hill then hit

a good length and knocked the stumps over.

Zane Farrell supported him well, giving away

just two runs. Kade Simpson and Blake Norrie

then continued the attack, bowling without

luck. South Grafton were progressing well to

be 1 for 20 off eight overs. Wilson Moore

relieved any pressure that was beginning to

build on the fielding side by taking a much

needed wicket. Jaiden Moran backed him up,

conceding only 5 runs from his spell. Eli Jones

and Noah Woodbury then took a wicket each.

Hayden Biele and Sam Buggy missed out on

the wickets today but Tyla Spinks and Kade

both managed to snare a wicket each. South

Grafton scored a total of 86 runs form their 25

overs. A very good effort.

Bowling figures were: Ted 1-8 from 3 overs,

Zane 1-5 from 3 overs, Blake 0-2 from 3

overs, Kade 1-13 from 3 overs, Jaiden 0-5

from 2 overs, Wilson 1 -19 from 2 overs, Eli

1-4 from 2 overs, Noah 0-6 from 2 overs,

Haden 0-10 from 2 overs, Tyla 1-4 from 2

overs and Sam 0-6 from 1 over.

Kade and Zane opened the batting for

Westlawn and looked rock solid. Kade raced

to 9 runs before possibly losing a little bit of

concentration and putting up and easy catch to

point. Westlawn were 1 for 18 off two overs.

Enter Sam Buggy! We all know Sam hits a

heavy ball but he was in a real mood when he

strode to the crease. He and Zane took total

control of proceedings by chasing down the

remaining 69 runs in less than 8 overs. Sam

was brutal, smashing 8 boundaries on his way

to 40 runs (retired) from just 16 scoring shots

and Zane was just as impressive also retiring

on 42 runs. A fantastic performance.

Westlawn PS will next play the winner of the

Bellingen PS v Macksville PS match.

Tennis- PSSA Knockout competition- Victor J

Kelly Trophy

Last Friday our school

Tennis team consisting

of Aiden Rasborsek,

Ethan Johnston, Eliza

Berrick and Keira Gaeta

Played Grafton Public

School at the Grafton

Tennis courts. The team played with great

enthusiasm in very humid conditions. Each

competitor played a singles, doubles and

mixed doubles match. Congratulation to Eliza

for winning a very tough and close singles

match 7-5. Unfortunately Grafton Public

School were too strong for us on the day and

took the win 47 games to 19.

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The team is to be commended on their

behaviour and commendable level of

sportsmanship. They represented themselves

and the school extremely well.

Congratulations to all players.

NC AFL Trails

Best of luck to Wilson Moore and Ryder

Gorring when they play for the MNC AFL

team at the North Coast AFL trials in Coffs

Harbour tomorrow.

MNC Rugby League Trials

These trials will be held in Coffs Harbour this

Thursday at Geoff King Motors Oval. Good

luck to the boys in the 11 yrs division – Bryce

Cranney, Orlando Denham, Riley Metcalfe,

Jake Austin and Ashton Mitchell. The Opens

division will see Mason Madden, Reece

Winters, Reece McLaughlan, Zac Brady, Luke

Harwood, Zane Farrell and Mal Trevillian in

action for the Clarence side.

MNC Boys and Girls Hockey Trials

Good luck to the following girls and boys as

they trial for selection into the MNC Hockey

team this Friday: Eliza Berrick, Shani Firth,

Shanae Crispin, Alice Hughes, Layla

Kingsley, Lily Phelps, Isabella Miller, Kade

Simpson, Ramie Simpson, Reece Winters,

Hayden Biele and Bryce Cranney.

Primary Sport for Term 1

Community Sport will continue this week for

primary students. Thank you to all the students

who continue to remember to bring their sport

money each week. Community Sport will

conclude next Friday 12 April.

Sport money collection will occur every

Thursday after morning assembly so we

can start sport immediately on Friday.

Please send your child’s sport money on

a Thursday each week.

Costs and equipment needed each week:

Hockey - Cost $6 (inc. bus fare). All

equipment is provided however, participants

must have their own mouth guard, hat and

water.

Tennis - Cost $7 (inc. bus fare). All

equipment is provided. Please take a hat and

water.

Ten Pin Bowling - Cost $6. Bottle of water is

optional.

Basketball - Cost $4. Take a bottle of water.

KidsFit - Cost $4. Take a bottle of water.

Indoor Soccer - Cost $4. Take a bottle of

water.

It is important that all students remember their

sport money each week as we are using

community venues, which depend on income

to remain open. Students who fail to pay for

their sport two weeks in a row will still go to

their venue but will not be able to participate.

Please contact the school if there are

difficulties covering the cost of weekly sport.

Sporting dates to remember – plan ahead!

Westlawn Cross Country Carnival will be held

on Tuesday 9 April (T1,W11) at Junction Hill.

Clarence Cross Country Carnival will be held

on Tuesday 7 May (T2, W2) at Junction Hill.

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Lettuce crunch! This week is Vegetable Week!

What is The Big Vegie Crunch? Only around 5% of NSW children eat enough vegetables. To help our community do better, our school will be taking part in The Big Vegie Crunch (part of Vegetable Week) at 10am on Thursday 4th April.

Primary schools across NSW will be joining together to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables simultaneously. Last year 50,260 students crunched together.

What can you do to help?

· Pack a container of fruit or vegetables for your child to eat on Thursday 4th April

· Keep serving up the vegetables at home and in your children’s lunchboxes!

Vegetable Week School Coordinator - Therese Revell

Students of the Week Awards

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Community News

Term 1 Week 10 Mon 1 Apr PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Week 11 Mon 8 Apr PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Easter Raffle tickets returned Tues 9 Apr Westlawn PS Cross Country Carnival at Junction Hill Wed 10 Apr Canteen and P&C Meeting

6:00pm Award Assembly Thurs 11 Apr NSWPSSA Swimming Back up day for Cross Country Primary Disco Fri 12 Apr NSWPSSA Swimming Infants Easter Hat Parade K-2 Disco Community Sport finishes

Last day of term

Diary Dates

Wednesday 3 April

Debra Watts, Shane Masters, Kaila Backwell

Thursday 4 April

Sue Ulrick, Campbell Timmins, Debra Watts

Friday 5 April

Shelly Thompson, Anita McLennan

Monday 8 April

Jacinda Fletcher, Deb Barlow, Kaila Backwell

Tuesday 9 April

Debra Watts, Liz Hamlin, Belinda Bowling

Canteen Roster

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Clay Play Faces Kindy-Yr 2

Portrait Painting Art After School

Clay Face Pots Art After School

ART AFTER SCHOOL

TERM 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

Bunny Pots for 5-9yrs

Monday 15th April

10am- 12noon

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Woven Rims 10yrs & Teens

Tuesday 18th April

10am - 12.30pm

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Driftwood Windchimes 5-9yrs

Wednesday 17th April

10am- 12noon

Info & Bookings Click Here