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Westlawn Public School
Newsletter Term 1 Week 3
13th February 2018
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Message from the Principal Congratulations to all the students who received badges at our Induction Assembly last Friday. We are so proud of our new leaders and know they will do a brilliant job through 2018. It was wonderful to see so many members of our School Community attend to celebrate and be part of such an important occasion. Our leaders for 2018 are: School Captains - Jimmy Ford, Bree Hunter. Vice Captains - Ethan Ashbrooke, Ava Byrnes. Prefects -Sonny McCutcheon, Harry Oxenbridge, Mia Hayne, Jessica Towns. House Captains & Vice Captains Jupiter – (Captains) Kristopha Duroux, Grace
Milligan. (Vice Captains) Benji Pereira, Shakeia
Williams.
Mercury – (Captains) Marcus Makejev, Shayla
Boorman. (Vice Captains) Bailey Sciberras, Sienna
Eastment.
Neptune – (Captains) Cooper Cochrane, Ellowese
McDonough-Allen. (Vice Captains) Charlie Nilon,
Zahli Shannon.
Saturn - (Captains) Jak McPhee-Young, Sophie
Hinterholzl. (Vice Captains) Cooper Pereira,
Hannah Weate.
Library Monitors: Brooklyn Cole, Molly Wiles,
Lily Palmer, Georgia Brown, Ivory Robertson, Callie
Weate, Hollie Warren, Keira Rasborsek.
Band Leaders: Sophie Hinterholzl, Harrison Webb.
SRC Year 2 Lucas Norrie, Layla Gentles, Lahnee Higgins, James Davison, Gracie Oxenbridge, Chad Collie. Year 3 Luna Timmins, Thomas Beohm, Taj Chevalley, Lily Van Vyfeyken, Paetyn Foster. Year 4 Declan Niddrie, Poppy Farrell, Tylah Radin, Lila Heyman, Ashton Mitchell, Kate Raven. Year 5 Wilson Moore, Seth Blanch, Shanae
Crispin, Ryder Gorring, Heidi McClymont, Charlee Connell.
Year 6 Shawn Harwood, Alina Crosbie, Marty Gray, Larni Beadman, Shayne Johnson
School Captains, Vice Captains and Prefects. Staff Development Day
Last Saturday the Westlawn school staff attended a
Staff Development Day focussed on writing. We had
training in an innovative program called ‘Big Write’
which will be used across the whole school in all
grades K-6. It complements what teachers are
already doing in classrooms and motivates students
to raise the standard of their writing and to have fun
with the writing process.
Next week we are launching our Westlawn Public
School Facebook page. We need your support in
returning permission notes, which were sent home
last Friday to enable us to publish your child’s name
and image on the facebook page. We would really
appreciate notes returned by Friday 16th February so
we have this updated information.
Message from the Principal
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Lunches We have noticed some children bringing tuna, baked beans and a variety of other foods in tins with a ring pull top. The lids are quite sharp and can easily cause an injury and are also difficult for children to open. For safety reasons these tins should not be sent to school. A suggestion is that the delicious contents could be put into a plastic container for students to enjoy. Thank you for your understanding. P&C Our first P&C and Canteen Meeting was last Wednesday and it was great to see so many parents
attend. The meetings are held in our school’s ‘Meeting Room’ which is near the canteen. Our P&C AGM will be next month, on Wednesday 14th March in the Meeting Room. All positions including P&C executive or any sub-committees such as the Canteen committee are voted on at the AGM. Just a reminder that according to NSW P&C Federation guidelines, those wishing to vote, stand for office, or move motions, must be financial members. Membership is $1 per year. Payment of the membership fee must be made by the close of one meeting so that the member is eligible to exercise membership rights at the next meeting. Uniforms Our uniforms are only sold through U-Design in
North St, Grafton. Opening hours are Monday
10:00am-2:00pm, Thursday 2:30-6:00pm, Saturday
9:00am-1:00pm. School hats and library bags are
$10:00 each and are sold at the school office.
Reminders Sight Word Program Westlawn PS has a very successful Sight Word Program which is run by volunteers. We need a team of parents/community members, who would like to do the Sight Word Program. We need volunteers to work in classrooms K-2. If you have helped in the past or want to do it for the first time, please come along to a training session on Thursday 15th February at 9:15am. Even if your children are older but you still want to be involved, we would love to have your help. Mrs Acevedo-White will run the session. It will be held in the reading room in the library. Please advise the school office if you are interested in attending.
Parent Information Meetings Parents and carers are invited to their child’s Parent Information Meeting. A lot of useful information about the year ahead will be provided. It is not the appropriate forum to discuss individual student progress so if you wish to discuss your child please make an appointment with the class teacher for a mutually convenient time. Most meetings will last approximately one hour.
Emergency Contact Details We often need to contact parents for a range of reasons. Please make sure that the school office is notified about:
Change of home address
Change of home phone
Change of mobile number
Change of emergency contact/s and their details, change of email address (for Newsletters)
We care excited by the new look of our Newsletter
and after experimenting with different ideas will be
keeping this format for Term 1.
Trish Ellis Relieving Principal Diary Dates Term 1 2018 Week 2 Mon 5 Feb Swimming Carnival (all Yrs 3-6, plus
any competent swimmers in Yr 2 who turn 8 in 2018 and can easily swim 50 metres without stopping
Wed 7 Feb Canteen and P&C Meeting 6:00pm Fri 9 Feb Induction Assembly at 2pm for SRC
(School Captains, Vice Captains, Prefects and class representatives), Library Monitors, House Captains and Band Leader.
CLASS DATE TIME
4/5K, 5O, 5/6W, 6B, 6P Tuesday 13 February 5:15
KG, KM, KS Tuesday 13 February 6:30
1C, 1M, 1R Monday 19 February 5:30
3/4T, 4B, 4E Tuesday 20 February 6:00
3M, 3S Wednesday 21 February
5:30
5A Tuesday 20 February 5:00
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Week 3 Mon 12 Feb Parent Information Evening Year 2 Tues 13 Feb Parent Information Evening for Years 5 and 6 and 4/5 (5:15pm) and Kindergarten (6:30pm) Thurs 15 Feb Sight Word training Fri 16 Feb Community Sport begins for Years 3-6 Week 4 Mon 19 Feb Parent Information Evening for Year 1 Tues 20 Feb Parent Information Evening for Year 4 and 3/4 Wed 21 Feb Parent Information Evening for Year 3 Thurs 22 Feb Clarence District Swimming Carnival Week 5 Mon 25 Feb MNC B/G Tennis Tues 26 Feb MNC Swimming Carnival – Coffs Notes home for International Competitions: Digital Technologies and Science Fri 2 Mar Clean Up Australia Day Week 6 Wed 7 Mar NC Swimming Carnival Murwillumbah Week 7 Wed 14 Mar P&C AGM at 6pm followed by P&C General Meeting Closing date for International Digital Technologies and Science Competitions Thur 15 Mar Selective High School Placement
Test at Grafton HS for Y6 students who applied for Y7 placement in a selective class.
Week 8 Tues 20 Mar Grandparents Day Wed 28 Mar School Photos Thurs 29 Mar Easter Hat Parade
K-2 Disco Fri 30 Mar Good Friday Week 10 Mon 2 Apr Easter Monday
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS ALL WEEK
Wed 4 Apr Year 6 Leadership Day Week 11 Mon 9 Apr PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Notes home for International Competitions: Writing and Spelling Tues 10 Apr Westlawn PS Cross Country
Carnivaat Junction Hill
Wed 11 Apr Award Assembly and Year 6 Leadership badges at 1:00pm
Canteen and P&C Meeting 6:00pm NSWPSSA Swimming Thurs 12 Apr Primary Disco(Date To be confirmed) NSWPSSA Swimming Fri 13 Apr ANZAC Assembly Last day of Term
Clarence Swimming Carnival
The Clarence Swimming Carnival will be held on
Thursday 22 February at the Grafton Olympic Pool.
The fastest 3 swimmers in each race from the
Westlawn PS carnival have qualified for the
Clarence carnival. Students have now been
informed of the races they will compete in and
permission notes went home yesterday.
Westlawn PS will be represented at the carnival
by: Junior Boys and Girls
Chad Collie, Oliver Willis, Taj Chevalley, Ashton
Mitchell, Jarrod Eichmann, Ethan Biele, Nate Laurie,
Sam Buggy, Jake Austin, Riley Metcalfe, Alex Hyatt,
Ruby Egan, Lily Van Vyfeyken, Taya Murphy,
Sunny Hartmann, Riley Robinson, Mia McLaughlan,
Shanae Crispin, Jorja Willis, Cara Lomas.
11 Year Boys and Girls
Beau Hartmann, Zane Farrell, Hayden Biele, Ryder
Gorring, Seth Blanch, Reece McLaughlan, Eliza
Berrick, Alice Hughes, Shayla Boorman, Shakeia
Williams
Senior Boys and Girls
Cooper Cochrane, Jensen Haynes, Jimmy Ford,
Brock Green-Robertson, Xavier Elward, Grace
Milligan, Zahlia Shannon, Jessica Towns, Sophie
Hinterholzl, Larni Beadman, Alina Crosbie.
Primary Sport for Term 1
Community Sport will begin this Friday 16 February
for students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. Students have
been informed of their allocated sport. Please note
that sport money collection will occur on
Thursdays after morning assembly so we can
start immediately on Friday. Please send your
child’s sport money on Thursday this week.
Sporting News
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
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. Be sure to take a bottle of
water.
KidsFit - Cost $4. Be sure to take a bottle of water.
Indoor Soccer - Cost $4. Be sure to 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.
Other dates to remember – plan ahead!
MNC Swimming Carnival at Coffs Harbour on
Tuesday 27 February for those who qualify.
Westlawn Cross Country Carnival will be held on
Tuesday 10 April (T1,W11) at Junction Hill.
Clarence Cross Country Carnival will be held on
Friday 11 May (T2, W2) at Junction Hill.
What an exciting start to the year in the library!
We welcomed our new library monitors for
2018 last week as they received their badges on
Friday afternoon. Congratulations to Brooklyn
Cole, Molly Wiles, Lilly Palmer, Georgia Brown,
Ivory Robertson, Hollie Warren, Keira Rasborsek
and Callie Weate on your positions!
This week in the library: Loving Library Day
Wednesday 14th February 2018
We are excited to be celebrating Loving Library
Day. Our monitors have chosen some of their
favourite books to be wrapped and be borrowed
blindly on Wednesday. Teachers have shared
some of their all time favourite children books
for display. Everyone can come and make a
book mark to use as they share their love of
reading. You might like to write a letter to us
letting us know what you love about the library.
Drop these into the treasure chest on the front
desk.
Good news! Our library now subscribes to the
following award-winning World Book Web products.
• World Book Kids—is based on World Book’s award-winning Discovery Encyclopedia and is designed to give younger students, ESL students and reluctant readers a rewarding online learning experience. The site illustrations, diagrams and maps enrich more than 2,000 articles selected for appeal and relevance.
Library News
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
World Book Student—forms the foundation of an expansive reference database that includes over 40,000 encyclopedia and reference articles, thousands of links to outside web sites selected by World Book editors and contributors. It also includes an extensive Dictionary and Atlas plus audios, visuals and animations.
• Our World Book subscription allows us to give
you and your family access to this valuable
reference source at your home computers 365
days a year, 24 hours a day. We are providing
this service to you at no charge!
• We hope that your whole family will use the
World Book sites often to help with homework,
special projects, at-home learning and
information seeking.
• To access the World Book Web, follow these
simple steps:
1. Go to the World Book web site:
http://www.worldbookonline.com 2. Type in
the following user Login ID: westlawn
3. Password: westlawn
Please remember that login and password
information is for students and their families
only and extending this information to people
who do not live within the school district could
result in loss of at-home access for our
students.
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Canteen News
Our canteen manager Michelle Ford
has decided to step down from her
role as Westlawn Canteen Manager,
as she will be returning to work.
If there is anyone who may be interested
in taking over as Canteen Manager please
speak to any of the P& C Executive,
Michelle Ford or the Westlawn office
ladies. Michelle has done a fantastic job
during the last few months and we thank
all the volunteers who have joined the
canteen roster. Our canteen plays a vital
role at Westlawn in providing nutritious
and affordable lunches. All money raised
through the canteen goes towards the
purchase of valuable school resources for
students.
Unfortunately if a new Manager cannot be
found there will be no alternative but to
close our canteen.
For all enquiries relating to the canteen
roster please call 0416808614 to speak to
our canteen manager Michelle Ford.
Book Club
Book club orders are due in this Friday 16th
February.
Canteen Roster
WEDNESDAY 14th FEBRUARY
Ann Finn, Angie Miller, Debra Watts
THURSDAY 15th FEBRUARY
Mel Kingsley, Sharron Robertson, Debra
Watts
FRIDAY 16th FEBRUARY
Shelly Thompson, Brooke Grayson, Maria
Wormald
MONDAY 19th FEBRUARY
Campbell Timmins, Christopher Bell, Ally
Collie
TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY
Debra Watts, Campbell Kenneally, Deb
Barlow
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