Wentworthville Public School QUALITY TEACHING TO MAXIMISE STUDENT LEARNING

Term 4 Week 3 2017 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: wentwthvil-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Student Portal: http://portal.det.nsw.edu.au

From the Principal – Denise Lockrey

Kindergarten 2018 Parent Information Sessions!

It was wonderful to meet so many new families and returning families at our two Kindergarten Parent

Information sessions today. The partnership we share with you in supporting the academic, social and

emotional learning of your children is vital! We hope to have a long and productive relationship over the

years ahead. Mrs Rafidi and the team have worked diligently to ensure these sessions have been

informative and ensure a smooth transition to next year.

Our Kindergarten 2018 planning is well underway. If you haven’t yet enrolled your pre-schooler for

Kindergarten 2018 at WPS, please collect an enrolment form from the office. You will need to bring with

you originals of proof of residential address, birth certificate and immunisation records and any visa

paperwork (if required).

If you have friends living in the area who have children of school starting age you might like to let them

know it is time to sign up and enrol their children for school in 2018.

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The uniform shop will be open on the orientation days for students to support families

getting uniforms ready for 2018.

Dates are:

• Thursday November 16 – from 10.30am (after student 9.30-10.30am session)

• Thursday November 23 - from 10.30am (after student 9.30-10.30am session)

• Thursday November 30 – from 12.30 -1.30pm (before the student session at 1.30-2.30pm)

Please remember the next important dates are the Kindergarten Orientation Sessions for your children. It

is advisable that your child/children attend all three sessions. The dates re:

• Thursday November 16 (9.30 -10.30am)

• Thursday November 23 (9.30 -10.30am) and

• Thursday November 30 (1.30 -2.30pm). We look forward to meeting the children on these days.

Forward planning for 2018 and class placement for 2018

We are busily planning in preparation for next year. In order to allow us to plan

as effectively as possible, we would like those families who know that they

won’t be returning to the school next year, to confirm these details as soon as

possible. I have included a slip at the end of the newsletter for you to complete

and send back to the front office if this scenario applies to you. Thank you for

your anticipated co-operation with this matter.

Class placement for 2018 is a complex task in which staff invest a lot of time and effort. Parents are welcome

to provide written information to Mrs Lockrey (The Principal) by Friday November 3, 2017 if there are

specific needs you think should be taken into consideration about your child /children when considering class

placements in 2018. Any information which is delivered to Mrs Lockrey after this date will unfortunately not be

able to be considered in class placements for 2018.

Consideration to social and emotional needs, academic ability and behaviour can be considered, but no

guarantees can be made as staff make determinations which are in the best interest of all attempting to

achieve a balance in each class. It is a difficult task which teachers weigh up very carefully. Parent requests

for changes of their child’s class will not be considered in 2018 as this is a school management decision and

we commit considerable time in formulating the structure for the following year.

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Next P&C Meeting –

NAPLAN overview presentation by Principal

At the next P&C meeting in November, I will be presenting an overview of the trends in NAPLAN data from

2017 which is most pleasing. I would value you coming along so I can share some good news from our

Year 3 and 5 students this year and outline the School’s Strategic Direction for the next 3 years. The

feedback from the Parent Focus Groups recently held, are invaluable as we continue to work on the

School Plan 2018-2020 draft. We will have the School Plan published on our school website by the end of

Term 1 2018.

Upgrade of Wentworthville facilities – Opportunities for

families to be informed and have input There will be two consultative opportunities coming up for families and our school community in November

regarding the new build and upgrades as we accommodate the growth as a school and consider future

focussed learning opportunities. We will also be asking for your feedback via a survey that will come out in

both electronic and paper form.

Please join us on:

• Tuesday November 14, 2017 from 9 - 11am to hear a presentation by Tony Ryan, a leading thought

leader who will address parents and the community on the topic of ‘The Art of Possibility’. This will be

held at school in the library.

• Thursday November 16, 2017 from 9 - 11am to have input in small groups about your thoughts on

the design and dreams for our school as we move forward. This will be held at school in the library.

I look forward to you participating in this process and look forward to you being here!

Denise Lockrey

Principal

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Procedures for Split Classes

In the event that your child’s class has been split for the day a sign will be placed on the classroom door.

The front office has a copy of the split class list. All students from the split class will be dismissed from the

Yandina Cola at 2.55pm where parents will be able to pick up their child.

We appreciate your cooperation regarding these procedures.

1. Year 2 to Year 3 Transition note – All Year 2 students

2. Year 6 Gala Day and Raffle Information note – all students

FLIP OUT MINI BLACKTOWN

This was one of our prizes for the Mother’s Day stall. The company have indicated to our P&C

President that if they are advertised in the newsletter they give a voucher for 1hr jump time per

newsletter. This is a positive way of supporting our school! They can be contacted on…

Flip Out Mini Blacktown

Phone : 02 9679 8888

Name Class Name Class Veeshika 2WS Anita 2S

Lucas 2E Aria 1/2W

Atulith 2S Ishaan 2S

Tanay 1M David 1B

Jesse 1Z Dhruve 1B

Aditya 1M Gursimar 1B

Arushi 1M Yashita 1G

Niven 2S Aarush 1B

Mansvi 2S Samar 5/6H

Ishaan 1Z Thiviyan 4/5S

Samyukta 2S Girindran 5M

Ashfan 1B Hari 4/5S

Sriyansh 1Z Vyomini 4/5S

Maia 1G Divy 5/6H

Taylan 1-3K Anuruddh 3/4D

Sneha 1-3K Sarang 3M

Kaven 1-3K Monica 3C

Xavier 1-3K Aarav 3M

Mahnoor 1B Monica 3C

Sruthi 1B Sountharikan 3C

Shloka 1B Ishanvi 3C

Ravish 1G Vaidehi 3/4D

Levin 1B ** **

Anita 2S ** **

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RAW ART – Amended Schedule (due to change in availability of artists)

Please note the following incursion for RAW ART dates. This is a user pays incursion.

Time

Monday 30th

October

Wednesday

1st November

Monday 6th

November

Artist 1

Monday 6th

November

Artist 2

Wednesday

8th November

9 - 10.30am Kindergarten Kindergarten Year 1 Stage 3 Stage 2

11.35 - 1.05pm Kindergarten Year 2 Year 1 Stage 2

Date: 22nd November 2017, Time: 4pm -5:15pm, Place: School Hall

Our upcoming ‘Showcase of Talent’ is approaching and will be in our School Hall.

Students across the school have been working in their lunch and recess times learning various areas of

the Creative and Performing Arts ranging from choir, playing instruments, dance and visual arts.

The children have been working very hard all year and would like to invite you all to come and see their

talents. It will be a fantastic show and we all hope that you will be there. Entry into the performance is a

Gold Coin donation for each seat, collected at the door. When seats are full there will be no more

entry. First in, best dressed!

All the children are enjoying getting ready for the big day! Hope to see you all there. ☺