No 12

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 7th August 2017

Dear Parents, Staff and Children, Wakakirri It’s occasions like this when you know why you entered into the world of teaching. It was definitely a proud moment when our 32 students entered onto the stage to perform their ‘A New World’ item that they have been preparing over the past term. Our students performed with confidence and enthusiasm to entertain a full house audience at the Clock Tower Performing Arts Centre. Their item was outstanding (although I am a little bias) and all the children’s hard work and effort was rewarded. The group received two awards on the night, one of which was a teamwork award. The other award was a public speaking award in recognition of the speeches that Azime Roads, Tyler Baba and Karla Tentonello delivered during an interview with the host. Sincere thanks to Elissa Campbell for assisting with the organisation of this program and for her creative costume making. Thankyou also to Marie Warchulski for her wonderful costume, prop and set designs. Thankyou to Laura Taylor and Stephanie Barnes for coming along to assist on the day and during the evening. They were so engrossed in their hair and make up jobs that at one stage I think they were considering a career change. Finally, sincerest thanks to Tony Keeble who, for the second year has worked with the children as our Artist in Residence. His creative talent, passion and manner with the children is exceptional and we have been very fortunate to work with someone so skilled. The items will be performed at an assembly in the near future and at our Sunbury West On Show expo later in the year. Congratulations again to all the students who participated!!!! Netball Congratulations to the Girls Netball Team whom, after winning the pennant at the district level, went on to compete at the Regional Finals last Friday. After a round robin competition, the girls came runners up, a wonderful achievement. Well done to all the girls for their effort and enthusiasm. Special thanks to Ms Moore for her work in coaching the girls leading up to and on the day. Community Forum On Wednesday 23rd August we will be conducting a community forum to gain feedback from parents about our school improvement initiatives in preparation for our School Review next term. We are always keen to hear our parent perspective and welcome input from the community. The forum will be at 7.00pm to coincide with our School Council meeting. We aim to make this as informal but as informative as possible so it would be great to have as many parents come along as possible. Please complete the Reply Slip to confirm your attendance.

Book Fair Book Fair is from Wednesday 23rd - Friday 25th August. Families will have an opportunity to visit

the display and purchase books from 3.30pm - 4.00pm on Wednesday 23rd August and between

8.30am - 9.00am and 3.30pm - 4.00pm on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th August.

As with last year, during Book Week we will have a parade where children will have the

opportunity to dress up as their favourite book character.

Disco Bingo A reminder that our Disco Bingo is on Saturday 19th August. Please ensure that you book your

table for this event by the 11th August. The evening will be an 80’s theme with dress up as

optional. FOSW has worked very hard to organise this event, with some wonderful prizes on offer.

Please come along and join in the fun.

Inga Wilson - Principal

TIMELINE

Term 3

11th August

Grade 1/2 Disco 5-7pm

16th August

Prep - Grade 6

St John’s First Aid

Incursion

19th August

Disco Bingo Fundraiser

23rd - 25th August

Book Fair

30th August

Father’s Day Stall

31st August

Prep Werribee Zoo

Excursion

1st September

Grade 5/6 Summer

Sports

14th September

Colour Run

15th September

Curriculum Day

22nd September

Last Day of Term 3

Students will be

dismissed at 2.30pm

Prep CD Congratulations on your first 100 days of school

Prep DA Congratulations on your first 100 days of school

1/2 B Euri Perez & Casey Dowal

1/2 S Angel McDonald & Corey Turner

1/2 T Mikayla Hermelin & Brodie Moore

3/4B Scarlett Flannery & Lara Parkinson

3/4N Jake McDorman & Victoria Larton

3/4T Dayne Weiler & Harry Smith-Jones

5/6 G

5/6L Tyler Van Hostauyen & Jada Hall

5/6M Whole Grade

P.E.

Music William Conduit & Raymond Yates

Japanese Benjamin Smyth

Art Freya Cucanic & James Symczycz

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2017 Monday 31st July

Term 3 Events

DISCO BINGO Saturday 19th Aug

Sunbury Bowling club 6:30pm

Some of the items for auction include

- Witches in Britches tickets for 2 valued at $178

- limited edition Geelong 2017 signed team photo

- 4 tickets to the AFL Game Day filming

- Candle making class for 2 people valued at $220 Plus many more

amazing items up for grabs.

Reminder flyers were sent home last week. Book your tickets or

table now so you don’t miss out!!

BOOK FAIR 23 - 25th August Room 10

Wednesday 23rd Aug - afternoon only 3:30-4pm

Thursday 24th Aug & Friday 25th Aug - morning 8:30-9 &

afternoon 3:30-4pm

FATHERS DAY STALL

Wednesday 30th August - we are now asking for donations for the

raffle prizes, please leave at the office if you wish to donate.

COLOUR RUN

September 14th

Information to go home soon.

GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER

Information will be sent home at the end of term 3, and boxes of

cards will be distributed to anyone who buys them at the

beginning of term 4.

School Coloured scarves still for sale at the office $8.00 each!!

FOSW TEAM

Notices that have gone home….

Term 3

Prep Werribee Zoo Excursion $24 due 21st Aug

Grade 1/2 Disco $5.00

Disco Bingo Fundraiser bookings due 11th August

Grade 3/4 Camp Bal $220 due 22nd November

Prep CD Reuben Valeliano & Maddison-Lee Coates

Prep DA Mason Hermelin & Nicholas Wilhelm

1/2 B Jayden Adams & Jasper Nightingale

1/2 S Max Steele & Makayla Haydon

1/2 T Cooper Martin & Lily McMonagle

3/4B Kade Payton & Calvin Wallis

3/4N Charlotte Fletcher & Nate Curll

3/4T Justin McConnell & Teisha Menezes

5/6 G Dylan Koo & Emma James

5/6L Renee Marriott & Jake Conduit

5/6M Dane Reeks & Max Griffiths

P.E. Prep DA

Music 1/2B, 1/2S & 1/2T

Japanese Malachai Davies

Art Tara Van Boxtel & Ellen Sparrey

Special Award Mason Hermelin & Archie Hall

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 3 2017 Monday 7th August

COMPASS In the very near future we will be moving to Compass for all our First Aid notifications. Parents will no longer

receive written notification of a First Aid visit, this will be logged on Compass and you will be able to see

notifications when you log in and look at your child’s profile. See below for sample.

There are still a large number of parents who have not yet

logged onto the Compass Portal at all. Please be

advised that as this is our main communication tool you may be

missing out on very important information about your child.

If you require your log in details please contact

the office 9740 8666.

Click the link below to go to the Compass Portal.

https://sunburywestps-vic.compass.education

Community Forum Reply Slip

Yes I / we will be attending the Community Forum on Wednesday 23rd

August at 7.00pm in the staffroom.

Name:

Name:

Grade 1/2 Disco

Reminder that the Grade 1/2 Disco is on this Friday night -

11th August from 5pm - 7pm in the gym.

Cost $5.00 per child, must be paid by tomorrow. Only SWPS

Grade 1/2 students are able to attend. All students must be

signed in and signed out on the night.

Wakakirri

Wakakirri

To complement our Integrated Studies topic on Wonderful Water the children in Grade 3 and 4 had an incursion

with Ann from Western Water on Monday 31st July. They learnt how water is treated before it is safe to drink and

participated in water experiments. They also learnt the importance of conserving water. Here are some of their

reports.

Ann from Western Water came today. She told us lots of interesting things. One thing I learnt today was milk is 95%

water and 5% fat. The best thing today was the experiment. You needed a cup, a bottle, some charcoal, cotton

balls, some disgusting water and sand. We met the mascot Sammy the Snake. I love Sammy. Then after the experi-

ment we went back to class. Did you know it is important to save water because Australia is the driest country in the

world? Stop using water for long showers, turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth and fix leaking taps.

Breanna Prior 3/4B

Ann from Western Water came to our school to teach us about how water gets to our tap. I learnt how water gets

cleaned, how alum sticks dirt together, how water goes through charcoal, how our experiment worked. Milk is 95%

water and 5% fat. We will stay alive if we drink water. Dirty water is turned into sludge. The best hose to use is a

hose with a trigger because it saves water. There are reservoirs in Sunbury. Sunbury’s reservoir is Kerrie Reservoir.

It’s important to save water because Australia is the driest country in the world. Three things that we can do to save

water are: to use a trigger hose, take 5 minute showers and use the half flush button on the toilet.

Cameron Sheppard 3/4B

Ann came from Western Water to teach us about how water gets to our taps. I learnt you can save water by using a

trigger hose. I also learnt how water gets cleaned and is dirty in the reservoirs. The water goes through a filtration

site to be cleaned. They use alum to make all the dirt particles stick together and then it goes back into a tank.

Then they pump air into the tank and then the water goes through rocks, sand and charcoal. Then they add chlo-

rine and fluoride and then it’s safe to drink. Australia is the driest country in the world.

Daniel Sheldrick 3/4B

On Tuesday the 1st of August, Western Water came and the lady’s name was Ann. She told us

about what stuff goes in the water. She told us about the machines that they have. I learnt a few

things about the things that make the water clean. You put in a cotton ball in a half of a bottle

then cover the cotton ball in sand and then charcoal. Take the lid off and put it in a little cup

and put on something with little holes on it and pour in the water in. All the bad stuff stays on the

thing and the water goes through. The water gets cleaner but you can’t drink it.

Nate Curll 3/4N

On the 1st of August 2017 Ann a Western Water teacher came to S.W.P.S to teach the 3/4s about

water transition and how it becomes clean.

She told us about Alum and what it is. It’s a powder and they put it into the water and it turns

into sludge. Then it gets put through some other things such as rocks, pebbles, sand and chlo-

rine.

Then Ann told us about the transition of water and she let us look at lots of photos of important things of the water

transition. Some of the class got to do a demonstration of how it got clean, Dekoda, Alex, Josh, Jessica, Harper and I

did it. We also made a water filter. I worked with Connor and Dekoda we had to put a cotton ball into the bottom of

the top of a soda bottle and then we sprinkled sand over the cotton ball then we put ground charcoal over the sand

put a net type thing over the top,then I poured dirty water into it and ours failed and it became charcoal water.

Overall, I had a really good time.

Victoria Larton 3/4N

On the 1ST of August we had a Western Water incursion and we had a girl and her name was Ann. We did an experi-

ment and we used a cotton ball, charcoal, sand, dirty water, a bottle that is cut in half, mesh and elastic. It showed

us how to clean dirty water. Ann told us that when you drink water it stays in your body for 12 seconds and I thought

it was fun and we got to meet Sammy the Snake. I liked Western Water.

Trinity Watts 3/4N

On Tuesday Western Water came to our school and showed us how water comes to our tap. We did an experiment. I did the experiment with Ashlee and Jessica. At the end we saw Sammy the Snake. I had a lot of fun. The person that came to our school was Ann. Charlotte Fletcher 3/4N

Early last week we had a visit from Harry Beckwith from the RSL in Sunbury to present a certificate to our

JSC students for their participation in the ANZAC Day Ceremony. Eliza and Tyler accepted the award on

behalf of the JSC.

Preps celebrate their first

100 days of School

Community News

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2018 PREP ENROLMENTS

We are now in the process of planning for 2018.

Enrolments for the Year 2018 are now being tak-

en. Enrolment forms can be collected from the of-

fice. If you have already picked up an enrolment

form please return it to the office. A.S.A.P.

When enrolling please provide:

Proof of Age – e.g. Birth Certificate and Immunisation Certificate (This can be

obtained from the Medicare Website)

Please note: If you know of any potential enrolments, please ask families to

contact the school as soon as possible so we can accurately plan for next year.