Monday 3rd May Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed a very safe and happy break. The children were very excited to be back at school and it was lovely to see them looking relaxed and refreshed! We have some great activities coming up this term. A GRIP Leadership conference will be attended by our school leaders. The school cross country. A fantastic choir workshop will be conducted at the Glasshouse with Mrs Eichler and Miss Arnell. NAPLAN is to be held during Week Three and lots of other important events. Thank you to all children who marched and participated in the ANZAC Day ceremony on Tuesday. They were all very respectful throughout this very important commemoration. Thank you to our wonderful leaders for their role in laying the wreath at the Port Macquarie cenotaph. We had a total of 55 students and many staff attend the march which continues to grow in numbers. Well done! Looking forward to a great term! Tony Johnston Principal

MICROFIBRE JACKETS & TRACKPANTS ORDER An order for microfibre jackets and trackpants will be placed on Friday 12th May. Samples for size 4- 16 are available to try on in the uniform shop. Jackets are $42 and pants are $30. Adultsize S-XL jackets are also available for $50. All stock must be paid for as ordered and is expected to arrive by the end of May. Please note that this will be the only opportunity to buy these items this year. All orders will be finished on Thursday 11th May and no late orders can be accepted. Uniform shop is open Thursdays 8.45am- 9.30am. GUITAR & BAND • Guitar will recommence Week 1 Term 2. • Band will recommence Week 2 Term 2.

There are still a few vacancies in the Guitar Group, please see Ben if you are interested. Due to student safety, the front gates must be shut behind you during the day. When gates are open please ensure students are aware there are moving vehicles. Always look left and right!

Friday 5 May Boys basketball in Wauchope

NAPLAN

Tuesday 9 May Language & Writing

Wednesday 10 May Reading

Thursday 11 May Numeracy

Monday 15 May Book Fair

Tuesday 15 May Cross Country

We are always looking for new volunteers in the canteen. If you can spare some time, please call Donna on 0401340844. Do not forget the canteen now has online ordering available- visit flexischools.com.au New Canteen Menu for Term 2 will be handed out today. P&C If you have any empty ice-cream containers or large jars, can you please bring them into the canteen. Thank you. The P&C is starting a 100 Club. Purchase a number from 1 – 100 for $2 and when all numbers are sold a winner will be drawn. The prize will be a $25 gift card for a local department store

The Canberra excursion is coming up fast. The total payment of $500 must be finalised by June 30. Kindergarten Parents/Carers If you have not returned your child’s home readers already, can you please do this in the next couple of weeks, as new readers will be issued for this term. If your book has been lost could you, please send in $12:00 to cover the replacement of the book in the kit. Thank you for your help with this Kindergarten Teachers

100% Attendance is a fantastic achievement and we would like to congratulate all the students who received an award last Wednesday morning. We hope to see more students receive this award for this term.. PERMISSION NOTES BACK TO SCHOOL During the year, we organise many varied excursions and events here at Westport. All notes given to students have to be returned directly to the class teacher, or the teacher that is organising the event, in an envelope with the permission note and correct money enclosed for each student attending. Our school office and our canteen bank daily therefore no change is available. The office is a very busy place each morning therefore it is compulsory that your child take their note and money direct to their teacher. This ensures that your child’s teacher is aware that the payment has been made. It is also recommended that all notes and money be returned prior to the day of the excursion. SCHOOL PHOTOS We have received our school photos and they have been handed out today. We have group photos that are on display in the office and these can be ordered online. The group photos are: Choir Members, School Leaders and Year 6 Fun Photo. Enquiries can be made at the office.

ANZAC Day March Well done and thank you to all the students who marched behind our Westport PS banner and the Hastings Valley Community of Schools banner at the Anzac Day March last Tuesday. It was wonderful to see so many students proudly wearing their school uniform showing respect for our fallen soldiers, both men and women, as Port Macquarie commemorated the 102nd landing of our troops at Gallipoli in 1915.

Congratulations to the following students for representing our school: Kindergarten: Hayden, Jake, Swapnil, Tallon, Josh, Ruby, Riley, Mikey, Isabel, Daena, Ella, Lily, Hollie, Hannah and Jhett Year 1: Mason, Hunter, Shanece, Sienna, Darcy, Chris, Maddison and Jemma Year 2: Orlando, Cory, Jamie, Sophie, Harry, Michael and Blake Year 3: Ruby, Matilda, Hannah, Shakiah, Murphy, Liam, Haley, Sean-Renee and Ashley Year 4: Larnie, Kaleena, Connor, Ella, Charlotte and Raven Year 5: Montanna and Chelsea Year 6: John, Georgia, Douglas, Jorja, Montana, Blair, Charlee, Savannah, Jarrod and Michaela Congratulations to William and Jasmine who marched with the Sea Scouts. Thank you to Savannah, Michaela and Jarrod, our school leaders, who laid a wreath upon the War Memorial on behalf of our school. A big thank you also to those staff members who gave up their time to march with the students! Nicole Osborne