No 8

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 28th May 2018

Dear Parents, Staff and Children,

Messenger Dogs

Last Monday, students in all year levels enjoyed “Messenger Dogs’ , the story through the eyes

of Nell, Trick and Bullet. Their tales are of courage, determination, endurance and mateship on

the frontline working alongside the Australian Imperial Force. They carried messages from the

front line back to headquarters and were inspirational. The performance was enjoyed by all.

Facebook

Sunbury West’s Facebook page is now live. Whilst COMPASS continues to be our formal

communication portal, Facebook will serve as a forum to build community spirit and connect

with our school. All families will have received our Facebook Policy and Guidelines and we look

forward to the support of our families in adhering to and modelling appropriate behaviours on

social media. Please return the consent forms to the office as soon as possible.

School Council Casual Vacancy

We are looking to fill a vacancy on School Council for the remainder of this year. If you would

like to join this vibrant group of parents, please contact the office. We meet on the fourth

Wednesday of every month from 6.30pm onwards.

Year 3 /4 Excursion

To coincide with their inquiry unit on Amazing Plants, the Year 3 /4 children set off to the

Botanic Gardens to further investigate the world of flora. As part of this, the children also had

the opportunity to visit The Shrine, 100 years after the signing of the Armistice in 1918.

Uniforms

Please ensure that all student uniforms are clearly labelled with your child’s name. We have an

increasing number of jackets ending up in lost property without names. When labelled, they are

usually returned to the rightful owner promptly.

We also have a number of children who are regularly out of uniform. Where this is a regular

occurrence, we will provide a jumper from sick bay. We currently have a number of items in our

second hand uniform shop if parents would like this as an option.

Curriculum Day

A reminder that tomorrow is a pupil free day. All staff will be engaging in a network professional learning activity on

School Wide Positive Behaviours, an initiative that schools across the Hume district are involved in.

There will be no Sunbury West staff on site at school.

Inga Wilson

Principal

TIMELINE

Term 2

29th May

Curriculum Day (students

not required at school)

30th May

Divisional Cross Country

1st June

Pasta Day Lunch

(no other lunch orders

on this day)

8th June

Gr 5/6 Sovereign Hill

Excursion

11th June

Queen’s Birthday Public

Holiday

15th June

GR 5/6 Winter Sports

22nd June

Housemates Picnic

28th June

Casual Clothes Day

29th June

Last Day of Term 2

2.30pm dismissal

FOSW News

Term 2 Events

Clips & Ribbons Fundraiser at Home Grown in

O’Shanassey Street - up to 20% of the purchase

price for any sales of these products in the store

during the designated time period (14th May -

11th June) will be donated to the school. Be sure

to mention Sunbury West Primary School when

making a purchase! (See the next page for further

information)

Great Sunbury Gnome Hunt will run during Term

2 school holidays. Information will be sent home

later in the term.

Term 3 Events

Disco Bingo Saturday 25th August SAVE THE

DATE!!!

Prep CD Whole Class

1/2A Benji Jacobs & Ellen Sparrey

1/2B Cara Pamintuan & Ben Smyth

1/2S Archie Hall & Anastasia Vartanova

3/4B Lisa Vartanova &Chaney Kelly

3/4L Noah Ploog & Breanna Glover

3/4T Tayven Ronaldson & Ruby Guyett

5/6M Mitchell Reeks & Jake Conduit

5/6P Kayne Beasy

5/6T Jasmine Attwell

Art All 1/2’s

P.E Prep CD

Japanese Jake Rees

ICT Noah Ploog & Kade Payton

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 2 2018 Monday 21st May

Notices that have gone home….

Term 2

5/6 Sovereign Hill $50 due 1st June

Media Consent Form - overdue

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 2 2018 Monday 28th May

Prep CD Lily Moait & Ronin Panousopoulos

1/2A Amber Mink & Matias Avila

1/2B Claudia Schubert & James Butler

1/2S Zoe Watt & Eric Smith-Jones

3/4B Resky Saputra & Cooper Martin

3/4L Jeya Reeks & Tahlia Farrugia

3/4T Ben Lorimer & Jamie Cavanagh

5/6M Zoe Lumsden & Eliza Lee

5/6P Tane Webster

5/6T Teisha Menezes

Art 5/6P

Attendance & Illness Regular attendance is important as it helps school progress, social adjustment and the development of dependability. However, home is the place for a sick child. A sick child cannot work well and may pass his/her illness onto other children and staff.

The Department of Education requires notification for all your child’s absences. We ask that all absences be logged on Compass by 9.15am daily.

Please contact the office on 9740 8666 if you require your Compass username and or password.

Save the Date

Housemates Picnic

Community News

Each week as we receive Community News items we will be adding them to the newsletter as a separate attachment. Community News contains items such as Local Sporting Club try outs and events, craft clubs, parenting workshops and much more.

Please click here to read the community news.

Social Media and the School Community

The internet and social media provide great opportunities for us to network and stay in touch online. While these tech-

nologies can offer a positive space for sharing information and ideas, they also have the potential to cause harm to

individuals, groups or even whole communities.

Just as you would discourage your child from acting inappropriately online, it’s important to remember that sometimes,

negative comments posted about a school community by parents or caregivers can have a bigger impact than

expected. Reputations of staff, schools and even parents can be damaged.

Whenever you’re online, you are potentially speaking to an unlimited audience, even if you think your conversations

are private. Taking a few moments to think about the content you post could save upset, embarrassment - and even

possible legal action or police involvement.

Parental and community feedback is important for schools. If you have a concern, complaint or enquiry about an issue

at school, the best approach is to speak directly to us, rather than discussing it in a public forum. If you are worried

about online content involving the school community, contact the principal.

If you are posting online, remember that your comments help build and support the school community. Make sure

you’re honest, respectful, considerate - and a good role model for your children.