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No 20 ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429 PHONE 9740 8666 www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 11 December 2017 Dear Parents, Staff and Children, Camp From the 27 th – 29 th November, our Year 3 /4 students spent three sunny days at Lady Northcote Camp in Bacchus Marsh. Albeit a bit warm, the children had a fantasc me parcipang in the various acvies such as yabbying, giant swing, canoeing, archery, hut building, bush cooking and more. Many thanks to Mrs. Norris and the 3 /4 team for their work in preparaon for the camp and to Mr. Payton, Mr. Gregory, Ms. Moore and again Mrs. Norris for ensuring a wonderful camping experience for the children. I also extend my sincerest thanks to our parent helpers who aended the camp, Laurelle Gardner, Paul Awell, Margot Darmody and Jan Gielnik. Your hands on involvement and assistance is greatly appreciated. Without the support of our parents, these opportunies would not be possible. Staffing 2018 At the end of the year, we sadly say goodbye to the following staff members. Mrs. Norris will be rering aſter a career that has spanned more than forty years, 28 of which have been spent at Sunbury West. We thank Mrs. Norris for her dedicaon and commitment to state educaon. She has made a significant impact on the lives of many and has made valuable contribuons to our school. We appreciate Mrs. Norris’ wealth of experience and love of working with children. We know that Mrs. Norris takes with her many fond memories of her life and me in the teaching profession and of the many families she has worked with. We sincerely appreciate her hard work over the years and wish her all the very best as she embarks on this new stage of her life. We also say goodbye to Mr. Gregory, who has taken up a posion at Newbury Primary School. Mr. Gregory came to our school as a graduate teacher three years ago and quickly found his place in educaon. We thank Mr. Gregory for all his work during this me and wish him all the best at his new school. Mrs. Wlodarska also leaves us at the end of the year. Mrs. Wlodarska has worked with us this year, re-introducing our languages program in the P – 2 area. We are grateful for all her work and wish her well as she connues her role as Japanese teacher at Sunbury PS. With goodbyes, we also have welcomes. We welcome Mr. Eric Penny to the school next year who will be transioning to us from Romsey PS. It was great that Mr. Penny could join us during our recent curriculum day to be part of our planning for 2018. We also welcome Ms Ako Sueyoshi as our new Japanese teacher. Ms. Sueyoshi will be taking up a 0.6 posion with us, meaning that we can extend our languages program from P – 6 next year. We look forward to having these new staff members on board. Carols On The Green Thankyou to the small but enthusiasc group of students who represented our school at Carols on the Green on Saturday night. They have spent many weeks rehearsing during lunchmes and were very excited at the prospect of parcipang in this community event. Thankyou to Mrs. Lardner for her coordinaon of this. As this is our last newsleer for the year, I extend warmest wishes to all our families during the holiday period. On behalf of the staff, I also thank the many parents who acvely contribute to the many facets of school life, ensuring that our kids have the best opportunies possible. We thank parents for their ongoing support of their children and our school and we look forward to seeing everyone in the new year. Inga Wilson Principal TIMELINE 14th December Year 6 Graduation 14th December Grade 4 Bike Ed Skills Sessions 15th December Grade 4 Bike Ed Blind Creek Ride. 18th December Last Assembly 22nd December Last Day of Term 4 2.30pm Dismissal Goodbye Parade for Year 6 students 2.20pm. Grade 1-6 Students return Tuesday 30th January Grade Prep Students start on Thursday 1st February
