Ward Street Warrnambool. Phone 5562 4100. Fax 5561 1841 http://www.weps.vic.edu.au/ Edition 31, October 17, 2013 FOCUS: Assertiveness THEME: An assertive person is able to act in a positive and confident way. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Fri Oct 18. Soft Drink day. Cans $1.50 Mon Oct 21. Year 3/4’s to Melb Zoo. Thurs Oct 24. Year 6 Extra Transition to Secondary Schools. Mon Oct 28. Chess state finals. Thurs Oct 31. Year 6 Extra Transition to Secondary Schools. Thurs Nov 7. Year 6 Extra Transition-WEPS. Tues Nov 12. Milo T20 Blast Cricket-2 year 5/6 teams. Tues Nov 12. School Fun Run. Wed Nov 13. Year 6’s Active Youth Development Day, W’bool Primary School. 9:00am-3:30pm. Fri Nov 15. Boys team to regional volleyball-Hamilton. Wed Nov 27-Fri Nov 29. Grade 6 Melb camp. Tues Dec 10-Thurs Dec 12. Grade 3/4 Camp. Mon Dec 16. Year 6 Graduation. Last Day Of School. Tues Dec 17, Wed 18, Thurs 19 numeracy/literacy assessments- students/families to attend interview times. Thurs Jan 30. First term commences 2014 The Count Down to our Fun Run is on! This is our major Fundraiser for 2013 Tuesday November 12th 5:00pm-8:00pm BBQ Sponsorship forms will be sent out next week. There will be different courses for children and parents. Come along and make it a fun night! Soft drink day tomorrow. Cans $1.50 Dear Parents, Friends and Carers, Welcome back to Lynn Goldie! Lynn has had extensive surgery on her ankle and although still on crutches, she has been warmly wel- comed back by us all as the office crew are always there to help and support everyone. FUN RUN- Sponsorship sheets will be distributed on Monday. This is a major fundraiser for 2013 and we really would love you all to get behind this event as it is both a family and social event as well as a fundraiser. There will be a run for everyone- encourage adults from outside our school to tackle the 5 kilometre run and add some spon- sorship money into our coffers! MELBOURNE HERE WE COME! CHESS CLUB – Good luck to our Chess Team who will be traveling to Melbourne on Monday to compete in the state Chess Championships. Thank you to Janet for her coaching and organisation and to the many parents who are assisting on the day. MELBOURNE ZOO – The Year 3/4 students will be taking a BIG day trip to the Melbourne on Monday as a follow up to the visit from the Melbourne Zoo Keepers and Education staff last week. We are delighted to be one of two schools in Victoria to be working along- side the Melbourne Zoo to trial the implementation of a community awareness program called ‘Seal the Loop’. Our students will be get- ting right up close to the seals and learning how they can implement the community awareness program in Warrnambool. 2014 SCHOOL ORGANISATION Staff will be beginning to organise Home Groups for 2014 in the near future and this process is very detailed and involves much thought and time. Most parents complet- ed a 2014 in the Making proforma that was provided at Parent Teacher Interviews and year 1 /2 parents will be provided with a proforma at their interviews. Further requests for your child’s place- ment in relation to their peers, may be made in writing to the Princi- pal by next Friday October 26th. All requests will be given due con- sideration, however there is no guarantee that requests can be ful- filled. 2014 ENROLMENTS- School organisation for 2014 will begin short- ly. If families who know they will not be attending Warrnambool East in 2014, please let the office know asap. Also if there are parents who have not yet enrolled 2014 prep students, please arrange asap. FLYING START PARENT EDUCATION SESSIONS – The term 4 Flying Start Program began this week and the parent education ses- sions begin next Tuesday. The parent information sessions on Liter- acy, Numeracy and Oral Language are presented by experts in the- se fields, from 10-11am in week 2, 3 and 5 of the program. Parents of incoming 2014 preps will be invited to attend these sessions. TERM 4 DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTERS The Term 4 Department Newsletters will be out by tomorrow. This term there will be copies posted on the Class Blogs, Website and a hard copy will be sent home with the children. We are aiming to have these all on line next year so we will value your input as to what is the best place to post them. Cheers, Lindy
Thurs Oct 24. Year 6 Extra Transition to Secondary Schools.
Mon Oct 28. Chess state finals.
Thurs Oct 31. Year 6 Extra Transition to Secondary Schools.
Thurs Nov 7. Year 6 Extra Transition-WEPS.
Tues Nov 12. Milo T20 Blast Cricket-2 year 5/6 teams.
Tues Nov 12. School Fun Run.
Wed Nov 13. Year 6’s Active Youth Development Day, W’bool
Primary School. 9:00am-3:30pm.
Fri Nov 15. Boys team to regional volleyball-Hamilton.
Wed Nov 27-Fri Nov 29. Grade 6 Melb camp.
Tues Dec 10-Thurs Dec 12. Grade 3/4 Camp.
Mon Dec 16. Year 6 Graduation. Last Day Of School.
Tues Dec 17, Wed 18, Thurs 19 numeracy/literacy assessments-
students/families to attend interview times.
Thurs Jan 30. First term commences 2014
The Count Down to our Fun Run is on!
This is our major Fundraiser for 2013 Tuesday November 12th
5:00pm-8:00pm BBQ
Sponsorship forms will be sent out next week.
There will be different courses for children and parents.
Come along and make it a fun night!
Soft drink day tomorrow.
Cans $1.50
Dear Parents, Friends and Carers, Welcome back to Lynn Goldie! Lynn has had extensive surgery on her ankle and although still on crutches, she has been warmly wel-comed back by us all as the office crew are always there to help and support everyone. FUN RUN- Sponsorship sheets will be distributed on Monday. This is a major fundraiser for 2013 and we really would love you all to get behind this event as it is both a family and social event as well as a fundraiser. There will be a run for everyone- encourage adults from outside our school to tackle the 5 kilometre run and add some spon-sorship money into our coffers! MELBOURNE HERE WE COME! CHESS CLUB – Good luck to our Chess Team who will be traveling to Melbourne on Monday to compete in the state Chess Championships. Thank you to Janet for her coaching and organisation and to the many parents who are assisting on the day. MELBOURNE ZOO – The Year 3/4 students will be taking a BIG day trip to the Melbourne on Monday as a follow up to the visit from the Melbourne Zoo Keepers and Education staff last week. We are delighted to be one of two schools in Victoria to be working along-side the Melbourne Zoo to trial the implementation of a community awareness program called ‘Seal the Loop’. Our students will be get-ting right up close to the seals and learning how they can implement the community awareness program in Warrnambool. 2014 SCHOOL ORGANISATION Staff will be beginning to organise Home Groups for 2014 in the near future and this process is very detailed and involves much thought and time. Most parents complet-ed a 2014 in the Making proforma that was provided at Parent Teacher Interviews and year 1 /2 parents will be provided with a proforma at their interviews. Further requests for your child’s place-ment in relation to their peers, may be made in writing to the Princi-pal by next Friday October 26th. All requests will be given due con-sideration, however there is no guarantee that requests can be ful-filled. 2014 ENROLMENTS- School organisation for 2014 will begin short-ly. If families who know they will not be attending Warrnambool East in 2014, please let the office know asap. Also if there are parents who have not yet enrolled 2014 prep students, please arrange asap. FLYING START PARENT EDUCATION SESSIONS – The term 4 Flying Start Program began this week and the parent education ses-sions begin next Tuesday. The parent information sessions on Liter-acy, Numeracy and Oral Language are presented by experts in the-se fields, from 10-11am in week 2, 3 and 5 of the program. Parents of incoming 2014 preps will be invited to attend these sessions. TERM 4 DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTERS The Term 4 Department Newsletters will be out by tomorrow. This term there will be copies posted on the Class Blogs, Website and a hard copy will be sent home with the children. We are aiming to have these all on line next year so we will value your input as to what is the best place to post them. Cheers, Lindy
The Link http://weps.global2.vic.edu.au
ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL COMMUNITIES 2014
Recently we secured funding to run the AASC program in 2014. This is great news for WEPS stu-
dents.
In 2005 the federal government made a commitment to increase participation for children outside
of school hours. Since then nearly 400 000 children have participated in the AASC program and
over half a million sport and activity sessions have been delivered around Australia.
The objectives of the AASC program are:
Enhance the physical activity levels
Provide increased opportunities for inclusive participation in quality, safe and fun sport and oth-
er structured physical activity through the AASC pro-
gram.
provide primary school children with a positive and fun
introduction to sport and other structured physical ac-
tivities, which motivates them to be active for life.
Stimulate local community involvement in sport and oth-
er structured physical activity.
Thanks to the program, children are spending more time
being active and want to join sports clubs or continue
playing the sport or activity.
Thanks to the program, more inactive children are be-
coming involved in sport than ever before.
Feedback shows parents, teachers, after-school care center staff and community coaches are
very satisfied with the AASC program.
REMEMBER the AASC program at WEPS is free, provides free healthy afternoon and it
gives children access to sports equipment and support from a qualified coach and supervisor.
Remember, WEPS will be providing this program again in 2014 so keep it in mind for 2014.
Find out more!
Visit the AASC website at ausport.gov.au/aasc or email
