Wembley Primary School Newsletter No. 24 – 25 October 2018

Upcoming dates: Friday 26 October Wembley’s 60th Birthday Celebrations Senior Art Show Dress up day Friday 26, Saturday 27 & Monday 29 October Senior Art Show in BER Monday 5 November Canteen Closed Tuesday 6 November Melbourne Cup Public Holiday Monday 26 – Wednesday 28 November Year 3 Camp Thursday 6 December Wembley/Kingsville Carols Thursday 13 December Year 6 Farewell Tuesday 11 December Years 6 to 7 Transition Day Friday 21 December Last Day for 2018 Assembly 1:00pm

West Gate Tunnel Project We have been informed by the West Gate Tunnel Project personnel that the planned temporary closure of the Muir Street/Fogarty Avenue pedestrian overpass has been postponed until further notice. We will inform you of any temporary closure once we have an update. If you have any questions about these works being postponed or any other questions about the West gate Tunnel Project please contact them on 1800 105 105 or via email on westgatetunnelproject@wda.vic.gov.au. Wembley’s 60th Birthday Celebration/ Senior Art Show Tomorrow we will celebrate Wembley Primary School’s sixty years of providing outstanding learning opportunities for students. The celebrations will be held in conjunction with the Senior Art Show, which will open on Friday 26 October. The Wembley Community Group have organized an afternoon of fun with rides, activities, games, stalls and food for the school community to join in. Friday will be a Free Dress for Students (no coin donation necessary) and students are asked to make an effort to come dressed for the 60s theme. Friday Assembly- Friday Morning This week Friday assembly will be held at 9am and the main focus will be the acknowledgement and celebration of Wembley’s 60th Birthday. Students will arrive at school and proceed directly to their classrooms to drop of their bags and get their hats before proceeding to their class assembly area on the 9am bell. The Student Learning and Achievement Awards for this week will be presented and also the ICAS English High Distinction, Distinction, Merit and Credit awards will be presented to recipients. Students who received a participation award will have their certificates presented in their classrooms during the day.

From the Principals

Student Clothing Please ensure that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled with their name and class. This will ensure that, if they accidentally leave a jacket or hat in the playground, it will be returned to them and not end up in the lost property cupboard. Parents are also asked to regularly check the clothing that is brought home, to ensure it does in fact belong to your child and has not been mistakenly taken.

At this assembly we will have a Birthday Cake to celebrate the 60th Birthday and we will sing and cheer Wembley on for another sixty years. Thank you to the Plarre family and Fergusson Plarre for donating the cake, which will be shared amongst the students and staff, after the assembly. Please note that this morning assembly will replace the Friday afternoon assembly for this week only. 2019 Class Development Process Thank you to the parents who have emailed with student placement requests for their child’s 2019 class. All of the information received is strictly confidential and will inform the allocation of students to their new 2019 class. Teachers will begin working on this process in the coming weeks. Parents are reminded that the closing date to email requests to Annmaree Jones is Wednesday 31 October. It will not be possible to accept any requests after this date as the allocation process will have commenced. As is always the case, requests for specific teachers cannot be accepted. Rotary Club - Recognition of Teachers On Monday 22 October, Sally Tonge (Intervention Leader and Teacher), was acknowledged at a Rotary Event, celebrating teachers. She received her recognition award from the Mayor of Hobsons Bay (Cr Angela Altair) for her work in supporting students from Years 1-6 through our Response to Intervention program, and for her commitment to Literacy learning, in participating in the Bastow Literacy Course. Congratulations Sally and thank you on behalf of the students of Wembley Primary School.

Transition Programs

Prep Transition

• Parent-Teacher-Child Interviews 8.15am – 6.15pm: Thursday 18 October 2018 • Transition Morning 1 9.00am-10.20am: Tuesday 13 November 2018 • Transition Morning 2 9.00am-10.20am: Tuesday 27 November 2018 • Prep Family Gathering 5.00pm- 6.00pm, Thursday 6 December 2018

Year 1 – Year 6 Transition

• Years 1-6 – Students will be working on having their say in weeks 2 & 3, with the first step-up session Friday afternoon 30 November

Planning for 2019 School Year As we begin the planning process for next year and organizing classes we would appreciate parents notifying school if your child will not be returning to Wembley Primary School in 2019, as soon as possible. The Leadership Team are currently working through class structure, recruitment processes and location of classes. If there is any specific information relating to your child that you feel may impact on class placement for 2019 please email or telephone Annmaree Jones by the end of October. Your prompt response to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Term Dates 2019 To assist with forward planning the 2019 term dates are provided for your information. Please note a change to the start date for Preps.

Start date Finish Date

Term 1 Tuesday 29 January: Staff return to work Thursday 31 January: Year 1 to year 6 commence school Monday 4 February: Preps commence school

Friday 5 April

Term 2

Tuesday 23 April

Friday 28 June

Term 3

Monday 15 July

Friday 20 September

Term 4

Monday 7 October

Friday 20 December

Canteen Closed-Monday 5 November 2018 Parents are advised that the canteen will be closed on Monday 5 November (the day before the Melbourne Cup Day holiday). All children will need to bring their lunch, snacks and drinks form home on that day. Pupil Free Days 2019 Each year schools are allocated a number of pupil free days (when student instruction does not occur) for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development, and student assessment and reporting. School Council has approved the following days as Pupil Free Days for 2019:

• Wednesday 30 January • Wednesday 27 February • Wednesday 29 May • Wednesday 26 June – Student Lead Conferences

Bookclub Time! It's bookclub time again. We will be having 2 catalogues this term because we know you love to buy books for Christmas gifts. The issue that is coming out this week is due back on Friday 26th October. If you are paying by cash and not via the online LOOP system, please clearly label the envelop with: Childs Name Grade The books being ordered and quantity Total money included. Please have the correct money as change isn't given. Any questions please email simoneoutteridge@gmail.com

Chess Club is Back! Chess Club is back at Wembley for all of those budding chess players. For this term only Chess Club will run at lunchtime (12.30-1.35) in the conference room. For Term 4 we are hoping that Chess Club will resume on Tuesday afternoons (3.30-4.30) as in the past. Our new tutor’s name is Scott. Enrolment forms are available from the office or can be found in the newsletter.

Kingsville Carols-Thursday 6 December 2018 Wembley is participating in the Kingsville Carols this year, which is being held on Thursday, 6 December in the evening. More details to come soon in regards to the time and location of the event. The Christmas Choir has now had two rehearsals this week, and we're sounding great! We will be singing two songs: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and All Around the World. Choir members are able to access the songs on the WPS Music Blog with this link: http://misstan.global2.vic.edu.au/category/christmas-choir-2018/ Gina Tan Music Teacher ICAS English Test Last term 106 Wembley students from Years 3-6 participated in the English International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)-English. We are pleased to announce that out of those 106 students, 2 received a High Distinction, 12 received a Distinction, 34 received a credit and 14 students received a Merit. These students will receive their certificates at our morning assembly this Friday 26th October. Below is a table displaying the students who will receive these certificates. All other students will be presented with a Participation Certificate in their classrooms on Friday. We congratulate all students who participated in this exciting, yet challenging event and who continue to work hard, both at home and at school to achieve success at the highest level. Well Done!

Achievement Name Class High Distinction

Edward Ooi 4B

Mischa Johnson 4B

Distinction Jade Johnston 6B Gurnoor Marwaha 6D Oliver Brynes 6C Finola Drysdale 6C Emily Walsh 6A Kate Clutterbuck 5A Carly Campanella 4A Olivia Turton 4B Sunita Pandya 4B Millie Bain 4A Jackson Searle 3A Eleni Hunter 3E

Merit Luc Anders 6C

Mitchell Hegarty 6C Amogh Pangasa 6A Xavier Sime 5/6A Tilly Thompson 5C Luke Lyons 5C Alexandra Kane 5A Lachie Goldenberg 4D Alycia Tang 4C Vitthal Pangasa 4B Dante Grant 4B Sophia De Gabrielle 4B Sabrina Dunne 4A Harry Redford 3D

Credit Jessica Bain 6A Audrey Best 6A Angelica Schroeders 6D Evie Redford 6A Tessa Searle 5/6A Elise Westerlund 6A Keeva Ciavarella 5/6A Kobie Nuthall 5/6A Maddison Camillo 5A Leontine O’Brien 5A Zoe Morris 5A Bella Ooi 5B Joshua Cuolahan 5C Lucas Febbo 5C Jasmine Tran 5C Ayse Karapunar 5C Chloe Appels 4A Harry He 4A Mia Dunn 4B Annabelle Sofoclis 4B Ruby Regan 4B Kristopher Maticevski 4C Noah Meek 4C Ava Bartol 4C Estelle Kingston 4D Keanu Rigley 4D Holly Holder 3A Amelia Jameson 3A Elizabeth Pretty 3B Joe Edwards 3D Alex Cameron 3E Franklin Drysdale 3E Izzy Goodman 3E Dion Lazaroski 3E

Participation Alannah Beil 3A

Rafael Fung 3B Elliot Hinds 3B Ethan Huang 3B Callum Lyon 3B Clancy Redpath 3B Eric Zhou 3B Jessie Hay 3C Daniel Pennington Fabian 3C Arleigh Ruddick 3C Christina Tsingelidis 3C Lam Vu 3C Zandr Bensley Took 3D Avison Hoang 3D Lana Nguyen 3E Lily Reijnen 3E Miya Speedie 3E Elizabeth Kokolios 4A Vince Le 4A Keilan Galloway 4B Rebecca Hay 4C Eddy Dong 5A Harvey Redpath 5A Elijah Stowe 5A Charlie Hodgson 5A Imogen Appels 5/6A Dean Radle 5/6A James Lazaroski 5/6A Luke Purkiss 5B Alexandra Kokolios 5B Alex Malelis 5B Madelaine Cameron 6A Lucas Chapman 6A Isobel Jeffrey 6A Riley Speedie 6A Lucy McGoldrick 6B Xavier Mclean 6B Lucas Maticevski 6C Alex Goodman 6D Grace Le 6D Sebastian Sulja 6D

The ICAS Mathematics certificates and awards have arrived and are being collated. These certificates will be presented to students at assembly next Monday morning, 29 October. The results for the Mathematics ICAS will appear in next week’s newsletter. Gramatiki Alexiou ICAS Coordinator

WESTGATE TUNNEL PROJECT TRAFFIC UPDATE

Ongoing until Friday 30 November 5pm

ROAD CLOSURE

Fogarty Avenue will be closed between the Footscray Hockey Club and Strong Street.

Vehicle access to the Footscray Hockey Club remains open and the Yarraville Glory Soccer Club can be accessed on foot via the Footscray Hockey Club.

Detour via The Avenue and Benbow Street.*

*If travelling on Williamstown Road under West Gate Freeway on Thursday 25 October and between Sunday 28 October and Thursday 1 November between 10pm and 5am, detour via the West Gate Freeway.

Thursday 25 October 9pm - 5am

ROAD CLOSURE

Primula Avenue will be closed at Millers Road.

Detour via Millers Road, Princes Highway and Conifer Avenue.

Thursday 25 October 10pm - 5am and Thursday 1 November 12am - 5am

RAMP CLOSURE

Williamstown Road will be closed southbound under the West Gate Freeway.

Detour via the West Gate Freeway inbound and U-turn at Cook Street. Thursday 25 October 9pm - 12am

RAMP CLOSURE

The inbound exit ramp from the West Gate Freeway to Williamstown Road will be closed.

Exit early at Millers Road and detour via Blackshaws Road. Thursday 25 October 12am - 5am and Thursday 1 November 10pm - 5am

ROAD CLOSURE

Williamstown Road will be closed northbound under the West Gate Freeway.

Detour via the West Gate Freeway outbound and U-turn at Millers Road. Sunday 28 October – Wednesday 31 October 10pm-5am (nightly)

ROAD CLOSURE

Williamstown Road will be closed in both directions under the West Gate Freeway.

Southbound traffic detour via the West Gate Freeway inbound and U-turn at Cook Street.

Northbound traffic detour via West Gate Freeway outbound and U-turn at Millers Road.

Thursday 1 November 9pm - 5am

RAMP CLOSURE

The outbound entry ramp from Millers Road to the West Gate Freeway will be closed.

Detour via the West Gate Freeway inbound and U-turn at Williamstown Road.

Thursday 1 November 9pm - 5am

RAMP CLOSURE

The inbound entry ramp from Grieve Parade to the West Gate Freeway will be closed.

Detour via Blackshaws Road and Millers Road. Thursday 1 November 9pm - 5am

RAMP CLOSURE

The outbound exit ramp from the West Gate Freeway to the M80 will be closed.

Detour via Grieve Parade and Boundary Road. Works postponed PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS CLOSURE

The planned temporary closures of the Muir Street/Fogarty Avenue pedestrian overpass in October and November have been postponed.

The closure will go ahead at a later date.

Please note, on-road signs will be in place to advise of detours and work zone speed limits will be signed on the freeway and enforced. All works are weather dependent and times and or dates may change. On-road signs will advise of any changes.

For the latest updates and detour route information visit: www.westgatetunnelproject.vic.gov.au/traveldisruptions

Prep A Milla N For being a kind and caring classmate who always looks after others. What a wonderful friend you are Milla!

Prep B Mitchell T For his persistence and dedication to his work and always doing his best in all learning activities. Well done Mitchell! You’re a superstar!

Prep C Damon T For his consistent efforts and focus when completing his work and always coming to school with a positive attitude and ready for learning. What a superstar!

Prep D Zoe S For your kindness and thoughtfulness towards others. You are a wonderful friend Zoe! Keep filling buckets!

1A Ruby W For writing a convincing persuasive text and clearly including her opinion and three strong reasons. Well Done!

1B 1C 1D Benji S For excellent efforts this term in working towards showing his 5Ls

of listening on the floor and putting lots of effort into writing his persuasive pieces. Well done Benji!

1E Olivia R For showing excellent stamina during our quick write, and producing a fantastic, well written story. Well done, Olivia!

2A 2B Jett F For consistently demonstrating wonderful effort during our

persuasive writing unit and using feedback to improve his writing pieces. Well done, Jett!

2C Amelia W For her hard work and focus when completing all set tasks and for consistently coming to school with a positive attitude and an eagerness to learn. Well done, Amelia!

2D Lachlan P For consistently demonstrating fantastic effort during mathematics and producing a high standard of work. Well done and keep up the great work!

3A 3B Elliot H For working hard to add detail to your writing during the revising

and editing stage of the writing process. Your fantastic effort has resulted in many interesting and engaging pieces of writing. Congratulations Elliot!

3C Alexandria J For fantastic persistence during writing lessons. Well done, Alexandria, you have created an amazing book review by using excellent description and detail.

3D Rovertos T For showing such an enthusiastic attitude towards your

homework this week. Keep up the positive mindset! 3E Lincoln G For always trying your best in all set tasks and for being a great

role model for your peers and consistently showing the Wembley Values. Well done, Lincoln!

4A Finley P For having a growth mindset and showing persistence and enthusiasm towards reading, writing and maths. With dedication, you have made great gains in all areas! What an amazing learner you are Finley!

4B Alexander D For your efforts and dedication to your clarifying work. Well done for challenging yourself and directing your own learning, Alexander. You are a superstar!

4C Kris M For fantastic effort when striving to achieve and exceed his fractions learning targets and for seeking additional extension to further his understanding of this tricky subject area. Awesome work Kris!

4D Dior M For her kind, caring and positive attitude. Thanks for being thoughtful and always willing to lend a helping hand to your peers and teachers. You’re a superstar!

5A Alex K For her effort when writing detailed reading responses and for the awesome effort she puts into every session, every day. Keep up the fantastic work, Alex!

5B Amelia L For the hard work and persistence she has shown towards her learning in maths during our unit on unknown quantities! Keep up the hard work!

5C Jasmine T For her incredible focus and effort in all learning areas, especially maths with our unknown quantities EL. Thank you for your hard work and for articulately sharing your thinking with 5C.

5/6A Sheamas D For quietly, but surely, making significant improvements in his classroom participation and work effort, across all subjects. It’s been wonderful to hear your voice and opinions come through more often in class.

6A Kayled S For his growth mindset learning and helping a class mate with transformations this week.

6B Thomas M For creating a great capacity poster using maximum effort and concentration.

6B Elly M For demonstrating excellent improvement in her reading! Well Done Elly.

6C Sienna S For her amazing effort in every session and for being such a positive person within the classroom!

6C Seth B For his consistent effort within all areas of the classroom this week and his thoughtful contributions about our class novel.

6D Eleni K For being a role model and a leader of Wembley Primary and 6D. Well done on an exceptional final year, Eleni!

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