Wentworthville Public School QUALITY TEACHING TO MAXIMISE STUDENT LEARNING

Term 1 Week 9 2017 Newsletter

70 - 100 Fullagar Rd WENTWORTHVILLE NSW 2145 Australia Phone: 02 9631 8529 Fax: 02 9896 3079

Website: www.wentwthvil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: wentwthvil-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Student Portal: http://portal.det.nsw.edu.au

Wonderful happenings at Wenty!

Our PBL Mascot drawing competition winner is Priyanshi from 2WS. Priaynshi’s wonderful kangaroo

wearing school uniform and promoting our PBL values of Safe, Respectful, a Learner… will be called

‘Wenty Kanga’!

In time we will have signage around the school and a mascot

symbolising our new PBL mascot –‘Wenty Kanga’!

Well done Priyanshi. It really is impressive that so many students at

Wentworthville took up the opportunity to be involved in the PBL

Mascot drawing completion and Mr Train, Ms Moorhouse and I had a

very complex job deciding the winner out of a most worthy field of

entrants. Well done to all the children who participated and got I

nvolved. That’s what we like to see at Wentworthville PS.

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From the Principal – Denise Lockrey

https://www.facebook.com/wentworthvilleps/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf

2017 saw an opportunity for our school to conduct a school swimming carnival –the first one at Wenty PS in

over 10 years!

This is something I have wanted to reintroduce to our school since arriving at Wentworthville. Mr Warren

(Stage 3 Assistant Principal) took up the challenge and negotiated a date with Wentworthville Pools. We only

had a small turnaround time when the opportunity presented and staff and students were most organised. We

had 63 students in Years 3-6 attend and as a result we had 10 students make it through to the next level of

representation at Zone. Sadly, there was a clash of dates and a number of students had to make a tough

decision as some were sitting the Selective High School entrance exam. Please see our Zone competitors’

names below! Well done everybody. We look forward to our school swimming carnival in 2018!

Congratulations to the six students who attended the Zone Swimming Carnival at Blacktown Aquatic Centre

on March 9!

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SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Lauren 3/4S Jiah 4/5S

Selin 5M Miguel 4J

Jocelyn 5/6H Elijah 6W

Zone swimming Carnival Wentworthville Public School was well represented at the Zone Swimming

carnival this year. These top swimmers were in attendance along with

competitors from 15 other schools in the Seven Hills / Wentworthville region.

We came very close to making the regionals in some events but most

importantly it was a fun healthy learning experience.

Thank you to the families for helping your children with

the early start to the day and cheering at the carnival.

A very big thank you to our team manager Mr Arkapaw for

making sure students didn’t miss their races. The positive

outcomes of our swimming carnival and zone swimming carnival set the foundation for Wentworthville

P.S. to expand in the field of swimming next year.

Parents approaching children in playground

Parents, we have had a few recent incidents where parents have

approached children (not their own children) in the playground to discuss

school matters.

I would ask you to refrain from doing this as what can be an innocent

follow-up in your mind, can be interpreted in other ways.

If you have an issue, please report it to your child’s teacher in the first

instance, followed by contact with the stage Assistant Principal, Mrs Di Chio or myself for follow-up.

Please do not take matters in to your own hands.

Denise Lockrey

Principal

Congratulations to these students who have achieved Principal Book Awards!

Name Class Name Class

Sriharini Saravanan 1M Priyansh Pawar 1Z

Anita Ramsundar 2S Rutvi Desai KV

Sivadharshini KR Neha Kannan 4J

Miguel Redoblado 4J Arya Shakya 4/5S

Name Class Name Class Roneish 1M Rupika 3M

Jason 5M Hari 4/5S

Tashneet 4J Nilesh 4/5S

Dhyey 5/6H Sarang 3M

PBL Mascot Drawing Competition 2017 Winner

Thank you to all the students who participated in the PBL Mascot Drawing

Competition 2017. It was a very hard decision but we finally came up with a

winner.

Congratulations to Priyanshi Kiri of 2WS for winning the PBL

Mascot Drawing Competition. She designed a kangaroo that

is unique to our school - now known as the “Wenty Kanga”,

which will be used to support our PBL focus across the

school.

On behalf of the PBL team we would like to thank all contestants for

their efforts as all students in Wentworthville Public School will all be

‘Jumping Towards Success’ for a long time to come.

PBL Team Members - Ms Moorhouse and Mr Train

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We will be holding our ANZAC Day ceremony on Tuesday 4 April, 2017. We would like to

invite any parents or guardians who have or are serving in the Australian Defence Forces

to participate in and attend our ceremony. Please contact Tareena Eastwood at

tareena.myles-holland@det.nsw.edu.au

We would like to invite any family members who are police, firefighters or are in the

ambulance service. Please arrive by 11:30 for a 11:45am start.

Mrs Eastwood

mailto:tareena.myles-holland@det.nsw.edu.au

Notes in bags this week:

1. P&C Blue Day Cake Day - All students

2. Photo envelope - All students

3. Sports Foundation - After school sports program Terms 2, 3 & 4 - All students

4. Go4Fun brochure - NSW Health - Students in Years 2, 3 & 4

PBL

BE A LEARNER

This week the PBL focus is:

I am safe when catching the bus

Walk to the bus.

Line up behind the gate.

Enter the bus safely when a

teacher directs you to.

Wentworthville Public School Term 1-2017 as at 7.3.17

9 20 March

21 March

Harmony Day

Assembly starts at

11.40am

KidsMatter PL (1)

22 March

Community Catch-Up

Parent Café –

Kindergarten Families

–School library 9.15-

10.30am

Community Parent

Talk

Triple P (Positive

Parenting Program)

Program:

Session 4 – Manag-

ing Misbehaviour

(cont’d)

Newsletter Day

23 March

24 March

25

26

Mar

10

27 March

Stage 3 Par-

ent /Student

goal setting

interviews ->

(all week –

bookings essen-

tial)

28 March

Xenontech Day

KidsMatter PL (2)

29 March

Community Catch-Up

Community Parent

Talk

Triple P (Positive

Parenting Program)

Program:

Session 5 – Planning

Ahead

30 March

31 March

1

2

Apr

11 3 April

4 April

ANZAC Day As-

sembly

11.30am for

11.45am start

KidsMatter PL

(3)

5 April

Community Catch-

Up

Community Parent

Talk

Easter Craft & End

of Term Activities

P&C ‘BLUE DAY’

Cake stall.

Moneys raised in

support of Autism

Awareness –funds

collected go to

support unit

resources as s

elected by P&C

Newsletter Day

P&C mtg 6pm

6 April

School Class

Photos (Summer

uniform)

7 April

8

9

Apr

10 April SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

11 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

12 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

13 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

14 April

Good Friday

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

15

16

Apr

17 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

18 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

19 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

20 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

21 April

SCHOOL

HOLIDAYS

22

23

April

24 April

Staff Develop-

ment Day -

NO STUDENTS

25 April

ANZAC Day

Public Holiday

School not

open— no staff

or students

26 April

All students K-6

return.

Winter uniform.

Parents discretion

for a three week

period if weather

unseasonably

hot. Full winter

uniform to be

worn from Week

4 – Monday May

15.

27 April 28 April 29

30

April