No 3

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 29 April 2019

Dear Parents, Staff and Children,

Welcome back to the start of Term 2.

Sad News

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the

sudden passing of Mr. Bert Hildebrand. Bert

was very much a part of the Sunbury West

community having worked as a Casual Relief

Teacher for us over the past 13 years, and also

as the grandparent of students who have only

just recently moved on to secondary school.

Bert has a long history in education, having

worked across a number of Sunbury schools.

He was also the founding Principal of Killara

Primary School. Bert was highly respected and

will be greatly missed by students, families

and colleagues. We extend our sincerest

condolences to Bert’s family.

FOSW

Thankyou to FOSW for their coordination of

the Easter Raffle which resulted in the school

raising $1,220. Thankyou to the many families

who donated Easter Eggs for this fundraiser

and to all who purchased tickets.

The 5c Frenzy was also a hit, with $594.20

being raised.

We look forward to our Frankie and Co Pop Up

Shop on Friday 3rd May. Come one, come all

and invite your friends along for a glass of

bubbles, nibblies and some shopping fun.

Quickly on the heels of this will be the

Mothers’ Day Stall on the 9th May. We

appreciate the support of the many parents

who have offered to come along and help on

the day.

Prep Information Sessions

The 2nd of May sees the start of our Prep

Information Sessions for our 2020 enrolments.

This is an evening session, commencing at

7pm in the library. We then have two day time

sessions on the 13th of May at 11.30am and the

15th May at 9.30am.

Recently, we sent home a survey to parents

asking for feedback regarding our Prep

Transition processes. Thank you to the many

parents who took the time to reflect upon

what our school does well as and also some

suggestions for the future. We are very

grateful not only for the positive feedback,

but also for the comprehensive responses

received. We are always looking for feedback

on how we can improve and best meet the

needs of our incoming families and students

during this time.

Staffing

As many parents are aware, Mr Iain Sparrey

has been in the caretaker role for our PE

program for most of Term One while we

undertook the recruitment process. We are

pleased to announce that Mrs Fiona Davies,

who is a regular Casual Relief Teacher at our

school, has been appointed and will take up

the position at the commencement of Term

Two.

We thank Iain for his support in sustaining the

integrity of the program during this interim

period.

We also welcome Ms Holly Overend and Mrs

Nikki Miller, who have recently been

appointed to Education Support roles. We

look forward to having these staff on board,

as part of our Sunbury West Team.

Regional Swimming Finals

Congratulations to Ben Jeal, who moved on to

represent the Division at the Regional Finals.

Ben came 4th in his 50m freestyle event with a

2 second improvement on his personal best

time. He came 6th overall for the region. This is

an outstanding achievement and we look

forward to hearing more about Ben’s

swimming success in the future.

Athletics

All students in Years 3 - 6 participated in the

House Athletics on the 15th March.

Competitors across all age groups took part in

the range of events earning points for their

respective Houses. At the end of the day

TIMELINE

Term 2

2nd May

Prep Information

Session

7pm

3rd May

Yr 3-6 House Cross

Country

3rd May

Frankie & Co Fundraiser

6th May

Curriculum Day -

Students are not

required at school

9th May

Mother’s Day Stall

13th May

Prep Information

Session 11.30am

15th May

Prep Information

Session 9.30am

17th May

District Cross Country

14th June

Year 5/6 Winter Sports

Prep DA Emilia Farrugia & Noah King

Prep LS Phoebe Bryant & Crystal Stanford

1/2D Whole Class

1/2M Travis Menezes, Archie Hall & Jack Kristic

3/4O Charlotte Cullinan

3/4T Cara Pamintuan

4/5P Whole Class

5/6L Whole Class

Art Zeki Roads

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 2019 Monday 1st April

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 2019 Monday 25th March

Prep DA Hannah Butler & Mehtaab Pannu

Prep LS Pauly Galea & Chloe Partridge

1/2B Logan Taylor-Rainback & Sean Mason

1/2D Ava Eltringham & Mia-Jane Roberts

1/2M Zoe Watt, Lily Moait, Archie Hall & Indy Hicks

3/4O Jayden Adams

3/4T Nash Gadsden

4/5P Peter Amberley

5/6L Daniel Begbie & Scarlett Flannery

5/6P Michael Jones & David West

Japanese 1/2B

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 2019 Monday 18th March

Prep DA Chloe Kakoschke & Stella Payne

Prep LS Destiny De Bono & Joshua Chisholm

1/2B Heath Prior & Ellen Sparrey

1/2D Josh Lee & Hayden Wilkes

1/2M Whole Class

3/4O Euri Perez

3/4T Jordin Lewis

4/5P Zayne Gadsden

5/6L Will Conduit & Victoria Larton

5/6P Kade Payton & Earl Perez

Japanese Madeleine Said

Boeing was the winning house. Congratulations to Eli Skinner

and Jasmine Atwell who were champion boy and girl on the

day.

A team of about 40 students competed at the district level on

the 29th March. All students performed well and Sunbury

West came third in the small school’s division. Well done to all

the students who represented our school. We now look

forward to the House Cross Country on the 3rd May

Harmony Week

The school enjoyed many wonderful activities to celebrate

Harmony Week. Children participated in the House Mates

program, engaging in fun activities relating to Japanese craft

and culture. On Harmony Day all year levels participated in

the Stomp Dance Company incursion culminating in a

performance at the end of the day, with many parents taking

the opportunity to attend and join in the fun. Of course, all

this was topped off with our Harmony Day special canteen

lunch.

Thankyou to Mandy Langman, Ako Sensei and Allison Crozier

for coordinating the above mentioned activities and to all

staff, students and parents for contributing to their success

and sense of community spirit.

Annual Report To The School Community

The Annual General Meeting of School Council will take place

on Wednesday 22nd May at 7pm. During this meeting, The

Annual Report to the School Community will be presented.

This report provides a snapshot of our school’s performance

over the past twelve months. All parents / guardians are

invited to attend. Please contact the office to register your

interest by this date.

Inga Wilson

Principal

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 2019 Monday 29th April

Prep DA Gemma Bole & Peter Nicholson

Prep LS Alexandra Nichols & Julia Palamountain

1/2B Ella Pumpa & Jackson Wells

1/2D Anastasia Vartanova & Connor Duin

1/2M Khyaath Trivedi & Harriet Banchero

3/4O Zeki Roads

3/4T Resky Brown

4/5P Meleah Whitby

5/6L Emily Kristic & Kim Perry

5/6P Whole Class

Japanese Xander Koo

Art Jessica Wilson

Term 1 Events

Frankie & Co Fundraiser will be held on Friday 3rd May at 7pm. $10 entry fee will get you a glass of

Champagne on arrival and nibbles throughout the night. Tickets can be bought on Qkr! Get your

friends together and come along for a great, fun shopping experience.

Mother’s Day Stall will be on Thursday 9th May. We are still looking for donations of new goods for

the raffle prizes. If you have any donations please leave them at the office.

Notices that have gone home….

Term 2

Year 3-6 House Cross Country $5.00 due TODAY

School Enrolment Census - Please return this form even if you do not have any children to enrol in

the coming years.

FOSW News

Our Prep students have been very busy...

Canteen

A reminder to all families that our canteen is only

open from Wednesday to Friday for both lunch

orders and counter sales.

Please make sure you do not send money or

lunch orders on Monday and Tuesdays as we will

not be able to fill orders on these days.

Order cut-off time through QkR! is 9.15am daily.

Qkr can be used for things

such as excursions, canteen,

fundraising, uniforms etc.

Please contact the office if you

require

assistance for this app.

Grade 1/2

Yellow Day JSC Fundraiser for the Cancer Council

To raise money for the Cancer Council Sunbury West students dressed up in yellow and made a gold coin donation.

The grade 1/2 students held a mini parade to model what they dressed up as.

Children had lots of fun displaying their head bands

that they made in class and yellow outfits.

Making ANZAC Cookies with 3/4’s On Friday 26th April 3/4O and 3/4T made

ANZAC biscuits. We made them in small

groups. The ingredients we used were oats,

butter, sugar, coconut, flour and a mixture of

bi carb soda and hot water. We mixed them

altogether and then baked them.

The cookies were delicious and we all enjoyed

making the cookies.

Cara, Lara and Lisa (3/4T)

Year 3 - 6

Harmony Day

It seems we’ve had a summer and autumn of highs and lows across Victoria. Regard-less of the temperature, the UV is still above three (the level when sun protection is

recommended) so the five SunSmart steps need to remain on the agenda until the end of April.

To be sure, check the daily local sun protection times on the free SunSmart app or widget. The SunSmart app has been updated and now features 600 locations across

Australia including live UV data from 12 major cities and a four-day forecast of sun pro-tection times and weather information, sourced from the trusted Australian weather

agency, the Bureau of Meteorology. Visit http://www.sunsmart.com.au/tools/interactive-tools/free-sunsmart-app for more information.

CHILDSAFE

The Child Safe Standards are set out to create safe places for children to fully and actively partici-

pate in the life of the community benefiting everyone. Sunbury West Primary School will ensure

that the children in its care are protected to the best of its ability and in line with their duty of care

and the compulsory child safe standards. Our Childsafe policies and procedures can be found on

our website http://sunburywestps.vic.edu.au/

Community News

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Term 1 in Japanese

Harmony Week– Japanese cultural activities.

Students enjoyed an afternoon of various Japanese

cultural activities.

Students made Origami Samurai

helmets, Cherry blossoms and

played a traditional Japanese

New Year ‘s Day game called

Luck Laugh.