No 2

ELIZABETH DRIVE, SUNBURY 3429

PHONE 9740 8666

www.sunburywestps.vic.edu.au 20th February 2017

Dear Parents, Staff and Children,

House Swimming

Beautiful weather conditions

heightened the enthusiasm of all the

children from years 3 - 6 who partici-

pated in the House Swimming Carni-

val on Friday. Our newly appointed

House Captains led the way, cheering

on competitors and ensuring that

children were ready for their events

and that everyone was supported to

‘have a go’. A BIG thankyou to the

great number of parents who came

along to support and assist with the

smooth running of the day. Well done

to Boeing, who was the winning

house this year and special congratu-

lations to Ava Giddens and Angel

Vujasinovic who were our respective

girl and boy champions. Again, we are

extremely proud of the way in which

our students conduct themselves and

it was lovely to receive recognition

from staff at the leisure centre about

our exceptionally behaved and sup-

portive students. We now look for-

ward to the Twilight District Sports

on Thursday 23rd February, where

many children will go on to represent

our school.

Parent Payments for Excursions and Events

Parents are asked to be mindful that on all our excursion and in-

cursion forms we have due dates for payments. It is very im-

portant that parents adhere to these dates as we cannot accept

late payments. Under the Department’s Policy, we are required to

register all camps and excursions with numbers of students as

part of emergency risk management procedures. Bookings often

require groups to be organised and in some instances such as

swimming, instructors need to be booked. We will endeavour,

where possible to give families six weeks notice regarding excur-

sions, etc so please ensure that payments are made by the re-

quested date. Unfortunately no extensions or late payments can

be accepted in the future. As always, if families are experiencing

financial difficulty, please contact the office at the time of notes

being distributed so that we can arrange payment plans leading

up to the event. A more detailed note explaining this was posted

to all families today.

Collection of Children After School

We are experiencing a growing number of children who are regu-

larly not being collected on time after school. They are often left

waiting at the office until 3.50. The admin staff do not always have

the capacity to supervise these children. Parents need to ensure

that they collect children at 3.30 or make alternative arrange-

ments such as Out of School Hours Care.

School Council

We are still looking for parent nominations for School Council.

Please contact the office to collect a nomination form.

Junior School Council

Congratulations to our newly elected Junior School Councillors.

JSC plays a very important leadership role in the school, leading

many fundraising activities for charities and special events and

ceremonies such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day. This year,

our JSC reps are Erik Cvetanoski and Chloe Webster in 5 /6 L,

Eliza Lee and Tyler Baba in 5 /6 G and Amy Quick and Cameron

Hildebrand in 5 /6 M. Well done to these children and also all

children who tried out for these peer elected positions.

Dogs in School Yard

For safety reasons we have a policy which excludes all dogs from

the school grounds. This includes dogs which are muzzled or on a

leash. Should you wish to walk your pet while you are collecting

children from school please make arrangements to wait for your

children outside the school grounds. Special arrangements how-

ever, can be made with teachers to have dogs and other animals

visit classrooms for special occasions such as the arrival of a new

puppy. In these circumstances, please contact the classroom

teacher concerned so that specific supervised arrangements can

be made. Thanks for your assistance with this.

Compass

Shortly families will receive initial information regarding our

move to Compass as our new communication portal for parents.

You will first receive your individual user name and password

and instructions to log on to Compass. We will transition to full

use of this platform over the coming weeks.

Wakakirri

We have a number of children from Years 3 - 6 enrolled in this

year’s Wakakirri Program. If you would still like your child to be

involved, please contact the office by Friday 3rd March.

Inga Wilson

Principal

TIMELINE

Term 1 13th March Labour Day Public Holiday 15th March Grades 3 - 6 House Athletics 17th March Family Fun Night 20th March Whole School Incursion The Bongo Brothers 24th March Curriculum Day - Students not required at school 27th - 30th March Grade 3 - 4 Swimming 31st March Last Day of Term 1 2.30pm Finish 18th April First Day of Term 2

Banana Paddle Pops

Term 1 only $1.00 each

NEW CANTEEN MENU

COMING IN TERM 2!!

Hot Cross Buns on Friday

31st March keep your eye

out for further

information.

Notices that have gone home….

Term 1

Parent Teacher Interview Instructions

CSEF Application Forms

Excursion & Camps Payment Protocol

House Athletics $6 due 9th March

Twilight Swimming $4 due today

The Bongo Brothers $6 due 15th March

Grade 3/4 Swimming $40 due 23rd March

School Banking

School Banking day is Wednesday

Make sure you bring your banking each week to earn great rewards!

Prep CD Matias Avila & Madeleine Said

Prep DA Indy Hicks & Tom Azzopardi

1/2 B Charlie Pantano & Jasper Nightingale

1/2 S Noah May & Jaida Baba

1/2 T Brodie Moore & Claudia Schubert

3/4B Zoe Gardner & Cameron Sheppard

3/4N Ashlee Cavanagh & Jessica Wilson

3/4T Jemma Monks-Gomez & Teisha Menezes

5/6 G Dylan Koo

5/6L Jyelle Yarlett-Smith & Valentina Bernal Uribe

5/6M Amy Quick & Azime Roads

P.E. Ava Giddens & Angel Vujasinovic

Music Prep CD & Prep DA

Japanese Charlotte Rawson 1/2B

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 - 2017 - Monday 13th February

All Students of the week will now receive their ribbon and a certificate

with a description of why they received their award.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK TERM 1 - 2017 - Monday 20th February

Prep CD Marlie Paine & Eli Cvetkovic

Prep DA Lily King & Benjamin Smyth

1/2 B Nash Gadsden & Jamie Cavanagh

1/2 S Makayla Haydon & Jye Jackson

1/2 T Lily McMonagle & Zayne Gadsden

3/4B Kade Payton, Lara Parkinson & Daniel Sheldrick

3/4N Dekoda Powell & Logan Vaiese

3/4T Riley Doyle & Chloe McCracken

5/6 G Ava Giddens & Indya Hildebrand

5/6L Ethan Lloyd & Bianca Muleta

Music Prep CD & Prep DA

P.E. Prep CD & Prep DA

Art 1/2B, 1/2S & 1/2T

Japanese Noah May1/2S

ICT Amy Quick

Student Accident Insurance

Unfortunately the school is no longer able to offer

Student Accident Insurance. For those who took up

the offer last year please be reminded that your

cover ends on 1st March 2017.

Hello everybody (Konnichi wa こんにちは)、

Welcome to ‘Nihongo Notes.’ I’m the new Japanese language teacher and I’ll be teaching Japanese to the junior school (Prep to Year Two levels). I am very excited about sharing my knowledge with your children as I am passionate about language teaching!

In the early years, rather than focusing on language rules, the children will be learning language by learning Japanese songs and rhymes, playing games in Japanese, and listening to traditional and contem-porary Japanese stories. Repetition helps in the identification of frequently used words, simple phrases and non-verbal communication strategies used in greetings and other social interactions (e.g. bowing). The children will also be introduced to the writing system using a play-based approach that incorporates chanting and the use of mnemonics. One of the main aims is to engage the children in a new culture and expose them to the sounds and patterns of the language. This term we are learning how to say body parts in Japanese through action songs and repetition. We are also learning some fun facts about Japan as well as some simple greetings and classroom instructions. Please click on the picture below to hear the song “Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” that the children have been singing in class. If the link doesn’t work, just go to the following address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98rDSRw7sv0

As a way of supplementing the learning that takes place in the classroom, I will be including a small sec-tion on Japanese in each edition of the newsletter. I invite you to take up this opportunity to learn Japa-nese together with your child. In fact anyone in our school community who has an interest in the Japanese language and its culture is more than welcome to refer to ‘Nihongo Notes’ and hunt me down at school if you need any extra support with your language learning journey. Enjoy!

The Sounds of Japanese:

I thought I would begin with an introduction to the main sounds of Japanese. This way you will have a better understanding of how words are pronounced when you read them in ‘Nihongo Notes’ in the fu-ture.

The Japanese language has five vowels: a, i, u, e, o -The letter "a" represents a sound like the "a" in "father". -The letter "i" represents a sound like the "ee" in "feet", -The letter "u" represents a sound like the "oo" in "fool". -The letter "e" represents a sound like the "e" in "pet". -The letter "o" represents a sound like the “o” in “on”. Some Handy Greetings

ウダスカせんせい

Udasuka Sensei Ms Wlodarska

Ohayou gozaimasu Good Morning

Konnichi wa Hello/Good Afternoon

Konban wa Good Evening

Sayonara Goodbye/Farewell

Mata raishuu See you next week; until next week

Nihongo Notes (Japanese Notes)

Come and immerse yourself in Japanese culture at the 2017 Japanese Summer Festival on

the 26th February from 12 to 6pm at Federation Square. There will be Japanese food, ac-

tivities and performances. Here's the link if you would like to find out more:

http://jcjsm.org.au/fest/

Community News

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