Tuesday 17th June 2014

BLACKTOWN WEST PUBLIC SCHOOL

Diary Dates

June 2014

Wednesday 18th

- 3 Way Interviews

Thursday 19th

- 3 Way Interviews

Monday 23rd

-Walk-A-Thon

Tuesday 24th

-Mini Fete & Sausage Sizzle

Friday 27th

-Last Day Term 2

July 2014

Monday 14th

- Staff Development Day

Tuesday 15th

- Students Return Term 3

August 2014

Monday 25th

- Athletics' Carnival Yrs 3-6

September 2014

Tuesday 2nd

-- Kindergarten Beach Day

Wednesday 3rd -Friday 5th

-- Stage 3 Camp

LANCASTER STREET

BLACKTOWN NSW 2148

Telephone 9622 2285

Facsimile: 9621 7918

Email: blacktownw-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents,

3 Way-Parent/Teacher/Student Interviews If you have not booked a time for your

interview, please return the interview

note as soon as possible. The reports

are handed out at the 3 way interviews

so be sure to book a time to find out

about the achievements your child has

made in Semester 1 and how you can

help your child in Semester 2. The

reports are only handed out at the

interview.

P & C MEETING

Tuesday 24th June.

All Welcome

SRC Fund Raising - Sports Mufti

Day

For a donation of a gold coin, students

are able to wear their favourite team’s

colours tomorrow Wednesday 18th June.

At lunch time, the SRC will have set up

fun games. Come along and for just a

gold coin, you can join in the fun.

Debating

What a spectacular effort! Blacktown

West debated against Minchinbury

Public School on Monday 16th June. All

team members performed well.

Blacktown West had prepared excellent

points and rebuttals. Congratulations to

the opposing team for their win. Well

done to all the students and their

coaches: Ms Abarquez and Mr Knight.

PSSA Representation

Congratulations to Angelis Hotere-

Papalii for competing at the PSSA NSW

State Carnival for U11 Rugby League.

The SW team he played in were

undefeated and won the tournament.

Nationally Consistent Collection

of Data of Students with a

Disability.

Our school is participating in the

collection of this data in 2014. Next year

every school across Australia has to

collect this data. This data is entered

and submitted to the state and to the

national government in such a way that

no individual student can be identified.

The information will assist the DEC and

the Federal government fund students

who struggle to access the curriculum.

This will affect our funding in the future.

If your child has adjustments made to

the class program, you will be asked at

the interview if you can assist by signing

the form to include your child on the

data base.

If you have any questions, please ring

to have a chat. It is important that we

include all the students who have the

curriculum adjusted so they can access

all the key learning areas.

4/5R Excursion to the City

Congratulations to all students in 4/5R

who explored the construction of bridges

in the city. They travelled across the

bridge by train, then after eating their

recess under the enormous structure,

they walked across it which provided a

perfect view of the how the bridge was

built. On reaching the other side of the

Harbour Bridge, 4/5R ventured up the

many steps of the pylon to catch an

amazing view of the Opera House, the

harbour and Anzac bridge. Members of

the public complimented 4/5R on their

manners. Well Done 4/5R!

Parking

Please make sure that you do not park

in the “NO PARKING ZONE” on Blue

Hills Crescent. Parents are blocking the

street and making it impossible for the

school bus to turn the corner. It is illegal

to park here and parents will be fined

when the police patrol the area.

Yours sincerely

Meg Peel Principal

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Remember to collect your 10 awards – they can be

stamped for a special award. Don’t forget to keep all

awards with the school tree in a safe place.

Term 2 Week 5, 6 & 7 2014

SPECIAL AWARDS

BRONZE CERTIFICATE Kearly McKenzie Chloe Elton Natalie Lumbera Brandan Gilchrist Melanie Gadsdon Ayush Deo Hailey Wheatley Mia Robson BRONZE BAR Madelyn Diks Angelina Kuca Natalie Lumbera Kamana Bhandari BRONZE BADGE Jake Ditton Sasha Bloomfield Shejam Sivayogam Natalie Lumbera Ryan Yendle

Well done to all the students who have received an award.

KK Joshua Barlow, Aeshbind Poudel, Ealaf Mahmoud, Justin Yang, Gina Johnson, Jayden Twaddle

KL Aaron Rawlings, Marilynne Peachey Cairns, Kailei Sharp, Bhavnoor Kamboj, Nikita O’Brien, Michael Isaia

KO Mitszy Cairns, Isaac Street, Jonis Orake, Abdul El Moubaid, Aie Tun Tun Win, Umaima Sohail

1F Derrick Acellam, Sophie Sharma, Ayush Deo, Chloe Sharman, Zaid Magableh, Bimansa Gamagedara, Dipen Bhandari

1G Maddi Robertson, Bebak Khadka, Tommy Stewart, Riddhima Rahman, Yuvraj Shah, Taylee Hotere-Papalii-Apap

1S Jenaye Wilson, Tasha Wooldridge, Ishan Dayal, Chevy Kimber, Shaurya Patel, Alira Rayner

2H Melanie Gadsdon, Luke Dixon, Lavondre Bloomfield, Kyle Esteban, Ella Mokalei, Ofa Pangiakaetau

2B Mehveen Ahmed, Remy Gonzalez, Sanjana Kousik, Angel Allan, Joey-Anne Lopez, Brooke Dixon

2/3W Lorraine Lolo, Trinity Tihema, Clark Allan, Vincent Yu, Natania Orake, Tehana Dhedadig

3A Dipendra Dunghel, Bharat Dhamala, Bruce Pumati, Iman Dirron, Leanne Hines, Zirwat Huda

3/4G Allanah Losco, Shengtao He, Lithira Mahagoda, Rehansa Gamagedara, Tali Simon, Alyzza Holzhauser

3/4/5S Timothy Cuddington, Tyrese Coorey, Lachlan O’Brien, Amie Bangura, Scully Bruce, Rishal Chand

4K Shantay Nepia, Poutoa Hotere-Papalii, Melina Nguyen, Briohny Kromohardjo, Kaylis Himone, Mikaera Henare

4/5R Nashita Salah, Alex Mokalei-Kerr, Cortney Brider, Ashnoorpreet Kaur, Reannan Lawlis, Soni Pasikala

5M Chase Nepia, Andrew Cai, Alliyah Chiong, Dayle Pagaduan, Tara Milivojcevic, Blake Smith

5/6L Coby Goff, Hana Dawod, Zac Stanford, Hana Dawod, Abbey Regner, Brittany Brown

5/6W Jaiden Butler, Rachael Nicholls, Kurt Diks, Kate Norgren, Raihaan Talukder, Manjit Singh

6M Jayden Bell, Sandiolla Amito, Kaitlyn Findlay, Sandiola Amito, Jermayne Liolevave, Celene Palmero

6O Jessica Wu, Shivanesh Kumar, Akira Anderson, Divya Adhikari, Marwa Kalash, Ninuri Mahagoda

Camp Payments 2014–Next Instalment Due

Regular camp payments of $50:00 are required every 5 weeks minimum. If you are not up to date with your payments and have not previously made arrangements, please pay now, so your child’s position is not jeopardised.

The Next payment of $50:00 is due last week of Term 2 - Week ending 27th June.

SW Cross Country Carnival @ Penrith Regatta Centre Well done to Talia Ma’u, Aya Abdelrahman, Tamika

Vreeswyk (AWD), Aayush Chand (AWD) and Lachlan

O’Brien (AWD) for representing Blacktown Zone at the

SW Cross Country Carnival.

Tamika, Aayush and Lachlan will compete in the NSW

Cross Country Carnival - Well done!

SILVER CERTIFICATE Talia Ma’u Allanah Losco SILVER BAR Shaquille Chandra Hayley Ditton Nicholas Digby Kaitlyn Findlay SILVER BADGE Scott Christie Maja Martinovic

Multi Lit

If any parents are able to assist with reading, please

leave a message at the front counter for Mrs Singh. The

reading support that Mrs Singh organises and

implements is a fantastic support for the students

involved. Thank you to all the parents who already give

up their time to implement the program. If you have half

an hour, three times a week you can really assist one

student. Mrs Singh trains the parents and organises the

work. We have recently lost one parent and we are

looking for more parents to assist.

Sausage SIzzle

If you want to order a sausage sizzle for next Tuesday

24th, please hand in your order and your money to your

class teacher. $3:00 buys a sausage sizzle and a drink!

Mini Fete

This is the last week for contributions. Thank you to all

the families that have contributed to the Mini Fete.

Remember to bring your money on Tuesday 24th June.

Walkathon

On Monday 23rd June, the P&C will be holding the an-

nual walkathon to help raise money for the school. All

students will participate on Monday afternoon. All parents

are welcome to come along. Please help the fund raising

by supporting your child.

If your child is unable to attend school, please call the

office, send a written note or doctors certificate into the

class teacher. All absences must be accounted for.

Reporting on the English K–10 Syllabus

All primary schools in NSW are currently implementing the English K–10 Syllabus which is based upon the Australian Curriculum: English. BWPS staff has done extensive training on implementing this syllabus and written new units of work incorporating the rationale, aim, objectives, outcomes and content of the English K–10 Syllabus, taking into account the learning needs of all students. “The aim of English in Years K–10 is to enable students to understand and use language effectively, appreciate, reflect on and enjoy the English language and to make meaning in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive, critical and powerful.” Extract from: English K–10 Syllabus The objectives and outcomes of the English K–10 Syllabus, work together so that students are stimulated and challenged in all learning tasks to respond to and compose texts; to create texts according to the purpose and audience of a text; to improve their use of grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, handwriting and technologies; to become reflective learners; and deepen their appreciation of the power, value and art of the English language, and their love of literature. Due to this implementation, our method of reporting English achievement for students in Years 1 to Year 6 has also changed. Students have received an overall grade and comment for all aspects of English, encompassing the key modes or ideas within the syllabus, as outlined below.

Objectives Modes / Ideas Outcomes

A. communicate through speaking, listening, read-ing, writing, viewing and representing

speaking and listening writing and representing handwriting and using digital technologies reading and viewing spelling

which involves communicating in a range of stage appropriate situations which involves planning, composing and reviewing a range of texts which involves using effective handwriting and publishing texts using digital technologies which involves using a range of skills, strategies and knowledge to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of stage appropriate texts in different media and technologies which involves uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter–sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words

B. use language to shape and make meaning ac-cording to purpose, audi-ence and context

speaking and listening writing and representing reading and viewing grammar, punctuation and vocabulary

which involves identifying the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, and organisational patterns and features which involves identifying and using learnt language forms and features in their own writing appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts which involves identifying and comparing different kinds of texts when reading and viewing which involves using stage appropriate sentence structure, grammatical fea-tures, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

C. think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretive and critical

thinking imaginatively and creatively

which involves thinking imaginatively, creatively and interpretively about infor-mation, ideas and texts when responding to and composing texts

D. express themselves and their relationships with others and their world

expressing themselves

which involves responding to and composing a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world, relevant to their own experiences

E. learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English

reflecting on learning

which involves recognising and using a range of stage appropriate strategies to reflect on their own and others’ learning