Welcome to week 3.

NAPLAN begins for year 3 and 5 tomorrow and goes through until Thursday 23rd

May. The majority of the testing is being completed online this year. If your child misses one of the tests we do have a catch up day planned for Friday 24th May. Our cross country runners competed in very cold conditions last Friday but enjoyed a great day with many personal best times and a large group of our students progressing to the next level- The Western trials. Congratulations to all participants for trying your best and representing our school so well! After attending the P&C meeting last week I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who helped out and contributed to the fundraising activities throughout term 1. These funds will enable us to continue with our playground improvements such as refurbishing the cricket nets area and adding further handball courts. It is through the continued efforts of our P&C that your children benefit from extra resources and technology in the classrooms and improved playground facilities. Thank you for your support! Enjoy your week! Regards,

Lyn Barnes Principal

Term 2 Week 3 Monday 13th May

2019

Contact us: West Wyalong Public School 71 Park Street West Wyalong NSW 2671 Phone: 02 6972 2157 Fax: 02 6972 2818

Email: westwyalon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.westwyalon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

West Wyalong Public School Newsletter

From the Principal’s Desk

Once again the Spackman family has donated ANZAC books to our Library in memory of Frank and Heather Spackman. Pictured above are family members Kolby and Ella Pope with the donation of a World War 1 book pack.

On behalf of the family of the late Reginald Rattey VC, Helen Rattey and Malcolm Richards have donated the book titled "The Victoria Cross: Australia Remembers" by Michael C. Madden to our school. Pictured below are our school captains Lana and Ben receiving this excellent book.

Generous donations to our school………

We would like to thank both the Spackman and Rattey families for their generosity.

Dates for the Diary: Tuesday 14th May Infants Assembly 12:45pm in the COLA NAPLAN Year 3 & 5 Writing Wednesday 15th May NAPLAN Year 5 Reading Thursday 16th May NAPLAN Year 3 Reading Wednesday 22nd May Simultaneous Story Time

PAYPOP: Payments can be made on-line to our school by accessing PayPop through our school website.

SCHOOL NEWS

STUDENT BANKING Tomorrow

Tuesday 14th May

School Voluntary Fees

Voluntary Fees have been set for 2019

$40 per student Maximum amount per

family is $75.

Stewart House Drive 2019

Stewart House Donation envelopes are due back to

the Front Office by Friday 24th May.

Donations of $2 or more will automatically go into a

draw to win a holiday worth $4,000.

Book Club orders are due back at school no later than

THIS FRIDAY 17TH MAY

Our school is participating in the 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn Program. We would greatly appreciate

any donation of stickers at the Front Office by 25th June 2019. Thank you.

AGE GROUP NAME

Senior Girls 12/13yrs Felicity Worner – 3rd Laylah Davies – 5th Lana Maitland – 6th Lilly Smith – 10th

Senior Boys 12/13yrs Bailey Boneham – 2nd Angus McCaskie – 3rd Nicholas Seaman – 5th Chris Thaw – 12th

11 year old Girls Emily Seaman – 1st Emelia Weise – 2nd Teila Kremer – 11th Elsa Holland – 9th

11 year old Boys Charlie Eyles – 1st Kalan Miller – 4th Lucas Matthews – 3rd Billy Beckett – 2nd

10 year old Girls Indianah McLaughlin – 5th Gemma Lord – 4th Chloe Brohan - 13th Lila Lancaster – 9th

10 year old Boys Seth Marinkovic – 1st Will Davies – 3rd Banjo Rees – 2nd Bradley Ackland – 5th

8/9 year old Girls Missy Worner – 2nd Lucy Cattle – 7th Tilly Wilmot – 15th Charli Heaslip – 9th

8/9 year old Boys Isaac Charpentier – 13th Lachlan Miller – 6th Charlie Crowe – 11th Taylor Rees – 10th

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY 2019

Last Friday 10th May 32 students travelled to Ungarie Central School to compete in the District Cross Country. The 11, 12 and 13 year old girls and boys completed a 3km course. Then the 8, 9 and 10 year old girls and boys completed a 2km course. The results from the day were:

Congratulations to all the students who competed last Friday in very wet and cold conditions you showed excellent sportsmanship when representing our school and you should be proud that you made it to district. Thank you Mrs Charpentier for taking photos on the day. The overall winning school on the day is yet to be announced. Ribbons for the first, second and third place getters will be posted to our school as soon as possible and will then be presented to students. The first 6 runners in each age group have qualified for Western Cross Country. Well done and good luck to the 20 students, whose names are in bold, who have the opportunity to represent Lower Lachlan at Western Cross Country. Western Cross Country will take place on Wednesday the 12th of June at Geurie Race Course in Geurie. Western Cross Country notes were sent home with students last Friday and are due back at school by Friday 24th May.

Tracy Grimshaw

CHAMPIONS

Missy Worner came 2nd in the

8/9 Girls

PSSA NETBALL ROUND TWO

On Thursday 9th May 2019 our Year Six girls played Ungarie Central School in the second round of the PSSA netball knockout. The girls played a strong first quarter and took a commanding lead. They showcased their skill throughout the second quarter to increase their lead. In the third quarter the girl’s trialled some new positions and tactics. It was in this quarter that Ungarie managed to close the gap a little and make our girls work for every point. The girls played a magnificent fourth quarter to win the game 29 goals to 12.

I would like to make special mention of the young lady who displayed generosity and wonderful team spirit by making and distributing team scrunchies. We all looked fabulous thank you Tayla! I am so proud of this team’s commitment to training, they have willingly given up three hours of their holidays to get together and train as a team. It is fantastic to walk up and down the sideline and listen to the girls encourage each other and display exemplary sportsmanship throughout the game.

We now progress to third round where we will meet Canowindra Public School at West Wyalong on Thursday 13th June.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to Mrs Sue Giffin and Miss Abby Pettit for giving up their time to umpire the match. We appreciate your time and energy so much.

PRIMARY ASSEMBLY AWARDS Tuesd ay 7t h May 2019

Maths Awards Rhys Bischoff, Billy Butcher, Brydie Davies, Ross Hughes,

Paul Kells, Taylor Rees, Emily Seaman, Nicholas Seaman.

BOOK AWARDS Elsie Cowen, Nash Crossman, Bridie

Davies, Tom McCullough, Theo Player, Callum Shanks, Cleo Reid x 2.

Merit Awards

3-4 Green: Chloe Brohan Allie Daniher Billy Donaldson

3-4 Orange: Caleb Boneham Georgia Collins Madison Davies

3-4 Pink: Kolby Pope Theo Player Jessie Webster

5 Red: Scarlett Webster Nicholas Weise Harply Wendt 5Yellow: Will Cox Brodie Ferguson Cleo Hopper 6 Blue: Nick Cooper Janae Downey Nicholas Seaman

6 Orange Ross Hughes Lana Maitland Felicity Worner

BLUE AWARDS Brady Blackstock, Cooper Brawn,

Lucinda Biggam, Jake Brooks, Hayden Collins, Elsie Cowen, Riley Evans, Charlie Eyles, Mae Eyles, Claudia Hopper,

Cleo Hopper, Matilda Penfold, Lucas Matthews, Charli Momot,

Jayda Rees, Mitchell Reid, Emily Seaman, Matilda Stockley, Jessie Webster,

Emelia Weise, Kade Wendt, Kobe Wendt, Monnie Wiencke, Ellenor Worland,

Charlotte Wyse.