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Cookie Dough Fundraiser BAKE YOUR VERY OWN GINGERBREAD MEN & SHORTBREAD CHRISTMAS TREES! We are excited to announce that today we commence our very own Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough Fundraiser. Enjoy baking your very own cookies, Gingerbread Men & Shortbread biscuits and help raise much needed funds for our school. Billy G’s is an Australian family owned and operated business that provides quality ingredients for that home style taste that everyone enjoys. Billy G’s also has a Doggie Dough for your favourite furry family members and a Gluten Free product.

There are 10 delicious cookie flavors to choose including a Gingerbread Man dough (with cookie cutter) and Shortbread Biscuit dough (with cookie cutter).

The cookie dough is packed in a re-usable 1kg tub which makes 40 x 25g cookies. 33c-38c per cookie.

You can REFREEZE the cookie dough and thaw it out as you require for baking.

You can keep the thawed cookie dough in your refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.

We have included a prize program for every child that sells one or more tubs. The more tubs you sell the better the prize! Prizes include items from Wahu, Disney Frozen, Remington, Razor and much, much more!

Please return your order form and monies to the school office by: Thursday 26 November 2012.

Coming up – Dates to remember Value Pins Assemblies – Friday 13 November Parent Helper Afternoon Tea – Monday 16 November Kindergarten Orientation Parent Meeting – Tuesday 17 November @ 6:30pm Good Effort Afternoon Tea – Wednesday 25 November Student Leadership Team Speeches – Friday 27 November 2:00pm

Carol’s Evening – Tuesday 1 December Let the Music Move You Performance – Friday 4 December Presentation Day – Tuesday 8 December Year 6 Farewell – Wednesday 9 December Term 4 Reports Home – Thursday 10 December Year 6 Games Day – Tuesday 15 December Year 6 Arch – Wednesday 16 December @ 3:00pm Canteen A reminder, the Canteen is open, 8:30am – 12:30pm each Monday for the remainder of the term. Your child will need to be provided with something to eat for Recess. Applications for selective high school placement for Year 7 in 2017 close on 16 November 2015. Applications for placement in Year 7 in selective high schools in 2017 opened on 13 October 2015 and close on 16 November 2015. Parents of primary school children can apply online. No late applications will be accepted. Parents without internet access or who cannot use a computer can make an appointment to use our school facilities. There are hard copies available for you to fill in, please contact the office on 62972020. Application information can be downloaded from the High Performing Students Unit website at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement .

Ready for high school Just to let you know that the Transition to high school, Ready for High School Checklist is now available in 36 languages. Search by language: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/languagesupport/documents/start_ss/rfhsc.php P&C Raffle Books P&C Raffle books going home today. Drawn at Presentation Day Tuesday 8 December. Tickets to be returned by 4 December. 1st Prize – Signed Raiders Jumper, 2nd Prize – Christmas Hamper. Have a great week Vicki Muscat Principal

The Westerly Queanbeyan West Public School

P&C meets the first Wednesday of every Month at 7.00pm in the Staff Room

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Congratulations to Yixi Su 2P for achieving

Mathletics Bronze !!!!

Queanbeyan High School Year 6

students Transitioning into Year 7 2016.

Upcoming dates and events that are scheduled at Queanbeyan High School for Year 6 students transitioning into Year 7 2016.

Tuesday 17th November - Information Evening for parents and students at 7:00pm in the Learning Centre which is located in our school library.

Thursday 3rd December - Year 6 Orientation Day to Questacon, more information regarding this day will follow closer to the date.

If you have any enquiries please email the Year Adviser for Year 7 2016 (Brent Budden) at brent.budden1@det.nsw.edu.au or call the office on 6297 2088. SCHOOL ENROLMENT NUMBERS FOR

2016 If you know that you will not be returning in

2016, could you inform the school now. Kindergarten Enrolments for 2016

We are now accepting enrolments for our kindergarten classes in 2016. Please contact the school office for enrolment forms. Thank you.

Queanbeyan West

Public School

Kindergarten 2016 Parent Information Night

Tuesday 17 November 2015 starting at

6.30pm in the School Library.

Any enquiries phone: 6297 2020

Value Pins will be awarded to the following students who have exhibited the school values in all school settings and with all school teachers. ES1 –KM: Alexis Jones S1 – 1N: Charlotte Smith 1T: Estelle Kumar 2B: Joel Picker, Alissa Slaeman 2D: Nicholas Spirovski, Karley Ferguson 2P: - Thomas Murray

S2 – 3U: Danielle Williams, Nika Asadollah, Cody Breen, Jaiden Mitchell, Jordan Smith. 3/4B: Ritik Sharma, Edu Setiawan, Rachel Mason-Cox. S3 – 5B: Sophie-Lee Gray, Anna Buckley, Damon Laws, Taylor Lamont, Cameron Lee, Georgia Mather. 5/6R: Lesley Logg, Lauren Kelly, Kennedy deBono, Adam Stortini, Treye Williams. 5/6S: Hayden Ingram, Mollie Sullivan, Ethan Charlton, Emilie Goodall, Ryan Bradley, Genom Shah. Support Classes: K6/B: Daniel Gaul – Year 5 K6/H: Aleksander Sesum – Kinder, Aurylin De Viale – Year 5 K/6R: Blake Dennis – Year 3

Junior Assembly Awards Friday 13 November 2015 –

commences 12.10pm in the Hall.

KC: Lachlan Size – amazing logical thinking. Jeremy Kalachoff – working hard to complete L3 activities. Summer Elliott-Gray – excellent strategies for working out words when reading.

KM: Dominic Petrovski – being a fantastic counter. Isabella Nitor-Alvear – good participation in class discussions. Cohen Barclay – being a good listener in news.

K/1K: Junior Williams – great efforts in writing. Kaden Thomas – excellent application to all class tasks. Harnoor Batth – excellent reading.

1N: Thomas Smith – for being a quiet, consistent achiever. Antero Gabellone – greater effort in listening and following instruments. Vin Kuru- for consistently contributing to class discussions. Culeigh Steele-Davidson – for being a kind and caring student who is always a good role model.

DIARY DATES

13.11.15 Value Pin Assemblies

17.11.15 Kindergarten 2016 Information Night -6.30pm

24.11.15 Kinder Orientation 9.30am-12.30pm

26.11.15 Kinder Orientation 9.30am-12.30pm

01.12.15 Carol Evening at School

01.12.15 Kinder Orientation 12.30pm-3.00pm

03.12.15 Kinder Orientation 12.30pm-3.00pm

08.12.15 Presentation Day 12.00pm-2.00pm

09.12.15 Year 6 Farewell

15.12.15 Year 6 Games Day for whole school

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1T: Joshua Svager – outstanding reading. Luay Asfour – excellent effort in spelling. Trinidad Zarate – consistent effort in literacy. Afiifah Fuady – outstanding effort in reading. Ruby Holden – for being a helpful student and peer leader.

2B: Sienna Stefanou-Brown – always being a careful listener and having a fabulous attitude to learning. Addison Gilbert-Puttock – for being a lovely, caring class member. Joel Picker – always being safe and respectful and making responsible choices.

2D: Anna Armstrong – excellent effort in all areas. Snezana Macic – fabulous effort with report writing. Dylan Townsend – wonderful work on his ‘Eye’ report.

2P: Maddison Ledger – for her fantastic reading in the engine room. Max McElwee – for his terrific news for ‘Look and Listen’.

K/6H: Aleks Sesum – for working hard in reading and writing.

Senior Assembly Awards Friday 13 November - 2.10pm in Hall

3T: Emily Vosnakes – excellent work in spelling. Dalin Var – excellent work in spelling.

3U: Kiara Armour – great work in writing. Ella Duve – demonstrating excellent thinking skills. Lucinda Stiles – improvement in spelling.

3/4B: Edu Setiawan – an excellent museum report. Jasmine Wardle – trying really hard in literacy and numeracy. Ellie Clark – excellent work in history.

4/5W: Zaahid Khan – working well and completing all set tasks. Marcus Skupien – working well in maths groups. Breahna de Bono- always helping others in the classroom.

5B: Damon Laws – fantastic work across the board.

Georgia Mather – consistently good behaviour.

5/6R: Connor Faulks- great work in literacy. Caitlin Slack – a consistent effort in all of her studies.

5/6S: Hector Stiles – for always giving 100% towards his work in class. Frank Williams-Saunders – for his incredible effort in class this term.

Queanbeyan West Public School League Tag Girls had a great day last Wednesday! All the girls played really well. They managed a win and a draw and two close losses but showed great sportsmanship and leadership. Well done girls on a great effort on the day and for training throughout Term 3. Thank you to the parents who supported this event and thank you to Sarah Grey, Sol Brennan, Yvonne Elsworth, Fiona deBono and Tara Constable who helped out on the day.

‘The not so secret garden’

Earlier this year, our support classes successfully applied and received a grant to establish a sensory garden in the front playground. With the assistance of the P & C and fundraising efforts of families, this process has begun. To date students have: built garden beds and trellises, grown seedlings from seeds, propagated plants from cuttings, weeded, planted, watered, maintained a worm farm, mulched and eaten vegetables they have sown and grown. All students have developed an understanding of the growing and harvesting processes and have enjoyed every moment. Most importantly students have worked collaboratively with other classes resulting in many new friendships being formed.

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The plans for the next exciting stage have now been finalised and students will begin planting plants that

they have propagated into the garden over the coming

weeks. During this process we will move an existing fence outwards to Richard Avenue that will provide a

grassed area for the students that currently spend lunch and recess in the front playground (concrete).

We could really use help with: digging holes,

concreting and moving/installing the new fenced area. If you are interested in assisting in any way with this

new and exciting development please contact Mrs Bolitho via email at: callie.bolitho@det.nsw.edu.au

DRAWING CLUB

This Term, Year 4, 5 and 6 students are invited to come to drawing club, first half lunch on Tuesdays. We will be learning Manga style drawing and experimenting with drawing in charcoal. Drawing Club will start next Tuesday 17 November.