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Dear Parents and Carers Welcome to Week 8 and Parent/ Teacher Interview week. HEALTH AND WELLBEING A reminder to all parents and carers to please notify the school about your child’s health. We welcome information from parents about your child’s health, even if you are not requesting specific support from the school. Our school asks for medical information when you enrol your child. It is also important that you let us know if your child’s health care needs change or if a new condition develops. Information about allergies, medical conditions such as asthma and diabetes and other health care related issues (including prior conditions such as medical procedures in the last 12 months) should be provided to the school. Please also remember to notify staff in the school office of any changes to your contact details or to the contact details of your nominated emergency contacts. We appreciate your assistance in this regard and assure you that any information you provide the school will be stored securely and will only be used or disclosed in order to support your child’s health needs or as otherwise required by law.

The Westerly

100 Morton Street Queanbeyan 2620 T 02 6297 2020

W www.queanbeyaw-p.schools.nsw.edu.au E queanbeyaw-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Newsletter

Queanbeyan West Public School

Issue 8 — Term 2 Week 8 8 June 2021

7 – 10 Jun Parent/ Teacher Interviews 8 Jun P&C Meeting 7pm – Library Click here to join the meeting

10 Jun Athletics Field events sports rotations – 8 Yrs +

11 Jun Regional Cross Country Merit Award Assembly

12:30pm Click here to join the

meeting 14 Jun Public Holiday 18 Jun SRC Pyjama Day – gold coin

donation 22 Jun Netball Gala Day 24 Jun District Athletics, Wright

Park Reports go home 25 Jun Values Certificate Assembly Last day of Term 2 TERM 3 12 Jul Pupil Free Day 13 Jul Start of Term 3 19 – 23 Jul NAIDOC Week 21 Jul Wakakirri Dance festival 23 Jul Merit Award Assembly 26 – 30 Jul Education Week 26 Jul National Tree Day 6 Aug Merit Award Assembly 17 Aug ICAS English Assessment 20 Aug Values Certificate Assembly 23 – 27 Aug Book Week 30 Aug – Book Fair 10 Sep 31 Aug ICAS Maths Assessment 3 Sep Merit Award Assembly 3 Sep Regional Athletics 17 Sep Values Certificate Assembly

UPCOMING EVENTS

YEAR 6 SHIRTS

Last day for payment is

tomorrow. Please see School

Stream.

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RECONCILIATION WEEK Last week we celebrated National Reconciliation Week with the theme ‘More than a word’, focusing on turning our words into actions. 2021 marks twenty years of Reconciliation Australia and almost three decades of Australia’s formal reconciliation process. National Reconciliation Week celebrates the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and all other Australians. Every year, the week is held between the same dates, 27 May to 3 June. The dates draw attention to significant historical events. The 27 May marks the day in 1967 when the referendum was passed for the Australian Government to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and to allow them to be recognised in the census. The 3 June marks the day in 1992 that led the Australian Government to recognise native title and acknowledge Indigenous Australians as the original occupants of Australia. Thank you to our Year 6 Aboriginal students who led us through our assembly and Mr Adrian Baxter who was our special presenter. Mr Baxter opened our assembly with a smoking ceremony and also spoke to the Kindy students about our Bogong Dreaming Garden and its significance. All students participated in a week of events including learning about Sorry Day on the 26 May and Mabo Day on the 3 June. Students participated in many activities including Indigenous games and a reconciliation walk at school where they completed activities such as weaving and learning how to build and maintain positive relationships with all. Queanbeyan West also participated in the Queanbeyan Reconciliation Walk on the 1 June where we were able to celebrate with the rest of the community. Two of our students participated in the ceremonial opening. Great work Killarney and Darius! Thank you to all who attended and a big thanks to our Aboriginal Education team for creating such a fabulous week.

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Virtual Assembly 12:30pm To be held Friday 11 June 2021

KB- Fiker Z: an improved effort in reading. Aliyah G: her persistence and effort in learning her sight words. Archie B: his enthusiasm in learning his sounds. KH- Sasha G: her enthusiasm towards all aspects of school. Dylan K: his improvement in mathematics. Ruaiba N: her increased understanding of single sounds. KJ- Giselle H: for sounding out words during writing tasks. Rory H: for an improved approach towards learning. Taylor H: for striving to complete all tasks. KM- Lola A: independently writing texts with two sentences, lovely handwriting and punctuation. Matilda C: enthusiasm for working to improve her free choice writing, daily. Audrey M: independently writing in her free choice writing book daily, neatly, with two sentences and punctuation. 1J- Harper M: for always being a kind and respectful friend to all. Zaviyar N: for improved reading and academic work. Mana-Jack P: for always trying his best to follow the rules and be respectful. 1L- Porter S: for an improved attitude towards writing. Aarav D: for always trying his personal best. Holly O: for being a kind and considerate member of our class. 1N- Olivia B: for great application in all learning areas. David R: for being a focused worker who always tries his best. Tanisha H: for persistence in all areas of learning. Jordan C: for challenging himself in writing. 1/2W- Liam C: for being a helpful class member. Olivia S: for completing a reading wheel. Ryan W: for completing a reading wheel. Ronan K: for completing a reading wheel. 2H- Lili R: for always trying her best. Hashir K: for great improvement in behaviour. Merindah B: for having a positive attitude to all tasks

School Values Focus

This week's PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) was about dealing with anger. It's okay to feel angry, but it is not okay to take your anger out on other people! Take a look at the video we watched to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKuoH8CkFc

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL)

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2S- Ollie G: for contributing to class discussions. Eli S: for being a helpful member of 2S. Hunter W: for his effort in writing. 2/3F- Elijah C: for his positive attitude towards learning. Aaista B: for her determination in reading. Terence P: excellent imaginative writing. Alex W: great improvement in reading.

Virtual Assembly 12:30pm To be held Friday 11 June 2021

2/3F- Elsie C: for always being a kind and helpful classmate. 3/4L- Emily C: reading expressively to indicate people speaking in books. Michael G: neat and well-presented book work. Aysha S: reading fluently and practicing expression when people are speaking. 3/4M- Alex B: an eagerness to make connections when reading. Hayden B: increased focus in learning tasks. Emiri L: a positive attitude to all areas of school. Anna-Maria K: completing class tasks with diligence. 3/4S- Blaze D: showing improved comprehension of different texts. Matilda G: using new strategies taught to comprehend difficult texts. Nemanja P: participating enthusiastically in class discussions. 3/4W- Troy M: connecting the decimal system to money. Eshelle K: pride in her book work. Imogen B: fantastic effort locating literal questions in books. 4/5D- Chris R: trying his best to follow classroom expectations. Jaycob G: having a great disposition when challenged. Billy K: greatly improving in all areas of literacy. 5/6F- Ryadah L: for his enthusiastic participation in all classroom activities. Asha H: for being a reflective learner that seeks feedback to imprsove her work. Mylee S: for her improvement in mathematics. 5/6H- Bryce C: striving to achieve his mathematics goal.

Eliza S: taking on board feedback to improve her writing. Summer E: helping and supporting her classmates. 5/6T- Bradley T: for his enthusiasm towards writing. Emily M: for applying herself to all learning tasks. Dustin C: for increased focus towards learning tasks. SLC-Maxwell H: for improved effort in class. SLD- Austin S: for his creative ideas.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS BAREFOOT

(SCHOOL AGE)

COME AND TRY AND HAVE FUN (LUNCH INCLUDED)

QUEANBEYAN BOWLS CLUB

FARRER PLACE

Wednesday 30 June 2021

10:00am – 2:00pm

Contact Coral 62971096 or Margaret 0429 988 249

Lost Property We presently have a lot of clothing in lost property, so if your child is missing an item of uniform please come and have a look for it. Please ensure that your child’s clothing is clearly named. Sign in at the front office and we will be able to direct you to lost property.

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IDEAS FOR SPENDING MONEY Each year the P&C works with our school and community to set small and large goals for spending the money we raise. In the past 12 months, the P&C has provided money for:

New laptops for the classrooms New sports equipment for the junior

and senior playgrounds Each classroom to purchase its own

resources Each child to participate in the Count Us

In music program

We will be setting aside some time at our meeting on 27th July to discuss our next set of goals and we would love as much input from our community as possible. If you have an awesome idea or suggestion for how we should use the money we raise (or even a way to raise more) it’s time to put your thinking cap on! Technology? Sporting equipment? Something for the library? A community event? We want to hear any ideas, no matter how big or small! We’ve also asked Mrs Jamieson to bring along ideas from the teachers and support staff. To share your ideas, simply send an email qwps.pc@gmail.com. We will compile the responses and table them for discussion at the meeting on 27th July. All parents, carers, community members and teachers are welcome to come along to this meeting to be a part of the discussion.

CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISING The P&C is coordinating a Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser. You can pre-purchase a box of chocolates to sell in your workplace, to family members, or to just eat yourself! Boxes available are: Goody Box (contains Twirl, Cherry Ripe,

Twirl Breakaway, Moro, Dairy Milk) - $60 Europe Bars Box (contains Summer Roll

and Nougat Honey Roll) - $50

If you would like to pre-purchase a box of chocolates, please send us an email. When we receive enough pre-orders (minimum 12 boxes) we will place an order with Cadbury. VOLUNTEER LIST If you would like to help at P&C events, please send us an email. We will add your name to our list of volunteers. CONTACT US

qwps.pc@gmail.com Follow the “Queanbeyan West PS P&C” Facebook page Phone the school office and leave a message for the Executive Committee

QWPS P&C News

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