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Kindergarten 2015 Orientation A Huge Success

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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Issue 1—Term 4– Week 10 9 December 2014

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Our Visit to the Governor General’s House - His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove with our students. Presentation Day – Tuesday 9 December 2014 – 12:00pm Yesterday we recognised a wide range of development and excellence in academic, sporting and cultural areas as well as personal growth and maturity. All our students and families should be proud of the awards their child has received which are recognition of individual learning and achievement. While we recognise these students, there are many other students who have worked hard and shown improvement. Actually if your

child has done their best, then they can be proud of their achievement, whether they received a certificate or not.

Award Recipients:

Principal’s Award Riley Millynn

Karen Halloran Zachary Armstrong Memorial Trophy

Dux Emma Hassall

P&C School Pride Drew Connor, Award Chellsea Sealey,

Hayley Jackson, Joshua Skupien

Queanbeyan High School Scholarship Bobbi-Lee Engel

West Queanbeyan Rotary Award Brad Rauter

YMCA Values Award Samantha Papantoniou,

Coral-Lee Stiles Renay Gilbert

100% Attendance Hayley Barrenger Nathan Bon Valentina Brago Leao Muhammad Hidayatullah

William Hopkins Mae Vallera

Imtiyaz Widodo 2015 Captains Elijah Brennan Veronica Laygo

2015 Vice Captains Ryan Bradley Jamaya Blake

2015 Prefects Daniel Cotter Luke Harris

Rayhan Islam Megui Vallera

Molly Furey Lauren Kelly Samantha Papantoniou

Tiarna Reid Parent Helpers Afternoon Tea Wednesday 10 December 1:15pm A thank you afternoon tea will be held in the school Hall at 1:15pm on Wednesday. May I extend my thanks and appreciation to all parents and volunteers who help us with the many programs we run at school, without your help none of it would be possible. The staff will join us at 1:40pm. Year 6 Farewell Wednesday 10 December – Kangaroo’s Club 5:30pm – 8:30pm (seated by 6:00pm) The Year 6 Arch will be at school on Wednesday 17 December at approximately 3:00pm.

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Concert Rehearsal On Monday we held our whole school rehearsal in the Front Cola, for our fantastic concert which will take place this Thursday evening.

Students from 3/4T and 3/4S practise the Heel and Toe Polka

There’s still time, if you haven’t purchased your tickets yet. Tick Tock! If you have found yourself walking through the school over the last week or so, you may have heard music pumping out of the hall. All students have been rehearsing daily, for this Thursday's concert. The theme of the concert is 60 years of education and there are sure to be some memories and flashbacks for almost anyone who went to primary school in Australia over the last 60 years! Throughout the show you will see students imagine the first landing on the moon, they will deliver some flashbacks of jingles and advertisements from days gone by and show you a brand new heel, toe polka. Remember the games you used to play in the school yard? You will see some of those on the night, as well as experience some of the sports.

For all students, the end of year concert is a great way to showcase what we do at school and this year will prove to be a fun night of entertainment that will have you singing along. If you don't have your tickets yet, be sure to see the school 'box office' to get yours. Tickets are $5 and the show starts at 6pm, Thursday 11 December. School’s at the Bicentennial Hall on Thursday. This Thursday 11 December School will be at the Bicentennial Hall. The children will not take their bags, but should have a few snacks in a plastic bag to take with them for the day. Children will have Lunch at school before we travel to the Bicentennial Hall at 11:00am. Doors will open at 5:00pm with the show starting promptly at 6:00pm. Children can be collected at the rear of the Hall after the show; there will be

signs so you can locate your child’s class. Please let the teacher know when you have your child and are leaving.

Value Pins Assembly Friday 12 December This Friday we will hold our last Value Pins Assembly, for the year. 215 students received their Value Pins this year, which is a fantastic effort - 56% of the student body. The Infants Assembly will start at 12:10pm and the Primary Assembly will start at 2:00pm. Congratulations to all students. Congratulations to Baltazar Puis (2B) and Olivia Martin (2B) on receiving an award from 3P learning for 'Outstanding Achievements in Mathletics' for 2014. They were the only two students in the school to gain this recognition. Good Effort Afternoon Tea – Friday 12 December – 1.10pm

Have a great week Vicki Muscat Principal

DIARY DATES

10/12/14 Parent Helper Afternoon Tea – 1.15pm

10/12/14 Year 6 Farewell- Kangaroo’s Club, 5.30pm – 8.30pm

11/12/14 End of Year Concert Practise End of Year Concert- doors open at 5pm, concert begins at 6pm

12.12.14 Value Pins Assembly Infants 12.10pm Primary 2pm

12.12.14 Good Effort Afternoon Tea-1.10pm

15.12.14 Reports Go Home

16.12.14 Class Party Day Year 6 Mini Games Day - $5.00

17.12.14 Students Last Day Year 6 Arch – near the Library

17.12.14 Last day for students.

Chloe Anderson 1N Matilda Baker 1/2A Olivia Martin 2B Jordan Smith 2B Jaiden Mitchell 2B Tyler Riley 2D Riley Dodge 3/4T Charlotte Elliott 4W Kiara Sliwinski 4w Allen Ferguson 4W Kiara Virgo 4W Jasmine Cowell K/6G Mary Therese Najjarine K/6G Hayley Sliwinski K/6G Aurylin DeViale K/6H

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will be awarded to the following students who have exhibited the school values in all school settings and with all school teachers.

ES1 – KC: Imtiyaz Widodo, Afifah Fuady, Bryce Kelly, Darren Blundell KM: Ashley Hill, Bella Young K/1K: Sierra Jones

S1 – K/1K: Kye Bell 1N: Gabriel Dickinson 2B: Sophia Stortini, Cody Breen, Lucas Petrovski, Blake Campbell, Jaiden Mitchell 2D: Lola Perri, Tyler Riley.

S2 – 3/4T: Jade Burns 4W: Hector Stiles, Hayden Ingram, Kai Blake, Koby Conroy-Boceski, Michael Damcevski.

S3 – 5S: Sara Sulc, Hailie Styche, Caitlin Slack, Rayhan Islam. 5/6D: Josif Damcevski, Tiarna Reid. 6R: Liam Horne.

Support – K/6G: Blake Dennis, Nandalie Welch, Mary-Therese Najjarine, Daniel Gaul. K/6H: Aurylin DeViale.

END OF YEAR CONCERT Thursday 11 December 2014

Doors open at 5pm, Concert begins at 6pm

Tickets available for sale - at the

front office - $5.00 per ticket.

Canteen News As this term is quickly coming to an end, stock in the canteen is being greatly reduced and as a result some menu items will not be available.

If an item is unavailable I always try to substitute it with something to your child’s satisfaction, and of the same value. Di – School Canteen Manager.

Year 6 Mini Games Day Tuesday 16 December 2014

$5.00 – includes all games, lunch of a sausage sizzle, drink and an ice block.

Please return $5 and

permission note to classroom teacher.

Thank you

A huge thanks to every single one

of our fete volunteers, stall

coordinators, helpers, donors and

supporters. We appreciate the

many hours of hard work and

preparation you each put into

making the Fete a success.

P&C Association