Wentworthville Public School QUALITY TEACHING TO MAXIMISE STUDENT LEARNING

Term 2 Week 7 2017 Newsletter

70 - 100 Fullagar Rd WENTWORTHVILLE NSW 2145 Australia Phone: 02 9631 8529 Fax: 02 9896 3079

Website: www.wentwthvil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: wentwthvil-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Student Portal: http://portal.det.nsw.edu.au

Wonderful Happenings at Wenty!

The Jazzing up off the externals of Block D is complete! Please enjoy some photos which show you

can’t miss our Before and After School Care facility – OshClub! It is all very cheery. Thanks to our

students who painted our picket fences and Mr Wiles (our GA) who tirelessly attached all the coloured

posts.

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From the Principal – Denise Lockrey

The beginning…...

A work in progress……. And then the finished product!

K-2 Cricket Clinic – A special visitor!

Recently we have run an in2CRICKET program for our K-2

students.

The staff who ran the program said our students were well behaved and highly motivated, which was fantastic

to hear!

At last week’s session we had a special visitor attending the program at WPS , Mr Gurinder Sandhu. He has

been educated in Public Education schools throughout his schooling in NSW and has represented in cricket

for Sydney Thunder, NSW Blues and has played a single game for Australia!

Denise Lockrey

Principal

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*** Winter Uniform now to be worn!***

The Uniform Shop is a service run by the P&C Association at Wentworthville Public School with the help of

volunteer parents/carers from the school. The Uniform Shop is located at “C” Block and is open every

Monday from 8.30am during the school term. The P&C endorse and support the wearing of full school

uniform at our school.

We recommend to all parents/carers of children attending Wentworthville Public School to wear the correct

uniform to school each day and make Wentworthville Public School proud. To assist families in ensuring

their child has the correct uniform, I have sent home a note this week to families to outline the correct

school uniform for our students.

This note is also in the newsletter for your information, and available on the school website here.

Name Class Sanil D 2E

Jiya P 1Z

Hannah B 4/5S

Karthik T 2WS

Sountharikan T 3C

Sharveya S K/1C

Kushi N 1G

One of the most important things you can do to ensure your child has a bright future is to make sure they

attend school every day and arrive on time. The correlation between school attendance and school

achievement is well documented.

Research shows that the more time a child spends at school, the more likely they are to experience school

success. Conversely, late arrival at school through the primary years has been shown to relate to absences

during secondary school and reduced success in learning.

When children miss school, not only is their academic progress impeded, forcing them to catch up on

missed work, they often miss important interactions with their peers. I have observed many students

arriving late at WPS and we as a school want to change this so we can maximise your child’s

learning time and improve learning outcomes.

Did you know?

If students miss as little as eight days each school term each year, by the end of primary school they will

have missed a year of education. Half an hour late each day equals five days absence per year.

The Department of Education has updated and strengthened its Attendance Policy . Please be aware

that :

Students must arrive at school by 8.55am or a partial absence will be recorded on the roll

Parents must supply an explanation of their child’s whole day or partial absence within 7 days from the first

day of their child’s absence period

“Running late” or “slept in” will not be accepted as explanations of lateness and an unjustified partial

absence will be recorded on the roll

Families who wish to travel during the school term will need to complete an “Application for

Extended Leave” obtainable from the school office.

Absences relating to travel will be marked as “Leave” on the roll (if “leave” has been granted by the

Principal) and will contribute to the child’s total absences for the semester indicated on the end-of-

semester report

Home School Liaison Officers have been trained to help you with your child’s attendance. They work

with school staff and communities to monitor and review attendance on a regular basis.

When necessary, Home School Liaison Officers work with families to implement attendance improvement

programs to ensure all students are attending school each day.

If your child is experiencing difficulty and they are not attending school on a regular basis, please contact

the school on (02) 9631 8529 to discuss attendance issues.

Name Class Name Class Vidith KV Meghana 1M

Safwan KV Aryan 2S

Abinav KD Sasha 1M

Taine KV Jessica 2S

Jaiditya KR Guneet 2S

Manyuush KR Syon 2S

Sivadharshini KR Riley 1/2W

Lokesh KR Heli 2S

Tanvi KV Chaitanya 1M

Anika KV Gijen 1/2W

Aadip KR Olivia 1/2W

Shreya KK Anneliese Keighley 3-6M

Aadhithya KV Jordan Thinesh 5/6H

Swara KK *** ***

Timotius 3-6M *** ***

Shreyas 3M *** ***

Vshva 3M *** ***

Sashank 3M *** ***

Notes in bags this week:

Uniform summary –all students.

Year One students – Year One Parent information session regarding reports

On Thursday 25th May Staff at Wentworthville PS participated in the Biggest Morning

Tea to raise money for cancer research. It was a wonderful event with lots of delicious

food and a pink theme.

Big Congratulations to our Mother’s Day raffle winners. Thank you to everyone who

supported our Mother’s Day Stall and the raffle. We look forward to doing more

fundraising with you all over the coming months. Our next event will be announced

soon!!

A massive thankyou to the P&C Committee and to Shanthi, Thushy, Sharron and Leanne and our many

volunteers for running the stall.

Students:

AMF Laser Skirmish

Heer KO

Shreyas 3M

Lucas 3/6M

Jordan T 5/6H

AMF Family Fun Pass

Sasha 6W

Guneet 2S

Playtime $50 Voucher

Mahesh KK

Crystal 3/4D

Hulk Mug

Sarang 3M

Panarotti’s $20 Voucher

Shloka 3C

Anneliese 3/6M

Hog’s Breath $25 Voucher

Chloe 6W

Pia KK

Flip Out Mini

Dhruve 1B

Shiv 5M

Flamingo Lamp

Hannah 4/5S

V8 Monopoly

Hayzen 1Z

Monopoly

Krish KK

Cookie Jar

Chloe 6W

Can Cooler

Sritma KD

Hannah 4/5S

Lunch Cooler Bag

Virat 1/2W

Mayukh KD

Teachers:

Hog’s Breath $25 Voucher

Mr Warren

Mrs Eastwood

Panarotti’s $20 Voucher

Mrs Sargent

Outback Steakhouse Pack

Mrs Gill

Thankyou again for all the wonderful support that the students and parents are giving

to our new canteen menu! Lunch orders are being placed all the time and for this we

thank you.

Update on the Uniform shop

Great News! EFTPOS is now available for purchases made in the uniform shop!

Making it more convenient than ever to purchase your children's uniforms.

RagTag'd will also become apart of the uniform process to help us eliminate

the amount of lost property being collect on a daily basis.

For a demonstration on RagTag'd please see Sharron or Leanne.

The P&C Committee meet the first Wednesday of the month at 6pm. Feel free to come and join us and

see how you are able to help us to help the kids. We look forward to seeing you there.

If you have questions or would like to give suggestions, please don't hesitate to email us

on wentworthvillepandc@gmail.com

Felicity Furner – President, Wentworthville P&C Committee.

FLIP OUT MINI BLACKTOWN

This was one of our prizes for the Mother’s Day Stall. The company have indicated to our P&C President

that if they are advertised in the Newsletter they give a voucher for one hour jump time per newsletter.

This is a positive way of supporting our school! They can be contacted on…

Flip Out Mini Blacktown

Phone : 02 9679 8888

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This term the SRC is organising a Games Day to raise money for play

equipment that Wentworthville students can use during playtime.

This event will happen on 22nd June 2017. More information to come!

Term 2 Calendar - as at 7 June 2017