Friday 1st June, 2018

BLACKTOWN WEST PUBLIC SCHOOL

Diary Dates

June

TUESDAY 5TH

Kindy Farm

MONDAY 11TH

Public Holiday

MONDAY 25TH -

THURSDAY 27TH Parent, Student 3 Way Interviews

July

FRIDAY 6TH

Last Day of Term 2

MONDAY 23RD

Staff Development Day

TUESDAY 24TH

Students Return Term 3

LANCASTER STREET

BLACKTOWN NSW 2148

Telephone 9622 2285

Facsimile: 9621 7918

Email: blacktownw-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Report Dear Parents,

P & C MEETING

Tuesday 5th June, 2018

9.30AM

All Welcome!

THANK YOU MRS OSBORNE!

On behalf of the parents, staff and students, I would like to thank Mrs Osborne for

her dedicated service whilst working at Blacktown West. We will miss you but wish

you all the best at your new school. Thank you!

THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS! Thank you for the huge effort made by the P & C who have managed to raise $981.00 from the Mothers’ Day Stall. Thank you to all the parents who managed to spend hours buying, sorting and wrapping the gifts.

EAfS PARENT INSERVICE On Thursday 14

th June, Mrs Garbutt and Mrs Brierley will be holding a parent

workshop to help you support your child as they develop their number sense. K-6 parents are welcome.

KINDI FARM INCURSION Next Tuesday, Kindergarten will be involved in an incursion: Kindi Farm. If your child is in Kindergarten, don’t let them miss out on a wonderful learning experience with the animals from a farm. They get to milk a cow, and understand how the food in the supermarket comes from a farm.

SHARING Blacktown West is in partnership with the Blacktown Learning Community and is able to offer 30 students the chance to be involved in an extra workshop. If your child is invited to participate, they need to be able to be transported to and from the venue by their parent.

INTERVIEWS Interview notes will be sent out next week ready to organise times for the three way parent/teacher and student interviews. Please return your preferred time as soon as possible. The interviews will be held in week 9 - Monday 25

th, Tuesday 26

th, Wednesday 27

th

and Thursday 28th June. Teachers outline times that they can organise.

Just a reminder that the reports are handed out at the interview. The interviews are arranged for ten minutes. If you have more questions, please just schedule an extra time as teachers need to keep to their timetable. Thank you for assisting with this.

NAPLAN All students in Year 3 and Year 5 sat the NAPLAN test. The students tried hard and gave it their best effort. The results are sent to the school around the end of Term 3.

HOLIDAY JOURNALS

A big congratulations to all the K-2 students and parents who

participated in the holiday journal writing program. We had a

wonderful response with 103 journals returned to school!

Students shared their writing with their friends and teachers.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this program.

EAT IT TO BEAT IT PARENT WORKSHOP Thank you to the Cancer Council Australia for presenting a fruit and vegetable sense workshop to the parents at BWPS. Thank you to the parents for attending the workshop. The group learnt about portion control, eating right, menu planning, saving money and enticing fussy eaters. Ms Sami

COMMONWEALTH GAMES DAY On Monday 7th May the students at Blacktown West participated in the Commonwealth Games Day which was run by the Be Skilled Be Fit organisation. Students from K-6 had a wonderful day participating in Opening and Closing ceremonies and a variety of fitness games, including catch the tag and tug a war. The students learnt about the Commonwealth Games, were active, displayed excellent sportsmanship and had a lot of fun.

K-2 MATHS GAMES

K-2 Maths Games will be sent home again this term. Thank you to all the parents who are taking the time to play these

games with their children. These games will support children in developing fluency with their number skills. We

appreciate that games, dice and all counters are being returned so the next class can use them.

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY Thank you to all the parents and students at BWPS for supporting Walk Safely to School Day on Friday the 18th May. The children walked, cycled and rode safely by wearing protective gear and using pedestrian crossings. Keep up the good work everyone and remember everyday should be a walk safely to school day!

Yours sincerely

Meg Peel Principal

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Remember to collect your 10 awards—they can be

stamped for a special award. Don’t forget to keep all

awards with the school tree in a safe place.

Term 2

Week 1, 2, 3, & 4

2018

SPECIAL AWARDS

BRONZE CERTIFICATE BRONZE BAR

Sarah C Aurelia F

Laytrel H Tyronne B

Emily D

Well done to all the students who have received an

award.

KD Panav B, Hassan T, Lilly B, Amelia W, Sathak L,

Zulqernain J, Mohammad E,

KK Ruby Rose F, Hizqeel B, Amelia C, Ezel B,

Ryan Y, Nuoxin Y, Gursidak J, Phoenix R

KL Amelia-Rose B, Mereana H, Paul W, Manoli K,

Eashan S, Sabreen P, Izeiyah K, Declan M

K/1G Rose M, Maya K, Eliana L, Japleen S, Emily D,

Aarav P, Tim W, Eva L

1F Banny G, Bella J, Vansh V, Rubie M,

Rebekkah H, Kellie M, John L, Viliami S

1S Nathan K, Angelina W, Oliver R, Kalan B,

Tommy P, Mark C, Alexus H

1/2K Ryan R, Jayden C, Lomani G, Naaz A

2L Teddy M, Laytrel H, Lachlan B, Kiranpreet K,

Bradley G, Helen S

2S Blake S, Pal P, Dasheena O, Agi A, Lexie A,

Steve B, Lakkith V, Lokesh Y

3/4/5S Brittney A, Chloe S, Luke P, Brayden G, Zhane M

Ben B

3A Rhys G, Rinoa J, Beyza S, Cillian P, Keanu P

Arya D

3M Cooper F, Vaseva G, Anikaa S, Ehtisham H

4N Tavina P, James K, Jordan L, Elijah L

4J Khaled E, Benjamin S, Brianna L, Amanpreet S

Raghad K, Joshua B

5H Camellia E, Shane A, Taylee H, Mobina T,

Ayesha D, Jasmine S

5N Tasha W, Hailey W, Raymond T, Melina T,

Danya D, Jemima K

5/6L Brooke D, Jordan G, Mapa K, Dominic D, Luke D,

Wayne R

5/6O Madelyn D, Cailene P, Eliza T, Dominik D,

Samantha N

6A Lorraine L, Shaun K, Madelyn D, Cailene P,

Darnia M, Natania O, Bree-Anne H

Thank you BWPS, its been a

pleasure to work with all of you

over the last 10 years. XXX

Mrs OSBORNE