Wembley Primary School Newsletter No. 21 – 12 September 2018

Upcoming dates: Wednesday 12 September – Saturday 15 September Junior Art Show Tuesday 18 September Footy Colours Day (Gold Coin Donation) & Footy Lunch Day (Order via QKR) Thursday 20 September School Disco (more info attached) Friday 21 September Last Day Term 3 Canteen Closed 1:00pm Assembly 1:30pm Dismissal Monday 8 October Term 4 begins Friday 26 October Wembley’s 60th Birthday Celebrations

Farewell to Angela Petridis This week we farewell one of our leaders, Angela Petridis (Ang). Ang has been at Wembley Primary School since 2012 and has made a significant contribution in the many roles she has undertaken during this time. Ang has been a member of the Teacher Class, Leading Teacher and Assistant Principal and has undertaken many roles in these positions. She has been a class teacher, leader of digital learning including the One to One Program, instructional leader, coach, mentor, member of School Council, leader of the Intervention Program across the school and in all of these Ang has done an amazing job. There are many things that we will miss about Ang but most of all her curriculum knowledge, instructional practice, knowledge and skill in the area of digital communications, commitment to students, passion for teaching, support for staff, eye for detail, wizardry with timetables, professionalism and collegiality. We have been so lucky to have had Ang as part of the Wembley Primary School Community over the last seven years and it’s now time for her to leave us for an exciting challenge of building a new school community at Saltwater P-9 College. On behalf of the entire school community we wish Ang all the very best in her new position and her future career in education. Setting up a new school, whilst challenging, provides a wonderful opportunity to establish a clear vision for the future and Ang, whilst working alongside Jackie, will do an amazing job at Saltwater P-9 College. There is no doubt that Ang will be greatly missed at Wembley but her legacy will continue at our school.

From the Principals

Student Clothing Please ensure that your child’s clothing is clearly labelled with their name and class. This will ensure that, if they accidentally leave a jacket or hat in the playground, it will be returned to them and not end up in the lost property cupboard. Parents are also asked to regularly check the clothing that is brought home, to ensure it does in fact belong to your child and has not been mistakenly taken.

Junior Art Show Wednesday 12 September (Opening Night) 5:30pm-7:00pm Thursday 13 & Friday 14 September 3:30pm-4:30pm Saturday 15 September 10:00am-12:00pm School Council The next meeting of School Council is on Monday 17 September commencing at 6.30pm in the staffroom. If anyone is interested in joining School Council, please come along to our meeting to find out more about the role. School Council Vacancies Two short term parent vacancies exist on School Council due to the resignation of two parent members – both parents have moved out of the school area. If you are interested in either of these positions, and not sure of the role of School Council please keep reading………. School Council has three main responsibilities. They are:

1. Finance – overseeing the development of the school’s annual budget and ensuring proper records are kept of the school’s financial arrangements

2. Strategic Planning – participating in the development and monitoring of the school’s Strategic Plan

3. Policy development and review – developing, reviewing and updating policies that reflects a school’s values and supports the school’s broad direction outlined in the Strategic Plan.

Other key functions of School Council include: • Raising funds for school related purposes • Maintaining school grounds and facilities • Entering into contracts i.e. school cleaning • Reporting annually to the school community and the Department • Representing and taking the views of the community into account • Regulating and facilitating after-hours use of school premises and grounds • Overseeing the Out of School Hours Care program

Currently, School Council meets on the third Monday of each month. Our next meeting is on Monday 17 September commencing at 6.30pm. Meetings are always open to all members of the school community and if you’re interested in either of the vacancies, I’d encourage you to attend. Also, if you would like to know more about school Council, please speak to one of our current parent councillors:

• Janet Condy- President ( mother of Sabrina in Year 4) • Wes Burgoyne – Vice President – (father of Jenna Year 5 and Spencer Year 2) • Matt Bateman – Treasurer (father of Cash and Aiden Year 3) • Helen Harris – mother of Ethan in Year 2 • Belinda Faehrmann – mother of Archie in Year 4 • Thomas Hunter – (Father of Eleni Year 3 and Henry Year 1)

Victorian Primary Schools State Hockey Championship On Thursday 11 students from Years 5 & 6 will be representing Wembley in the Victorian Primary Schools State Championship for Hockey at the Footscray Hockey Centre. The teams have been training before school under the care of their dedicated coach, Kristen Kosowski. Eight teams will be playing a series of fifteen minute matches at the following times: 10.20am, 12.00pm and 1.40pm. Wembley will be playing teams from metropolitan schools and country schools as far away as Warrnambool. Students from Year 5 will be walking to the centre to cheer on our teams throughout the day. All of our budding hockey players are congratulated for progressing to such a prestigious level in the competition and are wished well for a successful day. Parents are invited to come along and support our times throughout the day too. Football Lunch and Colours Day at Wembley On Tuesday 18 September there will be free dress day to celebrate the Grand Final. Students are able to come to school in their footy colours to support their favourite AFL team. The canteen will be holding a special Footy Lunch on this day. Parents are reminded that the date for ordering the Footy Lunch has passed and that no further orders can be accepted. The canteen will not be serving any other food on Tuesday so if you have not pre-ordered a Footy Lunch your child will need to bring their lunch from home on this day. JSC 60th Birthday Disco The disco will be held in the hall next Thursday 20 September and everyone is invited. Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students can attend between 5.00-6.00pm and the disco will be open from 6.30-7.30pm for students in Years 3-6. Every student who attends will receive a Glow Stick or Glow Bracelet. Notes have been sent home for parents to grant their permission for children to attend the disco. Every student must be signed out by an adult at the conclusion of their session. Students can bring a clearly labelled water bottle and no student will be permitted to leave the hall during the disco. Thank you to DJ Dadtastic for supplying the music and equipment. The money raised from the disco will go towards new sandpit toys, nets for the basketball rings and playground equipment for everyone to share. Wembley’s 60th Birthday Disco Evening On the 20 September, you’re all invited to Wembley’s 60th Birthday Disco! The entry fee will be $5.00 and you’ll receive a free glow stick on arrival. The Junior disco (Years Prep-2) will be from 5.00-6.00pm. Last Day of School for the Term Friday 21 September is the last day of Term 3. An assembly will be held 1.00pm and the students will be dismissed at 1.30pm. The Out of School Hour Care Program will be operating from 1.30pm on this day. Canteen Closed The canteen will be closed on Friday 21 September for recess snacks and lunches. Start of Term 4 Term 2 will commence on Monday 8 October with an assembly at 9.00am.

Chess Club is Back! Chess Club is back at Wembley for all of those budding chess players. For this term only Chess Club will run at lunchtime (12.30-1.35) in the conference room. For Term 4 we are hoping that Chess Club will resume on Tuesday afternoons (3.30-4.30) as in the past. Our new tutor’s name is Scott. Enrolment forms are available from the office or can be found in the newsletter. Drama Club This Friday will be the final session for Drama Club for the term due to the early dismissal next week for the end of term. Please see the information regarding Drama Club in today’s newsletter. Maribyrnong Young Writers Competition Entries open 17 September – 12 October The Maribyrnong Library Service in partnership with the Rotary Club of Yarraville will be again holding the Maribyrnong Young Writers competition in 2018 for budding short story writers from Prep to Grade 6 (Maribyrnong Library Service members or students who live or go to school in Maribyrnong). The competition has three categories with cash prizes and book vouchers for winners and highly commended stories. Category 1 – Prep to Grade 1 (Maximum 500 words) Prize $60 cash and a book voucher Category 2 – Grades 2 – 3 (Maximum 500 words) Prize $80 cash and a book voucher Category 3 – Grades 4 – 6 (Maximum 750 words) Prize $100 cash and a book voucher Highly commended – in addition to category winners, some entries may be selected for additional book voucher prizes. For more information and entry form contact one of the Maribyrnong Branch Libraries. Donations for Wembley PS’s 60th Celebration 2018 Dear Parents/Carers, We are seeking assistance from parents/families to donate items for games and activities that will operate at Wembley PS’s 60th Celebration on Friday 26th October. Items needed include:

• chocolate bars for carnival games (mini or full size and please, no nuts) • odds and ends to fill jars for the Lucky Jar stall, e.g. stickers, rubbers, lollies,

hair accessories, matchbox cars, etc. (Kmart has very cheap items perfect for this)

Each classroom will be given a box in which students can leave donations beginning this week. Thank you for your support, WPS Whole School Events Committee

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How do you want your oceans to look like in 60 years?This art installation was made with finger painted sea creatures and plastics of the year's 1s and 2s at Wembley Primary school as part of their artist inclusion program by Serene Lau. They were task to make a vision of the ocean they want 60 years in the future with a twist...it had to have plastics in it too.

Each student made a sea creature and an item of plastic they have used that day. The plastic they used represented the plastics that already exist in the ocean. They also chose the amount of copies of their plastics they want in their future oceans knowing that they can't do the same with their sea creatures.

These designs are available for purchase on the artist redbubble store where 20% of the profits will be donated to a local ocean cleanup organisation in Melbourne, Australia.

Head here to check it out : bit.ly/Wembleyocean

Prep A Eliott H For his impressive and amazing effort in writing. Keep challenging

yourself to write detailed and interesting sentences! Congratulations Eliott!

Prep B Arda B For his persistence and effort to learn his letter sounds and achieve his learning goals. Keep up the amazing work Arda!

Prep C Zoe M For her amazing efforts and focus in maths during combining and separating activities, checking her counting and producing neat work. Well done Zoe!

Prep D Bailey P For linking your take home book to your Fascinating Fact. Your presentation on glow worms was well researched, prepared and presented. It is wonderful to see you take your learning to new levels with the amazing support of your parents. What a wonderful effort Bailey!

1A Spencer B For being a helpful and supportive classmate. Well done Spencer.

1B Charlotte P For showing her best effort and concentration to complete a well structured entire narrative. Keep it up Charlotte!

1C Hudson V For planning, drafting, editing and publishing an entertaining narrative! Great work, Hudson!

1D Elka L For showing fantastic understanding of solving subtraction worded problems using an appropriate strategy. Keep up the excellent work, Elka!

1E Stella K For the positive and enthusiastic way that you approach every task, and for showing persistence towards your goals. Thank you for always trying your best, Stella!

2A Christopher S For his great effort, results and growth in our multiplication unit. Keep up the good work, Christopher!

2B 2C 2D Ashley W For implementing craft such as similes and metaphors to write

beautiful poetry. Keep up all the great effort Ashley. 3A 3B Ashay V For his positive approach to learning since arriving at Wembley

Primary School. Ashay is showing great determination to improve his reading fluency, and is a keen contributor during class discussion. Well done!

3C Max M For being a great role model for students when demonstrating quiet,

focused independent reading. Well done Max! 3D Joe E For showing fantastically neat handwriting and presentation when

creating your Money poster. Well done and keep up that beautiful handwriting!

3E Dion L For the amazing effort you apply in all set tasks and for continually contributing in classroom discussions. Well done, Dion! Keep up the great work.

4A Carly C For showing amazing growth in your cooperation and leadership skills. Your increased communication with parents, teachers and friends has helped our class immensely Carly! Keep up the great work.

4B 4C

Zoe K

For fantastic, consistent preparation for Book Club meetings and for being an invaluable and enthusiastic contributor during these meetings. Keep up the wonderful work Zoe!

4D 5A Harvey R For the amazing cooperation and persistence skills he displayed

during Concept when making products with his fellow house members. Super effort, Harvey!

5B Tom A For the dedication he shows towards his learning. Accepting challenges and rising to the occasion. Keep up the outstanding work Tom!

5C John S For his consistent determination and focus on his learning, especially while taking on feedback and cooperating with peers in groups (e.g. during Sentence Structure Intervention and with his House for our Concept Market Stalls)

5/6A Xavier S For his thoughtful responses during our Author Study work and his detailed comments about aspects of an author’s craft - very well done!

6A Taylah M For the amazing insights she shares with our class during author studies and her effort innovating a Gary Crew story. I really appreciate your positive attitude, Taylah.

6B Aidan T For writing a fantastic innovation on a text related to the Gary Crew book, First Light. Great Job!

6C Eden H For his awesome effort, drive and persistence to achieving his learning goals. Your work ethic is amazing and I hope to see it continue!

6D Jensen P For his exceptional effort, focus and determination toward his classwork. You have made significant contributions to your film and concept groups and you should be very proud! Well done, Jensen!

Hi everyone,

Term 3 drama is coming to an end. We’ve been

helpful elves, pixies with a new Queen and finished

up with a drama about a restaurant who has a

visit from a no-nonsense Health Inspector.

On our last day of drama (Friday 14th September)

I will be running an additional catch up class

particularly for any students who missed a session

during the term. The class will be held in the music

room at lunchtime and children are welcome to

bring along a friend.

I am now organising term 4 drama and will shortly

be sending out invoices via billcue. Please let me

know if your child no longer wishes to continue

with drama.

Term 4 will be a 7 week term running from Friday

12th October to Friday 30th November. There will

be no classes Friday 23rd November due to 3/4

incursion. We are also finishing early as there

tend to be a lot of disruptions to the school

program in December.

You are welcome to pay invoices online or in

person before/after class by cash or card. The

term 4 fee is $98. (sibling discount, 2nd child pays

$84). All fees are due by our first class of term

Friday 12th October.

Enjoy your Spring break everyone,

Suzanne & Jacinta

Term 4 Drama Wembley

fee: Cost for Term 3: $98

(sibling discount - 2nd child pays $84)

Due Friday 12th October

Earlybird

discount:

There is a 10% earlybird discount ($88) for payments made by the end

of this school term, Friday 21st September.

Timetable: Fridays in the music room

Group 1: 2.25-3.15Group 2 : 3.15-4.15Parents Participate:

On Friday 26th October, parents are invited to come along and join in

the drama with their kids.

Chess Ideas Child Safe Organisation In accordance with the Child Safety and Wellbeing act of Victoria.

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schools in Melbourne and Ballarat.

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CHESS REGISTRATION TERM 4, 2018 (Wembley Primary School)

NAME OF CHILD: ___________________________________________________GRADE:_________

CONTACT PARENT/GUARDIAN:____________________________ Ph. #: ________________ SIGNATURE OF PARENT/GUARDIAN: _______________________________________________________ Credit Card Details: (Visa and Mastercard only) NAME ON CARD: ________________________________________________ CARD TYPE: _____________ CARD NUMBER: ________________________________________________ EXPIRY DATE: __________ EMAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________________ Please enclose $126.00 and send to:-‘Chess Ideas (Australia) Pty. Ltd.’ PO Box 3158, Ripponlea Vic 3185, or phone 9532 - 8370 or fax 9532 - 8360 with credit card details between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

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Dates: 9/10 – 11/12 (no 6/11): 9 sessions Time: Tuesdays Afterschool 3.30 – 4.30 Cost: $14.00 per lesson $126.00 PLEASE NOTE: If chess lessons coincide with swimming or school camp, please deduct the cost of these lessons from the total amount. Otherwise, students will not receive a refund for classes missed but students commencing after the first week do not pay for the earlier lessons. Cheques should be made payable to “Chess Ideas (Australia) Pty. Ltd.” or we accept payment by MasterCard, and Visa either by phone, 9532-8370, fax, 9532-8360, email admin@chessideas.com.au or post. (Please complete the form below and return with payment). ALL PAYMENTS CAN NOW BE DONE ONLINE AT: www.chessideas.com.au If your child has a medical condition we should know about please ring our office with details. Go to www.chessideas.com.au for our home page, to see

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Wembley Primary School Chess Club Term 4, 2018

Classes Start 9th October After school Tuesday 3.30 – 4.30

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PLAYING UP Location: The SUBSTATION, 1 Market Street, Newport VIC 3015 Dates: Wednesday 26 – Friday 28 September Time: Drop in anytime between 11am–5pm Free https://thesubstation.org.au/whats-on/playing-up/ Playing Up is completely free and families are welcome to drop in at any time between 11am–5pm. Our assistants at The SUBSTATION will explain how to play the games and give visitors all the props and materials they need.

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