chatters - Lane Cove West Public School

Lane Cove West Public School
Avalon Avenue
Lane Cove, NSW 2066
Phone: 9427 4743 Fax: 9418 6865
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.lanecovew-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
CHATTERS
Thursday 11th June 2015
Responsibility
Dates to Remember
June – Term 2
11
K-2 Mariners visit (1)
Regional Cross Country
Production – Evening 7pm
12
Observatory/Powerhouse Museum 3M/4L
15
School Photo Day class,family,individual whole school
16
3-6 ICAS Writing/Spelling
Farewell Assembly for Mrs Neal-2pm
17
PSSA State Cross Country
18
K-2 Mariners visit (2)
Observatory/Powerhouse Museum 3B/3H
19
Dance Performance Glen St Theatre
Observatory/Powerhouse Museum 4C/4D
22
Photo Day for groups
23-25 Year 4 Camp to Milson Island
26
Dance Matinee Glen St
Mrs Neal’s Farewell clap out
LAST DAY TERM 2
July – Term 3
14
Students return to school
This week’s value is RESPONSIBILITY
The K-2 expectation is: Play on the
equipment only at recess and lunch.
The 3-6 expectation is: Without a hat,
play under the Kindy COLA or on the
library verandah
Term 2 Week 8
Respect
Endeavour
Principal’s Report
“WISH YOU WERE HERE” – Final
Performance Tonight
The final performance of our wonderful production
“Wish You Were Here” will be on tonight.
Wednesday’s matinee and evening performances
were a huge success and sell outs. We wish the cast
and crew good luck for the finale.
COLD AND FLU SEASON
There is a lot of sickness around at present. Please
keep your children at home if they are unwell. Germs
spread rapidly in a school and we have had many sick
students and teachers. It is better to spend a few days
at home rather than spread the germs to others.
FLASHING LIGHTS
The new 40km School Zone signs with flashing lights
are now working on Cullen Street. It is an important
reminder to motorists to adhere to the slower travel
speed and that many children are crossing in the area.
BIGGEST MORNING TEA
What a great effort! Thanks so much to the Biggest
Morning Tea organising committee Lyn Wynne, Susan
Watt and Judy Cowell assisted by school parents, Deb
Hill and Mandy Brown. Congratulations, also, to Mr
Rastall who organised our SRC team and contributed
to such a wonderful event. We have raised over $4000
for Cancer Research. Congratulations everyone!
Kindy students with Adam Kwasnik
Thank You – Voices for Reconciliation
We received a thank you from Kate Armstrong of
Lane Cove Council for our school’s performance in this
year’s Children’s Voices for Reconciliation event held
last week. Once again, thank you to Susan Watt and
also to our wonderful primary proms choir for not
only performing so brilliantly, but for representing the
school so well. The choir has been invited to sing in
the event next year, it being the 20th anniversary of
this important event.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
The whole school photo, staff, all classes, individual
and sibling photos will all be taken next Monday 15th
June. Please wear full winter school uniform, with
shiny black shoes.
The following Monday 22nd June the photographers
will be here again to take Year 6 committee photos,
Prefects, School Captains, Production Chorus, Arts
Alive Choir, Opera House Choir, Library Monitors and
the SRC. Please dress appropriately and wear your
badge of office.
MARINERS VISIT
The Central Coast Mariners new Primary Schools
development program, known as “Mariners Active”,
visited our school today. Some of our K-2 students
were fortunate enough to meet and play with
Mariners player Adam Kwasnik who is running this
active program. Thanks to Kirsty Baker for organising
this visit.
REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY
Ben W from 4L came 4th, Tom N from 4D came 5th
and Will G from 6C came 4th. These boys will now
go on to represent Northern Sydney and our school
in the State Carnival. At the time of publishing we
do not know all of the results. Watch this space!
Parents and ex-students are most welcome to attend
this assembly. We will be presenting Mrs Neal with a
special gift from the students and parents and also
from the P&C. Please send your donation to the
school office. We hope to see you there.
DANCE FESTIVAL GLEN ST THEATRE
On Wednesday 17th June our dance group will be
rehearsing and then performing at the Glen St Theatre
at Belrose at 5pm. They will also perform on Friday
19th June at 7pm and again on Friday 26th June at
11:30am. Thanks must go to Lindsay Lamb and Kate
Limbrick for all their hard work training the dance
group. Mrs Neal and I are looking forward to enjoying
the Friday evening performance.
Judy Doherty
FAREWELL ASSEMBLY FOR MRS NEAL
At 2pm next Tuesday 16th June, we will be holding a
special assembly to say “Thank You and Farewell” to
Mrs Bronwyn Neal, our much loved Deputy Principal,
who retires at the end of this term.
SCHOOL NEWS
ASSEMBLY TIMETABLE
3-6 Assembly: Monday, 15 June – NO CLASS ASSEMBLY – MICROBAT ASSEMBLY
K-2 Assembly: Tuesday, 16 June – NO CLASS ASSEMBLY – MRS NEAL’s FAREWELL ASSEMBLY (2pm)
SRC NEWS – Biggest Morning Tea
The rain didn’t dampen Lane Cove West’s Biggest Morning Tea on Wednesday. Over 100 members of our community
gathered in 3M and 4D and enjoyed an outstanding spread of gourmet foods provided by Lane Cove West’s staff,
parents, our SRC members, One Seed Patisseries and Sweet Temptation Patisserie. The ladies at Thermomix were
also on hand with fresh lemonade, hot chocolate and fudge.
There were lucky door prizes and a short speech by Matthew and Jasmine from the SRC. Our Year 6 SRC members
drew out the guessing competition results. The day continued with children participating in their own events and
taking home a morning tea inspired artwork.
The day raised an outstanding total of $4650. This is a phenomenal achievement for one school. Thank you to
everyone who contributed and went above and beyond in the success of the day.
Thank you also to the Biggest Morning Committee: Lyn Wynne, Susan Watt and Judy Cowell assisted by school
parents, Deb Hill and Mandy Brown.
Jared Rastall
SRC Co-ordinator
GARDENING / ENVIRONMENT NEWS
We are thrilled with the news that our school has been successful in an application for a
Sustainability Grant from Lane Cove Council. The funds will be used to purchase 2 CLO'ey
electrically operated composters to be installed in the staff kitchen and the canteen.
submitted.
The major benefit of CLO'ey composters is their ability to turn food into waste within 24
hours and the ability to process most food waste including cooked and raw meats. With the
CLO'ey composters we hope to further reduce our impact on the environment.
Approximately 60% of landfill in Australia is made up of food waste. With the addition of
the CLO'ey composters we hope to reduce our impact on the environment even further.
Thank you to Belinda Butcher, Ben and Emily’s mum who arranged for the application to be
 Park safely and legally, and then walk to school to drop off
and pick up your child. Remember, it’s good to chat to other
parents but children quickly become bored so hold on to
little hands to keep them safe.
 Wet days mean more traffic and less visibility. Extra care
and patience is needed. Use your lights so your vehicle can
be seen, bring an umbrella and be prepared to walk a bit
further than usual to collect your child. It is better to catch a
cold than to collect a car!
The SRC would like to thank its Sponsors for the Biggest Morning Tea
Grasslands Butcher &
Deli (Formerly Agora)
BUILDING HEALTHY HABITS
THE PARENTS JURY
The Parents Jury is a web-based network of parents who are trying to improve the food
and physical activity environments for children in Australia. The Parents Jury is
currently advocating for junk food free advertising during children’s TV programs and
confectionery free supermarket checkouts. Members receive regular emails with links
to current articles and are encouraged to add their opinions on issues that can effect
families nutrition and activity levels. To find out more go to www.parentsjury.org.au
P& C NEWS
UNIFORM SHOP
A limited number of new winter hair accessories are now available at the Uniform Shop.
Uniform Shop Opening Hours :
Tuesday
Thursday
Enquiries :
3.00pm – 4.00pm
9.00am – 10.00am
Liz Darton
[email protected]
BAND
Parents on Band Duty Mon 15 June - Wed 17 June
Senior Band
Pip Byrne & John/Sarah Walls
Concert Band
O’Meally Family
Junior Band
Susan Matthews & Gretel Davidson
If you are unable to make your listed duty can you please go through the list of rostered parents and find a
replacement.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Sunday August 23
NSW School Band Festival - All Bands Competing
TRUMPET FOR SALE
If anyone is looking to purchase a 2nd hand trumpet please contact us, It Is only 2.5 years old, it has a nice carry case,
backpack, a stand, some books and a metronome.
Band Convenor:
Junior, Senior, Jazz Bands Email:
Concert Band Email:
Merran Elliot
[email protected]
[email protected]
BANKING
It was great to see so many students banking last week. Over 70 children made deposits!
Congratulations to the following students for their consistent banking who were able to redeem their
10 tokens for a reward last week :
Cleo H
Itsuki U
Robbie A
Ruby B
David W
Leo W
Rohan S
Shir F
ALL REWARDS CAN NOW BE COLLECTED THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER THE ORDER IS PLACED FROM THE TELLERS
AT SCHOOL BANKING.
Don’t forget by participating in the school banking program, children have the opportunity to win a family trip to
Disneyland. Students who make 25 or more School Banking deposits during 2015 will automatically enter the draw
to win a trip to California’s Disneyland where they can enjoy Space Mountain and everything the park has to offer.
The prize includes return airfares, five nights’ accommodation, transfers and 3 days park entry for up to two adults
and two kids, as well as AUD$2000 spending money.
School Banking Co-ordinator: Samantha Cairns Phone 0412 050 676 or email [email protected]
CAKE STALL
To raise funds for Nepalese Family Shelters
At BLACKMAN PARK
SAT 13 JUNE
9AM-12NOON
In aid of the thousands of families left without shelter this monsoon, we are holding a cake stall to
raise funds to buy corrugated iron family packs. These packs will help families build temporary
shelters now and then enable them to reuse the material to build permanent structures in the
future.
100% of the funds will be directly transferred to a contact in Nepal who is buying the material and
arranging the assembly and distribution.
So bring your change on Saturday and buy and eat big to help those in need!!
See you there Clare (4C) and Josh (2M)
WINTER HOLIDAY CAMPS
THE BEST HOLIDAYS HAPPEN AT CAMP
New friendships
Great value
Fun
Safe
Our popular Winter Kids’ and Family Holiday
Camps are filling fast. Find out what’s on
including our popular ski / snowboard
camps at Jindabyne.
Led by qualified instructors, you can rest
easy knowing your kids are in safe hands.
Our Kids’ Camps are suitable for kids aged 7
to 16 years* and range from 1 to 7 days.
Residential Kids’ Camps include:
Family Camps include:
- 24 hour supervision
- Instructor led activities
- Instructor led activities
- Meals
- Accommodation
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Lift and lesson tickets and transport to
Perisher (for Jindabyne camps only)**
- Supervised transport
*Snow Sports camps are suitable for kids
aged 10-16 years.
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** Kids as young as 6 years can participate in
group lessons as part of a Family Camp.
Term 2
Free Trials
Available
Holiday Programs
Junior Tennis & Sports Camps
Camp 1: Jun 29th-Jul 3rd / Camp 2: Jul 6-10th Camp
3: Pupil Free Day Jul 13th
Term 3, 2015 Programs
ANZ Tennis Hot Shots Coaching (ages 4-15yrs)
Ladies Clinics
Multi-sports (ages 2.5-6yrs)
Adult Clinics (Beginnner & Intermediate)
Private Lessons
Family
Booking
Discounts
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CODE RANGERS
KIDS IN CHARGE OF TECHNOLOGY
HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS:
NORTH SYDNEY DEM: JUNE 29/30
MARRICKVILLE PCYC JULY 1/2
Winter Holiday Workshops coming soon! Your children can
learn about coding in a fun, social setting
Book at www.coderangers.com.au/classes
When:Holidays week 1 (June 29 - July 2): pick a morning session, afternoon, or both
Where: North Sydney Demonstration School (June 29&30) and Marrickville PCYC (July 1&2)
Cost: $60 per 1/2 day session, $100 for a full day.
Who: Students wanting to learn about computers, coding and how to create their own games and animations.
Choose from the following sessions
Scratch game lab: Mon and
Weds 9am. Create a game
using the scratch programming language. Add levels,
lives and scoring. Ages 8+.
App development: Tues
and Thurs 9 am. An intro
to MIT’s app inventor tool.
Create your first android
app and upload it to a tablet or phone. Ages 10 - 14.
Python + Minecraft: Mon
and Weds 1pm. Learn to
program using the Python
language, then
watch your code run in the
minecraft environment build a tower, a wall, and a staircase. Ages 10
- 14.
Make a game and create
your own controller: Tue
and Thurs 1 pm. Create
your own game and music
machine in Scratch, then
play them using our special kits and controllers you design yourself.
Ages 8 - 12.
Register: www.coderangers.com.au/classes www.facebook.com/coderangersAU
Questions? Call Nicola 0419 497 317
www.twitter.com/coderangersAU
Peter Pan
Adapted by David Koumans
For 3 – 10 year olds
27 June – 11 July
Monday – Saturday 11am and 1:30pm
The Business Studies Centre Auditorium
Knox Grammar School
Child $20 Adult $25 Family of 4 $80, 15 or more $18each
BOOKINGS 1300 306 776 Booking fees apply
www.tickets4me.com.au
For more information visit www.mstyp.org.au
Monday 29 June – 3 July Friday
2015
5 - 12 year olds
5 days!
Voice & Movement,
Improvisation & Script Work
CALL 9420 4488 or
EMAIL [email protected]
Now taking enrolments for TERM 3
Drama classes!
www.mstyp.org.au