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Principal’s Report Ryde Road Pymble 2073 Telephone: 9498 4644 Fax: 9498 4436 Email: gordonwest-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.gordonwest-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friday 30 August

Glen St Theatre Yr1-2

Monday 2 September

CB1&2 Arts Alive Concert

Tues 3 September

ICAS Digital Technologies Exam

K2020 Parent Info Evening

Thurs 5 September

ICAS Science

Friday 6 September

Sports Photos

Monday 9 September

P&C Meeting

Tues 10th September

Ryde Spec Rehearsal

Thurs 12 September

Showcase

Dates to Remember

Gordon West Public School will host a combined Band Concert featuring Concert Band 1, Concert Band 2 and the Arts Alive Band on Monday evening next in the school hall. The Arts Alive Band is a combined Primary and Secondary band in which students have been selected from public primary and secondary schools in our area. The concert provides a wonderful opportunity for our students to perform with this prestigious band. All families of Concert Band 1 and Concert Band 2 are invited to attend.

Our condolences are extended to the family of Mrs Jeanette Wright who coached our Girls netball teams from 1969 until the end of the 1990’s. Mrs Wright’s son Robert also coached our netball teams. Mrs Dudley and Ms Lawson represented the school at the recent funeral of Mrs Wright. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

Parents and prospective parents of Gordon West are invited to the Kindergarten Information Evening to be held in the school library next Tuesday evening, 3 September, commencing at 7pm. The night is designed to inform families of

incoming Kindergarten children of important dates in the Kindergarten school calendar, the Kindergarten Transition Program, an overview of the Kindergarten curriculum and suggestions on how best to prepare your child for Kindergarten at Gordon West Public School. Guest speakers will provide information on the school and our parent organisations. Light refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the presentation. Please ensure your child is enrolled in Kindergarten for 2020 so that you will receive an information package on the night.

Gordon West Public School recently hosted a meeting of the Gordon and North Sydney Networks of Primary School Principals. Approximately 40 schools were represented at this most informative meeting. Meetings such as these are invaluable for Principals to be updated on the many excellent systemic changes that are occurring in our Government schools. Unfortunately the media tends to focus on the more negative or sensational aspects of Public Education at the expense of the wonderful things that are happening in Public Education.

The Gordon West Uniform Committee is in the process of preparing visual displays for the parents of Gordon West of the three girl’s winter/summer options on which the school community will be asked to vote later in the term. Parents will recall that legislative changes have been implemented to ensure that girls have the option of wearing shorts in summer and pants in winter should they and their parents so desire. A big thank you to the Uniform Committee on the enormous amount of work involved in this very sensitive task in reference to decisions relating to school uniform choices.

External Validation Under the leadership of Mr Sparke and his Executive team Gordon West Public School is preparing for the process of External Validation. Once during a five-year cycle, schools in NSW undergo this process. An independent panel comprising of a Principal, School Leadership (PSL) and a peer Principal considers the school’s evidence of progress using the standards articulated in the School Excellence Framework (SEF).

External validation provides an opportunity for schools to discuss their judgements about the school’s practice, and the evidence that underpins them, with a panel of peers.

The aim of the External Validation is to investigate if the Elements of the School Excellence Framework are embedded in our school practices and our School Plan including our School Strategic Directions encompassing the domains of Learning, Teaching and Leading are being successfully delivered by examining the body of evidence. The comprehensive EV report provides an analysis and evaluates our current practice at Gordon West Primary School against each of the domains and elements of the School Excellence Framework. The Gordon West PS Validation team has worked collaboratively to collect and analyse each piece of evidence against the School Excellence Framework and our School Plan 2018-2020. The Gordon West External Validation team will present

an overview of the Validation process and panel findings

at a meeting of the Gordon West Parents and Citizens

Association meeting during Term 4.

J Huckerby Principal

Kindergarten 2020 Enrolment

Enrolments for 2020 are now being accepted. If you have a younger child due to start school in 2020 please complete an enrolment form (available from school office or website). All forms can then be lodged with the required identity documents at the school office. Invitations have been sent via email for our Parent Information evening for all student who have enrolled for K2020.

STUDENTS NOT RETURNING 2020

Could all students (except Year 6) who are not returning to Gordon West in 2020 please complete this form and return it to the school office so that we can start looking at our enrolment numbers for 2020.

Student Name:…………………………………………… Class:……………………..

Destination School:……………………………………………………………..

Signed:……………………………………………………. Date:…………………….. (Parent or Guardian)

The Tell Them From Me: Parent Survey (Term 3, 2019)

This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops

or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and

is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 26

August and 25 October. Although participating in the survey is entirely

voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

To access the survey for our school go to:http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/gwps12

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

The survey is available in 23 languages.

‘BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONS’ At Gordon West Public School we are celebrating Book Week in Week 10. On Wednesday 25 September come dressed as your favourite book character that demonstrates one of our ‘5 Keys to Success and Happiness’, these are: Getting along Persistence Organisation Confidence Resilience Love your Library Mrs Whiteman

Vale Jeanette Wright 6 March 1931– 16 August 2019 Jeanette Wright was a valued member of the Gordon West school community for many years supporting and encouraging staff and students in the development of our netball program. She began working with our school in1969 and continued to coach and assist with the school netball teams and the coordination of the PSSA competition for many years. Her contribution to our school has left a lasting legacy. Our thoughts are with Jeanette’s family.

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Soccer Results

16/8/19 Div 1 vs Killara Senior A won 7-1 Junior A1 drew 2-2 Junior A2 won 4-0

Div 2 vs Chatswood Senior B lost 2-3 Junior B1 won 2-0 Junior B2 won 3-0

Girls Jnrs - social games Girls Snrs won 12-0

Netball Results

16/8/19 Jnr 1 vs St Ives Nth lost 0-14 Jnr 2 vs St Ives won 6-2 Jnr 3 vs Killara lost 2-6 Snr 1 vs Friendly Snr 2 vs B’mont Rd won 20-3 Snr 3 vs Friendly Snr 4 vs Chatswood won 6-1

STUDENT NEWS

Soccer Results

23/8/19 Div 1 vs Chatswood Senior A lost 0-3 Junior A1 won 2-0 Junior A2 won 3-0

Div 2 vs Forfeit due to Yr 4 Camp Girls Jnrs - social games Girls Snrs vs social games Snr Girls are Runners Up for 2019

Netball Results

23/8/19 Jnr 1 vs BYE Jnr 2 vs Killara lost 4-5 Jnr 3 vs Beaumont Rd won 2-0 Snr 1 vs L’Field East won 24-6 Snr 2 vs Gordon Esat lost 8-12 Snr 3 vs Lindfield lost 7-12 Snr 4 vs Pymble won on forfeit

Holiday Tennis Programs Two holiday tennis programs will be conducted at Gordon West Public School in the Sept/Oct School holidays catering for beginners to advanced. Tennis Clinic 1: September 30th– October 2nd (Mon-Wed) 9:30am to 12:00pm $80 9:30am to 2:30pm $140 Tennis Clinic 2: October 8th– October 10th (Tues-Thurs) 9:30am to 12:00pm $80 9:30am to 2:30pm $140

Enquiries and enrolments to Scott 0414 554 612

KD Sophie C, Benjamin C, Lucas Y KP Mo Z, Oliver W, Elaine L KT Zoe N, Tara B, Oscar W KX Aadi V, Brady C, Arsam S 1E Anna X, Gabriella D, Ryan B 1F Max H, Ian K, Brianna N 1G Rupert A, Eliana Z, Toby J 1T Joanna H, Acton C, Chloe D 2E George S, Kimberly Y, Samantha F 2G Esther F, Mae Lynn G, Charles P 2H Anoushka J, Sophie W, Chester W 2T Jamie L, Ethan H, Chloe L 3A Stefan S, Abigail J, Jasmine Z 3G Shan L, Selena Q, Nirvaan J 3H Ryan Z, Noah S, Marcus T 4H Maya M, Jasmine C, Talin S 4W Owen B, Baxter M, David B 4/5C Lillian O, Zoe S, Aditya K 5D Sam M, Nicole M, Sabina M 5T Matthew Z, Vanessa W, Penelope D 5/6W Joseph W, Amelie Z, David L 6S Angelina W, Simon K, Pauline P

14/08/19

KD Leena C, Yukiya N , Nathan Y KP Mo Z, Grace M, Joshua W KT Stephanie Z, Matthew H, Marco T KX Ashley Y, Miles TR, Kuno E 1E Sophie A, Maya W, Jayden S 1F Hugo W, Amelia B, Ema N 1G Bento G, Oscar H, Edward L 1T Harmony K, Andrew H, Madison G 2E Emilie Z, Justyn L, Claudia H 2G Eva C, Romina B, Max Z 2H Charlie F, Jade N, Amelia R 2T Matilda S, Shane W, Abi B 3A Freddie G, Jessica C, Sam C 3G Talahasee V, Will M, Zara F 3H Poppy B, James H, Isabella C 4H Frances S, Natasha M, Geena H 4W Christopher G, Naveen A, Hercules C 4/5C Charles H, Alex B, Zara D 5D Nathan C, Cailin N, Marcus H 5T Teo H, Pratham M, Woosung L 5/6W Ella H, Ava L, Georgia B 6S Hugh T, Tegan M, Isaac A 6Y Billy R, Susie C, Naomi B

28/08/19

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

Poppy B 3H Cian C 3A

Maya M 4H Tyson N 5D Leena C KD Chang P 2G Oscar D KD

Matthew X KP Madison G 1T

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the challenge:

Ariana W 1E Matthew L 2T

Millie Z 2E Fletcher G 3H

Georgia B 5/6W Rachel C 6S Lucy H 6Y

Hannah D 3G Lachlan D 5D

Premier’s Reading Challenge closes on Friday 30 August

SUMMER SOCCER

Primary Soccer is a not for profit club offering summer 5-a-side competitions for primary school aged children.

The local competition are run after school, Tuesdays at St Ives, Wednesdays at Turramurra or Thursdays at West Pymble

Cost is $150 or $50 with Active Kids Voucher for the 15 weeks of games (breaking for school holidays).

All games have a qualified referee.

To sign up or find out more go to WWW.PrimarySoccer.com.au