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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Term 1 has flown by and what a great term with plenty of activities; Stage 1 excursion to Calmsley Farm, gymnastic lessons, SRC Introduction and Harmony Day celebration. Congratulations to our hardworking staff, they have done a fantastic job!

Our inaugural Gold Badge Assembly was held last week and it was great to see 36 students receive badges with the Director of Schools, Jan Green attending the assembly.

Next term Ms Synnott (3/6S teacher) is leaving us as she has been promoted to work at District Office as a Learning Wellbeing Officer for Term 2. Ms Synnott will be replaced by Miss Keleigh O’Shea. We all wish Ms Synnott the best and look forward to Miss O’Shea joining the Villawood East community. Also a second support class commences next term with a permanent teacher to be appointed.

Thank you for all your support this term. Students return Wednesday 27th April with an ANZAC Day assembly being held in the hall at 2:30pm. We hope you will come and join us at such an important ceremony.

I wish you all a safe and relaxing holiday and when we return in Term 2 we will all be ready for another exciting term of learning.

Ms K MarshallPrincipal

DIARY DATES

TERM 1

TFriday, 8th AprilLast day of Term

TERM 2

Tuesday, 26th AprilStaff Return

Wednesday, 27th April• Students return• 2:30pm ANZAC

Ceremony• Primary Gymnastics

Thursday, 29th April10:30am Card Making workshop

Wednesday, 4th MayPrimary Gynmastics

Thursday, 5th May• P&C Mothers Day Stall

Monday, 9th MayP&C Meeting

Tuesday, 10th MayNAPLAN

Wednesday, 11th May• Kindergarten Calmsley

Hill City Farm excursion• NAPLAN

Thursday 12th MayNAPLAN

Wednesday, 25th MayPrimary Gymnastics

Thursday, 26th MayYear 5 CARES excursion

Friday, 27th MaySchool Cross Country

MARCH 2016

VEPS HIGH FLYERS

A big congratulations to Tremaine Tunupopo for being selected in the Bankstown District Rugby League team to play in the Sydney South West Regional Carnival.

Also well done to Travis Hughes, Mitchell Taotua, Maxwell Taotua and Noah Cherkaoui who have been chosen to represent the Bankstown area in Boys Touch Football.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

ANZAC Day Ceremony

Villawood East is holding an ANZAC Day Assembly on Wednesday 27th April at 2.30pm (fi rst day back of Term 2).

Mr Ron Duckworth, a representative from Bass Hill RSL has been invited to give a commemorative address about the importance and the reason why we celebrate ANZAC Day.

We invite all parents and families to join us in commemorating the men and women who have fallen in the service of our country.

P & C Committee

Th e P&C Committe April meeting will be held on Monday, 9th April at 9:30am (venue to be confi rmed).

Th is is a great way to fi nd out what is happening and to support the school. It is also a wonderful way to meet new people.

STAGE 2 Taronga Zoo Overnight Excursion

Stage 2 will be attending an overnight excursion at Taronga Zoo - ‘ZooSnooz” at Mosman on Wednesday, 1st June and Th ursday, 2nd June 2016 in Term 2 - Week 6.

Th e cost of this excursion is $75.00 which includes food, accommodation, activities and bus hire. If you wish your child to attend please complete the permission slip and return it to the class teacher with a $25.00 deposit by Friday, 29th April 2016 (Week 1, Term 2).

COMMUNITY NEWS

VEPS MKR Is Coming!!!!

Calling all Villawood East’s budding cooks! In Term 2, we will be commencing our own version of ‘My Kitchen Rules’. We would love any parent, carer or community member interested in providing a favourite recipe and maybe volunteer to demonstrate how to cook it, to complete and return the note that will be distributed this week. Come and join in the fun of sharing amazing food and I bet a lot of laughs.

Nicole BryantCommunity Liaison Offi cer

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EASTER HAT PARADE

On Thursday 24th March, Villawood East celebrated Easter by holding a hat parade. Our creative students made and decorated hats either in class or at home. It was great to see so many parents attend the parade and enjoy the wonderful show of colourful hats.

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HARMONY DAY

Villawood East celebrated Harmony Day on Monday, 21st March. Students were encouraged to dress in their cultural dress or the colour orange to spread the message of inclusiveness, respect and that ‘everyone belongs’.

The school community were invited to share a picnic lunch with students and then socialise at an afternoon tea where each person supplied a plate of food of their cultural background. We had a wonderful turn up of parents and carers who provided an interesting selection of cakes, biscuits for their background.

March 2016

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STAGE 2 EXCURSION TO CASULA POWERHOUSE MUSEUM1/2G work samples

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KC have been practising how to write their name.

We are getting very good at it do

n’t you think?

SHOWCASING KC

Students in KC have been learning about ‘pets’. They

had fun making a pet dog called ‘Wishbone’ with

Ms Myler.

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DEBATING

On 22nd March, Adriana Panagis, Maryam Fahmi, Michele Le and Aya Ali travelled with Miss Olieric to St Johns Park Public School for the 2016 Premier’s Debating Day. The students learnt all about debating and participated in a mini debate against other schools in South Western Sydney. Well done girls!

LOST PROPERTY

The office has a large pile of lost property. If your child/children has lost any clothing please see the office to search through our collection. If there is no name on the clothing you are welcome to take something.

TWITTER/SKOOLBAG APP

We love to keep you informed about all the good things happening at school through the newsletter and it has been great to see so many of you using the Skoolbag App.

If you have a smart phone, ipad or computer, you can join Twitter, follow us at @VillawoodEastPS and read our tweets, sharing pictures of events and student work.

Our tweets are set to private, so you have to request to be a follower, to see what is happening at school. All followers will have to be approved before they are added to the account.

VILLAWOOD EAST PUBLIC SCHOOLLowana Street, VILLAWOOD NSW 2163Phone: 02 9724 3339 Fax: 02 9727 9271Email: villawoode-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auTwitter: @VillawoodEastPS

VILLAWOOD EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL 2016 COMMUNITY CALENDAR TERM 2

Term 2 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

Week1

25/04

Public Holiday

ANZAC Day

26/04

Staff Development

Day

27/04

Students return

to school

2:30pm ANZAC

Day Ceremony

Primary

Gymnastics

28/04

10:30am Card

Making workshop

29/04 30/01

2

02/05 03/05

04/05

Primary Gymnastics

05/05

P&C Mother’s

Day Stall

06/05 07/08

3 09/05 10/05

NAPLAN

11/05

NAPLAN

Kindergarten

excursion -

Calmsley Hill

City Farm

12/05

NAPLAN

13/05

School Cross

Country

14/15

4

16/05

17/05

18/05

Primary Gymnastics

19/05 20/05

21/22

5

23/05

24/05

25/05

Primary Gymnastics

26/05

CARES Year 5

27/05

District Cross

Country

28/29

6 30/05 31/05 01/06

Stage 2 Taronga Zoo

excursion

02/06 03/06

04/05

7

06/06

07/06

08/06

Netball Gala Day

WSW FC Soccer

Gala

09/06

Year 6 Kokoda

10/06 11/12

8

13/06

Public Holiday

Queen’s Birthday

14/06

15/06

16/06

17/06 18/19

9 20/06 21/06 22/06

23/06 24/06

9:30am Indigenous

Performer Troy

Allen (in the hall)

25/26

10 27/06 28/06 29/06 30/06 01/07

Last day of Term 2

Students return to school on TUESDAY, 19TH JULY 2016