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Wembley Primary School Newsletter No. 22 – 29 July, 2015

32 St Leonards Ave, Yarraville Ph: 9314 7054 Fax: 9314 9302 Email: wembley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Upcoming dates:

Thursday 30 July Year 6 Film Night 5:30-7:00pm at the Sun Theatre Tuesday 4 August 5/6 Boys AFL Regionals Venue: Geelong Tuesday 4 August Year 2 – IMAX Excursion Wednesday 5 August Year 4 – Incursion Thursday 6 August Year 6 – Science Incursion

Out of School Hours Care Program Number: 9314 9358

Parent Opinion Survey The parent Opinion Survey 2015 was posted on Monday to a randomly generated group of parents from our school. If you received a survey your time in completing it and returning it to school would be much appreciated. The surveys are due back to school on Friday of this week. Please seal in the envelope provided and return to the Office. Wembley Primary School – 2015 Peer Review We want your valuable feedback! Information was in our school newsletter last week about our School Review and seeking parent input. We are asking for feedback from our parents/guardians to improve future school improvement at Wembley Primary School! It would be much appreciated if you could take the time to answer the 4 questions outlined in the review document on our website-please follow this link: http://wembleyps.vic.edu.au/page/182 Please return your responses either digitally to the school email address: wembley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au or via a hard copy printed and handed into the office by Friday 3 August. This provides us with valuable feedback about our school, today, and to feed into the future improvement of Wembley Primary School. We thank you in anticipation of your time, effort and valuable feedback. Vassie Vatsilas-D’Arcangelo-Assistant Principal

1:1 Laptop Program Lease Payment Dates for

2015

Monday 13 July

Monday 5 October

Payment for Term 3 is now

overdue.

From the Principals

Wembley PS Mission ‘empower all students to learn at high levels to become successful, independent, lifelong learners’

Year 6 Film Night Sun Theatre Year 6 students, parents and teachers are excited about the premier of their short films that will be held tomorrow evening, Thursday 30 July, 5.30pm -7.00pm at the Sun Theatre, Yarraville. Tickets can still be purchased from the office and there is still availability. Numbers will need to be finalised by midday tomorrow so that the theatre can be notified. Exciting news from the office We are pleased to advise that credit card facilities are now available at the office for payment of accounts. Parents are now able to make all payments e.g. laptop payments, fees etc. via credit card, in person at the office. Pre-Service Teachers at Wembley This week we welcomed back two groups of Pre-Service teachers, one from Victoria University and the other from The University of Melbourne. It is a pleasure to work with our partner universities in supporting the education and training of our future colleagues. The groups will have a block placement this week and then return to school one day per week for the remainder of the term. Mr K- Literacy Consultant extraordinaire! Mr K has been working in classes across the school this week teaching both students and teachers! Jim works with one class at each level on each visit, modelling a quality literacy lesson that teachers then take back to their class. At the end of each modelled lesson the collaborative teaching and learning team de-brief the lesson with Jim, clarify the learning intent, the student response and the lesson outcomes. During each visit Jim also works with Writing Enrichment groups at each year level. The WAG publishing group meet every Friday to prepare books that have been written by students and classes and Jim oversees this group on his regular visits. As always it is a pleasure to have Jim at Wembley and we look forward to his return in Week 7 of this term. Important Information for Year 3 Parents - 2016 1:1 Macbook Program An information session, for Year 3 parents for the 2016 1:1 Macbook Program, will be held on Wednesday 26 August; beginning with classroom walk throughs and a training session. Parents are invited to attend these sessions, which will be held in the Jim Kinniburgh Building. An expression of interest note with more information will be sent home to Year 3 parents in the coming weeks. We look forward to seeing as many parents as possible at these information sessions!

YEAR 3 PARENTS-2016 1:1 MACBOOK TRAINING AND INFORMATION SESSIONS Walkthrough in classes and Training Session

2:30-3:15-Classroom walkthroughs 3:15-4:00 Parent Training Session (students are welcome to attend)

Information Session 6:30-7:30 !

Drum and Guitar Lessons Fun and professional drum and guitar lessons are available this term from an experienced tutor. Limited spaces are available. Please pick up and return notes to the front office. Lunchtime Clubs Program The Lunchtime Clubs Program commenced this week and has been well attended over the past couple of days. A variety of activities is being offered for different age levels over the course of the week, including knitting, dance club, loom band, maths Olympiad, karaoke, homework, friendship and a variety of athletics training squads. Thank you to our staff for their willingness and enthusiasm in coordinating and creating such fun and engaging lunchtime activities. Announcements are made at the beginning of lunch eating time, so children can make their decisions about which club to attend. Lunchtime Club Activities

Day Club Year Level

Location Convener/s

Tuesday iPad Shot Put/Discus training Running training T- Club

P-1 3-6 3-6 Members

Room 2 Behind Music room McIvor JK Building

Mrs Megna Miss Cleghorn and Mrs Katz Mr Steere, Ms Taylor and Ms Lourensz Miles and Tom

Wednesday Chill out Knitting Dance Club Loom Band High jump Training Maths Olympiad

Year 2 All Year 3 All 3-6 Members

Room 13 Room 15 Room 11 Gym

Ms Lourensz, Mr Shuttleworth & Mrs Laidlaw Mrs Sinclair & Mrs Grieve Mrs Alexiou Ms Howard & Mrs Arnheim Mr Steer & Miss Johnson Mr Chigwidden

Maribyrnong Young Writers Competition Young writers of Maribyrnong, get your short story ready to enter the Maribyrnong Young Writers competition. The competition has three categories with cash prizes and book vouchers for winners and highly commended stories. Entries open 14 September – 9 October and winners will be announced in November: 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. More information to come. Wembley Online Uniform Ordering is active!! Welcome to Term 3 and the introduction of our new online uniform ordering system. Please follow the link below and familiarise yourselves with Ross Hayward Website. A link can also be found on the School Website under Parent Information – Uniform Shop. All details relating to our uniform i.e. sizing, cost, delivery and payment instructions are clearly stated for your convenience. http://rhsports.com.au/shop/product/apparel/school_wear/wembley_ps Just a reminder if you are unable to use the online system you have the option of sending your order via fax at the Office. The option of delivery to the school will be available before the end of July. Wembley Music Festival-Term 3 A note was sent out to parents this week outlining the exciting term planned in the Performing Arts/Music program. The students will be engaged in a range of varied musical performances and will also have the opportunity of performing for their parents at Friday afternoon concerts that have been scheduled for year levels. For the first performance, we will welcome visiting artists from Opera Australia, who will be presenting Hansel and Gretel for all students in Prep to Year 6. This will be held next week, on Friday 7 August in the school gym. Please check the note and put the date/s of performances in your diary. Gina Tan, Music teacher will be happy to answer any questions that parents may have regarding the program.

Excursions/Visiting performance and programs Supplementary curriculum activities-excursions and visiting programs are a vital component of your child’s education. Their purpose is to engage, motivate and stimulate student thinking and learning in a variety of ways outside the regular classroom program. In the coming week there are several excursions/incursions and performances booked for students across all year levels. Parents will be notified via notes from teaching teams what activities the students will be participating in. in advance. A request is made to all parents, who have not as yet paid the excursion contribution levy, that was set at the beginning of the year, to ensure that these fees are paid promptly thus ensuring all students are able to participate fully in these activities. Specific Learning Difficulties Presentation Wembley will be hosting a 45 minute presentation from SPELD in the Jim Kinniburgh building on Wednesday 9 September, 3.45-4.30pm. the session will outline Specific Learning Difficulties, SPELD and the work that they do and information about training and assessment services that are available through SPELD. Parents are invited to attend this session along with all of the Wembley staff. A flier outlining the program is included in today’s newsletter.

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PREP A Jessie Hay-for being a cooperative and friendly member of Prep A, especially when working in groups! Jensen Elliot-for his amazing effort and hard work all week, especially in Writing!

PREP B Rovertos Tsilimantos-for settling in Prep B routines & persisting with learning tasks at his table.

PREP C Vienna Sgalia-for her hard work on place value by making bundles of ten.

PREP D Ella Regan-for her amazing, neat handwriting, using the dotted thirds and for independently writing her ideas!

PREP E Oliver Sulja-for developing friendships in the yard!

PREP F Declan Wisely-for showing persistence when focusing on new reading goals.

1A Olivia Hockaday-for quickly settling in to 1A and being a great addition to our class.

1B Elizabeth Kokolios-for using her tens facts to add numbers quickly.

1C Alexa Zimmerling-for settling in so well at her new school.

1D Lily Monkhouse-for consistent effort in improving her handwriting. Well done!

1E Vitthal Pangasa-for his efforts in both reading, writing and spelling. Keep up the GREAT EFFORT.

2A Tex Paterson-for amazing effort to improve his handwriting.

2B Bobby Swan-for showing respect to his teachers and peers.

2C Alex Ly-for his positive attitude towards all areas of his learning. Keep it up! Maja Falcone-for taking more risks to help with her learning.

2D Chloe Tyson-for fabulous listening and contributing to class discussions.

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3A Jazmyn Ashcroft-for her persistence when solving multiplication worded problems. Zaynab Mourad-for her extremely hard work when converting forms of time.

3B Luke Bearman-for showing integrity and maturity when solving problems.

3C Campbell Regan-for his responsible and caring attitude in the class and out in the yard.

3D Daniel Pietersz-for his impressive explanation of Surface Tension. Very well done!

3/4A Lucas Chapman-for using excellent phrasing in his found poem. Great effort and great job!

4A Finnbar Hobson-for fantastic effort in working towards his learning goals. Levi Ferrie-for improved effort and progress in all areas of his learning.

4B Jennifer Evmorfias-for amazing effort and persistence when practising her understanding of the 4 operations in Maths.

4C Thomas Ngo-for consistently putting his best effort into all learning tasks. Byron Scott-Winlow-for making a good start at Wembley PS by cooperating with others.

5A Katie Ardonis-for singing “Flashlight” so incredibly beautifully for our class radio show. Seb Heffernan-for amazing homework efforts this week!

5B Gryff McConville-for consistently displaying all of the Wembley values. Well done!

5C Kaemon Salvato-for his improved effort and focus in all learning areas. Keep up the great work!!

6A Jaga Piacquadio-for applying great voice to your narrative writing.

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6C Sam O’Brien-for great effort and hard work to improving his Maths. Well done! Abdul Elmir-for great effort towards his learning. Keep it up Abdul.

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DO YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO STRUGGLES WITH READING

AND SPELLING?

Speld Victoria’s CEO, Clare Carmody, is coming to visit your school for an information session to discuss Specific Learning Difficulties with Teachers and Parents.

This 45min session includes:

x Specific Learning Difficulties (eg.dyslexia) x About Speld Victoria x How to get support for your child or student if you suspect they might have dyslexia

SPELD Victoria is a membership based, not for profit organisation and registered charity. For the last 46 years we have worked to serve the estimated 1 in 10 Victorians with Specific Learning Difficulties (like Dyslexia).

Today, our shared vision is that every Victorian child has the opportunity to reach their learning potential. We work with our members, government, schools and the community to make this vision a reality for children with SLDs.

When: Wednesday 9th of September 2015 Where: Wembley Primary School Time: 3.45-4.30pm If you would like to attend please click the link and register your details at https://wembleyspeld.eventbrite.com.au For further information about our organisation please visit www.speldvic.org.au

FREE EXPERT ADVICE on SLD’s Infoline: 1800 051 533

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Student Name _____________________ Grade __________ Date____________

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WEMBLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL UNIFORM ORDER FORM 2015

Style No. Garments Colour Size Price inc GST ORDER

GIRLS UNIFORM SIZE QTY TOTAL

DR-AG01 Gingham Summer Dress 20914

Navy/ White C4-C16 $27.50

SK-SP01 Cotton Elastane Skort Navy C4-C16 $19.50 PA-RH01 Bootleg Pant Navy C4-C16 $26.00

UNISEX UNIFORM RETWM-PS01 Short Sleeve Polo Navy ! or

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RETWM-PL01 Long Sleeve Polo Navy ! or White !

C4-C16, A14-A24 $29.00

RETWM-TS01 Tshirt Navy C4-C16, A14-A24 $20.00 RETWM-BJ01 Bomber Jacket Navy C4-C16, A14-A24 $45.00 RETWM-HO01 Hoodie Navy C4-C16, A14-A24 $42.00 PA-AG03 Plain Hemmed Fleecy

Trackpant Navy C4-C16, A14-A24 $26.00

SH-RH01 Jersey Short Navy C4-C16 $20.00 HATS, BAGS & ACCESSORIES

HA-RH02 Surf Hat Navy S, M, L, XL $12.00 To Order Online go to: www.rhsports.com.au Delivery Charges: Delivery to School: Free of charge. Delivery to Home / Alternate Address: Order value under $100.00 = $10.00 per delivery. Delivery to Home / Alternate Address: Order value over $100.00 = Free of Charge. C = Child Fit A = Adult Fit *Some lines are seasonal and not available all year All Prices include GST *For extra small or large Sizes please order in advance !!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2015 WAG Fundraising Goals Funds raised by WAG in 2015, will be directed towards play area upgrades, improvements, and new play equipment!! Very exciting for the whole school community! Wembley Trivia Night, Saturday, 22nd of August Tables are now available to be purchased at the office. As in previous years there will be 6 tables of 10 and 16 tables of 12. Get in quick as tables sell out fast! We are still on the lookout for bar staff. Please get in touch if you're able to help. You'll be the most popular people there, we guarantee it! A flyer calling for donations will be coming home with your kids this week. Keep a look out for it and word up your contacts.

Our fundraising efforts at our annual Trivia Night are reliant

on the support of our community.

You are a very important part of that community!

How can you help?

We are calling for to

be raffled or auctioned at the

Trivia Night

Money raised will provide new and

modern playground equipment.

Let’s give our kids a top-notch, safe, engaging and

fun play environment!

Think outside the square, engage your contacts now and get donations to the

office ASAP.

Any goods or services are valuable and appreciated.

W.P.S Trivia Night

Wembley Action Group wembleyactiongroup@gmail.com

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BIGGEST Wembley Family Fun Day EVER

• Saturday, 14th of November, 10 – 3pm • Put the date in your diaries and plan to be there all day! • Soon Class Reps will have the task of choosing a stall/activity for your child’s

class to run on the day. • Make contact with your Class Rep to discuss what you will be doing at the

WFFD! • WFFD Web site on its way to keep you informed of all progress. • Monies raised on the day will go towards School ground improvements and

new playground equipment.

Want a bigger role in delivering the WFFD? Contact us at wembleyactiongroup@gmail.com

Wembley Action Group, 2015 Calendar

Saturday 22 August: Trivia Night with Rusty Berther

Thursday 3 &

Friday 4 September: Fathers Day Stall

Sat Saturday November 14: Wembley Family Fun Day (WFFD)

10am - 3pm

Every Friday morning @ 9am K team publishing Children's writing in the BER building.

All welcome every week.

Many opportunities to help this year.

Stay in touch with your Class Rep for more details.

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Is your Child is interested in playing Basketball??

PLAYERS WANTED!!

Under 8 (Prep) – Born 2009 Under 10 Boys (Grade 3) – Born 2006

The summer season 2015/16 for Altona (ABBA) starts in October and we already have great interest in a BOYS U8 team. If you have a daughter who is interested we can create a mixed team!

We also would welcome any U10 Boys born in 2006 (Grade 3) to contact me for vacancies in the current season.

Basketball is a great way for kids to get active and have fun. It is a fast moving game that involves a lot of variety, including shooting, dribbling, passing, rebounding, defence and much more. The time commitment is pretty minimal – one training session a week (approx 45 mins at Wembley Primary School in Yarraville) and one game (approx 50 minutes).

If you are interested and would like further information, please get in contact with our Club Registrar (Tina) via email: registrar@wembleybasketball.com.au

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