YEAR 4 CAMP

Just a reminder that Year 4 camp payments should be finalised by TOMORROW, 14^th September.

END OF TERM 3

Term 3 finish Friday 16th September 

PLEASE NOTE FINISH TIME IS 2.30PM.

Term 4 starts Monday 3rd October

RIDING BIKES TO SCHOOL

Unfortunately we had a bike stolen from our bike shed at 8:35am this week. The yard is not supervised until 8:45am by staff and the bike shed is locked at 9:00am every day. We would encourage all bike riders to secure their bikes in the bike shed with a bike lock.

SRC Forum with Joanne Ryan MP

SRC Forum with Joanne Ryan MP.

Last Tuesday our two School Captains attended the SRC Forum at Hoppers Crossing Secondary College.  They presented the work that we have recently done on improving our school grounds with the ‘Oscar the Grouch’ rubbish initiative. 

SEMESTER 2 REPORTS

Watch this space for important news about Semester 2 Reports!

YEAR 6 SCIENCE EXPO

Year 6 science expo

Dear Parents/Carers,

You are invited to attend our Year 6 Science Expo in celebration of the wonderful work we have undertaken as part of our ‘Where in the World is Science?’ unit.

When: Wednesday 14^th September, 2016

Where: Gym

When: 2:30pm-3:00pm

We hope to see you there,

Year Six Students and Teachers

SPANISH WORD OF THE WEEK

Spanish Word of the Week

Palabra Española de la Semana

English: Sunday

Spanish: Domingo   

SPELLING COMPETITION

SPELLING COMPETITION

We congratulate Aditi (5V) and Andy (4D) who represented our school at the Wyndham Spelling Bee on Tuesday night. They competed against students from 16 other Wyndham schools in their respective grade levels. They demonstrated amazing concentration and persistence during their competitions and excellent sportspersonship throughout. We are very proud of them and their efforts.

2016 WALKATHON

WALKATHON

Our annual whole school walkathon will be held on Friday 14^th October, 9:30-10:30am,  as part of Health & PE week. More information and sponsorship forms will be sent home before the holidays.

We welcome families and friends to come and walk with us.

FOOTY LUNCH/CASUAL CLOTHES DAY

Thursday 15^th September is a special day. We are offering a footy lunch and students are also able to wear their footy colours and/or casual clothes. Notes will be given to students today.

A gold coin donation from wearing casual clothes will be donated to State School’s Relief. This is an organisation which supports families to access new uniforms.

SUNSMART HATS WINNERS

As you would be aware, all students are required to wear a Sunsmart hat for outside activities. The following students have been chosen as last week’s Sunsmart hat champs:

Year 1/2 – Logan (1C)

Year 3/4 – Nikhilesh (3J)

Year 5/6 – Emmet (6F)

These students received a Westgrove drink bottle for their efforts. Congratulations!

SUNSMART

We are SunSmart -

a note for families

SPORTS NEWS

WERRIBEE DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Last Wednesday Westgrove competed in the District Athletics Carnival.  It was a fantastic day with Westgrove finishing 3^rd overall.  Students should be commended for their hard work and sportsmanship on the day.  Ryan Braithwaite, Jennifer Dobie and Imogen Makin were awarded age group champions.

The following students will progress to the division finals on the 13^th of September

Ryan Braithwaite, Omnia Elsadig Elrahim, Samarah Wheeler, Jayda Tye, Nalissa Rogers, Jennifer Dobie, Imogen Makin, Penhale Nelu, Jacob Pritchard and Devindi Bandara.

Thank-you to all the families that supported the students on the day as well as Mr V, Miss Ferlazzo and Miss Karutz for attending the day.

Mr Wintels

SUNSMART HATS

SUNSMART HATS

As part of our Sunsmart policy, all students are required to wear a Sunsmart hat from the beginning of September. That is not far away, so start looking for your hats! We have some for sale through the office.

SPANISH WORD OF THE WEEK

Spanish Word of the Week

Palabra Española de la Semana

English: Saturday

Spanish: Sábado    

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Just a reminder to all parents to sign in at the office if you are picking up a child or coming to help as a parent helper during school hours. It is important  for the school to be aware of who is in the school grounds at all times. We appreciate your support in this matter.