MR NASH’S ORNER · 10/28/2019 · We would really appreciate it if you could bring in any useful items that you no longer need, which other children would love to buy at our stall!!!

TERM 4 WEEK 3 OATLEY WEST LANTERN - The school by the park 28 October 2019

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Many thanks for your good wishes last Friday for World Teachers Day. We arrived to a wonderful assortment of goodies on the staffroom table and a chicken lunch pro-vided for staff by P&C. World teachers day is a great time to stop and think what a great job our teachers do for our future generations.

MR NASH’S CORNER

Book Club Orders Due

Band Info Evening 30 OCT

Grandparents Day/

Cake Day

Fathering Project

4 NOV

BYOD Information

Session 5:30pm 13 NOV

R U OK Day P & C Meeting 6:30pm

29 OCT

School Photographer

Sport/Special Photo Day 31 OCT

School Values: Fairness/Integrity/Respect/Cooperation/

Excellence/Participation/Care & Responsibility!

Fund Raiser by SRC For Drought

Relief Mufti Day 14 NOV

Principal Nash continued

NEW PLAYGROUND Last Wednesday we were able to open the Cat-erpillar Playground again and of course our new adventure playground. The whole school attend-ed an unofficial opening and watched as the SRC Seniors explained the obstacle course that is built within the playground itself. At the same time I went through the safety aspects of the playground so that we were all on board and familiar with the area.

The official opening will take place on the morn-ing of Grandparents Day, Monday 4th Novem-ber, with a short ceremony at 9.15am.

We need to replace our beloved Caterpillar in the ‘Caterpillar Playground’. If anyone has a contact for large playground ani-mals I would love to hear from you. We need to look at something a bit more substantial than the wooden one we had.


We had a few worried kids (and parents) last week concerned about our cow. She didn’t die and she didn’t fall. Mr Eric was removing her wheels so that she could take up resi-dence in the Welcome Garden for all to share. She has been without a home since her art-work was completed.

All secure now in her new home welcoming everyone to our school each day.

PUBLIC SPEAKING NEWS

GRANPARENTS & GRANDFRIENDS DAY A special day has been planned for Monday 4th November. We encourage all our grandparents, grand friends to attend. An invitation is attached to this newsletter with the morning events. SPORTS & EXTRA-CURRICULAR PHOTO DAY This Thursday The School Photographer will be at school to complete the school photos. All sport & Extra-Curricular photos will be done on this day. A note is coming home today with the timetable which will remind you of the various uniforms that will need to be brought on the day. Many thanks to Mrs Ferlazzo for organising the photo shoot with the school photographer. P&C MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT P&C commences at 6.30 in the school library. This week’s meeting will commence with Mrs Anne Ross (Relieving Director) and Mrs Leanne Larcombe (Principal Oatley College) to present current information about the college.

Unfortunately, Year 4 Ethics won’t have a teach-er for the rest of the term. The students will participate in non-scripture for the rest of the year.

Principal Nash continued


SCRIPTURE & ETHICS UPDATE

BYOD PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

SPORT-A-THON

V A L U E F O R T H E W E E K I N T E G R I T Y Speak the truth. Respect personal & school property. Do what is right.

BYOD will be continuing in 2020 at OWPS for

Years 5 & 6. There will be note coming home

this week with further information about what

devices are suitable. Otherwise there will be an

information session at 5:30pm on November

13th in the Multi Purpose Room.

A huge congratulations to Jenson (K), Jesy (Stage

1), Alfie (Stage 2) and Briean (Stage 3) who rep-

resented Oatley West Public School at the

Georges River Network Public Speaking Competi-

tion last Tuesday. Mrs Tracey went along to sup-

port our students and was extremely impressed

how our speakers conducted themselves. All

four students received a certificate of participa-

tion. We are all very proud!

Mrs Hatzistergos and Mrs Tracey

Just a reminder that this Friday 1 November is the last day for money to be returned for the Sport-a-thon to be considered for the prize for the highest fundraiser in the class and for the highest three across the school. We thank you for your support and hope to be able to improve the area near the bike rack and make it a lovely usable space for students to access. SRC Leaders and Mrs Chappell

Communication @ OWPS:

We would like to thank all those that participated in our 360 Survey, as the responses were key

for us to determine our priorities for 2020.

Following on from the results, the Communication Team want to let you know that we have heard

you! We have chosen to commit to streamlining and improving communication at Oatley West

Public School and it begins with downloading the SkoolBag App and ensuring that it is up to date.

Please follow the instructions below.

We appreciate your support and feedback!

Kind regards,

The Communication Team

YEAR 6 SCHOOL FETE DAY R U OK?

We will be hosting OWPS R U Ok Day on Tuesday, 29th October. Students should wear something yellow with their sport uniform. R U OK day reminds students and people to ask family, friends and colleagues the question, "R U OK?", in a meaningful way, because connecting regularly and meaningfully is one thing everyone can do to make a difference to anyone who might be struggling. It is also a nice time to give thanks to those around us who have a positive impact on our lives. Cheers, Miss Morgan and the Wellbeing Team

P & C NEWS

Tomorrow night, Tuesday 29th October, there will be a P&C meeting held in our school library at 6.30pm. All P&C meetings are open for all school community members to attend.

This meeting will have a focus on funding for 2020 and will also be attended by Relieving Director Anne Ross and the Georges River College, Oatley Campus Principal – this will be a wonderful oppor-tunity to meet them both and ask any questions you may have.


SHOWBAGS

Our School Fete Day will be held on Thursday

28th November.

As part of Stage 3 fundraiser, students will have

the opportunity to purchase show bags. A note

was sent home on Friday indicating the show

bags that are available. Order forms must be re-

turned to class teacher no later than this Friday

1st November, indicating how many of each

show bag students would like to purchase. The-

se bags WILL NOT be available on the day and

must be pre-ordered. This year, payment for the

show bags is online. Please clearly state that the

money is for show bags, with your child’s name

and class.

Thank you in advance for supporting stage 3.

Mrs Assad and Miss Diwell

Trash ‘n’ Treasure

Stage 3 will be holding a trash and treasure stall

at our school fete on Thursday 28th November.

We would really appreciate it if you could bring

in any useful items that you no longer need,

which other children would love to buy at our

stall!!! Some ideas include books, toys, games,

dolls, ornaments and trinkets.

Please deliver to 5/6 Blue’s classroom.

Mrs Assad and Miss Diwell

FATHERING PROJECT

RSVP’s are due on Wednesday 30th October. Please note this is not a catered event and please wear comfortable clothing. Miss Benita

Thank you School Club for your generosity and pur-

chase of new books for students at Oatley West.

Stage 1 have two new class sets of decodable read-

ers to share. A total of 496 books.

Stage 2 and 3 have new decodable books aimed at

older students with engaging tales with a targeted

sound. A total of 124 books and accompanying

work books.

BEAR also got 48 additional books to allow more

students to be on the same level with duplicate

copies of books.

Thank you School Club

Carina Cavallaro - Learning and Support Teacher

ORGANIC DIGGERS REPORT

CAKE DAY


LEARNING SUPPORT

SRC FUNDRAISER—HELP OUR FARMERS

As the heat increases, activity in the garden is winding down for the year. The Diggers are con-tinuing harvesting the last of the spring crops and removing invasive weeds from our produce and swale garden. We have applied for a grant that would allow us to eradicate weeds and plant out a second native garden. A working bee is planned for week 8, keep your eyes peeled to the news-letter for further information. Happy gardening! Mr Burr Organic Diggers Co-ordinator

Thursday 14th November, 2019 (Week 5) Australian farmers are the backbone of our country. Due to the drought they need our sup-port to keep their cattle alive and food in our stomachs. We can help by donating a gold coin to get the farmers through this tough time. If you can, dress in mufti or dress like a farmer on Thursday 14th November, 2019 to support our farmers that need our help during this drought. Your class SRC representatives will col-lect your gold coin donation on the day. Thank you so much - Annalise Farah and the SRC.

Our next cake day will be on the 4th November

(Grandparents Day). We kindly ask all Kindergarten

classes to supply the cakes.

If you can come along from 10.30am your help sell-

ing the cakes will be appreciated.

Please remember to label all containers with your

child’s name and class as we will have cakes from 4

classes, so labelling them will help us getting them

back to the right classroom. All cakes are 50 cents.

Thank you.

SPORTS NEWS RECYCLE YOUR ORAL CARE WASTE!


Sydney East Representative Congratulations to Madena (Year 3) who has been selected to represent Sydney East at the NSW Primary Schools 2019 Athletics Champi-onships. Madena will be participating in the 1500m track event and we wish her all the best!

Mel Ross

BOOK CLUB

Wednesday 30th October

Every year, thousands of used pieces of oral care

product packaging ends up in landfills across

Australia. Colgate and TerraCycle have part-

nered to give a second life to your used oral care

packaging and Oatley West PS is jumping on

board this fantastic initiative. The Colgate Oral

Care Recycling Program allows us to collect and

recycle this oral care product packaging, to pre-

vent it from ending up in landfill. Rather than

ending up in the environment, the used oral care

packaging is melted, and remoulded to make

new recycled products.

Bins have been set up for collection in the

school office foyer area. They have been la-

belled with products that are able to be reused.

Attached to the newsletter is also a poster with

these details. Please encourage family and

neighbours to also join this great cause. Remem-

ber that the oral care products don’t have to be

the Colgate Brand. Thank you to everyone who

has already donated to this great recycling idea!

Miss Morgan (Teacher) and Mrs Grasso

Battery Recycling

We have a battery recycling box in the office, if

you have any old batteries please feel free to

drop them to our box in the office. Thank you!

Many thanks to the wonderful parents, Lily P, Faith S and

Angel D who volunteered to process School banking depos-

its last Thursday.

Would you like to help out? Feel free to drop every Thurs-

day morning at the old canteen in the school hall.

Please note the Yeti Fluffy note pad is no longer

available due nil stock.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and

remember, School Banking day is every Thursday.

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2019 prizes

The following prizes are available

Zoom Flying Disc Twister Power Handball Glow light Heat Reactor Pencil set Icicle slap band ruler Mighty boom hand ball Sparkle Glitter pens, Qty 4.

Any questions?

Contact [email protected]

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Thursday is our banking day!

SCHOOL BANKING UNIFORM SHOP


Manager – Sia Coelho Enquiries: [email protected]

Uniform Shop is open for your convenience every Thursday

from 9-10am at the end of G Block. This onsite service would

not be available without our wonderful volunteers. All uni-

form requirements are outlined on the School web-

site.Summer Uniform – All students should now be wear-

ing their full Summer Uniform.

Kindy Orientation Helpers Needed: If you are availa-

ble to help in the Uniform Shop for an hour during orienta-

tion, please contact Sia Coelho ([email protected]). The

two remaining orientation dates are this Wednesday 30th

October and next Wednesday 6th November. Help on any of

these dates would be appreciated.

Orientation Thank You – A huge thanks to our volun-

teers Jodie A, Bec L and Belinda P who assisted at the Uni-

form Shop at a very busy orientation. We would not have

been successful without your assistance and appreciate your

help. Thank you – Many thanks to Natalie H, Jo G and

Bee M-B who volunteered at the “Shop” last week. Ex-

changes: Exchanges can only be made on Thursday when

the shop is open. If you can’t come in to see us when we are

open, please leave your exchange at the school office in a

bag, with your child’s name and class noted as well as details

for the exchange. If the error is ours, please contact us at

[email protected] Volunteers wanted: Currently, Uni-

form Shop only has a few regular volunteers who help. If you

have a spare hour on Thursday mornings from 9-10am,

please consider volunteering at the Uniform Shop. Whether

it’s once a fortnight, month or term, all help is greatly appre-

ciated. NB: A free Volunteers Working

with Children check will be required if you wish to volunteer.

Plastic Bag Fee – Although we are endeavouring to be

plastic bag free, orders will incur a $0.25 charge where a

plastic bag is required to deliver uniform to your child. This

fee will automatically be added to your payment. If payment

is made by cash or cheque, please ensure this fee is added to

your payment.

Uniform Orders: Order forms (dated July 2019) can be com-pleted and dropped in to Letterbox 8 located in the front courtyard. Please note, orders are not accepted via e-mail. All orders will be delivered to your child’s classroom on Thursday when the shop is open, provided they are received prior to 9.30am on Thursday. The preferred payment meth-od for orders is by Credit Card or Cheque as we cannot be held accountable for lost cash/orders. Cards are generally debited one day prior to delivery.

We take great pride in the appearance of the children at

Oatley West Public School and encourage all students to

wear the correct school uniform.

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G A M E S & P L A Y

4 T H N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 9

6 P M - 7 P M

Oatley West Public School in partnership with TheFathering Project invites you to our Dads and kids’ event:

There is no cost or catering for this event. Join us for an hour of games and play at school to end

off a successful year of the Fathering Project.Please return the slip below to the office by Wednesday

30th October so we know you are coming

OWPS GAMES & PLAY RSVP Please complete and return to school office.

Family Name:_________________________ Class/es:_______________ Number of people coming:___

Oatley West Public School – T4 / Wk 3 ‐ Blue

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHER 1 Oatley West Public School Thursday 31 October 2019 – Sports & Extra-Curricular Photo Day (Term 4, Week 3)

Further Information There will be two photographers on the day but large groups will require most of the scaffolding.

Groups & Teachers will be called to meet in the Quiet Area before their photos.

Students need to listen very carefully to messages on the day & be organised with what they need to be wearing for their different group photos. Thank you for your support in advance, Mrs Ferlazzo.

GROUP NAME COACH / TEACHER NAME

TIME LOCATION NO. IN GROUP COMMENTS

Training Band Mrs Hatzistergos & Mrs Dimovska

8:55 Astro Turf 45 School Uniform & Instrument

Concert Band Mrs Hatzistergos & Mrs Dimovska

9:10 Astro Turf 45 Band uniform & Instrument

Intermediate Band Mrs Hatzistergos & Mrs Dimovska

9:20 Astro Turf 42 Band uniform & Instrument

Percussion Group Mrs Hatzistergos & Mrs Dimovska

9:30 Astro Turf 70 Percussion uniform & Instrument

Chess Group Mrs Assad 10:10 Astro Turf 53 School Uniform

Yrs 1‐6 SRC Miss Farah 10:20 Astro Turf 44 School Uniform

Choir Yrs 3‐6 Miss Barca &/or Mrs Laurence

10:40 Astro Turf 31 School Uniform

Recorder Group Mrs Bull 10:50 Astro Turf 7 School Uniform

Girls Cricket Miss Diwell 11:00 Astro Turf Jun 13 / Sen 14 Sports Uniform

Girls T‐ball/Softball Ms Eldridge 11:10 Astro Turf Jun 12 / Sen 12 Sports Uniform

Recess Break

Girls Netball Ms Eldridge 11:55 Astro Turf Jun 8 / Sen 8 Sports Uniform

Mixed AFL Miss Eldridge 12:10 Astro Turf Girls 12 / Boys 13 Sports Uniform

Girls Touch Football

Mrs Reilly 12:25 Astro Turf Jun 9 / Sen 12 Sports Uniform

Girls Soccer Mr Griffiths 12:35 Astro Turf Jun 14 / Sen 15 Sports Uniform

Girls Basketball Mr Griffiths 12:45 Astro Turf Jun 12 / Sen 13 Sports Uniform

Bio Box Tech Team Mr Griffiths 1:00 Astro Turf 14 School Uniform

House Captains Ms Ross 1:10 Astro Turf 16 Sports Uniform

Lunch Break

Stage 3 Dance Miss Diwell 2:15 Astro Turf 25 Dance Costume

Stage 2 Dance Mrs Kritikos & Mrs Tracey

2:35 Astro Turf 25 Dance Costume

Stage 1 Dance Miss Morgan & Miss Cacciotti

2:35 Astro Turf 25 Dance Costume

Oatley West Public School – T4 / Wk 3 ‐ Blue

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHER 2 Oatley West Public School

Thursday 31 October 2019 – Sports & Extra-Curricular Photo Day (Term 4, Week 3)

GROUP NAME COACH / TEACHER NAME

TIME LOCATION NO. IN GROUP COMMENTS

Kindergarten 4 X Kindy teachers 9:30 Astro Turf 84 School Uniform

District Athletics Mr Griffiths 10:40 Astro Turf 57 Sports Uniform

District Cross Country

Mr Griffiths 10:50 Astro Turf 32 Sports Uniform

District Swimming Mr Griffiths 11:00 Astro Turf 38 Sports Uniform

Boys Basketball Mr Griffiths 11:10 Astro Turf Jun 11 / Sen 9 Sports Uniform

Boys Teeball/ Softball

Ms Ross 11:20 Astro Turf Jun 12 / Sen 12 Sports Uniform

Recess Break

Sydney East Reps Ms Ross 11:55 Astro Turf Approx. 6 Sports Uniform

Rugby League Ms Ross 12:05 Astro Turf Jun 11 / Sen 12 Sports Uniform

Boys Touch Football

Miss Barca 12:15 Astro Turf Jun 12 / Sen 12 Sports Uniform

Boys Cricket Miss Diwell 12:25 Astro Turf Jun 12 / Sen 14 Sports Uniform

Boys Soccer Miss Diwell 12:35 Astro Turf Jun 15 / Sen 15 Sports Uniform

Mixed Hockey Miss Assad 12:45 Astro Turf Jun 14 / Sen 15 Sports Uniform

Mixed Newcombe Ball

Ms Aravanopoulos 12:55 Astro Turf Jun 14 / Sen 16 Sports Uniform

Debating Ms Aravanopoulos 1:05 Astro Turf 7 School Uniform

Public Speaking Mrs Hatzistergos & Mrs Tracey


Lunch Break

Yr 2 Choir Ms Manual & Mrs Kritikos


Yr 3‐6 Boys Hip Hop

Miss Chalkiotis 2:20 Astro Turf 15 Dance Costume

Yr 1&2 Boys Hip Hop

Mrs Thieson 2:30 Astro Turf 29 Dance Costume

Kindy Dance Group Mrs Toofohe 2:40 Astro Turf 30 Dance Costume

Yr 6 Group 5 X Yr 6 teachers 2:50 Astro Turf 84 Yr 6 Shirts

9:45 Years K-2 Assembly in our school hall with the Junior Dancers and Junior Choir

10:20 K-6 Classroom visits

10:45 Whole School Morning Tea

11:15 Years 3-6 Assembly in the school hall with Boys Hip Hop Group and 3-6 Choir

11:50 Regular classes resume

9:15 New Playground Opening Ceremony on the Astroturf

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Monday 4th November 2019

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Thursday 14/11/19 (Week 5)

Wear Mufti- Or -

Dress Like a Farmer!!

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School presents

K-2 Christmas Concert

December 13th 2019 @ 10am

In the School Hall

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Toothbrushes

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See the picture above for what you can send in through this recycling program. Then, when you have finished using your toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and caps, toothbrush and toothpaste outer packaging and floss containers send them in to TerraCycle to be recycled. Colgate Oral Care Brigade accepted waste:

1. Toothpaste tubes and caps 2. Floss containers 3. Toothbrushes 4. Electric toothbrush heads 5. Toothbrush and toothpaste outer packaging

Colgate® and the Colgate Logos® are all registered trademarks of Colgate.TerraCycle®, the TerraCycle Logo® and Brigade® are all property of TerraCycle, Inc. used under license. ©2019

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MR NASH’S ORNER · 10/28/2019 · We would really appreciate it if you could bring in any useful items that you no longer need, which other children would love to buy at our stall!!!