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Westlawn Public School
Newsletter Term 3 Week 1
23rd July 2019
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Welcome back to Term 3. I hope all our Westlawn
students are feeling rested, revitalised and ready
to learn!
Our Teaching Team hit the deck running
yesterday, with a day of professional learning. The
morning session focused on school planning and
was led by Principal School Leadership, Sam
Rowsell. The second session, presented by
Education Consultant, Sharon Gayle, workshopped
aligning Creating Texts and Additive Strategies
with the Learning Progressions. The day
concluded with a session run by our Project Team
Leaders on the Science and Technology Syllabus.
This term sees many exciting events at Westlawn
Public School - Science Week, the Clarence and
MNC Athletics Carnivals, Education Week, the
Aunty Peach visiting performance – to name a few.
The biggest event by far though, is our biennial
Spring Fair to be held on 20 September at the
school. It will be my first Westlawn Spring Fair
and I am really looking forward to it! The Spring
Fair is an excellent example of student and adult
collaboration, community connectedness,
creativity and result for effort. Save the date on
your calendar now. This is an event not to be
missed!
Kind Regards,
Sandra
FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTERS FROM TERM 3
ON
The school has added the Skoolbag App to its
communications package, so our newsletters have
moved to fortnightly on odd weeks. Information
will continue to be communicated regularly as
required via FaceBook, the school website and
Skoolbag.
PARENTING INFORMATION FROM MICHAEL
GROSE
Recently, I saw a mother give a simple, yet
profound resilience lesson to her three year old.
The toddler fell into his dog’s bowl, saturating his
t-shirt and giving himself a fright. His mum
quickly helped him saying, “Oh well!” The three-
year-old bravely parroted his mother, saying, “Oh
well!” and dashed off to play.
Adult reactions matter
It’s in our reactions to these and other every day
mistakes, mess-ups, muck-ups and hurts where
the big lessons in resilience are taught and
reinforced.
The lessons for the three-year-old were simple
but profound. “Oh well” meant:
Stuff happens Don’t look for fault or blame Keep your perspective
Principal’s Message
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Pick yourself up and continue with what you were doing
How to react
The resilience lesson for older children and
teenagers was equally as profound. When a minor
mishap occurs:
Match your response to the incident Stay calm and be positive Don’t look for fault or blame Remember, stuff happens
Resilience lesson for parents – “Oh well”
Every day there are opportunities for parents to
give their children lessons in resilience.
A child misses being picked for a team that he had
his heart set on joining. “Oh well. Let’s see how you
go next time.”
When a boy experiences rejection in the
playground at school. “Oh well. You’ll find that
some people don’t want to be your friend.”
When a teenage girl doesn’t get the mark she
thinks she deserves in an assignment. “Oh
well. Sometimes we don’t get the marks we think
we deserve.”
Match your response to the challenge to
promote resilience
There are times when “Oh well” won’t cut it.
When a child is bullied he needs your continued
support.
When a student’s continuous efforts at
improvement are constantly met with criticism
then you may need to act on his behalf.
When a child always struggles to make the grade
and is never picked for a team then you may need
to help him make different choices.
These types of situations also present
opportunities for daily lessons in resilience, but
they require more parental support and teaching.
The resilience lessons learned are deeper and
include concepts such as ‘things will eventually go
your way,’ ‘there are times when you need to seek
help’ and ‘this too shall pass.’
Promoting personal resilience focuses on helping
kids cope with life’s hurts, disappointments and
challenges in the present, while building strengths
for the future.
Daily lessons in resilience are everywhere. You
need to be ready to make the most of these
valuable lessons when they come your way.
PARKING AROUND OUR SCHOOL
Please note that parking restrictions apply around our school. Non compliance with these may result in parking fines. A number of families have been fined for parking illegally. The school has no jurisdiction over this process and cannot offer support other than to encourage all families to abide by the parking rules.
Primary Athletics Carnival Results
Westlawn’s Primary Athletics Carnival was held on the last Thursday of Term 2. Major results were:
Age Champions
Congratulations to:
Junior Girl Champion – Ashlea Blair
Junior Boy Champion – Mason Cone
11 Years Girl Champion – Shanae Crispin
11 Years Boy Champion – Orlando Denham
Senior Girl Champion – Eliza Berrick
Senior Boy Champion – Chayse Bullock
Thanks
Huge thanks to the following people who helped out enormously to make our carnival a great one:
Sporting News
Strive to Achieve
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Mrs Hadley and Mrs Taylor (WPS Office) for organising everything we needed to run our carnival.
Thank you to Belinda Bowling who organised the canteen for the day and to the canteen helpers Shayna Delaforce, Justine Crispin and Donna Ford for the food and service they offered to parents, family members, staff and students.
Thanks also to Mr Hughes for cooking the BBQ and for all the work he did in setting up and packing away. Thank you also to any other parents who helped out in any way.
The Clarence Athletics Carnival will be held next Friday 2 August at Terry West Oval. Students who finished in the first three in track events and the first two in field events at the Westlawn carnival have qualified for this carnival.
The Clarence discus and 1500 m events will be held on a separate day - next Tuesday 30 July at Terry West Oval. Notes for both days went home with students today. Please return permission notes and the $5 nomination fee to the office ASAP.
The first four in track events and the first three in field events at the Clarence carnival will progress to the Mid North Coast carnival to be held in Coffs Harbour on Friday 23 August.
Champion House
Mercury House was the champion house on the day.
Congratulations Mercury.
PSSA Touch Football Knockout
Both the boys and girls teams had a bye in round 1, so they will play their second round matches at Grafton High School tomorrow morning from 9:30 am. The girls team will play Grafton PS. A win will secure them a round 3 clash against the winner of the Bellingen PS v Urunga PS match at a date to be confirmed.
The boys can potentially play two games tomorrow. They will start their campaign against Grafton PS. A victory in that game will earn them a round 3 clash with Gillwinga PS.
ARCO at Westlawn PS
ARCO stands for Anti-Racism Contact Officer. This year Mrs Heidi Gough is the ARCO for Westlawn PS.
The role of the ARCO is to receive and mediate complaints of a racial nature.
Should you have any concerns please make contact through our school email address with RE: Heidi Gough- ARCO and Mrs Gough will contact you.
Diary Dates
Term 3 Week 1
Wed 24 Jul Canteen & P&C Meeting 6pm
Touch Football Knockout
Thurs 25 Jul PSSA Boys Soccer v Coffs
PSSA Girls Netball v Casino
Fri 26 Jul Girls Hockey v GPS
Lamingtons arrive
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]
Canteen News
The canteen urgently needs additional volunteers, especially on Mondays and Fridays. If
anyone is available please let Belinda or Deb know in the canteen. If we are unable to find
additional volunteers the canteen may need to close on some days.
Lamington Drive
The lamingtons will be delivered on the 26th July.
If you are able to help out on this day with sorting and packing orders, please let the office
know.
School Fair
Our school fair is fast approaching.
The fair will be held on the 20th September.
To organise a successful fair requires many volunteers. If you are able to assist in any way
please let the P&C know or contact the school office. Any assistance will be warmly
welcomed.
P&C Secretary Position- Vacancy
The P&C urgently needs a Secretary as part of the P&C Executive.
This role primarily involves attending P&C Meetings and taking minutes once a month.
There is also the need to send outgoing correspondence and check for incoming
correspondence. If interested please speak to any member of the P&C Executive.
Canteen Roster
Wednesday 24th July Debra Watts, Shane Masters, Christine Cowan
Thursday 25th July Sue Ulrick, Campbell Timmins, Debra Watts
Friday 26th July Shelly Thompson, Anita McLennan, Belinda Bowling, Kristie Ward
Monday 29th July Jacinda Fletcher, Deb Barlow
Tuesday 30th July Debra Watts, Liz Hamlin, Belinda Bowling
Westlawn Public School P & C Newsletter
Term 3 Week 1
Strive to Achieve
North Street, Grafton. 2460 6642 7466 [email protected]