Lane Cove West Public School Respect Responsibility Endeavour

Avalon Avenue,

Lane Cove NSW 2066

02 9427 4743

lanecovew-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

lanecovew-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Chatters Term 4 Week 8

Thursday 24 November 2021

Principal’s Report

Braille Writing Competition Awards Night

Each year the Sydney Braille Forum, Australian Braille Authority, organises a Braille Writing Competition for NSW pre-school and K–12 students who use Braille as their literary medium. The competition aims to promote Braille as an important literacy tool and encourage our students to develop their Braille knowledge and skills while engaging their creative writing skills.

On Wednesday, 17 November we celebrated the achievements of Lachlan E (4/3J), Amelia H (KS) and all our competition entrants at our virtual Braille Awards night over Zoom. We were also very fortunate to have Aura Parker (past parent of LCW PS) as our guest author this year.

A huge congratulations to Lachlan who received two awards, Creativity of Story and Proofreading, for his story, ‘Charlie Saves Christmas’ and Amelia who received a special award for her story, ‘The Tooth Fairy’.

Well done and keep up the wonderful Braille work Lachlan and Amelia, we’re very proud of you!

Presentation Days

Presentation Days will go ahead this year, modified like last year. If your child is receiving an award, a

zoom link will be sent to you for the assembly.

K-2 Presentation Day is Friday 3 December:

• Kindy 9.40-10.10am

• Year 1 10.25-10.55am

• Year 2 12.15-12.45pm

3-6 Presentation Day is Friday 10 December:

• Year 3 9.40-10.10am

• Year 4 10.25-10.55am

• Year 5 12.15-12.45pm

• Year 6 2.15-3.00pm

Stewart House and Guide Dogs Australia Mini Fete

This week you will be receiving a note about our upcoming Stewart House and Guide Dogs Australia Mini

Fete which is being held on Tuesday 14 December. Below is a list of donations you are being asked to

contribute in the lead up to the fete.

Grade Stall How You Can Help

Kindergarten Mini packs of Tiny

Teddies/cookies (50c)

Students from Kindergarten, please donate a multi pack bag of Tiny

Teddies or cookies etc. to school and hand in to your class teacher.

Year 1 Berri Quelch Fruit ice

blocks ($1)

Students from Year 1, please donate a multi pack of Berri Quelch

Fruit ice blocks and hand in to your class teacher.

Year 2 Books (50c-$2) All students, please donate books that are in good condition and

send them to 2B.

Year 3 Packet of lollies Students from Year 3, please donate a packet of lollies for a lolly

guessing competition and hand in to your class teacher.

Year 4 Popcorn or chips (50c

each)

Students from Year 4, please donate a multi pack bag of popcorn or

chips to school and hand in to your class teacher.

Year 5 Natural Confectionery

Co. mini share bags

(50c)

Students from Year 5, please donate a packet of Natural

Confectionery Company lolly share bags to school and hand in to

your class teacher.

Year 6 Games (50c/$1) To be advised by the Year 6 classroom teachers.

Furthermore, we ask that all families assist the Year 2 book stall by donating children’s books and dropping them off at 2B. Please bring them in by Wednesday of Week 10 so they can be sanitised before selling.

For parents/carers who have chosen Catholic SRE: your child’s

Catholic SRE Student Activity Book will be sent home with them.

Christmas ‘SRE Learning from Home’ and your children’s 2022

Sacramental Program information (will be available early 2022) can

be found at www.lanecoveparish.org.au and in your digital Catholic

Advent & Christmas SRE Booklet, which includes a Christmas card,

craft and cooking activities, links to catchy Christmas carols: direct

link – https://ccd.sydneycatholic.org/share-christmas-joy/

Merry Christmas and happy summer holidays from your children’s

Catechists (Catholic Scripture teachers) from St Michael’s Parish, Lane

Cove.

Could you be an ethics coordinator for Lane Cove West Public School?

Our current ethics coordinator has moved on and we are urgently seeking a volunteer so that classes can continue next year. Ethics classes begin at Lane Cove West Public School in Kindergarten and we want to make them available for children from kindergarten to Year 6.

The ethics coordinator communicates with school staff, recruits and supports ethics teachers and liaises with Primary Ethics, the not-for-profit organisation approved to design curriculum and training for the program.

This role provides a great opportunity for a working parent who might be unable to volunteer during school hours and is a rewarding way to engage with the school community. Times are flexible, requiring approximately 1-2 hours per week, although is busier at the beginning of Term 1. Training is provided, either online or in person on weekends..

In ethics classes, children learn how to think logically, disagree respectfully and support their arguments with evidence, rather than act according to blind habit or peer pressure.

Children discuss topic such as:

• imagining how others feel

• how do we treat living things?

• what is laziness?

• how do we disagree in a respectful way?

• fairness

If you are looking for an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to our school, please visit primaryethics.com.au and send in an application or contact our regional manager, Julie Brown at julie.brown@primaryethics.com.au or call her on 0412 128 209.

Weekly value: R e s p o n s i b i l i t y

Expectation: Take care of your property

Upcoming Dates:

December 3 K-2 Presentation Day

December 7 Surf Ed Excursion

December 9 3-6 Sports Pro Fun Day

December 10 K-2 Sports Pro Fun Day

December 10 3-6 Presentation Day

December 14 Stewart House and Guide Dogs Australia Mini Fete

December 16 Last Day of Term 4

February 1, 2022 Years 1-6 students return for 2022

February 4 Kindergarten students begin

Tania Weston Principal

Tell Them from Me Survey

As part of our reflective practice, the school participates in the Tell Them Form

Me survey. There are three different surveys that are completed by our school

community; a student survey, a teacher survey and a parent survey. This

information is then analysed to identify areas of strengths and areas of focus

moving forward. By completing the survey you are helping to guide decision-making for school planning

and ultimately increase student achievement.

Please take a moment to complete the survey, using the link below, and support our school.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/lcw

Assembly Assemblies are not currently being held. Awards will

be handed out in the classroom.

Merit Awards

KA Sophia, Rose, Dane, Ethan

KJ Kayla, Thomas, Elsa, Cedric

KR David, Victoria, Ellie, Thomas

KS James, Jaiden, Liana

KT Matilda, Niaya, Josh

1C Ryan, Ivy, Nia, Matilda

1H Lisa, Jason, Freya, Max

1P Archie, Emily, Rowan, Imani

1S Jude, Tatiana, Leni, Georgia

2B Nicholas, Imogen, Mackenzie

2L Aniya, Jerry, Alexander, Mila

2M Tessa, Aaron, Adam

2N Maddie, Riley, Jayden

3C Ted, Maz, Parker, Lachlan

3M Hugh, Mia, Binsu

4/3J James, Mason, Jasmine, Ella

4K Abigail, Angus, Neo, Sam

4S Laura, Thomas, Hannah, Connor

5A Jesse, Abi, Evie, Ashton

5C Damia, Daniel, Jake, Madison

6/5H Alice, Katherine, Daniel

6B Georgie, Daniel, Kaiden, Maddie

6W Toby, Emily, Alex, Ori

Kindergarten Lucas N, Sophie W, Jemima B,

Zoe S

Year 1 Amna M, Esme T, Oliver S,

Alessia L

Year 2 Markus C, Savannah S, Mila R,

Adam K, Damian I, Nathan L,

Caitlyn H, Bia C

Year 3 Camilla S

Year 4 Ella M, Oliver S, Nishka S,

August C, Lucas S

Year 5 Sohrab A, Sally H, Jonah G,

Jesse S, Harrison B, Angela K,

Amalie A, Hannah N, Felix B,

Javier W, Jake N, Helena F, Icey

L, Archer J

Year 6 Thalia M, Angus P, Katya N, Ava

S, Sophie W, Hugo C, Lachlan

W, Matthew H, Henry L, Ella T

Gold Awards

Banners 5C Felix B

6B Matthew W

6B Hugo C

6B Lachlan W

6W Oliver S

Calling the school

Please use the telephone in case of emergency only. The best way to communicate with a teacher or other

member of staff is via a note sent with your child or by sending an email to the school email. Your classroom

teacher is the initial point of contact if you have any questions or concerns, but as stated above any urgent

matters should be emailed directly to the school.

Keep in mind it is not always possible to get a phone message to your child’s class, particularly towards the

end of the day. Make sure they know each morning how they are getting home and what they should do if

they are feeling uncertain.

Reporting absences

The Skoolbag app is the preferred method for reporting

your child’s absence for the day.

If for some reason you decide to email the class teacher

directly, keep in mind that if your child’s teacher is away

from school that day, the message may not make it

through. If a teacher is off site due to training or sickness

they are not required to check their email.

For this reason all emails should be send to the school’s

address clearly stating your child’s name and class.

Lanecovew-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Borrowed Clothes

If your child has borrowed clothes from the school, please wash and return them as soon as possible. It is

also a good idea to have a spare pair of underpants and long pants or stockings packed in your child’s bag in

case they have an accident at school.

Merit Awards

When your child has received five merit awards, they can hand them in at the office to be issued with a

Gold award. Once your child has five Gold awards, they then hand them in to receive a Banner. All awards

are presented fortnightly. Please do not laminate the awards as they can not be stamped and will instead

need to have the corner cut. They should also not be stuck into a scrapbook other wise the front of the

award will need to be stamped.

Please take good care of your awards as lost ones will not be reissued!

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Special Issue 8 Digital Catalogue. https://scholastic.com.au/media/6534/bc-digital-issue-8_p3.pdf

The last Book Club issue for the year is an online digital catalogue only.

Parents have the option of school or home delivery for this Issue 8.

Home Delivery- This issue can be delivered directly to the home. Parents must choose the home delivery option on the order summary page. If the home delivery option is chosen by parents, the delivery cost is $7.50. Our school will still earn 10% in Scholastic Rewards.

School deliveries- will be sent to the school before the end of Term.

Orders are placed Online via LOOP (www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP).

Help Needed If any parents would like to volunteer to help with running the Scholastic Book Club in 2022 please email clarelhurst@gmail or Fiona.m.elsey@gmail.com and we will let you know what is involved.

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