In this week’s newsletter:
Included in today’s newsletter:
Appreciations
News …
Student reports - Tomorrow (Friday 9th December) all student reports will be made available for access by parents and carers. All reports will be sent in PDFormat) This information will be sent via a Compass post.
Interschool Sports Grand Finals - Grade 6 sporting teams that have made it through to their respective Grand Finals will be competing against local schools tomorrow. It is an exciting moment for the students and of course we all wish them the best of luck and urge all players to prepare well and try their personal best.
Tomorrow the Footscray District Summer Sport Grand Finals are being held at Footscray North Primary School. All of the finals will be held on the school grounds from 9.45 am.
The events are as follows
Basketball Girls (Footscray West qualified first) V Corpus Christi
Basketball Boys (Did not qualify) St Johns V Corpus Christi
Bat tennis (Footscray West qualified second) V Footscray North
Cricket (Footscray West qualified second) V Footscray)
Newcombe (Did not qualify) St Bernadette V Footscray North
At the conclusion of the Grand Finals presentations of shields and certificates will be made in the gym at Footscray North.
Parents and carers are welcome to attend on the day.
A big thank to all of the coaches for their efforts during the seasons
Mikala – Basketball
Marco – Bat tennis
Stratos – Cricket
Lauren - Newcombe
Next week at FWPS
Of course next week is our final full week of what has been a challenging but very successful year of learning following the incredible disruptions of the previous two years. On Monday we will hold our final (live) Monday assembly for this year and perhaps ever, as next year we will transition to a Friday afternoon assembly model. Here we will present our final Pupil of the Week Awards for this year and acknowledge our grade 6 sports participants.
Monday evening will be time for our Graduation event. After two years of Covid restrictions, we are delighted to be able to welcome parents and carers to RecWest for the event, something we were restricted from doing for the two previous years. We have adjusted over this time and are pleased that we will also be able to stream the event as well. All grade 6 families have been provided with 3 tickets to ensure mum and dad and one other significant person can join us. Using a combination of RecWest, Gecko and grade 5 and 6 chairs will just enable seating for our audience. As you can imagine, there are significant logistics to manage. A big appreciation in advance to Marco and the grade 6 team and our maintenance person, Taleb for their work.
On Tuesday we will hold our Through School Transition day. This year for logistical reasons we will hold the class visits after lunch. We know students and parents will be keen to know about the grades. While the grade visits are occurring, each family will receive a post indicating what class their children have been placed in. We are pleased that all our new teachers will be attending on Tuesday. They will have a busy day of meetings with the Principal, School Improvement, and Professional Learning teams. We will provide a welcome morning tea and ensure they are really well prepared for when they meet their new classes later in the day.
On Wednesday we will hold our annual Park to Park event for students in grades 5 and 6. Usually, students travel by coach to Pipemakers Park before walking or jogging to Coulson Reserve. Due to the recent flooding, this year we will be spending the day at Hansen Reserve. This is the day grade 6 students are allowed to sign each other's shirts … whilst wearing them, a long tradition at FWPS. Wednesday will also be a moving day. We will work with contractors to move boxes and the minimum amount of furniture that is required to be moved. With 18 classes needing to be relocated, you will understand that this is challenging during an operational school day. The work is overseen by Rick, our .2 OHS consultant to ensure that convenience never outweighs safety.
On Thursday it will of course be our revised date to hold our inaugural Diversity Day, culminating in our Diversity Dash, a colour run for all students and staff who wish to participate. This is a day that students (and staff) may wish to dress in a way that enhances the colour effect. Diversity Dash will be held on the oval during the last session. Earlier, all cohorts will have some time for some active participation games and events. These will be prepared by our school’s Specialist Team and supported by the classroom teachers. Next year we will plan to revert to the original day of the Friday prior to the Melbourne Cup. You will recall that this year it was a very wet day, in a very damp week. We are of course hoping for more temperate weather next week.
Next Thursday will also be the final day that the canteen operates this year. In this challenging year we are appreciative of the service that Lindy and her team provides.
Friday will be Celebration Day, when grades will hold their outdoor parties. At this late stage of the year our Operations Guide still requires students not to share food. Consequently, we will ask each family to send along some party food for their child to enjoy, separate to their lunch and morning snack.
This will also be when we hold our Celebration Assembly in the afternoon from 2.45 pm. We will celebrate our year, present graduation (and other) award winners and as a community, officially say farewell to our wonderful grade 6 cohort and other families moving from our neighbourhood. We know for some families this will be the last day at school, hence our wish to maximise the audience for this final assembly. This will be our last official event in what you can see will be a busy last full week of school.
School will officially conclude at 1:30pm on Tuesday 20th December. TheirCare will start at this earlier time.
COVID update - Covid numbers registered with us have steadied, however anecdotally I have heard of significant cases still affecting so many in the wider community. Please remain vigilant and test with your accumulated RAT packs. We still have a considerable number of RATs at school. Just contact us if you have run or are running out and we will send one or two packs home with your child.
New COVID cases over the last 5 days …
Positive cases |
7 students 1 staff member |
We will continue to contact parents and carers to collect children if they present with symptoms at school that may be transmissible.
DATE | COMING EVENTS |
Mon 12 Dec | Grade 1 Christmas Melodies at Hamer Hall |
Mon 12 Dec | Grade 6 Graduation - RecWest - 7pm |
Tues 13 Dec | Through School Transition - Grades P-5 Statewide Transition Grade 6 to Year 7 |
Wed 14 Dec | Park to Park Celebration Grade 5/6 |
Thur 15 Dec | Diversity Dash |
Fri 16 Dec | End of Year Grade Parties |
Fri 16 Dec | Parents Assocation End of Year Get Together - West Footscray Wines - 12noon to 2.30pm |
Fri 16 Dec | Celebration Assembly @ 2:45pm |
Tues 20 Dec | Last Day - early finish 1:30pm |
NAME | GRADE | APPRECIATION FOR: |
Amaya | PAC | Approaching learning in a positive way and being thoughtful towards your classmates. Keep it up! |
Brian | PAK | Being a friendly and kind member of our class. We appreciate you. |
Arlo | PHS | Applying your personal best effort to tasks. Keep up the wonderful work. |
Zed | PKB | The effort you are putting into building your literacy and numeracy skills. Keep it up super star! |
Chelsea | PKT | Her positive attitude and love for learning. We love your big smiles everyday! |
Grace | 1CD | Making this a wonderful year by embracing every learning opportunity and encouraging one another to always do their personal best. Well done 1CD you are super stars! |
Noah | 1CW | The effort he put into his phoneme crossword. It is great to see you trying your best! |
Alex | 1LB | Writing a detailed plan and demonstrating his creative side when making a model of a scorpion for our minibeast unit! A brilliant effort Alex! |
Annie | 1HP | The hard work and effort you put into each and every task. |
Evie | 1LL | Putting so much effort into your writing and always helping those around you. |
Ababo | 2BD | Applying your personal best effort when making your very creative ocean diorama. |
Lydia | 2JI | Her consistent growth mindset, enthusiasm towards learning, and her exceptional leadership skills supporting 2JI throughout the year especially in her role as Junior School Council representative. Wonderful effort Lydia. |
Rose | 2LE | Writing great poems thinking about word choice. |
Leni | 2TN | Being a kind, considerate classmate and always having a positive attitude towards your learning. Well done Leni! |
Jordan | 3JS | Always being so kind and caring to all your classmates. What a wonderful role model you are. We wish you all the very best at your new school and adventure. You will be clearly missed at FWPS! |
Seb | 3MK | Your positive attitude and growth mindset towards all aspects of school. Keep it up. |
Tavish | 3MP | Always showing a growth mindset in all tasks. You are a superstar! |
Finn | 3TM | Asking for help more often and always applying your personal best effort! What a great year you have had! |
Mare | 4AF | Putting in her personal best effort towards her learning, especially during maths. Mare, you have grown so much this year! |
Yuna | 4BC | Always being a kind and positive member of the class. Your love for learning and your considerate nature are much appreciated by 4BC. Well done! |
Tahlia | 4DW | Your positive attitude towards learning and for always showing resilience in the face of challenges. You have made so much progress this year. Well done! |
Mollie | 4MS | Always demonstrating enthusiasm and personal best efforts during learning tasks. Fantastic efforts in 2022 Mollie! |
Jonah | 5CG | Always striving for your personal best! Your hard work and kindness doesn’t go unnoticed, well done Jonah! |
Billie | 5SM | Being a kind and hardworking classmate who always follows the Tribes Agreements. |
Finn | 5TH | Your dedication to completing all tasks to your personal best. What a fantastic role model to others! |
Maya | 6LC | The effort you put into your Mission to Mars project. Well done, Maya! |
Arthur | 6MP | Your consistent effort to get the most out of all tasks including our recent Maths Games Day and Mission to Mars project. |
Tayla | 6MC | Always thinking of others and bringing your glowing personality to school every day. Way to go, Tayla! |
Good Afternoon to all our Footscray West Families.
You can certainly tell it’s the end of the year when the kids start bringing all their artwork and writing home- and just lovely to see what they have achieved over the year.
Left over sausages
We still have 3 bags of sausages available for purchase. Please email FWPSParentsAssociation@outlook.com if you would like to purchase a 5 kg bag of frozen sausages (approx. 70 sausages per bag) for $50.00- it’s a good deal. Stock up for summer and help us add a little more cash to the fundraising total.
End of term get together
West Footscray Wines will be hosting us for the final time this year. Bring a mate and join us for an end of year beverage before school pick up at 3.30.
Grade 6 Graduation
The Parents Association have been proud financial supporters of the Grade 6 graduation for years and years. Feedback from our recent member survey means that this year, we are moving away from funding individual student awards, to funding something that every student gets to partake in and enjoy. So, the graduation coordinators have organised a gift from the Parents Association for all students, we hope the students enjoy them. The Parents Association wish to congratulate all graduates and their families and wish them will in their high school endeavours.
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Enjoy the weekend,
Sharee, Kate and Tinny (your PA Exec) & PA Committee