Newsletter Drouin West Primary School

'Nurture, Enrich, Inspire, Succeed'

Issue 6/13 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3.45pm 6th March, 2013

P.O. Box 176 Phone: 03 56 251971 535 Main Neerim Road

Drouin 3818 Fax: 03 56 252175 Drouin West 3818

Email: drouin.west.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Mondays Lunch orders and Student Banking

Thursday March 7th Fair Meeting in the staffroom at 7.30pm all welcome

Monday March 11th Labour Day Public Holiday - student free day

Wednesday March 13th Fair Meeting in the staffroom at 7.30pm all welcome

Sunday March 17th

School Fair 11am to 3pm

IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS TO REMEMBER:

Monday March 18th Student Banking Prize redemption day.

Tuesday March 19th Senior school athletics grades 3 to 6

Thursday March 28th Last day of term 1 2.30PM finish

The Bakers Bean Cafe Shop 4 72-100 Young Street Drouin Open 7 Days a week 03 5625 3731 Outside Woolworths

Present this voucher to receive

Buy One Get One FREE

Coffee,Tea,Chai or Hot chocolate same size

Or smaller

Drouin West Primary School Fair Sunday 17th March

11am to 3pm

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Connect to Drouin West Primary School Fair on Facebook and checkout the latest news and updates.

Drouin West Primary School would like to thank all our generous sponsors for supporting our school with their various

donations. Please see the back page for a list of the sponsors. Don’t forget to support them as they have contributed

generously to our special event. We would also like to thank the following community groups who have offered such

fabulous support: Drouin West CFA, Drouin Rotary Club and The Seventh Day Adventist Church—Warragul

From The Principal’s Office Parents who missed these sessions are encouraged to

catch up with class teachers, read classroom and

school newsletters to ensure they are informed of

upcoming events involving their child/children.

Positive Behaviour Support

Congratulations to all students who are

consistently following the 4 B’s at school each

day!

Staff document incidents

where students don’t follow

our 4 B’s and at the end of

each month we process this

data to identify improvements

and target intervention

strategies across the school.

During the month of February

89% of our students received only

one or no behaviour forms. All of

these students will have an extra

10 minute play this Friday to

acknowledge these outstanding

results. Students who have had

two incidents in February will

revisit what our 4B’s look like in

the classroom and playground.

Assembly Behaviour

This term we have been very impressed with the

improvements to respectful behaviour during

assemblies. We have asked classes to come into the

M.P.R. quietly, sit and wait for assembly to start,

listen to presentations and leave in an orderly

manner. Congratulations to our 5/6 class who have

consistently shown respectful behaviours during

assemblies this term. Students received an icy pole

on Tuesday as a reward.

School Website

Have you missed the newsletter? Do you want

information about the school? Please take the time

to visit: www.drouinwest.vic.edu.au

Hot Days

While it is nice to have the sunny days, the

temperatures continue to be high for Autumn. All

students are encouraged to bring a drink bottle filled

with cold water to school each day. Drink bottles are

easily accessed during class time and can be refilled

during the day as needed.

It’s Not OK to be Away or Late!

Part of our school’s improvement strategy for the 2013

-2016 Strategic Plan is to improve school attendance

rates and punctuality. This was in line with the

Statewide slogan “It’s Not OK to be Away or Late”.

We know from research and our day to day experience

that arriving late and being away from school has a

significant impact on students’ progress academically.

If students do not attend school regularly or arrive on

time, to start the school day in their classroom by

9.00am, they miss out on valuable learning and

instruction time. On the other hand if students are

genuinely sick they should stay at home to recover.

When considering our data over the last three years,

there seems to be emerging patterns.

It may be surprising for families to know that the

number of days on average that our students are absent

tends to be above the Statewide average. Parents are

responsible for ensuring children arrive at school on

time and stay home only when they are genuinely sick.

It is fantastic to see the improvements in 2012

I urge parents to make a determined effort to ensure

they bring children to school on time and aim to have

less than 10 days absent across the school year.

It’s not OK to be Away or consistently Late to School!

Parent Information Sessions

It has been wonderful to see parents coming along to

our Parent Information Sessions last week. We have

been very fortunate that staff at Drouin West have been

available to organise these opportunities for parents,

given the current situation with the industrial work

bans.

Category 2010 2011 2012

Average days absent 14.6 14.7 11.88

Late to school 1321 2214 2589

Leaving early 622 778 716

Sick 1106 1153 959

Parent Choice 776 1002 821

Family Holiday 389 602 536

PrepA Seth Reddick

Prep/1A Joshua Downes

1/2A Patrick Griffin

2/3A Christian Downes

3/4A Holly Anderson

4/5A Bailey Osseweyer

5/6A Caleb Dumergue

Super ‘B’ Award Winners Super ‘B’ award winners for week 4, term 1:

Martial Arts

Year Levels: 3-6

Dates: March 12, 19 & 26

Coach: Kael Coster

Time: 3.15-4.15

Venue: Drouin West P. S.

Swimming

Year Levels: Prep-2

Dates: March 13, 20 & 28

Coaches: Jackie Puncher

and Wendy McLean

Time: 4.45-5.45pm

Please note the time

Venue: Drouin Secondary College Heated Pool.

Joke of the Week

What happens

when you cross

Moby Dick with a

watch?

You have a whale

of a time.

Extra curriculum opportunities. Parents can contact individual musical teachers to arrange private lessons.

Drum & Guitar Lessons— Peter Brown. Monday afternoons. Phone: 0437 595 490 or email: monkeydrum@live.com.au

Piano Lessons– Karen Thomson. Mondays 11am onwards Phone: 0356 299 268

Singing Lessons— Tammy Patrick Thursdays 9.15am. Phone: 0356 233 948 or 0428 233 948

Flute Lessons - Anne Bridgeman Tuesdays 0418 356 020.

J H Cuthbertson 5625 1504 Drouin Dental Clinic 5625 1718

Drouin Commercial Printers 5625 1526 Drouin Motors 5625 3281

Home Grown Designs 0419 501 522 Gippsland Vacuums 5625 5065

Drouin Signs 5625 1043 The Coffee Pod 0419 992 812

B&B Automotive 5625 2350 Jacksons on Albert. 5625 5004

Bakers Bean Café 5625 3731 John Mc Donough Hairdressing 5625 1278

BB Beaute 0433 413 567 Kim’s Kitchen 5625 2626

Bijay’s International Cuisine 5625 5993 Kwick Kerb by Dodge 0414 363 439

B J Bearings Warragul 5623 5444 Larson’s Jewellers 5625 5311

Boomtown Pets 5625 5660 Leading Edge Video 5625 2277

Burrows Newsagency 5625 1614 Luciano’s Restaurant and Bar 5625 5211

Burson Auto Parts (Warragul) 5623 5711 Meekii 5625 3922

Buzzy Box 0404 097 935 Mensland 5625 1567

Changing Seasons Gifts 5625 5011 Nick’s Bakehouse 5625 1757

Chumba Concept Hair Salon 5625 5535 Party Lite Candles 0421 469 083

Coles Supermarket 5625 1004 Peter Williams Real Estate 5625 3911

D-Design Hairdressing 5625 3399 Pulse Café and Pizza 5625 4100

Di Grandi’s Butchers 5625 2244 Put a Hole In It Piecing 0410 036 924

Down to Earth 5625 5166 Robin Hood Hotel 5625 4884

Drouin Amcal Pharmacy 5625 1659 Royal Hotel Drouin 5625 1620

Drouin Bakery and Café 5625 5032 Scrap 2 Relax 5625 3334

Drouin Golf & Country Club 5625 1330 Sophistakutz 5625 1492

Drouin Gourmet Café 5625 2255 Supreme Tuning 5629 9321

Drouin Hardware Plus 5625 4448 The Drouin Family Hotel 5625 2066

Drouin Mowers and Chainsaws 0477 408 876 The French Pear Café 5625 4383

Drouin Nails and Beauty 5625 5988 TNT Auto Parts 5625 2777

Drouin Vet Clinic 5625 1243 Tony Pisa Motors 5625 3339

Drouin Waste Recyclers 5625 5252 Toyworld (Warragul) 5623 2215

Gippsland Bulk Spreaders 5625 2637 VIP Packaging 0408 364 466

Gippsland Country Outfitters 5625 5403 Westpac Bank Drouin 5625 0700

Geppettos Italian Resturants 0432 657 938 Williamsons Real Estate 5625 1342

Home Hardware Drouin 5625 2955 Woolworths Drouin 5625 1078

Drouin West Primary School Fair Sponsors

If anyone has a money pouch/bumbag that we can use on the day

please bring it to the office.

There is still room in the hampers in each classroom, so

remember to bring along your donations please.

Please take the time to offer your help on the day, even if just for

a short time.

Chaplain’s News

Hi everyone!

How to help a friend in Grief

There are many in our community going through very sad times at the moment. Mr David

Treloar from the Death and Bereavement Educational Services has written these little tips to help us support those who

are grieving.

BE AWARE: Remember that grief work is a normal and necessary process and will be

hard.

BE THERE: Learn to be with the person, not to solve the problem.

BE SENSITIVE: Allow the pain. Learn to enter into it, not to try to take it away.

BE HUMAN: Allow expression of feelings, guilt, anger, sorrow and depression without

judgement.

BE READY: To listen when the story is told over

and over again.

BE PATIENT: Remember that the process of

mourning takes time.

Please come and see me if you or your children would like some extra support.

Take Care everyone!

Wendy Ronalds (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Acknowledgement: National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program have been funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Happy

Birthday !!!!!!! Happy birthday to the following students and staff who celebrate their special day during the week of Monday, 4th March to Sunday, 10th March.

Cailean Thomas 00A, Caleb Dumergue 5/6A, Harry Brown 1/2A and Mrs. Collins.

Don’t forget to come to the office and collect a birthday sticker.

WARRAGUL BADMINTON CLUB

Galloway St. Warragul

2013 JUNIOR REGISTRATION

Monday 18th March 2013

5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. NEW PLAYERS WELCOME

Teams cater for all ages and skills in 5 different grades. Training provided.

Competition night-Friday night. $20.00 deposit required on registration.

Contact: Julie Young 56278512/0438 302167

Drouin & District Netball Association

2013 Winter Season

Netball Registration Days

*VNA Insurance to be paid on either of the following days*

Saturday March 16th @ 10am -12pm

or

Wednesday March 20th@4pm – 5.30pm

Drouin Netball Courts, Drouin Recreation Reserve

Age Groups include:

9&Under 11&Under 13&Under 16&Under

Combined DDNA & WDNA – 18&Under and Open

Modified born on or after 01.01.2001 - $33.00

Junior born between 01.01.1995 – 31.12.2000 - $43.00

Senior born on or before 31.12.1994 - $63.00

Cash, Cheque or Efpos

New Players, Teams and Umpires Welcome

Netball Season starts 27th April

For more information contact

Steph 0400108975 or Donna 0437896120

Sports News Hello everyone,

Firstly, I would like to congratulate both Indiana Petrov and Jordan Deszcz

who made it through to the Division Swimming Championships. This is a

fantastic effort and both students should be very proud of their achievements.

Well done guys!

Also don’t forget the Senior School Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 19th

March and as part of this day we will hold a “BEE ACTIVE WALK!” This

will be a walk around the school with the aim to have all the children in

grades 3 -6, teachers, parents and friends actively participating in a fun,

active, social walk. This is a great opportunity to get everyone at our school

(grades 3-6) active at the same time. Bring your whole family along! The

Bee Active Walk will link perfectly with the Premier’s Active Families

Challenge, the goal of which is to do 30 mins of physical activity every day

for 30 days.

We would like lots of families at Drouin West to get involved and take up the

challenge of doing 30 mins of physical activity a day for 30 days, let’s get

more active, more often. Don’t forget that just by signing up your team will

receive 20 YMCA passes that you can use at the Warragul Leisure Centre,

plus the chance to win great prizes!

To be part of the Premier’s Active Families Challenge sign up today at www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/challenge or call 1300 463 684. State Victorian Team Nominations for Basketball, Netball, Football and

Soccer

Nominations for the School Sport Victoria Basketball, Netball, Football and

Soccer Teams are now open. Drouin West is able to nominate gifted and

talented students to participate in the trial process. Nominations shall only

include children born in 2001, 2002 or 2003. If you think this would be an

opportunity your child would be capable of and interested in, please come

and speak to me. The cut-off date for this is Monday March 25th.

Senior School Athletics Day

The senior school (grades 3 – 6) Athletics day has been set for Tuesday the

19th of March. I have been busy finalising all the details for each of the

events. Thank-you to the parents who have already volunteered, the day

would not be able to run without you. It would still be great if we could have

a few more volunteers for the 11:30-1pm time slot.

If you could help it would be greatly appreciated.

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Yes, I am available to assist with the senior school athletic sports on Tuesday the 19th of March.

Name: ____________________________________

Child’s grade:______________________________

I will be available to help from approximately: 9 am to 1 pm or 9 am to 11am or 11:30 to 1pm Please circle availability