REMINDERS Koori Culture ungraded Day - Friday, August 15th
School Council Meeting - Postponed
Parents’ Club Meeting - Tuesday, August 19th, 9.30am
Cyber Safety Presentation - Wednesday, August 20th
Parent/Teacher Interviews - Monday, September 1st
- Tuesday, September 2nd
August 14th, 2014
‘Learning for Life”
www.nathaliaps.vic.edu.au
Telephone: 03 58662677
Principal: Vicki McManus
Holders of Nathalia’s educational history since 1878
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Week Ending
08.08.2014
P/W Makai
BUT Josh
HIL Shannon
JOH Darcy
RIN Shawn
Congratulations
Dear Families and School Community, I am happy to report that Vicki McManus will be returning to
work next week. She will be working for three days a week for the
next few weeks.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff,
students and parents for all the support I have received in the last
few months as acting principal. Your support and encouragement
has been appreciated. Please remember that I will still be available
should you wish to talk with me.
Review
Leon Kildea will be in the school next week for four days.
During the review, Leon will be talking to the staff, visiting
classrooms, spending time in the yard and talking to groups of
parents and students. The review gives the school an opportunity to
look at the things we do well, areas we can improve on and help to
plan for the future.
School Council
The meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 19th has been postponed so that we can meet with the
reviewer. A date has not yet been set.
Cyber bullying
A reminder that next week there will be a cyber bullying session for the students of years 4/5/6 next
Wednesday and there will be an evening session for parents of every year level. Notes were sent out last
week. Please let us know if you intend coming to the evening session to assist us with catering. St Francis
parents have also been invited to attend.
I have had further reports of students using social media sites for inappropriate communication. It is
important to keep an eye on what sites or apps your children are using and help them make the best
choices. Please report any bullying that you become aware of. We have been working with the students to
remember to only say things on line that they are prepared to say to someone in person and if they don't like
it being said to them then don't say it to someone else.
Father's Day breakfast.
We will be having a Father's Day breakfast on Friday 5th of September. Please add this date to your
diaries. Notes will be going home next week.
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STAR OF THE WEEK Week ending
08.08.2014
Rory
“You are showing increasing
confidence and persistence with all
your work.”
CONGRATULATIONS
Koori Culture Ungraded Day
On Friday we are having an ungraded day
with a Koori Culture theme. We have Shane Charles
coming to talk with the children and then they will
be rotating around different activities for the rest of
the day. The children will be participating in art,
music, games and listening to stories.
Parent/Teacher Interviews
On Monday September 1st and Tuesday,
September 2nd we will be conducting Parent/
Teacher Interviews. It is important that you take 10
minutes to talk with the classroom teacher and
discuss your child’s education and how to support
them.
2 015 Enrolments
Enrolments are now being taken for Foundation
students for the year 2015.
To enable planning for grade structures for
2015 we request that parents return their
completed enrolment forms, along with a copy of
your child’s Birth Certificate and Immunisation
status, as soon as possible.
If you are aware of a family intending to
enrol, at our school, please let them know that
enrolments are now being taken. Enrolment forms
and school information can be collected from the
school office.
Debbie Inglis,
Acting Principal.
B ookclub
Issue 6 has been distributed to the children.
Please note, the last day for collection of orders will
be next Wednesday the 20th of August.
Shelley Hermelin
Karen King-Jones
A rts News
Our school concert is rapidly
approaching and the children are starting
to get excited about performing for you all.
Items are almost finalized and rehearsals
are underway. More information will
follow.
Karen King-Jones.
P arents’ Club News
Next month is the school concert.
Hamper requests and raffle tickets will be
sent home with students in the near
future.
Monies raised will go towards
playroom equipment and Sports Shed
shelving .
Father’s Day Breakfast
Friday, September 5th For fathers, grandfathers, special friends
and primary school students.
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BRONZE: Josh, Jack, Adam, Brandon, Maddison,
Zoe, Eliza, Damian, Joel, Mason, Tianey & Shanaie.
BRONZE Makai, Dylan, River & Tyler.
S TUDENT WELLBEING
BUILDING RESILIENCE is something that we all strive to achieve. This can be for ourselves or our children. There are
numerous article and books available with interesting and helpful information so I will be continuing this theme for a few
weeks.
The information below is from ‘Raising Confident Happy Children – 40 ways to help your child succeed’
LET YOUR CHILD STRUGGLE
‘The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both
support and freedom. The realisation that this is what the child will always need, can hit hard.’
SLOAN WILSON
Watching the awkwardness of a child trying to use a paint brush, put on their clothes, do up buttons, hit a nail with
hammer, brush their hair or tie a knot can be extremely frustrating. Often parents will naturally want to intervene and do
the task for their child. Doing so can be potentially limiting in helping a child develop ‘mastery motivation’, a term
psychologists use to describe a person’s ability to stick at a task until it is mastered.
It’s a natural urge for parents to want to step in and support a child they think is struggling. However, there’s a fine line
between supporting and rescuing, especially once your child grows up. Rescuing teaches the child that they are
incompetent and can’t be trusted. Supporting, on the other hand, allows your child to try new challenges without your
direct intervention. If rescuing is always running along and holding on to the back of your child’s bike as they learn to ride,
supporting is letting go when the child is ready and being prepared for the child to fall. The supporting approach may
seem harsh – let your child fall off the bike? But even with all its risks the ‘supporting approach’ is more beneficial. Why is
this? The problem with rescuing a child when they are struggling with a new task is that it robs them of practical experience.
It’s this practical experience that develops both new neural connections in the brain and the ‘mastery motivation’ of sticking
to a new task until it is mastered.
When a child embarks on a new task, no matter how awkward they seem, they are creating new neural pathways in their
brain – the key to learning any new skill or talent – and developing mastery motivation. Initially a child will seem clumsy but
the more they repeat a task, the stronger the neural connections in the brain for the particular task. Imagine that creating
new neural connections in the brain is like skiing down a mountain that hasn’t been skied before. Initially you will be
cautions and go very slowly, looking out for hidden dangers under the snow. The next time you’ll be able to follow your
initial ski tracks, allowing you to be that little bit more confident. Each time you go down the mountain following the same
tracks, these tracks become more worn, allowing you to go faster and faster. The same occurs with neural connections in
the brain: the more you repeat a new task, the more worn the neural pathways in the brain become. Repetition is the key
to mastering any new task.
Glenda Harding, Primary Welfare Officer.
2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR EVENTS
School Leaders - 2014
Keep This Date Free :
School Fair
Friday, November 14th
1 .30pm - 6.00pm
AUGUST
15th - Koori Culture Ungraded Day
18th - 21st School Review
19th- School Council meeting - Postponed
- School Fair Committee meeting
- Parents ’ Club meeting
20th - Cyber Safety Presentation
SEPTEMBER
5th - SRC - Footy Colours Day
8th - Life Ed
9th - Life Ed
11th - School Concert
12th - Curriculum Day - Pupil Free
16th - School Council meeting
- Parents ’ Club Meeting
19th - School Athletic Sports
- Term Three concludes
OCTOBER
6th - Term Four commences
10th - Inter-school Athletic Sports
13th - Division Athletics Carnival
( S hepparton )
17th - Region Athletic Championship
( S hepparton )
21st - School Council Meeting
- Parents ’ Club Meeting
23rd - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 10.00am - 11.00am )
27th - State Athletics Championships
30th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 10.00am - 11.00am )
NOVEMBER
4th - Melbourne Cup Day
6th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 10.00am - 12.30pm )
7th- Region Basketball & Softball
( S hepp )
11th - Remembrance Day
13th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 10.00am - 1.30pm )
17th - Region Golf Championships
( B enalla )
18th - School Council meeting
- Parents ’ Club meeting
20th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 10.00am - 1.30pm )
27th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 9.15am - 1.30pm )
DECEMBER
4th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 9.15am - 2.20pm )
9th - 2015 Foundation Transition
( 8.50am - 3.20pm )
16th - School Council Meeting
- Parents ’ Club Meeting
19th- Term Four concludes
TBA - Grade Six Graduation
- Water Safety Program
- Pool Day
- Infant Camp & Activity Day
January 2015 - Term One commences
January 28th - Staff
January 29th - Students
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