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REMINDERS

All Up Fee Payment

Labour Day Public Holiday - Monday, March 9th

Parent/Teacher Interviews - Monday, March 23rd

& Tuesday, March 24th, 3.30pm - 7.00pm

March 5th, 2015

‘Learning for Life”

www.nathaliaps.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 03 58662677

Acting Principal: Helen Ginnivan

Holders of Nathalia’s educational history since 1878

Dear Families, Red Balloon Day It was a privilege to host the fire brigade at Nathalia

Primary School on Friday. We had students from

Nathalia Secondary College, St Mary’s , St Francis, the

kindergarten and Glenvale all joining together in a sea

of red to support the work done by our local fire

brigade.

This sent a strong message of “community” to

our students. The Fireys’ then demonstrated

equipment and this showed students an example of

teamwork. In our classes we are continuing to work

with students on the importance of being a team and

getting along in your team and providing strategies for

getting along. One strategy that is being put to use is

“keeping the incident in perspective”; students have

done this using a catastrophe scale.

Combined Pool Fun Day

For grades 3 - 6 the afternoon was spend

sharing a fun day with St Francis.

I took an activity and it was lovely to see the

interactions of students with children they knew and

new friends that they made on the day. The students

rotated around 14 activities some staffed by our

teachers, St Francis teachers and our parent helpers.

We will continue to plan activities with St.

Francis and this is strengthening the bonds between

the two schools. The Foundation – Grade 2 students

will join with St Francis students in a fun water

afternoon on March 20th.

Visiting Author

On the 20th March St. Francis have invited us to

join them to listen to a visiting author. He is a joke

teller that has a message around bullying.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

For the week ending

27.02. 2015

F/1W Chad

1/2B Tyler

3/4J Kaiya

4/5I Tash

6R -

Head Lice Alert

There have been reports made

to the school by a number of parents

that their children are continually

contracting head lice.

To endeavour to clear this

outbreak up we ask that all families

check their child’s hair as soon as

possible, treat where necessary and

continue to be vigilant over the next

few weeks.

Nathalia Primary School

R eport from The Grade 5/6 Canberra Camp

The campers have all been learning lots of

new things about Canberra, democracy and the

parliamentary system. We had some students dress

up as the speaker, sergeant at arms and act out a

debate on TV ads.

We visited Sharman Stone in her office.

The mint was a favourite with lots of

students buying an ANZAC coin. All our guides have

been wonderful with lots of jokes. We visited Old

Parliament House and sat in the Senate seats.

The students have represented Nathalia

Primary School very well with their informed

answers, thoughtful questions and wonderful

behaviour.

Lots more to see and do for the next two

days. The kids are looking forward to Questacon

tomorrow. We had 9 holes in one tonight at mini

golf. I think that must be a record!

Debbie Inglis

Grade 5/6 Canberra Trip

On Monday morning I waved the grade

5/6’s off as they headed to Canberra. The purpose

of the camp is to give students first hand

experience of our national capital and some of the

iconic institutions that are in Canberra. The

students are visiting the National Capital Planning

Centre, Parliament House, The Royal Mint, National

Museum, National Gallery, Questacon, The War

Memorial and the AIS then heading back to

Nathalia.

They will build on these experiences back

at school with follow up project work in particularly

looking at our government structures. I would like

to thank Hannah Routledge, Deb Inglis, Alana

Zammit and Sam Paige for taking the students.

Professional Development

On Tuesday the staff joined with the other

schools in our cluster (Nathalia SC, St. Mary’s and

St Francis) to participate in a Professional

Development day.

The speaker for the day was Glenn

Pearsall. His message was “how we use feedback

and questioning to engage our students” and then

use this information to improve our teaching and

learning.

This work aligns with our strategic plan of

engagement and building higher expectations.

Student Behaviour Management

At the last staff meeting we discussed

behaviour management and felt that our current

policy document was complex and hard to follow so

we have simplified the document.

All staff will be following the 3 steps of

decisive discipline: Preventative action, Corrective

action and Support action. See attached

documentation on Page 6. Personally I have found

the broken record approach quite successful.

Principal Selection

The school council is in the process of

selecting a new principal and interviews for the

position will be occurring soon.

I have not applied for the position as I feel

I do not have sufficient experience teaching

primary students.

STAR OF THE WEEK Week Ending 20.02.2015

Congratulations

Bailey “You are always trying to in-clude others in games at play

time”.

Parent/Teacher Interviews

These will be conducted on Monday, March 23rd and Tuesday, March 24th.

Notes and return slips will be handed out next week.

It is really important that you meet with your classroom teacher and discuss your child’s progress.

If you would like to meet with our specialist teacher in the Arts area, please let us know. I will also

be available if you would like to catch up. Please note your requests on your form.

Helen Ginnivan, Principal.


Nathalia Secondary College

Community Woodwork Sessions

Monday’s

4.30pm - 7.00pm

Please contact Jack Tynan at the

secondary school on 5866 2331

N athalia Primary School Parent’s Club

2015 Easter Raffle

Easter is not far away and our Parent’s

Club are running their annual Easter Raffle.

We are asking each family to please

donate 1 or 2 items of Easter eggs/chocolate to

our hampers.

The Prizes are:

1st Gingerbread House -

Made & donated by M Richards

2nd Easter Hamper

3rd Easter Hamper

4th Easter Eggs

5th Easter Eggs

Raffle tickets have been distributed to

each family this week. The cost is $1.00 per

ticket.

The draw for prizes will be drawn at the

Monday morning assembly on Monday, March

23rd, 2015.

All chocolate donations, along with tickets

and money , need to be returned to school by

Tuesday, March 17th.

Many thanks for your support,

Parents’ Club.

Nathalia Red Balloon Day

Our students had an exciting morning with

the visit of the CFA fire trucks to the school.

They did an amazing job designing “thank

you” posters, hanging their balloons along the fence,

looked spectacular all dressed in red and raised

around $340 to go towards the purchase of a Thermal

Imaging Camera.

FREE NATIONAL YOUTH

WEEK EVENT!!!!!!

Rumble in the Gums

is a FREE event to be held in National Youth Week on Saturday 11th

April, 2015. The event will be held at Federation Park

(Cobram Skate Park) in Cobram from 11am-5pm.

The day will feature a number of great attractions to

cater for all ages including; live music featuring young

local talent, kids rides, face painting, petting zoo,

mechanical bull ride, skate workshop, street art demo,

market stalls and food stalls.

Come along to this fun and affordable day out and

celebrate the young people in our communities.

For more information on this event just search

'Rumble in the Gums' online and be listening to

STARFM leading up to the event.

NATHALIA PRIMARY SCHOOL

CANTEEN PRICE LIST Term 1 – 2015

ROLLS DRINKS Ham or Chicken Gourmet Salad Roll 6.00 Orange or Apple Juice (300ml) 2.50

Salad Roll (salad only) 5.00 Oak Milk - chocolate, strawberry, Iced Coffee 2.00 Salad & Chicken Roll 5.50 Nippy’s Milk (375ml) 2.50 Salad & Ham Roll 5.50 - Chocolate, Honeycomb, Strawberry, Iced Coffee Ham & Cheese Roll 4.00 Fruit Drink Boxes (250ml) 1.50 Chicken & Cheese Roll 4.00 Cheese & Vegemite Roll 4.00 Chicken Roll 3.50 Ham Roll 3.50 Cheese Roll 3.50

(Relish, Gherkin Spread, Pickles & Mustard optional) Salad includes – lettuce, carrot, cheese, beetroot and mayo. DESSERTS Yoghurt Berry Crunch 3.00 WRAPS (Yoghurt, Muesli & Fruit puree) Chicken with salad 5.50 Frozen Yoghurt tubs 2.50 Ham with salad 5.50 Calippo (Frozen Fruit Juice) 1.00 Salad only 5.00 Moosie (Frozen flavoured milk) 1.50 -Chocolate or strawberry SALAD BOX – Jelly Cups 1.50 Chicken or Ham with salad 5.50 Salad only 5.00 Muffin Cake 1.50 HOT FOOD Gourmet Schnitzel Burger 6.00 Chicken Schnitzel Burger 4.50 (crumbed Chicken, lettuce and mayo) Chicken Schnitzel & Gravy Roll 4.50 Warm Chicken Wrap 4.50 Toasted Chicken & Cheese Wrap 4.50 Toasted Ham & Cheese Wrap 4.50 Cheeseburger 4.50 Chicken meat & Gravy Roll 4.00 Hamburger (with lettuce and mayo) 4.50 Lasagne 4.50 Toasted Focaccia - Ham Cheese & Tomato 4.50

Chicken Cheese & Tomato Pie - Bakery (with sauce) 4.00 Pastie 4.00 Snack Pie (¾ size) 3.00 Sausage Roll – Bakery (with sauce) 3.00 Dim Sims (steamed with soy sauce) 1.00 Toasted Ham OR Cheese Sandwich 3.00 Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwich 3.50 The above menu complies with the Australian School Canteen Association

TO MAKE AN ORDER:

Please write your

Name,

Grade

and Order

in the middle

of a brown paper bag

and

place money inside.

Thank you,

Lee-Anne Graham

DRAFT 2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR EVENTS

MARCH

2nd to 6th - 5/6 Camp Canberra

3rd - Nathalia Learning Community - PD

Pupil Free Day

4th -- Region Swimming - Shepparton

9th - Labour Day (Public Holiday )

10th - School Council AGM

- Parents ’ Club Meeting

20th - Joint Water Activity Day - NPS/St. Francis

23rd - Parent/Teacher Interviews

24th - Parent/Teacher Interviews

27th - Term One concludes

APRIL

3rd - Good Friday

4th - 6th Easter

13th - Term Two Commences

14th - “ Dangerous Australians ”

Visiting performance

15th - State Swimming Championships

21st - 23rd - 3/4 Camp ( Billabong Ranch )

27th - Anzac Day Public Holiday

- Division Netball Trials

28th - Division Football Trials

- Division Soccer Trials

TBC - School Cross Country

MAY

1st - Division Basketball Trials

4th - Region Soccer Trials (Shepparton )

5th - Region Netball Trials (Benalla )

6th - Interschool Cross Country

8th - Winter Sport V ’ s Katunga/Kat. St ( Home )

10th - Mothers Day

11th - Region Football Trials (Benalla )

12th - School Council meeting

- Parents ’ Club meeting

12th - 15th - NAPLAN Tests

22nd - Division Cross Country

- Winter Sport V ’ s St Josephs at Numurkah

27th - School Photographs

JUNE

5th - Winter Sport - V ’ s St. Francis

8th - Queens Birthday Public Holiday

9th - School Council Meeting


12th - Report Writing Day

17th - Region Cross Country - (B roadford )

18th - Visiting Arts Performance ( Hercules )

19th - Winter Sport V ’ s Strathmerton ( Home )

24th - Reports & Learning Journals sent home

26th- Term Two concludes

JULY

13th - Term Three commences



16th - State Cross Country

24th - Division Football/Netball/Soccer/ Teeball

Championships

- Winter Sport V ’ s Numurkah

( Numurkah )

31st - Lightning Premiership ( Yarrawonga )

AUGUST

7th - Regional Football/Netball/ Soccer/Teeball

Championships

11th- School Council meeting


TBC - Lightning Premiership ( Numurkah )

SEPTEMBER

6th - Fathers Day



10th - School Concert

14th - Division Golf Championship

18th - Term Three concludes

TBC - Parent/Teacher Interviews

OCTOBER

5th - Term Four commences

9th - Inter-School Athletic Sports

12th - Division Athletics Carnival - ( Shepp )

16th - Region Athletic Championship

(Shepp )

23rd - State Athletics Championships

TBC - School Council Meeting


NOVEMBER

2nd - Pupil Free Day

3rd - Melbourne Cup Day

6th -Region Basketball & Softball ( Shepp )



11th - Remembrance Day

16th - Region Golf Championships ( Benalla )

18th - Division Hot Shots (Shepparton )

26th - Region Hot Shots ( Wangaratta )

DECEMBER



18th- Term Four concludes

TBA - Grade Six Graduation

- Water Safety Program

- Pool Day

- Infant Camp & Activity Day

January 2016

January 26th - Staff Resume

January 28th -Term One commences


Corrective Action Tactical ignoring Simple directions Positive reinforcements Question and feedback Rule reminders Blocking Reassert direction using the same

words (broken record) Simple choice “It’s your choice. Work quietly or move”

3 Steps of Decisive Discipline

Preventative Action Clear discipline plan Clear classroom rules Clear expectations Interesting lessons Cater for individuals Appropriate seating Identify and meet students’ needs.

Supportive Action Follow-up with student Re-establish working relationships Problem-solving Contracts with student Mediation Suspension Expulsion

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