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NEW

SLETTER

Principal

Ms Annette Sutherland

Business Manager Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council President

Mrs Nicole Kimm

Thurs

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2012

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

Principal Notes …… ..1 Student Learning ..2 Home Group News ..3 Parent Say ..5 Calendar ..8

Bloomfield Road, Nilma 3821 Telephone: (03)56232963 Facsimile: (03)56232970 Email: nilma.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.nilmaps.vic.edu.au

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Principal Notes

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back to term 3—it is already

shaping up to be packed with lots of

learning experiences for all and lots of

projects to be started.

We have been fortunate to secure the

services of new staff members to Nilma.

STAFFING

Marg DeByl will be working in the

Office on Mondays to support Rachel.

Mr Norman Cottrell will be extending

the instrumental program into the

classroom program for all students on a

weekly basis. Mrs Jessie McLennan and

Mrs Leanne Hodge will be supporting

the grounds designs in supporting the

beautification of our grounds and

commencing the school gardens program

and Artist in

schools

programs.

Mr. Lindsay

Bovill—a new

teacher will be

working along

side our other

fantastic

specialists on

Thursdays to bring a new face to our

Information and Communication

Technology (ICT) sessions. We will put

faces to the names over the coming

weeks. Please drop in and say hello to

new staff members.

PARENT HELPERS in

CLASSROOMS

It is not too late to drop in the slip you

will find on page 5 of this newsletter—to

become an active classroom helper. If

you would like to help and are unable to

commit to it weekly, please come and

speak to staff so we can work on a

solution.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

This term we will be offering

Gymnastics as part of our Physical and

Sport Education Program (PASE).

Music sessions for all grades will

commence on Wednesdays.

Please find attached to the newsletter a

copy of the new timetable for Term 3.

NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS

On Monday we hope to have the fencing

around the area behind the new building

to commence the staff room extension.

GARDENS & GROUNDS

There will be some ideas on display in

the staffroom—parents feel free to come

and have a look at the photos and

pictures and also put forward your ideas.

JAPANESE TRIP

Students who attended the information

evening at Darnum primary school in

June—have until next Tuesday to notify

Ms Sutherland of their intention to

travel to Japan. Deposit money will need

to be paid by Friday 27th July.

SWAPMEET FUNDRAISER

Thank you to the parents who worked

tirelessly to get the fundraiser organised

and coordinated so well. While the

weather was not on our side—at least the

forecast rain did not appear until later in

the day! The school raised approximately

$1000 to be put towards equipment we

would otherwise not have at Nilma.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

The next school council meeting will be

held on Tuesday 24th July at 7.00pm at

the school.

All parents are welcome as our

strategic discussion will be about the

many ideas for our school grounds

that parents, students and staff have

suggested.

Display in staffroom

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R.E.A.L STUDENTS @ NILMA Student of the Week

Recognitions

Homegroup 1 / Prep

Bailey Stephens for working really well in class and

having a positive attitude towards his learning.

Homegroup 3/2

Kael Mason for his efforts in writing by using feedback to improve his writing.

Homegroup 4/3

Jack Chesterfield for being the first student to complete

the Premier’s Reading Challenge at Nilma in 2012.

Homegroup 6/5

Bailey Kleeven For putting in a great effort with all of his work this week, showing fantastic

results.

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

R.E.A.L STUDENTS @ NILMA

NIGHTLY READING Recognition certificates

50 nights Kiandra Polglaze

75 nights Zavier Allsopp Matilda Dent

Savanna Maunder Tahlia Witney

100 nights Savanna Maunder Lachlan Axford

125 nights Olivia Quinn

MATHLETICS ONLINE— ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to students who

completed the Mathletics Online activities

as part of our LAUGH program.

Certificates will be awarded at assembly

for those students who participated in this

event.

Jack McGrath

Carolyn Dungey

Kael Mason

Lane Ward

Olivia Maunder

ACE PROGRAM—Warragul Regional College

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jessica Gilbertson for being accepted into the ACE program

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

In Japanese we learnt how to count to 10 with actions to

help us remember them. By Aiden

In Science we learnt about the body. Mrs Formby traced

around me and we labelled the body. By Holly

In music we played drums and sang songs. By Zaic

There are 9 more days until the Olympic Games start. By

Zavier

We are learning the alphabet rap with THRASS and the

grapheme one too. By Ashley

We are writing a story about the sea. We watched fish

swim on the Interactive Whiteboard. By Emma

We coloured in and decorated our own Olympic mascot.

By Rieley

1/P Uren

I went to the snow on Tuesday . I went tobogganing with Nick. I fell over a couple of times. By Olivia.

On the holidays I went to Olivia’s house. We talked about school. I went to my dads. I played basketball. By Mckayla

On the holidays we played football and by the end of the match you couldn’t see our numbers. It was really muddy. By Tayla Lo

On the holidays I went ice skating. I took about 5 minutes to warm up. For the rest of the time I had lots of fun and didn’t fall over. By Savanna

6/5 Berkelmans

Life on the Goldfields

By James Dungey

Gold panning for alluvial gold.

Mining for gold to get a fortune.

You only have a 50% chance to find or not find

any gold at all.

Heaps of people died from breathing dust and

died from diseases.

They used a cable to pull the carts out of the

mine.

They had a battery house to crush rocks to find

gold!

They had the mine carts to get gold out of the

mines.

They found gold the size of a plate.

They lived in tents.

They use to find gold the size of wheels.

They write different writing.

They use to eat bacon, flour and beans.

4/3 Williams

Our grade has been focusing on

‘Sizzling Starts’ for our Narrative

writing this week.

It was gone. I did not know where

it had gone. Someone must have

taken it. (Kael)

I was coming home from the pub with my dad.

Dad was speeding. The Highway Patrol got Dad

speeding. (Shelby)

Tell the truth or I wont let you out of this

stinking dump!!! Just tell me the truth and I’ll

let you out. NO NO NO NO !!!!! Jonathan said.

(Sine)

Guess what? I was playing my Xbox when the

doorbell rang. A box was out the front. It was

my present. I opened it, inside was a jewellery

box. I opened it , something hit me in the face.

(Tahlia)

3/2 Watts

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SCHOOL ORGANISATION

COLES VOUCHERS-2012 Nilma PS will be collecting Coles

dockets again this year. The dockets can

be placed in the Coles box in the foyer

near the office.

WOOLWORTHS

EARN AND LEARN STICKERS Thankyou to all families who have been

bringing in the Woolworths sticker sheets.

More sheets are available from the office.

The sheets can be placed in the

Woolworths box in the foyer near the

office. Thank you.

Mt Worth Cluster

GROUP DAY INFORMATION

The Mt Worth Cluster Day will be held on Friday 10th

August. This is the first group day for the year. (Most

schools have been having building works so it has been

difficult to coordinate a day.) Nilma, Darnum, Ellinbank,

Bona Vista and Yarragon will

participate in the day.

The group days are a great way for students to meet and

develop relationships with other students across the cluster.

The theme for this day will be :

OLYMPICS

Attached to the newsletter today are permission forms for

the Cluster day.

Grade P,1 & 2 will be attending Darnum PS with Ms Uren,

Sharon F and Ms Watts.

Grade 3,4 students will be attending Nilma PS with Ms

Sutherland, Sharon S and Mr Williams

Grade 5,6 students will be attending

Warragul Regional College, with

Ms Berkelmans and Barb V.

Parents are to drive students to the correct venue by

9.00am and pick up at 3.00pm. It may be an idea to meet

at Nilma and car pool to go to Darnum.

More details on the activities and meeting instructions will

be sent out next week.

Children will need lunch, snack and drink for the day.

Correct uniform must be worn.

GYMNASTICS PROGRAM—term 3……. Nilma Primary School has secured the services and expertise of ‘Fit For Fun’—to come to Nilma Primary School and implement a ‘Gymnastics’ program for all students across the school. The cost of the program, will be $10 per child for the whole 8 week program. School will subsidise the remaining costs. ‘Fit For Fun’ will supply all the equipment and trained instructors for the groups. There will be four groups, each having a one hour session per week. Permission forms must be brought back to school with full payment by next Wednesday 25th July.

WEST GIPPSLAND FOOTBALL FINALS Good luck to our 8 students who will be

representing Nilma PS at the West Gippsland

Division Football Finals today held at Marist Sion

College. Photos of this event will be attached to the

newsletter next week.

HOOPTIME—GRADE 6/5

The Basketball Hoop-time will be held tomorrow

for students in Grade 5 and 6. This event will be

held at Bellbird Park at Drouin. Students must be at

the venue by 9.00am and can be picked up from

2.00pm onwards.

Monica Berkelmans will be coordinating this

sporting event. She will be waiting at the drop off

bay at Drouin.

HOOPTIME—GRADE 4/3

The Hoop-time Basketball competition for Grade

4/3 students will be held on Friday 3rd August at

Bellbird Park in Drouin. Permission forms will be

sent home today and must be brought back by

Thursday 26th July.

BOOKLCUB ORDERS

Attached to the newsletter are Bookclub

orders. All orders and money are due back at

the office by next Thursday 26th July.

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SHOPPING TOUR FUNDRAISER

As part of our fundraising for 2012, the Parents Club will once again be running a Warehouse

Shopping tour. This tour will be held on Saturday 20th October and the cost will be $50.00.

Could you please fill in the form below if you would be interested in attending. Please return the

form back by Friday 20th July 2012.

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Expression of Interest Form—Shopping Tour Name of family:_________________________________ How many attending:_______

PARENT SAY Expression of interest—Please return First week back

SCHOOL BANKING Learn how to help your child save money

Expression of interest form We are looking into setting up a school banking system so that kids can learn to manage their own

accounts and learn about saving. The students would receive good interest, no fees and if we do it

through the school, then the school gets a donation back from the bank for the school.

Complete slip below and return to the office by Friday 20th July.

Name of Student/s:_________________________________________

__________________________________________

Signed by parent:________________________ Date:_______________

LAUGH @ NILMA

Well done to all those who have been enjoying the Learning Activities Under the Guidance of Home

program (LAUGH). Keep up the good work. The laugh program will begin next week on Monday. Each

student is required to borrow a game, play it at home with family and/or friends and then return it on the

following Monday. Our process for overdue games is as such, if students have had a game for more than two

weeks a late slip will be given to the class teacher who will place it in the school diary to go home to parents, if

students are unable to find game pieces or whole games a note to the class teacher explaining this is required so

teachers can follow it up and a solution can be found. Thank you for your assistance in helping to keep this

program running smoothly.

PARENT HELPERS IN THE CLASSROOMS We would like to make a list of parents who are willing to help in the classroom and days available.

Parents will need to have ‘Working with Childrens Check’ This is free and you can get forms from

the Post Office—it can take a few weeks.

Name of Parent :___________________ What days/Time suit:________________

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PREMIERS READING

CHALLENGE.

STUDENT LEARNING PORTFOLIOS Parents please return the student portfolios (if you haven’t already)

The portfolio is used as part of the student report process. These portfolios will be used for the remainder of the year. There is a comments page in the portfolio—parents, grandparents or friends can comment on the

student learning before returning by next Thursday. Thank you.

Congratulations to Students who are taking on the Challenge with gusto!! Keep up the Nightly Reading! Remember— Keep a record of the books you have read. There are some books that are not on the list but you can use in the Challenge– please talk to your teacher about this. Most of the books you read should be from the Challenge book lists. These are called Challenge books. Up to one third (10 if you are in Prep to Year 2 and 5 if you are in Year 3 to 9) can be any book you choose. These are called Choice books. Year 10 students should read at least 5 books from the Book List and may read up to 10 Choice books .The challenge finishes in first week of Septem-ber 2012—so you have this term to complete the challenge!! You can do it!

MUSIC NEWS

I have really enjoyed being back today at Nilma PS as the schools music teacher. I previously taught at the school from 2005-2010. This term I will be continuing to offer private lessons in the morning, and then doing whole classes in the afternoons. Private lessons will continue for the following instruments:

Guitar Clarinet Flute Record Songs and produce a CD at the end of term.

A new group will be available for students wanting to develop their skills further on recorder and ukulele. At my other schools this group usually consists of Grade One to Three students. These group lessons will be $4 pw, if paid for the term in advance. Students will need to purchase their own recorder. A school ukulele may be used for lessons until the student is ready to purchase their own. Individual lessons in other instruments will be $12 pw, and two in a group will be $8 pw, again if paid in advance for the term. Payments and all enquiries may be made directly to me, and I will forward you information directly via text message or in person. Thanks, Norman Cottrell.

PARENT CLUB NOTES

Pie Drive: This term the Parents Club will be holding a Pie Drive. The order form is attached to the

newsletter and all money and orders must be brought back to the school by Thursday 2nd August. Late

orders cannot be accepted. Orders will be ready for pickup from the school on Thursday 9th August

from lunchtime onwards.

SwapMeet: Thankyou to the following parents for helping out at the Swap Meet. They were: Belinda

Smythe, Jinine Kilgour, Kylie Crook, Julie Young, Natalie Axford, Leigh Wooster, Nicki Kimm,

Leanne Perry, Kelly Chesterfield, Lisa Giblin, Natalie Woolfe, Rosa Burdett, Ian Scott and also the

students who helped on the day.

New uniform– The new uniform will be discussed at School Council next week.

ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL

A reminder that the Active After School Program will be starting on Tuesday 31st July. A list of what activity your child

will be participating in, will be attached to the newsletter next week.

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School Timetable Term 3—2012

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SCHOOL CALENDAR

DATES 2012

Issue 21– 19/07/2012

JULY 2012 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

16

First Day Term 3

Library borrowing

Grades 4-3 & 6-5

17 18

Music Lessons

19

Football Division

Finals

20

Grade 5/6

Hooptime

Basketball

21 22

23

Library borrowing

Grades 1-P & 3-2

School Council 24

Meeting—7.00pm 25

Music Lessons

26

Marc Van 27

Gymnastics

28 29

30

Library borrowing

Grades 4-3 & 6-5

31

Active After School

AUGUST 2012 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

Music Lessons 1 2

Active After School

3

4/3 Hooptime

Basketball

Gymnastics

4 5

6

Library borrowing

Grades 1-P & 3-2

7

Active After School Music Lessons 8 9

Active After School

Marc Van

10

Mt Worth

Cluster Day

Gymnastics

11 12

13

Somers Camp

Library borrowing

Grades 4-3 & 6-5

14

Active After School Music Lessons 15 16

Active After School 17

Gymnastics

18 19

20

Library borrowing

Grades 1-P & 3-2

21 Music Lessons 22 MARC Van 23 24

Gymnastics

25 26

27

Library borrowing

Grades 4-3 & 6-5

28 Music Lessons 29 30 31

Gymnastics

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

3

Library borrowing

Grades 1-P & 3-2

4 Music Lessons 5 MARC Van 6

Active After School Gymnastics 7 8 9

10

11

Active After School Music Lessons 12

Badminton

Championship

13

Active After School 14

Gymnastics

15 16

17

Library borrowing

Grades 4-3 & 6-5

18

Active After School Music Lessons 19 20

Active After School 21

Last Day term

22 23

SEPTEMBER 2012