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CUPPA FOR HEART KIDS CELEBRATION Thankyou to Bakers’s Delight, Aperloo’s Bakery and Warragul Hot Bake for donating the afternoon tea for our ‘Cuppa for Heartkids and Mad Hatters tea party’ which was held yesterday. The school raised $150 which will be sent to the Heart kids foundation. A huge thankyou to Lisa Giblin for organising this event.

JAPANESE COOKING Thanks to Shiori for organising the whole school cooking day yesterday with Mrs Hodge and Ebony, our work experience student from Marist. I’m sure kids went home with a belly full of curry chicken and vegetables or rice balls. It was delicious! Mrs Hodge has the recipes if you would like them.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING The next School Council meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th September at 1.45pm at the school.

HATS All students are expected to wear hats for the remained of the year. New hats can be purchased from Hip Pocket, Queen Street Warragul.

COMMUNICATING WITH SCHOOL Could parents please be advised that if they wish to contact the school, they are to use the phone number 56 232963. Please do not use our fax number which is 56 232970, as this number will automatically go to our voice mail. Sorry for any inconvenience.

PATHWAY TO SCHOOL

The Baw Baw Shire will be fixing pathway from Nilma to school over the next week! The pathway will be extended to Drummond St so prams will be able to be pushed along the pathway and not on the road.

BIKE EDUCATION CHALLENGE—LARDNER The Bike Ed Challenge will be on Thursday 19th September at Lardner Park. Permission forms and travel forms must be returned by next Tuesday 18th September. Students will be departing the school at 9.00am and returning approximately 12.30pm. Children will be required to supply own lunch this year. The school will transport bikes to and from the venue. If any parent has a trailer—could they let Ms S know. We will be having 2 teams compete in the Bike Education Challenge. Teams consist of 8 students (3—year 6 student, 3—

year 5 students and 2—year 4 students. 4 girls and 4 boys) Students will be selected on Friday and permission forms will be sent home tomorrow. Can any parent help with transport please. Bike check at 10.00am, course practice at 10.30am and test at 11.00am. Goodluck Nilma!

BIKE EDUCATION CHALLENGE—Nilma We will also be having the traditional Nilma Primary School Bike Education Challenge for all year 4. 5 and 6 students. All students will compete over the 10 areas of the school Bike Education Course, students will receive scores for successful completion of tasks. We will have 6 champions—year 4, 5 and 6 best boy and girl— This event will take place at school on Thursday 19th September, in the afternoon. If any parent may like to be a steward for the afternoon—please let Ms Sutherland know.

All bikes can be taken home on Thursday 19th September—completion of the program.

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAM

It was great to see parents attending the parent information session for the year 5 and 6 healthy relationship program, presented by Rosemary Vary— about. Adolescent health nurse from Neerim District Secondary College. Students participated in the student program today. Families will have lots to talk about.

Principal

Ms Annette Sutherland

Business Manager Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council President

Mrs Nicki Kimm

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Principal Notes ..1 Student Learning ..2 Home group Happenings ..3 Calendar .13

Bloomfield Road, Nilma 3821 Telephone: (03)56232963 Facsimile: (03)56232970 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nilmaps.vic.edu.au

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

School Notes

END TERM 3 Next Friday 20th September

1.15pm

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

Recognitions

Homegroup 1 / Prep

Holly Behncke For working so hard to complete his narrative. Your typing skills are improving more and more every day. Well done Aiden!!

Homegroup 3/2

Kiandra Polglaze You have been working extra

hard to improve your handwriting and your expression

when reading. I have loved listening to you read and noticing all the wonderful improvements!

Well done Kiandra!

Homegroup 4

Andrew Burdett showing enthusiasm for all

aspects of your learning , always being prepared to “have a go”

and do your best , whatever the task. Thanks for the smile mate!

Homegroup 6/5

Jordan Stone

For putting a great effort into his work especially his writing task

and REAL poster.

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

Happy Birthday Kael Mason

R.E.A.L STUDENTS @ NILMA

L.A.U.G.H NIGHTLY READING

Recognition Certificates

100 Nights

Kiandra Polglaze

125 Nights Zavier Allsopp Angus Mulconry Tahlia Witney

150 Nights Olivia Addison Rieley Gunton

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

Bike Education

We have been practising for bike

education. The bike education

challenge is next Thursday. We have

been practising the figure of 8 and

going over a piece of wood. I am best at figure

of 8. I hope I get into the team. If I get in this

year I will take my time doing the 10 second

box as last year I just rode through it. By

Savanna

Practising for the bike education challenging is

fun. We get to ride through the whole school.

My favourite is going over the bump. The

hardest one is the bump. I really hope I get into

the team as I have been practising at home as

well. By Dominick.

6/5

Guess what? The grade 4`s have been incubating

chicken eggs for the last 21 days. The incubator is

close to the computers. There are about 7 eggs in

the incubator. The incubator has a little hole that

you tip water down. The water lands in the bottom

of the incubator. We put the temperature at 38

degrees. Our school chook pen is finished. Our 3

chickens are in the chook pen. A chicken hatched

today. It’s so excited to see a chicken hatch before

my own eyes. It took about an hour to hatch. It was great to see a

chicken hatch. The chicken looked weird when it came out of the

egg. Aaron

In Japanese we cooked curry rice with Shiori. They was

two groups, group 1 and group 2. We both cooked the

same thing. I got the job of peeling the carrots and

cutting them up. Tahlia and I had to cut them really

small. After that I helped Astrid peel potatoes and wash

too. Mrs Hodge asked for some people to come and help

dry dishes. I went and dried dishes. The recipe was to

peel carrots potatoes and onions into small pieces. Cut up

chicken into pieces. Boil the rice and chicken then put

the rest in. Andrew was on the

rice job. He had to boll it in hot

water. At the very end before

eating you have to add the

curry to make it curry rice.

Then you eat it. Lachlan A.

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Japanese Cooking/Crazy Hat Day

We made rice balls. We had to wet

our hands and then roll the balls

and we got to eat them. I liked

them. Kiara

Yesterday we got to make rice

balls, we put flavours in them and didn't

have to wait until they got cooked. There

was also normal flavoured rice. Then we

got to eat them. Kiandra

I wore a DC hat with a scientist wig and I

thought it was really funny because I looked

like a scientist. Riley

In Japanese we made rice balls and they

were yum. We made different flavours.

Ashton

Yesterday we had crazy hat day for Heart

Kids. I wore a DC hat and Daniel wore a

curly wig with a normal hat on top. We had

afternoon tea after the parade. Mitch

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Yesterday we had a Crazy Hat

Parade. We got to wear Free Dress. By Zaic

Yesterday we had Japanese cooking day. I typed a page of

my narrative. By Olivia

My Crazy Hat is blue and it has tentacles. My Mum put the tentacles on it. By Zavier

Next Friday I am going to bring my pet turtle to school for Show and Tell. It has a

very long neck and its name is Tommy The Turtle. By Sheree

Students have been working very hard creating their illustrations for their

narratives. Next week Sharon and I will very busy putting their books together,

ready to take home for the holidays to share with families and friends. By Miss Watts

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Hey Guys!!! What a busy week we are

having! In our biggest news the

DISCO is coming up in exactly one

week! We hope you are all very

excited, and ready for a fun night.

Please see the note in the newsletter for

more info.

Study Ladder Awards Bailey Stephens

Cooper Allsopp

Jack Chesterfield

Reading Eggs Awards

Annwn Williams Mitchell Gilmore

Kael Mason Bailey Dent

Max Chesterfield Riley Kleeven

Kirsty Wooster Brianna Burnett

Sarwan Harvey Joel Walsh

Ella Perry Daniel Axford

Ashton Kimm Mitch Chesterfield

Carolyn Dungey

STUDENT LEADERS’ CORNER

STUDENT AWARDS

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GARDENING/SCIENCE PROGRAM

CUPPA FOR HEART KIDS

The black chick now weighs 343g. It is bigger than last week—Kiandra Today we made snail traps to capture snails in the garden. Daniel has already got one that smells.—Mitch C Today we made snail traps out of plastic bottles. I made one out of a soda water bottle. I am keeping mine at school to catch snails.—Bailey D.

Ella, Kiandra, Kiara and I gave our snail traps to Mrs Hodge to put in her garden at home. We are having a challenge to see which catches the most snails—Olivia M

Donations can be made at the office

until Friday 13th Sept (tomorrow)

Music CD’s are available for $5.00

each and cards are available $2.00

each. Thankyou to all parents who

turned up on the day to watch the hat

parade and have a cuppa!

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On Thursday 19th September, Nilma Primary School will be having their 1st

ever school disco!!!

For only $5 you will receive two sausages, a juice box and platters of fruit

and cordial!

Everyone from Nilma Primary is invited. Siblings and parents are welcome

but strictly no people from out of school.

From 6-8pm you are invited to the open learning area for a full night of fun

and dancing.

Please pick up is at 8 pm.

Start practicing your dancing: competitions are open for best dressed, best

dancer, best dressed teacher, most effort and last but certainly not least the

best ‘gangnam’ style dancer!!

All money raised will fundraise towards the school iPads.

There will be lots of games and prizes.

Everyone will have two sausages through out the night. Fruit and Cordial will

also be served. Rules include obeying the staff and grade six leaders,

no people from outside of school.

THE LOLLY JAR COMPETITION WILL FINISH AT 7:30PM

From Student Leaders

______________________________________________________________

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL DISCO

The ___________________ family will/will not be attending Nilma Primary

School’s Disco.

For catering purposes ________________ family members will be attending.

Please return no later than Monday 15th September.

Thank You.

SCHOOL DISCO!!!!

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SCHOOL HAPPENINGS...

Swimming Program The swimming program will be held in

Term 4 for 6 sessions.

The dates for this program are: 14th, 18th, 25th, 28th October, and 1st and 6th November 2013.

The cost for this program is $50 per child. Payment can be made to the office at anytime, but must be

paid by the 14th October. Could parents of new

students and prep students please notify the school if your child has had swimming

lessons and what level they are at.

CAMP RUMBUG A permission form is attached to the newsletter which must be signed and returned by next Thursday 19th September. Could all other forms please be signed and handed back to the office by this date. Thankyou to those families who have already paid a deposit for the camp. The total cost for this camp is $220 which can be paid in instalments or as a lump sum. Final Payment for camp is due by 14th October. This camp will be held on Monday 21st to Wednesday 23rd October. Should you have any questions relating to the camp, please contact the office.

Japanese Cooking Day

The Grade 4

students and

Mrs Hodge

make a

chicken

curry!

Foundation (Prep) Transition

for

new students in 2014 Nilma Dates for Transition.

Thursday 14th November

Wednesday 27th November

Monday 2nd December

Tuesday 10th December

More detailed information will be sent out to all families early next term

At present we have 11 new Foundation (prep) students for 2014.

As of 2014 the Prep year of school will be known as Foundation

year within the new Australian Curriculum.

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL School Production

Super Kids Date has been set

for Thursday December 5th 2013 Will be held at Drouin Auditorium

All students in Year 5 & 6 have been

allocated a role. Over the holidays students are required to practice their roles so Term 4 we will commence Production rehearsals.

HOT LUNCHES

Today is the last day this term for

Hot Lunches. There will be no

Hot Lunches next week. The

Parents Club will provide details

next term regarding the Hot

Lunches in Term 4.

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As part of Stormsafe Week (the 9th to the 15th of September)

VIC State Emergency Services are running a:

Colouring In Competition for all schools in Gippsland!

Submit hardcopies via post to:

‘SES Colouring in Comp’

PO Box 631, Moe 3825 All entries must have a return postal address, name, age, and a

phone number (to contact the 3 winners)

Competition closes the 30th of September

3 Winners will be chosen! Each winner will get a prize that in-

cludes: SES bag of goodies, and ‘smiggle’ stationary in SES

orange!

Colouring Sheets are available in the classrooms or at the office.

Sometimes students like to play games in my office at lunchtime.

Cooper likes puzzles!

Have a look at the constructions made by Jamie and Jordan.

Callum likes lego!

Mckayla and Jack enjoy Uno attack.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Gulls Netball Club Twilight

Registration Day Tuesday 17th Septem-

ber 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Burke Street Netball Courts Warragul

Competition starts Monday 14 October

New players and umpires are very welcome

For more information contact Sally

0407865257

CHAPLAIN’S CHAT—By Rose Cook

BREAK INS AROUND AREA

Unfortunately the Darnum primary school

has recently had a break in at the school.

Although nothing was stolen, there was

excessive damage to furniture and

equipment. Could parents please have a

look when driving past the school and

report any concerns. The neighbours

around our school will be notified of the

situation

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 29– 12/09/2013

SEPTEMBER 2013

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

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Bike Education

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Bike Education

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Bike Education

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Marc Van

Bike Ed Challenge

School Disco

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Last Day Term 3

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First Day Term 4

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St Andrews Kinder

visit

10 11 12 13

Swimming 14 15 16 Marc Van 17 Swimming 18 19 20

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Year 4-6 Camp

Rumbug Junior Bike Education

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Year 4-6 Camp


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Year 4-6 Camp


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Swimming 26 27

Swimming 28 29 30 Marc Van 31

Kanga Cricket

OCTOBER 2013


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Swimming 2 3

Curriculum Day4 Public Holiday 5 6

Swimming

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11 12 13 14

Marc van

Prep transition

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18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27

Prep transistion 28

Marc van

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Summit camp 30

NOVEMBER 2013

DECEMBER 2013 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

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Prep transition

3 4 5

School Production

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7 8

9 10

State Wide

orientation

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Last Day of Term 21 22

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