Monday 23rd September 2019

From the Principal 1

Dates to Remember 1

Good Kids Day 1

Congratulations 1

The Great Vegie Crunch 2

2019 National Opinion Survey 3

It’s not OK to be away 3

Values 3

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Term 3: Week 10

Issue 15

From the Principal

Interschool Carnival 4

Key Links Reading in Room 2 5

Year 5 / 6 Back Incursion 6

Faction Tokens for Good Behaviour 7

Grandparents Day 8, 9 & 10

Dates to Remember

Friday 27th September Good Kids Day End of Term 3

Monday 14th October School Development Day

Tuesday 15th October Students Resume for Term 4

Congratulations

I am pleased to let the school community know that my contract has been ex-tended until the end of 2020. I am excited about being given the opportunity to not only develop the school’s new Business Plan but also being able to begin implementing it. Thank you to the staff, parents and students who have been supportive and extremely welcoming. I look forward to continuing to develop my relationships amongst the school community, and in continuing to ensure that Hyden Primary School strives for excellence.

Good Kids Day will be happening this Friday. Lunch will be provided for all

students. Students can wear free dress on this day.

A big CONGRATULATIONS goes to the following students for being prize winners for the school’s diary competition:

2020 Diary First Place: Congratulations to Darcy Nield who has won the design for the 2020 school diary cover. Darcy’s design will be printed on the front cover of all student diaries in 2020. (See attachment) 2020 Diary 2nd Place: Congratulations to Evie Couper who came second

in the design for the 2020 school diary cover. Evie’s design will be printed on

the back cover of all student diaries in 2020. (See attachment)

Good Kids Day

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The Great Vegie Crunch

On Thursday, 12th of September Hyden Primary School participated

enthusiastically in the Great Vegie Crunch. Every student and our staff

participated and had a lot of fun eating, naming and exploring differ-

ent, nutritious vegetables. We also used the Crunch and Sip app to rec-

ord our eating sounds on the Crunch-o-meter, which was funny and

we managed a ‘crocodile’ crunch. Thank you to Mrs Ditchburn, Miss

Burns and Miss Mortimer for cutting up the yummy vegetable platters.

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Values Vouchers will be awarded each week to children who consistently display the values of respect, optimism, courage or knowledge. Below are the recipients for the Values Vouchers in Week 8 and 9.

Values

Business Plan target - By the end of 2019, increase average student attendance rate to 93%.

Week 8

Room Number Year

Percentage

Room 1 (Year 3/4) 100%

Room 2 (Year 1/2) 83.9%

Room 4 (Year 5/6) 80.0%

Room 5 (K/PP) 95.2%

Week 9

Room Number Year

Percentage

Room 1 (Year 3/4) 95.7%

Room 2 (Year 1/2) 95.55%

Room 4 (Year 5/6) 85.71%

Room 5 (K/PP) 97.33%

RESPECT OPTIMISM COURAGE KNOWLEDGE

Week 8

Gabriella Jones Mathew Greay Mathew Greay Ben Manning

Zoe Smith Zoe Smith Christopher Kelly

Week 9

Quinsterlas Wilson Lily Burns

James Kittyea James Kittyea

It’s not ok to be away—Attendance Data

2019 National School Opinion Survey

Thank you to the staff, parents and students who completed the National School Opinion Survey. Each

question was given a score out of 5. When analysing the data, the staff and I felt that anything above 4.0

was a strength area and anything below became a focus area. I am pleased to state that all areas either

remained at the same score or showed an improvement since last year’s survey. Particular areas of strength

from all three stakeholders were: students and parents can talk to teachers, students like being at this

school, teachers at this school are good teachers and teachers at Hyden care about the students. It was

pleasing to see that ‘behaviour is well managed’ was a growth area for students, improving by 0.6. The

main focus area continues to be about the maintenance of the school, and will be a focus in our new Busi-

ness Plan.

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Interschool Carnival

Last Friday, Hyden Primary School participated in an Interschool Athletics Carnival in Newdegate. We

competed against Newdegate, Lake King, Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. The students showed courage, de-

termination, enthusiasm and a large amount of sportsmanship. I was very proud of their efforts and am very

pleased to announce that we came second in the competition. Congratulations to James Kittyea for being

Intermediate Champion Boy, Sari Baker for being Sub-junior Runner-up Champion Girl, Paige Biglin for

being Senior Runner-up Champion Girl and Alastair Nield for being Senior Runner-up Champion Boy.

Thank you to all the parents and staff who assisted on the day. If you were at the carnival, and would like

to provide feedback about the day, please contact the office by email or phone.

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When we use the Key Links books we complete guided reading rotations. We read a rotation twice (once to

Miss Hewett and once to Mrs A), complete a worksheet based on our book independently and have a treat

of Reading Eggs. We have got so independent with our learning and love reading our awesome range of

books!

Key Links Guided Reading in Room 2

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Last Thursday, the Year 5/6 students were educated by physiotherapist, Maddy Petchell about how their back and spine works and how to look after them so they have healthy backs in their future. The presenter gave them 2 biscuits and a marshmallow each and they moved these in different ways to simulate how their back vertebrae works and is cushioned. They also practised sitting and standing with good posture and were also shown why it's important to wear school bags properly. BOTH straps should be worn and fitted proper-ly so students can carry the heavier items close to their backs and any irregular items need to go at the top or in the outer compartments of bags. This will protect your backs and help prevent scoliosis. Lastly the stu-dents were shown how to lift heavy loads and how important it is to use our legs and stomach, which have large muscles, rather than our backs, which can't cope with heavy loads. The students could practice on a wooden aide/puppet, which showed them the difference and they could also feel it as well, which was a very effective exercise. Hopefully next time they lift a load they will remember this! Spinal injury and the effect screen time has on their posture and backs was also discussed. Well done Year 5's and 6's on your attentive listening and great participation!

Mrs Tapper

Year 5 / 6 Back Incursion

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Faction Token’s for ‘Green Behaviours’ Faction tokens are given out to students who display ‘Green Behaviours’ (listed below):

Showing courtesy.

Showing respect.

Learning without hindrance.

Creating a safe and friendly environment for all students.

Treating people equally and fairly.

Listening to and respecting other’s opinions.

Using manners at all times.

Congratulations to the following students who have received 50 tokens or more this year so far this year:

Alex Falconer, Ebony Gittos, Ben Manning, Taylah Gent, Seb Whitwell, Bella Blayney, Shanniqua Wilson, Stella Greene, Abbygail Gent, Zara Whitwell, Phoenix Kelly, Olivia Hyde, Pearl Spurr, Sari Baker, Erik Spurr, Tyler Mayfield, Kahlan Spurr, Emma Sloane, Gabby Jones, Holly Couper, Lily Burns, Jack Graham, Stanley Adams, Quinsterlas Wilson, Khloe Falconer, Charlotte Soper, James Kittyea, Jenny Manning, Ashleigh Beynon, Daniel Jones, Bayley Greig-Berry, Ruby Gra-ham, Sienna Holmes, Teagan Williamson, Darcy Nield, Pippa Gittos, Mitchell Hyde, Christopher Kelly, Isabel Mayfield, Harry Burns, Mathew Greay, Zoe Smith, Rachael Williamson, Pia Couper, Maddison Loftus, Tully Greene, Paige Biglin, Evie Couper, Hayley Lullfitz, Alastair Nield, Jay Greig-Berry, Lisa Manning, Amelia Spurr, Luca Whitwell, Emily Hinck, Fyfe Baker, Trazarne Wilson

Congratulations to the following students who have received 100 tokens or more this year so far this year:

Ebony Gittos, Ben Manning, Abbygail Gent, Zara Whitwell, Phoenix Kelly, Olivia Hyde, Pearl Spurr, Sari Baker, Erik Spurr, Tyler Mayfield, Kahlan Spurr, Emma Sloane, Gabby Jones, Holly Couper, Lily Burns, Khloe Falconer, Charlotte Soper, James Kittyea, Jenny Manning, Ashleigh Beynon, Daniel Jones, Ruby Graham, Sienna Holmes, Teagan Williamson, Darcy Nield, Pippa Gittos, Mitchell Hyde, Christopher Kelly, Isabel Mayfield, Harry Burns, Mathew Greay, Zoe Smith, Pia Couper, Maddison Loftus, Tully Greene, Paige Biglin, Evie Couper, Hayley Lullfitz, Alastair Nield, Jay Greig-Berry, Lisa Manning, Amelia Spurr, Stella Greene, Bayley Berry,

Congratulations to the following students who have received 150 tokens or more this year. Their photos are on display at the Hyden Trading Co.

Zara Whitwell, Olivia Hyde, Sari Baker, Tyler Mayfield, Kahlan Spurr, Gabby Jones, Holly Couper, Khloe Falconer, James Kittyea, Jenny Manning, Ashleigh Beynon, Ruby Graham, Teagan Williamson, Darcy Nield, Christopher Kelly, Isabel Mayfield, Mathew Greay, Zoe Smith, Tully, Lisa Manning, Amelia Spurr, Ben Manning, Erik Spurr, Charlotte Soper, Daniel Jones, Sienna Holmes, Mitchell Hyde, Harry Burns, Paige Biglin, Evie Couper, Alastair Nield Congratulations to the following students who have received 200 tokens or more this year.

Ben Manning, Jenny Manning, Daniel Jones, Mitchell Hyde, Paige Biglin, Evie Couper

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Assembly and Grandparents Day

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Grandparents are grand, wonderful and magnificent and play such an important role in our young chil-dren’s lives. It is fitting that we at Hyden Primary School honour our grandparents who help children be-come aware of the strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.

At our school assembly last Thursday the children from Kindy – Year 6 recited the poem ‘What are Grand-parents Made Of?’ by Teri Harrison. Following the assembly, grandparents were invited into the class-rooms to view their grandchildren’s work and then share in an afternoon tea in the undercover area. We thank the number of grandparents who travelled far and wide who attend the assembly; it was wonderful to see so many grandparents in the audience.

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Aleks Mutavdzic

Principal