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PRINCIPALS BLOG
Dear Parents and Friends,
News from the Warped Ones! What is happening?
We now have two parents who have volunteered to manage our light
and sound. Thank you! Some essential dates, events and news
leading up to our production:
1. Main cast practice days at the moment are Mondays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
2. Dress Rehearsals at school Tuesday and Wednesday the 5th
and 6th September. Parent help needed (Working with Children proof essential)
3. Full run through Rehearsals at school Thursday and Friday
the 7th and 8th September
4. Full stage rehearsal (not a dress rehearsal) at Burrinja
Theatre Monday 11th September between 10.00 am and
2.00pm.
5. Performance Nights
Tuesday 12th September
Wednesday 13th September
UNSW Digital Spelling and Science Results
Our results for our Spelling and Science Competitions have arrived. In
Spelling we received one distinction and two credits and in Science
one distinction, one credit and one merit. Well done to these students
and to all who sat the competition! Main awards will be handed out at
this week’s assembly.
Another interesting article from Michael Grose crossed my desk
this week.
It’s all about not letting a lack of confidence and anxiety hold your
child back.
‘Children with healthy self-esteem and self-confidence learn more,
achieve more and are generally happier than those with low
confidence levels. Building children’s and young people’s confidence is
THURSDAY 3rd August 2017
FERNY CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
DATES TO REMEMBER
Term 3
4th August – Grade 1/2 Hooptime
4th August – Crazy Hair Day 5th August – Trivia Night
10th August – Grade 3/4 Hooptime 8th August – 100 days Foundation
Breakfast Celebration 11th August – Schoolastic Book Orders
Due 11th August – Foundation Letterland
Party
21st August – Book Week Book Character Parade
22nd August – 2018 Foundation Transition
25th August – Footy Roadshow, Pie &
Footy Day (no assembly) 29th August – Grade 5/6 Hooptime 3rd September – Working Bee
5th & 6th September – Time Warped
Dress Rehearsals (at school) 11th September – Time Warped Theatre
Rehearsal
12th & 13th September – Time Warped Performance
“Together we make a Difference!”
complex. Great confidence-builders use a number of approaches that
impact on how kids’ think; how they feel and what they can do.
Here are some practical strategies that you can use to build real self-confidence in kids of all ages:
1. Model confident thinking Kids soak up the language, thinking and behaviour of those closest to them in their environment. Parents and teachers, play a part in modelling confident thinking and behaviour particularly when it comes to tackling new activities. In particular, let kids hear positive self-talk when you tackle something new. They should hear something like, “I’ll have a go at this. If I don’t do so well then I can try again tomorrow.” This is far more effective than “I’m no good at this. I’ll probably stuff it up.” As well, show kids how to reframe their negative self-talk by showing them how to find a positive in difficult situations.
2. Focus on effort & improvement Current thinking shows that people who believe that they can increase their intelligence through effort and challenge actually get smarter and do better in school, work, and life over time. One way to develop a growth mindset is to focus your language on effort and improvement rather than on the results of what they do. By linking success with effort, you are teaching them success comes from something other than purely ability, talents or smarts.
3. Praise strategy While effort is key for achievement, it is not the only thing. Kids need to try new strategies and seek input from others when they’re stuck. They need this repertoire of approaches - not just sheer effort-to learn and improve. It helps also, to focus your language on better and smarter ways on improving confidence. Comments such as “That was a smart idea to tackle the hardest task while you were fresh!” and “You recognised the first few steps were the most important but then after that you were right” are descriptive statements that have significant instructional value for kids.
4. Develop self-help skills from an early age A child’s self-esteem comes because of his or her successes and accomplishments. The most important competencies to build confidence are basic self-help skills. These form the building blocks upon which other competencies such organisational skills and many social skills are formed.
5. Let them spend more time in environments where they feel confident Some children thrive on the sporting field but struggle in the classroom; they may be confident risk-takers outdoors but are held back by self-doubt in social settings. While self-confidence tends to be situational, it is also transferrable. That is, often when you feel brave in one area of life then these feelings tend to merge into other areas. Confidence has a snowball effect, so increase the time your child spends in areas where they shine to give their self-esteem and feelings of self-worth a boost.’
From my experience, great parents and teachers have a knack of communicating confidence in children. They find ways to let them know that they believe in them – that they know they will perform and succeed, that they have faith that they can deal with life’s challenges and know that they can become more independent.
Have wonderful week,
Matthew
FERNY CREEK PRIMARY
SCHOOL
Phone: 9755 1522 Fax: 9755 2493,
School Road, Ferny Creek,
Victoria 3786
Web:
www.fernycreekps.vic.edu.au
Email:
Banking Details
Account: Ferny Creek Primary School Bank: CBA
BSB: 063 414
Acc Number: 10022451
Office Hours Monday - Friday
8.30am - 4pm
Principal: Matthew Coyle
Business Manager: Jill Heathcote
School Council President: Liam Smith
Promotion & PR: Rhian Jessop
Education, Policy & Planning:
Matthew Coyle
Dear Parents,
This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.
From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths.
At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn
School Crossing: Diane Garsed
Uniform Shop: Monday 8:50 - 9:30am
Karra Rhodes
Library: Beth Byrne
Buildings & Grounds: Michael Paterson
School Banking: Tuesday
Kirrily Whatman
Costume Hire: Sarah Jennings
After the Bell Head Office: 9758 6744
P.O. Box 7082
Upper Ferntree Gully
Vic 3156
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.afterthebell.com.au
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NEWSLETTER
“STARS OF THE WEEK”
Foundation
1/2 Anna
1/2 Brian
1/2 Lynda/Jodie
3/4 Cheryl/Lisa
3/4 Samantha
5/6 Adam
5/6 Coby/Kelly
5/6 Doug
Seb H: For being so motivated to ‘move up a reading level’ and for being so excited when you
achieved this! Fantastic, Seb!
Archie G: For a great week at school this week. Glad to see you settled and smiling, Archie!
Good job!
Charlotte A: For using her wonderful imagination to write a very interesting story about a
shadow.
Liam C: For listening extra hard during maths and working well in a group to discover the
heaviest objects.
Jack G: For doing a great job to publish his ‘Alien’ story in one session this week.
Archie K: For working well during maths activities, and showing excellent skills in subtraction.
Olive D: For her excellent story writing and her creative ideas. Always focused and doing her
very best!
Luca I: For his excellent efforts in all his writing tasks this term. Well done Luca in challenging
yourself!
Bailey L: for volunteering to be a tutor and doing an excellent job of helping someone to
understand their maths.
Henry G: For showing respect and consideration for others by encouraging and supporting
everyone during our PE team games.
Isadora F: For trying her best during iMaths and sharing her thinking with peers when problem
solving.
Oliver P: For always listening to his peers and helping others when he can. Great work!
Lucy N: For the wonderful effort you put into completing your Book Clubs Portfolio Task. While
it was handed in late, you clearly demonstrated what you can achieve when you put your mind
to it!!! Well Done.
Aurora E: For the GREAT work you have been doing on Mathletics. It is wonderful to see you
consolidating your knowledge of the topics covered in class and earning lots of
certificates!!! Well Done.
Cooper S: For the fantastic effort and maturity he is putting into everything he does-from his
work through to his social interactions. Well done Cooper!
Tallulah H: For her amazing speech at the Monbulk Rotary Club Speech Night. A wonderful
effort that won her second place! Brilliant work Tallulah!
Liam B: For his entertaining and knowledgeable presentation about his recent holiday.
Kaitlyn P: For delivering a terrific prize winning speech at the Rotary Club Speech night.
Creative Artist Award
Carlisle & Donovan
Grade 5/6CK
Performing Arts
Student of the Week
Will T
Grade 3/4C
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Caine TM
Grade 1/2B
JAPA
NESE
BOOK WEEK at Ferny Creek 21st to 25th August We are celebrating Book Week in 2 weeks’ time.
Reminder that on Monday 21st August we will be having a whole school parade of
children (and Teachers) dressed up as their favourite book character.
You have 2 weeks to get your costume organised.
We are looking forward to a fun and exciting week of literature activities.
Thanks, Cheryl
The
Mag
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lute
I liked how the voices got lower and higher.
Lydia
I liked the romance.
Beatrix
It was funny.
Jack
They were really good at singing.
Amelie
Fantastic acting.
Finn S.
It was awesome.
Finley
