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SCIENCE PRESENTATION EVENING

Our Science presentation evening is coming along

very quickly. We are looking forward to sharing the

research information about Australian animals and

the diorama, which is a product, showing learning

and understanding. Putting a positive spin on your

questions when you see the research and diorama

will help your child see that you value their efforts.

BOOK WEEK

As part of the Book

Week celebrations,

students were

encouraged to dress up

as their favourite book

character or “Aussie”

dress. There were many

wonderful costumes!

Thank you to all students who participated with our

dress up day.

MT WORTH CLUSTER CAMP

Information regarding the Mt Worth Cluster Camp

has been sent home with all students in Yr 3 & 4. All

forms with final payment are due at the office by

the end of this term.

FUNDRAISING

The Fathers Day/ Special Persons Stall will be held

TOMORROW, Friday 2nd September. Thank you to

our Parents & Friends Group who have coordinated

this event.

WARRAGUL REGIONAL TRANSISTION DAY

Students attending Warragul Regional College in

2017 will be participating in a Transition Day on

Wednesday 7th September. Permission forms were

attached to the newsletter last week and must be

brought back to school by Monday 29th August.

SCHOOL DISCO

As you will see from a section of this newsletter we

have our school disco coming up very quickly on

Thursday, 15th September, from 6.30pm – 8.30pm at

the Darnum Hall. Children of all ages are welcome if

they are either enrolments for next year, current

students or ex Nilma PS students. If a child attends

who is an ex-Nilma PS student, it is expected that

they will be supervised by their own parent/s who

will remain at the hall. Staff will provide supervision

of current Nilma PS students only. It is also a non-

alcohol event.

We would like this to be a family friendly event. So come along and dance your heart out, whatever age you are !!! Please return the permission form for this event by next Friday 9th September, so that we can estimate

how many will attend for catering purposes. We understand that this

will be a significant change

from the previous one

which was held in Term 4.

At our most recent school

council meeting the

decision was made to have

it this term so that a

number of factors would

make the night a really good one. These being :

Daylight savings will not have started and

this allows children to play with their glow

sticks in the dark earlier.

The venue (Darnum Hall) is secure and safe

relative to cars travelling by the venue.

The venue has good kitchen facilities for

food preparation.

The reason I have listed the factors behind the

decision is to emphasize that we try, wherever

possible, to make decisions which will benefit all of

us and sometimes these have to be taken relatively

quickly. Thank you for your understanding of this

and other matters and we hope to see you at the

disco.

LIBRARY BORROWING

Nilma PS Library borrowing days are:

Monday– Blue Group

Tuesday– Red Group

Wednesday—Green Group

Please return books on

these days to re borrow.

Acting Principal

Mr Ian Frost

Business Manager

Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council

President Mrs Natalie Axford

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Principal Notes ..1 Student Learning ..2 Homegroup Happenings …..3 Calendar ….5

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

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

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

Recognitions Homegroup 1/F Red Maegan Gallagher

For your constant effort with your handwriting. You are working to write your letters neatly and to read to us about your

project animal the kookaburra. Well done Maegan!

Homegroup 2/1 Green

Ty Kindermann For your positive attitude towards all class

learning tasks. It’s lovely to see your constant smiling face.

Homegroup 4/3 Blue Sheree Casey Wilson

For being voted by your peers as displaying a respectful, responsible attitude at all times to your fellow students and your

learning. You set an excellent example to the grade, demonstrating all the REAL

values. Congratulations Sheree!

Homegroup 6/5/4 Yellow Charlotte Brown, Mitch

Chesterfield, Bailey Dent & Riley Kleeven

For your excellent example of leadership during Book Week. You were an amazing support to all staff, and did a fabulous job

entertaining us with your reading!

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

Happy Birthday

Aiden Olsson

L.A.U.G.H Program Learning Activities Under Guidance of Home

NIGHTLY READING 50 nights

Savannah Farmer Leaigha Archer Tari Booth Teylah Lott 75 nights

Miller Bundle Mikayla Lott Jade Mammolito 100 Nights Mikayla Lott 125 Nights

Alex Chesterfield 150 Nights

Blake Stone Oliver Turner Ryan Cane 175 Nights Nick Addison 200 Nights

Charlotte Goodchild

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS Winners

Jai Williames

Jaycobb Archer

Jade Mammolito

Teylah Lott

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

Book Week

The students all did an amazing job

participating in our Book Week activities.

These ranged from listening to and

discussing short-listed books, getting

dressed up, attempting to solve the Book

Week Staff Quiz, and completing activities

based on short-listed books read by a Year

6 leader.

Responsible Pet Ownership

On Monday we had a visit from Responsible Pet Ownership. Students listened and learned about how to

approach a safe dog and what to do in the situation of an unsafe dog.

Students learned about interacting with different pets and when to give them space and how to pet (pat) them appropriately.

Home

Group

- 6/5/4 -

Lemon

Yellow

Biological Science

Australian Animal Research A frilled neck lizard lives in a desert. It

lives in a forest in Australia’s hot

north.

By Blake

Emus live in Australia. They live in the

bush. They live in a big nest on the ground.

By Paige

A dingo is a wild dog found in Australia. Dingo live in

most of mainland Australia and all of Tasmania. They

live in dry places and also sometimes live in wet places.

By Levi

Kookaburras live in Australia. They live in woodlands

and open forests in almost any part of eastern Australia.

They live in trees and make nests.

By Ty

Blue tongue lizards live in logs or open country. They

like to hide under grass and leaves on the ground.

By Jesse

Thorny devils live in the sandy desert. The sandy desert

is flat and sandy. There is not much rain and lots of sun.

The thorny devil is found in the dry scrub.

By Beth

Home Group - 2/1 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1/F -

Ruby Red

4/3 Blue at Work in the

Kitchen Garden

Home Group - 4/3 -

Aqua Blue

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BOOK WEEK PHOTO GALLERY

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Many young people grow up experiencing an imbalance of rewards for good behaviour versus punishments for bad behaviour. They have wrongly learnt that motivation is provided by others making threats. The aim of Nigel Lane’s chapter is his book is to give an alternative – something good as a prize. This might include: Setting up a simple chart on the refrigerator and filling in the squares when they have completed the task. This helps the child feel good about their efforts, encourages the other children with friendly competition and visitors can give the child encouragement too. A voucher system is easy to make and can be highly personalised. Some of the fulfilment can be cost free too – some examples would be;

An hour of TB watching Your favourite meal together One hour of undivided attention An hour later to bed A chore free day (or two!) An iTunes voucher Take-away for dinner Friends over for a sleepover DVD rental of your choice

The core message of giving a reward is that it acknowledges good behaviour and shows tangible appreciation. These things are increasingly rare in the life of a child as parents mostly use ‘things’ as a carrot (sometimes seen as a bribe) to do well.

Charts are available from the Chaplain so make good use of them. Remember to never put negative crosses or comments on the charts as shaming the child in this way reduces them on the inside and it’s difficult to recuperate.

Enjoy your family and have a great weekend. Anne Prime

CHAPLAINS’ CHAT

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 27 01/09/2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1

MARC Van 2

Fathers Day

Stall

3 4

5

Breakfast Club

6

Camp Payment

Due

Badminton

Championships

7

Breakfast Club Student Banking

WRC Transition Day

8 9

10 11

12

Breakfast Club

13 14

Breakfast Club Final Camp Payment

Science Evening 6.00pm

Animals of Oz Incursion

15

MARC Van Bike Education

School Disco

16

End of Term 3

1.15pm Finish

17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30

SEPTEMBER 2016

OCTOBER 2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1 2

3 Term Four Starts

Breakfast Club

4 5

Breakfast Club 6 7 8 9

10 Breakfast Club

11 12

Breakfast Club Student Banking

13

MARC Van

Yr 3/4 Camp

14

Yr 3/4 Camp

Working Bee

3-6pm

15 16

17 Breakfast Club School Council

Meeting

18 19

Breakfast Club Student Banking

20 21 22 23

24 Breakfast Club

25 26

Breakfast Club Student Banking

27

MARC Van

28 29 30

31 Breakfast Club