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23rd April 2014

WARRAGUL NORH PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLEER#5

CALENDAR 2014

Fri 25Apr

ANZAC Day holiday -No School

Wed 30Apr

9:15am to 11:30am -Mothers Day Stall

Parent Club Meeting at2:30pm

Mon 5May

Year 6 students departor Canberra

Fri 9May

Year 6 students returnrom Canberra

Special ood day orFoundation to Year 5

Whole school assemblyat 2:50pm

ues 13May

NAPLAN - Years 3 & 5

Wed 14May


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Principals Report

O'Dowd's Rd. Warragul North. P.O. Box 354 Warragul 3820Phone (03) 5623 4066 Fax (03) 5623 4345 www.warragulnorthps.vic.edu.au

NEXT ASSEMBLYOur next whole schoolassembly is Friday 9th May.

Visible Learning Foundation Day

Over three hundred and fify staff romWest Gippsland Schools (including staff

rom Warragul North Primary School)attended the Visible Learning FoundationDay held at Lardner Park yesterday,uesday 22nd April, 2014.

Te proessional learning undertakencentred on John Hatties internationallyacclaimed research. Visible Learningexplores what really works in educationbased on fifeen years o research andmany millions o students.

Tis represents the largest ever evidence-based research into what actually works inschools to improve learning.

Te presentation included Debra Masters,the Director o Visible Learning in NewZealand; Helen Butler, a very experiencededucational coach and anya McGowanwho has had extensive experience as acurriculum advisor. Tis highly valuablelearning experience certainly gave allWarragul North Primary School staff aocus or erm wo.Continued on page 2.

PARENT CLUB EASTER RAFFLE5CODE RED FOR CFA DAY3


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Working Bee

On a beautiul Autumn morning onSunday 30th March, a willing band oworkers arrived or the working beeorganised by our Building and GroundsSub-Committee o School Council.

Much was achieved including digging,weeding, pruning and resh soil wasplaced in the vegetable garden. Tepea gravel in the play equipment areaswas also raked and levelled.

At 1.00pm the working bee concludedwith a sausage sizzle cooked by ourSchool Council President, Chris Smith.Te sausages were generously donatedby Morland Meats o Warragul andChris cooked them to perection.

Many thanks to members o theKersten, Badari, urner, Cahill,

Smith, Madden, Magyar, Spragg,Wahid, Straatman, Aitken,Weeks amilies, and Miss Collinsor their hard work.

Well done to Brett Kersten ororganising such a successulworking bee. It was Bretts firstas convenor o the Building andGrounds Committee.

Corinne CollinsPrincipal

Principals Report continued

Angel (5/6M) and her mum, Nicole pulling out weeds.Murray Wigg, one of our School Council members, and his wife,Lynne, who are great supporters of Warragul North Primary School.

Raking the sandpit are Dan Weeks, School Council Vice President,and Brett Kersten, School Council Building and Grounds Convenor.

Andree urner, Jo Draisma and their children Lexi (6CU) and Julian(5BA) with a very full wheelbarrow!

OurSchoolCouncilPresident,Chris

Smith,

doingagreatjobofcookingthesau

sagesforthe

sausagesizzle.

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OUTSIDE

SCHOOL

HOURS CAREWelcome back to OSHC. We hopeeveryone enjoyed the holidaysand now we look orward to agreat erm wo with a programplanned to keep the children busyand happy.

OSHC activities during the last twoweeks o erm One were centred onHarmony Day and Easter. Children

decorated orange coloured handshapes or Harmony Day with thesenow displayed on our glass door asa visual security measure. Easterbased activities included colouringand craf.

OSHC is available on a permanentor casual basis. Enrolment ormsare available rom the school officeor rom OSHC. A waiting list isheld i a session is already ully

booked. It is important that theschool office or OSHC is notified iyour child is not going to attend asession they have been booked inor as that place can then be usedor a casual booking. Failure tocancel will incur a charge.

Phone numbers or bookings andcancellations are:

School Office 5623 4066

OSHC Mobile 0418 662 225

Hours or OSHC are:

Beore School Care: 7am. to8.45am. NO EARLY DROP OFFS

Afer School Care: 3.30pm. to 6pmNO LAE PICK UPS

Judy EastwellOSHC Co-ordinator

Marg Hayes & Ashlee Fallon

Code RedFor

C.F.A. DayJunior School Council organised the Code Red or C.F.A. day which was held onWednesday 2nd April. Te children were very excited to see a fire truck (completewith three firemen) parked outside the gym when they arrived at school. Ourschool certainly looked very different with many o the children dressed in red orthe day.

Te gold coin donations made a 9.5 metre long coin trail and a total amount o$662.30 was raised or the Warragul C.F.A.

Many thanks to our Junior School Council or organising this very worthwhile

undraiser. A big thank you to the firemen, Steve Venville, Brian Dalrymple andim Moss, or taking the time to come to Warragul North Primary School withtheir fire truck to show their support or Code Red or C.F.A. Day.

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Te Magical World

Of Crazy ScienceOn Friday 21st March the children at Warragul North PrimarySchool learnt about Te Magical World o Crazy Science.Richard Scholes entertained the children with his excitingexperiments and excellent all round perormance.

When asked What was the best thing about the Crazy ScienceShow? childrens responses included:

Explosions and rockets. By Aaron (3AB)

When he made elephant toothpaste.

By Isabelle (0JO)

He tricked us and made his head look huge.

By Mae (6CU)

When he made massive bubbles and then

made the bubbles go inside more bubbles.

By Keely (3AB)

Everything! By yler (0PC)

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Canteen RosterDAE IME VOLUNEER

Wednesday 23rd April 1.30pm to 2.15pm Ronny Dent

Tursday 24th April 1.30pm to 2.15pm Lynne Wigg

Friday 25th April ANZAC DAY CANEEN CLOSED

Monday 28th April 1.30pm to 2.15pm Alison Spragg

uesday 29th April 1.30pm to 2.15pm Bridget Mainland

Wednesday 30th April 1.30pm to 2.15pm Kate Stern

Tursday 1st May 1.30pm to 2.15pm Lynne Wigg

Friday 2nd May 9.00am to 10.15am Gillian Connorracey Armstrong

Monday 5th May 1.30pm to 2.15pm Rachel Steenholdt

uesday 6th May 1.30pm to 10.15am Nicole Germershausen

Wednesday 7th May 1.30pm to 2.15pm Julie Henshall

Tursday 8th May 1.30pm to 2.15pm Mecarla Downie

Friday 9th May SPECIAL LUNCH DAY NO NORMAL LUNCHORDERS

Reflections On Our HealthyFood Unit By Grade 1L

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Our class was enjoying

eating a rainbow!

What does that mean?

It means we were eating ood rom

the ruit and vegetable group. We

arranged the ood in the colours o

the rainbow.

Lots o children tried different ood,

such as star ruit and graperuit.

We now know you should eat oodrom each ood group every day.


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erm wo Art or Year Five and Six students will begin

with work on the Gatescape Project using old records and

CD's as a base to create a wool and mosaic creation!!

Last year we had Monet in May, this year we will have

Aztecs in April. Aztec Art is currently on exhibition

in Melbourne at the Melbourne Museum. We are also

working on contrasting colours; warm and cool colours

and beginning our collage work.

I still need the ollowing items or the art room:

Ice cream container lids Old records or CDs

Wool

Cardboard e.g. squares

Buttons

Old stockings or tights

I you have any o these items at home that you no longer need,

please drop them off at the art room or the school office.

Artist o the Week awards will continue in erm wo.

Who will be super creative and be awarded Artist o theWeek next term?

Mrs DunlopVisual Arts Teacher

News From Te Art Room

Artists of the Week

Seb (4H)Shaylee (2SP)

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Mathematical

Brain easers for

the Whole FamilyTe Mathematics Committee thanks all the students

who took the time to enter our first two competitions.

Also thanks to the parents who assisted younger

students with their solutions.

Te solution to brain teaser number one, A Circle

o Friends was 22. Te winners o brain teaser

one were announced at assembly on Friday 28th

March and awarded a certificate and mathematicalprize. Congratulations to the ollowing students or

submitting the first correct entries to be drawn out:

Foundation Year 2: Eleanor (1BA)

Years Tree and Four: Hannah (3AB)

Years Five and Six: Michael (5BA)

Te solution to brain teaser number two How Many

Campers? was 30. Tere was only one winner in brain

teaser number two as the only entries received were

rom Years Tree and Four students. Congratulations

to the ollowing student or submitting the first correct

entry to be drawn out:

Years Tree and Four: Daniel (4H).

Pictured are Eleanor, Michael and Hannah with their awards andmathematical prizes.

CONFIDENCEmeans

knowing that you will

likely be successul and

that people will like

you. It means not being

araid to make mistakes

or to try something

new. It means looking

and sounding confident.

Examples o confident

behaviour are raising

your hand in class to

answer a hard question,

doing hard work without

asking or help, sharing

a new idea with a teacher

or the class, starting a

conversation with a newclassmate and standing

up straight and speaking

with a firm voice.

Positive Habits of the Mind that help develop

a young persons confidence include:

I Can Do It- thinking than Im more

likely to be successul than I am to ail.

Accepting Myself - not thinking badly

about mysel when I make a mistake.

aking Risks - thinking that its good

to try something new even though I

might not be able to do it.

Being Independent- thinking that its

important to try new activities and to

speak up even i you are unsure o what

your classmates will think.

You Can

Do It! Keys

You Can Do It

Confidence

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Brain easer Number Tree -Shapes RelateChoose the shape that best completes each sentence. Ten write the letter o the correct shape in the space.

Entries for brain teaser number three must be in the box by 9.00am on Friday 2nd May.

PICKUPANENTRYSHEETFROMTHEOFFICE

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The Incredible Years9 session Parenting Program

FOR ALL PARENTS IN THE BAW BAW AREA ....

Do you have children between 0 to 12 years?

Would you like to learn how to: Give your child the attention they need in a positive, fun way?

Tune in to your childs emotions?

Build your childs self esteem, through praise, encouragement and reward charts?

Positively introduce household rules and limit setting with your child?

Role model positive behaviours to your child?

Help your child to problem solve for themselves?

Help your child be more responsible and self reliant in order to deal with conflict?

Where: Hosted by Warragul Primary School - Library

Dates: Wednesdays- 30th April 2014 to 25th June 2014

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon

Contact: Cate Noy & Janie-Lee Benson, Good BeginningsLatrobe ph: 5127 7270

OR

Rosemary Alicia, School Principal, Warragul Primary School ph: 5623 2460

LIMITED (free) CHILDCARE AVAILABLE

Book before Thursday 24th April 2014 to avoid disappointment.

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School Crossing Supervisor

Of Te Year AwardAs part of our commitment to the ongoing

safety of students, School Crossings

Victoria, together with Victorian Shire

Councils is looking for the Supervisor of

the Year 2014/2015.

Nominations are open now and close onFriday 2nd May 2014 and nomination forms

are available from our website

www.schoolcrossingsvictoria.com.au

There are unique challenges for all members of step families. Couples in step

families may be interested in an upcoming six week program by the Family

Mediation Centre.

To be held on Wednesdays from 6.00pm to 8.00pm starting on 30th April until 4th

June. Sessions will be held at the Warragul Community House.

Please phone 56236032 or email [email protected] further information orto register for this free course. Places are limited to six couples.

Making StepFamiliesWork

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