Week 1

2 May 2019

Term 2: 29 Apr – 5 July

Telephone 08 8645 8685

Office Hours 8.00am to 4.00pm Principal: Pam Peters Deputy Principal: Ben Harris-Jones

Senior Leader: Sally Rowe

Finance: Phillip Datson

Secretary: Catherine Worby

Admin Assistant: Margaret Dawson

Student Wellbeing Leader: Cynthia Spangenberg

Diary Dates

NAPLINE Online 14 – 24 May

Book Fair Preview Week 3

Book Fair Sale 21 – 24th May

Dream Big 22 – 31st May

Reconciliation Week 27- 31st May

Netball Carnival 31st May

Boys Basketball Carnival 14th June

Girls Basketball Carnival 28th June

Bike Ed Year 5 24 June – 5th July

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,

Welcome back We trust that everyone had a refreshing break and got to spend some quality time with their families and friends. With the start of this term the weather, particularly in the mornings, is getting cooler. Please ensure your child is wearing appropriate school coloured tops as required by our Uniform Policy. New tops are available for purchase from the Administration Office. The term is already starting to look busy with NAPLAN coming up in Week 3, Reconciliation Week, Dream Big, GRIP Leadership Conference for our House Leaders and various sports carnivals. We will keep you posted as these things approach.

Staff Changes We welcome Kimberley Kloeden as the new teacher in Room 7. She has moved up from Adelaide and is working hard to get to know all of the children and families in her classroom as well as all of the routines and procedures that take place at Nicolson. We wish her well and I’m sure you will all support her and extend her a wonderful welcome.

NAPLAN Online The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. Previously these tests have been paper based, but this year these tests will be done online, apart from the Year 3 Writing Test, which will still be done on paper. Participation is expected by all students, however a formal exemption may be granted for a student with a disability that severely limits their capacity to participate in the assessment, or for a student that has recently arrived in Australia and has a non-English speaking background. If you think your child fits this criteria please let the school know and complete the appropriate paperwork. Testing will begin on Tuesday May 14th and will be completed on May 24th.

Woolworths ‘Earn & Learn’ Once again this year Woolworths is running their ‘Earn & Learn’ program. This program provides schools and early childhood centres with lots of brand new school equipment across all categories including ICT, science, sports, outdoor play equipment, arts and crafts and more. To assist us to gain some of this equipment we ask that you collect your stickers when you shop at Woolworths and stick them onto the sticker sheets and post them in one of the boxes situated in our Administration Office. We have always had wonderful support for this program by our school community and ask you to spread the word amongst family and friends. I would like to thank you in advance for your support with this program as the children at our school certainly enjoy engaging with the new equipment when it arrives.

Vision Screening Eyre Eye Centre is pleased to be able to offer a vision screening program at Nicolson Avenue Primary School. Approximately one in five Australian children suffer from an undetected vision problem, or requires ongoing assessment. Good vision is important for a child’s educational, behavioural and social development and to help them reach their full learning potential. Many children continue to experience undetected and unnecessary vision problems and often they assume that how they see is normal. It is important to understand that this is only a screening and does not constitute an examination or diagnosis of vision problems. The purpose of these general vision screenings is to help identify students who may need a comprehensive eye examination. This service is offered free of charge by Eyre Eye Centre in the interest of community health. You will receive a consent form if your child is involved and if you would like to have your child screened please contact our Administration Office.

Pam Peters

RESPECT TEAMWORK INTEGRITY RESILIENCE RESPONSIBILITY

Changes to School Banking

Beyond Bank has advised our school that they will no longer be providing the ‘student school banking service’ to our students.

If your child was participating in the school banking program with Beyond Bank they will need to attend the bank in person to deposit funds into their accounts.

Beyond Bank apologises for any inconvenience.

Mother’s Day Stall

Mother’s Day will be celebrated on Sunday the 12th May.

Our Mother’s Day stall will be set up this year

in our JP STEM room on Thursday 9th May and Friday the 10th May during the following times:

Break 1 - 11.25am – 11.50am

Afterschool - 3.20pm – 3.45pm

There will be a variety of gifts available at affordable prices for all the special ladies in our lives.

Assembly Roster Term 2

Week 2 Room 22 & Room 4

Week 4 Room 23 & Unit 1 & 2

Week 6 Room 24 & Unit 3

Week 8 Room 21 & Room 15

Week 10 Room 16 & Room 7

*IMPORTANT CANTEEN NEWS*

Exciting news!!!!

Want a lunch order but have no cash! No problem!

Order and pay online!! Through “QKR”

The canteen will be offering a new system of ordering and paying online for lunch orders.

Check out the fact sheet attached to this newsletter for details on how this will work. You can also visit: https://qkr.mastercard.com/store/#/home

This new system will apply to lunch order items. All ‘over the counter items’ will still be paid at the counter with cash only.

PLEASE NOTE: QKR can only be used to pay for canteen lunch orders and not school related expenses.

Remember the canteen is only open each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

We look forward to receiving your online lunch orders