Newsletter Drouin West Primary School 'Nurture, Enrich, Inspire, Succeed' Issue 33/14 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3:45pm 5th November, 2014 Mondays Lunch orders and Student Banking Fridays Assembly will be held at 3pm in the mul-purpose room. Parents/guardians/carers and interested community members are most welcome to aend. Friday November 7th Finance meeng 3:30pm. Monday November 10th Selected students to take part in T20 Blast Cricket sessions. Tuesday November 11th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm. Tuesday November 18th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm. School Council meeng 7:30pm in the staffroom Thursday November 20th Cybersafety Educaon program at Drouin Primary 6pm to 7:30pm. RSVP essenal by Monday November 17th. Please phone 56 251 666 to confirm your aendance. Tuesday November 25th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm. Monday December 1st Swimming trials for students in year 2 to year 5. Tuesday December 2nd 2015 enrolled preps parent informaon evening at 7:30pm Thursday December 4th Bush Dance Day and end of year evening event. Students will all be taking part in bush dancing lessons throughout the day from 10am to 3pm. Permission notes will be sent home on Wednesday 12th November. Cost will be $12 per student which includes the cost of the lessons and the evening event. The evening End of Year event will commence at 6:30pm and finish at 8pm. Friday December 5th Grade 3 sleepover. Permission notes will go home next week. Tuesday December 9th Orientaon Day for grade 6 students and enrolled 2015 preps. Friday December 12th Thankyou morning tea and official opening of the Maths Garden Monday December 15th Grade 6 Graduaon dinner. Informaon will be sent out shortly. Tuesday December 16th Transion Day—students move to their 2015 classes School Council meeng 7:30pm in the staffroom. Thursday December 18th Picnic Sports day Friday December 19th Last Day of school for 2014. Students finish at 1:30pm Parent handbooks are available online or as a hard copy from the office IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS TO REMEMBER: P.O. Box 176 Phone: 03 56 251971 535 Main Neerim Road Drouin 3818 Fax: 03 56 252175 Drouin Wes t 3818 Email: [email protected]
Transcript
Newsletter Drouin West Primary School
'Nurture, Enrich, Inspire, Succeed'
Issue 33/14 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3:45pm 5th November, 2014
Mondays Lunch orders and Student Banking
Fridays Assembly will be held at 3pm in the multi-purpose room. Parents/guardians/carers and interested community members are most welcome to attend.
Friday November 7th Finance meeting 3:30pm.
Monday November 10th Selected students to take part in T20 Blast Cricket sessions.
Tuesday November 11th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm.
Tuesday November 18th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm. School Council meeting 7:30pm in the staffroom
Thursday November 20th Cybersafety Education program at Drouin Primary 6pm to 7:30pm. RSVP essential by Monday November 17th. Please phone 56 251 666 to confirm your attendance.
Tuesday November 25th 2015 enrolled preps Play Group from 2 to 3pm.
Monday December 1st Swimming trials for students in year 2 to year 5.
Tuesday December 2nd 2015 enrolled preps parent information evening at 7:30pm
Thursday December 4th Bush Dance Day and end of year evening event. Students will all be taking part in bush dancing lessons throughout the day from 10am to 3pm. Permission notes will be sent home on Wednesday 12th November. Cost will be $12 per student which includes the cost of the lessons and the evening event. The evening End of Year event will commence at 6:30pm and finish at 8pm.
Friday December 5th Grade 3 sleepover. Permission notes will go home next week.
Tuesday December 9th Orientation Day for grade 6 students and enrolled 2015 preps.
Friday December 12th Thankyou morning tea and official opening of the Maths Garden
Monday December 15th Grade 6 Graduation dinner. Information will be sent out shortly.
Tuesday December 16th Transition Day—students move to their 2015 classes School Council meeting 7:30pm in the staffroom.
Thursday December 18th Picnic Sports day
Friday December 19th Last Day of school for 2014. Students finish at 1:30pm
Parent handbooks are available online or as a hard copy from the office
School Website Have you missed the newsletter? Do you want information about the school? Please take the time to visit: www.drouinwest.vic.edu.au CASSE Group Students from our CASSE group attended a special day at the Melbourne Zoo on Friday October 31st to celebrate the success of the program. Our students joined in with students from other schools who were part of the CASSE program over the past 3 years.
Remembrance Day Service Our school community will be holding a Remembrance Day Service on Tuesday November 11 at 10.30am. Parents and community members are
welcome to join us in the Multi Purpose Room.
Sales of Remembrance Day poppies commenced today in Mrs. Collins’ room. Poppies will be available each morning at 8:45am for 20 cents. A once in a lifetime opportunity to be at Gallipoli next Anzac Day You can win a trip for two to Istanbul and Gallipoli in April 2015 by visiting the Australia in the Great War Facebook page and just clicking to enter. Competition closes 11 November 2014 so hurry to enter. Anzac day 2015 will be a special time as we commemorate 100 years since the Gallipoli landing and being there will be an amazing experience. www.facebook.com/AustraliaGreatWar World teachers’ day Celebrated in over 100 countries, World Teachers' Day acknowledges teachers’ work in an increasingly complex, dynamic and technological society. Teachers play a key role in providing young people with the knowledge and skills they need to become confident and capable contributors to society and the economy. A teacher’s dedication and passion can inspire young minds to explore new possibilities, set ambitious goals, and embrace learning. At Drouin West we have amazing teachers who work continuously to provide these opportunities.
Super ‘B’ Award Winners Super ‘B’ award winners for week 4, term 4:
Happy Birthday !!!!!! Happy birthday to the following students and staff who celebrate their special day during the week of Monday, 3rd November to Sunday, 9th November. Sophie White 5/6B, Brinley Whitmore 0/1A, Sienna Meharry 0/1B, Ruby Joiner 0/1A, Shayne Stock 3/4B and Miss Williams
Don’t forget to come to the office and collect a birthday sticker.
GIRLS COME AND TRY NIGHT
Warragul and District Cricket Association is hosting a come and try night for girls aged 8-14yrs. This is to look at interest of starting a girl’s only competition for the 2015/16 season. From this night we could have a MiloT20 blast competition over the summer for girls only. When: Friday November 14
th
Where: Yarragon Cricket Club, Dowton Park Reserve. Time: 6pm So if you want to have a go at a great sport come
and join us for some fun. Hope to have a
representative player there on the night. Enquiries
just contact Paula Borsato 0427935009.
Milo Cricket Registration Day At Drouin Cricket
Club
4:30pm November 7th 2014
Drouin Football Ground Sinclair Street
Registration/training followed by a BBQ.
Contact Travis Young 0408 745 188
Chaplain’s News Hi everyone,
Being a parent is one of the most satisfying, challenging, joyful, exhausting, fun and demanding jobs
we will ever have.
When I look at all of the skills I need to be a parent and realize what little training I have I am not
surprised I make mistakes!
That’s why I need people around me to help! My friends who have children are a great support. We
chat and share about our children and where we need to support them more. We also celebrate the great times.
Some of us are blessed to have supportive grandparents. Grandparents, who will take the children for special treats, always
remember to ask about school, friends or the special activity the children
are doing.
Sometimes we need to consult with Professionals to help us with our
children. In Australia we are lucky to have teachers who care, Doctors,
Paediatricians, Social Workers, Psychologists, Speech Therapists and
many others who can give us professional advice on particular areas of
help with our children.
Confident Parents, Confident Children is a parenting course that we have
the option of running next year at Drouin West Primary School for the
parents at our school. It sounds
great and I know I always gain so
much from any of the parenting
courses I have done over the years.
Networking with others, hearing others say, “my child does that too!” and brainstorming
ways we can support our children is a wonderful encouragement and the occasional
expert advice is great too!
Please return the following form if you think this is something you may be interested in.
At this stage it’s just an expression of interest but it’s important I have some forms back
to support the application to run the program. The program will be free.
Thanks to those who have returned their forms already.
Take care
Wendy Ronalds School Chaplain (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Friday) Acknowledgement: National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program have been funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
In Term 1, 2015 I am hoping to run a program by Parentzone called, “Confident Parents, Confident Children”. The program includes 4-5 two hour sessions. It looks at issues such as child development, developing positive relationships with your children, understanding causes of children’s behaviour, ways to encourage co-operative behaviour, strategies to deal with difficult behaviour, self esteem-theirs and yours and any other issues challenging you as a parent. It sounds fabulous! Could you please indicate on the return form whether you are interested in this program and whether you would prefer evenings or day time sessions? There will be no cost to this program.
Confident Parents, Confident Children.
Expression of Interest 2015 Name of Family_________________________________________ Contact number ______________________
Yes, I am interested in :attending a parenting program. During school hours is best for me
Evenings would suit me better
I would like support with the following parenting issue ? ___________________________________________ Please return this form to Wendy Ronalds, School Chaplain at the main office by Nov 7th to enable planning to take place.
The ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
On Thursday the 30th of October, Miss Bills took part in the
Ice Bucket Challenge at Drouin West Primary School.
The Ice Bucket Challenge was initiated by Pete Frates, to raise
money and awareness for Motor Neuron Disease. Motor
Neuron Disease (MND) is a devastating disease that slowly
affects a person’s ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe.
Unfortunately, there is no cure for MND.
To take the Ice Bucket Challenge, first you need to be
nominated by someone who has already completed the
challenge- in Miss Bills’ case this was by Tom Smith (thanks
Tom). After you’ve been nominated and you’ve decided on a
date and location to take part in the challenge, you then fill a
bucket with water and ice. Before completing the challenge
you must nominate three people and if the nominees don't take
the Ice Bucket Challenge, they should make a donation to an
MND charity. To complete the challenge, tip the bucket of
freezing water over your head!
The ice bucket challenge is a remarkable thing to do, to help
support people living with Motor Neuron Disease and motor
neuron disease research. Next to take the challenge, at Drouin
West Primary School is Mrs Proctor, Tarn and Blake Little.
