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608-610 Wallington Road Wallington 3222 Ph: 5250 1841 Fax: 5250 1459 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER Principal: Glen Lauder School Council President: Kellie Tobin Naplan Congratulations to all the Grade 3 and 5 students that took part in Naplan testing over the past 3 days. You have all done a fabulous job. For some students this can be a testing time (pun intended) but you have all displayed a great work ethic and can do attitude. Individual- ised Reports will be created for each student to reflect their achieve- ments, which will be made available in Term 3. The school will also receive an overall report of student achievement which allows us to track learning from Grade 3 (in 2016 NAPLAN) to Grade 5 (this year), compare school scores to previous years and to other schools/ state/national averages. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg On Tuesday night I had the privilege to hear Dr Michael Carr-Gregg speak about the topic of Anxiety and Mental Health Issues in Young People. Dr Carr-Gregg is one of Australia ’ s leading Childhood and Adolescent Psychologist ’ s. He is engaging to listen to and I came away with some practical steps that we as a school can help students maintain their mental health and some strategies to assist those students who might need assistance. Some of the key takeaways that I heard included: -We need to help children find the spark or passion, such as sport, theatre or some activity that helps them to build their self- worth and keeps them connected to community. Parents and school can help this by presenting a wide range of activities. It also keeps them busy. -Technology can be both wonderful and terrible at the same time but parental involvement and school education programs are vital. Absence Notification Just a reminder that parents are required to notify school on the same day their child is going to be absent. New regulations will soon come into force requiring schools to contact parents on the same day of any unexplained absences. We will be setting up an SMS service as another option for parents to let us know of an absence. The same service will be used to contact parents when they haven’t contacted school to notify of an absence. More information will be available when the system is up and running. PRINCIPAL NEWS Term 2 Calendar Events Fri 18 May Parents & Friends Meeting Mon-Fri 21-25 May Artist in Residence Program Tue 22 May Lightning Premiership Yr 5-6 Wed 23 May Open Day 9.30 - 11 am Fri 25 May Artist in Residence Concert Mon-Wed 28-30 May 3/4 Log Cabin Camp Tue 29 May 3-6 Div Cross Country Geelong College Challenge Mon 11 Jun Queens Birthday Holiday Wed 13 Jun P&F Meeting 9am School Hall Fri 15 Jun P-2 Cross Country Trivia Night Tue 26 Jun Special Lunch Paddock Café lunchboxes Fri 29 Jun End of Term 2 Dismissal 2.30 pm Future event dates are regularly posted on the school website. Go to: http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents 17th May 2018 Basketball Courts The upgrade of the basketball court is well underway and starting to look good. We have had a small hold up due to rain but hopefully we will be back using the courts next week. Mother’s Day Breakfast Thanks again to all the Mums that came along to our Mother’s Day breakfast last Friday. It was great to see everybody chatting and enjoying a catch up. School Car Park Just a reminder that the carpark will be closed tomorrow (Friday) and parking will be in the driveway area at the front of the school. Sleep Matters Research indicates that teens who get a good night’s sleep are more positive and productive in all aspects of life, including learning and school. So how much sleep does a teenager need? According to the experts, teens need somewhere between nine and 10 hours a night. Yet many adolescents get only seven or eight hours, and some get even less. Thankfully, there are a number of simple things you can do to help your teenager get plenty of sleep each night. Try these: Limit screen time immediately before bed. If possible, set up a place outside the bedroom to recharge electronic devices. Encourage your teen to read a book in bed before they go to sleep. Keep your teenager’s room dark at night to encourage sleep. Encourage your teenager to go to bed earlier during the week. Allow them to catch up on sleep on weekends if possible. Remember, every little bit of sleep helps at this age, so even an extra 30 minutes a night can make a positive difference. This article is reproduced from Learning Potential, a product of the Australi- an Government Department of Education and Training. For more great articles visit www.learningpotential.gov.au and download the app.
