www.nathaliaps.vic.edu.au Telephone: 03 58662677 Acting Principal: Helen Ginnivan ‘Learning for Life” Holders of Nathalia’s educational history since 1878 March 19th, 2015 REMINDERS All Up Fee Payment Parent/Teacher Interviews - Monday, March 23rd - Tuesday, March 24th Joint Water Activity Day - Grades Prep - 2, 2.30pm Dear Families, Principal Appointment Today I was informed that Chris McCallum, Katunga Primary School, will be the new principal of Nathalia Primary. Chris brings a depth of experience in educational leadership and I welcome him to your school community. This is an exciting time for Nathalia Primary School community to work together to look at practices and how best to deliver learning opportunities for your students. Canberra Trip It seems like a while ago that the year 5 and 6 went off to Canberra, but with no newsletter last week I have not had the chance to thank the staff who attended- Deb Inglis, Hannah Routledge, Alana Zammit and Sam Page. The students arrived back on the Friday excited and full, of stories about the AIS, Questacon and Parliament. It is a wonderful opportunity for children to go away together and this helps with social and personal learning. Thank you for supporting this camp as it is quite expensive. Nathalia Learning Cluster This week Rachael White has joined with staff from our Nathalia Learning Cluster to attend a Bastow Changemakers course. I am looking forward to seeing where Rachael will take this new knowledge. Rachael is focusing on literacy in the school this year and I am sure this will help her implement strategies to assist with reading, spelling and writing. As part of the cluster initiatives I attended a learning walk at St Francis. I had the privilege of visiting a number of classrooms and seeing their programs first hand. St Francis has invited us to join with their Grade 3 -6 to hear a visiting author. The grade P-2 students will be involved in a fun water afternoon. STUDENT OF THE WEEK For the week ending 06.03.2015 F/1W 1/2B 3/4J 4/5I 6R Bella Lil Cooper Tom (absent) Aiden 13.03.2015 F/1W 1/2B 3/4J 4/5I 6R Cameron Zoe Blake Eliza (absent) Nic Nathalia Primary School Student Behaviour On Monday I addressed the students at assembly and informed them of the weeks events as well as the bad hair day this Friday. Unfortunately a number of students were unsettled and not focusing on the messages. Tuesday we had another assembly where I encouraged the students to INVEST in THEMSELVES by coming to class with an attitude that says they want to learn. I also emphasised the need for respectful conversations and containing anger when little things upset you. I hope you can reinforce these message at home. Parent Teacher Interviews This week staff and students have been focusing of testing and having data and work folios ready for parents when you attend parent teacher interviews next week. This is an ideal opportunity to talk to your child children about what they are learning, how they are learning and what you can do to support their learning. In this meeting you will be able to discuss learning goals for your child. 3 Year Engagement & Mentor Program On Tuesday, I had a meeting with Sue Maloney from the Nathalia Community House which has received $75,000 funding through the Victorian Government Engage Youth funding to conduct a three year engagement and mentoring project for young people in Nathalia and District. The project is being undertaken in partnership with the local primary and secondary schools to empower your people to develop Partnerships, Skills, Connections, Health and Well-being plus Community Engagement. If you would like to know more information on this project please contact Sue Maloney at Nathalia Community House on 58662449 or call into 44 Blake St Nathalia. We will have two teams of 6 grade 6 students involved in the project. Next Monday 23rd students will have the first meeting with the program leaders. This is an exciting project for our community and a wonderful opportunity for our students to work with adult mentors. School Council School council will meet on Thursday 26th March for the Annual General Meeting this will be a very short meeting with the election of officer bearers, committee membership and a brief report from the president and principal. Page 2 Visiting Author On the 20th March St. Francis have invited our Grade 3 to 6 students to join with them to listen to a visiting author. He is a joke teller who has a message around bullying. Helen Ginnivan, Principal. 5 /6 Canberra Camp Our Grade 5 & 6 students have returned from an education tour of our national capital. The campers have learnt lots of new things about Australia’s history, culture, heritage, Canberra, democracy and the parliamentary system. We had some students dress up as the speaker, sergeant at arms and act out a debate on TV ads. We visited Sharman Stone in her office. The Australian Government r e c o g n i z e s the importance of all young students to visit the national capital as part of their Civics & Citizenship education. To reduce the cost to families we have already deducted this amount off the cost of the camp. The Australian Government will contribute, directly to the school, the amount of $30.00 per student, under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program, towards the costs at the completion of the excursion. Debbie Inglis F arewell Dinner There will be a Farewell and Thank You Dinner for Helen Ginnivan on Thursday March 26th at 6.30pm at the Bridge Hotel. There will be an A la Carte meal available (order when you arrive). Please RSVP to either Jane Hando at [email protected] or Ruth James on 5866 2677 or [email protected] by March 19th. Page 3 Nathalia Primary School STAR OF THE WEEK Week Ending 06.03.2015 Congratulations Kaleb “You were a most enthusiastic student on our Canberra Camp” Week Ending 13.03.2015 Congratulations Rachael “ You have been great this week, helping students with their learning in class.” B irth Notice On Friday, March 6th, my mum had the baby at 8.42. It was a beautiful boy with tiny hands. His name was Kayden Robert Curtis. He came home the next day. I was so happy when I saw him. The day I held him he was so cuddly. Tianey CRAZY HAIR / OUT OF UNIFORM DAY FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH Colour, style and create interesting hair styles Gold coin donation (monies raised will go towards “”Shave for a Cure” There will be a parade at 10.30am, before recess. St Mary of the Angels Secondary College Nathalia 2015 Information Evenings St. Mary of the Angels - Nathalia Monday May 4th, 2015 7.30pm Open Day Wednesday, May 20th Guided Tours 9.30am - 2.30pm On Monday the 2nd March Nathalia Primary School’s grade 5/6s On Monday morning all the grade 5/6s had to get up went to Canberra. We departed school at 7.00am on Ford’s buses. early to be on the bus by 6.30 am and leave at 7am. On It took around 8 hours to get to Canberra but it only took that long the way we stopped at Strathmerton to pick up Miss because we stopped at Albury for a snack and stopped at the Tuckerbox for lunch. Gundagai for lunch. When we got to Canberra, we got our keys and went to our rooms. I was in a cabin with Georgia, Jai-Dee and Zali. It was fun to be who designed Canberra. After that we went for a walk sleeping. We had 2 bunks and a double bed. Zali slept on one of the bunk and Georgia slept on the other bottom bunk. We had to go to tea. We had spaghetti and for dessert we had lemon cake. It was yummy. On Tuesday, Miss Inglis came in and woke us up at 6.30 am. Then we had 20 minutes to get ready for breakfast. I had cereal then I had a bit of toast with scrambled eggs. It was delicious. After After a long 7 to 8 hours we arrived at Canberra and went to the National planning centre. We learnt about with them. When we got to our cabin we discussed where we were top bunks and I slept on the bottom. Jai-Dee slept on another top Routledge. Our next stop was at the Tucker box at and saw some fruit bats. The next day we went to Parliament House and we learnt about the prime ministers and we acted out a play. My favourite things at Canberra was probably Questacon and the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport). We also visited a lot of other places. By Cody. breaky we went back to our cabin and got ready to go to parliament. We got on the bus and left for a fun day. At parliament the first thing we had to go through security like at the airport. By Emily. Last week, from the 2nd of March to the 6th March, 5/6 Nathalia students visited Canberra. It was 6.30am on Monday, everybody yawning but excited to see our capital city of Australia. Our bus driver was Harry. He was a happy man always smiling. It took 6 hours to get to Canberra including stops. Mr Page, Miss Routledge, Mrs Zammit and Miss Inglis went with us. Miss Inglis was really happy to be coming to Canberra because for the last few years she was begging to come and finally she got to come. We stopped at the dog on the tuckerbox for lunch. We went to Mount Ainslie. When we got to the top of the mountain we could see all views of Canberra. After that we went to the exhibition about Canberra and learnt about how Canberra became the capital city. By Jai-Dee DRAFT 2015 SCHOOL CALENDAR EVENTS MARCH Nathalia Secondary College Community Woodwork Sessions Monday’s 4.30pm - 7.00pm Please contact Jack Tynan at the secondary school on 5866 2331 APRIL 4th -- Region Swimming - Shepparton 9th - Labour Day ( Public Holiday ) 10th - School Council AGM - Parents ’ Club Meeting 20th - Water Fun Day - Infant school & St. Francis 23rd - Parent/Teacher Interviews 24th - Parent/Teacher Interviews 27th - Term One concludes MAY JUNE 3rd - Good Friday 1st - Division Basketball Trials 5th - Winter Sport - V ’ s St. Francis 4th - 6th Easter 4th - Region Soccer Trials ( Shepparton ) 8th - Queens Birthday Public Holiday 13th - Term Two Commences 5th - Region Netball Trials ( Benalla ) 9th - School Council Meeting 14th - “ Dangerous Australians ” 6th - Interschool Cross Country Visiting performance 8th - Winter Sport V ’ s Katunga/Kat. St ( Home ) - Parents ’ Club Meeting 12th - Report Writing Day 15th - State Swimming Championships 10th - Mothers Day 17th - Region Cross Country - ( B roadford ) 21st - 23rd - 3/4 Camp ( Billabong Ranch ) 11th - Region Football Trials ( Benalla ) 18th - Visiting Arts Performance ( Hercules ) 27th - Anzac Day Public Holiday 12th - School Council meeting 19th - Winter Sport V ’ s Strathmerton ( Home ) - Division Netball Trials 28th - Division Football Trials - Division Soccer Trials - Parents ’ Club meeting 12th - 15th - NAPLAN Tests 24th - Reports & Learning Journals sent home 26th- Term Two concludes 22nd - Division Cross Country - Winter Sport V ’ s St Josephs at Numurkah TBC - School Cross Country JULY 13th - Term Three commences 14th - School Council Meeting - Parents ’ Club Meeting 16th - State Cross Country 27th - School Photographs AUGUST 7th - Regional Football/Netball/ Soccer/Teeball Championships 11th- School Council meeting - Parents ’ Club meeting 24th - Division Football/Netball/Soccer/ Teeball Championships SEPTEMBER 6th - Fathers Day 8th - School Council meeting - Parents ’ Club Meeting 10th - School Concert 14th - Division Golf Championship TBC - Lightning Premiership ( Numurkah ) 18th - Term Three concludes - Winter Sport V ’ s Numurkah ( Numurkah ) TBC - Parent/Teacher Interviews 31st - Lightning Premiership ( Yarrawonga ) OCTOBER NOVEMBER 5th - Term Four commences 2nd - Pupil Free Day 9th - Inter-School Athletic Sports 3rd - Melbourne Cup Day 12th - Division Athletics Carnival - ( Shepp ) 6th -Region Basketball & Softball ( Shepp ) 16th - Region Athletic Championship ( Shepp ) 23rd - State Athletics Championships TBC - School Council Meeting - Parents ’ Club Meeting DECEMBER 8th - School Council Meeting - Parents ’ Club Meeting 18th- Term Four concludes 10th - School Council meeting - Parents ’ Club meeting TBA - Grade Six Graduation 11th - Remembrance Day - Water Safety Program 16th - Region Golf Championships ( Benalla ) - Pool Day 18th - Division Hot Shots ( Shepparton ) - Infant Camp & Activity Day 26th - Region Hot Shots ( Wangaratta ) January 2016 January 26th - Staff Resume January 28th -Term One commences P arents’ Club Hot Cross Bun Tucker Day Tuesday, March 24th At lunch time Traditional (fruit) & Choc Chip @ $1.50 each 1/2 Dozen packs are also available @ $6.00. Orders are to be collected from school on TUESDAY, March 24th. EASTER RAFFLE Each family has been approached to supply 1 or 2 of Chocolate/Easter eggs for the hampers. Raffle tickets have been sent home with students. Each family has been asked to sell 20 tickets - $1.00 each. Raffle will be drawn on Monday, March 23rd at the 9.00am school assembly. PRIZES: 1st - Ginger Bread House (Made, decorated & donated by Marg. Richards) 2nd - Easter Egg & Chocolate Hamper 3rd - Easter Egg & Chocolate Hamper 4th - Easter Eggs 5th - Easter Eggs
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