Newsletter 2nd November, 2017

Fri 3 Nov

2018 Prep Transition 1st Session 9.15am to 10.15am

Mon 6 Nov

Curriculum Day—Students not required to attend school

Tue 7 Nov

Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Fri 10 Nov

Grade 2 Day Camp

Tue 14 Nov

Prep E & F Melbourne Museum Excursion

Wed 15 Nov

Grade 4C, 4D & 4E Melbourne Museum Excursion

Fri 17 Nov

2018 Prep Transition 2nd Session 9.15am—10.15am

Grade 4A & 4B Melbourne Museum Excursion

Tue 21 Nov

Prep A & B Melbourne Museum Excursion

Thu 23 Nov

Grade 5 Excursion Sovereign Hill

Fri 24 Nov

Prep C & D Melbourne Museum Excursion

Tue 28 Nov

2018 Prep Parent Information Night 7.00pm

Dates to Remember

40-50 Loddon Drive, Taylors Hill Telephone 9361 4900

PO Box 3665 Caroline Springs 3023 taylors.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

visit our website at : www.taylorshillps.vic.edu.au

Learning, Integrity, Honesty, Personal Best, Positive Relationships

Dear Taylors Hill Community,

Resilience- Managing life’s ups and downs

This term at THPS we have a focus on developing our resilience. Adults sometimes look back on their childhood as a time when they were always happy, but life’s ups and downs are a part of childhood too. Children need to build skills for resilience to be able to both enjoy good times and deal with hard times. Helping children learn how to manage life’s ups and downs and build their coping skills supports their mental health and wellbeing now and into the future.

Skills and qualities that help children cope with life’s ups and downs:

• Trust - that the world is safe and that there are caring people to help

them.

• Belief - in their ability to do things for themselves and achieve their

goals.

• Feeling good - about themselves and feeling valued for who they are by

their parents and carers.

• Optimism - that things generally turn out well.

• Ability - to manage their feelings, thoughts and behaviours.

Children develop these skills and qualities over time, initially through their experiences in coping with small stresses with help from supportive adults. When bigger stresses come along, even though at first they might feel quite distressed, children can draw on what they have learned about helping themselves to cope and feel better. Looking to others for support continues to be an effective way of coping.

How are your child’s resilience skills developing? Resilience is the ability to cope with life’s ups and downs. Children’s resilience is enhanced when they:

• are loved by someone unconditionally

• have an older person outside the home they can talk to about problems

and feelings

• are praised for doing things on their own and striving to achieve

• can count on their family being there when needed

• know someone they want to be like

• believe things will turn out all right

• have a sense of a power greater than themselves

• are willing to try new things

• feel that what they do makes a difference in how things turn out

• like themselves

• can focus on a task and stay with it

• have a sense of humour

• make goals and plans, both short and longer term.

For more information on building your children’s resilience go to: www.kidsmatter.edu.au

What’s Due ?

• Prep Melbourne Museum ~ Payment Due Tomorrow

• Grade 5 Sovereign Hill ~ Payment Due Fri 10 Nov

• Grade Prep Pizza Making ~ Payment Due Mon 20 Nov

2018 Prep Transition

Our first 2018 Prep Transition session will be on this Friday the 3rd of November from 9.15-10.15am. If you have a child starting Prep in 2018 and you have not enrolled them please do so as a matter of priority, as this will enable them to participate in this important program which will assist them with a successful transition to school.

2018 Notice of School Transfer/Absence Planning for 2018 is well underway, so if your family is taking a long period of absence from the school or is transferring to another school next year, I would appreciate if you could notify the office in writing as soon as practically possible. This would greatly assist the school in planning for next year.

Curriculum Day- Monday 6th November 2017. Just a reminder that we will be having a Curriculum Day this coming Monday, therefore students are not required at school on this day. We hope that our families enjoy this extra time together. On this day our staff will be involved in Professional Learning on the Victorian Curriculum. Danielle Stella

Tue 5 Dec

Grade Prep Pizza Making

Thu 7 Dec

THPS Carols Night 6.00pm

Tue 12 Dec

2018 Prep Transition Final Session

Grade 6 Orientation Day for Year 7

Tue 19 Dec

Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony 6.30pm

Fri 22 Dec

Last Day Term 4 Students dismissed at 1.30pm

LEARNING CENTRE NEWS ! This week in the Learning Centre, we are preparing our display for

Remembrance Day 11th November. All students are being asked to colour a poppy or add a message of thanks which will to be added to each year

level’s wreath. These will be displayed on the wave wall under the banner:

Taylors Hill Primary School Remembers and is Thankful

This is a good time to discuss what the day means to you, your family,

our community and our country.

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THE LEARNING CENTRE NEEDS YOUR HELP – PLEASE!

Once again the Learning Centre is putting out the call for help in covering new books. Mrs Sartori and Mrs Baron have

been busy purchasing new books and have quite a few catalogued and ready to go, they just need to be covered.

Thank you to the parents who volunteered after the last call out on Facebook, you were all marvellous! This is a great

way to assist the School especially if you are working parent or have pre-schoolers and it is difficult to help in the

classroom. You would receive 10 – 15 books, instructions, adhesive covering (great quality – no bubbles). All you need is a good pair of scissors and a little time. Please contact

the Learning Centre if interested.

Thank you.

CURRICULUM DAY

Monday 6th November On this day, THPS staff will be continuing their professional learning on The Victorian

Curriculum.

Students are not required to attend school on this day

Congratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the Week

Prep A Amelia

Prep B Thenul

Prep C Yusuf

Prep D Aiden

Prep E Leah

Prep F Jaiden

1A Maisie

1B Cayden

1C Alex

1D Stephanie

1E Aiya

2A Isabela

2B Adhar

2C Emily

2D Alisha

2E Andreas

3A All of 3A

3B Alexander

3C Angad

3D Lachlan

3E Keshar

4A Philip

4B Manharsh

4C Tiffany

4D Arda

4E Kayla

5A Kaan

5B Maybel

5C Ali

5D Octavian

6A Jayson

6B Ben

6C Sophia

6D Maddy

Science P-2 Casper, 1D

The Arts P-2 Mason, Prep A

The Arts 3-6 Eve 4E

PE P-2 Maddie, 2B

PE 3-6 Tyler, 3d

Italian Braedyn, Prep C

Term 4, Week 2