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15 October 2015 - ISSUE 15 View this email in your browser
3 December - Concert Rehearsal
at DEC. Pre - 2
4 December - Concert Rehearsal
at DEC. Yrs 3 - 6
4 December - 'Disney at Driver'
Concert at DEC. 7pm
9 December - End of year
excursion
3rd Tuesday of the month
(during school terms) - Council
Meeting
Tuesdays - Student Banking
2015 SEMESTER TWO
TERM 4
Mon 5 Oct - Thurs 10 Dec
2016 SEMESTER ONE
Term 1
Fri 22 Jan – Fri 1 Apr
(Students resume Mon 25 Jan)
Term break
Mon 4 Apr – Fri 8 Apr
Term 2
Mon 11 Apr – Fri 24 Jun (11
Book Fair Costume Parade
There was a sea of costumes today at our Book Fair costume
parade.
Our Lucky winners received a voucher to spend at the Book Fair
Even the teachers got into the spirit of the parade
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weeks)
Semester break
Mon 27 Jun – Fri 22 Jul
Semester Two
Term 3
Mon 25 Jul – Fri 30 Sept
(Students resume Tue 26 Jul)
Term break
Mon 3 Oct– Fri 7 Oct
Term 4
Mon10 Oct– Thurs 15 Dec
School hours of student
supervision are 7:30 am to 3
pm.Outside these
hours children’s safety is a
parental/guardian responsibility.
Children must not be dropped off
at school prior to 7:30 am and
must either be picked up before
3 pm, walk/cycle home if old
enough, or attend the After
School Hours Care program.
Parents phoning the school in
regards to students absences,
please phone on our student
absence phone line 89359062.
Alternatively you can email the
absence to :
Please leave your name, your
child’s name and room number,
date and reason for absence.
Book Fair Celebrations, Term 4
To coincide with our Book Fair in this week, students and staff
came to school today dressed as their favourite book character.
We awarded prizes for the best dressed characters to:
1. Lachlan Follett
2. Cami McGillviray
3. Charlotte Luecke
They each won a $20 voucher to spend at the Book Fair.
Teaching our kids the Growth Mindset Approach
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The front office does not phone
through to classrooms to have
children sent to the office for
early collection, as this causes
too many disruptions. Parents
must allow enough time to go
through and collect their child
from the classroom if they wish
to collect them early.
Please do not park in the
preschool car park unless you
have a preschool child as
parking spaces are limited.
Maya White Riley Pike
Thomas Quince, Jessica
Hamnett, Lily Topham, Gemma
Erlandson, Chloe Birch, Aaron
Fiege, Layla Byrne, Erik Hansen,
Mawgan Keats, Flynn St Meret,
Wilson Nichols, Ryan Hackshaw,
Abhi Aulakh, Savannah Mohr,
Cory Richardson, Marquie
Cabahug, Tahlia Parry, Jasmyne
Smith, Chavez Skeen, Miharna
Ward, Breanna Mason, Mia
Carlson, Ayisha Ferozkhan,
One of the key concepts that we are currently exploring as part of
our journey into Visible Learning is the importance of developing a
Growth Mindset. Carol Dweck (Mindset, 2006) suggests that
people (children and adults) can be categorised into 2 groups:
Those predominantly with a with a Fixed Mindset
Those predominantly with a Growth Mindset
Dr Dweck (A Stanford University Professor) discovered that
children who believed that their intelligence, skill or talent could be
developed (‘growth mindset’) were far more motivated to learn.
Confident children embrace challenges, persist when facing
difficulties and learn from feedback. These are all hallmarks of the
‘growth mindset’ identified by Dr Dweck, which she found led to
higher levels of achievement and personal empowerment.
Dr Dweck also identifies the increase of the ‘fixed mindset’ as
children progress past Year 3 of their schooling. This is a mindset
generated by the belief that intelligence and talents are fixed,
resulting in a tendency to want to look intelligent, avoid challenges
(and making mistakes) and ignore negative feedback.
Dweck and her fellow researchers found that messages children
heard about themselves in the speech of significant adults,
directly affected their growth mindset. If parents and teachers
spoke to children in a way that suggested that their intelligence
was fixed, children began to believe that too and developed ‘fixed
mindset’ traits.
So how do we as adults overcome this?
One way that parents can really help their children is by carefully
choosing the words that are used when they praise them. Every
word parents say and action they perform sends a message to
their children. These words and actions tell children how to think
about themselves. Parents should always praise their child’s
effort instead of praising accomplishments. The following table
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Neave, Jasmine Watts, Darlyn
Angcon, Ethan Copley, Nariah
Norris, Katie Martin, Sean
Harland, Larna Bruckshaw.
* Nachos - $4.00
* Roast Lamb &
Gravy Roll - $4.00
Our fortnightly newsletter is sent home via email.
Please ensure you have given
the school your current email
address to make sure you don’t
miss out on all the school news.
You can also:
includes some examples.
We introduced the concept of ‘growth mindset’ via Carol Dweck’s
youtube film clip at our staff meeting this week;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-swZaKN2Ic
Please feel free to contact Shona Henderson (Principal), or any of
the Assistant Principals; Danielle Hall, Alison Buchanan (part time
and not working on Wednesdays), and Allison Stewart, should
you have any concerns or questions.
Years 3 -6 Students have been kept busy lately doing units of
work in both ‘Design and Technology’ and ‘Enterprise and
Economics’. In the kitchen, students have been creating a
cookbook full of tried and tested Driver Primary recipes, which will
be available for purchase once completed. At Farm Driver, Year
5/6 students have nearly completed their 'Pallet Furniture
Benches' and the Year 3/4 classes are beginning to design their
own garden tools. Watch this space for a sneak peek at the
recipe book and some photos of the completed furniture.
PLEASE DONATE: If you have any 10c containers at home,
please send them to school with your child. Students earn points
for end of term class prizes and it is a great fundraiser for our
school. Thanks!
Driver Primary School Concert“Disney at Driver”
7pm Friday 4th DecemberDarwin Entertainment Centre
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Tickets will be on sale from Mondayfrom the Driver Primary Front Office
It’s that exciting time of year again when students are honing their
dance and performance skills for our end of year concert. We are
happy to announce that tickets will be on sale for $20 adults and
$10 for children (family members or those not performing) or
concession holders from Monday. Due to popular demand for
tickets, it is advisable that you purchase them as soon as
possible as they do sell quickly and there are limited
numbers available.
As the concert is out of normal school hours, students can only
attend if accompanied by a parent or guardian. This year we will
be recording which children the adults purchasing tickets are
attached to, so that we can ensure that reminders are sent home
to those children without family attending and families of
performing students are given priority.
All students performing on the night will not need a ticket as they
must remain seated with their class for the entire show (except for
preschool who must be collected at interval). Any students not
performing will need to purchase a ticket to be seated with their
parent/guardian. Preschool students can sit on the lap of their
family (or sit in free seats vacated after interval by families leaving
early) after interval if staying to enjoy the second half of the show
so don’t need a ticket.
Due to safety reasons, Darwin Entertainment Centre requests
prams not be allowed in the theatre, but they may be left in the
foyer area. Children young enough to sit on parents laps do not
require a ticket. Food is also not allowed in the auditorium.
For those families requiring transport, Driver School Council has
subsidised the cost of hiring a bus. The bus will leave the school
at 5:30pm and return to the school after the concert. Bus tickets
can be purchased for $3 each from the front office. Please note
that there are limited seats available.
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You would have noticed our electronic noticeboard at the
front of the school. Important upcoming events are
advertised there as well as in the fortnightly newsletter, on
our Facebook page and on our website. A hard copy of the
newsletter is also posted in the glass noticeboard at the front
of the school. Hard copies are available to collect from the
front office for those who want a hard copy. For those
families who have devices such as smart phones or ipads,
we encourage you to download the Driver Primary Skoolbag
app. This app will notify you of upcoming events and can
even notify the school if your child is absent via this app,
rather than ringing the school. Newsletters are also stored
here.
The Royal Life Saving Society Australia NT Branch is conducting
their Sunday Lifesaving Program. This is a program full of fun,
fitness and life saving skills for ages 5 years and up. The program
will run for 6 weeks from Sunday 11th October – 15th November
2015. For bookings or further information please contact RLSSA –
NT on 8927 0400 or email: [email protected]
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