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Congratulations to
Thank you to Special Thanks to
Bus Travel Walking School Bus—Friday 20th May
This Monday is a STUDENT FREE DAY. Permission notes for the Graeme Base excursion need to be re-
turned to school ASAP. Friday the 4th of September is our Father’s Day stall, limit of 2 gifts
per child. Read for Australia Event and Family Reading Time, 9.00-9.30am
Friday 4th September. We are still after newspapers to help mulch the garden beds out
the front. Please place them outside the sports shed.
Thank you to Lee Donoghue for his ongoing work in the kitchen.
The latest update is the hot water service is in!
Thank you to Chris Bills for erecting the ‘Non Smoking’ and
‘Caution Children’ signs at the front of the school. Please note that
smoking is prohibited within 4 metres from the entrances to our
school grounds.
Thank you to the Willow Grove Lions Club for their hospitality in
hosting the Public Speaking Competition. It was a great night all
round.
Thank you to Clarry and Brodie for their leadership in running as-
sembly. Our new students leaders for the remainder of the term are
Damien and Angus.
Willow Grove School and
Community Newsletter 2 7 T H A U G U S T 2 0 1 5 V O L 1 5 : I S S U E 2 6
DATES FOR 2015
28th Aug—Principals’ Day
31st Aug—School Closure Day—
Teacher Professional Develop-
ment
31st Aug—6th Sept—National
Literacy and Numeracy Week
1st Sept—Basketball Competi-
tion (selected Gr 5/6)
3rd Sept—Graeme Base Excur-
sion
4th Sept—Father’s Day Stall
4th Sept—National Literacy & Numeracy Week—Read for Aus-tralia Event 9.00-9.30am (children
to wear PJ’s)
8th Sept—Division Athletics Day
8th Sept—Curriculum & Policy
Committee Mtg 7.00pm
9th Sept—Parent Association
Meeting
9th Sept—Finance Meeting
14th Sept—Building & Grounds
Meeting 7.00pm
15th Sept—School Council Meet-
ing 7.30pm
16th Sept—Cricket Victoria Clin-
ic—whole school
18th Sept—Last day Term 3—Footy Colors & Pie Day— 2.00pm
dismissal
5th Oct—First day of Term 4
24th Oct—Goods & Services
Auction
MON TUE WED THU FRI 31
School Closure
Day—Teacher
Professional De-
velopment
1
Basketball Compe-
tition (selected Gr
5/6)
Music catchup
Sporting Schools—
Hockey Program
National Literacy &
2
Brekky Club
Numeracy Week
3
Brekky Club
Graeme Base Ex-
cursion Gr 2-6
4
Brekky Club
Father’s Day Stall
Literacy & Numeracy
Week—Read for
Australia (PJ’s)
7
8
Division Athletics
Day
Sporting Schools—
Hockey Program
Curriculum & Poli-
cy Meeting
9
Brekky Club
Parent Association
Meeting
Finance Meeting
10
Brekky Club
Mobile Library
11
Brekky Club
August 2015
Childcare Reference Number
407144619S
Willow Grove Primary School
Find us at—
www.willowgroveps.vic.edu.au
TERM DATES 2015
Term
3
13th July—18th Sep-
tember
Term
4
5th October—18th De-
cember
ATTACHED
Like us on
It’s not okay to be away … it’s not great to be late …
Thank you
Reminders
Congratulations
Happy
Birthday Rory Wilms
Ella Robinson
News from Ann
School Working Bee—Saturday
Name of children participating _____________________________________
Days of the week (tick the days your child will be participating)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Please return by Thursday, 18th September
NAPLAN
Parents play a major role in assisting and supporting their child to ac-quire strong literacy skills. Literacy learning started when your child was born. Parents play a vital role as their children’s first literacy teachers. Consider all the things that children learn before school as they mix with others, observe what others do and try to do the same things. Much of this learning happens naturally and within a social context. Oral lan-guage is the foundation of learning to read to write. Encourage your chil-dren to talk about and express their feelings and ideas. Provide experi-ences that expand their concepts and vocabulary. Children do not al-ways needs loads of money spent on them. Varied family outings, games inside and out, just pottering around with you as do jobs will ex-pand their notion of the world. They will bring their knowledge and under-standing of the world to their reading and writing. Literacy learning is a social experience because it depends on demon-strations from, collaboration with, and continuous feedback and re-sponse from, other people, it happens, at home and at school, when chil-dren are surrounded by people who listen, talk, think, read and write. Children need to see the purposes for reading and writing.
Here are some ideas for you to support your child develop literacy skills over the year levels. Share experiences (a picnic, camping, gardening, cooking, farming) which are then talked about at home Share books (especially stories) and talk about them with more experi-enced readers Have plenty of books to handle and read See print all around them Have models of how people read and write Have opportunities to read and write Know that people expect them to read and write Are given choices about what they read and write Feel free to ‘have a go ‘ at reading and writing (including spelling) Are able to talk about their reading and writing Experience feelings of success Feel responsible for their own reading and writing Have confidence in their own ability Understand what reading, writing and learning can do for them We need to work together, parents and teachers, to develop a part-nership which will support our literacy learners and to ensure a life- long learning. As adults we know that literacy provides the keys to life.
Can you help?
News from Ann
Student Achievements
P A G E 2
W I L L O W G R O V E S C H O O L A N D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
What an enjoyable night students, families and members of the community had this Monday as the Willow Grove Lions Club hosted the Public Speaking Competition. The six students who participated, Natalie, Emily, Gus, Mark, Ewan and Clarry, were all winners in the eyes of the crowd. The confidence and attitude to approach and attack an experience that was unfamil-iar to them showed the exceptional qualities each student has. All students received excellent comments and feedback from the judges. Public Speaking can be a fearful experience and for the students to embrace the competition and speak confidently about a topic (which each student had taken the time to rehearse and research thoughtfully) was a fantastic achievement. The two winners, Natalie from Grade 4 and Ew-
an from Grade 5/6 will compete in the next
stage in early October. We wish them the best
of luck!
It seems to be a busy time of year, with a few sporting competitions currently operat-ing across the Latrobe Valley Division. Tuesday the 8
th of September sees our Ath-
letics Team compete at the Latrobe Valley Division Athletics, comprising of the best student athletes across the Latrobe Valley. Students will be attending on the bus and accompanied by myself and Michelle Byrne. Please note that the event sched-ule given to each student is a guide only and that the first event, the 1500m will start at 9.30am.
I was also given the opportunity at the last minute to enter a basketball team in Latrobe Valley Basketball Competition. This will take place at the Latrobe Sports Stadium on Tuesday the 1
st of September. The team has been practicing at recess
and lunchtimes. I’m sure they will have a great day and enjoy the experience.
Hockey continues to be a big hit as part of our involvement in the Sporting Schools Program. Louise has been excellent with all the students, building up their hockey skills and knowledge. This program will continue to operate for the next three weeks. The students in the senior grade will also get the opportunity to try their hand at golf
over two, 1 hour sessions, the first of which started today. This is funded again by
the Sporting Schools initiative. I would like to thank Alison Abbott for her hard work
in organising these wonderful opportunities for the students of Willow Grove.
Sports Update
Acting Principal’s Report
Parents play a major role in assisting and supporting their child to ac-quire strong literacy skills. Literacy learning started when your child was born. Parents play a vital role as their children’s first literacy teachers. Consider all the things that children learn before school as they mix with others, observe what others do and try to do the same things. Much of this learning happens naturally and within a social context. Oral lan-guage is the foundation of learning to read to write. Encourage your chil-dren to talk about and express their feelings and ideas. Provide experi-ences that expand their concepts and vocabulary. Children do not al-ways needs loads of money spent on them. Varied family outings, games inside and out, just pottering around with you as do jobs will ex-pand their notion of the world. They will bring their knowledge and under-standing of the world to their reading and writing. Literacy learning is a social experience because it depends on demon-strations from, collaboration with, and continuous feedback and re-sponse from, other people, it happens, at home and at school, when chil-dren are surrounded by people who listen, talk, think, read and write. Children need to see the purposes for reading and writing.
Here are some ideas for you to support your child develop literacy skills over the year levels. Share experiences (a picnic, camping, gardening, cooking, farming) which are then talked about at home Share books (especially stories) and talk about them with more experi-enced readers Have plenty of books to handle and read See print all around them Have models of how people read and write Have opportunities to read and write Know that people expect them to read and write Are given choices about what they read and write Feel free to ‘have a go ‘ at reading and writing (including spelling) Are able to talk about their reading and writing Experience feelings of success Feel responsible for their own reading and writing Have confidence in their own ability Understand what reading, writing and learning can do for them We need to work together, parents and teachers, to develop a part-nership which will support our literacy learners and to ensure a life- long learning. As adults we know that literacy provides the keys to life.
Can you help?
News from Ann
P A G E 3
All of the staff at Willow Grove, value the strong connections that we have with each of our
families. Please take the time to ring, pop in or write a note if you have any concerns or
feedback (we like hearing the good things too!). A strong partnership between the school
and home is vital in creating happy, successful learners, so please come and see us about
your child’s progress or any issues that they might be having. Graham our school chaplain
is also available to lend a listening ear and offer support.
Our family reading event is happening on Friday the 4th of September. It would be fantastic if
you could join us for the first 30 mins of the day to come into the classroom and celebrate all
things BOOKS and READING. Bring along your favourite family book, grab one from the li-
brary or take for free from our school’s discontinued stock and enjoy reading. Students will
also participate in the Read for Australia event on this day, reading Banjo and Ruby Ren
and the Stone Lion and completing associated activities. Don’t forget to wear your PJ’s!
Students in grades 2-6 will also be celebrating National Literacy and Numeracy Week with a
visit to the Graeme Base exhibition at the Latrobe Regional Gallery on Thursday the 3rd
of
September. Students will be leaving after recess and returning around 2pm. Graeme is an
author and artist of picture story books, most famously Animalia. It will be an excellent op-
portunity for students to discover his most loved books through images, activities and ani-
mations.
Each Wednesday Thursday and Friday the school runs a breakfast club. Each day has a different menu but there is always fruit and hot milo available which the kids love. It's a great way for the children to start the day with good healthy food and chatting with their friends. Friday is pancake day, always popular!
W I L L O W G R O V E S C H O O L A N D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
Name of children participating _____________________________________
Days of the week (tick the days your child will be participating)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Please return by Thursday, 18th September
Chaplain News
Communication
Family Reading Time
Graeme Base Excursion
P.E. Award
P A G E 4
W I L L O W G R O V E S C H O O L A N D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
Playground
Award
Keegan
Dustin Kafil
Izabella
Monday No school
Wednesday Jodie Parton
Friday Kristy Williams
Lunch Order Roster
Student
of the Week
Claire
P.E. Award
Darcy Paul
JUNIOR CRICKET U12’s AND U14’s Any children interested in playing junior cricket for Willow Grove this season in either U12’s or U14’s please contact Pauline Blackshaw on 0401 947630 or Kristy Mitchell on 0421 238537.
Training for both teams will commence on Monday 14th September 5-6pm at the Willow Grove Cricket Ground. There will also be training on Wednesday 16th September 5-6pm.
Route 1 - Robyn Dureau, Kate Schultz (Coordinators)
Route 2 - Rachel Bills, Sally Alexander (Coordinators)
Route 4 - Carolyn Balfour, Lynda Earl (Coordinators)
Cnr School & Tooronga Roads
Main Road starting at Davies Road
Old Tanjil Road and Moe/Willow Grove Road
Time - 8.30am Time - 8.30am Time - 8.30am
Jordan Garratt Charlie-Anne Garratt Harrison Schultz
Kate Wheildon Nathan Wheildon Pat Bills Natalie Bills Katie Palmer-Hull
Katie Earl Nathan Balfour Luke Balfour Jacob Balfour
Executive Positions Sub Committee Convenors
President Andrew Francis Finance Steve Powell
Vice President Andrew Balfour Policy & Curriculum Jenny Turra
Treasurer Steve Powell Building & Grounds Chris Bills
Secretary Heather Ferguson
Proposed Pre-school Orientation Program
6th December 12.30-2.00pm
10th December 9.00-1.00pm
P A G E 5
Last week we worked on Saying No! This week we are working on Managing Our Emotions Last week we looked at how we can use our emotions when saying no. This includes the expression on our face, the tone of our voice and most importantly our body language and our demeanour. Saying No is something that we all need to practice and it is important that kids have the confidence to express how they feel and it also helps if they can keep their emotions in check when doing so.
However, sometimes our emotions can become so strong that they are over-whelming. When feelings become overwhelming they often stop us from thinking about how we are acting and stop us from solving our problems in the best way.
When anger becomes over-whelming rage we can sometimes break things or hit other people or say really hurtful things to someone who we actually like or who we are trying to impress and become friends with. When nervousness becomes overwhelming fear we can sometimes just freeze and become completely unable to say or do anything, even though we want to.
We need to have ways that we can manage our strong emotions before they become over-whelming. That way we can avoid the bad things that result from them. Different people use different ways to manage their strong emotions. Some methods are; walk away from the situation, take ten slow breaths, imagine a calming place or experience, tell yourself to stay calm, go for a run or a bike ride, pat and talk to your pet.
Remember it is much better to try to manage your feelings before they become overwhelm-ing. Once the volcano has exploded it is much harder!
DO: - Think about the different ways that you can stay calm
- Practice different ways when your feelings are not yet too strong
- Allow other people to use their ways to stay calm, even if they don’t make sense for you DON’T: - Assume that the same things work for everyone `
- Leave it too late to start managing your strong emotions
W I L L O W G R O V E S C H O O L A N D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R
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