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12 November 2015 - ISSUE 17 View this email in your browser

27 November - Final assembly

for the year. (Last merit awards

handed out and final Principal's

award morning tea for 2015).

3 December - Concert Rehearsal

at DEC. Pre - 2

4 December - Concert Rehearsal

at DEC. Yrs 3 - 6

4 December - Concert at DEC

7pm

7 December - Free Dress Day

7 December - Year 6 Graduation

5pm

9 December - End of year

excursion to cinema

10 December - Last Day of

Term

3rd Tuesday of the

month (during school terms) -

Council Meeting

Tuesdays - Student Banking

2015 SEMESTER TWO

TERM 4

Driver Primary School Concert

‘Disney at Driver’

7pm Friday 4th December at the Darwin Entertainment Centre

Tickets have been on sale since Monday 19 October and are

selling out fast. There are less than 80 seats left in the Dress

Circle.

As the concert is out of normal school hours, students can

only attend if accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Tickets are $20 adults and $10 for children (family members or

those not performing) or concession holders

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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

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

Mon 10 Oct– Thurs 15 Dec

School hours of student

supervision are 7:30am to 3pm.

Outside these hours children’s

safety is a parental/guardian

responsibility.

Children must not be dropped off

at school prior to 7:30am and

must either be picked up before

3pm, 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

Using Growth Mindset Praise and Feedback

◦ Praise what your child does, not who he or she is.

Instead of saying, "You are so smart/clever/brilliant", say

"I can see you really worked hard/put forth effort/tried

hard". Praise perseverance and resiliency when you see

your child struggle or face challenge. Avoid praising

grades. Focus on praising work ethic and effort – not

achievement.

◦ Adopt the word ‘yet’ into your vocabulary. If your child

proclaims that he doesn’t understand something, can’t

dribble a basketball, or can’t play a song on his guitar,

remind him that he can’t ‘yet’ but with hard work he will

have success.

◦ Avoid comparing your child’s success with siblings or

friends – achievement is not a competition. There is

enough success for everyone.



can email the absence to:

[email protected]

Please leave your name, your

child’s name and room number,

date of absence and reason for

absence.

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.

Phoebe Sims

Lilly Hancock

Chavez Skeen, Ivy Beswick, Lola

SIms, Cassidy White, Lea

McColley, Hanna Krause, Mia

Tomlins, Nateus Kane, Maddison

Youngs, Tanya Campbell,

Cooper Williamson, Tarquin

Banderson, Phoebe Sims,

Sophie Ballantyne, Mia Carlson,

Dre Gregory, Lilly Gale, Michael

Carter, Jacinta Lawrence,

Mawgan Keats, Callan Hamnett,

Redirecting Fixed Mindset Thinking

Redirect your child’s fixed mindset statements. If you hear your

child say "I am no good at Maths" or "I just can’t understand

Shakespeare", point out the fixed mindset thinking and direct her

to a growth mindset place. Remind her that she may not

understand yet, but will by asking questions, finding new

strategies, setting small goals, and working hard. Some

examples of how to redirect such statements are included below.

Other ways to Praise the Effort

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.



Kobe Skeen, Jayde Ralph,

Robert Leech, Ayisha Feroskhan,

Mitchell Thorneycroft, Tazmin

Glover, Darko Parcon, Charlotte

Luecke, Renz Gonzales,

Sebastian O'Connell, Odhinn

Burdett, Miguel Salsinha, Julian

Albert, Charlize Nichols, Katerina

Mastronikolas, Ethan Pullen,

Rylea Swart, Delfin Monck.

Our fortnightly newsletter is

sent home via email.

Please ensure that 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:

~ Nachos $4.00

~ Chicken Caesar Salad $5.00

End of Year Excursion

$15.00

Wednesday 9 December

A big thank you to the following people who came to the Working

Bee on Sunday: Di, Maya, Cassidy and Riggs White; Pru and

Hanna Krause; Cherie McCormack and Kayesha Keating; Gary,

Rosalina and Jack Burrowes; Mrs Stewart and Caitlin; Sharon,

Mackenzie and Mawgan Keats; Harley, Skye and Seth Joyce;

Mrs Henderson; Mrs Fullbrook and Mr Mick and his trusty dog

Bolt. A mountain of weeds were pulled out of the garden beds

and pathways, trees were pruned and there was a big clean up at

the back of the shed in readiness for cyclone season. It is

certainly true that many hands make light work.

Green paws paws are for sale in the front office for 50c each.

Silent Auction of Paintings



10:00 am

The End of year excursion will be

to the C-Max cinema to view

The Good Dinosaur.

Permission notes have been

sent home.

Synopsis:

Pixar Animation Studios takes

you on an epic journey into the

world of dinosaurs where an

Apatosaurus named Arlo makes

an unlikely human friend. While

traveling through a harsh and

mysterious landscape, Arlo

learns the power of confronting

his fears and discovers what he

is truly capable of.

Orienteering - Wet Season

Series 2015

Top End Orienteers are holding a

short series of orienteering

events around Darwin on

Monday evenings. You can

compete individually or in groups

and visit as many or as few

checkpoints as you want. Each

Monday there will be two options:

• Easy course: suitable for

novices (2-2.5 km) or

• Scatter: handicapped

course where you decide

how many checkpoints to

visit (3.5-5.5 km)

Starts available between:

5:30-6:15 pm. Courses close:

(45cm x 45cm) (50cm x 40cm)

These two paintings have generously been donated by our very

own talented artist, Darlene Devery. All money raised is being

used to help reduce the cost of the Year 6 dinner and dance after

their graduation ceremony. The paintings will be on display in the

front office. If you are interested in placing a bid, ask the front

office staff for a bidding ticket and place your bid in the 'Silent

Auction box'. There is a reserve price on both paintings.

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.

WOOLWORTHS SWAP CARDS

While technically these cards should be banned according to our

Toy Ban, we would like to make this a special exception JUST

FOR THE LENGTH OF THE WOOLWORTHS PROMOTION (like

we have done with past promotions). The reason being is that

there is a great deal of educational and social value we are



7:00 pm

Events

Monday Darwin Water

Gardens in Jingili

16th Nov on Freshwater Rd

near Trower Rd

Monday Yanyula Park in

Anula

23rd Nov near Anula Shops

Monday Malak Place

30th Nov Malak

Prizes

Awarded to the placegetters at

the end of the series. Progressive

results will be on display at each

event with your best 3 scores

counting for the final tally and

prizes.

Cost

$5 per entry

Further information:

John Shanahan

0406 876 168

[email protected]

witnessing which we believe outweighs the few children who are

not swapping nicely.

There are some rules surrounding this however and teachers

will make them clear to the students in their classes.

1. The only time and place during school hours that the cards can

come out is in the library at lunch times. If however swapping

becomes rowdy or any fighting takes place, the offending children

will be asked to leave the library immediately and their cards will

be confiscated by the teacher on duty in the library. If the library

teachers feel that it is becoming unmanageable as the group of

students not swapping nicely is large, then we will stop it

immediately and enforce the original ban

2. The Woolies Cards are the only cards allowed to be swapped.

If pokemon cards or footy trading cards come out at school they

will be confiscated.

3. If cards are seen outside of the times allowed (in the library at

lunch), staff will confiscate them and put them in an envelope with

the child's name on it and give them to the child’s class teacher.

Students can then collect them at the end of the day and will be

asked not to bring them back to school again.

4. Children bring these items to school at their own risk.

We highly recommend that folders do not come to school as

they can be easily damaged or mixed up. The school will not

take any responsibility for lost cards or folders.



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