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SLETTER

LEARNING CELEBRATION

This is an open invitation to the families of

children at Nilma Primary School to attend a

number of evenings during third term.

The first invitation is to families who are either

definitely or are considering enrolling their

child or children at Nilma Primary School. This

can be in the near future, or 2017 and beyond.

On Monday the 15th August we will be having

an information evening to provide an

opportunity for parent/s to listen to the staff

provide details of programs at the school. The

evening will begin at 7pm and

conclude at 8pm.

The second invitation is to families of currently enrolled children to attend our Science Presentation evening to share their efforts in this subject area. Throughout third term the children will be supported in choosing a topic/subject to research. They will collect information and respond to numerous educational challenges from teachers to improve their understandings. This will be shown in writing and a product that supports this research. Parent/s are encouraged to share the research tasks at home with their child/ren. We are hoping families will come and view the efforts of their own and other children. Furthermore, to offer positive comments about the efforts of children in the area of Science and Language. This evening will be on Wednesday, September the 14th at 6.00pm. Please come and celebrate with us. BADMINTON EXCURSION

The All Schools Badminton Championship will

be held on Tuesday 6th September in

Melbourne. Students selected for this

excursion are: Kiara Perry, Ella Perry, Aiden

Olsson and Aiden Smythe. Information

regarding this excursion will be sent home with

the newsletter today.

MT WORTH CLUSTER CAMP

Information regarding the Year 3/4 Cluster

Camp was sent home with the newsletter last

week. The camp will be held on Thursday 13th

October to Friday 14th October 2016. The cost

for this camp will be $118.00, which needs to

be paid in full by Friday 16th September. Could

all expression of interest forms please be sent

back to the office by next Friday 5th August

2016.

HOOPTIME Congratulations to our Year 3 & 4 students who participated in the Hooptime Basketball

Competition last Thursday. Next Monday 8th August the Year 5/6 students will be attending the Hoop Time competition. Permission forms were attached to the newsletter last week and must be brought

back by Friday 5th August. NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY Last Friday, 29th July, the Year 5 & 6 students participated in the National Tree Planting Day. This event took place at Brooker Park, near Charles St in Warragul.

Acting Principal

Mr Ian Frost

Business Manager

Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council

President Mrs Natalie Axford

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Principal Notes ..1 Student Learning ..2 Homegroup Happenings …..3 Calendar ….5

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Principal Notes

THANK YOU TO OUR DIARY SPONSORS

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R.E.A.LSTUDENTS@NILMA Learner of the Week

Recognitions Homegroup 1/F Red

Alex Chesterfield For being an excellent role model to

others. You are helpful, respectful, joyful, hard working and a true gentleman.

You are a valued class member. Thank you Alex.

Homegroup 2/1 Green Claire-Rose Simon

For an excellent start at Nilma PS. You have already demonstrated

characteristics of being a REAL Visible Learner including challenging yourself and learning from your mistakes. Well

done Claire!

Homegroup 4/3 Blue Alice-Ann Simon

For making such a great effort to settle in to Nilma Primary School. It has been

great to see you show responsibility, accept challenges in your learning and

develop new friendships. Well done Alice!

Homegroup 6/5/4 Yellow Teagan George

For the inspirational focus and effort you put in to your work. It is amazing to

watch you challenge yourself and improve your knowledge and

understanding with each task. Keep it up Teagan!

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

Happy Birthday

Jasmine Cane

Mitch Chesterfield

Mitchell Gilmore

L.A.U.G.H Program Learning Activities Under Guidance of Home

NIGHTLY READING 50 nights

Jai Williames Teagan George 75 Nights

Charlotte Brown 125 Nights

Jessie McCabe Meg Devlin Mitch Chesterfield 150 Nights Nick Addison 175 Nights

Charlotte Goodchild

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS

Winners

Thomas Buckler

Savannah Farmer

Alice Simon

Deklan Majcherzak

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

Our Year 5 & 6 students spent the day at Warragul Regional College yesterday, getting a feel for what life is like at high school. All students worked on a project in small teams.

Home Group - 6/5/4 -

Lemon Yellow

Emotive Writing

I feel jot when I do PMP

because I love PMP. Thomas

PMP is when I feel happy

because I love PMP. I have fun.

Deklan

At PMP I feel happy and excited and I feel

joy in me. Jesse

I feel joyful about PMP because I like

sport. Shila

PMP makes me feel tired. I feel sweaty

and it’s hard to do in the sun and in the

rain. That is why. Elizabeth

At PMP it makes me feel happy. I feel

really sweaty at PMP. I love PMP. I really

enjoy PMP. I think I am really good at

PMP. Claire

I feel happy when I am at PMP. Paige

Home Group - 2/1 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1/F -

Ruby Red

On Wednesday night I couldn’t s leep

because I had b -ball on the 28 t h of July.

It ’s Hoop Time for year 3&4 Nilma

Nuggets. (Rookies). The first game we

played was with Buln Buln Boomers, we

lost that game then we played Yarragon

and we lost again! In my team was

Ashley ,Tari. Will C., Emma and Piper and

me. The third game we p layed Darnum

but they won too. It was a great day and I

was so tired at the end! Teylah

On the 28 t h of July it was Hoop Time for year

3&4 Nilma Nets (Future Stars. In our first game we

played Buln Buln Boomers but we lost the game then we

played Yarragon and we lost again! In my team was

Zavier, Bai ley, Wil l . , Nataly, Emma and Piper and me.

The third game we played Darnum and we should’ve

won because the scorers put Darnum up two goals (4

points) and didn’t count one of my goals (2 points) . The

scores were 18 -16 but the real scores were14 -18 but

they put it l ike that and we lost so we had to have a

snack! Then we played around and before the last round

I hurt my thumb again and then I had to wait for my

mum to p ick me up. I watched the game then after a

few minutes my thumb felt better. It was a great day at

Hoop Time! Aiden Smythe

Home Group - 4/3 -

Aqua Blue

Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust and

Surprise. We have been making many links to

the movie ‘Inside Out’ which focuses on these

emotions. We have begun writing pieces that

focus on each emotion in our ‘My Emotions

Book’. Tuesdays session focused on Sadness.

We spoke about other words that mean the

same things as sad (synonyms) and shared

experiences with each other. On Friday we

are moving onto the emotion of Joy. Students

have really engaged with identifying each

emotion and making links to it.

Emotive Writing

This term for Whole School

Writing our focus is on emotive

writing. We are focusing on the

six universal emotions which are:

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CHAPLAINS’ CHAT Have you ever heard of self sabotage? It may be called by other names like “shooting yourself in the foot”, “putting your foot in your mouth” or “cutting off your nose to spite your face”. We’ve all done it at some time. Psychologist use the term ‘self sabotage’ when ‘ we seem to be getting in our own way’ and hindering our own success. It reveals itself in various ways including procrastination, unfulfilled dreams, worrying over things that shouldn’t matter, using aggression and not willing to stop, and feeling unworthy so letting people walk all over you. For children that would look like: staying up late the night before a test; cleaning their room when they would be doing homework; visiting a friend to study togeth-er but spending the time playing video games; forgetting to bring the necessary books home,; clowning around in class. There are four steps that are recommended to help (yourself or) your child stop ‘self sabotaging’.

Recognise and acknowledge that the behaviour exists. Help them to see that you care and want to help them.

Begin by monitoring (recording) their negative thinking – possible using a journal or some other means to log whenever they think bad of themselves or find then using negative self talk as well as making note the time of day.

Challenge both the behaviour and the thinking by providing substitutes that they can consciously employ. Write the substitute terms (or symbols) on paper and put it in view (fridge, behind the toilet door, bedroom wall at foot of the bed..) as a reminder. Affirm responses as they succeed.

Create some self supporting behaviours to help rebuild self confidence. Share the revised thinking with your partner, grandparent or teacher so they can help along the way.

Please remember that some of these things have grown and developed over many months and may take some time and effort to change them – but be assured progress can be made if you remain consistent. So, when was the last time ‘you shot yourself in the foot’ – daily? If it’s a frequent event for you and your child is shap-ing up the same way then have a chat to a counsellor or go through the same process for your self. Learn heaps – its all good knowledge to have for the future as you children progress through life. Anne Prime

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 23 04/08/2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1

Breakfast Club Playgroup

2 3

School Banking

Breakfast Club Cluster Day WRC

Yr 5/6

4

MARC Van 5

6 7

8

Breakfast Club

Hooptime 6/5

Playgroup

9 10

School Banking

Breakfast Club

11

12

Dental Visit P-2

13 14

15

Breakfast Club Playgroup

Information Evening 7.00pm

16

17

Breakfast Club School Banking

18

MARC Van 19 20 21

22

Breakfast Club

School Council

Meeting 6.30pm

‘Bookweek’ Playgroup

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Bookweek

Camp Pyament Due

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Bookweek

School Banking

Breakfast Club

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Bookweek

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Bookweek

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29 Breakfast Club

Playgroup

30 31 Breakfast Club

School Banking

AUGUST 2016

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1

MARC Van 2

Fathers Day

Stall

3 4

5

Breakfast Club Playgroup

6

Camp Payment

Due

Badminton

Championships

7

Breakfast Club School Banking

WRC Transition Day

8 9 10 11

12

Breakfast Club Playgroup

13 14

Breakfast Club Final Camp Payment

Science Evening 6.00pm

15

MARC Van

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End of Term 3

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SEPTEMBER 2016