PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Prep Open Night for our 2018 preps held last Monday

was a great success. Thank you to the many parents

and their children who came along and enjoyed the

opportunity of experiencing our Prep Hub. I have

received a number of bookings for prep tours so our

office will get back to you with an appointment time.

We are planning some further opportunities for our

2018 Preps; this information will be communicated to

you when you complete your child’s enrolment. We

are really looking forward to seeing you all again.

Lost Property

Our lost property bin is full to the brim with uniforms.

Many of the items appear to be new especially the

school bomber jackets and windcheaters.

Unfortunately, many of the items are not named so it is

difficult to get these items back to the students. If you

have time it would be worth having a look in the lost

property bin. It is also a timely reminder to ensure you

put your child’s name on their uniforms.

The Beat

Next Tuesday August 29th and Wednesday August 30th

our Year 5 and 6 students will be performing in The

Beat. The Beat is an opportunity for all Government

Primary and Secondary schools to showcase their

Performing Arts. Miss Bicker and Mrs Tregeagle along

with a number of our very talented ‘Southies’ have

been planning and rehearsing their performance. I

would encourage you to go along to the Mildura Arts

Centre and enjoy a wonderful night of entertainment.

Tickets sell out very quickly, so I would suggest that

you pre purchase from the Arts Centre.

Mini Olympics

We have quite a few students particularly in years 4, 5

and 6 competing in the Mini Olympics at the Aero

ovals next Tuesday August 29th. Families of these

students are welcome to attend and support their child.

I would like to wish them all the best of luck and know

they will do their very best.

Pink Ball

Our Pink Ball to raise funds for the National Breast

Cancer Foundation is on Saturday October 28th.

We are looking forward to a great night and raising lots

of cash to support research into finding a cure for this

horrible disease. We would appreciate any donations

that we could use in our raffles or auctions.

Congratulations to Chloe Ackerley (see below) we are

very PROUD of you. Debra Chandler

Principal

DIARY DATES TERM 3 August 29 District Mini Olympics August 31 Fathers Day Stall September 1 Family Photos/Whole School

Photo September 4-6 Grade 4 Swan Hill Camp September 13 Book Week Parade September 15 Grade 2 Sleepover September 20 Grade 3 Wentworth Camp September 21 Prep/Grade 1 Fun Night FOCUS OF THE WEEK: Safety

This week the students are thinking and speaking

about safe behaviours in the classroom and in the

playground. Students are focusing on being

buddies to their fellow students in order for our

school to be as safe as it can be.

Thursday 24th August 2017 Week 6 Term 3 (There is 1 insert in this week’s Newsletter)

NEWSLETTER NO.24 Thursday 24th August 2017

On the 19th and 20th of August, I raced in the

Australian Senior Dirt Track championships, in the

junior support class. It was held in Mildura. I finished

4th in Australia for my class and my next race is on the

10th September. I am participating at the South

Australian Dirt Track Championships that will be held

in Victor Harbour. I am aiming to finish in the top 3.

My biggest achievement so far was finishing 3rd in

Australia for the Junior Girls in the Australian Junior

Track Championships, that was also held in Mildura

back in July.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Not in front of the children

Michael Grose

The things parents say in front of their children have

wide-ranging effects on their learning, confidence and

behaviour.

American psychologist Martin Seligman found in his

research about optimism that children usually reflect

the thoughts and opinions presented by their parents.

For example, if a parent is a pessimist, then there is

every chance that the children will pick up and convey

the ‘woe is me’ way of viewing the world. As parents,

this means we are required to be mindful of how we

present the world to our children.

Children take their cues from parents as trusted adults

It is not just with optimism or pessimism that we need

to be careful about our messaging. Children take their

cues from their parents as they work out how to behave

and belong in all sorts of ways. Tell a child he has a

learning difficulty and he or she will believe it. Tell a

child he or she has a behaviour problem and he or she

will believe it. Tell them they are no good at maths

and the message will more than likely stick. And why

not? Children look at parents as wise, trusted adults

who know a thing or two about the world. Even

adolescents, who are renowned for wanting to

challenge the authority and world view of their parents,

still use their parents as significant reference points.

Parents who talk down other people – including

teachers, friends and family members – in the vicinity

of their children are teaching those children to devalue

those same people. Even when we vent about someone

else out of sheer frustration we are shaping our

children’s views about that person.

‘I don’t have to do that work’

Stories are common, where students think they have

the support of their parents in refusing to carry out

learning tasks set by the teacher. It is important to trust

that teachers are setting learning at the students’ point

of need and not argue that expectations are too high

and the work too hard for your children.

Negative views of learning expectations and

student/teacher relationships can shut down a student’s

capacity to learn. Some children are quicker than

others to latch on to their parents’ negativity as an

excuse either not to work or to lower the expectations

of outcomes.

Sometimes it is best to say nothing at all

As adults we have all sorts of opinions that don’t

necessarily need to be shared with our children. We

may hold strong political views for example, but if

young people are to formulate their own opinions then

it may be wise to notice when the children are around

and the words we are using at that time.

Marie-Therese Milani

Assistant Principal

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Problem Solving in Maths

In order to encourage further problem solving at home,

I will include a weekly problem in the newsletter.

Just write the answer on a piece of paper with your

name and grade and drop it into Mr Kent’s office each

Friday. The winner will receive a fantastic prize.

Mr K’s Problem No 23

A school day commences at 9:00am and finishes at

3:30pm. How long is a school day?

Answer: 6 hours 30 minutes- Alexis Dalla Santa 2S

Todays problem:- Mr K’s Problem No 24

There are 41 weeks in a school year. There are 4

curriculum days and 5 Public holidays in a school year.

If a student had 100% attendance, how many days

would they attend school?

Name: Grade:

Mathletics Awards

Gold Certificate

Tahlia Stone – 2S

Silver Certificate

Omer Baykurt – 6D

Myamee Smethurst – 5J

Mathlete of the Week

Ashlee Glare – 1/2D

MathsOnline Awards

This week, I present the MathsOnline award to Mehdi

Hashimi 4O.

Mehdi has successfully completed 55 lessons on

MathsOnline so far in 2017.

Well Done Mehdi.

Mr Roger Kent

Assistant Principal

FAMILY & WHOLE SCHOOL

PHOTOS

The Whole School Photo will be taken on Friday 1st

September. Family photos, new students and students

that were away earlier in the year will also be taken on

this day. Family Photo envelopes and individual

student envelopes are now available at the office.

PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2017 A kind reminder to our families who have received a

Parent Opinion Survey to log on and complete this

survey by 27th August, 2017. The survey helps our

school gain an understanding of how you view our

school climate, student engagement, and

relationships. Our school will use the results to form

school planning and improvement strategies. If you

have received this survey we would really appreciate

your opinion regarding our school.

PARENTS CLUB

Father's Day stall & raffle

Our Father's Day stall and raffle will be held

THURSDAY 31st AUGUST instead of Friday 1st

Sept, due to our school photo catch up day being held

on Friday.

We are still taking donations for prizes up until

Thursday morning and we have more raffle books at

the office if you are needing more.

A flyer will be sent home with the students tomorrow

with all the details on it, we look forward to a

successful day next Thursday with all our students

being able to buy that special gift for their dads or that

special man in their life.

Good luck to everyone in the raffle.

If any parents are able to help on the day it would

be greatly appreciated if you could let the office

know so we can make sure we have enough helpers.

Lyn Bozzi

Parents Club President

NEWSLETTER NO.24 Thursday 24th August 2017

WORKERS OF THE WEEK

PH Tyler Stewart 3/4B Ronin Moloney

PO Owen Chang 4K Tyler Wiese

PR Zac Thompson 4O Jordan Michaelson

1M Phoebe Englefield 4S Coby Dodd

1T Charlie Mills 5B Tom Staker

1/2D Dante Berry 5H Shakira Greenaway-

Mitchell

2N Chelsea Carusella 5J Lacey Kaiser

2S Mehdi Ghulami 5T Sean Oosting

2T Eliana Kaassamani 5Z Connor Byrne

3B Aiden Lane 6C Quantrey Saunders

3G Breanna Johnson 6D Jonathan Fuda

3H Lachie Nicholl 6S Klay Archer

3S Chase Gibson 6W Dylan Wood

SPORT AWARD

Payton Hand 1M

PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

Stephanie Keller-Linnett 1T

ART AWARD

James Israel 2T

AUSLAN AWARD

Cameron Hardie 2N

BAND AWARD

Yelda Sivlim 6W

ART NEWS

Art Awards

5T

Mackenzie Thompson

Sebastian Ioannidis

Isabella Black

Addison Davis

5B

Jake Marks

Chelsea Dyke

Charlotte Osborne

Jai Lewis

Tom Staker

5J

Lana Brown

Mia Dean

Dicle Kiran

5Z

Sienna Dalla Santa

Ela Akkus

Isha Shah

Sofia Puerto

5H

Amelia Petschel

Taylah Stephen

Charlotte Mouvet

Nicki Rivett and Holly Siladi

Art Teachers

OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS

Before & After School Care:

We have places available for Before and After School

Care each school day – bookings can be permanent or

on a casual basis. Our program is always fun with a

range of supervised activities with qualified staff. We

have activities such as Xbox, PlayStation, Arts and

Craft, Netflix, Badminton, Cooking, Skipping,

Colouring in, Board games and down ball as well as

outdoor play.

A current enrolment is to be completed before

bookings are accepted.

Please contact the OSH office on 5018 6028 or send an

email to oshp@msps.vic.edu.au for more information.

Vacation Care:

We are currently planning our program for the

September/October school holidays. If you would like

to book in on any day, please contact the OSH office as

we can now start taking bookings. The plan should be

finalised and sent to registered families by the 1st

September.

Kerri Abbott

Outside School Hours Coordinator

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

Don’t forget your earn and learn stickers! We now have a box at Woolworths at Mildura Central and one in the School Office.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Electric Light Theatre

Electric Light Theatre (ELT) has been producing stage

shows since 1984 and invite members of the school

community to be a part of the 2017/18 season. ELT

teaches stagecraft skills to young people from all skill

levels! Join ELT and don’t miss your chance to “Light

Up The Stage!”

PARENT INFO NIGHT

Mon 4th Sept 6pm

at Mildura Primary School Gymnasium (San Mateo

Entrance)

AUDITION DATES

Sun 17th Sept 1-4pm

Mon 18th Sept 6-9pm

at Mildura Primary School Gymnasium (San Mateo

Entrance)

For further information, please call 0419 655 500 or

email eltmildura@gmail.com or go to the website

www.eltmildura.com

DeGaris Kindergarten

DeGaris Kindergarten is now taking enrolments for

2018. DeGaris Kindergarten is located at 2 Christie

Parade, Mildura. The Kindergarten offers:

Pre-Kinder Groups (4 hour sessions)

Kinder Groups (15 hours per week)

Free Kinder for Health Care Card Holders, Indigenous

& Torres Strait Island Children and Children linked

with Child First/Child Protection.

Free Pre-Kinder for Indigenous & Torres Strait Island

Children and Children linked with Child First/Child

Protection.

For all enquiries, please drop into the kinder or phone

50231819.

BRAINTEASER

This week’s Brainteaser:

Who is on the front of the current issue

$100.00 note?

Your

answer:……………………………..

Your

Name:………………………………

Your Grade:……………….

Cut out this box with your answer, name

and grade and place it in the brainteaser

box at the front office. Each week, one

lucky entrant will win a prize!

________________________________

Last week’s answer: Buckingham

Palace

Winner: Maddi Catalano-Johnson

1/2D

Last week’s answer: Mother’s Day

Winner: Tahlia Stone 2S