FROM THE PRINCIPAL

REMINDERS Regional Athletics Championships - Tomorrow,

Friday, October 18th

Cricket Clinic - Whole School - Thursday, October 24th

Community Reading Day - Friday, October 25th

Fair Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 29th, 6.00pm

Grounds Committee Meeting - Tuesday, October 29th, 7.00pm

T20 Cricket, Grades 5 & 6 - Friday, November 1st, Katunga

School Fair- Friday, November 15th

Parents’ Club Meeting - Tuesday, November 19th - 9.30am

School Council Meeting - Tuesday, November 19th

October 17th , 2013

‘Learning for Life”

www.nathalips.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 03 58662677

Principal: Vicki McManus

Holders of Nathalia’s educational history since 1878

Dear Families,

Congratulations to our amazing students who participated in the

interschool athletic sports last Friday. It was wonderful to see so many of

you showing such respectful sportsmanship towards each other and the

other school students. Well done to each of you!

Monday was the ‘Divisional Athletics’ and congratulations to Cody

Power, Charli Dorrity, Archie Congues,

Daniel Thorn, Woody Guthrie, Aiden Orton

and Shannon Young. This is such an

amazing effort to achieve selection for

the Divisional level. A very special

congratulations to Archie and Charli who

did so well on Monday that they will now

go on and represent our school at State

Athletics. We wish you both the very best.

I have been watching the practice each Monday afternoon as our RACV team gets ready for

the big event. We are so lucky to have the teachers and parents who are so dedicated to support our

children with this and come along to the hours of training and preparation and will also head over to

Maryborough in a few weeks to the main competition. Last year our team went really well and bought

home an award. I am sure that the team this year will be amazing too.

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Week Ending

11.10.2013

P/W Brodie

1/2B Damian

1/2H Brandon

3B Rohan

4/5S Ebony

5/6J Teagan

Congratulations

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STAR OF THE WEEK

Week Ending

October 11th, 2013

Daniel - 4/5S

Lewis - 1/2H

Congratulations

I nterschool Sports

On Friday 11th October, the

grade 4, 5 & 6 students

participated in the interschool

athletics carnivals.

The grade 3/4 students,

Mrs Hill and Miss Sezun travelled

to Numurkah, where they placed

2nd overall between the four local

schools.

Meanwhile, in Nathalia at

the Recreation Reserve, the grade

5/6 students also competed

against St. Josephs Numurkah,

Numurkah Primary and St. Francis

Nathalia.

This was the first time the

Interschool sports had been run at

the local recreation reserve and it

was a resounding success, with

the enthusiasm, behaviour and

sportsmanship shown by our

students a real credit to them.

Overall, we finished in 3rd

place, with a number of

o u t s t a n d i n g i n d i v i d u a l

performances throughout the day.

We would like to extend

our thanks to Doug Cobbledick,

who was an enormous help in

setting up and allowing us to

make use of the Little Athletics

facilities and equipment. And also

the parents club for running the

canteen on the day for us.

Aaron Johnson

S unSmart Hats

A reminder that from

September and all of Term 4

sunsmart hats are compulsory.

Can all families please

make sure all broad brimmed

hats (clearly named) are bought

to school. Any child without a

hat will be unable to participate

in yard play due to the state-

wide policy of “No hat no play”.

Hats are available from

the school office at a cost of

$10.00.

G rounds Committee Raffle

The committee is

requesting the assistance of

people to sell raffle tickets

outside Nathalia Supermarket

tomorrow, Friday, October 18th

between the hours of 3.00pm

and 6.00pm.

Please contact the

school office if you are able to

volunteer some time on this

day.

C ommunity Reading Day -

Friday, October 25th for

Grades Prep - Two

S t u d e n t s a r e

encouraged to come along to

school dressed up as their

favourite book character to

celebrate the day.

L ost Property Here is an up-dated picture of our very large collection of un-

labelled, misplaced or lost articles of clothing currently

overflowing our lost property box.

We ask that all parents please check their uniform supplies.

Feel free to visit the school and collect any missing items.

Any Items remaining at the end of next week

will be donated to local charities.

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1st year Anniversary/Open House

@ Nathalia Youth Space Monday 21st October, 2013

The goals of the project were:

To promote and enrich the activities of young

people in the area, in particular by facilitating youth access to the youth space

To focus on promoting activities to enrich the development of young people in the area

To create a positive profile for young people within the area and improve relations between

local business, the community and young people

To enhance networks and service provision of young people with other youth service and

support agencies in the region

Details of 1st year Anniversary/Open house:

Monday 21st October from 2.30pm at Nathalia Community House, Harcourt Street, Nathalia

FREE Sausage sizzle It would be appreciated if you could RSVP to Sue

Maloney from Nathalia Community House if you are coming P: 5866 2449 or E: nathch@bigpond.com.

GROUNDS COMMITTEE RAFFLE To assist with improving the grounds and

surrounds of our school a Grounds

Committee has been formed.

The committee needs to raise funds

to cover some of the costs involved in this

endeavour.

A raffle has been organised and

tickets will be distributed to families in the

near future.

There are great prizes to be won.

1st - $500 RACV Resort Voucher, donated

by the RACV

2nd - $150 Family Season Pool Pass,

donated by YMCA

3rd - $100 Tyre Voucher, donated by K &

K Tyre Service

4th - $100 Truggy Remote Control Car,

donated by Dove Motors, Nathalia

5th - $30 Voucher, donated by Bridge

Hotel, Nathalia

6th - $15 Voucher, donated by Bridge

Hotel, Nathalia

7th - $15 Voucher, donated by Bridge

Hotel, Nathalia

The Raffle will be drawn at the School Fair on Friday, November 15th around 6.30pm.

Gold: Derryn – 1/2 B

Silver: Lil – Prep, Bailey – 4/5S

OCTOBER

15th - Parents ’ Club Meeting

18th - Region Athletic Championship

( S hepp )

24th - Whole School Cricket Clinic

25th - Community Reading Day

28th - State Athletics

30th - Tucker Day - Sausage Sizzle

NOVEMBER

1st - T20 Cricket - Katunga - Grades 5 & 6

4th - Pupil Free Day

5th - Melbourne Cup - Public Holiday

11th - Remembrance Day

15th - School Fair

18th - Regional Golf ( Benalla )

19th - School Council meeting

- Parents ’ Club meeting

21st - 22nd - RACV

DECEMBER

5th - Grade 2 Sleepover

6th - P/1/2 Activity Day

10th - Prep Transition Day

12th - Grade Six Graduation

TBA - School Council Meeting

TBA- Parents ’ Club Meeting

20th- Term Four concludes - 2.20PM

TBA - Water Safety Program

- Pool Day

January 28th , 2014 - Term One commences

29th, 2014 - Students Resume

30th, 2014 - Prep Students commence

2013 SCHOOL

CALENDAR

OF EVENTS

ROTARY CLUB OF NATHALIA ONCE AGAIN ARE SUPPORTING PORTSEA CAMP

Portsea camp is on once again, and will run from January 19th to 25th, 2014. Anyone wishing their child to attend please contact us. Also if there is anyone who would like to go as a leader we would appreciate hearing from you too, leaders must be 18yrs and over. Children must be between the ages of 9yrs to 12yrs Cost: $312.00 per child. This includes a Hat, & a T Shirt. A deposit of $50 on application is required. A Payment Plan is available please contact Margaret Morgan to organise this. Application forms and a Deposit are due by Thursday, 28th November 2013. For any further information please contact: Margaret on 5866 2030/0418 195 545 or Marie on 5866 2635. You can also contact Glenda Harding at the Nathalia Primary School on a Tuesday or Wednesday, ph.: 5866 2677, for more information or to collect application forms.

NATHALIA LAWN TENIS CLUB INC. Hotshots and local team games begin this Saturday at 8:50am If you have not signed up yet, it is not too late. If you would like to come along and try out for a few weeks that is okay too. Registration forms and $50 fees need to be paid in the first few weeks. You will then be eligible to register on line for your free hotshots t-shirt. For further enquires contact Rose Nihill 0438662149 The committee is still in the process of organising a competition for juniors at the next level. We will keep those concerned informed.

7 students represented our school at the Division Trails in Shepparton on Monday, October 14th. Two of these

have qualified to compete at the Region Level in Albury this Friday, October 18th.

Archie Congues competed in the Boys 9/10yrs Triple Jump and 1500m .

He qualified for the final in the 1500m and finished 3rd with a time of 6min 21.17sec.

Archie will now represent the school at the Region Championships at Albury on Friday, October 18th

We wish him all the luck!!

Charli Dorrity competed in the Girls 9/10yrs shot put and was placed 2nd by 2cms. Charli will also represent the school at

the Region Athletic Championships in Albury on Friday, October 18th.

We wish Charlie good luck as well!!!

Charli Dorrity and Cody Power both competed in the Girls 9/10yrs 800m sprints.

Cody Power competed in the Girls 9/10yrs 100m sprint and was placed 6th in the 1st heat.

Daniel Thorn competed in the Boys 9/10yrs 100m sprint (and finished 5th in his heat)

as well as the Boys 9/10yrs Long Jump.

Aiden Orton represented the school in the

Boys 12/13yrs hurdles, with a win in the 1st heat then he went on to run a valiant

4th in the Final, just missing out on the Region Championships. He participated in

the 100m sprint, running 5th in the heat.

Shannon Young competed in the Boys 11ys Shot Put and Discus, with 5th placing in each event.

Woody Guthrie travelled to Shepparton to compete in the Boys 11yrs Triple Jump and Hurdles. He was placed 5th in the

Triple Jump just missing out by 2cm to qualify for Albury. Woody was places 5th in the Hurdles.

We congratulate all the students on their outstanding efforts, behaviour and sportsmanship displayed on the day.