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Principal Jottings

ISSUE 18

Term 4 Week 6

20 November 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER

Term 4 2019

Friday 22 November NCVISSA Summer Carnival

Wednesday 27 November Shire Library

Thursday 28 November School Library

Wednesday 4 December Newsletter

Shire Library

Wednesday 11 December Shire Library

Thursday 12 December School Library

Friday 13 December Presentation Evening/

School Concert

Tuesday 17 December Reports home

Year 6 Graduation Dinner Senior Room sleepover

Wednesday 18 December Final Newsletter

Parent/Teacher Meetings

Thursday 19 December Last day

Wednesday 25 December Christmas Day

Tuesday 31 December New Years Eve

2020

Wednesday 1 January New Years Day

Tuesday 28 January Admin staff commence

Thursday 30 January

Dear Parents and Community Members,

Welcome to the Term 4 Week 6 newsletter. It is certainly a very busy time of the year for everyone in the community. With harvest well underway there are many trucks passing through our town throughout the day. I would like to remind parents and students of the importance of road safety rules at this time of the year.

Acting Regional Executive Director Change – Midwest

The Acting Regional Executive Director Steve Watson will return to Statewide Services next week to take up a new role in the Department’s Student Support Services Directorate. Damien Shuttleworth will take up the position for the remainder of the year.

On behalf of our staff, I would like to thank Steve for the support he has provided to our school in his role as Regional Executive Director this year.

School Development Day – Term 4 On Monday the 11th of November, staff met to determine our school’s strategic direction and to complete planning for next year and beyond. Planning has a clear focus on improving student achievement and progress and teaching and learning practice with a whole school approach organised for literacy, numeracy and student health and wellbeing.

Please email all newsletter items to: Yuna.ps@education.wa.edu.au

YUNA PRIMARY SCHOOL

On behalf of the Staff and Students

at Yuna Primary School,

I would like to invite you to attend our

Yuna Primary School Presentation Evening.

This event will be held in the Yuna Memorial Hall on

Friday 13 December 2019.

The evening’s program will commence at 7.00pm

and conclude with supper.

I hope that you will be able to join us.

Kind Regards

Roseanne Ullrich

Principal

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Student Well Being – Resilience One of our school priorities is Student Well Being. Our Behaviour Management Plan focusses on the values of respect, consideration, effort and resilience.

Promoting resilience in children is a not a single event but a continuous process that requires adults to be supportive and empathetic when things don’t go according to plan. It also requires parents themselves to have an understanding of resilience, to have faith in themselves, and their child’s ability to cope. From a resilience perspective parents need to coach their children through some of their more challenging moments and review learning experiences. It is important that parents avoid solving all of their children’s problems for them.

You can promote a lasting sense of resilience in your children by:

1. Having a positive attitude yourself. Your attitude as a parent impacts on their ability to bounce back from some of the difficulties they face. Make sure you model a ‘you can do it’ attitude for your child when he/she meets some of life’s curve balls.

2. Look for teachable moments. Many kids’ learning opportunities are disguised as problems. Make the most of these opportunities so that kids can grow and learn from some of the challenges they face.

3. Make kids active participants in the family. Active participation in a family develops the self-help, problem solving and independence skills that are necessary for resilience.

4. Build children’s coping skills. There are plenty of strategies you can pass on to your children to help them cope when life doesn’t go their way, including acceptance, getting away for a while, and normalisation.

A fact sheet on ‘Resiliency Robbers’ compiled by Michael Gross has been included with the newsletter.

Concert Students commenced practicing for the concert at the hall this week. They will have several other practice sessions over the next three weeks as they prepare for the year’s final big night. The evening will commence at 7:00pm. We remind all families of the “bring and share” supper that traditionally follows the performances and we look forward to having all of the local community in attendance.

Reports Reports will be sent home to parents on Tuesday the 17th of December. If after reading the report you would like an interview with the teacher to discuss your child’s report, please contact the front office.

Kind Regards, Roseanne Ullrich Principal

TERM 4 WEEKS 7-10

WK MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

7 25 26 27 Shire Library

28 School Library

29 30 1 De-cember

8 2 3 4 Shire Library Newsletter

5 6 7 8

9 9 10 11 Shire Library

12 School Library

13 Presentation Evening/Concert

14 15

10 16 17 Reports home Year 6 Graduation Dinner Senior Room sleepover

18 Newsletter Parent/Teacher interviews

19 Last day of Term

20 21 22

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The Dragon’s Side—by Holly

His amber eyes shone like bush fires. His groans shook the ground as arrows pierced into his scaly, clammy skin. The knights had been ordered to kill the dragon but had so far been unsuccessful. It’s razor sharp talons tore the ground apart with each step. Its powerful legs threw the knights into the distance until “POW!” an arrow was shot straight into the dragons small, wrinkled heart. He opened his mouth showing his savage, needle teeth like spikes on a trap before falling to the ground in pain. He let out a final moaning growl. He had been defeated. He had been shot. He had lost.

Wanted!!!! - by James

One orange dragon with horns. It has an orange under belly,

a shovel shaped tail and sharp teeth like a sword!

It is 30 meters long. Wanted for burning a farm in

Yuna called Midoxgate. Reward 999,999,999,999,999

Dollars and gold nuggets.

Wanted!!!! - Callum

Na Fire Death Length 25 meters plus tail

4 meters in width Dagger like teeth

It has fire red scales Last seen at Farming Vill.

Wanted for making a mess at all of the farms.

Reward $10,000,000,000,000,000

WARNING DANGER !!!!!

Toothless and the Village—by Rhys

The dragon paused in mid air and shot a plasma blast at the village on an island. The people at the village ran everywhere like little ants. The dragon was black and had fire red eyes. It’s teeth shone in the sun like gold and it had dagger like claws.

He landed in the centre of their village and shot another plasma blast at all the houses.

He let out an almighty roar that made an earthquake.

All of the burnt houses collapsed in and the people at the village hopped in to their boats and sailed away.

The dragon followed them because he was hungry. He shot out another plasma blast and fried them like chips.

He flew home and told his family and mates about his very yummy dinner.

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My Dragon—by Max

My dragon is a powerful furious beast. It has plasticine green scaly skin and bright yellow eyes, with sharp silvery claws. It has a maroon coloured tongue. It has big bushy eye brows and sharp jagged teeth. It has large wings above its shoulder blades. It has vivid white silky smooth horns and has ears with purple and yellow spots.

Its tail is as sharp as a blade. It has a caramel sundae coloured under belly with patches of potter pink. If found, please giggle while balancing four Oreos on your head.

It will eat all four Oreos off your head. Do not move, otherwise it will become very aggressive and attack. Once done, call 04123456789

Wanted—by Zoe

The nicest dragon of them all. She has to be turquoise in colour. She needs to have leather like skin. She has to have lavender coloured spikes, which have to be small, thin and rounded. Her wings have to be large, heavy, broad and flat, on the side of the body. Her tail has to be almond coloured with a spear like tip. Her eyes have to be the colour of the sun. Her head has to be covered with thick scales. Her teeth have to be as sharp as a tooth picks and they have to be thick and long. She has to have long, mighty muscular legs. On each leg she needs to have sharp long toe nails, so I can paint them. Her eye lashes have to be long and thick. She has to be kind, loyal and smart. She is big and can fly.

Ellie the Dragon—by Bella

My dragon is a small, ruby, glittery baby named Ellie. She has large, glistening, ruby eyes. Her cheeks have tiny yellow specks on them with pink glitter. She has short glittery arms with white fingernails. Her tail has small scales and the tip is a circle with yellow specks and black dots. Her legs are skinny with pink glitter dots, her toenails have purple glitter specks.

Please find her! She is very endangered! The reward is three dragon eggs of your choice.

There is also a $500,000 reward.

Please call Queen Ruby if found on 04390287

My Dragon—by Milli

My dragon has lavender coloured skin. She uses her tail to play with other dragons. Her tail has dark purple dots. Her spikes on her backbone are purple and triangle looking. They are not sharp. They feel soft but look like rocks. Her wings are small and bony and have green bits in-between. They are used for having fun and fly-ing. Her head looks small and round. Her teeth are not sharp shaped like a triangle. Her feet are small. Her talons are small and delicate. She has shady big eyebrows and a loving heart. She is kind and loving. She will behave nicely and only play with you if you are nice to her.

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My Dragon—by Saige

The dragon has scales like a fish. It had long purple spikes along his back and a dry yellow spot on the tip of his tail. He has yellow eyes and flared nostrils and has shiny white claws. His red ruby tail swishes around whereever he goes and he lives in a cave near a lake.

My Dragon—by Jake

This dragon is the colour of mud with a yellow underbelly and can blend in with the surroundings. Do not threaten this dragon or he will defend himself.

This is dragon is large and harmless. If found, please call 049274878 Reward: A flight on his back.

Ruby the Dragon—by Grace

My dragon’s names is Ruby. She is purple and has pink dots. She is very cute and cuddly. She is very small and friendly.

My Dragon—by Flynn

The dragon soared through the trees chopping them up as he went forward. Finally the dragon got to the end of the trees and he reached a town. There were villagers on the outskirts of town and at the village the village people got very scared of the big massive dragon.

Missing—by Tora

This dragon is blue with black spikes across his back. He is small and he has small black wings with blue on the outside. He has black feet and he is a very kind dragon. He has smooth skin. He breathes fire but he can only burn down one tree at a time. He eats apples and likes to be in dark forests. He has been very loved. He has been missing for six days. It will be hard to find him.

If you find him please call 0429 555 555. REWARD $10 000.

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Library Corner—Mrs Clark

As there is only one more school library day left for the year, it’s time to start looking for those overdue books hiding under the bed. Happy reading.

Wanted

The senior room are calling out for food tins for recycling for art projects.

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Free family fun at Sundays by the Sea

STOW GARDENS, 4:30-7:30PM EVERY SUNDAY 17 NOV - 29 MAR

The popular Sundays by the Sea live music program kicked off last weekend to a crowd of 150 people with talented local musicians Josh & Alida Crothers. This weekend our local public high school musicians will take the stage at Stow Gardens for an evening of rock, pop and contemporary music. Enjoy the undeniable music of artists such as The Beatles, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Toto and lots more!

Featuring Geraldton Senior High School Junior Rock Band, Champion Bay Senior High School Rock Band, Champion Bay Senior High School Contemporary Ensemble, plus vocal solos and ensembles from both schools.

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Tips for sharing the road with trucks

First and foremost be tolerant and courteous and comply with the road rules. Here are some more tips about how to share the roads with long and heavy vehicles.

1.Truck-wise There are many types of large vehicles on the road. Know how to identify them and you can anticipate what to expect when you are on the road with one.

Oversize trucks are wider, longer or higher than a normal truck, or a combination of these. They have an orange light that flashes and are sometimes escorted in front and/or behind, so allow extra room to overtake.

Pilots and Traffic Escort Wardens - Always follow directions given by Pilots or Traffic Escort Wardens. Their extensive training and experience helps ensure the safety of all road users. (Not sure if this is where you want this to sit)

Long vehicles tow a combination of trailers and can be up to 30 metres in length. Roadtrains are exceedingly long vehicles and can be up to 53.5 metres in length.

2. Don't cut in It's dangerous to cut into a gap in front of a truck as they slow for traffic lights or when on the highway. For every 5 km/h a truck travels, it needs a space equivalent to its length to stop - that's a lot of space, particularly if a truck is doing 100 km/h.

3. Do not overtake turning vehicle The sign 'Do not overtake turning vehicle' on the back of trucks warns you that the truck needs more room when it turns and can legally turn from the centre lane. Don't move into the truck's blind spot to the left when it turns - if you can't see the driver's face in their mirrors, they can't see you.

4. Maintain your speed When a truck overtakes you, maintain your speed - don't accelerate. If anything, ease up on the accelerator.

5. Overtake with care A truck is longer than a car, so you need more road to pass. When you're sure it's safe, signal, move out and pass sensibly.

6. Roundabouts The 'Do not overtake turning vehicle' sign applies at roundabouts too. Larger trucks need to make wide turns and often need the entire road. Truck drivers try to anticipate traffic flow at roundabouts to avoid stopping, so the truck is not trying to race you onto the roundabout, the driver is simply trying to facilitate the smooth flow of traffic. If the truck has to stop, a slow start can cause a traffic jam.

7. 100 km/h 'speed limiting' Speed limiting, when referring to trucks, means that no engine power is delivered above 100 km/h. However, gravity can still push a truck faster downhill. Truck drivers like to be at the maximum legal speed as they approach hills to lessen traffic delays, but if they slow as they travel uphill or overtake, they're doing the best they can.

8. Towing caravans and boats When a truck goes to overtake you, maintain your speed and don't move off the road - moving left only makes controlling your trailer more difficult.

9. Night lights When you come up behind a truck dip your lights early as truck mirrors are large and don't have an anti-glare position.

10. Courtesy on the roads Courtesy and patience prevent road rage and may even save your life. A friendly wave is more welcome than an angry fist.