EDITION 3 Thursday 5th

March 2015

19 - 21 Victoria Road Narre Warren, 3805 Phone: 9704 4800 Fax: 9796 6298 Principal: Sue Chernishoff

TERM DATES 2015

28th Jan - 27th March 13th April - 26th June 13th July - 18th Sept 5th Oct - 18th Dec

CURRICULUM DAYS

Wed Jan 28th Fri Feb 27th Fri Aug 21st Fri Dec 18th

MARCH

9th Labour Day 13th School Photos (MSP Photography) 19th Immunisations 23-27th Alpine bike ride 27th Last Day Term 1 Students finish at 2 pm

APRIL 15-17th Garfield bike camp 27-30th Cheviot bike ride 29th SSG’s

Hi Everyone,

I t is with a great deal of pleasure I write to you this week. At our assembly on Monday

Robert Sacco (Claudia’s dad and our School Council Vice President) came and presented our

school leaders with their badges. I want to thank him very much for taking time off work to be

able to do this.

The school leaders are chosen by all staff who

work in each sub school. I have a great deal of

pleasure in announcing our school leaders for

2015…

Junior school leaders: Lucas Rm.16 and Sivani Rm. 13

Middle School leaders: Miguel Rm. 27 and Dylan Rm. 24

Senior School Leaders: Nooroa Rm. 26 and Monica Rm. 26.

Our School Captains for 2015 are Chelsea and Daniel from

transition.

I am also able to announce the result of the school council

election early as we had the exact number of nominations to match

our vacancies so there was no need to run an election this year.

We have Cecilia (Jordy’s mum), Lynne (Corey’s mum), Tim (Mitch’s dad) and Michael Weston

(Staff) all renominated and therefore duly elected. Congratulations and thank you one and all.

Kind Regards

Sue

Newsletter Items

“Little Treasures”

Halle Rm27, Nick Rm 26, Taneesha Rm28, Ellise Rm 27, Sarah Transition and Sarah Rm.28.

Shane received his award for

being responsible for his own &

school property.

Andrew received his award for

being responsible & listening.

James received his award for

being a learner & mastering a

two wheel bike.

Pawani received her award for

being responsible for her own &

school property.

Hamid received his award for

being a good learner & settling

into school routines with ease.

Kartik received his award for

being a good learner & eating

his apple.

Isra received her award for

being responsible in the pool.

Victoria received her award for

being responsible & wearing

her hat back to class.

Saaim received his award for

being responsible & vacuuming

the room.

Sidhant received his award for

being a learner & trying new

things.

Dylan received his award for

being a learner & working well

in classroom activities.

Hong received his award for

being respectful & holding the

gate open for staff.

Department Leaders

Best hair & costume winners

All the fun of Crazy Hair day

More fine examples of what our students wore

on Crazy Hair day

Our Little Treasures this week are:

Halle Rm 27, Nick D. Rm 26, Taneesha Rm 28, Ellise Rm 27, Sarah Transition and Sarah Rm.28

Our Little Treasures are students that are learning to be safe, responsible, respectful and a learner while at

school.

CRAZY HAIR DAY

O ur favourite time of the week in Room 7 is Monday afternoons, this is when we

have our sensory science session and the students absolutely love it. We offer a

variety of materials and everyday objects and use our senses of touch, taste, smell

and sight to explore the materials.

Fluffy Stuff Recipe:

Get the students to

mix two boxes of

cornflour with a can

of shaving cream,

makes a soft, pretty

smelling dough.

Abdul playing in bubbly

water. The more you

splash, the more bubbles

you get!

Here Antonio is exploring

what happens when we

mix baking soda with

coloured vinegar.

Hannah likes drawing

lines and swirls in the

edible finger paint.

Derrick is mixing cornflour

and shaving cream to

make ‘fluffy stuff’.

Maximus is using all

parts of his body to

explore the coloured

spaghetti; feet,

hands, even his

head!

FUN IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Therapeutic Principles

O ur Excel Program

focuses on therapeutic

principles and methods for pre-linguistic and early

language learning. Language is first acquired

through environmental stimulation and positive

interaction.

We can experience this through sight, hearing,

touch, smell, taste; which can be enacted

physically in a purposeful and relevant

activity.

The program provides a sensory experience

utilising as many of our senses

as possible through playing

Room 9 ’Green Gurus’ have started the year with a bang. On every Tuesday, these

Gurus are developing their life skills in sweeping, raking, cleaning up our school

premises and managing the horticulture centre with the help of Mercy, Noeleen

and Kay.

PERCEPTUAL MOTOR PROGRAM

What is P.M.P?

P.M.P is a motor coordination program for young children. It is

designed to give students experiences by seeing, hearing,

touching and react ing through sequenced

activities, which are linked to

success in their learning across all

aspects of the school curriculum.

All of our Junior students participate in a weekly group

session with their classroom teachers, following a PM.P

curriculum designed for our students. The

sessions take place in the

multipurpose room.

The main objectives are to improve eye hand, eye foot

coordination, gross and fine motor skills, balance and body and

space awareness. It also aims to

develop language and memory

skills. Students experience going

through, over and under obstacles with a variety of

sensory materials. Slides, planks, tunnels, ladders as well

as a selection of balancing

and jumping equipment

p r o v i d e v a r y i n g

challenges to improve

co-ordination.

Four stations are presented, with one new activity

each week. The activity that has been in the program

for four weeks is then changed on a rotating basis.

These stations are alternated with music and

movement to reinforce skills. Exercises to music

develop balance, crossing the midline and body awareness. Other songs develop

beanbag skills, left and right hand awareness and working with a partner. The music has

been sourced from many areas and is designed to be fun as well as challenging.

Our students experience social skills such as waiting in

line, taking turns and applauding the efforts of others.

IMMUNISATIONS 2015

I n 2015 the City of Casey, Environmental Health Unit will be conducting free CHICKEN POX & GARDASIL immunisations (for students who are 12 years of age) and Tetanus immunisations (all

students who are 12-15 years of age). The immunisations will be held at Dandenong Valley SDS. Please return all cards, even if you chose for your child not to have the immunisation. Please return the Immunisation cards for students between the ages of 12-16 years of age ASAP. We need the cards whether or not the students are having an immunisation. Please contact the school if you require new cards. Casey Council need the cards one week before the immunisation day (Thursday March 19th).

First Immunisation date will be; Thursday March 19th

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Come and have a Cuppa

All parents and carers of Dandenong Valley SDS students are invited to attend an informal, but informative, morning tea

With the Dandenong Valley SDS Therapy Team

Music Physio Speech O/T

This is a chance for a chat and a cuppa:

meet with other parents and the therapy team.

We promise biscuits and banter, hints and tips on things to do, games to play and music to use

with your beautiful children at home.

Please let us know, by Friday 13th

March, if you can come on

We really want to get to know you better!

Please contact Fiona Donald to confirm your place

Tel: 9704 4800 Email:Donald.fiona.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

It is respectfully requested that little people of all shapes and sizes do NOT attend.

Tuesday 17th

March 9.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.