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December 8th, 2015 Issue 37
Website: www.hvps.vic.edu.au
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
9/12 Parent Helpers Morning Tea
10.30am
9/12 School Council 7pm
10/12 Grade 6 Sleepover
14/12 Grade 6 Graduation 2pm
15/12 Dress Up as your favourite
Christmas Carol
15/12 Grade Parties
The P.I.P. Parent Information Paper
Swimming Program—Yesterday we had a very successful start to our swimming program. As mentioned previously, we are focussing on Water Safety and all children made a good start yesterday. Please remember to send everything on the Swimming List as it certainly helped all the children to have this and made the program more enjoyable. Religious Instruction—The regulations about Special Religious Educa-tion in schools have changed. While we are able to offer it, this may not be within school hours. Therefore next year, it will be offered to any child in the school during Tuesday lunchtime for half an hour from 2pm. If you are interested in this, please let us know. More information will be sent home with the newsletter Drama Classes in 2016— Following the success of the instrumental mu-sic program this year, Drew is introducing Drama classes next year as well. We hope that many children will participate in the program. See Drew’s ad inside the newsletter today. Christmas Events—Yesterday all children received a flyer about the Christmas activities happening at school from now until the end of the school year. Please put it up on the fridge and join us whenever you can. Parent Helpers Morning Tea—Our thank you morning tea is on tomor-row morning. It starts at 10.30am. Please note the change of time due to the swimming program. Grade 6 Sleepover—This is on Thursday night. Please make sure that you have returned all the paperwork and the money. Assembly—There is no assembly on this Thursday morning, due to the swimming program. Student Leadership 2016—Last week we announced the results of the student elections, they are as follows. School Captains Zara Game Kester Connor Gantinas Vice Captains Hayley Colquhoun Ebony Cutler Congratulations to these students.
360 Club have today prepared the
last of their Christmas Cards to be
presented at Castlemaine Health
for their elderly residents.
Harcourt Valley Primary School encourages all HVPS parents, staff and students to check out Planet Ark's 12 Do's of Christmas website. It offers sim-ple tips for making your family's Christ-
mas special, without costing the earth - from fun festive recycled crafts, to feel-good gifts with meaning.
This year Planet Ark has a free Christ-mas gift to use all year round - Recy-cleSmart - a new app to answer all your household waste and recycling ques-tions.
The 12 Do's of Christmas resource was made possible thanks to Recy-clingNearYou.com.au, Australia's most popular free recycling directory for households established by Planet Ark with the support of Page Sponsors: Bin-go Skip Bins, ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark', Century Yuasa, MobileMuster, Tech-Collect, and Tetra Pak.
Some of next year’s Prep students
meeting their Buddies for 2016
It’s a (Christmas) wrap!
By Michael Grose
It’s that time of year again!
The school year is almost over. The Christmas holidays are just around the corner.
“Where did the last twelve months go?” That’s the adult viewpoint.
Kids think, “What took so long?” Different ages, different perspectives.
Kids generally want to plunge into holidays, leaving schoolwork, timetables and teachers behind. That’s only natural.
But before they get too far into holiday mode, consider how you’ll round out the year, and bring it to a close.
If your child is finishing primary or secondary school then there will be a graduation ceremony that signals the end of one phase of their school lives.
The greater importance given to school graduation ceremonies over the last few decades is recognition of the human need to bring closure to one stage of life, and prepare for the next.
Kids of all ages benefit from parental recognition of their achievements and successes as it sets the stage for the com-ing school year.
Here are a few ideas to help you close off the old year to prepare for the year ahead:
1. Discuss the highlights and the lowlights of the year: Ask kids to name their highlights, favourite times or most memorable moments of the year just gone. Use age appropriate language and questions that will open them up, rather than shut them down. At the year’s end I would ask my school-aged kids to rate the year from 1 to 5, and to identify their best memory, their favourite subject and something new that they encountered. These questions worked for me, but each parent needs to find their own approach.
2. Celebrate improvement and success: Identify one or two areas where they excelled, improved or overcame some challenges. Broaden the focus away from just academic performance and recognise achievement in social, sport or arts areas. It’s important for kids who struggle academically to understand that you value success in a varie-ty of areas.
3. Show appreciation: Consider how they can show appreciation to teachers, coaches or other people who may have assisted them during the year. Not only is it good manners to show gratitude, but some kids need reminding that other people contribute to their achievements.
4. Look forward: It may be beneficial to give your kids a chance to vent about some aspect of the year that they didn’t like, found difficult or challenging. Try to limit this type of discussion so that it doesn’t end in a whinge session and point them toward a better future next year.
5. Now relax: It’s time for them to set the previous school year aside, put their feet up and chill out over the school break. Remember, if the previous year wasn’t one of your child’s best, the five to six week break gives him or her a chance to make a fresh start next year.
So it’s a wrap! The slate has been wiped clean. Enjoy the break and see you next year!
Michael Grose is Australia’s Number 1 Parenting Educator. See his articles and blog at www.parentingideas.com.au
School Banking Details for EFT Payments.
Bank: Commonwealth Bank
BSB: 063509
Account: 10042656
Use your family name as the payment reference
Harcourt Valley Primary School Wilkinson Street
HARCOURT VIC 3453
Phone: 03.54742266
Fax: 03.54742706
E-mail:
2 Baby Rabbits for Sale—both Male.
Harlequin colour (1 ginger, 1 white)
$30 each or both for $50.
Can hold until Christmas.
Please phone Lynda—54742534
Harcourt Carols in Stanley Park
(opposite the shop)
this Sunday 13th Dec 7.30pm
Thompson Foundry Band will play for the singing
BYO chair/rug
