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SLETTER LIFE EDUCATION @Nilma

The whole school recently participated in our Life Education sessions with Jan Detering and Harold. Parents were also able to attend a parent session last Friday. Each homegroup had a different topic and now will commence with other classroom activities to complete their unit of work. We love getting positive feedback from visitors to Nilma. In Jan’s words; “I loved coming to your school. Your children were delightful - polite, well mannered, interested and well behaved. You have a lovely family feeling at your school and I enjoyed every minute. Best wishes for the rest of the year. Hopefully Harold and I can visit you all again.” Congratulations to the Nilma School Community—That is what we love to hear! We have been discussing building ‘REAL Character @ Nilma’. In the coming weeks we will be reviewing what this means and how we can show good character traits and build our positive emotional skills and language to describe our feelings thoughts and actions.

SCHOOL COUNCIL—Decision Making at NPS The culture of Nilma Primary School is to work in partnership with parents for the benefit of all students and families. We have been very fortunate to have such a positive and engaged parent body for Council. We thank all 2016 school councillors for their commitment to the school. There will be many opportunities for parents to have some input into decision making for the future of the students at NPS. One avenue of input is involvement at a School Council level. The School Council for 2017 will have two parent representative positions for School Council and 2 Department of Education and Training (DET) positions available. Mr Williams and Ms Matarczyk’s DET positions are up as well as Mrs Natalie Axford and Mrs Katie Farmer, the parent representatives. (2 year positions). We thank both parents for their commitment and input for 2015 and 16. I would like to thank Mrs Natalie Axford for taking up the role of President of Council —due to now working at an DET member—Natalie is unable to continue in this parent representative role on On behalf of the community I thank you for your valued contribution to Nilma as the school president Natalie. Any parents wishing to apply for a position please complete the appropriate form. Self Nomination Forms are attached to the newsletter. These will need to be returned to the office by Friday 10th February.

School Council Meeting Nilma’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be

held on Monday 20th February 2017 at 6.30pm.

Parents are welcome to the meeting. (please note date change due to prior commitments

on Valentines day!) Please consider this as an opportunity to contribute to your child’s education. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come and talk to Annette.

FOUNDATION STUDENTS Foundation/new parent brief information session was cancelled last week due to Kath being ill. Apologies to parents. Sorry for any inconvenience. We have reschedules the information session n regards to school diaries and satchels etc to be re-scheduled for this coming Monday morning at 9am in the Ruby Red classroom at the beginning of assembly. Foundation students will not be required to attend school on Wednesdays for the month of February and the first Wednesday in March.

SCHOOL CARPARK Just while we settle back into routine please be very aware of the congestion in the car park for about 5 minutes after school. When parking around the outer side of the carpark –please encourage children to move around the outer sides (pathways) around the carpark area. If you have parked in the middle bays , parents please note we only cross across the crossing area. There should not be any need for parents or students to be walking diagonally across the car park or across traffic. The teachers will be discussing the car park safety with students and identifying appropriate behaviours and school expectations. There is a teacher on duty at the crossing area after school each evening. We encourage all students to walk and wait at the undercover area until parents arrive for pick up after school. Pick up can be between 3.15 and 3.30pm to relieve congestion. Please do not park out the front of the school, this is not a parking zone, it is not safe and you will get booked!

PARENT -TEACHER DISUCSSIONS– CHANGE OF DATE! Due to Professional Development commitments by several staff, we have needed to change the date of discussions to Thursday 9th March 2017. Please see attached note on page 8 For further details.

THANK YOU TO OUR DIARY SPONSOR

Principal

Ms Annette Sutherland

Business Manager Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council President

Mrs Natalie Axford

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Bloomfield Road, Nilma 3821 Telephone: (03)56232963 Email: nilma.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.nilmaps.vic.edu.au

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Principal Notes

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R.E.A.L STUDENTS@NILMA Learner of the Week

Recognitions

Homegroup 1/F Red Finnigan Young

For your fantastic first week at Nilma Primary School. You have joined our class as a

respectful and hard working student and we are lucky to have you as part of the Ruby Red

homegroup. Keep it up Finn!

Homegroup 2 Green Nick Addison

For a fantastic start to the new school year. You have been enthusiastic and positive

towards your learning. You have also been a great helper. Thanks Nick!

Homegroup 4/3 Blue

Kael Deane for making such a fantastic start to your

new school at Nilma Primary. It has been great to see you making friends and settling in well.

Thanks for the smile Kael, well done mate!

Homegroup 6/5/4 Yellow Zaic Farmer

For the incredible attitude and approach to your learning, especially your TORCH Test. You

will achieve amazing things if you keep persisting they way you have been so far!

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

Happy Birthday

Makayla Campbell

Savannah Farmer

L.A.U.G.H Program Learning Activities Under Guidance of Home

NIGHTLY READING Students will be bringing home books for nightly reading as part of their LAUGH (Learning Activities Under the Guidance of Home) program. Please support your child with their reading by sharing these books at home. Your child has already been introduced to the texts being sent home and are encouraged to discuss the pictures and think about what is happening in the book. Praise your child’s attempts at reading the words and sharing their thinking. Sounding out the words and looking at the pictures for support, are both good strategies for effective readers. Once read, the title of the book needs to be recorded in the student diary provided and signed (on the day read). Books are to be returned to school the following day in the school satchel.

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS

Winners

James Taylor

Teylah Lott

Tyson Willmott

Kael Deane

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

Get to Know You

We’ve been spending some

time each day to get to know

each other, celebrate what

makes us special and set

personal goals for the year.

We’ve even made a time capsule for the

year, and will revisit it in December to

see how we’ve grown and how our ideas

and goals have changed!

Life Education Van

Visit

Last Friday the Ruby Red

homegroup had a visit from the Life

Ed Van. Our session focused on per-

sonal hygiene and understanding

our bodies needs (such as food, water, toilet-

ing breaks and cleaning). All of the students

were engaged and enjoyed the visit. It was a

great session for our first week of school.

Home Group - 6/5/4 -

Lemon Yellow

This week students in the green home

group have been revising ‘Friends of 10’.

Student have been building on their speed

and accuracy when making 10. Students

worked in small groups and photographed

different ways to make 10.

Home Group - 2 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1/F -

Ruby Red

Life Education Van Visit On Friday the Life Education Van came to

school. We got to see Harold and Jan.

They’re the Life Education Van teachers.

We had to solve playground problems in

our own groups of three. We helped

Harold’s best friend Tran at her new

school, people had to role play it.

Beth and Jade

Home Group - 4/3 -

Aqua Blue

(not an actual image of our time capsule)

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STUDENT PERMISSION FORMS AND

MEDICATION FORMS The 2017 Student Permission Booklets were attached to newsletter last week. These booklets must be correctly filled out and returned to school by Friday 10th February. This booklet contains the annual permission notices for many aspects of the school. It also contains some medical management plans if required. Secondly if your child has ongoing medication that staff is required to administer—parents please update our Medication Request form. These are also attached to last week’s newsletter. Specific management plans for students health and wellbeing are also attached for those students that require them to be updated annually.

If your family details have changed over the holiday period could you please provide the school—in writing any information that may need changing in our records eg. telephone numbers, contact details, addresses, emergency contacts etc. Thank you.

SCHOOL ORGANISATION

School Organisation SCHOOL TIMETABLE Please find the copy of the current whole school timetable for your information—you cn place this copy on your fridge for future reference.

STUDENT SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS These meetings will be held on Wednesday 15th February for selected students. Rachel will make appointments with parents this week.

STUDENT PERMISSION FORMS AND MEDICATION FORMS Thank you to all the parents who have returned the annual Permission Form Booklet to the Office by this Friday please. We will be able to update your child/ren’s information immediately.

ANAPHYLAXIS MANAGEMANT @ NILMA PS Thank you to everyone for being understanding with our current situation with reviewing practices at Nilma. At present we have placed a Ban on certain nuts (Peanuts, Cashews and Pistachios) while we review the school policies and plans to accommodate student medical needs and gain a more accurate details on processes and management strategies. If you have any concerns please don’t hesitate to contact Annette. Thank you.

BREAKFAST CLUB Breakfast Club is back up and running! On Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.30am students can come to school and have a healthy breakfast. Students will be supervised by our fantastic education support staff.

WOORABINDA CAMP West Gippsland Regional Camp—We have been successful with 12 places for Woorabinda camp for 2017. The camp commences on 6th to 10th March 2017. The camp is run by Woorabinda staff and students will be required to behave appropriately. All the information will be attached to the newsletter today and we will require forms and money returned as soon as possible. This camp does not replace the Mount Worth Cluster camp that will be held later in the year.

EARLY ARRIVALS We have an increased number of students arriving at school before 8.40am. Please note staff are not on duty til this time. Early arrivals will need to attend Breakfast Club or sit inside the Open Learning Area until 8.40am when students can be appropriately supervised.

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CURRICULUM TIMETABLE

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TEAM APP

TEAM APP

Nilma Primary School is now on Team App!

Follow the instructions as listed in the poster to

download the app and then install Nilma Primary

School on your home screen.

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Once installed, you can set your device to allow you

to receive notifications from Nilma Primary School

on Team App.

We will be uploading items such as newsletters,

policies, sponsor information and events.

Please speak to the Office staff for any further

information.

CHAPLAINS’ CHAT

Welcome back everyone. This past holiday period has found the Primes with their heads in road maps and directories as we sought out addresses of family, friends and special events in foreign cities. We noted the formal structure of the city layout and how important that layout was for us to read the maps. They helped eased the frustration of finding new places and gave us ‘ visuals’ from which to navigate. All of which helped us to feel more comfortable in a new environment. It struck me that ‘ family life’ is much like a good map. The things the children learn in the family can help them navigate through school, sporting activities, family, relationships and the social scene with potential ‘new friends’. The structures we put in place at home; respecting each other, listening without judging, including others, taking care of our things, talking about our feelings, returning borrowed property, taking turns, apologizing and forgiving. These are part of the ‘plan’ or the ‘grid’ we put in place that will ensure our children get the best opportunity to navigate difficult terrain. I’ve just named a few here, but I wonder how your child’s map is shaping up? Enjoy your year here at Nilma. We certainly feel privileged to be part of your ‘kids’ formation and journey. Anne Prime

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SCHOOL ORGANISATION

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION ITEMS In developing the 2017 Essential Education Items (Subject Contributions), all aspects of the Schools Resource Package from the Department of Education and Training and the needs of the school in providing the necessary extras to provide a quality educational program, has been considered.

The amount for Essential Education Items for 2017 will be $140.00 per child. The excursion levy for 2017 will be $60 per child. The amount for Essential Education Items is used to purchase all books and stationery used by each child in their classrooms for the year. It is also used to cover costs of purchasing materials for Art, English, Music, Mathematics, Technology, Science, and Health and PE, MARC Van and Sports Levies. A letter is attached to the newsletter outlining the cost breakdown for subject contributions. Nilma Primary School would appreciate payment for all Essential Education Items and Excursion Levies by the end of first term 2017. The amount of $200.00 can be paid to the office in cash, cheque, or by bank deposit. A payment plan can be arranged for those who wish to pay in instalments. Please speak to the office for more information. This year families with students in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will also have the additional cost of a school camp. Costs and venues for the camp will be provided at a later date. Other costs involved in the school year will include school photos, some excursions and fundraising ventures. If families would like to know further information in regards to subject contributions, camps and excursions please speak to the Office staff or to Annette. CSEF (Camps/Excursions) FUNDS Attached to the newsletter last week were Application Forms for CSEF Funding. CSEF Funds are used to help pay for Camps and Excursions throughout the year. If your child does not attend a camp, this money will be rolled over for the next year. Eligible families must have a current Health Care Card. All forms must be returned to the office by Tuesday 14th February 2017. Late forms cannot be accepted. MARC VAN BOOKS Our mobile library van (MARC Van) will begin on Thursday 16th February 2017. Students will be able to borrow books and return them every fortnight for other books. Could students please return all MARC Van books from last year. SCHOOL BBQ The school BBQ will be held on Tuesday 21st February 2017, starting at 5.30pm. The Year 6 Leaders will be presented with their school badges on this night. All parents and students are encouraged to attend this event. The BBQ will be provided at no cost to parents, however drinks will be sold for $1.00 each. For Catering purposes—please fill out the attached form below and return it to the school Office by next Friday 10th February 2017. BOOKCLUB Attached to the newsletter are Book club orders. All payment with forms are due back at the office by next Thursday 16th February. Late orders cannot be accepted.

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NPS WHOLE SCHOOL BBQ/LEADERSHIP BADGE PRESENTATION

Family Name:_________________________________________________ How many attending:___________________________________________ I can/cannot (please circle) help out with the BBQ on the night. Signed by Parent:______________________________________________

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LAUGH @ NILMA The Learning Activities Under the Guidance of Home program (LAUGH) will begin next week on Monday. Each student in Year F-2 is required to borrow a game, play it at home with family and/or friends and then return it on the following Monday. Our process for overdue games is as such; if students have had a game for more than 2 weeks, a late slip will be given to the homegroup teacher who will place it in their diary to go home to parents. If students are unable to find game pieces or the whole game please send a note to the homegroup teacher explaining this so it can be followed up and a solution can be found. Thank you for your assistance in helping to keep this program running smoothly.

SCHOOL DIARY All students will receive a 2017 diary. These diaries will be used for daily communication between school and home. Students will receive their diary early next week. A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors; Andrew Black Plastering Services, Not Just Steam Cleaning, Warragul Forest & Gar-den, Curves & Kisses, In Season Hunting & Fishing, Select Office Supplies and Lean & Green Warragul for your generous support towards Nilma and our school diaries.

SCHOOL BANKING The School Banking program will commence for 2017 on Wednesday 15th February. For any further information about School Banking please speak to Rachel in the office. PARENT-TEACHER DISCUSSIONS– change of date! The Parent -Teacher Discussions will now be held on Thursday 9th March 2017. The change in date is due to Mrs Evans and Miss Berkelmans being involved in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Professional Development day. If you have already sent back a response form with times, those times will remain the same for the new 9th March date. (A new form does not need to be returned.) If you have not yet returned a Parent-Teacher Discussion Response Form, please complete the form attached to this newsletter and return by Wednesday 15th February 2017. Mrs McMahon will be away on leave on the 9th March and parents of students in 6/5/4 Yellow will be advised of another date for their Parent- Teacher Discussions.

Discussions.

School Photographs for 2017 - Nilma Primary School will be by our School Photographers, Spargo Photography.

On Thursday, 23 February 2017.

To ensure that your photos are returned as quickly as possible, please follow these quick and easy guidelines. · Please write clearly on your child's envelope (Block letters preferred)

· If possible please don't use small change as this can break or fall out of your envelope, if this is not

possible, please tape up the sides or put the money in a freezer bag then inside your envelope.

· For online orders, complete an envelope and record the Order Number in the “online Order#” section on

the envelope.

· All children must have their own envelope with them when being photographed.

· Do not use one envelope for multiple children.

· Children without an envelope when having their individual photos taken will not have an order placed

against their name.

· For Family/Siblings & Friends Portraits please see your school office for an information flyer and red family

envelope.

· Do not place a family envelope inside another envelope or an individual envelope.

· We will only photograph family/siblings with a completed family envelope.

SCHOOL ORGANISATION

SCHOOL PHOTOS

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 02– 08/02/2017

FEBRUARY 2017

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

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Life Ed Van

Foundation

Parent Information

Morning tea 9.15am

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8

Foundation

Students Rest Day

Breakfast Club

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West Gippsland

Principal meeting

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11 12

13

Breakfast Club

Foundation

Parents meeting

9.00am

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15

Student Support Group Meetings

School Banking

Foundation

Students Rest Day

Breakfast Club

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MARC Van

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18 19

20

Breakfast Club

School Council

AGM & Meeting

6.30pm

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School BBQ Year 6 Leaders

Badge Presentation

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School Banking

Foundation

Students Rest Day

Breakfast Club

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School Photos

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25 26

27

Breakfast Club

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1

School Banking

Foundation

Students Rest Day

Breakfast Club

2

MARC Van 3

4 5

6

Breakfast Club

Woorabinda Camp

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Woorabinda Camp

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School Banking

Breakfast Club

Woorabinda Camp

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Woorabinda Camp Parent Teacher

Discussions

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Woorabinda Camp

11 12

13

Public Holiday

No School

14

15

School Banking

Breakfast Club

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MARC Van 17

Aths Sports

Yr 3-6

18 19

20

Aths Backup Day

Breakfast Club

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School Banking

Breakfast Club

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24

F-2 Sports Day

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27 28 29

Breakfast Club

30 Marc Van

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Last Day Term

MARCH 2017