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SLETTER ANZAC DAY SERVICE

Thankyou to Shelby McGrath, Meg Griggs and Tahlia Witney for representing Nilma PS and laying a wreath at the Anzac Service last Saturday.

NAPLAN National Assessments will commence on Tuesday 12th May to Thursday 14th May. All students in Year 3 and 5 will complete mathematics, reading, writing and spelling assessments. If you do not wish to have your child complete assessments, please notify the Office by next Thursday. JAPANESE INTERN Yuuka has arrived in Australia! Nilma Primary School still require a family to host Yuuka for the second half of term 3 for 5 weeks. Please speak to Annette for more information.

REMINDER TO PARENTS - SCHOOL PROCEDURES Parents must sign in students when they arrive late to school at the office and students are then to take a late arrival slip with them and hand it to their classroom teacher. Parents are asked to report to the office to sign students from the late arrival/early departure register when a student is required to leave school early. Parents are asked to remain in the office area and a staff member will collect your child/ren for you. If you are collecting your child during recess or lunchtime please come to the staffroom and notify a staff member that you are collecting your child/ren. If parents are dropping off lunches, books etc you are required to leave these items with the office staff who will then pass them on to your child/ren.

THANKYOU ZAIC Thankyou to Zaic Farmer for bringing in photos and service medals which belonged to his great grandfather Mr J S Farmer, who was an Able Seaman on the HMAS Arrat. HONOR BOARD The Honor Board has now been erected in the office!

A special thank you to Phil Farnham for installing the Honor Board for our school.

ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL SURVEY Year 6 and 5 students will have the opportunity to complete the Student Attitude to School Survey along with students across Victoria. Information from this survey is used to assess the school’s performance and support decision making in the future. THANK YOU—DIARY SPONSOR

Principal

Ms Annette Sutherland

Business Manager Mrs Rachel Hammond

School Council President

Mrs Nicki Kimm

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Principal Notes ..1 Student Learning ..2 H/Group Happenings..3 Calendar ..7

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 Student of the Week

Recognitions Homegroup F Red

Ty Kindermann For your fantastic effort during Guided

Reading. You are listening well and demonstrating learnt skills to assist you

when reading. Well done Ty

Homegroup 2/1 Green

Teylah Lott For your cheerful approach to your

learning and willingness to challenge yourself and always do your best.

Homegroup 5/4/3 Blue

Kiandra Polglaze For the positive attitude and effort that you have been prepared to make in all

aspects of your learning. Congratulations on your willingness to

challenge yourself and do your best. You are a great role model for the class

Kiandra. Well done mate!

Homegroup 6/5 Yellow

Rose-Ann Scott For always completing learning tasks to

a high standard. You are a quiet achiever who puts always pride into

your learning.

STUDENT LEARNING @ NILMA

Happy Birthday

Anthony Santo

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

NIGHTLY READING

25 nights Tari Booth Aiden Smythe

50 Nights Lilli Parry –Thomas Meg Devlin Jai Macfarlane Blake Stone

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS

Winners

Josie Ross Lilli Parry-Thomas Alex Chesterfield Olivia Addison

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HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS!

Ingredients: 2 cups Oats 1 1/2 cups raw sugar 2 cups plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 cups desiccated coconut 250g butter 2 tbsp boiling water 4 tbsp golden syrup Step 1: Preheat oven to 160°. Lightly grease baking tray. Step 2: Mix sugar, flour and coconut in a large bowl. Step 3: Melt butter and syrup in a pan. Take off heat. Step 4: Mix water with baking powder. Step 5: Mix water with butter in pan. Step 6: Put into the large bowl. Mix it all well. Step 7: Roll the mixture into balls, put on the trays and press down with a fork. Step 8: Cook for 20 minutes one tray at a time. By Anthony Scott.

World War One

Last week our grade got a box of World

War 1 relics from the Australian War

Memorial. There was a helmet, slouch

hat with the rising sun badge, Victory

Medal that the soldiers won and the

tunic that the soldiers wore. There was a

Red Cross armband that the stretcher

bearers wore on their arms and a nurse’s

shoulder cape. The water bottle was

made of tin. The bullet was just a practise one. There

were some postcards and some army badges. We

were lucky that we got the relic box because not

many people get the box from the War Memorial to

study the objects.

By Emma Crook and Sheree Casey Wilson

Anzac Day Here in the Ruby Red classroom we

learnt all about ANZAC day and what

it was about. We talked about how we

remember the soldiers who served

and died in all of the wars. We talked

about WW1 the most, because that

was the first major war that Australia

was involved in. We talked about why

we went to war and how important it is to

remember all of the people that were brave and

helped others. We created craft poppies that

represent the flowers in the fields at Gallipoli

and veteran soldiers.

Home Group - F -

Ruby Red Mrs Evans

ANZAC Day

In class students learnt about Anzac Day.

Students learnt that the letters in ANZAC stands

for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.

We discussed that on ANZAC day we

remembered those who served in a war. In

Better Buddies students made poppies.

Home Group - 65 -

Lemon Yellow Miss

Matarczyk

Home Group - 543 -

Aqua Blue Mr Williams

Home Group - 21 -

Emerald Green

Miss Berkelmans

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SCHOOL ORGANISATION

SUBJECT CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXCURSION LEVY Thank you to those families that have paid or are making regular payments towards the subject contribution and excursion levy for 2015. Many educational programs at Nilma are paid for upfront for students to use as they begin the school year. Subject Contributions are used to pay for these programs and for school materials and other classroom programs. Families that have not yet paid the subject contribution and excursion levy are asked to have this paid by Thursday 7th May. Please speak to the Office staff for more information. For students in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 there is a cost of $25 for Winter Sport. If the excursion levy has been paid there is no cost for this program. Phillip Island Camp payments must be paid to the school in full by Thursday 14th May for students to be able to attend. Thank you to those families that have already paid for camp and those that have been making regular payments. Payment for both excursions, to the Shrine of Remembrance and Healesville Sanctuary are due by Monday 4th May. If you have paid the excursion levy, there is no cost for these excursions. Family Statements are attached to the newsletter.

Parent Club have organised for the Mother’s Day/Special Person’s stall to be held on Thursday 7th May 2015.

(please note the change of date due to the Healesville excursion!)

PARENT CLUB

YEAR 6 TO 7 TRANSITION FORMS Transition forms for our Year 6 students have been distributed. Could these forms please be signed and returned to the school by tomorrow, Friday 1st May.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE This year our school will again be participating in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Students from year Foundation to 6 are able to participate in the challenge which involves students reading a set number of books by 31st August. This year we expect ALL students to participate in the Challenge as part of our classroom reading and literature enrichment program. Year 3 -6 will read a total of 15 books, at least 10 of which must be from the Challenge booklist and 5 of their own choice. Year Foundation—2 will read or ‘experience’ 30 books with 20 or more coming from the Challenge list and the remaining can be their own choice. ‘Experiencing’ a book for Foundation—2 can include a range of class or home activities such as sharing of a Big Book, shared reading at school and home, reading along with a text and being read to with parents, siblings and others.

To participate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge students will need to have parents complete the Registration and Consent form and return to school. A copy of the form was attached to last week’s newsletter. Upon completion of the Premier’s Reading Challenge students will receive a certificate from the Premier and have their names published on the Reading Challenge Website. Students can borrow many of the titles on the Challenge Reading List from our library. The Warragul Library will also be an excellent source of books for the Challenge.

The Challenge provides students with a great opportunity to read a range of literature and a real focus for their own reading for pleasure. Thanks for your support. Good reading!

LOST PROPERTY—SCHOOL JUMPERS Four UNNAMED jumpers are in the Office.

Sizes are; 10, 12, 12 and M.

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EXCURSIONS

SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE EXCURSION As part of our study of Australian History, on Tuesday 5th May, Year 3,4,5 & 6 students will be travelling by train to Melbourne to visit the Shrine of Remembrance. Students will participate in a tour of the Shrine, it’s galleries and displays. Year 5 & 6 students will also be participating in an educational program called “Spirit of ANZAC”. This excursion will support and enrich the students’ history studies of Australia’s involvement in World War I. If time and weather permit, we will also make a visit to the Botanical Gardens and the Children’s Garden there. There is a cost of $8 per student for this excursion which must be paid by Monday 4th April. For students who have paid the excursion levy there is no cost for this excursion.

HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY EXCURSION As part of the Australian Curriculum Foundation, Year 1 and 2 students are required to learn about biological sciences. This term we are learning about animals, their needs and habitats. We will be attending an excursion to Healesville Sanctuary on Friday 8th May. Students and attending adults will be travelling by bus to and from Healesville Sanctuary. Students need to be assembled at school by 8:45am. The bus will be departing Nilma PS at 9am and returning to Nilma PS at 4pm. Permission must be brought back to school by next Tuesday 28th April 2015. The cost for this excursion is $35 which must be paid by Monday 4th April. For students who have paid the Excursion Levy there is no cost for this excursion.

CHAPLAIN’S CHAT “Worried that uou’re always yelling at the kids!”. Book in for a chat with the Chaplain, Mon-days or Wednesdays and come away with some helpful ideas to put into action.

These past weeks we have shared the 5 ways of loving our ‘kids’ (love languages) that bring out the best in them and builds resilience for life.

1. Physical touch 2. 2. Words of encouragement 3. Quality time 4. Gifts 5. Acts of service

No 3 quality time if the parents’ gift to the child. It says “You are important. I like being with you.”

That doesn’t mean you have to go somewhere special—just do something together (cook pancakes, dig a hole, plant some seeds, paint a picture, design something for the garden, game of marbles, build a cubby from scrap, clean out the old clothes from the cupboard and then go “Op” shopping.)

If possible don’t make the mistake of including another child. Kids have a way of pushing each others buttons and getting the parent ‘onside’ against the other child and before you know it you may end up yelling or threatening. Each child craves your undivided attention and will thrive on just on e hour together (not grocery shop-ping—that doesn’t count). If you have several children, you need to look for times when you can be alone with each one and schedule it into each week (routine helps the child know that it is going to happen even if things go pear shaped in other ways.) Remember ‘one on one’ time is not a time to reprimand or discipline, that will happen as events arise. It is a time to have fun, listen and work together. From a parents perspective, it is unconditional love toward your child. It should include pleasant, loving eye contact regardless of the child’s behaviour or circumstance.

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First Name Family Name Grade Block 1 Block 2

ZAVIER ALLSOPP 3 Lawn Bowls Basketball

SHEREE CASEY WILSON 3 Dance Ten Pin Bowling

EMMA CROOK 3 Croquet Ten Pin Bowling

MATILDA DENT 3 Croquet Badminton

ZAIC FARMER 3 Lawn Bowls Ten Pin Bowling

ASHLEY GRIGGS 3 Lawn Bowls Ten Pin Bowling

JOSIE ROSS 3 Dance Minor Games

NATALY SANTO 3 Netball Badminton

AMELIA SCANLON 3 Netball Basketball

BAILEY STEPHENS 3 Croquet Ten Pin Bowling

DANIEL AXFORD 4 Croquet Ten Pin Bowling

BAILEY-JACK CHRISTOPH 4 Lawn Bowls Badminton

MEG DEVLIN 4 Lawn Bowls Ten Pin Bowling

ASHTON KIMM 4 Lawn Bowls Ten Pin Bowling

AIDEN OLSSON 4 Lawn Bowls Ten Pin Bowling

CHARLOTTE BROWN 5 Minor Games Dance

MITCH CHESTERFIELD 5 Badminton Croquet

BAILEY DENT 5 Basketball Croquet

TEAGAN GEORGE 5 Minor Games Dance

MITCH GILMORE 5 Badminton Lawn Bowls

RILEY KLEEVEN 5 Basketball Croquet

ELLA PERRY 5 Minor Games Lawn Bowls

KIARA PERRY 5 Minor Games Croquet

KIANDRA POLGLAZE 5 Ten Pin Bowling Dance

LACHLAN AXFORD 6 Ten Pin Bowling Lawn Bowls

ANDREW BURDETT 6 Ten Pin Bowling Lawn Bowls

MAX CHESTERFIELD 6 Basketball Lawn Bowls

HOLLY FARNHAM 6 Minor Games Dance

JAMIE GARTEN 6 Badminton Croquet

MEGAN GRIGGS 6 Badminton Dance

KAEL MASON 6 Minor Games Netball

SHELBY McGRATH 6 Minor Games Dance

ANGUS MULCONRY 6 Ten Pin Bowling Croquet

SINE SALT 6 Badminton Croquet

DEAKIN SANTO 6 Ten Pin Bowling Lawn Bowls

ANTHONY SCOTT 6 Ten Pin Bowling Croquet

ROSE-ANN SCOTT 6 Ten Pin Bowling Croquet

ASTRID SMITH 6 Badminton Croquet

TAHLIA WITNEY 6 Badminton Netball

KIRSTY WOOSTER 6 Minor Games Dance

WINTER SPORT

WINTER SPORT Students have been allocated their Winter Sport activity based on their preference choices given to the school on Friday 24th April. Please note that some sports do incur a small weekly cost, they are as follows; Croquet - $2.00, Lawn Bowls - $2.00, Dance - $3.00, Badminton - $2.00 and Ten Pin Bowling - $5.00. Students can bring along this money each week or parents may chose to leave the money in correct amounts and leave it at the office.

There is a cost of $25.00 per student to cover the cost for Winter Sport. If families have already paid the

excursion levy, there is no cost.

The dates for the Winter Sport Program are: Friday 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th May, and Friday 5tyh, 12th June. Friday 19th

June is the backup day.

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 12– 30/04/2015

MAY 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1

Year 4/3 Camp Forest Edge

School Banking

2 3

4

Shrine and

Healesville

Excursion

Payment due

5

Year 3,4,5, & 6

Excursion to

Shrine of

Remembrance

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Student Support

Group Meetings

7

Mothers Day

Special Person

Stall

Subject Contributions and

Excursion Levy due

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HATS OFF DAY’ School Banking

Winter Sport Healesville

Sanctuary

Excursion F-2

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11 12

NAPLAN

Year 3 and 5

13

NAPLAN

Year 3 and 5

14

NAPLAN

Year 3 and 5

MARC Van Year 6/5 Phillip

Island Camp Payment due

15

School Banking

Winter Sport

16 17

18 19

School Council Meeting 6pm

Little Aths

Program for

schools

20 21 22

School Banking

Winter Sport

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25

Year 6/5 Camp

Phillip Island

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Year 6/5 Camp

Phillip Island

27

Year 6/5 Camp

Phillip Island

28

MARC Van

29

School Banking

Winter Sport

30 31

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

1 2 3 4 5

Winter Sport

School Banking

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8

Public Holiday

9 10 11

MARC Van 12

Winter Sport

School Banking

13 14

15 16 17 18 19

Winter Sport

Back Up Day

School Banking

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22

Foundation 2016

Information

Evening 7pm

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Student Reports

distributed

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MARC Van Parent Teacher

Discussions

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Last Day Term

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JUNE 2015