PRINCIPAL’S NEWS Open Classroom Evening

This week you will have received an information

newsletter from your child’s year level team of

teachers. The teachers construct this newsletter to

inform parents of: expectations, events and particular

resources that may be required. It is another way of

connecting school with home to ensure all students are

successful.

Next Tuesday on February 21 from 5.30-6.30pm the

Mildura South School Community are looking forward

to opening up classrooms so that students can

introduce their teacher to their parents and show their

parents their new classroom.

See you then!

Camps and School Excursion Fund (CSEF)

Families who have a Health Care Card are entitled to

the Camps and School Excursion Fund which is

$125.00 per student. This money may be used for the

Swimming Program, Camps and any in school and out

of school excursions. Parents/Carers need to complete

the form each year before this money can be processed

into your child’s account. If you have not yet applied

for this and you are entitled to it, please come into the

office and see Mrs Nichols and she will help you.

Mentor Breakfast

We run a Year 6 Program called ‘Focus on One’. All

year 6 students have nominated an adult on our staff to

be their mentor. Mrs Kingsley coordinates the

program. On Thursday March 2 at 8.00am Year 6

students, their mentors and their parents/carers will all

meet to have breakfast together here at school.

Students and their mentors meet at other times during

the year for lunch or just to touch base.

Parents Club for 2017

The Parent’s Club held their AGM this week and I am

pleased to announce that Lyn Bozzi will continue on as

President, Janette Shaddock will be Vice-President and

Samara Kelly will hold the position of Secretary.

Congratulations to these three hard working parents

who continue to support our school and students. Mrs. Marie-Therese Milani

Assistant Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Confidence-building strategies

By Michael Grose

Children with healthy self-esteem and self-confidence

learn more, achieve more and are generally happier

than those with low confidence levels. Building

children’s and young people’s confidence is complex.

It’s more than being a praise robot and heaping

positive comments on a child at the first sign of them

doing something well.

Here are five practical strategies that you can use to

build real self-confidence in children of all ages:

DIARY DATES

Feb 20 School Council Meeting

Feb 21 Open Classrooms (5.30pm to 6.30pm)

March 9 & 10 Earth Ed (Grade 3)

March 13 Labour Day (Public Holiday)

March 20-24 Swimming (Grade 5 & 6)

March 23 School Photos

March 29 Fun Run

March 31 Last day of Term 1 (2.30pm dismissal)

FOCUS: SAFETY

This week students are thinking and speaking about

safe behaviours in the classroom and in the

playground. Students are focusing on being buddies

to their fellow students in order for our school to be

as safe as it can be.

Thursday 16th February 2017 Week 4 Term 1 There is one insert in this week’s Newsletter.

NEWSLETTER NO. 3 Thursday 16th February 2017

1. Model confident thinking

Children soak up the language, thinking and behaviour

of those closest to them in their environment. Parents

and teachers, play a part in modelling confident

thinking and behaviour particularly when it comes to

tackling new activities, including letting children hear

positive self-talk.

2. Focus on effort & improvement

Current thinking shows that people who believe that

they can increase their intelligence through effort and

challenge actually get smarter and do better in school,

work, and life over time. One way to develop a growth

mindset is to focus your language on effort and

improvement rather than on the results of what they do.

3. Praise strategy

While effort is key for achievement, it's not the only

thing. Children need to try new strategies and seek

input from others when they're stuck. They need this

repertoire of approaches – not just sheer effort – to

learn and improve. It helps too to focus language on

better and smarter ways on improving.

4. Develop self-help skills from an early age

A child’s self-esteem comes as a result of his or her

successes and accomplishments. The most important

competencies to build confidence are basic self-help

skills. These form the building blocks upon which

other competencies such as organisational skills and

many social skills are formed.

5. Give them real responsibility

From a young age start giving children responsibility

for some aspects of their lives. By giving children

responsibility for many aspects of their lives we are

sending a powerful message that we think they are

capable. Also they are learning the skills necessary to

care for themselves.

Mrs Marie-Therese Milani

Assistant Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS Problem Solving in Maths

In order to encourage further problem solving at home,

I will include a weekly problem in the newsletter. Each

week a correct entry will win a fantastic prize.

Just write the answer on a piece of paper with your

name and grade and drop it into Mr Kent’s office each

Friday.

Mr K’s Problem No 1:- Create your own problem to

equal 10.

Answer 6+4=10 – Emmanique McVeigh 1T

Today’s problem:- Mr K’s Problem No 2

Create your own problem to equal 5 more than 20.

Name:

Grade:

Mathletics Rewards

This year, students will receive a silver or gold

certificate at Monday Morning Assembly (class

teachers are asked to print off Bronze certificates).

Certificates can be achieved by students if they earn at

least 1 000 points for the week.

Five Bronze certificates = One Silver certificate

Four Silver certificates = One Gold certificate

Throughout the year, I will be selecting a student who

does an outstanding job in Mathletics for the week.

This student will be the ‘The Mathlete of the Week.’

Please ensure the trophy is returned to the office each

Friday.

Mathlete of the Week

Chloe Leersen – 6D

Gold Certificate

Jackson Penny – 5J

Silver Certificate

Trinity Osborne – 6D

Mr Roger Kent

Assistant Principal

WORKERS OF THE WEEK

PH Eve Spanos

PO Sam Dhillon

PR Leni Hester

1M Ruby Keller-Linnett

1T Makaylah Farr

1/2D Kayla Stone

2N Riley Cox

2S Tahlia Stone

2T Keeble Devereux

3B Xander Osborne

3G Charlotte Thompson

3H Jade Phefley

3S Blake Hanstock

3/4B Malakai Nikkleson

4K Caylem Fell

4O Lilah White

4S Rose Dhillon

5B Polat Say

5H Josh Szabo

5J Lacey Kaiser

5T Jayden Garner

5Z Samet Oktay

6C Frankie Strangio

6D Will Neyland

6S Evie Parker

6W Yelda Sivlim

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

SPORT AWARD

Jonathan Fuda 6D

PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

Charli Scarrott 6S

ART AWARD

Callum Astill 6W

AUSLAN AWARD

Indiana Spratt 6S

BAND AWARD

Yelda Sivlim 6W

PARENTS CLUB

Secondhand Uniforms

The Parent’s Club keep a supply of secondhand

uniforms for re-sale to families during the year. We

are happy to accept uniforms such as wincheaters,

jackets, polos and bottoms especially sizes 10 and

over. There is a box at the office for any donations.

Monday morning cuppa

Parents, carers and family members are welcome to

meet in the Parents Club room after assembly on

Monday mornings for a cuppa and a chat. Younger

children and toddlers are welcome too.

Helpers

The Parent’s Club hold various events and activities

throughout the year and we always need helpers. If

you are able to lend a hand, even if it is just once

during the year or for an hour or two at an event, we

would be very grateful. Lyn Bozzi Parents Club

FROM THE OFFICE

SCHOOL FEES

Family Statements have gone home this week with the

students. School fees for 2017 are $75.00 per student

for the year which covers student essential education

items such as stationery, art supplies, etc. A full copy

of the Parent Payment Policy is on the school website.

At Mildura South we like to offer our students the

opportunity to use computer technology to enhance

their learning. We invite parents to make a donation

towards maintaining our computer technology

requirements in the school.

Eftpos is available at the office with a $10.00

minimum per transaction. The fees can also be paid by

BPAY with the BPAY code on the bottom of your

Statement.

We are more than happy for school fees, excursions

and camps to be paid by instalments throughout the

year by Bpay, Eftpos, cash or cheque.

Thank you to those families who have already paid.

STUDENT ABSENCES

Please call the office on 5023 2148 or send your email

to attendance@msps.vic.edu.au before 10.00am, if

your child is going to be absent from school for the day

or longer.

LATE ARRIVALS AND EARLY DEPARTURES

If students are late to school or are leaving early,

parents/guardians are required to attend the office to

sign them in or out.

ILLNESS

If your child is showing signs of illness in the morning,

please make the necessary arrangements to keep them

at home to reduce the spreading of germs. We greatly

appreciate your assistance in this matter.

MEDICATIONS

If your child requires medication to be given at school,

an authority MUST be completed at the office. The

school cannot give a student medication unless this

authority is signed. Any medication must also be

stored at the office and not in the student’s bag or

classroom.

STUDENT BANKING

TUESDAY is banking day for the School Banking

Program. The school runs a Student Banking Program

through the Commonwealth Bank. The program is

available to all students. Students can take their

Bankbooks with money to be banked to their

classroom on Tuesday of each week and they will be

sent to the office for processing. Students

must have a Commonwealth Bank account to

participate in this program. Bank Account applications

are available from the office.

LOST AND FOUND

In the first week of school we have had two pairs of

children’s glasses handed in to the office. If your child

is missing a pair of glasses please come into the office

to check if they belong to you.

Chris, Sharyn and Karen

WANTED! The school is looking for board games that the children

can play with during hot and wet day timetables. If

you have any complete board games at home that you

would like to donate to the school, we would be very

grateful to receive them. They can be left at the office.

NEWSLETTER NO. 3 Thursday 16th February 2017

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS

We have places available every day for Before and

After School Care.

Before School Care operates from 6.45am to 8.45am

each school morning. Breakfast is on offer to all

children attending. We have a variety of breakfast to

choose from: Every morning there is toast, raisin toast,

weet bix and nutrigrain or eggs. Wednesdays -

Pancakes and Hash Browns, Fridays - Bacon, eggs,

sausages, hash browns. We remain in the gymnasium

throughout the morning session with many supervised

activities.

After School Care operates from 3.30pm to 6.00pm

each school day. Snack is available upon arrival with a

variety of fun supervised activities both indoor and

outdoor during the afternoon. All children attending

After School Care are to bring a hat for outdoor play

during Terms 1 and 4.

Snacks at After School Care include Nachos,

Sandwiches, Shapes, Cheese and Kabana, Pasta and

muffins. We have a different snack each day, served

with fruit. Activities include: basketball, boardgames,

Lego, PlayStation, Xbox, Wii, jigsaw puzzles, art and

craft, badminton and dolls.

If you would like more information regarding our

service, please call in to see us in the gymnasium or

contact us on 5018 6028.

Kerri Abbott

Out Of School Hours Coordinator

COMMUNITY NOTICES

POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS – FREE

WORKSHOP Free 1 and 2 day workshops for parents and carers of

school aged students on the autism spectrum. When: Tuesday 14

th March - 9.15am to 3pm

Venue: Quality Hotel Mildura Grand

Seventh Street, Mildura

(Morning tea & lunch provided)

Register online: www.positivepartnerships.com.au

Any questions, please contact the Infoline: 1300 881

971 or email parentcarer@autismspectrum.org.au

DENTAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN Low cost dental services for all children free if you

have a Centrelink concession card.

The Child Oral Health Program is available to all

children aged 0-12 years through Sunraysia

Community Health Services. To make an appointment

contact SCHS, 137 Thirteenth Street Mildura OR

phone 50210944.

BRAINTEASER

This week’s Brainteaser: My name is Ruger, I

live on a farm. There are four other dogs on the

farm with me. Their names are Snowy, Flash,

Speedy and Brownie. What do you think the

fifth dog’s name is?

Your answer:……………………………..

Your Name:………………………………

Your Grade:……………….

Cut out this box with your answer, name and

grade and place it in the brainteaser box at the

front office. Each week, one lucky entrant will

win a prize!

Last week’s answer: Tuesday, Thursday, Today

& Tomorrow

Winner: Eric Nichols 5H