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TOORA PRIMARY SCHOOL
Be Safe, Be Fair, Think, Learn and Care
Friday 4th November, 2016
CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 21st ‐ 23rd Gr 3‐6 Camp Phillip Island 24th 2017 Prep Informa on Session ( me to be confirmed)
28‐30th Prep ‐ 6 Swimming Program (Dates ‐ TBC) DECEMBER Prep ‐ 6 Swimming Program (Dates ‐ TBC) 2nd Camp Quality Puppet Show performance 2nd Crazy Hair and Colour your world day 5th Gradua on Dinner 6th State‐wide Transi on day 9th Swimming Program fun a ernoon at pool 15th Mini School Concert ‐ evening event TBC 16th End of Year fun day HAVE YOU RETURNED: A copy of your WWC card if you’re a volunteer 2016 Parent Payment for your child/Ren 3‐6 Camp Payment Change of address details if you’ve recently moved? School Office Hours 8.30am ‐ 4.00pm (Wednesdays una ended) Absences ‐ Phone the office or write in your Child’s communica on book. All Visitors MUST report to the Admin Office, read Child Safety no ce and sign visitors book
NEWSLETTER TERM 4 - Issue 3
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS Tess 7th Nov
Maddison 15th Nov
Ella 16th Nov
Jaxon 30th Nov
As part of our Friendly Schools social‐emo onal learning program we have been learning about emo ons, observing how we are feeling and the signs to look for that may tell us how others are feeling. Being able to use words to explain how we are feeling and to observe others facial cues and body language are important life skills. Learning these skills helps develop our emo onal intelligence. Being able to regulate our emo ons and behaviours is an extremely important skill to develop. Children's feelings ma er: developing emo onal skills is crucial to the way that a child learns to cope with the world, and has a las ng impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
Most children respond or react to situa ons in ways that we expect. Some mes children seem to over‐react or under‐react. Children learn the skills of emo onal regula on from watching the adults around them—when adults use helpful ways to regulate their emo ons, children will also learn these skills. Children develop the capacity to adjust or regulate their behavioural or emo onal reac ons to suit par cular events with adult help. Over me they learn helpful ways to regulate their own emo ons.
To help our students develop the skill of emo onal regula on we have just started learning about the Zones of Regula on—see informa on in this newsle er. The Zones of Regula on were developed by Leah M Kuypers. While there are no right or wrong zones and we are in the different zones at different mes, it is important for children to be in GREEN zone for learning and for playing safely and happily. There are things we can do to help us get into the GREEN zone when we need to be there. Kids Ma er has some terrific informa on for parents/carers about emo ons and emo onal regula on. h p://www.kidsma er.edu.au/early‐childhood/resources‐support‐childrens‐mental‐health/about‐emo ons/self‐regula on
DAIRY ASSISTANCE FUNDING Families who are eligible for Dairy Assistance Funding have a greater range in what the payment can be used for than the standard CSEF. Primarily the fund is to support families with the costs of camps, sports and excursions but his can be extended to other costs in consulta on with the school. Parent payments (Student Essen al Learning Items) and uniforms are examples of what the CSEF (Dairy) can fund.
In 2016 the Victorian Government implemented a response package to assist dairy farming families. This included assistance for primary and secondary students a ending schools (government and non‐governments) where one or both parents: ‐ own an opera ng dairy farm; ‐ are share farmers on a property primarily opera ng as a dairy farm; ‐ hold a lease for an opera ng dairy farm; ‐ work as an employee on an opera ng dairy farm and this is their main source of employment.
This one‐off payment of $375 per student is only available in 2106 and will be paid to the school for eligible students. The Dairy Assistance CSEF payment will be paid to the school that the student is currently enrolled at the start of Term 3 2016. Eligibility for the dairy assistance is outlined on the applica on form. Parents can apply for the dairy assistance funding by comple ng the applica on form and lodging it with their child’s schools by 18 November 2016. Applica ons are available from the school office.
GRADE 6 IMMUNISATION TALK Last week our Grade 6 students par cipated in an immunisa on presenta on by the South Gippsland Shire. This presenta on talks about immunisa on and the process that occurs when our students are in Secondary College. Students were given a bag containing informa on and a stress ball to take home to their families.
4/5/6 Classroom news I learnt how to pick up a tennis racket
properly and how many different tennis balls there are. ‐ Isaac
Yesterday a er lunch the grade 3/4/5/6’s went to the asphalt to have tennis lessons by Mrs Zuidema. We started off by bouncing the ball in different ways then we were balancing the ball on a tennis racquet. A er that we were bouncing the ball to a partner and they hit it back to us and we had to catch the ball. A er we had finished that we did a rally, the rally was so fun that it was my favourite part. I teamed up with Scarlet through all of the partnership games. I loved doing tennis and I hope to do it again. ‐ Mackenzie
The part that I found the most interes ng for me, was
when we hit the ball to make the longest rally, with the
racquets and running to get the tennis ball when it went
zooming past are heads outside the court. ‐ Scarlet
Today at tennis we learned to hold a tennis racquet, to get used to hi ng the ball and balance out. ‐ Chea
Today I learned how to pick up a tennis racquet and that is how you hold it. We played some team games and for all of the team games Django was my partner. Django and I played a rally, at first Django hit it really hard and I had to run for the ball, but we got the hang of it in the end. I also learnt that Django has finally found his calling ‐ Tennis! Plus finally I have learnt that it is impossible to pronounce our tennis instructor’s name. ‐ William
It was really fun I learnt a lot of tennis skills and at the end we had a rally. ‐ Zane
At Tennis, I learnt I can hit the ball harder. I use to hit the ball weak . ‐ Tom H
Today I played tennis with the 3,4,5 and 6. I enjoyed the
rally. The things we used was a ball and a racquet.
‐ Sunday
I learnt that the ball can only touch the ground once. I
learnt to hit the ball and catch it. ‐ Charli
2/3 Classroom news Behind The News (BTN) this week we looked at the issue of Shark nets ‐ Should Australia's eastern beaches be protected by shark nets? Heightened media coverage of the issue has seen us ques on whether or not Shark nets are a good idea, given the impact on other marine animals. Our sustainability posters are coming along well and as a result we are calcula ng our ecological footprint and Exploring ways we can change our lifestyles and live more sustainably. In Maths we are learning about Frac ons. Grade 3 students have taken their work booklets home to work through to iden fy what they have learnt and what they s ll have to learn, so that they can set their own learning goals. We have been fortunate to have pre‐service teacher Cheryl Williamson in our classroom. Cheryl has completed her teaching rounds and is now working with small groups of students to strengthen their learning.
Prep-2 Classroom news I hope you all had a lovely long weekend and backed a winner in the cup!
This week our sound focus has been on ‘eer’; dear little deer, eer, eer, eer. In wri ng this week we started our unit on Informa on Reports. As an introduc on we watched a 2 minute video on giraffes and learned lots of interes ng facts! Maths has had a focus on building knowledge of fact families and how they work with addi on and subtrac on as well as mul plica on and division.
DID YOU KNOW… (P/1/2 Information Reports) · Giraffes usually always stand up to keep an eye out for Lions and other dangers. They even
have their babies standing up! · Male giraffes fight with their necks to determine who is in charge of the herd. · The different pa erns on giraffes show what part of Africa they come from. · Giraffes are herbivores, they only eat plants. · Giraffes are the tallest living land animals. · Giraffes are mammals – warm blooded, have fur, feed their babies milk. · Giraffes necks only have 7 bones – the same as a person.
TENNIS HOT SHOTS On Wednesday we had our first of four tennis hot shots sessions with teacher and tennis coach, Mrs Zuidema. The P/1/2 session included lots of modified ac vi es to build our confidence and skill level with tennis balls and racquets. We played games like mirrors to help us with keeping our eyes up and movements that are common in tennis. We then prac sed bouncing and catching tennis balls to develop our hand eye coordina on followed by some balancing fun with the balls and racquets. We finished off with gently hi ng the balls and keeping them controlled. Here are some photos of the first session. Thank you to Gary for joining in on the session so that all students had a partner for the pair ac vi es!
WEDNESDAY 9TH NOVEMBER LUNCH ORDER
NAME: ___________ ____________ CLASS: _______ Mrs Mac 200 g Meat pie plus cordial $3.00 Please find enclosed $______________