1

NEW

SLETTER VICTORIAN CURRICULM

In 2017 Nilma Primary along with all schools in Victoria will be implementing the changes to the curriculum We will be reporting to parents against the new Victorian Curriculum Victoria is known as the Education State with the intention of placing Education as a number one priority for our children and the future Please refer to pages 4to 6 of todayrsquos newsletter - fact sheets - to provide the community with more information on changes The Department of Education (DET) website is really informative too During the course of the year we will be reviewing policies and practices inline with the new curriculum You may hear new language associated with the student reports too Keep your eyes on our Curriculum Corner of the newsletter

VCOP (Vocabulary Connectives Openers Punctuation) At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school

our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Mrs Buckler will be providing more information through the Curriculum Corner

PREMIERrsquoS READING CHALLENGE Congratulations Congratulations to the following students in 4-3 Blue who have accepted the lsquochallengersquo and been the first Nilma students to complete the 2017 Premierrsquos Reading Challenge reading 15 books independently Alice-Ann Simon Piper Bundle Xavier Mazzarella Jade Mammolito and Blake Hanmer It has been great to see the positive attitude of the students and their willingness to challenge themselves to read and explore literature

PIANO LESSONSNILMA Miriam has commenced teaching piano at Nilma Miriam is available on Friday mornings for lessons Welcome to Nilma Miriam If you would like your child to learn piano please ring the Office for more information THANK YOU TO OUR DIARY SPONSORS

Principal Ms Annette Sutherland Business Manager Mrs Rachel Hammond School Council President Mrs Nicki Kimm

Thurs

day 1

8th

May 2

017

Issu

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4-2

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

Principal Notes 1 Calendar 10

Bloomfield Road Nilma 3821 Telephone (03)56232963 Email nilmapsedumailvicgovau Website wwwnilmapsviceduau

NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Principal Notes

WINTER SPORTS Beth and Jade are enjoying a hit of croquet in the sun

FUN IN THE PLAYGROUND Under the cypress trees having a digging time

2

REAL STUDENTSNILMA Learner of the Week

Recognitions Homegroup 1F Red

Kaleb Majcherzak You are a fabulous year 1 leader in our class

You listen well use your manners persist with your learning tasks and always offer to

help others Thank you Kaleb

Homegroup 2 Green Mia Wood

For the enthusiasm you have demonstrated towards the reading program with Mrs

Hodge You have really strived to improve your reading Keep it up Mia

Homegroup 43 Blue

Anthony Santo Anthony Santo for the great effort you have been prepared to make with your reading with Belinda and your LAUGH reading at

home It has been good to see you developing such a positive attitude

Congratulations too on the enthusiasm you have shown in practising for the Cross Country Run Keep up the great effort

Anthony

Homegroup 654 Yellow

Bailey- Jack Christoph For focus on growing as a REAL Learner

You are showing how your responsibility is growing and you are reaching learning goals

at school and at home Keep it up

LAUGH Program Learning Activities Under

Guidance of Home NIGHTLY READING

25 nights Jesse Matthews Mia Wood

50 nights Savannah Farmer Jade

Mammolito Piper Bundle Blake Sammutt Patrick Dalryple amp

Dylan Bradshaw

75 Nights Claire Simon Kurtis Giblin

100 nights Nick Addison Cohen Cogo Sheree

Casey-Wilson

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS

Winners

Taleahmdashhelping

Olivermdashplaying nicely

Nick for helping out

Aiden for making fair

choices

Zavier Allsopp

STUDENT LEARNING NILMA

3

HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS

Our current focus in Whole School Numeracy is addition and

subtraction Students will be engaging in a variety of activities that encourage them to utilise

known strategies as well as learning and consolidating new strategies to have success in these two

mathematical operations

We enjoy testing our strategies with a variety of whole class and small group games

Dress up Day

Yesterday we had our whole

class reward ldquoDress up Partyrdquo

Students wore a costume to school

or dressed as a favourite character

Students enjoyed a mini class parade to ldquoshow

off their costumes and had a really fun day

Students bought a healthy party plate of food

to school and together they enjoyed eating up

all the yummy food for lunch

Thanks to parentsguardians for dressing up

your child and

organising a party

plate of food for

them to bring

along and share

Home Group - 654 -

Lemon Yellow

Students in the Green

Home Group have started

to create a Power Point

presentation about school

They are beginning to use

functions in Power Point

including copy paste and crop They

are experimenting

with font styles

word art

animations and

slide transitions

Home Group - 2 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1F -

Ruby Red

I liked doing croquet for Winter Sport I Played with Xavier and Kael I only managed to make 2 hoops Oliver

When we first got to croquet I was in a group with Jade and Beth Beth got all of the hoops At least I tried It was amazing Natasha

At croquet the person who took our group was Russ We liked croquet but it was really hard to hit your ball through the hoop with the mallet Beth and Jade

At croquet I had the white ball and went last We had to hit our ball through the hoop with a mallet I hit my ball through 6 hoops Xavier

At croquet the mallets look like sledge hammers but they are made of wood I got zero times hitting my ball through the hoop but croquet was fun Kael

Home Group - 43 -

Aqua Blue

4

CURRICULUM CORNER

5

CURRICULUM CORNER

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

2

REAL STUDENTSNILMA Learner of the Week

Recognitions Homegroup 1F Red

Kaleb Majcherzak You are a fabulous year 1 leader in our class

You listen well use your manners persist with your learning tasks and always offer to

help others Thank you Kaleb

Homegroup 2 Green Mia Wood

For the enthusiasm you have demonstrated towards the reading program with Mrs

Hodge You have really strived to improve your reading Keep it up Mia

Homegroup 43 Blue

Anthony Santo Anthony Santo for the great effort you have been prepared to make with your reading with Belinda and your LAUGH reading at

home It has been good to see you developing such a positive attitude

Congratulations too on the enthusiasm you have shown in practising for the Cross Country Run Keep up the great effort

Anthony

Homegroup 654 Yellow

Bailey- Jack Christoph For focus on growing as a REAL Learner

You are showing how your responsibility is growing and you are reaching learning goals

at school and at home Keep it up

LAUGH Program Learning Activities Under

Guidance of Home NIGHTLY READING

25 nights Jesse Matthews Mia Wood

50 nights Savannah Farmer Jade

Mammolito Piper Bundle Blake Sammutt Patrick Dalryple amp

Dylan Bradshaw

75 Nights Claire Simon Kurtis Giblin

100 nights Nick Addison Cohen Cogo Sheree

Casey-Wilson

PLAYGROUND

AWARDS

Winners

Taleahmdashhelping

Olivermdashplaying nicely

Nick for helping out

Aiden for making fair

choices

Zavier Allsopp

STUDENT LEARNING NILMA

3

HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS

Our current focus in Whole School Numeracy is addition and

subtraction Students will be engaging in a variety of activities that encourage them to utilise

known strategies as well as learning and consolidating new strategies to have success in these two

mathematical operations

We enjoy testing our strategies with a variety of whole class and small group games

Dress up Day

Yesterday we had our whole

class reward ldquoDress up Partyrdquo

Students wore a costume to school

or dressed as a favourite character

Students enjoyed a mini class parade to ldquoshow

off their costumes and had a really fun day

Students bought a healthy party plate of food

to school and together they enjoyed eating up

all the yummy food for lunch

Thanks to parentsguardians for dressing up

your child and

organising a party

plate of food for

them to bring

along and share

Home Group - 654 -

Lemon Yellow

Students in the Green

Home Group have started

to create a Power Point

presentation about school

They are beginning to use

functions in Power Point

including copy paste and crop They

are experimenting

with font styles

word art

animations and

slide transitions

Home Group - 2 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1F -

Ruby Red

I liked doing croquet for Winter Sport I Played with Xavier and Kael I only managed to make 2 hoops Oliver

When we first got to croquet I was in a group with Jade and Beth Beth got all of the hoops At least I tried It was amazing Natasha

At croquet the person who took our group was Russ We liked croquet but it was really hard to hit your ball through the hoop with the mallet Beth and Jade

At croquet I had the white ball and went last We had to hit our ball through the hoop with a mallet I hit my ball through 6 hoops Xavier

At croquet the mallets look like sledge hammers but they are made of wood I got zero times hitting my ball through the hoop but croquet was fun Kael

Home Group - 43 -

Aqua Blue

4

CURRICULUM CORNER

5

CURRICULUM CORNER

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

3

HOMEGROUP HAPPENINGS

Our current focus in Whole School Numeracy is addition and

subtraction Students will be engaging in a variety of activities that encourage them to utilise

known strategies as well as learning and consolidating new strategies to have success in these two

mathematical operations

We enjoy testing our strategies with a variety of whole class and small group games

Dress up Day

Yesterday we had our whole

class reward ldquoDress up Partyrdquo

Students wore a costume to school

or dressed as a favourite character

Students enjoyed a mini class parade to ldquoshow

off their costumes and had a really fun day

Students bought a healthy party plate of food

to school and together they enjoyed eating up

all the yummy food for lunch

Thanks to parentsguardians for dressing up

your child and

organising a party

plate of food for

them to bring

along and share

Home Group - 654 -

Lemon Yellow

Students in the Green

Home Group have started

to create a Power Point

presentation about school

They are beginning to use

functions in Power Point

including copy paste and crop They

are experimenting

with font styles

word art

animations and

slide transitions

Home Group - 2 -

Emerald Green

Home Group - 1F -

Ruby Red

I liked doing croquet for Winter Sport I Played with Xavier and Kael I only managed to make 2 hoops Oliver

When we first got to croquet I was in a group with Jade and Beth Beth got all of the hoops At least I tried It was amazing Natasha

At croquet the person who took our group was Russ We liked croquet but it was really hard to hit your ball through the hoop with the mallet Beth and Jade

At croquet I had the white ball and went last We had to hit our ball through the hoop with a mallet I hit my ball through 6 hoops Xavier

At croquet the mallets look like sledge hammers but they are made of wood I got zero times hitting my ball through the hoop but croquet was fun Kael

Home Group - 43 -

Aqua Blue

4

CURRICULUM CORNER

5

CURRICULUM CORNER

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

4

CURRICULUM CORNER

5

CURRICULUM CORNER

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

5

CURRICULUM CORNER

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

6

CURRICULUM CORNER

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

7

CURRICULUM CORNER

VCOP At Nilma Primary School we are committed to raising standards with Literacy as one of our priorities To improve writing across the school our program will focus on developing four main aspects in students writing ndash Vocabulary connectives Openers and Punctuation These are the four important elements of writing for student to learn and develop in order to become more confident and competent writers Vocabulary In this target we promote good use of vocabulary within the level at which the pupils are working We encourage pupils to be ambitious with their word choices always looking for new interesting words - we refer to these words as lsquoWOWrsquo words Connectives Connectives make sentences longer because they join pieces of information together Examples of words the children may use are and but so because however or therefore Openers There are many different ways of opening sentences Younger pupils may star t their sentences with I my the or then We encourage older children to use more extravagant openers such as meanwhile before long often or having decided Punctuation Punctuation pyramids will be used in each classroom to remind children of the punctuation they should be using at their level of writing Listed below are some ways you can help at home with VCOP Please display and refer to the laminated lsquoVCOP Pyramidsrsquo chart sent home with the newsletter VOCABULARY When you are reading with your child look out for lsquoWOWrsquo words and help them to understand what they mean When watching TV listen out for ambitious or unusual words and discuss these as well When your child is writing try to help them to point out words they could improve on by replacing with a more ambitious word For example instead of using lsquosaidrsquo try explained exclaimed whispered shouted etc CONNECTIVES When reading point out ambitious connectives you find When writing suggest how your child could replace moresimple connectives like and with more complicated ones Also help your older child make their sentences more complex by using lsquoafter a whilersquo lsquohoweverrsquo or lsquoneverthelessrsquo OPENERS Spend some time discussing different ways to begin a sentence Encourage your child to use verbs and adjectives to start sentences to describe what people are doing eg Striding through the trees Grumpily the man spoke PUNCTUATION Punctuation is broken into 5 stages of development starting with

the Capital Letter lsquoCrsquo and full stop lsquorsquo and moving down the pyramid to

level 5 to include 12 punctuation marks

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

8

SCHOOL ORGANISATION HEALTH AND PYHSICAL EDUCATION NEWS

WINTER SPORT The Winter Sport program started last week for students in Year 3-6 A reminder to all students to bring the correct money and give to the classroom teacher to be sent to the office A copy of the sport your child is participating in is attached to the newsletter The costs involved are Netballmdashno cost Ten-pin bowlingmdash$500 Croquetmdash$300 Snorkellingmdash$500 Badmitton mdash$400 Cheerleadingmdash$500 Lawn bowlsmdash$200 Minor Games ndashno cost Basketballmdashno cost DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY The West Gippsland Division Cross Country will be held on Thursday 25th May at Chairo Christian College in Drouin The 910 year olds will be competing in a 2km run and the 111213 year old swill be competing in a 3km run Students are to bring suitable running clothes with them mdashStudents will get muddy then after they can change back into their uniform Students may bring along some money as Chairo school has a canteen available on the day Permission forms sent home today

CAMPS NEWS URBAN CAMP The Year 56 camp will be held on Monday 29thmdashWednesday 31st may 2017 This year Ellinbank PS is coordinating the camp All forms with full payment are required at the office by tomorrow Friday 19th May There are some parents who receive CSEF payments which will pay for some of the camp SUSTAINABILIITY amp ENVIRONMENT NEWS GUMBOOTS FOR NILMA We are looking for any donations of old gumboots for the children to use in our gardening program If you have any gumboots at home that your children have grown out of we would appreciate them for the gardening program We will be able to have our own collection for the students to use when it is wet and muddy Thanks Leanne and Ms Grass

FROG POND WANTED We are revamping our frog pond as part of our Biodiversity habitat development if any families have a spare pond mould that you want to get rid of we would be grateful for your donation The frogs at Nilma will also be very happy FREE SEEDS To support our Schoolrsquos Gardens John Mauger from Letrsquos Get GrowingmdashSustainablymdashhas teamed up with The Seed Collection to bring us FREE seeds The seeds they are offering are all open pollinated non GMO and are short dated underweight or damaged packets They will still have good germination rates and will contribute to a bountiful harvest in our garden Thanks for the donation John

PARENT SUPPORT NEWS Kidsmatter at Nilma Huge thank you to Jaye Devlin wand Lisa Giblin for coordinating the Motherrsquos Day Special Person Stall last Friday A massive effort

SCHOOL PRODUCTION NEWS White t-shirts are available for purchase for the School Production Each child requires a t-shirt for tie-dying in Visual Arts Payment is needed to secure your childs t-shirt with limited numbers of each size available Please see the Office with your $3 and the size needed Thank you Mrs Buckler

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

9

COMMUNITY NEWS

Why not try this recipe as an easy amp healthy

alternative to chicken nuggets

Ingredients

500g chicken mince 1 egg 12 cup baby spinach - finely

chopped 1 carrot finely chopped

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

14 cup finely grated parmesan

frac14 cup breadcrumbs

olive oil to fry Mix all the ingredients to form balls Heat a large frying pan over medium heat add a little oil and cook the chicken balls in batches for 4-5 minutes turning regularly until golden brown and cooked through Alternatively drizzle with a little olive oil place on a baking tray and bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees C) for 12-15 minutes or until cooked through Storage store cooked chicken balls in the fridge for 1-2 days or in the freezer for 1-2 months - httponehandedcookscomaurecipeeasy-chicken-balls

Do kids need snacks

Young children have smaller stomachs than adults so they

need to eat every few hours to keep up their energy levels

and get the right amount of nutrients Teens get

particularly hungry during periods of fast growth and

healthy snacks are important

Snacks based on fruit and vegies reduced fat dairy

products and whole grains are the healthiest choices

It is important to limit snacks that are high in sugar salt or

saturated fats ndash such as chips cakes and chocolate ndash

which can cause children to put on excess weight These

lsquoextra foodsrsquo should only be offered occasionally For more info go to wwwhealthykidsnswgovauhomefact-sheetseat-fewer-snacks-and-select-healthier-alternativesaspx

Health Promotion 56243500

The family and carers support program reaches out to people who have been impacted by a loved onersquos alcohol or other drug use The lsquoYoursquore Not Alonersquo (YNA) program aims to provide families with tools and resources to support their loved ones but at the same time looking after themselves whilst providing links into treatment We offer one on one family support group education and peer support services (SAS) for people living in the following LGArsquoS East Gippsland Latrobe Baw Baw Wellington amp South Gippsland

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Breakfast Club

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Breakfast Club

School Banking

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Winter Sport 20 21

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Breakfast Club

School Banking

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MARC VAN

Cross

Country

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Winter Sport 27 28

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Year 65 Camp

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Year 65 Camp

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Year 65 Camp

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sa Su

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School Council

Meeting

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MARC VAN

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Winter Sport

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Public Holiday

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School Banking

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Student Reports

Distributed

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Parent Teacher

Discussions

30 Last day Term 2

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NILMA PRIMARY SCHOOL CALENDAR

Issue 14ndash 18052017

MAY 2017

JUNE 2017

JULY 2017

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Term 3 starts

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