Newsletter Drouin West Primary School

'Nurture, Enrich, Inspire, Achieve'

Issue 12/19 Hours of supervision: 8.45am—3:45pm 16th May 2019

P.O. Box 176 Phone: 03 56 251971 535 Main Neerim Road Drouin 3818 Email: drouin.west.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Drouin West 3818

IMPORTANT DATES EVENTS TO REMEMBER

Mondays Student Banking Lunch orders—order through Flexi App

Fridays Assembly will be held at 3:00pm in the Multi Purpose room. Parents/guardians/carers and interested community members are most welcome to attend.

Tuesday 21st May Annual Reporting Meeting of School Council 7pm. All Welcome.

Wednesday 22nd May Open morning to celebrate Education Week - 9am –11am.

Friday 24th May Free Dress Day (Education Week)— What do you want to be when you grow up?

Monday to Friday

May 27th to May 31st

Grade 4, 5 & 6 students will be taking part in a swimming program. The cost of the program is subsidized by Government grants. Permission forms and payment must be returned by Thursday 23rd May. QKR will close at 11pm on 23rd May.

Monday 10th June Queen’s Birthday - public holiday

Extra Curriculum Activities Activities that are available to students during lunch time.

Mondays Lego Club P-6 in the Multi Purpose Room

Tuesdays Fun & Games in the Library

Wednesdays WEDNESDAY- HONEY POT SHOP- in the Multi- Purpose room & RELAYS – On the oval

Thursdays THURSDAY – RELAYS on the oval.

Fridays Choir - Students in years 3 to 6 are welcome to join the choir with parent written permission. Permission forms are available from Mrs. Brown.

Free Dress day Friday the 17

th of May

Come dressed in your favourite pink outfit or free dress.

Gold coin donation required please All money raised will be donated to the McGrath foundation.

Thanks Coby 5/6B + Chelsea 4/5B + Tearnee 4/5B

From The Principal’s Office

It has been another great week of learning at DWPS. This week our grade threes and fives have been completing NAPLAN, as you know it has been online and luckily our systems have worked ok, we have only

experienced a couple of hiccups, so we are hoping it continues fine over the test window over this week and next. We are super proud of the way the students are trying their best and showing this platform what they can do. As a school, we use the data/results to help us lead what our programs need to entail. It is a great check in and a way to compare to our assessments and student work at school to see what our students need and what they can achieve. Next week is EDUCATION week, this year’s theme is Careers, the future is going to hold so much for our students and with careers evolving each day, it will be certainly be interesting in 20 years time, in what our student will be achieving in their careers. We all have high aspirations for all our students and can’t wait to see everyone’s dress up next Friday, in what they want to be when they grow up! We are also having an open morning for our 2020 students, the Junior area will be buzzing with activities and with people wanting to see how great DWPS is. Don’t forget this Friday, we are encouraging students to wear some pink in their outfit for the day, yes they are allowed to wear Casual Clothes and bring a gold coin donation to towards Breast Cancer Awareness. This has evolved from a couple of students wanting to make a difference and we are so grateful to have such caring students. Next Tuesday’s school council meeting is a public meeting for our Annual Report meeting, our annual report will also be available on the website if you are interested. You might noticed our classroom have all got some new bookshelves and each room is creating classroom libraries, they are certainly looking amazing and it have been fantastic to see students connecting to books and enjoying reading. You will also notice our healing garden area is getting some TLC and a freshen up. We have been noticing a bit of inappropriate language and disrespect through put downs, it would be great if you can get a chance to speak to your child/ren about how we speak at to people and the impact of words/tone of voice has on people. We want our students to be great citizens and we know that our students are awesome so we know we can work together to make our students

the best they can be. Have a great week and take care, Kelly Halliday

Our Chaplain Hi everyone, This week in Seasons for Growth we have started looking at the season of winter. In this session children have started to share some of their stories of change and loss. Children participating in the program do much of the learning by interacting with, observing and listening to their peers. In doing so, they come to realise they are not alone in their experience and that others manage difficult changes too. This is an important part of learning how to respond to their particular circumstances. It is also central in normalising their experience and understanding that, “I’m not the only one” As children get older they will recognise times when they experience particular feelings because of the changes that have happened in their family. The imagery of winter can be a useful tool in assisting the children to name their experience and how they are feeling. The winter sessions focus on learning about different ways people experience change and loss. Winter can be a demanding season when nature slows down to renew itself and prepare for spring. Some groups drew a timeline of their families change

from birth to now, identified some of the feelings they

have experienced as a result of this change and thought

of reasons why their family is still special even though

this change has occurred. Other groups looked at what

makes each person special in the group and also shared

their stories of change and started to identify the

feelings associated with this change.

Take care! Wendy Ronalds School Chaplain

If you have any questions please contact me at the school on a Tuesday or Thursday or email me on ronalds.wendy.j@edumail.vic .gov.au I do check emails regularly.

Acknowledgement: National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program have been funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

Super ‘B’ Award Winners Super ‘B’ award winners for Week 3, Term 2

P/1A Remi

P/1B Ellis

P/1C Chloe

2/3A Emily

2/3B Elyse

2/3C Kirralee

4/5A Lillian

4/5B Tearnee

5/6A Lachie

5/6B Whole Class

Child Safety Standards Abuse in any form is not tolerated at Drouin West Primary School If you have any questions regarding Child Safe Standards please see Mrs Halliday

Happy Birthday !!!!!! Happy Birthday to the following students who will celebrate

their special day during the week: Monday 13th May to Sunday 19th May 2019

Annika 2/3B, Sam 5/6A, Layla 2/3A and Beau Prep/1B Don’t forget to come to the office to collect your birthday

sticker.

Cross Country May 15th 2019– it was great to see our student trying their best and supporting each other! Well Done everyone!