March 3rd 2016 Also available on our website @ www.narnargoonps.vic.edu.au Issue No 6

27 Spencer St, Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone: 5942 5311 nar.nar.goon.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.narnargoonps.vic.edu.au

From The Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents and Friends, We have had a great week here at Nar Nar Goon Primary School with lots of learning and fun across the school.

OPEN LEARNING:

For those parents involved in Open Learning, I am sure you will agree that the program now in its second year, is running very

smoothly and all children are very engaged in their Maths learning. Open Learning is a whole school Maths program where

children work in their ability groups on key numeracy skills at their individual level of ability. Their levels are determined by a

pre-test that has been developed by the classroom teachers. Each child has their own “Learning Ladder” that they work through

and as they complete their post-test, their skills are marked off and they progress to the next level.

It is truly wonderful to see parents, integration aides and teachers working side by side to help our children achieve their

potential in this program. We have some students working two to three levels above their expected level and others who need

that extra support working at lower levels. But what is truly inspiring is when you hear a comment as I did this week from one

student whom I saw struggling to understand a basic concept last week announce excitedly “Mrs Van Lambaart, I’ve got it now!

I know how to order from smallest to biggest with decimal points – it’s not that hard anymore!”

I would like to congratulate my whole staff and those parents involved for making this such a positive learning experience for

everyone. As you can imagine it takes a great deal of pre planning and organisation to make it all happen thanks in no small part

to our Curriculum Coordinator Jacqui Cutler. Please feel free if you have some spare time on a Tuesday morning to come in and

observe the program happening in action and of course, everyone is welcome to come along and help out.

PLAY IS THE WAY:

As you are all aware, our Welfare and Discipline policy is based on Wilson McCaskill’s program “Play is the Way”, with our

Golden Rule “ Treat Others as you would like to be Treated” as the premise for everything that we do at Nar Nar Goon Primary

School. This week, as part of the program, the teachers will commence talking to the children about the concept of Failure ie:

“Failure is Good Medicine.” Wilson states: “Resilience is the ability to bounce back from failure. Unpleasant as failure may be,

it is the essential ingredient in the recipe for developing resilience. Quite simply, you can’t cope with failure or bounce back

from it, if you don’t experience it in the first place. Unfortunately we have been duped into believing that giving our children

easy and endless success will inflate their self-esteem to the point that failure will fail to dent it. Just as you can’t get fit without

exercising, you can’t become resilient without encountering and overcoming failure. Put simply: Failure is good medicine and

any child given the right dose, during their formative years, is more than ready to ride the roller coaster of life.” It would be

terrific if you as parents, had a similar conversation with your children to support them in understanding this very important life

lesson. If you would like more information please feel free to speak to any of the teachers or ask them for a copy of the

Wilson McCaskill professional reading where this information was taken from.

CHESS COMPETITION:

Ms Greenaway has been working with a group of interested students to learn the game of Chess during lunchtimes throughout

the week. She will shortly be selecting a group to take to Beaconsfield Primary School to compete in the first round competition

of our Chess Tournament. This Tournament involves four schools: Beaconsfield, Upper Beaconsfield, Pakenham Hills and

Nar Nar Goon. At the end of competition period the winning school is awarded a perpetual trophy and the champion chess player

is also awarded an individual trophy. I would like thank Ms Greenaway for her willingness to give up her lunch hours to support

the children in this very worthwhile competition. Chess is certainly a game of strategy and critical thinking. I look forward to

providing you with the results of our first round of the 2016 competitions.

NAR NAR GOON TALENT SHOW:

At this year’s Twilight Carnival, the children are being invited to compete in the Nar Nar Goon Talent Show. Mr Tolliday is

coordinating this show, with already well over 20 entries received. It is wonderful to see so many children at recess and lunch

practising their dances/ singing/ magic performances in the alcoves around the school. It will be a great spectacle to watch while

the Twilight Carnival is taking place on the Foundation classroom decking as per our End of Year Event. I hope to see lots of

families and friends sharing a hot dog or two and watching the children as they perform. Thank you to Mr Tolliday for his

organisation of this Talent Show.

Kind Regards, Mrs Fran Van Lambaart

40 kph

In Spencer

Street

At All Times

Payments Overdue

Payments Due Year 6 Rubicon Camp Due: Friday 4th March

MARCH Friday 4th Y5/6 Interschool Sports @ away Monday7th PAFA Mtg 9.15am/Twilight Carnival Mtg Tuesday 8th Good Friday Appeal– P.J Day

Gold Coin Donation

Wednesday 9th Division Swimming Thursday 10th School Photos Friday 11th Y5/6 Interschool Sports @away BOOK CLUB DUE TODAY Monday 14th LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY Tuesday 15th-Friday 18th Y6 Rubicon Camp

Friday 18th Twilight Carnival 4pm-8pm

Monday 21st School Council 7pm Thursday 24th Last Day Term 1 2.30pm finish Buses run to this time Friday 25th Good Friday

APRIL

Monday 11th First Day Term 2

DIARY DATES

Lilly D

Bella A Forest F

Hannah D Cam J

LATE ARRIVALS

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LOST PROPERTY

Time is running out for you to check Lost Property - we now

only keep it for a month before it is disposed of -which will

be next Monday!!

It is our School’s policy that

all students wear school uni-

form.

Our school uniform is:

Summer Girls: Blue check

frock, navy blue shorts, pale

blue or navy blue polo shirt.

Boys: Navy blue shorts, pale

blue or navy blue polo shirt

Winter Girls: Navy blue

track suits, navy blue wind-

cheater with pale blue or navy

blue polo shirt or skivvy

An Arty thought……

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is

knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams

PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

**CANTEEN THIS FRIDAY**

Icy Poles and Zooper Doopers

50cents each

Please contact Alison Walker if you can help during recess. Thank you!

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**PAFA Meeting**

We are meeting on Monday 7th March at 9.15am in the Staff Room. Everyone is welcome! If you can’t make it

but would like to contribute, please contact Erin Butler via the school Facebook page.

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We will be running an Easter Raffle again this year.

Tickets are $1 each ($10 ticket booklet per family)

The raffle will be drawn at Assembly on Thursday 24th March.

First prize will be an iPad Mini 2 Wi-Fi 16GB & case valued at $335!!

Tickets will be sent home next week – could they please be returned by Tuesday 22nd March **To help make this a successful fundraiser, we would very much appreciate any donation of Easter Eggs, baskets or a gold coin to go towards the purchase of prizes. These can be left at the office in

the tub provided**

Thank you for your support.

S D A A R W

Congratulations to these children for receiving this week’s awards.

School Photographs for 2016 by our School Photographers, Spargo Photography.

On Thursday, 10 March 2016. To ensure that your photos are returned back as quickly as possible, please follow

these quick and easy guidelines.

Please write clearly on your child's envelope (Block letters preferred)

If possible please don't use small change as this can break or fall out of your envelope,

if this is not possible, please tape up the sides or put the money in a freezer bag then inside your envelope.

For online orders, complete an envelope and record the Order Number in the “online Order#” section on the envelope.

All children must have their own envelope with them when being photographed.

Do not use one envelope for multiple children.

Children without an envelope when having their individual photos taken will not have an order placed against their name.

For Family/Siblings & Friends Portraits please see your school office for an information flyer and red family envelope.

Do not place a family envelope inside another envelope or an individual envelope.

We will only photograph family/siblings with a completed family envelope.

ONLINE PRE-ORDER

We now provide you with the flexibility of pre-paying your child's photos online. Simply follow the links below to place your order.

Once completed, print out your confirmation invoice and include in your child's envelope.

To order click on the following links;

Individual Photograph Packs

Family Photograph Orders

If you have any inquiries, please contact us on (03) 5942 5234

Students envelopes may be

returned to school at any

time prior to the day and we

will keep them in the safe

and return them to the

student on Photo Day

TWILIGHT CARNIVAL NEWS

Save the date: Friday 18th March

4pm-8pm By now all students should have received their Twilight Info Pack.

This year we are pre-ordering our veggie boxes, all produce will be fresh and seasonal. Simply fill out

your order form and we will have it ready for you at the Carnival.

Pre-purchased wristband forms have also gone home. Please return forms back to school by Thursday 17th

March. From Friday 18th March a single wristband will cost $30.00 and a family of up to 4 will be $80.00.

Please try and take advantage of the special offer.

We are now looking for Sponsors for our Twilight Carnival. If you would like more information on sponsoring

our carnival please call Briony Dore 0400 047 729.

We are also asking for your help on the day of the carnival. Please take the time to look at the roster, we have

one hour time slots for all of our stalls. It’s a great way to meet new people and get involved in the carnival.

We are very excited about having a Nar Nar Goon Talent Show this year and there will be more information on

this event coming up very soon.

There will be a meeting on Monday 7th March in the Staff Room after the PAFA meeting. Please feel free to

come along and help with organising this great event for our children and the community. Hope to see you

there.

Thanks,

Briony and the Fundraising Team

Parents please be aware that as of March

2016, Book Club will only be done through

the Loop Program. See flyer.We will only

allow orders to be done online, as we will no

longer be accepting cash.

If you have any questions please contact

Jackie Neville.

TOMORROW

Join teachers, parents, students and Councillors Graeme Moore & David Young at the Memorial Park, Nar Nar Goon at 8.30am and walk, ride, scoot & skate

along to school.