Nar Nar Goon Primary School 27 Spencer St, Nar Nar Goon 3812 Phone: 5942 5311

nar.nar.goon.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.narnargoonps.vic.edu.au

TERM TWO

IMPORTANT DATES TO

REMEMBER

June 10th QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

HOLIDAY

June 25th CURRICULUM DAY

Parent Teacher

Interviews/Student

Led Conferences

June 28th LAST DAY TERM 2

2.30pm Finish

Issue No: 16 May 30th, 2019

Mrs Fran Van Lambaart—Principal

From the Principal’s Desk:

FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEE THIS NEWSLETTER

OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE

www.narnargoonps.vic.edu.au

It has been a really busy week at Nar Nar Goon Primary School with lots of excursions and activities taking place. On Monday the 3/4 cohort braved the cold and rain and had a wonderful time exploring the Cranbourne Botanic Gardens as part of their Science Unit – Living Things. The most impressive part of the visit from the children’s point of view was the indigenous garden and associated activities that were on offer. The children were able to “taste test” some native plants that are used for traditional cooking and learn about others used for traditional medicines. They were also able to create some art with hand prints and natural paint derived from plants grown in the indigenous garden.

Also on Monday the Grade 5 students attended a “Say NO to Bullying Day” which was hosted by the Bunyip Rotary Club and Bendigo Bank. Our school joined with Longwarry, Garfield, Bunyip and St James Primary Schools where the day consisted of a variety of fun activities including Yoga and Zumba. The consistent theme throughout the day was the importance of a no tolerance approach to unacceptable bullying behaviours and how to deal with such behaviours. The children were involved in problem solving discussions, role plays and presentations and of course, the sausage sizzle lunch was a highlight!

We waved goodbye to the Grade 6s as they went to Warratah Bay beach camp yesterday and by all reports everyone is having a ball! If you are on the PAFA Facebook page you will see some terrific photos of all the children having a surfing lesson. It may have been 2 degrees outside but Jacqui reports the water was a balmy 16 degrees!! On the same day the 1/2 cohort went on their excursion to the Melbourne Zoo and they also had a wonderful time. Thank you to the large number of parent volunteers who went along to support the teachers and the children. The children were all very excited that their teachers were forced to handle a snake or two in the environmental classroom!

All in all it has been an exciting week, despite the sudden onslaught of wintery weather! DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to all students who participated in the district cross country event last Friday, especially to our four students who have qualified for the Division event on Monday – Cody H, Millie H, Jai H and Xavier L. Good luck guys, we will look forward to further news on Monday!

E for

Excellence

Award Winners

Noah M

Gemma C

Abigail C

Savannah H

Addy G

Tanika B

Jarvis V

Kalarni B

Olivia D

Cody H

JUNE

Monday 3rd Division Cross Country (squad)

Thursday 6th PAFA Meal Deal

Friday 7th 5/6Sport @Chairo C.S

Monday 10th QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY

Thursday 13th F, 5/6 Healesville Excursion

Friday 14th Distr ict Lightning Prem (info to follow)

PAFA Meeting 9am

Thursday 20th Regional Cross Country (info to follow)

Monday 24th School Council 4.45pm

Tuesday 25th CURRICULUM DAY

Parent Teacher Interviews/Student Led

Conferences (info to follow)

Wednesday 26th W hole School Incursion Aboriginal

For A Day

Friday 28th Last Day Term 2

2.30pm finish

Buses run to this timetable

JULY

Monday 15th First Day Term 2

Our Cross Country Winners

Well done to all our competitors!

Payments Due

Foundation & Year 5/6 Healesville Exc Monday 3rd June

Whole School Incursion Friday 21st June

MONEY AND NOTES TO THE OFFICE

When returning money to the office please

include correct money and ensure that it is

securely enclosed in an envelope that is clearly

marked with name, grade and what it is for.

PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

**FACEBOOK PAGE**

Join the Nar Nar Goon Primary School – Parents & Friends Group as another way to stay informed and up to date with

the activities and events happening within the School.

(*this is a closed group only available to parents/carers) with current students at the school*)

PREP ENROLMENTS FOR 2020

We are now taking enrolments for next year.

Enrolment packs are now available from the office.

***Save the Date***

TRIVIA NIGHT

Saturday 14th September

(Info to follow)

Let’s examine the virtues required for empathy further:

Empathy = Good Manners + Friendliness + Courage +

Persistence/Resilience + Tolerance/Acceptance +

Compassion

Good manners is the habit of speaking and acting in a way

which gives people a feeling of being appreciated, valued and

respected. It is the habit of using the words and actions of

good manners with sincerity.

Friendliness is the habit of being interested in others, as well

as sharing your time, ideas, feelings, belongings and yourself

with others. It is the habit of saying and doing things to les-

son the labour and effort of others (helpfulness).

Courage is the habit of accepting your fear and nevertheless

making yourself say or do the things you know are right and

more important than your fear. It is that habit of sticking to

your values and resisting the tempta-

tion to abandon them.

Treat others as you would like them to treat you

Woollies Earn And Learn

Completed sheets can be put in the box in the foyer

Stickers are redeemed for school equipment for our students

PLEASPLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENTS FOR BOOK CLUB

CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE SCHOOL.

ALL ORDERS AND PAYMENTS MUST BE DONE ONLINENO

Absence Reasons

When submitting online absence forms please ensure you provide us with details to enable us to determine whether or

not they will be school approved absences or not.

Parent choice authorised – Parent approved – illness/medical.

-Bereavement.

- Religious/cultural observance.

-Family holiday (with principal approval).

-Special circumstances, unavoidable cause, unforeseen circumstances, and family member ill.

Parent choice unauthorised –Parent approved- No explanation provided by parent.

- Student absent due to participating in leisure or social activities such as shopping, a child’s birthday, visiting relatives or friends.

- A day off for no valid reason.

-No approval given by principal to attend family holiday (requires an absence learning plan with Principal’s signature).

SICK CHILDREN

There are many ‘bugs’ and illnesses around the school at any given time.

If your child is unwell (or if you are in doubt), please don’t send them to school, home is really a

much better place for them to be.

Please note there are many coughs, colds and tummy bugs currently in the school

HEAD LICE

There have been a number of cases of head lice reported in the school.

It is important to combat this problem.

The only way to do this is if everyone checks their children’s hair

regularly and treat it appropriately. If everyone does this we stand a better chance of eradicating the

problem.

Treatment usually needs to be applied at least twice for it to be effective. Bedding, soft toys,

teddies etc also need to be treated.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

WORKING WITH CHILDREN’S CHECKS—A GOVERNMENT REGULATION

A reminder that EVERY HELPER in our school must wear their Working With Children Card on one of our visitor

lanyards, or a visitors badge when helping in our school. This could be for reading helpers, sport helpers, classroom

helpers, PAFA friends etc.

This is policy in our school and we will be monitoring this diligently.

STUDENT SUPERVISION

Please be aware that staff are on yard duty in the playground from 8:45 am before school and until 3:45 pm after

school. Students travelling on late buses are supervised in the Multi Purpose Room after school until the final bus leaves.

For your own child’s safety it is recommended that children do not arrive at school before 8:45 am.

FEEDBACK

Your feedback is important to us. If you have a concern or would like to raise a complaint as a parent, please speak to the

classroom teacher in the first instance, Team leader in the second instance (ie: Foundation: Jodie Watt, Years 1-2:

Kimberly Feher, Years 3-4 Ryan Marsland, Years 5/6: Jackie Hope).

Otherwise, please contact the Principal Mrs Fran Van Lambaart or Assistant Principal Jacqui Cutler, by calling the office to

arrange an appointment.

VISITING THE SCHOOL

We would respectfully ask that every person who comes onto the school grounds between the hours of 9:15am and

3:15pm does so through the main office to ensure that we know who is on the school grounds at all times. We would ask

for your cooperation as parents to ensure that if you have a message for your child or an item that needs to be delivered

to the classroom that you ask the office staff to pass it on rather than interrupt the class and/or the teacher during

instruction time. Anyone without a WWCC lanyard or Visitors badge will be redirected to the front office.

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS

Nar Nar Goon Primary School is committed to child safety. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support

and respect all children, as well as our staff and volunteers. We are committed to the safety, participation and

empowerment of all children. We have zero tolerance of child abuse, and all allegations and safety concerns will be treated

very seriously and consistently with our robust policies and procedures. If you would like more information please go to the

‘Wellbeing’ or ‘Policies’ tab on our website where you will find our Child Safe Policy and/or further information and

resources go to: www.education.vic.gov.au/protect

STUDENT INSURANCE

Please be aware that the Education Department does not cover students for accidents in the school grounds, nor does it

cover for Ambulance costs should the need to call an ambulance be necessary. I would therefore encourage all families, to

please consider making personal insurance and ambulance cover arrangements for all their children.