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Naracoorte South Primary School
Welcome back to term 4! While the weather doesn’t seem to want to make up
its mind, it is lovely to start enjoying those longer evenings at home with family.
This week we welcomed four new students, Nasrin, Ahmat Reza, Hamad Reza
and Mohammad Reza Kamiri to our school. We wish you every success in your
schooling here. We would also like to welcome Sima Muhammadi who has
started working as an SSO with us; it’s great to have you on board.
Minster for Education Visit
On Tuesday we were fortunate to have Minster Gardner, and local MP Nick
McBride tour our school. The KIC executive led the Minister on a short tour of
our school and then presented him with a basket of produce grown at our school.
The Minister was impressed with the friendly atmosphere of our school, our
learning spaces and our expansive grounds.
Kindy Transition On Tuesday we welcomed 42 kindy children and their families for their first
transition visit! The children had a lovely morning exploring and getting to know
their classrooms and the playground and are all ready for a longer visit next
week! Thank you to staff from Michelle Degaris Memorial Kindergarten and
Naracoorte North Kindergarten for supporting these visits.
Year 7 transition talk
At the other end of the school, our year 7s had a visit from John Harris, Janette
Terry and Lisa Riley, leadership staff from Naracoorte High, last week for their
first information session about transitioning to high school. Next Tuesday even-
ing, parents and students are invited to the high school to find out more about
preparing for year 8.
Friday 25th October
Sports Day CANCELLED
Friday 25th October
World Teacher’s Day
Monday 28th October
7.00pm Governing Council
Tuesday 29th October
Kindy Transition
Thursday 31st October
10.30am Bounce & Bop CANCELLED
Thursday 31st October
Sports Day
Thursday 7th November
10.30am Bounce & Bop
Next Newsletter
Outdoor Classroom Day
Diary Dates
Pg 3 Deputy News
Pg 4 Counsellor Chat
Pg 5 2020 School Fees
Pg 6 Room 2 & 4 Excursion
Pg 7 Birthdays
Pg 8 PCW Corner
Pg 9 Hall of Fame
Pg 10 Community News
In this issue
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Roster Tuesday 29th Oct S Patrick Wednesday 30th Oct T Herrod Thursday 31st Oct B Richardson Friday 1st Nov S Patrick Tuesday 5th Nov N Mathie Wednesday 6th Nov T Morton Thursday 7th Nov B Neal Friday 8th Nov S Patrick
Glenda Herron
Canteen Manager
Naracoorte Show success
Have you ever wondered what award winning rhubarb looks like? Won-
der no more! The rhubarb entered by the NSPS gardening club won best
vegetable exhibit in the Naracoorte Show on the weekend! Thank you to
Lawrence’s Irrigation for sponsoring the category. Well done to all stu-
dents (and staff) who entered exhibits in the show and especially to those
who were place getters in their categories.
Sports Day
Unfortunately we had to make the difficult decision to postpone Sports
Day until next Thursday in the interest of safety. We look forward to see
our families supporting our children to do their best on the day. As al-
ways, any parent/grandparent support is very much appreciated, please
contact Kym Shepherd if you can help out in any way!
Kirsty
SPORTS DAY RESCHEDULED
TO THURSDAY OCTOBER 31st
Happy World Teacher’s Day
to our wonderful teachers
that inspire hope, ignite the
imagination and instil a love
of learning to the students at
NSPS
HAPPY WORLD
TEACHER’S DAY
Friday October 25th
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Deputy News
KIC News
Intention Assembly
This term started with an intention relating to Sports Day “Be
Brave – Participate to Progress”. The KIC exec thought this
was a good way to encourage children to have a go in all
sports day events. Indy and Alamdar acted out a little role
play to portray this (which also showed bravery – how fabu-
lous that our young students will get on stage in front of over
220 children!!)
Sports Day
Of course by now you would have heard that we have had
to postpone our Sports Day. It is not a decision we made lightly, but rather one we
needed to make to keep our children safe. Winds over 40km an hour and potential
rain/hail/thunderstorms make for an extremely unsafe environment for our children to
be outside in. We sincerely hope that you can look past the initial inconvenience and
understand our need to change. A massive thankyou to all family members who have
kindly donated some of their time to ensure that the day can run successfully. We are
still after some assistance on stalls, so please return your note or call me at school if you
are able to assist.
Wheel to Walk Day
A note will be coming out next week with in-
formation about our “Wheel to Walk Day”
fundraiser. Please support this as much as you
can. If you would like to read about Charles’
journey you can go to www.abc.net.au/
news/2019-10-19/journalist-completes-hand-
powered-road-trip-for-spinal-
research/11620030
Have a great fortnight and I hope to see many of you at Sports Day!
Kym
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Counsellor Chat
In this Chat I’d like to bring our focus back to the important issue of Cybersafety. After the visit of expert Susan
McLean in Term 1, our students discussed the importance of staying safe online and, age-appropriately, the po-
tential risks associated with online activity. At this time it became apparent that many of our older students are
still permitted to engage in sites or apps which are legally not available until the age of 13.
It is important that we as parents, carers and educators do not underestimate the danger of such behaviour.
I draw your attention to a recent article in the Sunday Age newspaper (October 20th 2019) reporting on
“Abusers using apps to target kids”. Popular encrypted apps such as Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok/musical.ly, Dis-
cord, Tellonym, Whisper and Likee are named as avenues for online stalking of children and young people – yet,
parents and carers continue, either knowingly or unwittingly, to allow their children access.
In fact, the article names Kik as the number one app for sexual predators in Australia.
The eSafety Commission reports that encrypted apps make the interception of messages impossible and are
therefore difficult to detect by authorities.
Some takeaway messages are:
Be aware of what your child is doing online
Adhere to all age restrictions specified for membership of apps
Have your computers, laptops, iPads and other devices available only in a public area of the house
Set and enforce rules for online access: what, when, how long, etc
Insist on having your child’s passwords
Keep the lines of communication open with your child.
An excellent way of keeping up to date with the ever-changing issues facing our children and young people
whilst online is to follow Susan Mclean – Cyber Safety Expert on Facebook.
Cathie Biggins Student Wellbeing Leader
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2020 Materials & Services Charges
Dear Parents/Caregiver The watermarked “Notice” indicates the Materials & Services Charges for 2020 of $244.00. You are invited to attend an upcoming Governing Council Meeting to be held on Monday 28th October 2019, 7.00pm at the school where this charge will be discussed prior to approval being sought. If you are unable to attend this meeting you can express your views in writing to the Chairperson of the Governing Council, Troy Henschke prior to the meeting. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 87 622977. Cheryl Kramm Business Manager
2020 School Fees
Happy Birthday Kritta! Are you a parent or carer of a 3-13 year old? Are
you tired of behaviour dramas, and looking for ways
to guide children that work better than punishment.
Hear Dr Justin Coulson, a nationally recognised
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Positive discipline strategies that lead to better
behaviour, better relationships and happier family.
The importance of strong connections
How to handle challenging behaviour.
Wednesday 6th November 7.00-9.00pm
View on line at :
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Free Parenting Seminar
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Room 2 & 4
Rooms 2 and 4 were very lucky to go on excursion to Bool Lagoon last week. We
were taken on a guided walk by Natasha Dawson who showed us some different
birds who live out there and taught us about some different things they do. We
walked along a very long board walk and listened out for different animals. We had a
picnic while we were there and climbed some of the trees. It was really lovely.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Bree Ellis who was 9 yesterday, 25th Septem-ber Ashleigh Homer was 10 on 29th September Bayleigh Mulcahy-Morris was 11 and Ruby Savage was 7 on 30th September Dylan Flint and Ngoc Tran were 10 and Zane Davey was 6 on 1st October Mackenzie Wardle was 11 on 2nd October Cooper Neal was 9 on 3rd October Digby Harvie was 11 on 5th October Alice Nguyen was 10 on 6th October Portia Lowe was 8 on 7th October Richard Williams and Oscar Cardinal were 6 on 8th October Abi Newson was 12 on 9th October Charlie Harris was 6 on 10th October Isaac Speed was 13 on 15th October Amelie Nancarrow was 13 on 16th October Mitchell Kluske was 10 on 17th October Kristen Hannah was 12 on 18th October Shahida Mohebi was 11 on 20th October
Term 4 Assemblies
Fridays
Junior Primary F-2 @ 9.15pm
Wk 3– 1/11/19 Wk 6 - 22/11/19
Primary 3-7 @ 12.15pm
Wk 4 - 8/11/19 Wk 8 - 6/12/19
PCW Corner
Written by Krissy Pozatek Boundaries Today, many households have "mini-democracies" where a child's voice or opinion is equal to those of his/her parents. In some fami-lies, the child's voice even takes over. And in other families, certain parents will even fully sacrifice his or her own needs to make their child happy. Culturally, the pendulum has swung from focusing on children's behavior (in previous generations) to focusing on children's emotions (today). With this, however, there has been an exponential rise in anxiety disorders in children and teens. Although it's extremely im-portant for children's emotions to be heard and validated, a parent still needs to be in charge to create a secure and stable environment for their kids. In particular, parents are responsible for setting boundaries in the household, in order to foster an environment where their children can be heard, but also encouraged to develop patience, self-awareness, and so on. Here are four reasons why parents need to be "in charge" of boundary-setting in order to set the tone for a child's emotional develop-ment: 1. Parental boundaries allow kids to feel safe. Secure boundaries set by the parent (not negotiated by the child) reduce anxiety. Rules and routines like meal times, bed times, home-work time, and screen time — that are set and monitored by the parent — create predictability in a child's life. Predictability reduces uncertainty, and that reduces anxiety. Parents should not value a child's self-expression over a child's sense of security. Setting boundaries doesn't make you a mean or un-fair parent, even if your child says that to you at the time, out of anger. When a child tries to negotiate a later bed time this comes at a cost of the child's sense of security because it allows the child to feel he or she has more power than the adult. 2. Children have undeveloped prefrontal lobes. In other words, a child's brain is not fully developed, and hence shouldn't be given decision-making power over adults. According to Child Developmental Psychologist Piaget, "magical thinking" predominates in children aged two to seven. This "magical thinking" is what makes children amazing and so full of wonder. But it also suggests that young children are not equipped to be in charge of big decisions — beyond choosing peanut butter and jelly or grilled cheese. School-aged children from eight to eleven years of age are largely concrete in their thinking. This is why elementary kids love rules and often like the world to be black and white. After all, structure ensures predictability and security. It is only after age 12 that children begin to develop more abstract and nuanced thinking. This is why adolescence is a more appropriate time to experiment with rules and limits. Yet parents still need to be "in charge" of setting boundaries with their teenage children, as they are still developing the prefrontal con-trols around impulsivity, decision making, and problem-solving (never mind all the hormonal shifts!). Even as we know more about brain development, we seem to have become less attuned to thinking about our children's unique devel-opmental stage, and what is an appropriate level of choice for them to have. Many parents today negotiate with their five year-olds as if they are mini-adults; thinking kids understand all the gradations of why rules change and shift. 3. Parental limits disrupt narcissism and entitlement. For many families, a child's emotions, needs and desires can run the parent's whole day rather than the other way around. Narcissism is normal, and is developmentally appropriate in small children. Yet unless the early-development narcissism is eventually disrupted, children continue to feel like the world revolves around them and become narcissistic adults. Parental boundaries allow children to grow up, to understand they can't always get their way, to be more patient and mature. Knowing that there is a limit to how much comfort and pleasure their parents will provide, children can learn to cope with disappointment; as an added bonus, the mild disappointment often brought about by boundaries can also help children to develop empathy — perhaps for others who have discomfort and disappointment. Understanding the meaning of "limits" allows kids to be more connected to the real world. It's OK and perfectly appropriate for a parent's rationale to stop at this: "I am making this decision because I'm the parent, and you're the child." The notion of a parent being "in charge" is not a power-trip if done in a gentle but firm way to promote a child's feeling of safety and security. 4. We all learn from struggling a bit. In any developmental task from walking to talking to learning to read or drive a car, kids need to struggle. Struggle is how we mature and learn mastery of new things. If children are brought up with the expectation that they will always be "in charge," they want things to be easy. They also parents to remove struggle and, fix their disappointments. A parent in charge knows it is not only OK for a child to struggle with a limit or a rule, it is actually good and healthy. It is OK if they have to turn off their video game to do their reading, or are asked to eat more vegetables or do an extra chore to help mom. Parents who set boundaries are not trying to make their child happy in the moment (though sometimes they are!). Rather, more im-portantly, they are trying to have their child develop skills to successfully launch into the world at 18.
So the next time you are acquiescing your parental authority to your child, please remember, it is not helping him or her in the long-term. He or she will have more maturity, resilience, adaptability, feelings of safety and connection.
John Stayte
Pastoral Care Worker
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Net Set Go
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Sarah Cadavedo for developing consistent effort in
her literacy studies and being organised completing
all homework tasks
Murtaza Jafari for applying yourself in Math
asssignments and showing a willingness to have-a-
go at new Challenges. Good work Murtaza!
Thenuri Warnakula-Suriya for showing more confi-
dence in speaking and listening tasks and greater
effort and resilience in challenging situations
Shahida Mohebi for showing excellent improve-
ment in reading comprehension and participating
in guided reading group discussions. Great effort
Shahida!
Thomas Maney for learning his special dance moves
ready for concert with confidence & determination.
Awesone effort Thomas!
Kirsten Hannah for working cooperatively with the
art group at the Sheeps Back Museum, and doing
an amazing job! Excellent effort!
Lincoln Mcsorley for showing enthusiasm and focus
during concert rehersals. A great effort Lincoln!
Muzammil Rezaie for demonstrating excellent
learning in QuickSmart Math and applying your-
self in STEM. Fantastic effort Muzammil!
Rose Dixon for organising herself much better, meet-
ing work deadlines and contributing to class discus-
sions.
CJ Sopha for putting a lot of effort into our school
concert item. Setting a good example to others in
the class.
Deaken Bilston for consistently working well in lit-
eracy and numeracy lessons with Mrs.Lampard.
Well done, Deaken!
Farrah Alvarez for improving her weekly speaking
and listening. Talking with more confidence in
front of the class.
Sally Harris for showing a big improvement with her
organisation skills.
Harry Ham for showing an increased motivation
and more consistent contribution to reading lessons
and making time to read at home.
Arcain Hong for showing a big improvement in his
independent learning skills.
Bayleigh Mulcahy-Morris for displaying great
improvement in his reading comprehension this
year. OUTSTANDING Bayleigh!
Davis Young for showing some excellent progress
with his literacy skills.
Heidi Shepherd for being a reliable and engaged
member of group task and striving to do your best
no matter who you work with.
Sydney Schultz for always looking for ways to sup-
port the class community. No matter the job you are
always willing to help.
Hall of Fame
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