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What A Great Start To 2018 We have had a great start to 2018 at the Point. It has been great to see so many smiling faces back as they have been excited about catching up with friends. Staff have been busy getting to know their class members so they can have a great start to the year. We are excited to have some new staff on board for 2018 and you will see some profiles in the newsletter. Over the holidays, we had some fantastic news with Ler-ree and Paul Brown welcoming Harvey Graham Brown. We wish them all the best in this exciting part of their journey. Up The Front This year we will have 4 people as part of Leadership up the front. Dan Holy is Principal with Fi Turlan as Assistant Principal, Annie O’Rourke will lead Maths and ICT and Trav Zanker who will lead Buildings, Grounds and OHS. Our Administration team will include Christine Dawes, Chelsea Baker and Jane Milton. Newsletter Emailed If you would like your newsletter emailed rather than a paper copy. Please contact the office or email us at nichols.point.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au to register. Chromebooks – Gr 1 – 6 (optional)

Chromebooks are here for those who ordered them in 2017. Once setup is complete parents will be

notified. Payment is required before collection, either in full, or the first instalment of $102.50 at the office

or using BPAY.

Just a reminder that if you are paying by instalments $102.50 must be paid within the first week of

each term during 2018.

Please note that if you pay by BPAY it takes 2 days for this to come through to the school account.

If your child does not purchase a Chromebook they will still be supplied with a school netbook which is

used during school hours.

For more information please contact the school.

Koorlong Avenue, Nichols Point VIC Email: nichols.point.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 5023 1633 Web: www.nicholspointps.com Out of School Hours Care 1300 665 699

N E W S L E T T E R

DATES TO REMEMBER Term 1 (29th January – 29th March 2018) 13th Feb – Hawthorn Football Clinic Gr 5/6 only 27th Feb – Division Tennis 7th Mar – District Hardball Cricket 12th Mar – Labour Day Public Holiday 19th – 24th – Gr 1/2 Swimming

1st February 2018 Issue 1

Welcome to The Point!

Welcome to Rebecca Holy who will work in the library in term 1.

Welcome to Ebony Mott and Margaret White who are both fourth

year uni students who are taking part in the Teaching School

Program through LaTrobe and working in the grade 3/4 unit.

Welcome back also to Grace Williams who returns from Family

Leave and will work in 1/2 and as a specialist teacher.

TERM DATES Term 1 (29 Jan – 29 March) 27th Feb – Division Tennis 7th Mar – District Hardball Cricket 12th Mar – Labour Day Public Holiday 19th – 24th Mar – Gr 1/2 Swimming 20th Mar – Boys Hardball Cricket 21st Mar – Girls Hardball Cricket 29th Mar - Last Day of Term Term 2 (16 April – 29 June) 16th Apr – First Day of Term 2 25th Apr – ANZAC Day Public Holiday 15th – 17th May – NAPLAN Gr 3&5 27th Apr – School Photos 4th – 8th Jun – Gr 3/4 Swimming 11th Jun – Queens Birthday Public Holiday 18th – 22nd Jun – Gr 5/6 Swimming 29th Jun – Last Day of Term

Name: Cassie Morris Role: 5/6 Teacher Hometown: Managatang Favourite Band/Music: Anything but scream or classical Favourite Sporting Team: Werrimull Netball Passions: Sport

Name: Luke Jackson Role: 1/2 Teacher Hometown: Mildura Favourite Band/Music: Blink 182 Favourite Sporting Team: Geelong FC Passions: Rubiks cube

Name: Tim Earl Role: 3/4 Teacher Hometown: Wagga Wagga Favourite Band/Music: Coldplay, Explosions in the sky Favourite Sporting Team: Parramatta Eels Passions: Sport – soccer & cricket

Name: Sarah Martin Role: 5/6 Teacher Hometown: Sydney Favourite Band/Music: Gang of Youths Favourite Sporting Team: Balmain Tigers Passions: Hockey, water polo, gardening & cooking

A wonderful and exciting welcome to

Nichols Point Primary School’s

new teaching staff for 2018!

Term 3 (16 July – 21 September) 16th Jul – First Day of Term 3 26th Jul – NPPS Athletics Day 3rd Aug – NPPS Athletics Day Back Up 13th – 17th Aug – Gr 6 Canberra Camp 14th – 17th Aug – Gr 5 Melbourne Camp 20th – 24th Aug – Prep Swimming 29th – 31st Aug – Gr 4 Adelaide Camp 30th – 31st Aug – Gr 3 Swan Hill Camp 21st Sept – Last Day of Term Term 4 (8 October – 21 December) 8th Oct – First Day of Term 4 21st Dec – Last Day of Term 4

Pointers Pick Up & Drop off As our school grows we are experiencing more families utilising the quick pick up and drop off system at the front of our school. We are unique in the fact that we personally greet your kids in the morning and put them in the car for you at the end of the day. We are in need of our parents help to keep this system running efficiently, so we are asking parents and kids to please do the following:

Meet and Greet – Please have your child use their manners when getting in and out of the car, a 'please' and 'thank you' a 'good morning', 'see you later' goes a long way in making this busy time run smoothly.

Be patient – There are often circumstances beyond our control that hold up the line of cars moving. Please be reassured that we will be doing our best to get the cars moving through as fast as we can so please bare with us.

Independence - When your child is getting in the car at pick up can you please ensure they can put their seatbelt on by themselves, as having parents get out of their cars does hold up the flow of traffic.

School Bags & Belongings – Can you please have your child hop in the car with their school bag, as placing school bags in other locations e.g. The boot, does hold up our flow of traffic. Also can you please talk to your child about having their belongings all together and in their bags ready to hop in the car.

Be Alert – Please remind your child to be on the look out for their car so they can be ready to jump in when their car arrives at a teacher on duty.

Thank you for your support and co-operation with our Pick Up and Drop Off system.

Please see our map/plan below concerning our traffic management. We really urge you to ensure you

do not park on the gravel area near the large skip bins as this is a staff area and it is unsafe for children

to be moving about in this area.

Brain Food It is important to note that the students with severe food allergies will be working in different learning areas/rooms across the unit where eating takes place. Because brain food is eaten inside, we ask parents to support us by only sending along brain food from the following list. Please note: This list does not contain any types of cereals.

Fresh fruit (Pre-prepared pieces) Popcorn (Plain)

Dried fruit Cheese

Fresh Vegetables Rice Crackers (Please check labels. Rice Crackers labelled ‘May Contain Traces of Nuts’ are OK to send along)

Canteen If you are using the APP please remember to hit additional comments before adding any items to your

basket, be sure to pop your child's name and NEW class in there 😀 Remember ALL lunches go out at 1:30pm, so just ignore the APP asking you for a pick up time, just select ASAP. Please use additional comments if you would like an item to be put aside for your child at recess. If you are new to all this, no stress! Please feel free to pop over and see us in the canteen, we are here

to help 😁

Full NASH LANE coffee service available from 8:15am to help with those post Holiday blues 😜

Cheers, Annie & Shez

Art Smocks Call out for art smocks for our art room. We are putting a call out for 2nd hand art smocks that parents might have for their children and are no longer needed. If you would like to donate please drop off to the office or art room. Your donation will be greatly appreciated and will contribute to our class sets. CSEF – Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund CSEF is a fund provided by the Victorian Government who hold a health care card to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities. If you hold a current health care card or pensioner concession card, you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. How to Apply: Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form or download from

www.education.vic.gov.au/csef. You must apply EVERY YEAR. Any unused funds will be rolled over to

2019. Please get your form to the office at your earliest convenience so you can start using your grant.

Closing Date - You should lodge a CSEF application form at the school by 29th June 2018.

If you become eligible during the year you have up until June 29th 2018 to apply.

Art Smocks Call out for art smocks for our art room. We are putting a call out for 2nd hand art smocks that parents might have for their children and are no longer needed. If you would like to donate please drop off to the office or art room. Your donation will be greatly appreciated and will contribute to our class sets.

What is Yammer?

Yammer Is A Social Network for Our School

Yammer is essentially a social network that’s entirely focused on our school. In order to join our Yammer network, you must be invited in by an administrator. Please ensure our office staff has your email address so we can send you an invite.

We have created a private group for every student in the school. It is a locked group and only

administrators can invite or accept your request to join, this means that we know exactly who can see

the information in your child’s group.

Have some real input to your child’s learning.

You can comment, like and reply to all posts your child or child’s teachers make. You can contact the

teacher directly and keep up to date with what your child is doing at school. This can be done from your

computer, tablet or smartphone. Don’t want to login? That’s ok too; you can have all this emailed to you

automatically.

Yammer has apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. Meaning you can keep up to date and contribute to conversations about your child anywhere, anytime! Guitar lessons Guitar lessons will commence week of 5th February and there are spots still available for Group or

Individual lessons 🎸

Thank you Iwan Soebardi iwansoebardi@gmail.com

Prep School Interviews Please note bookings are still open for the prep interviews so if you have not booked your child in to see our wonderful prep staff please do so asap.

Uniform

Just a reminder our school uniform consists of the following:

DRESS (school material)

POLO SHIRT (red)

POLO SHIRT (House Colours)

POLAR FLEECE Jumper (Royal Blue)

POLAR FLEECE Vest (Royal Blue)

SHORTS or SKIRTS (navy blue)

HAT (wide brimmed)

PANTS OR TRACKSUIT PANTS (navy blue)

SHOES/SNEAKERS

HAIR ACCESSORIES (blue/red) The uniform shop is open Wednesday afternoon 3pm-3.30pm and Friday morning 8.30pm-9am. Items are available at the school’s uniform shop near the Office.

CSEF – Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities. If you hold a current health care card or Pensioner Concession Card, you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. How to Apply: Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form or download from

www.education.vic.gov.au/csef. Any unused funds will be rolled over to 2019. Please get your form to

the office at your earliest convenience so you can start using your grant. Closing Date - You should

lodge a CSEF application form at the school by 29th June 2018.

If you have already previously received CSEF with NPPS you do not need to reapply.

If you become eligible during the year you have up until June 29th 2018 to apply.

TENNISMAD

TennisMad has taken over Dean Kyle who was doing our Friday morning sessions in the gym with Hot

Shots.

TennisMad provides coaching for all ages and skill levels, from beginners to advanced, in a relaxed and

encouraging environment.

Experienced coaches get to know each student’s strengths and weaknesses so that progress can be

made every lesson. The friendly coaches make it easy for students to enjoy their tennis as they learn the

various disciplines of the game.

TennisMad currently service Hawthorn, Kew and surrounding areas as well as regional Sunraysia

(Mildura, Robinvale).

Sessions are $15 per session. You can book in online at https://www.tennismad.com.au/book-a-lesson

or contact Bill on 0419 572 210

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