NILLO INFANTS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Phone: 4933 5323 Fax: 4934 5074

Email: nilloinf-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Week 7 Term 4 Date: 24th November 2016

Upcoming Events: School Assemblies Every 2nd Wednesday 2.15pm Scripture Lessons Every Thursday at 11.30am Music Lessons with Dr. David Banney

Every Friday 9-11 am

Year 2 Transition to Maitland PS 5th, 7th, 9th December 12.50-3.00pm Presentation Assembly Wed 7th December 9.30am Volunteers Morning Tea Thurs 8th December 10.45 Student Reports Wednesday 14th December Christmas Concert Thurs 15th December 6.00pm Class Parties Fri 16th December 1.00pm Leavers Farewell Arch Fri 16th December 2.45pm Last day of school for 2016 Fri 16th December

From the Principal My apologies for the difficulties in opening the last newsletter in the Skoolbag app. This problem has been rectified and we administrators are hoping to become more proficient at using it. Please check both the Skoolbag app and Facebook for updates on our excursion to the Schools Spectacular tomorrow as we will post our anticipated arrival back at school, after we leave Sydney. Invitations are being sent out to those parents and volunteers who have assisted our school in many and varied ways during the year. The Volunteer’s Morning Tea will be held on Thursday 8th December at 10.45am. Please save the date for a number of important occasions coming up. Our Presentation Assembly is Wednesday 7th December at 9.30am and is held in our library. It is a lovely celebration of our students’ successes. The Christmas Concert will be held in our playground on Thursday 15th December at 6.00pm. Please bring a picnic along and enjoy some lovely entertainment. Vicki Sellens PRINCIPAL Parent Online Payments (POP) Don’t forget you can pay any school event or requirement by credit/debit card online now. Please see the Parent/Carer Instructions publication which were attached to a newsletter. If you have misplaced the POP instructions or have any further enquiries regarding POP please contact Mrs. Mortimer in the office. School Disco We were lucky to witness some amazing dance moves at the Summer Disco on Monday night. Thank you to our P&C for organising the event and ensuring everything ran smoothly. We have included some photos in this newsletter.

Assembly Awards Congratulations to the following students:

K WHITE 16.11.16

Emily Carr Emerald Ellenbacher Archie Rosenbaum

1 RED 16.11.16

Lilly Greenaway Harrison Sault Rex Van Berkel

2 GREEN 16.11.16

Bella Johnson Agnes McGrath Hamish McCann

YCDI! 16.11.16

Lachlan Bush

PLAYGROUND 16.11.16

Blake Thompson

RAINBOW 16.11.16

Hamilton Demnar

SUPERREADERS 25 16.11.16

Oliver Slattery-O’Brien

SUPERREADERS 50 16.11.16

Amelia de Jong Madlin Gore Haddad

SUPERREADERS 75 16.11.16

Amelia de Jong Bailey Isaksson Charlee Lomas

SUPERREADERS 100 16.11.16

Charlee Lomas Agnes McGrath

SUPERREADERS 125 16.11.16

Charlee Lomas

SUPERREADERS 150 16.11.16

Nil

SUPERREADERS 175 16.11.16

Rosie Davis Ben Egan

SUPERREADERS 200 16.11.16

Emmeline McGrath

SKOOLBAG APP Our school now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our parent community. We are asking parents to install the Skoolbag School App on their phones and/or tablet devices. Please see the attached page of instructions for downloading our new Skoolbag app. We will be putting out all our newsletters, permission notes and all information for parents through this app. We will be phasing out our Facebook page. Our newsletter layout has been modified to make it easier to read on the Skoolbag app.

Kindergarten Transition Our Kindergarten 2017 students have completed their transition visits for this year. The Year 1 students have been extremely attentive and supportive of their Buddies ready for next year. Kindergarten students will receive their invitations to their Best Start appointments and will all commence school on Thursday 2nd February 2017. Year 2 Transition to Maitland Public School The year 2 students who will be attending Maitland Public School have had their full day visit to Maitland. This also involved catching the bus over and back from Nillo Infants School. It was a very exciting day and all students have enjoyed the experience. Thank you to some ex Nillo students who assisted us with bus lines and protocols, Eliza Davis and Charley Hill. We were also fortunate to have a visit from Charley Hill and Andie Harvey who were able to answer questions about transitioning for our Year 2 students. We greatly appreciated it. Just a reminder, the dates and times are as follows: • Monday 5th December 12.20pm-3pm • Wednesday 7th December 12.20pm-3pm • Friday 9th December 12.20pm-3pm K-Mart Wishing Tree Our students performed beautifully at the Kmart Wishing tree opening. Once again, our students are a pleasure to take on excursions and outings because of lovely manners and exemplary behavior. They also enjoyed the Morning Tea provided by Kmart. It was lovely to see our parents enjoying the performance as well. There are some photos included in this newsletter. Schools Spectacular Our big excursion to the Schools Spectacular in Sydney is on tomorrow, Friday 25th November. We would like to leave Nillo Infants at 8.00am so please be at school by 7.45am ready to go. We expect to be back at school by 5.00pm. Please ensure your child has all food and drink requirements packed for the day, particularly water. Students will wear school uniform and will also need their hats. If you have any difficulties or concerns, please come in and let us know. Quality Teaching Observational Rounds All teachers at Nillo Infants School have been participating in Quality Teaching Instructional Rounds. This is an opportunity to teach in front of our peers and then to receive authentic feedback on the delivery of our lessons. In these lessons, we discuss the engagement of students and the content of the lesson, and the opportunities provided for students to demonstrate their deep understanding of different subjects. As professional educators, we find this experience extremely valuable and assists us in improving our teaching skills, and also recognizes skills we are using well. Year 2 Fundraiser Our new Nilympics DVD’s are once again available at $10 each. The money raised from this will be used by Year 2 to buy their farewell gift to the school. If you would like a DVD please leave your name and money with Mrs. Mortimer and we will hand deliver. Newsletter Draw Zahli Herring was the lucky winner of the free lunch from Week 5 Term 4 and will collect it in Week 8 due to no Canteen in Week 7. Remember we will be drawing this week’s winner at Assembly next Wednesday so please return your slip as soon as you have read the newsletter.

SCHOOL DISCO PHOTOS

K-MART WISHING TREE PHOTOS

Parent Survey

SKOOLBAG INSTALLATION For iPhone and iPad users:

1. Click the ‘App Store’ icon on your Apple device. 2. Type your school name in the search, using the suburb name will help. 3. You will see your school appear, click ‘Get’ then ‘Install’. 4. The app is free to download. 5. When installed, click ‘Open’. 6. Select ‘OK’ to receive push notifications, when asked. 7. Click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right of the app, then ‘Setup’. 8. Toggle on the Push categories that are applicable to you by tapping the on/off switch.

For Android users: You must have first signed up with a Google Account before installing the app.

1. Click the ‘Play Store’ button on your Android device. 2. Click the magnifying glass icon at the top and type in your school name, using the suburb

name will help. 3. Click the school name when it appears in the search. 4. Click the ‘Install’ button. 5. Click ‘Accept’ for various permissions (please note, we do not modify any of your personal

data on your device). 6. Click ‘Open’ when installed. 7. Click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right of the app, then ‘Setup’. 8. Toggle on the Push categories that are applicable for you by tapping the on/off switch.

Please note: some brands of Android phones need the setting in ’Notifications Manager’ changed to ‘Allow’ instead of ‘Notify’ in order for the push notifications to work. The phone must also be running at least version 4 system software to run the app. For Windows 8.1 Phone and Windows 8.1 or 10 device users:

1. Go to the Windows Store on your 8.1 Windows Phone or Windows 8.1/10 Device. 2. Search for ‘Skoolbag’ in the keyword app search. 3. Install the Skoolbag app. 4. Find your school either by using the keyword search or location service. 5. Click the ‘Pin’ icon to pin the school tile to your Windows Phone home screen. 6. Click the ‘More’ button on the bottom right of the app, then ‘Setup’. 7. Toggle the Push categories that are applicable to you by tapping the on/off switch.

Newsletter Draw Week 5 Term 4 Please sign below to indicate you have read the newsletter and return to the office for your child/ren to go into a fortnightly draw for a free canteen lunch. SIGNED: _________________________________ CHILDREN: ____________________________________________________________________