10th October, 2019

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THE POOWONG PRATTLE

School Council Parent Members: Royce Nieuwerth 5659 2140 ( Pres.), Michael Kendall 5659 0203 (V.Pres.), Karyn Hill 0407 822 186 (Sec.),

Melanie Wallace 0400 036 619 (Treas.), Jane Adams 0400 203 901, Bronwyn Kivits 0466 576 526, Kylie Wilson 0409 514 117, Tim Richards 5678 3377.

A Message From Mrs McKenzie

Working Bee

Our Working Bee will be held tomorrow afternoon instead of assembly, from 2-4pm. We are

looking at moving tree branches that were trimmed over the holidays (bring a chainsaw if you

have one), weeding garden beds (gloves, garden tools) and moving gravel into the pot-holes in

the parent car park and bus loop (bring shovels and wheel-barrows). We really need as many

people to come along and help out at this working bee so that we remove any havens for snakes

coming into summer and can fix up the parking issues to support you.

Teacher VS G6 Netball Game

Congratulations to the Grade 6 students, who played a competitive match of netball against the

teachers at recess time on Wednesday. Some great defending skills were shown by the stu-

dents. The height advantage of our staff won out in the scoring, however I can see a re-match on

the horizon!

Shrek The Musical

The school production is quickly approaching and our full run-throughs and dress rehearsals are

happening this week in preparation. Tickets have been sent home today with the eldest in the

family. You will need to bring these with you to the show (matinee or evening) performance. All

students are expected to attend the evening performance and are asked to arrive no later that

6.45pm at their classroom to get ready for the show. There will be a raffle held at the door

should you wish to participate (bring some gold coins!). We look forward to showcasing the

amazing talent of our students and the spectacularly hard work and dedication of Mr and Mrs

Birnie and their backstage crew. See you on Wednesday for the fun!

2020 Prep Enrolments

Prep Enrolments forms for preps for next year are now due back. Please remember to bring

along your child’s birth certificate and immunisation certificate for us to photocopy.

Poowong Preschool

Poowong Preschool would like to remind any families who want to enrol in 3 or 4 year old kinder

in 2020 to get onto this ASAP. Places are filling up very fast across the South Gippsland Shire so

we would hate for anyone to miss out. Please follow the link below to enrol:

http://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/kindergarten-info-kit

Get ready, get set for Walk to School 2019!

Poowong Consolidated School has joined the hundreds of primary schools across Victoria for a fun month of walking, riding and scooting to and from school. By participating, we have a chance to win some great prizes! From next week, Monday 1th of October, we will be encouraging our entire school to walk, ride and scoot to school. If your child can’t walk, ride or scoot to school, there are heaps of ways they can still get involved in the fun. Parents can drop off their children a few blocks from the entrance to the school and walk the rest of the way. Bus travellers can also be involved by walking to their bus stop or part of the way. Kids are healthier and happier when they’re active every day. Walking kids to school is a great opportunity to get them active and build their confidence and life skills. It’s also a chance for everyone to spend some quality family time together. Teachers will be tracking how many students walk to school (or part of the way) each day and prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the event. Our ‘Walk to school’ program will run for the next four weeks, concluding on Friday the 8th of November. Any questions please come and see Mrs Hallyburton or Mrs Lacanaria.

Student of the Week Awards and photos on page 2!

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated birthdays this week and over the school holidays!

Christian, Hugo, Olivia, Tyson, Sophie, Zac, Zinnia, Jorja & Kade

What’s on this Term

Term 4

11/10 Working Bee 2pm-4pm

14/10-

8/11

Walk to school program running

15/10 Regional Athletics—Newborough

16/10 SCHOOL MUSICAL –Time 1pm & 7pm

17/10 Chirpy Chicks Incursion P-G2

5/11 Melbourne Cup Day —Public Holiday

11/11 Remembrance Day

16/11 School Photos—See page 2

Choir Trip—TBC

1/12 Working Bee 10am-2pm

4/12 Grade 5 Incursion — Phillip Island

6/12 Grade 3-6 Water Safety Day

6/12 SGCB—Carols

10/12 Grade 6 Graduation

10/12 Transition Day & Grade 6 Orientation

13/12 Grade P-2 Water Safety Day

20/12 Last Day Term 4 —2.30pm Finish

Brought to you by the Primary Maths Specialists!

Helping your children with Mathematics

There are a number of general principals which you might keep in mind when you are helping your children.

Building on success is important. Create the impression that learning mathematics well is desirable. Reward effort and see errors as part of the

learning process.

People learn, not so much by being told things, as by working things out for themselves and linking new ideas to ideas that they already have.

You can help by asking your children questions, letting them work out answers for themselves, and then discussing their answers and strategies

with them.

Children need time to think and time to answer. When asking your children questions or talking to them about mathematics, give them time. Be

patient. Wait for them to answer. Also, explain to older children that they need to give younger children time to answer questions, rather than

always answering for them.

Encourage children to talk. Talking about mathematics is an effective way of learning, especially when a mathematical situation arises naturally.

Use mathematical words when you describe things. For example, instead of saying “the big red bucket” you might say, “the 10 litre bucket”. In-

stead of saying “the large packet of rice” you could say, “the 2kg packet of rice”. In this way, children get to hear the quantities being stated as an

everyday way of describing things.

There is no hurry. Children develop their mathematics skills gradually and there is no urgency about developing any particular skill. It is necessary

to work progressively on helping then to learn mathematics. Start now, but there is no particular need to accelerate your chi ld’s development.

FOSTER CARERS NEEDED

If you have thought about foster care, please get in touch and ask the questions you have always wanted

to.

Ring: Key Assets 1800 932 237 or 1800 WE CARE

Email: info@keyassets.com.au

Web: canifoster.com.au or keyassets.com.au

What will happen: Interested families would receive a

brochure, information and no pressure!

For flyers/poster or other information, please call or

email to discuss how you can help.

Join us in Warragul to swap, donate, recycle, mend and learn how to reduce our impact on the planet. It’s about making it easier for women to share quality unwanted personal and household items,

keep stuff out of landfill & money in pockets.

Brought to you by Tammy Logan from Gippsland Unwrapped, Karina Dyer from Personalised Style, Jasmine Csinsci from Whistle-wood Boutique, and Poowong & District Country Women’s Asso-

ciation in conjunction with Women Against Waste, Warragul.

Features of the Event:

Short Talk Series: Hear from Ambassador Tammy Logan, Styl-

ist Karina Dyer of Personalised Style and Baw Baw Shire Council’s

Sustainability Officer Bek Power

Get help to mend clothes at the Mending Station

Enjoy afternoon tea items to purchase

Stylist Karina will be walking the floor, helping you to put

outfits together and understand shapes, colours and what works

for you

$15 discount code for event Sponsor Biome’s online store

Bring your new, used, quality and unwanted:

Women’s clothes and accessories including bags, shoes, belts,

scarves and jewellery

Preloved baby essentials for Olivia’s Place

New and used bras, new underpants, new & used speciality

articles such as maternity bras, mastectomy/pocketed bras, breast

forms, cloth nappies, wigs and turbans

Prescription spectacles & sunglasses

Plus your used:

Pens & markers

Media storage

Oral care

Contact lenses & packaging

We will ensure your unwanted donatable and recyclable items are connected with the right organisations for the greatest impact. Get the full details here: https://

www.womenagainstwaste.com.au/warragul

NORTH POOWONG

PRIMARY SCHOOL REUNION

LOCATION:

NORTH POOWONG HALL 11.00am

Contact Details:

Vin Bibby - 0407 255 502

Cliff Wallace - 0408 135 397

Noel Gregg - 0447 398 822

BBQ LUNCH, TEA & COFFEE PROVIDED

B.Y.O Everything Else

On behalf of the Working Group that helped to make the 145th Birthday event happen, we would like to extend an invitation to you all to the Supper rooms on Monday 19

th August, at 7pm, just for an hour - and lets

start the conversations!

Let’s look at:

Forming a ‘150 Group’ to be the lead on the cele-

brations and planning for 2024

Encouraging others to be part of this ie the ‘150

Group’ does not have to implement everything, but rather collate and communicate to ensure a full calen-

dar!

Share an update on the Poowong projects

Also the ideas put forward to celebrate the 150th

!

Share ideas of how best to communicate/network/

share across the community groups in Poowong

Please RSVP so that we have an idea of numbers.

If you can’t make that date., please feel free to give

feedback.

More information contact Barbara Look, Community Strengthening Officer, South Gippsland Shire Council on 5662 9319, or barbaral@southgippsland.vic.gov.au