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EDITION 3 Thursday 5th
March 2015
19 - 21 Victoria Road Narre Warren, 3805 Phone: 9704 4800 Fax: 9796 6298 Principal: Sue Chernishoff
TERM DATES 2015
28th Jan - 27th March 13th April - 26th June 13th July - 18th Sept 5th Oct - 18th Dec
CURRICULUM DAYS
Wed Jan 28th Fri Feb 27th Fri Aug 21st Fri Dec 18th
MARCH
9th Labour Day 13th School Photos (MSP Photography) 19th Immunisations 23-27th Alpine bike ride 27th Last Day Term 1 Students finish at 2 pm
APRIL 15-17th Garfield bike camp 27-30th Cheviot bike ride 29th SSG’s
Hi Everyone,
I t is with a great deal of pleasure I write to you this week. At our assembly on Monday
Robert Sacco (Claudia’s dad and our School Council Vice President) came and presented our
school leaders with their badges. I want to thank him very much for taking time off work to be
able to do this.
The school leaders are chosen by all staff who
work in each sub school. I have a great deal of
pleasure in announcing our school leaders for
2015…
Junior school leaders: Lucas Rm.16 and Sivani Rm. 13
Middle School leaders: Miguel Rm. 27 and Dylan Rm. 24
Senior School Leaders: Nooroa Rm. 26 and Monica Rm. 26.
Our School Captains for 2015 are Chelsea and Daniel from
transition.
I am also able to announce the result of the school council
election early as we had the exact number of nominations to match
our vacancies so there was no need to run an election this year.
We have Cecilia (Jordy’s mum), Lynne (Corey’s mum), Tim (Mitch’s dad) and Michael Weston
(Staff) all renominated and therefore duly elected. Congratulations and thank you one and all.
Kind Regards
Sue
Newsletter Items
“Little Treasures”
Halle Rm27, Nick Rm 26, Taneesha Rm28, Ellise Rm 27, Sarah Transition and Sarah Rm.28.
Shane received his award for
being responsible for his own &
school property.
Andrew received his award for
being responsible & listening.
James received his award for
being a learner & mastering a
two wheel bike.
Pawani received her award for
being responsible for her own &
school property.
Hamid received his award for
being a good learner & settling
into school routines with ease.
Kartik received his award for
being a good learner & eating
his apple.
Isra received her award for
being responsible in the pool.
Victoria received her award for
being responsible & wearing
her hat back to class.
Saaim received his award for
being responsible & vacuuming
the room.
Sidhant received his award for
being a learner & trying new
things.
Dylan received his award for
being a learner & working well
in classroom activities.
Hong received his award for
being respectful & holding the
gate open for staff.
Department Leaders
Best hair & costume winners
All the fun of Crazy Hair day
More fine examples of what our students wore
on Crazy Hair day
Our Little Treasures this week are:
Halle Rm 27, Nick D. Rm 26, Taneesha Rm 28, Ellise Rm 27, Sarah Transition and Sarah Rm.28
Our Little Treasures are students that are learning to be safe, responsible, respectful and a learner while at
school.
CRAZY HAIR DAY
O ur favourite time of the week in Room 7 is Monday afternoons, this is when we
have our sensory science session and the students absolutely love it. We offer a
variety of materials and everyday objects and use our senses of touch, taste, smell
and sight to explore the materials.
Fluffy Stuff Recipe:
Get the students to
mix two boxes of
cornflour with a can
of shaving cream,
makes a soft, pretty
smelling dough.
Abdul playing in bubbly
water. The more you
splash, the more bubbles
you get!
Here Antonio is exploring
what happens when we
mix baking soda with
coloured vinegar.
Hannah likes drawing
lines and swirls in the
edible finger paint.
Derrick is mixing cornflour
and shaving cream to
make ‘fluffy stuff’.
Maximus is using all
parts of his body to
explore the coloured
spaghetti; feet,
hands, even his
head!
FUN IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Therapeutic Principles
O ur Excel Program
focuses on therapeutic
principles and methods for pre-linguistic and early
language learning. Language is first acquired
through environmental stimulation and positive
interaction.
We can experience this through sight, hearing,
touch, smell, taste; which can be enacted
physically in a purposeful and relevant
activity.
The program provides a sensory experience
utilising as many of our senses
as possible through playing
Room 9 ’Green Gurus’ have started the year with a bang. On every Tuesday, these
Gurus are developing their life skills in sweeping, raking, cleaning up our school
premises and managing the horticulture centre with the help of Mercy, Noeleen
and Kay.
PERCEPTUAL MOTOR PROGRAM
What is P.M.P?
P.M.P is a motor coordination program for young children. It is
designed to give students experiences by seeing, hearing,
touching and react ing through sequenced
activities, which are linked to
success in their learning across all
aspects of the school curriculum.
All of our Junior students participate in a weekly group
session with their classroom teachers, following a PM.P
curriculum designed for our students. The
sessions take place in the
multipurpose room.
The main objectives are to improve eye hand, eye foot
coordination, gross and fine motor skills, balance and body and
space awareness. It also aims to
develop language and memory
skills. Students experience going
through, over and under obstacles with a variety of
sensory materials. Slides, planks, tunnels, ladders as well
as a selection of balancing
and jumping equipment
p r o v i d e v a r y i n g
challenges to improve
co-ordination.
Four stations are presented, with one new activity
each week. The activity that has been in the program
for four weeks is then changed on a rotating basis.
These stations are alternated with music and
movement to reinforce skills. Exercises to music
develop balance, crossing the midline and body awareness. Other songs develop
beanbag skills, left and right hand awareness and working with a partner. The music has
been sourced from many areas and is designed to be fun as well as challenging.
Our students experience social skills such as waiting in
line, taking turns and applauding the efforts of others.
IMMUNISATIONS 2015
I n 2015 the City of Casey, Environmental Health Unit will be conducting free CHICKEN POX & GARDASIL immunisations (for students who are 12 years of age) and Tetanus immunisations (all
students who are 12-15 years of age). The immunisations will be held at Dandenong Valley SDS. Please return all cards, even if you chose for your child not to have the immunisation. Please return the Immunisation cards for students between the ages of 12-16 years of age ASAP. We need the cards whether or not the students are having an immunisation. Please contact the school if you require new cards. Casey Council need the cards one week before the immunisation day (Thursday March 19th).
First Immunisation date will be; Thursday March 19th
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Come and have a Cuppa
All parents and carers of Dandenong Valley SDS students are invited to attend an informal, but informative, morning tea
With the Dandenong Valley SDS Therapy Team
Music Physio Speech O/T
This is a chance for a chat and a cuppa:
meet with other parents and the therapy team.
We promise biscuits and banter, hints and tips on things to do, games to play and music to use
with your beautiful children at home.
Please let us know, by Friday 13th
March, if you can come on
We really want to get to know you better!
Please contact Fiona Donald to confirm your place
Tel: 9704 4800 Email:[email protected]
It is respectfully requested that little people of all shapes and sizes do NOT attend.
Tuesday 17th
March 9.15 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.