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Principal: Mr Stephen Crossley Ph. 55232218 Fax. 55217839
PO Box 317 Portland Vic 3305 [email protected] www.portlandbayschool.vic.edu.au
School Council President: Deb Robinson 0428 995 987
Date: Thursday 25th June 2015. Issue 20
From the Principal’s Desk
Term 2 has been a very busy term and everyone is looking forward to a well-earned
break. Interschool Cross Country last Friday went well with Brady Howard,
Jamie Roosa and Kate Carter making into the State Finals in Melbourne in July.
Best wishes and good luck. We look forward to your reports & hearing all about it.
Yesterday was the graduation lunch for the students completing the Passport to
Employment (P2E) program. Congratulations to Ashley, Jamie, Lachlan and Alisha
for completing the course and graduating yesterday. The students all look very
smart in their interview clothes. Students learnt about presenting themselves for
employment including searching for
jobs, preparing CV’s, and preparing
for interviews.
The P2E program has been nominated
for a State government innovation
award which is greatly deserved. We
wish the team all the best at the
awards night in July. Well done to
WDEA, Glenelg Council, SW Tafe, GLLEN and all the schools involved in
presenting the program.
Casual Day tomorrow - R U OK ? / Whole School Well Being Day.
Tomorrow will be a great day of fun activities. Don’t forget you are welcome to
wear casual dress and we have 3 staff members having their “Locks” shaved for
coin donations to our Michael Ward Memorial Award.
New Building
When we return the new building on the Bundarra front lawn will be operating and
group 2 (Kylie) and group 3 (Charlotte) will be moving into this space.
Group 5 (Phil) will move into Charlotte’s room.
Reminder – Early finish Friday 26th June
As usual, school will finish at 2.30pm on the last day of term 2 and the buses will
be running about 45-minutes earlier.
There may have been some confusion about this in the last newsletter but it is
always a 2.30pm finish on the last day of term.
Caught being good
It was great to catch Bart and Shandarra Sherrard (twice) being good over the last
week. Thanks for your efforts.
Reminders - No horse riding in term 3
- No swimming in term 3 except for group 1
Both programs will resume in term 4.
Student Reports
Student reports will be posted via Australia Post on Friday, direct to homes.
I hope you all enjoy the break……. Steve Crossley, Principal
Website - www.portlandbayschool.vic.edu.au We remind the community that our website is open and continuously being updated.
Currently added is ABC 774 interview with James Merlino, Education Minister, on
Friday 19th June 2015 in relation to visiting our school.
COMING EVENTS
TERM 2 Friday 26th June Last day Term 2 2.30pm Finish
Well Being Day / R U OK Day? casual day & activities gold coin donation - See details further in the newsletter
Next 2 Weeks -School Holidays
Monday 29th June to Friday 10th July Important Dates to Remember. Monday 13th July First Day Term 3
Monday 10th August Finance Meeting 1pm
Tuesday 11th August School Council Meeting 7pm
Camp Dates 2015
Group 1 Aug 3 – 5
Group 2 Aug 5 – 7
Group 5 Oct 26 – 30 (tenting)
Cameron with
some ”Kinetic
Sand” for the
therapy program,
We thank Taylah
& her family for
the kind
donations of
several items,
Thank you.
At our whole school assembly,
we draw the
“Caught Being Good” raffle.
Throughout the week, staff give
students a raffle ticket for
displaying positive behaviour either
in their classroom, on the
playground or in any school events
such as excursions, outings or
community access.
Stars of the Week “Caught Being Good”
Well Done Bart Rowley &
Shandarra Sherrard, Great Effort.
Term 3 - 1st week’s focus is:
Words on Wellbeing Like a fish…
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability
to climb a tree, it will live life believing that it is stupid.
Albert Einstein.
As you get ready for the term break, I want you to think
about these wise words. Your children are unique. All have
their strengths. When happy and engaged in their learning,
children thrive. That is why at Portland Bay, caring teachers
understand how to cater for individual learning needs. Like
that fish, a child also needs that ‘habitat’ to flourish.
When school is a positive environment and social
connections are formed, another form of ‘intelligence’
develops. That is, the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ of a child; an
ability to be kind, to care about each other and to assess the
needs of others in a compassionate way.
There are certainly more ways to think about our
intelligence. There is a need to develop the wellbeing of
everyone. And there is an emphasis on ability rather than
focussing on disability.
The brain plays a part in everything we do: It allows us to
learn, laugh, cry, walk, talk, create, hate, and love. You may
have heard about the Left Brain and the Right Brain. And
you may know that there is a critical learning period of
0 – 6 years where the early-life experiences are a learning
time.
We hear ‘High-Functioning’ and ‘Low –Functioning’,
‘Intellectual’ and ‘Cognitive’. Yes, there are differences but
we all share connections: brain, mind and body. And this is
what we know as ‘learning’ and ‘memory’.
We know that attachment and social connectedness are at
our core. Researchers such as Martin Seligman (2011) in his
book Flourish, state that empathy and positive human
connections are one of the single most important elements
in childhood neuro-development. So our wellbeing is far
more than just our ‘intelligence’.
“The physiology we are born with is not as important as the
psychological and social context in which we grow” Seligman
from Learned Optimism (1990)
Have a safe and happy break. See you next term
(Wednesday and Thursdays). Sue Cowie - Wellbeing
Happy Birthday And best wishes to our student
Graydon Rudd - 13th July
Portland Bay School is participating in this years
“Earn & Learn” program at Woolworths.
Donation of stickers would be greatly appreciated. They
add points to obtain valuable resources for our students.
Stickers may be dropped into the office. Thanks in advance.
From 15th July to
8th September 2015
Inter School Cross Country
Last Friday 19th of June in
Warrnambool.
“I ran fast and
had a fun time”
- Kate Carter.
“It was fun”
- Rory
“Great fun and
excited to make
it to Melbourne”
- Brady Howard
These 2 brochure have be sent
home separately with students
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