REMINDERS Swimming Fun Day - Thursday, December 20th

Term Four concludes - Thursday December 20th at 3.20pm

Pupil Free Day - Friday December 21st

January 2013 Tuesday, January 29th - Staff resume

Wednesday, January 30th - Pupil Free Day

Thursday, January 31st - Term One commences for all students

December 20th, 2012

‘Learning for Life”

www.nathalips.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 03 58662677

Principal: Vicki McManus

Holders of Nathalia’s educational history since 1878

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

for the week ending

14.12.2012

PK Cameron Earl

1/2B Justice Freeman

1/2W Maizie Hawks

3/4H Jason McKenna

4/5F Allishia Steers

6J Shaylah Lummis

Congratulations!!

STUDENT OF THE MONTH,

DECEMBER, 2012

SENIOR

Shaylah Lummis (Abs)

MIDDLE

Jason McKenna

JUNIOR

Cameron Earl (Abs)

Dear Families,

Well, talk about a year going fast, I cannot believe that we have

already arrived on the last school day for the year. Catching up with a

number of parents over recent days it seems I am not the only one who

has wondered where the year has vanished too.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every

one of you for your support and work for and within our school. A

school is truly made up of those within it’s community and reflects the

personality of the relationship of our families with classroom teachers

and staff, without your commitment to your children’s future we would

not be able to build the successful future that these young people so

truly have in front of them.

I trust you will each have a very enjoyable Christmas with

family and friends celebrating what matters most. Keep safe, and we

look forward to seeing everyone for the first student day in 2013,

Thursday 31st January 2013.

JANUARY

Tuesday, January 29th

- Staff resume

Wednesday, January 30th

- Pupil Free Day

Thursday, January 31st-

Term One commences for all

students

Year in Reflection

This year has been a year

of challenges and celebrations

and it has been such a privilege

to lead our school through all of

this.

As the year began we lost

2 very special people from our

school community and as we

mourned for them we then faced

floods across the region.

TERM DATES 2013

Page 2 Nathalia Primary School

STAR OF THE WEEK

For the Week ending

14.12.2012

Evie Hawks CONGRATULATIONS

STAR OF THE TERM

TERM 4, 2012

Evie Hawks “What a great year you have

had, showing respect to

teachers, students and your

learning”

G eneration One

Throughout this year our

a b o r i g i n a l s t u d e n t s h a v e

participated in many and varied

cultural enhancing activities. They

have cooked indigenous foods for

themselves as well as parents &

visitors to celebrate Reconciliation

Week, attended the Barmah

Heritage Centre on several

occasions to view Art work and

displays.

The Aboriginal children at

Nathalia Primary School have

written a song for “Generation

One”. It represents what is to be

Aboriginal in Australia today.

Generation One

No matter what colour your skin is.

It’s what’s inside you that counts.

Our blood carries our culture.

Our Ancestors from years ago are

our history.

It is our history that makes us

strong and proud.

Our elders are our story tellers from

years ago.

We’re from the Yorta Yorta people.

With strong connections to our

country.

Our waterways brings us our totem,

the Turtle.

Generation One, Black fella, White

fella, working together, learning

together to stop racism.

It has been a pleasure to

work with the Aboriginal students

for the last 2 years.

Cathy Falk.

Year in Reflection Con’d. For many of us we faced

the challenge of this natural

disaster on a personal and

community level and showed

such strength and community

spirit throughout this time.

We celebrated 3 very

successful camps during term 2

with our students in years 3 to 6

gaining so much from these

experiences. For our year 6 camp,

we did face the challenge of a

very severe gastro going through

the camp and following us home

on the train as well.

Throughout the year our

Choir has performed locally in

many venues and shared the

wonderful gift of song within our

community.

There was also a fantastic

Production during 3rd term that

has had such amazing feedback

from many people.

During term 3 I was also

very privileged to take part in an

overseas study tour with my

colleagues from the other 3

schools with in the immediate

township of Nathalia. The

opportunities that this has

created for our community is

fantastic and will benefit every

child in our broader community.

Our RACV team had a

spectacular outcome at the

Energy Breakthrough this year, in

fact they may still be celebrating.

We have now drawn to an

end of the year and recently we

watched as 28 young leaders of

our school graduated as they now

move into the next phase of their

education. Each year our student

leaders show more growth,

leadership and commitment to

our school community. They have

represented our school with pride

and we returned that as we

watched them graduate.

Vicki McManus,

Principal.

C HOIR THANKS

Many thanks to those

parents who brought their children

along to sing at Nathalia’s Carols

By Candlelight Service last

Sunday.

Your attendance was

appreciated at this busy time of

the year.

Karen King-Jones

Page 3 Nathalia Primary School

A rmy Cadet Scholarship

Jacob Stafford-Duffy

C WA Scholarship

Laura Harvey-Hawkins

W aste Wise

Congratulations to our overall Waste Wise Champions for

term 4, 1/2W, who won 7 out of the 10 weeks this term.

This weeks winners were:-

Congratulations to 1/2W with a total of only 8 wrappers

for the whole grade.

Congratulations to 1/2W again, with 18 out of 18

students having zero waste.

Lucky Dip Winners were:-

Aiden Lindsay Darcy Hicks Adam Williams

Derryn Buchner Tianey Curtis Jason McKenna

Joel Schram Natasha Ferguson Beth McLeod

Sean Zammit Emma Butler Madelon Lindsay

Well done to all Grades for their great effort at

reducing their waste and keeping our school looking

beautiful !! !!

THE YALCA NORTH CHRISMAS

TREE

Thursday, December 20th 7.30 pm start

Yalca North Hall, Murray Valley Highway

Entry Fee $5.00 per family

Please bring a plate of supper, per family, to share

Lots of fun and games for the kids and a visit from Santa For more information phone

Lynne Peterson 58 662103

Merry Christmas

To all families, We wish you all a safe and Happy Christmas

From all the staff, Nathalia Primary

School

Our students have decorated this Christmas tree ( pictured opposite) for the ILOP project. These trees are victims of the floods, planted in flood sand and decorated by community organisations. This Has been made possible with a grant from Flood Relief. These are then given to people around the town to make them feel good at Christmas time.

ILOP Summer Activity Program

Grandparents are invited to bring

along and accompany their

grandchildren to participate in a

variety of activities - movies, craft,

fishing , BBQ, etc.

During the month of January

At the Senior Citizens Clubrooms

Harcourt Street

Nathalia.

More information can be obtained by

contacting Lyn Cooper on

0412 367 284

“Kids at Sea” & Infant Grade Items

DVD ORDER

I would like to order copy/ies of the Production DVD @ $5.00

Enclosed is : $

Name:

SCHOOL MAGAZINE ORDER FORM I would like to order copy/ies of the School Magazine at $10.00. NAME GRADE Enclosed is $ for copy/copies of the Magazine. SIGNED

GRADUATION DVD - Order Form

Name:

No. of copies: @ $5.00 $ enclosed.

Payment required with order.