Loomfield Road, Nilma 3821 (03)56232963 PRIMARY SCHOOL .

Bloomfield Road,Nilma 3821Issue 14-2016Thursday 19th May 2016NEWSLETTERTelephone: (03)56232963Email: .edu.auPrincipalMs Annette SutherlandBusiness ManagerMrs Rachel HammondOffice AdministratorMrs Belinda SmytheSchool CouncilPresidentMrs Natalie AxfordNEWSLETTERCONTENTSPrincipal Notes.1Student Learning.2School Organisation .4Calendar1 .8NILMAPRIMARY SCHOOLPrincipal NotesREPORTING TO PARENTS ON STUDENTACHIEVEMENTNilma Primary School has been working with thereporting package, SENTRAL, to track studentinformation and complete student reports.During term 1, teachers are utilising SENTRAL forrecording of daily attendance data. Term 2, wehave rebuilt student reports, anand our goal is bythe end of the year, students will be participatingmore in the student reporting process, withstudents giving feedback on their own learning.Students will not bring home hard copy portfoliothis year. The parental portal of SENTRAL will beactivated. Parents will receive a password in thecoming weeks. Parents will then have access tosome elements of your child’s learning andattendance data including access samples of yourchild/ren’s learning at home via the portal. Thiswill enable parents to have samples of work in amore timely fashion in the future.Our goal is to provide parents and students moreopportunities for formal feedback on learning.SENTRAL will allow parents to have a window intoyour child/ren’s learning as well as access to otheraspects of the school such as, school policies andnewsletters, in a secure environment.Our school is a recognised sustainable school. Theuse of SENTRAL will enable Nilma to be moreproactive on minimising paper usage, and moreefficient and resource smart.We will support families and parents to be able toaccess all information through a parent informationsession in the near future.PARENT/TEACHER DISCUSSIONSThe Parent Teacher Discussions will be held in thelast week of this term as part of our reporting toparents on student achievement.Parents will receive Student Reports on Tuesday21st June and then attend Parent TeacherDiscussions on Thursday 23rd June between 9.00amand 5.00pm.Parents will be able to access the student DigitalPortfolios too.All children will be required to attend school on thisday. Attached to the newsletter is a booking formwhich will need to be returned by Wednesday 1stJune. Confirmation of times will be sent back toparents on Thursday 16th June.FOUNDATION 2017—INFORMATION EVENINGMonday 20th June at 7.00pm will be the FoundationInformation Evening at school. Could currentparents with children starting in 2017 please collectan enrolment pack from the Office. If you know ofany families who would be interested in a tour ofthe school, please contact the Office.LITTLE ATHLETICS PROGRAM for Schools (LAPS)INCURSIONThank you to Miss Matarczyk for coordinating theLittle AthleticsIncursion that washeld last Friday andwill be held againtomorrow, Friday20th May, as part ofour Physical andSport Educationprogram.Dennis Huffer fromAthletics Victoriahas beenconducting thesessions.LATE ARRIVALS/EARLY DEPARTURESThank to parents for signing students into the latebook, and for signing students out when there is anearly departure, from the Office. The Office staff willcollect your child from their class and bring them tothe Office when it is an early departure. A late slip isgiven to all children when arriving late, which ishanded to the classroom teacher. Parents must signstudents in and out of the school as part of ourschool policy and for the safety of students.DROPPING CHILDREN TO SCHOOLJust a reminder—students can not be dropped outthe front of the school grounds in the morning asthis is a no parking or stopping zone and can be verydangerous.NILMA PATHWAY TO SCHOOLBaw Baw Shire Council has started the pathway toschool! Concrete is being poured at the corner ofQueen street and Bloomfield Road. By next termparent

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