MOORAK PRIMARY AND PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Phone (08) 8726 6261 Fax :(08) 8726 6225 Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 961, Mount Gambier. SA 5290

Principal: Peter Mitchinson 0416 650 178 Preschool: L Baudinette Reception: J Doll 1/2: M Wilson 1/2: S Hocking 3/4/5: K Hammond 6/7: L Altorfer & A Otta NIT: P Paltridge SSOs: C Wallace, J Reid, V Gabriel, K Ellis, A Hein Finance: K Wright J Taylor ECW: T Ashcroft ICT: S Grosvenor Governing Council Chairperson: Travis Turner

National Reconciliation Week DATES TO We continue to commemorate National Reconciliation Week (NRW) which is held each REMEMBER year between 27 May and 3 June. Students have already been busy learning about the significant milestones around this important week. Yesterday our Indigenous students 27th May - 3rd June along with friends went to visit the Library to see Aunty Michelle share her new book with Reconciliation Week them. This was followed by them taking part in an art experience and then finished with a ______visit to the art gallery. As it is Reconciliation Week I thought this might be an appropriate article to share with Monday 7th June you. As a school we will always have students who fall out with each other or hurt each Preschool other. When this happens staff always work with them to help them reconcile their Pupil Free Day ______differences and move forward. This article talks about bullying, explaining what it is but more importantly how we as a school and parents can best support the students. Wednesday 9th June P-2 JAM Band This extract is from “Insights” by Michael Grose who is a parenting educator. excursion Bullying takes many forms and guises including physical and emotional abuse, ______intimidation, harassment and exclusion. It now has a well-publicised cyber-dimension which has moved the goalposts for many Thursday 10th June kids. In the past, children could escape bullying behaviours they may have experienced Movie Night by being at home. Cyber bullying now means that kids can’t escape the bully like they ______once could. Monday 14th June Bullying is not the domain of one gender. Girls bully just as much as boys but they do it in Queen’s Birthday less physical ways. While boys use physical intimidation or verbal abuse to wield power, ______girls are more likely to use exclusion or verbal sarcasm to assert themselves. Bullying should not be confused with teasing, rejection, random acts of violence or Wednesday 16th June physicality and conflict. While children will often tease or fight, this bickering should not Canberra Camp be confused with bullying. Parent Meeting Bullying is about lack of power as one person is powerless to stop the teasing or physical ______abuse. Bullying is the selective, uninvited, repetitive oppression of one person by another

Wednesday 16th June person or group. No Preschool (session swap) If your child is being bullied: ______1. Listen to their story. 2. Deal with their feelings. 17th –18th June 3. Get the facts. Pedal Prix 4. Give them coping skills. ______5. Get the school involved.

Friday 2nd July 6. Help build your child’s support networks. Wheels Day 7. Build their confidence. It is worth remembering that children who experience some form of bullying often come out stronger and more resourceful because they have experienced difficulties and they know they how best to deal with the situation. You may like to access the following YouTube clip. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg quick tips for parents - What is bullying? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b597hE4k_ic

Date: 28 / 05 / 2021 Issue: 9

CEO Visit On Monday next week the Department for Education Chief Executive Officer Rick Persse will be visiting Moorak. We are looking forward to welcoming him and giving him an insight into what life at Moorak is like. Our school captains Ben and Ethan will have the pleasure of welcoming him and hopefully showing him around the school.

Preschool upgrade This week we had another milestone in our journey towards our new preschool being built. The preferred contractor has now been selected and the proposal has now gone for final approval which usually takes a couple of weeks. Updates will be given as and when we get them.

Preschool Enrolments

Parents are encouraged to ensure their child is registered before June 30. Please contact the school to discuss your child’s enrolment at the Moorak Preschool.

PARENT CLUB NEWS Hot Lunch Orders Thank you to everyone who has order for the upcoming hot lunch day. A reminder that it is on Wednesday 2nd June.

Book Fair Thank you to everyone for their generous donations of books. If anyone still has books they wish to donate, we will still be collecting final donations on Monday.

The book fair will be open in the Moorak Hall after school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week (Week 6). Bring your own bag and fill it with books for just $5.00.

Money raised will go towards helping fund school camps in 2021

Date: 28 / 05 / 2021 Issue: 9 Reading at Moorak Primary School

Reading continues to be a focus at Moorak Primary School.

The successful ‘Reading Mentors’ happens every Monday and Tuesday afternoon for 15 minutes. This is such a wonderful time for children to sit and read with another child from school. They are also creating connections and relationships within the school .

How can I help my child with reading at home?

Before Reading

 Look at the front cover and discuss the picture.

 Ask your child to make a connection. For example, if the front cover is of a picnic, talk about a time you have had a picnic, have seen a picnic or anything else you might think about a picnic.

 Predict what the book might be about from the front cover.

Look out for our next newsletter to see how to help your child during reading.

Library Library lessons are such an important part of our school week and curriculum. When we go to the library and we learn about scanning using the school barcodes, how to find fiction and non-fiction books and learn how to put books away. Each week your child will be bring home new library books. We have new books that expand across all genres and interests. It is so important that each week you spend the time reading your child library books. Please make sure your child has a library bag so the books are looked after. A plastic shopping bag is great. If you cannot access a bag please send your teacher a Seesaw message.

Date: 28 / 05 / 2021 Issue: 9 Miss Wilson and Miss Hocking’s Year 1 / 2’s Creating Habitats In Science, we learnt all about how animals are living things. We explored about their lifecycles, features, and their habitats. We investigated how their features effect their habitats. Everyone chose an animal to create habitat for.

Date: 28 / 05 / 2021 Issue: 9 Miss Wilson and Miss Hocking’s Year 1 / 2’s Maths Strategies We have been learning all about maths strategies that help us add/count quickly!!

Rainbow Facts help us add quickly to 10! When we see 6 and 4 we know that the answer is 10.

Adding zero is easy. If you have 3 marbles in one hand and none in the other the number doesn’t change.

Friendly Numbers – A friendly number is a number ending with 0. 10, 20, 30 etc. To add number to 0, the 0 goes away and the number takes it’s place. 10 and 6 makes 16.

Date: 28 / 05 / 2021 Issue: 9 Reconciliation Week (27th of May – 3rd June)

Martu karu everyone (hello everyone) As a part of Reconciliation Week, a group of students were invited to attend an excursion. The excursion involved a visit to the Mount Gambier Public Library and the Main Corner. At the library we listened to Aunty Michelle (a well-respected Boandik elder from within our community) read her latest book, “Annie Connects with Boandik Culture”. We learnt about the legend of “How the Emu Got Short Wings”. Then we contributed to a collaborative piece of artwork that will be hung indefinitely in the entrance of the library once it is finished. After that we said Wuwu (goodbye) to Aunty Michelle and made our way to the Art Gallery and the Kings Room at the Main Corner. It was a lovely day out and about within the wider community and we even managed to have lunch in the Cave Gardens between a few raindrops. Wuwu everyone (goodbye everyone). Kind regards, Miss Doll

Student’s thoughts on the excursion. Tyson: At the Art Gallery I liked the “moving room” and it was good looking at Aunty Michelle’s new book. It was also great when she spoke to us using Boandik Language.

Sophie: I liked how Aunty Michelle read her new book and I loved how all the art was all very detailed in the Art Gallery.

Wade: My favourite part was the “moving house” in the Art Gallery.

Isaac: I like when I got a bracelet at the Library and the “moving house” in the Art Gallery.

Hallie M: I liked how Aunty Michelle read her book and how we got to do the artwork. At the Main Corner I loved the Kings Room, but I was afraid walking up the stairs because I’m afraid of heights.

Abbie: I liked how Aunty Michelle told us all the different stories and when we put Aboriginal patterns on the animals. I like all the artwork in the Art Gallery.

Jaxon: I basically liked everything. Listening to Aunty Michelle read the book was good.

Billie: My favourite part was the Art Gallery. I liked the “moving kitchen” and the reindeer with the diamonds. Some people got scared when the doors slammed shut in the “moving kitchen”.

Malik: I liked wishing for milk and money at the wishing fountain in the Cave Gardens.

Kalan: My favourite part was the Kings Room at the Main Corner because there were cool pictures and videos. I also liked the “moving kitchen” in the Art Gallery.

Milla: My favourite part was the “creepy house” in the Art Gallery and walking down the steps and looking over the edge at the Cave Gardens.

Ayden: The best bit was when the cupboards went BANG! (at the Art Gallery) and when we got to crawl through the tunnel at the Library.

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