29 th March 2018 Issue 9 N E W S L E T T E R Koorlong Avenue, Nichols Point VIC Email: nichols.point.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 5023 1633 Web: www.nicholspointps.com Out of School Hours Care 1300 665 699 DATES TO REMEMBER Term 1 (29 th January 29 th March 2018) 29 th Mar - Last Day of Term - 1pm assembly 2.30pm finish The final assembly for term 1 commences at 1.00pm. Parents are welcome to sign their children out at the completion of the final assembly at the front office. All other students will be dismissed at 2.30pm. Happy holidays! Term 2 (16 April 29 June) 16 th Apr First Day of Term 2 17 th Apr PA Meeting 19 th Apr NPPS Cross Country EASTER RAFFLE TODAY! WOO! A BIG THANK YOU to everyone for their donations of Easter eggs and for buying raffle tickets. What a fantastic first term we have had at Nichols Point Primary School. Congratulations to all our wonderful Preps on completing their first Term. We hope everyone has a wonderful break and we will see you on Monday the 16th of April to start Term 2. NPPS Open Day Prep 2019 Our Nichols Point Primary School Open Day will be held on Thursday 24 th May 2018. Open Day Tour bookings will open at the beginning of next term. If you have a sibling of a student that will be attending Prep in 2019, please contact the front office and register their details. Parents Association The next Parents Association Meeting will be held Tuesday 17th April in the Staff Café @7:30pm, everyone welcome School Photos School Photos are on Friday 27th April. Student school photo packs went home during the week. Please complete the form with the correct money or pay online with your correct code and hand back to the office asap/no later than Monday 23rd April. If you wish to order a family photo, please come and collect the envelope from the front office. STEM Expo Congratulations to all Grade 5/6 students on their fantastic STEM Cool Games Projects. It was great seeing how excited the students were to present their Winter Olympic designs in yesterday s expo. There were some magnificent designs on display. Thanks to all the family members who came along to support the expo and thanks to the work from our Grade 5/6 teachers who have helped the students through this process and give the kids the opportunity. OUR VALUES: RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY COMMUNITY TEAM WORK
TERM DATES Term 1 (29 Jan 29 March) 29 th Mar - Last Day of Term Term 2 (16 April 29 June) 16 th Apr First Day of Term 2 17 th Apr PA Meeting 19 th Apr NPPS Cross Country 20 th Apr NPPS Cross Country Back Up 24 th Apr State Trials (Aussie Rules, Football, Netball, Basketball) 25 th Apr ANZAC Day Public Holiday 27 th Apr School Photos 27 th Apr NPPS Cinema Night 2 nd May Division Lawn Bowls 22 nd May District Soccer/Netball 24 th May NPPS Open Day 29 th May District Aussie Rules/Hockey 4 th 8 th Jun Gr 3/4 Swimming 11 th Jun Queens Birthday Public Holiday 14 th Jun Division Soccer/Netball 19 th Jun Division Aussie Rules/Hockey 25 th Jun Division 5/6 Rugby League 26 th Jun Division 3/4 Rugby League Tag 29 th Jun Last Day of Term Term 3 (16 July 21 September) 16 th Jul First Day of Term 3 26 th Jul NPPS Athletics Day 3 rd Aug NPPS Athletics Day Back Up 13 th 17 th Aug Gr 6 Canberra Camp 14 th 17 th Aug Gr 5 Melbourne Camp 20 th 24 th Aug Prep Swimming 29 th 31 st Aug Gr 4 Adelaide Camp 30 th 31 st Aug Gr 3 Swan Hill Camp 3 rd 7 th Sept Gr 1/2 Swimming 5 th Sept Division Mini Olympics 11 th Sept District Volleyball/Hot Shots 17 th 21 st Sept Gr 5/6 Swimming 18 th Sept District Basketball/Softball 21 st Sept Last Day of Term Term 4 (8 October 21 December) 8 th Oct First Day of Term 4 16 th Oct Division Volleyball/Hot Shots 17 th Oct Division Basketball/Softball 7 th Nov Division Cricket T20 Blast 5/6 9 th Nov Cricket T20 Blast 3/4 22 nd Nov School Concert 6 th Dec Grade 6 Graduation 21 st Dec Last Day of Term 4 Prep Grandparents Day What a special time we had with our grandparents or special someone on Tuesday! A huge thank you to all grandparents and family members for making the effort we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! A huge thanks to Ruth Whitton for organising this opportunity. Thanks also to our Prep team and Education Support Team for helping run the activities, get in, and enjoy the day with the kids and family members. Leadership Workshop On Friday 23rd March, our leadership group (School Captains and JSC Presidents) attended a Leadership Workshop at Mildura Senior College. The guest speakers from Melbourne spoke about different types of leadership, how to involve everyone at the school in leadership programs and setting goals for the year. Cricket Trials Congratulations to our Nichols Point Primary School students who today took part in the School Sport Victoria State Cricket Trials. Thank you to Cricket Victoria for running this opportunity.
Nichols Point Primary School proudly presents Cloud Copy Click Outdoor Cinema Night FRIDAY 27 TH APRIL 2018 Nichols Point Primary School is holding a family outdoor cinema night on our back oval on Friday the 27th of April. This is a great way of bringing our families together for a community event and raise funds to help our school. The movie for the night will be Rock Dog and tickets are on sale NOW! $30 per family (2 adults & 3 children) $10 Single $5 Child (13 years and under) Under 3 is free There will be a number of food vans on site if you wish to purchase your dinner. Pre-Movie entertainment will be provided by the school choir, instrumental students and DJ Harvey. We are also grateful to receive any products or services that we can use as prizes or auction items. Volunteers Needed! We are seeking helpers to fill 45-minute slots on a number of stands including raffle ticket/movie ticket sales, if you are able to help please contact the front office Raffle tickets are going home to the eldest child in the family today. Prizes are: 1st - Car Pack (including $200 voucher from Countrywide Tyres & Automotive) 2nd - Picnic Hamper (valued at over $100) 3rd - Relaxation Kit (valued at over $50) $1 per ticket. Please use both sides of book 20 tickets per book Drawn: Friday 27 th April @ Cinema Night Would like to thank the following major sponsors for their contribution to our 2018 Cinema Night:
Specialist Selfies! 3/4 Sports Moment of the Week goes to Ollie Hayes for a terrific head butt goal plus outstanding goal keeping. 1/2 Easter art work was by Brooke Price. Very organised, focused and beautifully done. Jack Dichiera and Xander Brown for demonstrating their knowledge of cyber safety in the CyberPigs game. Bailey Woods for making a personal connection with a meaning of a song in music. Rory Fitzgerald for working on geometric designs in Creative Arts Courses. Ruby Sutton for making great connections about indigenous dance and its tradition. Congratulations! Congratulations to Denholm Shaw who competed in the State Individuals in Adelaide on the weekend. Denholm came 5th in the 800m, 4th in the 1500m and 3rd in the 400m. Well done Denholm! School Sport Victoria Tennis Finals Congratulations to our very own Lewis Dichiera, who played at the School Sport Victoria Loddon Mallee Tennis Finals in Swan Hill. Lewis won all his matches to get him to the Grand Final. Unfortunately Lewis went down to Sam Cumming (who is in effect Lewis doubles partner). Well done Sam on the win. By finishing Runners Up at the event, Lewis has qualified for the School Sport Vic State Tennis Finals in Melbourne, which will be played in Term 2. What a remarkable achievement Lewis, all of Nichols Point Primary is behind you. Irymple Swimming Club Big congratulations to Hamish Pitt, Will Anderson and Will Nicholds for also participating in the Irymple Swimming club meet last week. Awesome achievements from you all, you should be very proud Regional Swimming Congratulations to Ethan Hendy & Ellie Pitt who represented Nichols Point at the regional swimming. Ethan came 3rd in the backstroke & Ellie came 4th in her events. U9s Netball training Please note that the next training night for the two new NPPS U9s teams will be on Monday 16th April, 3.15-3.45 @ the basketball courts.team registrations, costs and coaches to be finalised at this time. For more info, please call Melissa 0437 277 048.
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