Number 4
Our School Values Are:
COMING EVENTS
FEBRUARY:
Friday 24th:
Meal deal orders close
School Council nominations close
February 23rd 2017
Resilience
Respect
Principal:
Mrs Loren Peavey
Ph: 5429 5099
School Council President:
Mrs Elizabeth McDonell
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.romseyps.vic.edu.au
Responsibility
Willing Workers Make A Huge Difference!
MARCH:
Wednesday 1st:
Coffee, Cake & Conversation
9.00am in the library
Thursday 2nd:
Coffee, Cake & Conversation
2.30pm
Friday 3rd:
District Summer Sport
Parent Club meeting 2.30pm
Thursday 9th:
School photo day
Monday 6th:
Preps commence full time attendance
Friday 10th:
Meal Deal day—no other canteen
orders on this day
Monday 13th:
Labour Day public holiday
Wednesday 15th:
Annual General Meeting of School
Council
Saturday 19th:
Working Bee 9.00am—12noon.
Wednesday 22nd:
School cross country
Friday 31st:
Last day of Term 1
Camp dates
5/6 Camp to City Camp: 26th - 28th
April
3/4 Camp to Billabong Ranch in
Echuca: 9th – 11th Aug
Somers Camp: 23rd—30th May.
IN THIS ISSUE:
From the Principal
Awards
School photo day
Dromkeen
Student leaders
Tennis
Parent Committee
Summer sport
Behaviour consequences
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Our Working Bee on Monday was a wonderful success, with all students, staff and many
willing parents spreading mulch in many of the garden areas, and doing other general garden tasks. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to help out with this important work.
Meal Deal Orders Close Tomorrow!
Bendigo Bank: Proud sponsors of our
You Can Do It! Program
Don’t forget to bring along your order for our special Meal Deal Day (March10th) orders close tomorrow and all lunches must be pre-ordered. Late orders will not be
accepted.
Meet the Teacher
Our second session is tonight Thursday 23rd February,
3:45pm – 6:30pm. I would like to thank the teachers and
families for taking this time to build the relationship between home and school. This partnership is vital to the
growth and development of our learners.
2017 School Council Nominations close tomorrow
We are seeking nominations for school council in 2017. If
you would like to contribute to the school by being a part
of the council please collect a nomination form from the
office. Nominations are to be lodged no later than 4pm
Friday 24th February.
Working Bee
Thank you to the 32 parents and teachers who volunteered their time to our working bee on Monday afternoon. The school is looking magnificent. Our next working bee is Saturday March 18, 9am – 12noon. Even if
you can spare an hour it will be greatly appreciated. We
do need wheel barrows and trailers so we can move
some of the mulch around the school.
School times
We have a number of children being dropped at school
before the times of supervision. Children should not arrive at school until 8:45am when teachers are supervising
the yard. In the afternoon the yard is supervised from
3:30pm – 3:45pm. Children should not be at school outside of these times unless they are supervised by a caregiver or parent. If you require child care before or after
school Kids Zone operates an excellent Out of School
Care program.
Semper Dental
We have had a wonderful response to the Semper Dental program. The dental program will take place on the 6th
and 7th of March. Semper Dental will be in touch with you.
Permission forms are due back on 1st March.
sessions. These sessions are an essential part of our
compliance with the Department Child Safety Regulations
and our school policies.
Clear Consequences
Over the last few months the students and staff have
worked on out Clear Consequences Document. This document was presented to and accepted by school council
last week. The Clear Consequences chart is displayed
around the school and is used with the children if issues
arise. The document is attached for your information.
Please discuss this document with your children. We welcome all feedback positive and constructive as we adopt
this guide to supporting positive school wide behaviours.
The skills enabling our values and vision to live are
still the You Can Do It Keys: Resilience, Persistence,
Getting Along, Organisation and Confidence and
We have a picture in our mind of how we would like to
present these 3 layers and we are hoping we may have a
parent who has graphic design skills to assist in developing this image. If you can help please contact the office.
Our new motto “Dare to be Excellent” has already begun
to be used across the school.
We are very excited by our revamped vision, values and
motto as they reflect the aspirations our current community has for our learners. Please let us know what you
think of the final vision, values and motto which have
been created from our review work in 2016. Feedback
can be delivered in person, via the school email or at Coffee, Cake and Conversation sessions.
The vision, values and motto will be discussed at the next
Coffee, Cake and Conversation sessions on Wednesday
1st March 9am – 10 am and Thursday 2nd March 2:30pm3:30pm.
Enjoy your child’s learning journey,
Parents as helper information sessions.
In order to be a parent helper or volunteer in our school
you must attend our Parents as Helpers session. If you
were unable to attend the sessions which took place this Principal
week and would like to help in the school please come
and see me. Alternative times will be arranged for further
Loren Peavey
School Vision, Values and Motto
As a result of the work and forums with students, staff and parents at the end of 2016 for the school review the school
vision, values and motto have been modified. These were presented and accepted
by school council last week.
Revamped
Old
Vision
RPS strives to be a creative, inclusive and stim- Romsey Primary School aims to provide students with a supportive,
ulating learning community where we all "dare stimulating and challenging learning environment that promotes selfto be excellent".
motivated, responsible individuals who will be active and aware
global citizens.
Values
Respect: Be co-operative, honest and tolerant.
Integrity: Being honest, sincere, truthful and
trustworthy
Responsibility: Make responsible choices,
care for our school environment and the safety
and wellbeing of yourself and others.
Respect: Be co-operative, honest and tolerant.
Resilience: Believe in yourself and preserve with challenges.
Responsibility: Make responsible choices, care for our school
environment and the safety and wellbeing of yourself and others.
Moo
Dare to be excellent
Together we learn and grow
Awards to be presented Monday February 27th:
Organisation:
Bradley Wright 3/4IS for improving his focus and getting
tasks completed.
Katie R 5/6LS for displaying excellent organisational skills
and being a role model to all students when working on class
tasks.
School Photo Day
School photo day is Thursday March 9th. Envelopes will be sent home shortly. Please read the
instructions carefully on the envelope. Payments
are NOT made through the office.
All children need to be in school uniform for photo day.
Getting Along:
Archie J. 1/2SW for his magnificent effort working in a team
to spread mulch.
Jake R. 1/2SW for his magnificent effort working in a team
to spread mulch.
Connor B. Prep TC for being a great friend and helping
Miss Clancy.
Tayden A. 5/6ND for the wonderful effort shown at our Woking Bee.
Confidence:
Emily S. 1/2JH for demonstrating theatrical conducting
skills in Performing Arts
Nathan W. 3/4BT for always working hard and getting the
best out of himself.
Will C. 5/6ND for taking risks in his narrative writing.
Sara B. 1/2KC for doing a great job with tricky Maths.
Persistence:
Levi K. Prep FH for using his red words to write about his
weekend. Well done!
Bryce C. 3/4SH for showing determination to finish his work
by staying in at recess
Brandon D. 5/6MM for showing determination and finishing
his work even though it was challenging.
Congratulations to the following students who have
been elected to leadership positions in our school:
Art Captains - Katie Ryan (5/6LS) and Carlos
Medina (5/6ND)
Music Captains - Grace Sharp (5/6LS) and Will
Cooper (5/6ND)
House Captains
Clarke Shaw Clement McIntyre -
Congratulations to the award recipients from Monday’s
assembly.
Parent Committee Meeting and Election for 2017
The first meeting of the year of the Romsey Parent Committee
will be next Friday March 3rd at 2.30pm in the old uniform shop.
All positions on the committee will be declared vacant and new
office bearers for the year will be elected.
We hope to see as many parents and friends as possible there
to become involved in this committee which does a wonderful
job of und-raising for the school.
Elyse Muster and Leroy Ristevski
Isabella Boswell and Fabian Roda
Alyssa Carydakis and Halle Grant
Isobella Collins and Emma McCalman
Our tennis team had a great day at District Tennis
today, even though they did not progress to the
next level. They were great ambassadors for our
school, displaying great sportsmanship and a great
attitude. Thank you to Elizabeth McDonell and Veronica Stone for providing transport and support.
District Summer Sport
District Summer Sport for our year 5 and 6 students
is next week (Friday March 3rd). Please remember to
bring back your permission forms and payments as
General
Behaviour
Yellow Behaviours
* consequence
Orange Behaviours
* consequence
Gather information then
Refer to Principal/AP
* appropriate consequence
Throwing things at others without
or injury to others
* Walk with YD and counsel
Throwing things with intent, but
without injury.
* Time out and apology
Throwing things with injury and
with intent.
Damaging school property
(eg. Walking on plants, playing with
sticks, damaging minor equipment)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Damaging school property which
can be fixed/cleaned by students
(eg. drawing on walls, flooding toilets)
* Time out and clean graffiti
Going out of bounds
(eg. get a ball)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Leaving the school ground or repeat
out of bounds
(eg. dispute in yard)
* Time out
Damaging Property which requires cost to school and students can’t self-fix
(Eg. Smashed window, hole in
wall, severe graffiti)
Pre-planned leaving the school
grounds.
(eg. going to get fish and chips,
planned to skip school for the day)
Bullying / Name
Calling
Minor Name calling
(eg. stupid, idiot, shut up)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Bullying
(eg. continuous name calling)
*Time out and apology
Bullying
(eg. Bullier has had time out and
bullying has continued)
Swearing / Arguing
Friendship squabbles / disagreements / heated arguments without
swearing
* Walk with YD and counsel
Deliberate swearing at a student /
teacher / adult or being nasty about
other parents
(eg. altercations within games, saying
nasty things about other parents)
*Time out and apology
Severe swearing aimed at someone
(eg. swearing has occurred and
time out has been given but swearing has continued)
Rude / crude jokes which unintentionally hurt the feelings of another
student
(eg. mother jokes)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Rude / crude gestures towards teacher or intentionally aimed to hurt
someone’s feelings
(eg. the finger, mother jokes, things
said about family)
* Time out and apology
Offensive (lewd, sexual) behaviour and on going
(eg. has had time out for rude/
crude gestures and behaviour has
continued)
Tackling causing unintentional
harm to others
(eg. tackling in a game, rough play,
bumping, accidental kicking, etc)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Minor Fighting – intentionally
harming others
(eg. push, shove)
* Time out and apology
Severe / physical Fighting (zero
tolerance)
Child back chat to teacher
* Walk with YD and counsel (refer to
life as an adult)
Continuous back chat to teacher
(eg. Continues back chatting to teacher
while walking and counselling)
* Time out and apology
Throwing things
Damaging school
property
Leaving school / going
out of bounds
Rude and Offensive
Behaviour
Fighting / Tackling
Back chat
Intimidation / Threatening
Using intimidation tactics or threatening students or staff
(eg. I’m going to kill you for that)
* remove from the yard immediately
and Time Out
Inappropriate Games
Playing inappropriate games
(eg. Pants being pulled down)
*Time out and apology
Annoying behaviour
Annoying others
(eg. kicking ball away, continuously
following other students)
Excluding behaviour
Excluding other students or not
following rules of the game
(eg. Not playing by the rules after they
have been discussed with the group)
* Counsel student and friends/group
Throwing rubbish /
littering
Child throws rubbish or intentionally litters
* Pick up rubbish and counsel
Inside Buildings
Cutting through the atriums
Going into classrooms or buildings
without permission
Playing in the gym after going to the
toilets (after second time)
* Walk with YD and counsel
Playing in toilets
Playing in the toilets or locking
toilet doors when not occupied
* Walk with YD and counsel
Walk with YD teacher - minimum of 5 minutes (teacher discretion require for longer periods greater than 5 minutes)
Counsel – YD teacher to use restorative practices
Time out – YD teacher to conduct time out session within a suitable time
If incident occurs at recess, time out to be conducted at lunch
If incident occurs at lunch, time out to be conducted the following day at lunch
If YD teacher is absent the following day, must organise someone to conduct the time out session.