Dates to Remember
SEPTEMBER 2020
- Friday 18 September - Last day of Term 3, 2.30pm dismissal
- Monday 5 October - Term 4 commences via remote learning
- Friday 9 October - MARC van via Webex
- Friday 12 October - All students return to school
- Friday 23 October - MARC van
NEWS
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The Pyrenees Advocate - MY SCHOOL 04.09.20
Trawalla Primary School has been providing remote and flexible learning since early August. Throughout this time we have included engaging activities for the students to keep their motivation levels high. Miss H has introduced Aboriginal Perspectives, which explores lessons and craft based on Indigenous Dreamtime stories. Miss H has also looked at the origin of the Aboriginal flag with students via WebEx video lessons. Today, we are extremely lucky to have a special guest who will be reading us a story! Our special guest is Beau Munn. Beau is a descendant of the Dagoman and Gurindji people from the Katherine and Wave Hill region in the Northern Territory. He is passionate about his family heritage and making a difference within corporate Australia with his entrepreneurial mindset and cultural background. His aim is to be a corporate leader and mentor to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids. Trawalla Primary School is a member of the Pyrenees Cluster of schools along with Amphitheatre, Landsborough, Moonambel, Natte Yallock, Navarre and Elmhurst. Our schools work closely together to combine and share resources to maximise learning opportunities for students. Due to COVID-19 the Cluster has been unable to conduct regular Cluster days. To overcome the inability for students to go on excursions, we have conducted Cluster assemblies online which have been hosted by the Cluster captains. Students have used these online gatherings to share news items, sing songs and celebrate birthdays across the seven schools. We have launched the 2021 Trawalla Transition Program by creating a virtual tour video. The informative and entertaining video is hosted by Tom, one of our Prep students, who gives us an insight into the day of a Prep at Trawalla Primary School. The video is on the Trawalla Primary School Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TrawallaPS/. In years prior to COVID-19 our Kinder to School Transition Program would be conducted during Term 4 where prospective students would attend school for four mornings over a number of weeks. The aim of the transition program is for students to: • experience Trawalla Primary School routine • be positive and happy about starting school • meet other students • meet the Teachers The transition program also enables new families to come in and experience the educational opportunities and facilities our small school can provide. Sadly we don’t know if we can run this valuable program next Term due to the current pandemic, however we will keep families up to date. We are now taking enrolments for 2021. Feel free to contact us for any extra information. TRAWALLA PRIMARY SCHOOL “Small enough to care, big enough to dare.” |
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We are now taking enrolments for 2021 for all grade levels!
Please contact Kate Morcombe (Principal) for more details on 5349 2047.
Please contact Kate Morcombe (Principal) for more details on 5349 2047.
This months sponsored animal is.....
Each month the Pyrenees Cluster of Schools sponsors a new animal from the Halls Gap Zoo.
This month we are sponsoring MEERKAT MO.
Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) available free to all Victorian families
Families can now access free expert parenting advice through the online Triple P- Positive Parenting Program www.triplep-parenting.net.au
The program is relevant to families with children between 2 and 16 years and provides strategies to deal with specific challenges, such as building children’s resilience and dealing with conflict. There are courses specifically for parents of toddlers to tweens, and for parents of pre-teens to teens.
It gives parents strategies to:
- raise happy, confident kids
- manage misbehaviour so everyone in the family enjoys life more
- set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows
- encourage positive behaviour
- take care of themselves as a parent
- feel confident they’re doing the right thing.