Our school has been an incredibly busy place. Throughout the year our staff teaching team have been undertaking Professional Learning on a regular basis to progress our School Improvement Plan priorities. These sessions have included:

• Developing consistent understanding and language of the Learning Assets as part of an Inquiry Approach, exploring the skills and dispositions that best prepare our students for the future.
• The unpacking of current research into how students comprehend a range of differing texts, making connections with the Australian Curriculum.
• Embedding our Whole School Approaches to Positive Behaviour Support that were developed across 2021. This enables us to increase school wide consistency in the management of student behaviour and the use of Restorative Language across the school.
• Working with Leanne Macfarlane (Inclusive Practices Coach) to further develop the universal supports we have in place across the school. We have also considered those students who may need more targeted or individual support to maintain regulation and engage in learning.

The collaborative approach we are taking as a school is ensuring we have a common purpose and goals that are explicitly linked to our School Improvement Plan.

Communicating Learning Progress with Families

Meaningful communication about learning achievements, learning progress and student wellbeing is integral to supporting the partnerships between families and schools. This communication effectively promotes student learning and wellbeing. On Thursday the 22^nd September (wk 9) and Tuesday 27^th September (wk 10) of Term 3 Norwood Primary School are providing families with the opportunity for a two or three-way conversation focusing on learning progress, application to learning, wellbeing, and learning plan goals. Our teaching staff may also discuss and share feedback on evidence of learning throughout the term.

If you would like to make an appointment to see your child’s teacher(s) please make contact with our school office. Please note that in order to finalise times with teaching staff, all bookings must be made by COB Friday the 2^nd September.

The 2022 School Satisfaction Survey

Every year the Department of Education conducts School Satisfaction Surveys to find out what your child(ren)'s school does well and where it may improve.

We would be grateful if you completed our online survey about Norwood Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school planning and decision-making.

The survey is open now until Friday 23th September 2022 and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Take the online survey by clicking this link or pasting it in your browser: https://ncv.microsoft.com/JgsRXGYSEd

The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential. All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools with responses from individuals or small groups NOT disclosed to any Department of Education staff.

Please contact Norwood Primary School if you require any assistance.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey.

Kind regards, Luke

Starts Monday 19th September - Finishes on Friday 30th September (last two weeks of term). The following times are to be confirmed.

Please ensure your child/ren are suitably prepared for the pool with their bathers, towel, goggles (can be worn at certain stages in the program), warm school clothes as well as an extra plastic bag for wet clothes. Swimming caps are provided by the school for all students.

The SWSP is a crucial part of HPE curriculum and an excellent opportunity for all students to improve their swimming skills, boat safety knowledge as well as overall confidence in aquatic environments. The program is beneficial for all students, no matter their previous experience in the pool.

Every day at the pool with our Swimming teachers makes a difference!

Grade 3's from 2-3A, 2-3B and 5's from 5-6C are permitted to wear their bathers under their school uniform. All other classes must come to school in normal school uniform and will get changed at the pool.

PLEASE NOTE: 5's from 5-6A, 5-6B & invited Gr 6's will be unable to order lunch from the school canteen.

Any questions about the SWSP should be directed to the school office.

Ben Humphrey

Over the last two weeks we have been celebrating Science Week, with the theme of 'Glass: More than meets the eye'.  Students in Prep to Grade 6 have had the opportunity to participate in various science activities at lunchtime in the Green Room with Mr Walker and his Extension students including 'Fireworks in a jar', 'How does light bend' and also 'Marshmallow shooters'.

Some classes have also chosen to create cellophane stain glass windows and 2-3 Glen have been researching using magnifying glasses.

Last Wednesday, nine bubs and mums came along to school to learn baby massage with Naomi a qualified therapist. It was a lovely session where the babies were pampered and the mums had the opportunity to have a chat and enjoy some precious one on one time with their little ones. Thank you to all those who attended.

Tip of the Week

Why is Nature Play so Important?

Classes throughout our school have been digging deeper into what respect means for them both on an individual level and more broadly within the school context. Our value of Respect underpins our way of being at Norwood Primary School. It has been fantastic to see the varying ways that our teams of teachers have undertaken this. Some of these include:

• Pyramids of Respect
• Linking Respect to being a self manager
• Utilising Y-charts to explicitly unpack one Respect behaviour at a time

Why Respect?

At Norwood Primary School we respect ourselves, others, our past, our future, our environment and we are kind. Respect is a foundational value throughout not only Norwood Primary but the DoE. It provides us with a common understanding and expectation of how we relate, communicate and treat one another. Through acknowledging others opinions and experiences we can accept and celebrate difference. Respecting each other enables us to develop trust and allows us to work collaboratively. Respect creates a safe and supportive environment so we can continually grow and develop.   

What does Respect look like at Norwood Primary School?

• being kind and considerate of others 
• being active listeners
• being inclusive and accepting of others
• acknowledging hard work
• being fair with everyone
• valuing others right to learn

By embedding this value in the culture of our school, we model the behaviours we encourage in our learners.

As part of the celebration of our Values, we will be awarding those students who have consistently displayed and modelled the Respect behaviours of our Expected Student Behaviour with a Respect badge, which they can wear every day. These badges will be presented to students in assemblies in late Term 3. For parents/guardians of these students, please keep an eye out for an invitation to be a part of this assembly to recognise those students who go above and beyond.

Upcoming events - We need your help!

 School Fair – Saturday 17^th September, save the date!

 IMPORTANT INFORMATION will be sent home with your child/ren this week about the event, donations and how your child’s class will be involved on the day. Class volunteer lists will also be going up, please note your availability for the day. If you can’t make it into school, please contact your class teacher.

 We are also asking for donations of - 

• Small unwrapped toys from McDonalds etc – for prizes
• Trash & Treasure – Your unwanted Toys, Games and books only (please don’t bring these to school until the week before the fair

Please like and share our Facebook page to help keep you updated with all our current activities!

https://www.facebook.com/NorwoodPSSA

We can be contacted at norwoodpsa@gmail.com