June 12th

Cross Country

A huge congratulations this week to our LSSSA Cross Country team. Winning 5 out of 8 age groups Norwood Primary School placed 1^st overall in the B division event. A representative team will be travelling to Symons Plains on Tuesday 25^th of June to compete in the state championships.

Reports

Our mid-year reports will be sent home on Friday 21^st of June. Teachers have spent many hours writing and editing reports and I would like to thank them for their hard work and the quality of what they have written. Parent teacher interviews are being held the following week with all families encouraged to come and speak with your child’s teacher.  Please remember to make a booking.

Emotional Regulation

During this term as a whole school we have had a focus on emotional regulation.  Staff have been undertaking Professional Learning around trauma and self-regulation and Dr Jane Foster has been working with students and teachers across the school, further unpacking the language of MyTERN. Our work will continue throughout the year with the aim to further embed Restorative Practice and Respectful Behaviour across our school.

Uniform

As the winter weather has arrived we are seeing an increase in students wearing jumpers and other items which are not part of our uniform. Our uniform policy is that school jumpers are worn with additional coats or layers able to be worn outside on cold days. Coats are required to be removed inside as all classrooms have adequate heating and are at an optimal temperature for learning. We very much appreciate our parent support around our students wearing their uniform and would also appreciate a ‘winter reminder’ at home.

Winterfest

A huge thank you this week to our hard working Winterfest team. The work which goes into organizing such an event takes many hours of co-ordination and effort.  Thank you! We are looking forward to June 21^st!

Parent Teacher interviews will be held from June 24th - June 28th. Bookings for this event have opened and will close Friday June 21st at 4:00pm. 

If you do not have internet access please contact the office to make your appointment.

Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these instructions:

• Enter the code f896p
• Enter your details 
• Select the teachers you wish to see
• Select the appointment times that suit your family best

When you click FINISH your selected bookings will be emailed to you immediately. If you not receive your email, please check your junk-mail, or enter the event code again and check your email address spelling. Update your details if email address is incorrect.

DO NOT DELETE the email you receive. Keep it somewhere safe. You may need to refer back to it at a later date.

 If you need to view, cancel, change or print your bookings:

• Click on the link in the confirmation email you received after you made your bookings
• OR return to schoolinterviews.com.au and enter the code and the email address you used when making your bookings.
• Bookings close Friday 21 June at 4:00 pm

Last Friday morning, 40 of Norwood Primary School’s best distance runners made their way to Waverley Primary School for the LSSSA Division B Cross Country. The Grade 3-6 athletes were greeted with cold temperatures but blue skies. After completing a warm up and course familiarisation run with Mr Humphrey the anticipation of racing increased.

Racing started with Grade 3 girls with plenty of excitement. Ella B started our great individual performances off with an excellent run and 2^nd place, with Claire R (4^th) and Lily D (6^th) not far behind. A great start for Norwood! Top 5 finishes would be a regular occurrence throughout the day with Charlie B (1^st), Ava E (3^rd), Holly D (5^th), Tom M (3^rd), Casey N (4^th), Brad W (5^th) and Riley H (1^st – by 50m) all completing strong runs. All runners were supported throughout the day with team spirit high with plenty of ‘Let’s go Norwood’ chants being heard around the Waverley area. The support from a large number of parents and family members was also very appreciated by all.

Excellent team performances from all of our runners ensured that we collected 5 of the 8 available team shields. Special congratulations to our grade 3 boys, grade 4 girls, grade 5 boys, grade 6 girls and boys for winning their team events. While individual performances help, the excellent team work and resilience from all of our runners made this achievement possible. This all added up to Norwood winning the Division B Carnival on 271 points, almost 50 points ahead of the next best school! Well done Norwood!

Ben Humphrey

Most members of the successful Norwood Primary 'B' Division Cross Country teams have been invited to run in the All Schools event on Tuesday 25th June. Permission forms have been sent home and need to be returned by Monday 17th June.

The event is a state selection event and will be a serious challenge for athletes. Grade 3 and 4 compete over 2km and grade 5 and 6 compete over 3 km. Norwood will cover the entry costs this year. The website with all the information is www.tasathletics.org.au

Students will require running gear, warm clothing (even a warm blanket), a quiet activity (eg. book) and plenty of food and a big drink of water. Students will be provided with a school top. We will be off-site from approx. 10:00am till 2:30pm. Transport to and from the venue will be provided.

Medication Reminders

• If your child requires ‘over the counter’ medication at school you must sign a parent permission form (Form A).
• If your child requires prescribed medication (eg. antibiotics) you must have an ‘Administration of Prescribed Medication Authorisation’ (Form B) completed by a doctor, pharmacist or practice nurse and a parent permission form (Form A).
• All medication must be handed into the school office in the original packaging. Students can only have their asthma medication in their bags.

Letters have been sent home to the families of children who have medication at school.

Please Note: All medical action plans (eg. asthma plans, allergy plans) need to updated yearly.

Just a reminder to parents and carers that Norwood Primary School is an allergy awareness school. Please do not send any food to school that contains nuts or nut products. Thank you.

Primary Assembly - Wednesday 19th June at 2:20pm - hosted by 5 Marshall/Holt

Whole School Assembly - Wednesday 3rd July at 2:20pm - Hosted by 4-5 Summers

Congratulations to Daniel S (3-4F) who played his violin in the Launceston Competitions last week. Daniel was the under 10 winner for the stringed instrument award.

Congratulations to Amy B (4-5S) who competed in the National’s for BMX  in Shepparton-Victoria.  Amy raced in the U/11 class with 25 other riders from around Australia and came home with an A6 plate which means she is ranked number 6 in Australia for her age group. 

Drop your stickers or completed sticker sheet into the collection box at the front office. Happy collecting!

Norwood Winter Festival

LIVE MUSIC, FABULOUS FOOD, WINE, BEER AND MAKERS MARKET, Friday 21st June, 5pm - 9pm . .

The Inaugural Norwood Winter Festival is only 9 DAYS away and promises to be a very special night with food, entertainment, beer and wine, and 30 Makers Market stalls. The event will provide much needed funding to assist the school with proposed renovations to the Kindergarten/Prep Play Area whilst bringing the community together to share in our wonderful school, in what will be a very enjoyable night. Come and warm yourselves by one of our heaters, we promise to provide you with a Winter Wonderland! Rug up and come along and support our school.

I urge everyone to hop on Facebook and check out all the attractions that we have coming there’s something new to read every night and to pop the date Friday June 21^st in their diaries.

https://www.facebook.com/Norwood-Winter-Festival-584100308724720/

KINDLING FOR SALE

The School Association are selling bags of Kindling as a part of our fundraising. Bags are $8 each for 7kg. Great for starting the fire on those cold Winter nights.

Please contact Sarah on 0408 449714, to order yours today!

Firewood Raffle

CAKE AND SWEET STALL DONATIONS 

Please support our Cake and Sweet Stall at the Norwood Winter Festival by filling the plate that will be sent home on FRIDAY 14^th JUNE, with a tasty cake, slice, biscuits or whatever takes your fancy! These items will be placed on sale at our Cake and Sweet Stall at the Norwood Winter Festival.

Once you have created your culinary delight, please write the name of the item on the label provided and list all ingredients you have used.

Please NO fresh cream or custard.

Items can be delivered to the School Hall anytime on Friday 21^st June. We greatly appreciate your support of this event.