School News

Christmas Carols

Our Christmas Carols evening is being held on Thursday 13th December from 5.30pm (concert will begin at 6.30pm).  We encourage families to bring along a picnic dinner and in addition, the following items will be available for purchase:

  • Soft Drinks - $1 a can
  • Water - $1 a bottle
  • Fruit Boxes (25% juice) - 50 cents
  • Zooper Doopers - 50 cents each

Coles Vouchers

Many thanks for all of the Coles Vouchers Marlborough community collected. We collected 23,000 vouchers and with the vouchers raised we ordered 24 Badminton racquets , 30 shuttlecocks and 3 light Mini Badminton nets.   Grades 1-6 have completed a four week Badminton unit utilising our newly arrived gear.   Congratulations Marlborough Community - awesome  effort!

 

Bonny Chisholm

PE Specialist

Music News

Congratulations to James T who obtained a B+ on his Grade 2 AMEB Piano exam recently and also to Jacob S who obtained an A+ on his preliminary AMEB exam.  Well done, boys - keep up the good work.

Digimaker Computer Programming Club

Chaplain’s Chat

Kids Matter – Supporting children’s confidence

Children who lack confidence in their abilities sometimes avoid having a go at things they perceive to be too difficult. This can stop children from developing the skills they need to tackle tasks confidently as well as being a source of frustration for parents and carers.

 

Confidence improves through building on small successes. We can help our children by explaining that skills develop with practice. We can encourage them to persist when they don’t succeed right away. It’s important to praise effort and persistence.

 

Make sure that goals are achievable by breaking down large tasks into smaller goals. Using a picture or drawing of a staircase or ladder, and taking one step at a time, can be a useful model for children.

Be ready to step in and help when necessary, but be careful not to take over.

 

More strategies to help children learn skills for building confidence can be found on the Kids Matter website at www.kidsmatter.edu.au.

Dorothy Dullege

School Chaplain

School Sports Victoria Bulletin

http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/Bulletins.aspx

Bendigo Bank School Banking

Just a reminder that School Banking is every Thursday.

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