Chaplain's Note

Kids Matter – Helping Children to Manage Feelings

Children can be quickly taken over by feelings of excitement, frustration, fear or joy and when the feelings come they are often intense. When feelings take over children’s behaviour, they can often find it difficult to manage without support. Parents and carers can support their children in learning to manage their feelings and behaviour. Learning how to recognise and manage feelings is an important part of children’s social and emotional development.

Before children can learn to control their feelings, they must learn how to notice them. We can help children notice feelings by noticing them ourselves and giving them labels such as angry, sad, nervous, excited, frustrated, embarrassed, worried, surprised, or happy. Naming our feelings helps to make them more manageable. Learning to pay attention to how they are feeling helps children understand that all feelings are okay and that they can have emotions without being controlled by them. Talking with children about what it’s like when you’re angry, sad, nervous or excited helps them find ways to express feelings without having to act them out through negative behaviours.

We can support children by creating space for talking about difficult emotions. Although all feelings are okay, some feelings can be more difficult to cope with than others. We can help children to separate a feeling from a difficult reaction by helping them name it. Being able to say or think “I am feeling angry” means that children don’t have to act really angry before we take notice. Learning to name their feelings allows children to choose how they will respond.

Learning skills for managing feelings takes practice. Noticing and naming feelings comes first. Talking about feelings in everyday conversations makes it easier when the difficult feelings come up.

Additional resources are available for parents and carers on the KidsMatter website at www.kidsmatter.edu.au.

Dorothy Dullege

School Chaplain

No Canteen

Please note that there will be no canteen on the last day of term.

Indonesian

Selamat Datang Term 1, 2017!

It is great to see the enthusiasm shown by the students as they learn not only the language but also learn about the culture of Indonesia. It has been a busy term already, particularly, for our new Preps who have embraced learning a new language.

The main theme this term is “bagian badan” (body parts). The students are learning new vocabulary through games and songs. Students in the middle and upper school are focusing on basic Indonesian sentence structure and grammar. The students will also develop their language skills through role playing, online activities and putting their language skills into practice.

Words to practise at home:

badan- body, mata-eyes, hidung- nose, mulut- mouth, telinga- ears, leher- neck, hati- heart, perut- stomach, lengan- arms, jari tangan- fingers, tangan- hand, kaki- leg/foot, jari kaki- toes.

If students have access to the internet at home, they might like to explore or revise their vocabulary at the Indonesian section of Languages Online at:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/indonesian/indonesian.htm

Last Thursday, the Grade 5 and 6 students took part in a workshop run by Bu Devathas, the Indonesian teacher from Heathmont College. The students enjoyed learning a Timorese dance, playing angklung and participating in language games. Indonesian is offered by a number of nearby secondary schools and we have close ties with the Indonesian Department at Heathmont College. Every year, our Grade 5 students, along with students from 4 other primary schools, participate in Asian Day at Heathmont College. We work together to manage transitions for our Year 6 students continuing Indonesian.

Our students will have the opportunity to participate in Sayembara Lisan, the state wide Indonesian Oral Competition. Last year, we had over 30 students enter and six students who made it through as finalists. It will be held during May, with the state finals being held on Saturday 3rd June at the University of Melbourne. Details will be passed on when they become available.

Terima kasih (Thank- you),

(Bu) Mary-Ellen Dowling

Whole School Cross Country

Marlborough School Cross country will be held first week back on Friday 21 st April. It will be held during the morning and is for all Marlborough students. The course will be outside of the school grounds. Parent helpers will be needed on the day - please contact Bonny Chisolm if you are available to help out.

5/6/7 year olds- 1 km approximately

8/9/10 year olds- 2 km

11/12/13 year olds- 3 km

Age group is determined by the age the student on 31st Dec 2017.

District cross country is Wednesday 24th May.

Start training !!

Bonny Chisholm

Baseball Program at Marlborough PS

Grades 3/4/5/6 have a 4 week program learning the basic skills of Baseball/Teeball. Tanaka and Abe from Baseball Victoria and Jeff from Heathmont Baseball Club, Penguins have been doing their program during PE lessons on Wednesdays.

The four week program involves throwing,catching, fielding, hitting and fielding techniques. We learnt strategic practices, athletic position, hitting a ground ball, base running and fly balls. Baseball Victoria funded the program. Heathmont Penguins are looking for players to play in their under 13 team. The games are going to be played on Saturday mornings from 9am till 11am at Marlborough PS oval. The season begins on April 21st. Contact Mark Le Grew, 0429 610 886

email mlegrew27@gmail.com<mailto:mlegrew27@gmail.com> if you are interested in playing Baseball.

Grade 5/6 Sports Gala Day

On Friday March 17th the Grade 5/6 students took part in a Sports Gala Day. Other schools involved were Tintervale, Park Orchards, Ringwood Heights and Croydon Primary Schools. The weather was sunny and the students of Marlborough competed competitively and with great sportsmanship - it was an excellent day. A big thank you to all teachers, parent helpers, coaches and especially to Marlborough 5/6 students .

Well done Marlborough PS!

Results:

Teeball, Coach Michelle Mielnik

B Team - 1st place.

A team - 2nd place

Basketball Open , Coach Shae Warren

Marlborough - 4th place

Basketball Girls, Coach Jamie Irvine

Marlborough - 3rd place

Hot shots, Coach Bonny Chisholm

Marlborough - 4th place

Bonny Chisholm.

Gr 5/6 Gala Day - Student Sports Reports

Hot Shots Tennis

On Friday at Gala Day we played Tennis at Park Orchards PS. We all played very well. We didn’t win every game, we only one game but we kept on going until the very end. The player of the day was Katie and Harua because they didn’t give up and they gave it their best. Thank you to Ms Chisholm and Rob for coaching and organising the day.

Nathan F and Thomas E

Tee Ball

On Friday we played Tee Ball and there were two Marlborough teams. I was in team 2. We played Park Orchards, Ringwood Heights, Tinternvale and the other Marlborough team. We were undefeated and the other Marlborough team only lost to us by 5 runs. The player of the day on Team 2 was Evie as she was most improved and she got home most of the time. Special thanks to Evie’s mum for helping out on the day and Ms Mielnik for coaching us. Player of the day in Team 1 was Bhavya as she did an amazing catch which won us the game.

Brodie and Adam

Basketball Girls

Last Friday we versed 4 different schools and won 2 games and lost 2. Overall everyone played really well and the best player was Annabelle Couchman because she played really well and had great sportsmanship. The most encouraging player was Olivia Anwin because even though she was hurt she was still very encouraging.

Special thanks to Mrs Irvine, Cherie Mountney, Caroline Anthony and Mary Grech for helping out with the team. Thanks 5/6 girls for playing. Lets go Marlborough, lets go!

Siobhan and Sasha

Basketball Boys

Last Friday we played Basketball at Ringwood Heights Primary School. We versed three schools – Park Orchards, Tintervale and Ringwood Heights. We lost all 3 games. Everyone worked really hard. The player of the match was Alec Cleaves. Even though we knew we lost, he pushed onto the end. A huge thanks to parents and teachers for organising this event.

Tom and Taylor

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.

If you would like an information pack/application form please collect one from the school office.

Marlborough Primary School

Issue 18 · 21 Mar 2017

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