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Sport House Captains 2019
Students from Grades 5-7 representing Flinders, Eyre, Yorke and Murray joined for a meeting last week to elect a male and female Sport House Captain from a list of excellent nominees.
The responsibilities of the Sport House Captains will be to assist teachers in organising and setting up PE equipment, helping to organise Sport House events, striving to be a positive role-model to others and to include and encourage their peers to participate in a variety of sporting opportunities at PPN.
Congratulations to our newly elected Sport House Captains for 2019.
Flinders: Marilla Maticic, Vinuk Palahakkara
Eyre: Mia Ly, Hirum Sandelin-McCann
Yorke: Maddison Meza and Nate Morgan
Murray: Sienna Wood and Jonah Hatchard
Well done, team! I’m looking forward to working with you throughout the year.
Year 4 Excursion
We had our first round of Principal’s Tours yesterday and it was great to meet many new people and share our wonderful school family with them. Thank you to you all for sharing your experiences at Prescott Primary Northern with friends and family, as that is how many of our visitors came to know about our school. As a part of our Principal’s Tours, we ask our student leaders to prepare and share their thoughts about school. Over the last few weeks, I have sat with them and we discussed what it was they would like to share, planned an outline so they feel more comfortable and confident, and then they finalised their script. I am so proud of our student leaders and how willing and able they are to represent our students and school. This process of preparation for our leaders, reminded me of an article I read recently about helping all of our students prepare for social situations that they may find challenging, difficult or uncomfortable. It talks about social scripting and how we can help our children to become more aware, resilient and independent. I hope you find something in the article to help with your parenting and teaching.
“Recently, I heard my adult daughter rebuke a male friend for telling her that she’d lost weight. “You just can’t say that,” remarked my daughter. Realising his mistake this young man said, “So what should I say instead?” “Tell me I look healthy.”
“Hey, you look really healthy!”
“That’s better,” remarked my daughter, who’s not backward in coming forwards.
This young man’s scripting was askew. He knew that a male complimenting a female on losing weight maybe no compliment at all, however he didn’t know what else to say. My daughter gave him a new script that he can use in similar situations in the future.
This scenario is relevant to parenting. Parents should always be looking for opportunities to give their kids the social scripts to express themselves in different situations.
Benefits of providing kids with social scripts:
Social scripting wins the parenting trifecta. Giving kids the words to use helps them stay safe; become social and importantly, promotes their independence. Your job as a parent is to wean kids off you. Social scripting is a big part of this process.
So if keeping kids safe, while socialising and developing their independence is important then look for ways to give kids the right words to use. Here are some ideas to get you started.
1. Asking a teacher for help or assistance
Kids often coerce parents to do their bidding with teachers, coaches, siblings and other adults. It’s easy to pick up the phone and arrange to meet a teacher or go into your child’s room and ask for something on behalf of your child. Take a different approach. “Choose a time when your teacher is free, and then ask her if you can sit at the front of the classroom. You could say….”
2. Entering a game at school
Many kids struggle to enter into a game or activity at school, so they sit on the sidelines and miss out. Consider coaching a child about how he or she may approach a situation. Suggest that he or she looks for someone they know, and wait for a lull in the game before asking. Social scripting involves timing, not just the words to use.
3. Telling a sibling to stop annoying them
“Jessica, please stop flicking the ruler while I’m watching TV. I find it annoying.” This may work. If not, this child could try, “Jessica, could you flick your ruler elsewhere.” It may work. It may not. But it’s infinitely better than yelling, “Jessica, DDDOOOONNNN’TTTT!!!!”
4. Saying No to a friend without losing face
Research shows that many teenagers struggle with peer pressure because they don’t know how to say NO in a way that maintains their status. One strategy is to use an excuse rather than say give an outright NO. “I don’t want to drink tonight because I’ve got football training in the morning.”
5. Expressing their emotions
Both genders can struggle to express their feelings, particularly if they haven’t been taught the words to use at home. Recently, I saw a mother prompt her three year old when he was clearly annoyed.
“Are you frustrated Maxie?”
“Yes, I fusttated!!”
“Would you like a hug?
“Yessss!”
You’re never too young or too old to be hugged. Just as you’re never too young or too old to receive a social script from a well-meaning parent or friend.” (Grose, 2019)
Have a great week with your kids,
Mark B
WOW what a week!
We were blessed to have Pr Jeanine from Toowoomba as our guest speaker for ‘Week Of Worship’ (WOW) last week.
The week was titled ‘Shipwrecked, Rescued by Jesus’.
Each morning, Foundation to Year 7 met together in the church hall. It was an uplifting week with awesome music from our chapel band, enthusiastic singing from the students and inspiring talks and illustrations from Pr Jeanine.
She shared some personal stories from her life of how God had come to her rescue in times of need.
A ‘gasp’ was heard throughout the hall as the students observed a visual illustration about sin. A jug full of dark liquid, representing sin, turn clear when ‘Jesus’ (cup of bleach) was poured over sin. The jug of dark liquid instantly turned clear, illustrating how when God comes into our lives, He wipes away our sins.
Each day focused on a different promise from God:
MONDAY
“The Lord will hold me close.” Psalms 27:10
TUESDAY
“Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
WEDNESDAY
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
THURSDAY
“Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.” Isaiah 41:10
FRIDAY
“Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
At the end of the week many students expressed their love for Jesus, with a number requesting Bible studies.
What a great week!
Phil
Pupil Free Day
Harmony Day
Entertainment Books
Individual Singing Lessons
Animals At School
A message from Prescott Primary Northern's Animal Officer:
Hello Prescott school community.
My name is Mrs. Wegener and I am our school's Animal Officer for the 2019 school year. If you would like to bring a pet in to our school for any reason, such as show and tell or a teacher has asked you to bring your pet in to the school property for a special purpose, I must be contacted prior to the visit and advised before hand of the following:
- Animal type
- Purpose
- Location where the animal will be
- Date of visit
My email is melwegener@ppn.sa.edu.au.
Sometimes classes will keep pets in their class. When this occurs, you will be advised by the class teacher who will have filled in the necessary forms before hand. The class teacher will also have advised the class members and family's about the plan to have class pets before they are in the classroom.
Our priority is the safety of all students. Pets and animals are a wonderful creation from God. When we plan special times with animals carefully, we can learn so much from them and about each other.
Regards,
Mrs. Melanie Wegener
Wanted - Ukulele
If anyone has a ukulele at home that they don’t use anymore and would be happy donating it to the school, I would love to hear from you.
I am starting up a ukulele group and need a couple of instruments for children to trial to see if they like it.
Regards,
Chaplain Phil
Seasons for Growth
Basketball
RADIOACTIVE CHEESEBALLS ZAP SFX BULLS
Off the back of two solid wins, Prescott’s Radioactive Cheeseballs were feeling confident, leading into last week’s match-up against last year’s premiers, SFX Bulls.
From the first Jump ball, Gawar STAMPED his dominance over the game, and even with a series of selfless plays, assisting other Cheeseballs to help build a 27:6 half time lead, Gawar scored out in the IN THE FIRST HALF.
Keeping it in a gifted basketballing family, Akoul wasn’t far behind with 11 points of her own by games end, having won great position and earning a ton of put-back baskets.
Nate continues to shine, bringing with him a wealth of experience and skill from having played outside school basketball for a time, chipped in for 6. Simon and Alanna, with 4 points apiece, each played crucial roles at both ends, erasing Bulls players out of their offensive equation, pressuring the ball and forcing turnovers galore.
With Seth on a rostered player-bye and Peggy-Lee spending valuable time with visiting interstate family, Farid was the last Cheeseball cog, also scoring and playing a hand in a number of turnovers.
To avert a complete whitewash Radioactive Cheeseballs were asked to reel in their supremacy by playing some “modified defence”, at times resembling penguins.
Coach HATCHARD
NAIL BITING TITANS V WILDCATS FINISH
In the second Prescott V Prescott game of the season, the Titans and Wildcats were locked in a scoreless tussle easily 10 minutes into the first half before the Titans broke the drought, Ayden coming to the fore, with 6 of the Titans 8 first half points, assisted on the board by Nicholas for a half time lead.
Zukiah hit back, slotting in two late first half baskets, keeping the Wildcats in touch (eventual top scorer on 8).
In the second half, both sides ramped up intensity, with Mia forcing turnovers and Micah, showing courage in his first game back from surgery, throwing his body on the line on defence and scoring at close range.
A flurry of Wildcat baskets from Jonah, Scout and Tanner saw the Widcats hit the lead for the first time midway through the second major in a closely contested match.
Maddison for the Titans getting into the paint & fouled while shooting, earned herself a couple of foul shots and made some crunch time baskets, aided by Jola, working hard in the lane and herself scoring too.
Ethan, Titan's newest player, humming from the game’s intensity, extended himself, dribbling and fighting for the ball, in direct opposition to Wildcat’s newest draftee, Gem, growing in confidence, himself scrapping and passing well.
Kaitlyn with a clean scoresheet, played a pivotal role helping wrangle a late 6 point Wildcats lead, which triggered a “next-level” Titan effort, and the game went down to the wire.
In the final few minutes, spectators screaming and on the edge of their seats, the Titans, within 2 points, forced a couple of Wildcat turnovers, and produced not one, but two opportunities to tie the game, but failed to convert before the final buzzer, resulting in an eventual Wildcats one-straight-shot-win.
Coach HATCHARD
