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6h Match, 2024
News From the North
Building Confidence
Clinical Psychologist Andrew Fuller specialises in the wellbeing of young people and their families. Andrew will be presenting at our staff conference on Thursday 7th March. On his website (andrewfuller.com.au), Andrew shares some fantastic resources that are very relevant to today. I have included an excerpt about confidence and hope you explore his site to learn a little more about how we can help our young people thrive in today’s world.
Confidence is one of the most powerful, and one of the most elusive, qualities that creates success in life. Building confidence means that we develop the courage to try out new things. Unless we are exceptionally talented, most of us approach new activities with a slight apprehension, which is usually followed, by bewilderment and confusion. Our first attempts may be feeble but if we persist we often gain a sense of mastery. If, however, someone rescues us when we are bewildered we learn that someone else can do what we cannot. This is why rescuing children when they are struggling with a new activity is toxic to confidence.
There are several steps to creating and building confidence.
Follow the 80/20 rule –No one is confident at everything all the time. We all have hesitations and setbacks. Aim to be bold and confident about 80% of the time. In many areas of life, it is the predominant pattern that counts long term.
Build a have-a-go culture- People often express their insecurities by claiming that they can’t do something or by comparing themselves negatively with others. For example, “I am the world’s worst dancer” or “I’m no good at Maths”. When someone makes comments like these, acknowledge their feelings and help them to express them verbally. Ask them what makes them feel that way. Accept their fears or insecurities as genuine but don’t agree with their self-assessment.
We are looking forward to a productive two days of learning on the upcoming Curriculum Days.
CURRICULUM DAYS
Thursday 7th March & Friday 8th March NO SCHOOL
Monday 11th March - Public Holiday NO SCHOOL
Children return to school: Tuesday 12th March
Special Awards
We have had a fabulous fortnight at DNPS with our students truly living our values. Courtesy, Cooperation and Common Sense are evident in every classroom and outside in the playground. A big congratulations to the following people for receiving their class awards.
Photos only show half the recipients as we build up to full school assemblies.
FA: Rafiuddin
1FB: Sommer
2L: Ramin
3J: Yalda
4S: Tawhid
6CA: Shajini
FH: Sarvika
1KN: Shreyan
2D: Steven
3G: Levi
5K: Abdussaleh
6W: Abolfazl
FK: Omar
1P: Sobhan
2S: Elvis
4D: Muaz
5C: Manahil
6KG: Alice
FN: Dewa
2N: Ziyan
3V: Kiyan
4C: Yasna
5G: Manya
6C: Elham
FO: Ava
2T: Narges
3O: Pariza
4M: Farzard
5H: Thanish
FS: Rislin
2NL: Nayanika
3A: Curtis
4TW: Samsor
Peer Mediators
Congratulations to the following Year 6 students who have been trained as our Peer Mediators for 2024. We look forward to seeing you being Courteous while Caring for your peers and encouraging them to use their Common Sense and Consideration in the playground.
FA: Princeton
1T: Jayden
2N: Fatima
3J: Vinuki
4D: Sahar
6CA: Alexia
FH: Tommy
1KN: Rosha
2D: Christian
3G: Areesha
4S: Zena
6W: Lisa
FK: Mareena
1YN: Daniah
2L: James
3G: Rehan
5G: Chloe
6KG: Ziyad
FN: Vishai
1P: Mahbob
2T: Milan
4C: Claudia
5K: Wasim
6C: Charan
FO: Alysha
1FB: Luka
3O: Ezyan
4M: Christian
5C: Shelly
FS: Ahmad
2NL: Mahdi
3A: Maerweina
4TW: Maryam
We are very fortunate at Dandenong North Primary to have bathroom facilities located in all our main buildings for students to access during class and break times. It is very important however, that these bathrooms are only used by students who attend Dandenong North Primary School. If while you are at school to collect your child, you or a young person in your care requires the bathroom, please use the bathroom indicated in the Gym (opposite the student bathrooms). If you require support, please pop into the office and we are happy to direct you to the closest appropriate bathroom.
Cross Country
Last Friday, DNPS hosted the annual House Cross Country event, where students from Keys, Marsh, Leed, and Verey houses took to the challenging course with excitement and determination. Under sunny skies, runners navigated twists and turns, showcasing their endurance and house spirit. The event ran with great success and exemplified sportsmanship and the 4C’s. Great work to all the students who placed in the top 12 and good luck in making the DNPS District team for Cross Country. The winning house will be named at the next senior school assembly.
Year 6 Visit Lyndale Secondary College
Wow! What an amazing time the Year 6 students had on Monday 4th March at Lyndale Secondary College. On this day, we got to explore and experience a day of being a high school student. Students had the opportunity to participate in Virtual Reality, Science, Art, Food Tech, Digital Tech and PE which are all subjects at Lyndale SC.
With amazing VR equipment and individual headsets we were engaged in VR games and explored the virtual reality classroom. In Science, we undertook a forensic investigation where we used flames, chemicals and other equipment to solve a ‘Who stole the Truth Serum?’
At PE we learnt all about ‘Tap On’ where all Lyndale students track their physical activity and collect house points by being active learners. We worked together and encouraged each other during the challenging game of ‘Gladiators’! By dodging and weaving balls, and collecting cones the aim was to score the most points for our team.
Programming using the Microsoft Micro:bit software was intriguing. Here we discovered how a small micro-bit can hold so much data.
Overall, we are all so thankful for this opportunity that Lyndale Secondary Collage had to offer us, the Year 6s students at Dandenong North Primary School.
By: Reem, Safiya & Shajini 6CA
World of Wellbeing
Welcome back to the ‘World of Wellbeing’, your fortnightly update on everything wellness at DNPS!
This year, we are very excited to announce that we have started ‘Recess Clubs’. ‘Recess Clubs’ have been created to help our students grow new friendships, social, emotional and communication skills, as well as their ability to develop new, hands-on skills. Our clubs run each recess and it has been wonderful to see so many of our students happily enjoy taking part in a club!
Term 1 Recess Clubs
Table Tennis
Crochet
Art
Mindfulness
Puzzle/Jigsaw
At Dandenong North Primary, one of our key values is care. We encourage our students and teachers to care for each other and consider how our little actions can have a big impact. Every morning our children are invited to have some cereal or toast and fruit at our Breakfast Club, located near the Soccer and Basketball court. This is a great start to the day, not only filling tummies before a big day of learning but an opportunity for children to have positive interactions with other students from all year levels.
Recently we have also received two more opportunities to support our families through provision of food (household groceries) and new clothing suitable for all members of the family. We appreciate that the rising cost of living is putting pressure on families and hope that we can help to relieve some of the pressure. Please see below if you would like to access either of these fantastic initiatives that we hope will help some of our families that are in need of a little bit of extra support and care.
Food for families
Foodbank provide essential groceries to families who might otherwise not be able to provide a range of healthy food to their families. We have limited invitations to this fantastic service and encourage you to complete this form or contact Mrs Scott or the office for more details.
Clothing for families
A wide variety of clothes of all sizes has been generously provided for our families by Servants of the Two Hearts and Reaching Out Because We Can. The majority of clothes are brand new and range from young children to adults. If your family would benefit from receiving some new clothes, please complete this form or contact Mrs Scott or the office for more details.
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