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Phone 03 54862474 20 Burns St Lockington, Vic 3563

lockington.cs@education.vic.gov.au www.lockington.vic.edu.au

Term 4 Week 8 Thursday 26th November 2020

We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where Lockington Consolidated School is situated.

We would also like to acknowledge our Elders past, present and future.

A message from our Principal : Hi Friends,

I understand how difficult, and at times frustrating, it has been for our families this year. Most of the restrictions that were put in place were mandated by the department, but it’s important to remember that whether or not we agree with all of them, they were there to keep our students safe. The good news is that because of all of the hard choices that were made, we are now in a position to get back to something very close to normal and our school has a lot more freedom to welcome our families back in a variety of ways. I have listed some of the key changes that we are making below, it isn’t an exhaustive list but if you have any queries or concerns please give me a ring (or drop in and see me!). Summary of changes

Parents are now allowed to enter the school grounds and visit the office, listen to students read etc…

Drinking fountains (Bubble taps) can now be used.

Students who have symptoms due to hay fever or asthma will only need to get tested for COVID if they develop symptoms that are different or worse than normal. Parents should consider getting a medical certificate from their GP to confirm that it is safe for their child to attend school if the symptoms overlap with those of CORONA (cough, runny nose etc…).

Face masks must be worn indoors by all visitors but can be taken off outside where physical distancing can be maintained.

Kinder to school transition activities have increased size limits.

Grade 6 to year 7 transition activities have increased size limits.

Awards night

We will now be able to hold our awards night (with some adjustments to fit in with the new guide-

lines). This will allow us to celebrate the achievements of our students together. The adjustments

that we need to make are;

it will be outside (under the Hay Shed)

it will be restricted to 2 guests per family (plus dependent children)

Our Award’s night will be held on Thursday 17th December, we will let you all know a time once we

have discussed it as a staff.

Graduation

We are now able to welcome parents to our Grade 6 graduation on the 10th of December. Like

previous years, Gr 6 students will be able to attend with 2 adults. This will be held at the Lockington

Recreation rooms and will commence at 6pm, finishing at approx. 8pm. We are so excited that

parents will get the opportunity to recognise their child’s achievements and celebrate their

graduation. More details will be shared with the parents of Grade 6 students over the coming days.

James Hodgens

Principal

Lockington Consolidated School

Swimming- don’t forget swimming lessons

commence on Monday 30th November for the

whole school. The program will run for two

weeks.

3/4A-Sophie McMinn For showing tremendous

courage and resilience during our excursion to Swan Hill and

sleepover at school. Well done, Sophie!

5/6A-Emilee Lancaster For the courage she shows every

day and for hitting some big personal milestones this week.

I'm super proud of you, Em!

5/6B- Sam Dobson For showing tremendous

community by always helping me out and for showing good

organisation. Well Done Sammy!

3/4B -Jessie Haitsma For displaying a positive

attitude during our excursion to the Pioneer

Settlement and sleepover at school.

Prep-Violet Livsey For her amazing improvement in

reading and writing due to recognising and spelling her sight

words correctly. Great Job Violet!!

1/2A-Sophie Hurley For her super descriptive

narrative writing this week.

1/2B-Hayden Keele For his fantastic work revising his writing to include interesting and

descriptive in his narrative. Well done Hayden!

Pupil of the Week

Art P-2-Mali Hodgens For always using every possible

minute in the art room to create absolutely gorgeous art works.

Well done Mali!!

Art 3-6-Taya Munro For her continuous support in

helping me in the art room, and for her fabulous effort towards all of her

art works. Well done Taya!!

Pupil of the Week

P.E - Jonah Hunter For his eagerness,

enthusiasm and ability to embrace new skills

alongside his classmates. Awesome work!

P.E - Logan Ireland For displaying great curiosity to

learn and practise new skills. Well done!

Indonesian P-2- Harvey Collins Working hard to learn

Indonesian colours.

Superstar Award

Indonesian 3-6- Xavier Johnson Creativity and effort in LOTE.

Seff Tobin

Harriet Giorgianni

Emily Lancaster

2021 Parent Payment charges and grade book lists were

emailed to all families last week.

Book Pack Orders are due by Monday 30th November.

NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

TO ORDER: Log into the QKR App and choose ei-

ther:

$20 deposit

Full payment or

Enter Amount (this option is only for families who

have account credit, please contact the office to en-

sure you have sufficient funds available)

Essential Education Levy Charges are due by Friday

12th February.

All charges are now available on the QKR App, this is our

preferred method of payment.

Gr 5/6 Business Day Tomorrow Prices will range from 50 cents to $2. Please

ensure the money comes to school in a zip

lock bag with your child's name on it.

Business stalls will operate at recess due to

the hot weather.

Behaviour Blitz Our Behaviour Blitz for the next few weeks will be to ‘Make sure that we are

wearing our hats at all times when we are outside’

Energy Breakthrough Another year, another EBT event cancelled! Luckily for

us, we still managed to host our own event, with the

work, the stakes and the smiles still the same! Our two

teams, the Moovers and Lightning worked extreme

hard on their presentations, disassembling and

reassembling the cart, practicing and working together

to make a memorable event. Although camping in

Maryborough wasn’t possible, camping over at school

and developing our own race events made THIS year’s

event one to remember!

This event is such a fantastic opportunity where

students develop a range of skills across a wide range of

the curriculum! The students write their sponsorship

letter, design and run their own businesses where

profits go towards the program plus many other

examples. We would like to thank all the parents,

community and sponsors who still help make this event

not only possible, but completely cost free for our

families!

We are always blown away by the resilience of our

Locky students, but the way they can make the most

out of their opportunities is something that makes our

school and this group of kids so special!!!

Our School Values: Courage, Curiosity, Community and Creativity

Coming Events at LCS ◄ November 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Pop into prep

Group 1 9-10am

Group 2 10-11am

24

Gr 5/6 Business Day

Book Club return

date

25

26

Curriculum Day

Pupil free

27

Gr 5/6 Business Day

School Captain

Speeches

28

29

30

Pop into prep 9-11am

Whole school swimming program

commences Book Pack orders

due

December 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

3

4

Roses Gap Camp

2nd instalment due

5

6

7

8

Statewide Transition Day Pop into prep

9-1pm

9

10

Grade 6

Graduation 6pm

11

Swimming program

concludes

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13

14

15

16

Gr 3-6 Swimming

Carnival

17

Awards Evening Gr 3-6 swimming

session

18

Last Day term 4 1.30pm dismissal Roses Gap Camp

3rd instalment due

19

2020 Yearbook We are now finalising orders for the 2020 yearbook. If you have not yet ordered one, you

can order via the QKR app. at a cost of $15 each. We have quite a few families that have already ordered at the beginning

of the year. If you are unsure as to whether or not you have placed an order, please contact the school.

Please note orders close Monday 30th November 2020