LADYSMITHPublic School

Principal: Steven Schultz

Student success through an innovative quality education.

A proud member of Wagga Wagga Community of Small Schools

Term 1 Week 3, 2020

SCHOOL CAPTAIN INDUCTION

It was wonderful to see our school leaders for 2020 officially inducted at our assembly last Friday. Zoe Willis (School Captain), Tayissa Lehmann (Vice-Captain) and Zoe Muller (Sports Captain) have started the year as fitting and worthy leaders of our school. They will work closely with our Year 5 and 6 leadership team to be positive role models to our younger students.

Both the Infants and Primary classes are settling quickly into their daily routines and have started the year with very positive attitudes towards their learning. Despite the very warm and uncomfortable weather our students have stayed focused and deserve to be commended for their resilience so far.

WELCOME TO THE ELMES-MOY FAMILY

WELCOME TO OUR NEW STUDENTS

Tiffany Leman, Charlie, Izabelle and Maggie Clarke

Jayden Elmes-Moy, Kaden Mooney, Liam Carlisle, Max Roberts, Jasmine Cochrane, Riley West and Caleb Stanton

ASSEMBLY

Assembly will be held each Friday afternoon from 2.45pm. All welcome.

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

MERIT CERTIFICATES

Indiana Cole & Isla Reid

Jordan Mitchell and Jack Stanton Jasmine Cochrane

LEARNING WITH MRS WEBB

What a BUSY start to the year we have had in Primary! It’s been great to be getting to know our new students and seeing how the class dynamic has changed with the 2019 year 6’s leaving and the 2020 Year 3’s arriving. I feel like we have all quickly gotten to know each other well and have settled into our new roles and friendships.

We’ve stuck straight into curriculum...deciding our passion projects for term 1, starting our STEM projects, moving through our informative text unit, all focusing on our bushfire theme which is being taught by Miss Grimson this term.

Mr Schultz has showed us lots of new tech platforms and programs to assist our learning and make publishing works soooo much easier!

LEARNING WITH MRS D AND MISS GRIMSON

The year started with a blast of summer heat, but now in week 3 we are enjoying the relief of the rain and cooler weather. The children have coped amazingly well with the conditions and are beginning to settle into our routines.

Last week the Kinders completed their Best Start assessments and I was pleased with how they responded to the tasks. This week the Kinders have begun learning their sounds (s and a so far) and have been doing a lot of writing, colouring, cutting out and pasting. In Maths they have been completing calendar activities, counting their days at school in a variety of ways and completing number activities.

Likewise, the Yr 1 and 2 students have completed some assessments. These include the SA spelling and the Essential Assessment program in Maths. The information gained from such assessments guide us in targeting areas for focus in each child’s learning and with the maths program, explicitly identifying and setting appropriate learning activities. Year 1 and 2 daily routines are also being established and the children are reading and writing most mornings and working on reviewing number in Maths.

Each Thursday I will be on release until after Recess and Miss Grimson will be taking the class in this time. She will teach History in the morning and Maths in the middle session. The children have worked with Miss Grimson while I was completing the Kinder assessments and again this week when I was on sick leave and she has developed a good relationship with the children and understanding of our routines as a result.

It has been lovely to meet with parents, new and old, and to welcome the children to the 2020 school year and I look forward to the year ahead!

MUSIC LESSONS

YEAR 6 SPECIAL LUNCHES

GYMNASTICS

STAFF FOR 2020

SCHOOL APP

Order forms will go home on Tuesday, please look out for them in your childs bag, it will also be put up on the school app. The order forms are to be returned by Thursday morning.

The school app is availabe for all parents. The steps are as follows:-

Download the School Stream app. When the app has finished installing, open the app, search for and select “Ladysmith Public School”Once nominated LPS will approve it.

Music lessons have begun. Guitar lessons are on a Wednesday morning, Violin will be a Wednesday afternoon and piano is still to be confirmed.

Steven Schultz - Principal Kim Webb - Teacher Alison De Franceschi - Teacher - Monday to FridayHonor Grimson - Teacher - ThursdayCatherine Barry - School Admin Manager - Monday to ThursdayAnthony Archer - GA - Thursday, FridayCathy Nugent - School Learning Support Officer Monday to WednesdayKate Koth - School Learning Support OfficerThursday, FridayJeremy Polkinghorne - Chaplain/Student Wellbeing Officer - Monday, Tuesday, Friday

REMINDER NOTES DUE GARDENING

It was lovely to return to school and see the vegie garden flourishing. We were able to combat the terrible conditions due to our irrigation system and regular checks by parents and myself. Issues such as burst pipes, faulty tap timers and roots blocking drains challenged our efforts at the time, but fade now as we see the students using and enjoying the produce and garden activities.

A big thank you to Kat, Lydia and Malachy for making regular checks and sending me text messages when problems arose -the garden would not have survived the conditions! Also, many thanks to Kate Vincent who is again bringing us seedlings, small and large, to expand our range of plantings. Kate, together with some primary students, planted up and mulched one of the larger beds yesterday afternoon and has left us with a generous supply of lettuce and other seedlings to put in. I think we may have some bumper crops by Autumn, how exciting!!

Thankyou to those who have already returned their notes. Reminder the following notes are now due in Swimming - years 2-6, soccer gala day years 3-6, parent information update - existing families and scripture notes - new families.

BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday to Kaden and Natalie.

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FEBRUARY14th Assembly 2.45pm16th Bunnings BBQ17th Gymnastics17th Book Club Orders due in20th Mobile Library21st Small Schools Swimming Carnival, Oasis21st No Assembly24th Gymnastics27th Mini-Matilda’s Gala Day28th Mini Soceroos Gala Day28th AssemblyMARCH2nd Gymnastics2nd WWPSSA Swimming 4th WWPSSA Boys & Girls Soccer Trials5th Mobile Library6th Assembly9th Gymnastics12th Taster Day @ WWHS Yr 6 - 1pm-2.4513th Ride 2 School Day13th Assembly13th PSSA Touch Trials16th Gymnastics18th Yr 6 Information Evening @WWHS Curry Hall 6pm

DIARY DATESP&C NEWS

Bunnings BBQ this Sunday 16th Feb.

Thank you to everyone who have offered to volunteer. If you are able to help out for a couple of hours please let Kat or Fleur know.

P&C AGM

The Ladysmith P&C AGM will be held on:WED 25th MARCH at 6.30pmAt Ladysmith Public School. Ordinary March meeting to follow

All positions will be declared vacant.All are very welcome to attend.

Nomination forms will be available at the school office next week.

COMMUNITY FUNDING FOR OUR STUDENT WELLBEING

OFFICER

REMINDER Please bring in any empty cans, bottles poppers for recyling. There is a blue and yellow bin in the staff car park for you to put your donations in.

MOBILE LIBRARY

Mobile library is every fortnight and due next Thursday 20th February.

FREE TO A GOOD HOMELPS has a red lounge from the library to give away, if anyone is interested please see Mr Schultz. First in best dressed.