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A huge thank you to allinvolved in our annualPrep/ Buddy/
NewFamilies sausage sizzle
event last Friday. It wasgreat to see so many
team (led by MissMackie and MrDevisser) for organisingand
coordinating the
event!
Prep/Buddy/New Families BBQ
An Important Safety Message!
that traffic congestioncontinues to be a
problem, and although ithas been confirmed thatwe are receiving
fundingfor a car park extension,we are still awaiting thego
ahead.
Some strategies that
might help increase
traffic flow include: Park at the Pre-school
or Log Cabin and
walk throughJadodade Park.
Pick up from school afew minutes later.
Two staff membersare on after school
duty until 3.45 eachday (bottom car parkand Carter Street).
Carpool with aneighbour or walk/ride.
We all need to work
together to ensure we
keep
Launching
Place PSchildren safe
at all times!
Thursday Thoughts
L a u n c h i n g P l a c e P r i m a r y S c h o o l
Issue 5
Newsletter Date 6th March 2014
Important Dates:
March10th
Labour Day
11th
Preps Start Full Time
12th
Grade P-6 Maths Night
14th
Book Club due
18th
School Council 7pm
21st
Harmony Day &
National Day AgainstBullying
28th
District Athletics for
selected Grades 3-6
pril4th
Last Day of Term 1
2.30pm finish
Student Absent
Hot Line Number5964 7783
families join us for theevent, which has becomeone of our
specialtraditions each year.
Thank you to theCommunity Partnerships
It hasonce
againbeenbroughtto our
attention that patience isrunning thin at pick uptime. At school
wecontinually remindchildren to be verycareful when crossingthe
road, however ifstudents witness
inappropriate traffic/road protocols this isreinforcing the
wrongmessage. We understand
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Building a school community isabout bringing all
stakeholderstogether and working towards acommon goal. In simple
terms forus, it is providing an educationallychallenging, engaging
andstimulating program for all of ourstudents along with providing
asafe and secure environment towork and play in and
involvingstudents, parents and the widercommunity in this
process.
Events that bring parents into theschool provide opportunities
todemonstrate to children that theyvalue the school and
theireducation. A community that talksin positive terms about
schools andteachers, and the myriad ofrelationships that result,
brings
about a culture of belonging and adesire to strive for the
bestpossible results.
Over the first half of this term ithas become quite evident that
wehave a high number of parents whocontinually support the
students,staff and our school in general. Asincere thank you to
everyone whohas been able to support our schoolin such roles as
School Council,
Parents and Friends, assisting inthe canteen, PMP
(PerceptualMotor Program), reading inclassrooms, driving students
tosports events, attending specialdays such as the swimming
carnival and so on. As a staff weare eternally grateful for all
ofyour assistance and we strongly
encourage everyone to strive tocommit a little time to our
schoolas the research is quite compelling the more a family is
involved ina school, the higher the level ofstudent connectedness
which has adirect parallel to student learning.
your child needs to do to keepup.
Develop an absence learningplan with your teacher andensure your
child completes theplan.
Remember, every day counts. Ifyour child must miss school,
speakwith your classroom teacher asearly as possible.
We all want our students to get agreat education, and the
buildingblocks for a great education beginwith students coming to
schooleach and every day.Missing school can have a majorimpact on a
childs future astudent missing one day a fortnightwill miss four
full weeks by theend of the year. By Year 10 theyllhave missed more
than a year of
school.
There is no safe number of daysfor missing school each day
astudent misses puts them behind,and can affect their
educationaloutcomes.Coming to school every day isvital, but if for
any reason yourchild must miss school, there arethings we can do
together toensure they dont fall behind: Speak with your
classroom
teacher and find out what work
From 1 March 2014, new laws
will mean that parents can be
fined for not sending students to
school without an acceptable
reason.If youre havingattendance issues with your child,please
let your classroom teacherknow so we can work together toget your
child to school every day.
Building Communities
Every Day CountsSchool Attendance
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Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place
3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email
[email protected]
ABN 96 199 518 803
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Grade 5/6:We have had funfilming our claymations. Welooked at
where different wordscame from and how other cultureshave
influenced our nation.
Principal: We have been working
on further developing the website.Please take a look as it
willcontinue to be updated. A greatturnout at the Prep/Buddy andNew
Families Barbeque. A bigthanks to Miss Mackie and Mr Dfor their
great organisation.
Science, we have been playingwith water to see it as a
forcesometimes keeping things afloat.Weve also played old
fashionedgames to see how they aredifferent from ones we play
now.
Grade 3/4: This week in 3/4 wecontinued writing our
narrativerecounts and focussed on questionmarks and exclamation
marks, andself editing. In Maths we workedon addition and reading a
calendarand timetable. We learnt aboutChinese and Italian cultures
inIntegrated Studies and made our
own Chinese Dragons.
School Captains Report
Prep: We have been working ondiary writing and had a go at
ourfirst writers notebook entry. Wepractised writing our names
andlearnt about the letters G & R. InMaths we looked at the
numbers 9
& 10 and learnt about patterns. Weenjoyed our first Maths
rotationsand continue to enjoy using theiPads. We practised singing
theNational Anthem and talked aboutdifferent family structures in
I.S.
Grade 1/2: Grade 1/2s are wellinto the swing of things we
aredoing well with Caf reading. Wehave begun Maths groups
wherestudents are learning aboutnumbers with different teachers.
In
Please Note: That other advertisements and publications
published in this newsletter do not imply
school or Department of Education and Early Childhood
Development endorsement.
Foundationfree Wednesdayweeks. This has enabled theteachers to
perform some valuabletesting and assess each childsentry level.
As of next week our Foundationstudents will be attending
schoolfulltime. Thank you to all theparents of these students for
yoursupport throughout the first 5
Foundations/Prep Students to Fulltime
Swimming trials which take placeon Friday. Good Luck!
Have a great long weekend.
Narelle Messerle and Debbie
Hobbis.
Well done to everyone whocompeted in the recent District/
Division swimming trials ~ youhave all done an exceptional job
inrepresenting your school so well.
Special mention must go toCallum R in grade 5, for doingsuch a
great job in challenginghimself at the recent swimmingtrials.
Callum received first placein backstroke and came second
inbreaststroke. Callum nowqualifies for the Regional
Congratulations
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Learning Play ground
Awesome Launch cup
Understanding Arts
Nice Children
Caring EducationHappy
Interesting By 3/4SNaplan
Grades
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Student Awards
Prep F Hunter R
Prep K Josh S
Summer D
Grade 1/2 B Liam I
Lachie A
Grade 1/2 K Remmi C
Ruby R-B
Grade 1/2 N Amber K
Ruben G
Grade 1/2 S Miranda B
Ryan P
Grade 3/4 F Emily S
Jessica J
Grade 3/4 M Lachlan R
Grade 3/4 N Holly W
Grade 5/6 G Hoani H-R
Ashlee S
Grade 5/6 R
Charlee R-B
Aiden N
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Aussie of the Month
for February
Haidyn G (Junior) Zoe K
Aussie of the Month is a citizenship award where children
are
nominated and voted for by the staff. It is designed to
recognize
students who consistently display a positive attitude to their
work and
who relate to staff, fellow students and the wider community in
a
respectful, caring and co-operative way.
Quiz of the Week
Quiz for the week
Guess the game that is shown in picture.
Write it down on a piece of paper with your name and grade. For
a
chance to win a snack voucher from the canteen.
Answer and winner will appear in next weeks newsletter.
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Launching Place Primary
School is offering
children a chance to learn
to save and watch their
savings grow.
Once a week on
Wednesdays our office
staff will take the
childrens bank books to
the Bendigo Bank Woori
Yallock and the childrenwill see their savings
grow regardless of the
amount. The amount can
be as little as 5 cents and
at the end of each term certificates will be handed out.
Woori Yallock Community Bank
Branch of Bendigo Bank
To save you time, itsas simple as sending your childs
banking to school with them and they can watch their
savings grow.
Itll be Quick, Easy & Straightforward.
If you wish to open a bank account for your child, come
and see the friendly staff at Woori Yallock Community
Bendigo Bank with their birth certificate, Medicare card
and your ID.
**Certificatesare presented each term to all consistent
savers regardless of the amount banked**
Banking
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