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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 37

Newsletter Date 13th November 2014

Important Dates:

November

17th-21st

Grade 5/6 Camp

17th-21st

Grade Prep-2

Swimming

25th-28th

Life Ed Van

24th-28th

Grade Prep-2

Swimming

26th

Prep Information Night

7.00pm-8.30pm

29th

State Election

ecember

1st

Alpha Show Incursion

5th

Working Bee

11th

Bush Xmas

6pm-7.30pm

Student Absent

Hot Line Number5964 7783

We have begun talkingabout grade placements for2015. This is an important process to ensure all classesare balanced with personalities, academic

staff. The aim is to provide the best settingfor each and every studentin order for them to

achieve their best.

Class Structures 2015

ability, learning styles etc.I am impressed by the professional manner inwhich this process is

considered by theLaunching Place Primary

Congratulations to 3/4N’s‘horse’ Mini Minion onwinning the 2014

Launch Cup

Launching Place Cuplast Thursday. It was agreat day!

We are having a working bee planned for Friday

December 5th

, from 3:30-7:00pm. (Sausages cooked

around 6:00pm). Year levelswill be allocated areas to

Working Bee:

focus on for a general tidyup. Please come along

and help out if you can.Many hands make light

work.

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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

Every Day/Minute Counts

Going to school every day is thesingle most important part of yourchild’s education. Students learnnew things at school every day –

missing school puts them behind.

Why it’s important

We all want our students to get agreat education, and the building blocks for a great education beginwith students coming to school each

and every day.

If students miss school regularly,they miss out on learning thefundamental skills that will set themup for success in the later years of

school.

There is no safe number of days formissing school – each day a studentmisses puts them behind, and can

affect their educational outcomes.

Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in

numeracy, writing and reading.

Getting in early

Attendance patterns are establishedearly – a child regularly missingdays in kindergarten or in the earlyyears of school will often continueto miss classes in the later years, andreceive lower test scores than theirclassmates. It’s vital that students goto school every day – even in the

early years of primary school.

What we can do

The main reasons for absence are:

Sickness – There are always timeswhen students need to miss school,such as when they’re ill. It’s vital

that they’re only away on the days

they are genuinely sick, andsetting good sleep patterns,eating well and exercisingregularly can make a big

difference.

It's vital that holidays are planned during schoolholidays where possible, andnot during the term if it can be

avoided.

“Day off” – Think twice

before letting your child havea “day off” as they could fall behind their classmates –

every day counts.

Truancy – This is whenstudents choose not to go toschool without their parent’s permission. There can bemany reasons for truancy. The best way to address this is forschools and parents to work

together.

If for any reason your childmust miss school, there arethings you can do with your school to

ensure they don’t fall behind:

Speak with your classroom teacherand find out what work your child

needs to do to keep up.

Develop an absence learning planwith your teacher and ensure your

child completes the plan.

Remember, every day counts. If yourchild must miss school, speak withyour classroom teacher as early as

possible.

Openly communicating with yourchild's school about all absences is agood way to prevent attendanceissues being escalated to a SchoolAttendance Officer. A SchoolAttendance Officer is a Department ofEducation and Early Childhood

Development Regional Director whohas authority to follow up attendanceissues. Attendance issues that areescalated can lead to an Infringement

Notice.

If you’re having attendance issueswith your child, please let yourclassroom teacher know so we canwork together to get your child to

school every day.

For more information and

resources to help address

attendance issues, visit:

www.education.vic.gov.au/school/ parents/behaviour/Pages/

studentattendance.aspx

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/behaviour/Pages/studentattendance.aspx







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Please Note: That other advertisements and publications published in this newsletter do not imply school or Department of Education and Early

Childhood Development endorsement.

Swimming

Prep -Year 2

Swimming is a necessary life skill!

Swimming lessons start next weekfor Prep to year 2 students. The

children attend daily for two weeks.

We do not formally offer swimmingto the older students but that doesnot mean then have to miss out!VicSwim Summer Kidz program isa fun and educational aquaticholiday program that has been onoffer in Victoria since 1976. It is being offered locally at the JackHort Memorial Pool in Healesville - (also Monbulk, Kilsyth and

Croydon).

First program runs 5th January - 9thJanuary 2015, second program runs12th January - 16th January and thethird program runs 19th January -

23rd January. They also offer arange of open water locations. For

more information on locations andtimes please visit

www.vicswim.com.au .

Royal Life Saving report

There has been an alarming

increase in the number of children

who have drowned across Australia

over the past year. A report released

by the Royal Life Saving Society says

31 children under the age of five

died in waterways, pools and

bathtubs in the 12 months to July

this year. That is a 50 per cent

increase on the previous report.

Hats on in Term 4

As part of our Sun Smart Policy atschool, we remind you that studentsare required to wear a broad brimmedhat every day at school to protectthem from the sun. Students, who arenot wearing a broad brimmed hat,will be asked to sit in a specific shadyarea during Recess and Lunch times.Hats are available from the office at acost of $7.00 for Legionnaire and$14.00 for Broad Brimmed hats.

Regards, Narelle Messerle

http://www.vicswim.com.au/

http://www.vicswim.com.au/

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Canteen

Parents and FriendsChristmas Raffle tickets and

information to be sent home soon.

Our next meeting is Monday 8thDecember in the staffroom just afterassembly. Feel free to come and havea cuppa and discuss any ideas forfundraising or how the funds raised

can be spent at school.

We would like to thank the schoolcommunity for supporting Parentsand Friends fundraising for this year.If you would like to know moreabout Parents and Friends, please

came along to our monthly meetings.

If you send your child/ren’s lunchorder on an envelope, please include10¢ in the order for the cost of a paper

bag.

Roster

November

20th Maryann E, Peta R, Fiona T

27th Paul T, Jodie D, Gill S

December

4th Jo R, Kelly W, Barb F

11th Janine K, Maryann E, Paul T

ServicesKristy’s Cleaning for all

your domestic cleaning

needs for a cleaner home,

experienced with an eye

for detail.Please call Kristy on

0417 597 356

Student Awards

Grade Prep F/A Isabelle C

Jake R

Grade Prep K Max R

Grade 1/2 B Chelsea S

Grade 1/2 K Kasie P

Hannah B

Grade 1/2 N Taleisha B

Deaglan C

Grade 1/2 S Nikita J

Grade 3/4 F Storm O’C

Emily S

Grade 3/4 M

Lachie P

Locky R

Grade 3/4 N Holly W

Blake C

Grade 3/4 S Callam Z

Elana S

Public Notices

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Artist of the Month

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The artistic talent and creativityof our students never ceases toamaze and thrill me! TheGrade 3/4 students haverecently been exploring andextending their clay modellingskills. They have created someabsolutely fabulous models inwhich they should all be very

proud.

Firstly the challenge was tocarefully model the shape of achosen animal from clay, thencreate all the small detailedfeatures relevant to that animal.

We used different techniques andequipment to achieve differenttextures and we found some ofthe small fiddly features likewhiskers, teeth and fangs anexercise in patience and

perseverance!

All the hard work paid off whenwe carefully painted the modelsand we found they started to

come alive. We enjoyed mixingour own colours to create theexact shades we needed toachieve the effects we wanted. Itwas so exciting to see so many

brilliant models from the grade3/4 students, and I hope theywill become treasured works ofart from the Primary school

years.

In particular, Artist of the Monthgoes to 4 amazingly detailedmodels which show skill evenmost adults would be proud of!Congratulations to: Blake S 3/4F

for his walrus, Trak B 3/4M forhis toucan, Alyssa H 3/4N forher raccoon and Jaimie D 3/4S

for her owl.

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Alyssa B. (3/4N) Roxy (3/4F) Jai D. (3/4S)


Japanese News

In Japanese, Grade 3/4 &5/6students participated in a Japanese

Sticker Design Contest . This contestis held annually by JLTAV(Japanese Language TeachersAssociation of Victoria). In the past, the entries came from primaryand secondary schools from all overVictoria where Japanese is taught.

Winners’ designs were printed asJLTAV advocacy stickers anddistributed to all JLTAV memberschools (Last year there were 6winners -3 from primary and the other

3 from secondary).

Mrs Taylor and I carefully selectedthe finalist designs from our school

(limited to 2 per year level). I wasthrilled to send off those beautifulworks to the Contest last Friday.Hopefully, I can announce someexciting news in the future. Here are

the finalist designs.

Thank you, Toko Osadczuk

Trak (3/4M) Josh E. (5/6L)Ryan (5/6L)

Will (5/6L)

Erin (5/6R)

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Public Notices

YARRA JUNCTION

JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB INC.

CAN YOU MAKE UP A TABLE

The Yarra Junction Junior Cricket Club challenges you to aTrivia night on Friday 14th November 2014 to match your

skills against the cream of the Trivia buffs.

All you need is 6 to 10 people to form a table for a 7.00 pmstart. ( Kids welcome & for free ). If you cannot make up a

table, just come along and we will find you a table.

Cost of the Trivia night will be $10.00 per head with prizes

for the winners.

B.Y.O. nibblies, Drinks at bar prices.

Yours hopefully,

Committee

Yarra Junction Junior Cricket Club.

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Information and Referral Service

PH: 59671769

OPEN: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:30 am-1:30 pm

At the Family Centre- Yarra Junction

SERVICE HOT SPOT – November 2014

Connections are running their fantastic Home-Start program and are looking for volunteers who are able to

commit to two hours per week. The volunteers are very well supported , receive training and meet togethermonthly. The home start program is a voluntary home visiting service that offers practical support andfriendship to families with children under the age of eight. So… if you have two hours to spare per week,have an understanding of the challenges when raising young children, have parenting experience, want togive back to the community and like learning new things and meeting new people… Freya Dugan (HomeStart coordinator) would like to speak to you. She can be contacted on: 9724 2222.

EACH Social and community Health have a Children’s diagnostic clinic in Ringwood. A referral from a GPor Paediatrician is needed to attend the clinic. The clinic assists in identifying developmental disordersincluding Autism Spectrum Disorder and Behavioural disorders in children 0-12 years. The clinic can becontacted on: 98373999.

Anglicare Parentzone are holding free parenting seminars- Monday 10th November (Topic: Rules andconsequences) ; Monday 17th November (Topic: Dealing with feelings); Monday 24th November (Topic:Resilience) at Monbulk community Hub. Contact Helena on 97356134.

If you are interested in Parenting courses offered locally, contact the Information and Referral service on thenumber above.

Planet Boom Christian Youth FREE events- Friday nights- monthly. High school aged youth meet at

Chirnside Park Hungry Jacks at 5:30pm and are driven to Planet Shakers Church (East Melbourne-

DallasBrooks Hall) by the Planet Shakers bus. (There is a $5 cost for this bus). Transport home from Chirnside park after the event and a free meal voucher which can be used before the event, is being offered by LINC.The Planet Shakers bus will return youth to Chirnside park at 10:30 pm where the LINC bus will be waitingto drop youth home at their door. The next events are: Friday 14th November and the 12th of December.

Please contact Julie on 0455268457 to book a position on both buses. To find out more about these events

see: http://www.planetshakers.com/planetboom

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