The interviews are an

important part of the

reporting process, as not

all information can be

conveyed in a written

report. The process of

discussing the

achievements, the areas of

future focus and the path

to achieve future goals, is

With our current burst of

cold weather we have

seen an increase in the

number of parents picking

their kids up after school

– with this comes an

increase in traffic.

Generally people are

respectful of others and

traffic congestion is

minimised with such

first. We thank you for

your understanding.

Parking

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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 21

Newsletter Date 26th June 2014

Important Dates:

June

27th

End of term 2 finish

2.30pm

July

14th

Curriculum Day

(No students required)

15th Tuesday

First Day of term 3

9.00am start

Student Absent

Hot Line Number

5964 7783

things as staggered pick-

ups, car-pooling etc. It

has been noticed

however, that some

people have chosen to

park in the staff car park

or in the driveway. We

do make exceptions under

certain circumstances but

please ensure that you

check with school staff

Thank you to all who

attended our parent/

teacher interviews – what a

fantastic response we had.

The home/school

partnership is strengthened

by your attendance and is

significant in the

educational success

experienced by your child.

Parent/Teacher Interviews one that is best achieved

through parents, teachers

and students working

together. Remember that

communication is a two-

way street so please

contact your child’s

teacher if you have any

queries or concerns.

As the year progresses

students and teachers will

continue to “add” work

samples, items of interest

and assessment pieces.

The enthusiastic response

that we have received has

Please remember that

portfolios should be

returned to school by

Friday. Thanks to the

many parents who returned

the portfolios during

parent/teacher interviews.

Portfolios certainly reinforced the

importance and

significance of the

portfolios.

Council. This wonderful work

supports and enhances our student

wellbeing programs and in turn has

a positive effect on teaching and

learning programs throughout the

school. So a special thank you to

Chezelle for being such an

important part of our school

community.

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Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place 3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ABN 96 199 518 803

Chaplaincy

disability, taken from the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the

Disability Standards for Education

2005, which describe a broad range

of health and learning conditions for

which schools are required to

provide ‘reasonable adjustments’ to

support students to participate on the

same basis as other students.

The Data Collection will take place

during Term 3. Please be assured

that no personal or identifying

On School Students with a

Disability

Our school is required to participate

in the Nationally Consistent

Collection of Data on School

Students with a Disability. This Data

Collection is taking place in

government, Catholic and

Independent schools across

Australia, and will provide valuable

information about supports required

for a broad group of students. The

aim of this is to enable Australian

and State governments to better

target support and resources in

schools. This in turn will help

schools give students with disability

the support they need.

The Data Collection is not limited to

students with diagnosed disabilities.

It uses a very broad definition of

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data

information about any student will

be included; this is statistical

information only. If, however, you

decide you do not wish information

about your child to be included in the

Data Collection, you can opt-out by

signing and returning an opt-out

consent form. Further communication

about this Data Collection is attached

to this week’s newsletter (including

the ‘opt out’ form). In the meantime,

more information about the Data

Collection is available on the

Department of Education and Early

Childhood Development website at:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/

school/parents/needs/Pages/

nccd.aspx

Every so often we feel it is

important to formally acknowledge

and highlight the wonderful work

that our chaplain, Chezelle, does at

our school. Chezelle works in a

very quiet yet effective way to

support staff, students and families,

in a multitude of ways. Chezelle also

organizes programs such as cooking,

friendship chats and Junior School

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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.

competitors, we are a relatively

small school which makes the

efforts of all students even more

impressive.

Thank you to Miss Nyman, Mrs

Kemp and Miss Fleming for their

great coaching, passion and

organisation. You have all worked

extremely hard to provide the

students at Launch with the

opportunity to participate in such a

worthwhile sport!

There were lots of videos and

photographs being taken. Just a

Aerobics Well done to all of our aerobics

participants who attended the State

championships at Geelong on

Saturday. The support offered by

parents, grandparents, aunties,

uncles and friends is outstanding.

Our teams did exceptionally well,

with two teams, DARK KNIGHTS

(Grade 5 boys) and POPSTARS

(Grade 3 girls), advancing to the

National championships at the Gold

Coast. The high level of

enthusiasm, dedication and expertise

of all our aerobics teams is truly

amazing. When looking at our

show you, up-close, the work that

goes into keeping endangered alpine

species like the Mountain Pygmy

Possum and Northern Corroboree

Frog safe.

We’ve also got plenty of places to

keep you warm. Head to our warm

open fires and hear classic

Australian kids’ stories.

Murrundindi, in his possum skin

cloak, won’t be far away waiting to

share Dreaming stories and

demonstrate traditional fire-stick,

fire making.

Don’t forget … Kids are free every

weekend, Victorian Government

school holidays and public holidays!

http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/

whats-on/winter-wonderland

Dates: Saturday 28 June – Sunday

13 July 2014

Times: Daily, 9am – 5pm

School Holiday Fun

Be enchanted by a Magical Winter

Wonderland!

This winter, put on your warm

winter woollies, gumboots or snow

gear, and visit the Sanctuary to

experience faux snow play every

day of the school holidays!

Keep an eye out for our ‘Puddle

Zones’ and get ready to enjoy all the

natural fun of winter in your

gumboots! Then, meet the ‘Ice

Queen’ as she helps you to discover

how animals survive and keep warm

in winter.

The Healesville team will be waiting

for your visit 'Cool Conservation' to

exciting term with major events

taking place including our school

production.

We would like to wish all members

of our school community an

enjoyable and safe term break.

Narelle Messerle and Debbie Hobbis

End of Term Thank you for a very busy and

extremely productive term. Please

note that students will be dismissed

at 2.30pm on Friday (no assembly).

Parents are asked to make

alternative arrangements for their

children if they are unable to pick

them up at this time.

Term three is set to be another

reminder about sharing videos of

the performances on social media -

the choreography is the intellectual

property of Candice Nyman and

she has requested that it be for

your personal viewing only.

conducted an experiment using

Coke and Mentos to write a

procedure for. In Maths we have

been continuing to work on fractions

including mixed and improper

fractions. In Integrated studies we

completed our Solar system

PowerPoint presentations and

discussed the size and shape of

Earth, the Sun and the Moon.

Grade 5/6: We have looked at grids

in Maths and played Battleships to

help us learn. We enjoyed having all

our specialists during planning week

and played Interschool sports

against Yarra Junction on Friday.

Principal: A great week this week!

There has been a positive focus on

‘Following Instructions’. Well done

to all of our Aerobics competitors.

You represented our school and

yourselves well.

School Captain’s Report Prep: Our CAFÉ reading strategy

this week has been ‘I ask questions

about a text when reading!’ We

started thoughtful Thursday writing

where we brought in something

special from home to write about. In

Maths we did a think board about

the number 10 and learnt about

ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th.

We also did more work on addition

and did another Blitzmaster.

Grade 1/2: We had an awesome time

at Healesville Sanctuary. In CAFÉ

we’ve been expanding our

vocabulary and looking at

interesting words. We have continue

to work on our narrative stories and

our animal projects. In Maths, we

have finished looking at subtraction

and will begin looking at

measurement. We are continuing to

improve in Blitzmasters.

Grade 3/4: This week we continued

writing procedural texts and

Aussie of the Month

for June

Amarli W (Junior) Maeryn B

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.

Student Awards

Grade 1/2 N Jevan M

Zara D

Ruby D

Grade 1/2 S Nikita J

Chelsea S

Grade 3/4 F Hunter L-H

Ashlee F

Luke H

Grade 3/4 N Bridie S

Grade 5/6 L Josh E

Oscar D

Daylan H

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These awards will be presented at

the first assembly in term 3.

Lost Property All lost property items and

forgotten uniforms are to be

displayed in the foyer. Please

go through these items to

collect your child’s

belongings. Anything not

collected will be donated to

charity. Parents please

remember to name your

child’s uniform when

receiving it, this greatly

increases the chance of these

items being returned to you.

Public Notices

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Family Day Care

In

Hoddles Creek

Personal home based

childcare with small groups.

Play based learning with no

T.V.

Family Day Care is supported

by Murrindindi Shire Council.

Childcare Benefit and Rebate

can be applied for.

Vacancies for 2014 now

available

Enquiries welcome please call

Lisa 0402 730 126

LET’S GO FAMILY DAY CARE

A locally run scheme, providing warm, nurturing care to

small groups of children

At Lets Go Family Day Care, we put the "Family" into Family

Day Care.

Children are cared for in a warm, safe, homely environment

that consists of only a small group of children.

We have vacancies for care in Warburton, Yarra Junction, Wesburn and Millgrove.

Our educators are qualified and trained to provide the best possible care for your child. Each

educator is monitored and supported by our coordination unit, to enable them to continually grow

professionally within themselves.

Reduced fees are available as we are CCB and CCR approved through the Department of

Education.

If you have any enquiries in relation to finding care for your child, or if you would like to find out

how to become an educator, please call Olivia Moller on 59 647 244 or 0402315332.

School Holiday Fun at Yarra Junction Library

Tuesday July 1 at 2pm Paper Dolls : Come along and design and dress a paper doll. Ages 5 and up. Bookings essential.

Thursday July 3 Lego Day : We have more Lego, movies , crafts and books. Book for a hour session in your age group

11am Age 5 +, 12 Age 8 +, 1 pm Age 10 +, 2 pm Age 12 + Bookings essential.

Tuesday July 8 10 to 4pm Thomas The Tank activity day

We have lots of Thomas engines and tracks to play with. Join in for movies, craft and building.

Book a hands on Thomas play session on the hour. Bookings essential 59671588.

Thursday July 10 at 10am Yarra Valley Woodworkers at the Library, prepurchase a $10 woodworking kit at the time of

booking. .

Bookings essential on 59671588, for all activities.

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