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RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RESILIENCE
Newsletter of the Leura Public School Community Volume 6, Issue
5 Term 1, 2018 Week 11
Coming Events
Week 11
13/4 – Mufti Day – PBL
“Resilience”
13/4 – Last day of term
Term 2
Week 1
30/4 – Staff Development
Day
1/5 – Students return
3/5 – Cross Country Trials
Week 2
9/5 – Mothers’ Day stall
10/5 – Back-up day for
Cross Country
11/4 – Senior Futsal Soccer
(selected students)
ANZAC DAY
The children from LPS have been invited to represent our
school at the Commemoration March and wreath laying service
in Katoomba on Anzac Day.
Students wishing to participate are to meet at 10.50am in
front of the Carrington Square steps in Katoomba Street.
Students are required to wear full school uniform and hat.
The March will proceed via Katoomba, Waratah and Lurline
Streets to the Memorial Wall at the Katoomba RSL ASC in
Merriwa Street. A wreath laying ceremony will then take
place. Children will depart at this point with their parents.
It
is advisable for parents to follow the parade to the RSL as
they must be available to pick up children immediately after
the service.
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From the Principal …. Term in Review
We have made a positive start to the school year in many ways.
The students and teachers have
been strongly focused on teaching and learning, with a conscious
effort made to reduce the
impact on classroom learning. Our students have been involved in
some important events and
activities including the swimming carnival, Peer Support
program, opera incursion, Harmony Day,
National Day of Action against Bullying and the Easter Parade.
Our senior choir, recorder group,
and dance groups have begun working on routines and pieces they
will need to have perfected
for performances later in the year. Our SRC has taken an active
role in seeking out and
responding to ‘student voice’, which we will hear more about
next term.
Staffing Update
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Staffing Update
At the end of this week we say ‘farewell’ to two of our
permanent teachers. From the beginning
of Term 2, Ms Weir will be starting a teaching position in
regional NSW and Mr Carter will be
starting a position as Relieving Principal at a school in the
Hawkesbury region. They are both
highly skilled and experienced teachers who will be sadly missed
by our LPS community.
5/6 Cicadas will be taught for the rest of the year by our new
Stage 3 Assistant Principal, Mrs
Jodie Field. 3/4 Wombats will be taught by one of our regular
casual teachers, Mrs Kirsty
Horne until this classroom teacher position is permanently
filled through the NSW Department
of Education staffing system. I expect Mrs Horne will be with us
for at least Term 2.
Student Attendance
This term, student attendance rates have been impressive, with
all grades having students at
school for at least 93% of the term. Thank you parents/carers
for getting your children to
school almost every day. Hopefully we will have a winter with
minimal illness so our students and
teachers can make the most of the learning on offer here at
school.
School Holidays
Our last day of term is this Friday 13 April. Staff will be
returning for professional learning on
Monday 30 April and students will return on Tuesday 1 May. If
you notice anything suspicious
here at school over the holiday break, please report immediately
to School Security (1300
880021) or local police (47828199).
“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of
happiness.” (John C. Maxwell)
Yours in education,
Elise Berwick
Principal
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SCHOOL BADGES Did you know that as part of the school’s
memorabilia, we have school badges for
sale – perhaps you might like one as a keepsake
of your child’s time at Leura Public School.
Badges can be purchased at the school office.
SYDNEY WEST BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Congratulations to Lauren, Eashar, Ava, Sienna Rose and
Quinn who were successful in making the Blue Mountains
PSSA girls and boys basketball teams. Both teams
competed in the Sydney West championships and the girls
team managed to reach the semi-final, going down to the
tournament winner, Castle Hill. A special mention to Lauren
who has been chosen to represent Sydney West at the
State carnival in Broken Hill. Well done!
Miss Crowe
PEER SUPPORT
Week 6 – We further developed the idea of belonging this week in
Peer Support. Having looked at the role of family last week now we
look at our network of friends. The children
identify all the groups to which they belong and the friends
they have in each group. The
activities are designed to encourage the children to appreciate
the wide network of friends
they have and the importance of humour between friends.
Discuss the ways your child uses to show their friends that they
care about them and encourage
them to do these things regularly.
Week 7 – This week in Peer Support the children learn the need
to develop a range of coping strategies. In order to become more
resilient, children need to have a number of different
ways of coping with difficulties. Through the various
activities, children learn to distinguish
between helpful, resilient ways of coping and less helpful,
non-resilient ways.
Discuss with your child the ways they have chosen to cope with
difficulties that might arise in
their life and encourage them to practise these regularly.
BLUE ALERT
Friday, 13th April is our PBL Values
Day for the term. We will be
acknowledging “Resilience” as one of
our core values. Children are invited
to wear blue and have a great last
day of term.
J Jinks
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HARMONY DAY
ROBOTICS CLUB
In term 2, Leura Public is going to trial its first Robotics
Club
for several of our students. We value the experience and
expertise of our parents and, to this end, would like to
invite
two parents to join us.
The small group of 12 students will begin with building and
coding using WeDo 2.0 Lego kits. If you have experience in
this area and would like to support our club on Tuesday mornings
before school (8.15am), please contact Mr. Atkinson through the
school office.
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Community announcements:
Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital Annual Fete –
Friday, 27th April from 9am to 2pm -
Memorial Drive, Katoomba (old entrance). Raising funds to
purchase items for patient care.
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children Book, Toy and Music
Fair – 13th to 15th April at RIDBC, 361
North Rocks Road, North Rocks – 8am to 3pm
Statement of Attainment in Floristry – now open for enrolments
at Wentworth Falls College of TAFE. This
is a free course, commencing on 17th May for 6 weeks. For more
info and to register phone 131 601 or
email [email protected]
NOTES/PAYMENT REMINDER To assist families, the following is a
list of activities and associated costs, for which permission slips
and/or monies are to
be returned to the school. If there are any difficult
circumstances in regard to any payments by the due date, for
incursions/excursions, please do not hesitate to contact the
school.
EXCURSION/ACTIVITY AMOUNT DATE/PAYMENT DUE
Stage 3 Camp – Deposit $50.00 Friday, 13th April
Stage 3 Camp – 1st Instalment $80.00 Friday, 11th May
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NEXT P&C MEETING Tuesday 15 May 6:30-8:30pm
Learning Support Room (adjacent to School Office)
Our next meeting on Tuesday, 15 May will include the P&C
Annual General Meeting (AGM). All P&C positions will be vacated
and we would love to see some new people join the Executive Team.
New people means fresh ideas and re-energises the P&C, which is
really important for the school. Roles include President,
Vice-President (x2), Treasurer, Secretary, Publicity Officer and
Fundraising Co-ordinator. Positions also exist for Assistant
Treasurer and the Canteen Committee. If you're interested in any of
these positions, please contact the Secretary at
[email protected]. Keep an eye out for the Position
Descriptions which will be posted soon on Skoolbag and our
website.
What a difficult competition to judge! There were just so many
wonderfully coloured pages! Congratulations to the following
students who won an awesome chocolate Easter Bunny for their
colouring-in efforts:
KA – Claire/Rafael 3F – Joseph/Charlie
KJ – Frankie/Pax 3/4W – Austin/Betty
1C – Victoria/Oliver 4/5M – Nicole/Jenny
1/2K – Bailey/Kasiah 5/6C – Audrey/Lili
2A – Patcharee/Elise 6M – Isabella/Ashleigh
Thank you to the School Leaders who helped us choose the winners
and runners-up.
A mild, sunny day, delicious cookies, mouth-watering cupcakes,
and the option of warm pumpkin soup for those not fancying a sweet
fix – what more could we have asked for at the annual P&C
Easter Cake Stall?!? Thank you so much to all those who donated
goodies to sell, and to all of you who purchased the goodies to
consume! You have all helped us to raise a whopping $600! Thank
you!! Thank you to all who helped out on the day – Bronwyn, Conor,
Leanne, Suzy, Kylie, Tina and Vikki. Special thanks to Keris for
coordinating the whole scrumptious shebang!
Congratulations to the three winners of the Easter Hampers –
J.Cullen, J.Jovovic, and our very own Mr Bartie! We wish you good
luck with working off all that chocolate! Thank you to everyone who
entered and helped us raise $240. Finally, a big thank you to the
local business for their very generous donation of the three large
hampers.
The First Sunday Leura Markets have been cancelled for 6 May as
the Leura Harvest Festival conflicts with our market. However,
we’ll be right back with the markets on 3 June! Mark your calendars
now and remember to come and support the markets that supports the
school!
Wednesday, 9 May 2018 Stay tuned! More information to come.
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