No 11
29 April 2016
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 28 April
Book Club Orders Due
Thur 5 & Fri 6 May
Mothers’ Day Stall
Friday 7 May
Mothers’ Day Raffle
Friday 20 May
Curriculum Day
(No School)
Monday 23 May
Report Writing Day
(No School)
Wed-Fri, 25-27 May
Book Fair
Wednesday 25 May
3/4 Excursion
Healesville Sanctuary
2016 TERM DATES
Term 2
11 April - 24 June
Term 3
11 July - 16 September
Term 4
3 October - 20 December
No 39
16 December 2016
UPCOMING EVENTS
TERM 4
Lady Northcote Camp
Payments are now due
Monday 19 December
Grade 6 Graduation
Tuesday 20 December
Last day of School for the
year—Early dismissal at
1pm
Tuesday 31 January
2017
1st Day of Term 1
From the Principal
Another busy week!
The last week has been an incredibly busy
one with our fantastic Carols evening last
Friday and dedication of the hall to
Margaret Young. It was wonderful to see so
many families join us on Friday night for this
special evening. Margaret’s family were
very touched by the moving speech made
by Tim Challis, our School Council
President. The spirited performances by our
students and the Lalor East community
coming together as one, was the perfect
way to celebrate Marg’s vision.
Yesterday our students had fun at the Mini
Fete and boogied away at the disco. Today
our 5/6s had a fabulous time at Funfields.
Farewell 2016
It is hard to believe it is the end of the year
already. Where has 2016 gone? It seems
like only yesterday that we welcomed our
new preps and wiped a few tears away from
the parents’ eyes as their ‘babies’ began
their exciting education adventure. Now
those same small preps are about to
transition to grade 1.
For our grade 6 parents, the last 7 years
have flown by and it is now time to say
goodbye to our grade 6s and some of our
families who have been with us for a long
time. In those 7 years, we have laughed,
cried and celebrated with you as your
children have grown from little preps to big
grade 6s about to become high school
students. We have loved watching their
development as they have progressed from
learning to read, count and write their name
to being conf ident performers,
accomplished writers and rocket designers.
Who knows what their future will hold but
we know it will be amazing!
Thank you to all the parents who have
assisted throughout the year in so many
different ways including in the classroom,
sizzling sausages, on School Council, at the
Mini Fete or by listening to your child read
at night. Thanks also for attending our
Christmas Carols and making sure your
children looked sensational for their
incredible performances last Friday night.
These things show your children that you
value their education.
The staff at LEPS have worked tirelessly
throughout the year to provide endless
opportunities for our students so they can
grow, learn and develop. They have created
interesting and challenging lessons and
have helped our students become good
citizens. I would like to sincerely thank all
the staff at LEPS for everything they have
done throughout the year to provide all the
incredible learning opportunities to our
students.
A final request to you for the holiday period;
please make sure your children:
read at least 5 books, magazines or
newspapers
write a story, letter or card
count cars, trees or money.
The holidays are a wonderful restful time,
but it is also the time when children’s skills
become a little rusty and they can slip
backwards. By ensuring your children read
or practise their times tables over the
holiday period, you will be ensuring they
don’t slip backwards.
I hope everyone has a
safe and relaxing holiday.
We will look forward to
seeing everyone back
again on Tuesday 31
January at 9:00am.
Linda Richards
Semester 2
Term 4 Absences
05/12/2016 — 09/12/2016
That’s all folks! With only a few days left until we
wrap up 2016, this will be the last absence
update. Sadly, we missed out on beating our
target of staying under 1509 days for this term.
Well done to our preps who had the lowest total
absences last week. Best wishes to you all for a
safe and relaxing holiday break. We look forward
to seeing you all at school each and every day in
2017!
Scott Duncan
Acting Assistant Principal
Lady Northcote Recreation Camp
Payment is now due. CSEF can be used for the
remainder of the camp. Payment can be made either
by QKR! or cash. Please contact the office to discuss
with staff the available CSEF on your child’s account.
2017 Booklists
All students now have received their 2017 Booklist.
Lalor East Primary School makes every effort to keep
the cost and number of items that need to be
purchased to a minimum. We also aim to ensure that
the costs are affordable for all parents.
Payments can be made by Qkr!, cheque or cash.
Payments made by the end of the year will entitle
your child to be given a stationary pack on the first
day of school next year. A school stationary pack will
only be issued upon payment.
Centrepay
Centrepay is now at Lalor East Primary School. It is a
free voluntary bill paying service. Deductions come
from your Centrelink payments and can be used to
pay for students book packs/requisites, camps,
incursions and excursions. If you are interested
please see the office staff for a Centrepay form.
Achievement Program Completion
I am so proud to announce that we have now
achieved recognition in all 8 health priority areas of
the Achievement Program: Sun Protection, Physical
Activity, Healthy Eating & Oral Health, Safe
Environments, Tobacco Control, Mental Health &
Wellbeing, Alcohol & Other Drugs & Sexual Health &
Wellbeing.
The HPE committee and I have been working on the
Achievement Program since its introduction in 2012.
We have updated policies, made changes to our
canteen menu, revisited curriculum programs and
spent time recognising our fantastic efforts for
creating a healthy school.
I would like to thank my committee and the staff of
LEPS for supporting me through this program, it really
was a team effort. I hope we can continue to
maintain achievement in the program and continue
to view the health of our community as a priority.
Lara Parisi
Health & Phys/Ed Coordinator
Congratulations to
Nez
Term 3
Absences Preps 1/2 3/4 5/6
Total
absences 383 466 479 409
Average 7.36 5.06 4.69 4.13
2.
Without
Note
With
Note
Total
No.
Progressive
Total
Average
Rate/
Prep 18 8 26 302 5.8
1/2 34 25 59 443 4.81
3/4 35 21 56 462 4.52
5/6 29 30 59 439 4.43
TOTAL 116 84 200 1646 4.77
4.
Well done to the following students
Prep Silluzio Evan Prep Sceri Victor, Aiden
Prep O’Neill Athan, Nisha, Eman
3/4 Kristian Alexis 3/4 Steph Vian
3/4 Dimitra Yuwal 3/4 Kelm Ciara & Charlotte
3/4 Jones Sajad
5/6 Pobjoy/Aitken Anthony 5/6 Mr K Ella, Jana, Stefan &
Anne
Shona Grace
6.
Lalor East Primary School | 16 December 2016
Coordinator | Natalie 0411 899 910
Happy Holidays Everyone!
The happy and fabulous season of Christmas has continued at OSHC this week. We have made awesome Little
Green Santa Men (from Toy Story) using recycled materials, we have created funny looking elves and Santa’s,
cellophane baubles and also Santa’s using paper plates. We will also be making delicious treats for our OSHC
families too. Yum!
When we are not singing Christmas carols like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the children and I have enjoyed
playing soccer and silent ball, creating amazing Goodbye cards to our year 6’s (we will miss you Raj and
Stefan), playing funny games like spin the donkey (with blue tac) and our own fantastic OSHC designed board
games.
To everyone in the Lalor East PS community, we wish you a fabulous Christmas. We hope you have a fantastic
New Year and a safe and fun school holidays. We will see you in 2017- Natalie and the children of SOHC.
Parents: Don’t forget OSHC is open on the last day of school. From straight after school to 6pm. Please feel
free to drop by if you have any questions or want further information. Natalie (the coordinator) is happy to
assist with all OSHC matters.
The summer school holidays are coming up, Camp Australia run a terrific, sensational school holiday program
at Mill Park PS (it’s only 5 minutess by car) which will be fun and exciting for all primary school children. If you
are interested, please visit www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayfun