Lake Munmorah Public School Term 1 Week 2

Carters Road, Lake Munmorah 2259

Phone: 4358 1171

email: lakemunmor-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal:

Narelle Baldwin

Upcoming Dates

Term 1

Thurs 28th Feb

Primary Swimming Carnival @ Swansea Pool

Wed 6th March

Wallarah Zone PSSA Swimming Carnival @ Mingara Aquatic Centre

Mon 11th March

6:30am – 5:00pm

2019 Student Leaders @ The National Young Leaders Day @ International Convention Centre

Friday 15th March

PHOTO DAY

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

Thurs 28th March

Sydney North Swimming Carnival @ Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre

Principal’s report

Kindergarten Welcome

Welcome to our Kindergarten students this week. All students have

settled very well into the school, at this stage, and are enjoying making

new friends, getting to know the Kindergarten teachers and sharing

playground time with buddies from Year 6. From Monday, students will

settle into their regular classes with their permanent teacher. It has been

wonderful to visit the kindergarten students and see the smiles in their

faces as they start their learning journey at school.

P&C Invitation

I would like to invite parents to come along to the first meeting of the

P&C on Tuesday 19th February at 6.30pm in the school staffroom. Our

P&C have been very successful and have played an essential part in

organising community events, fundraising and being part of the decision-

making processes of the school.

Please come along and see what this very friendly and welcoming team

is all about.

The P&C Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 19th

March 2019.

PBL News

After a very successful roll-out of Positive Behaviour for Learning in 2018, we are looking forward to another great year. Our school expectations of Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best will continue to be our focus for behaviour and learning within the school. The PBL team will be busy planning reward days, buy-in events for the students and special assemblies. Please encourage your child to always follow the school expectations and be respectful, responsible and to always give their personal best.

Voluntary Contributions

Each year parents are asked to pay a voluntary contribution of $40. This contribution helps to pay for resources used within the school. Year 5 and 6 students will be requested to purchase the Stage 3 Toolkit in lieu of the voluntary contribution. We make every effort to minimise the cost to families. A note providing more information about Voluntary Contributions will come out to families in the near future.

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High School Students is the playground

If you have requested your high school student to collect a younger sibling from LMPS, please

discuss with them the importance of being respectful and following the requests of teachers and office

staff while in the school grounds. Earlier this week we had an incident of rudeness directed at the

office staff.

All high school students are required to be seated in the courtyard area near the school gates, remain

seated there until the bell, and to respect the area they are seated in. I ask they take their rubbish

with them, speak respectfully (no foul language) and quietly and to follow staff requests when

required.

Bikes

We have had reports of pedestrians being hit and knocked over by students riding bikes over the

bridge. To ensure the safety of our students and community members we request that students walk

there bikes on the pathway and over the bridge.

Headlice

Headlice are a concerning problem for all schools. Please check your child’s hair regularly. If lice or

eggs (nits) are detected, please treat your child’s hair with the appropriate treatments available from

pharmacies. Household items such as brushes, linen and pillows need to be treated as well for the

whole family.

Impetigo

Impetigo is an infection of the skin caused by bacteria. It is often called school sores because it is

common amongst school aged children. We have had a number of incidences impetigo already this

year. Please see below information for treatment of impetigo.

Impetigo (school sores)

Postcards

It was wonderful to see many LMPS postcards sent out this week. Our school postcards are sent to

families as a special surprise, acknowledging students who display our school expectations of

Respect, Responsibility and Personal Best. Keep an eye on your letterbox in case one comes your

way!

It has been a smooth start to our 2019 school. I look forward to an exciting year!

Narelle Baldwin

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P & C NEWS

Please join us for the first P&C Meeting for 2019

Tuesday 19th February at 6.30pm in the staff room

We would love to see some new faces. Come along and

find out what’s happening in the school and help make

decisions that will benefit our children.

P& C Annual AGM

Tuesday 19th March 2019

6:30pm in the staff room.

OPENING HOURS

Tuesday 12th February 8.30am – 9.00am

Tuesday 26th February 8.30am – 9.00am

Tuesday 12th March 8.30am – 9.00am

Tuesday 26th March 8.30am – 9.00am

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The School Locker has received a great response from the school community with the

back to school uniforms. This time of year is a busy one, we have had a supply issue

with hats and are anticipating the delivery for early March. Children can wear a hat

from home if they are waiting on the new hats to arrive.

Please remember that The School Locker is a retail shop and completely independent

to the school. Lake Munmorah Public School now have the convenience of having the

shop at the school so close to home.

How can I buy new uniforms?

You can buy uniforms in opening hours

Tuesdays – 8.30am – 11.30am

Thursdays – 8.30am – 11.30am

or you can shop online www.theschoollocker.com.au and have it delivered to your

home, collect it from the shop in opening hours or you can collect from the office if

you call and advise us of this.

Returns can only be made in business hours.

Canteen News

New Items Available !!!

Coffee is Available between

8:30am –2:00pm Daily

Monday Special Mac & Cheese Pasta

$4.00

2019

LMPS Assemblies

Primary assemblies will be Fridays even weeks 12:20pm start

Infants assemblies will be Friday odd weeks 12:20pm start

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LIBRARY NEWS Welcome back for 2019

All the classes have visited the library this week. We looked at Chinese New Year, shared a story and talked about some customs associated with this world event. Just a reminder that with library this year, ALL students will need a library bag in order to

borrow. As the rule is NO BAG – NO BORROWING. It is not necessary to purchase an expensive bag, just a 15c bag from Coles or Woolies marked with your child’s name and class is adequate (and it’s waterproof!) This would be greatly appreciated. Many students who brought bags to library this week have already borrowed. Let’s hope there’s lots more next week.

Here are the Library days for this year:

Please handle your Library books with lots of TLC and return them on time to the Library.

BOOK CLUB ISSUE 1 Another year of Book Club has started! Issue 1 has been sent home with some classes this week and will continue to go out next week. If you would like to order any books, please return your completed order forms & payment to the school office or library in a marked envelope. Alternatively, you can submit your order and pay directly online via the Scholastic Book Club LOOP (online or download the app for your phone). Please see the back of the catalogue for instructions on how to order and pay. Your child’s order will be sent directly to school with the school’s Book Club order. All orders must be in by Thursday 21

st February.

Mrs Treharne

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

6M 5C 5M 2RF K-6R

/K-6S

1C 4B 6G 5/6R KS

1/2A 1J 3B 4S 2K

2/3M KV KL

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$100 VOUCHER FOR CHILDREN’S SPORT AND FITNESS FEES Parents in NSW can again claim $100 towards extra-curricular sport and other physical activity fees in 2019 thanks to the NSW Government’s Active Kids program. This program provides a $100 voucher for parents to put towards sporting fees and registration costs for each school-aged child in NSW. Families can use the voucher for registration and membership costs, as well as fees for activities such as swimming and dance. The annual voucher will not be means tested because the NSW Government wants every child from every family to get active and involved in community sport and fitness. The health of our children is a priority for the NSW Government, and it is hoped that this makes a difference in enabling you to enrol your child in the sport or physical activity of your choice. More details about the program and how to download your voucher is available at sport.nsw.gov.au/activekids or by phoning Service NSW on 13 77 88.

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