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Dates To Remember THURSDAY 13 DEC

Sports Assembly 10:00am in Hall

FRIDAY 14 DEC

Class parties years 1-6 MONDAY 17 DEC

Year 6 Grad Assembly 12:30pm in Hall

Year 6 Grad Dinner 5:30pm

Year 2 - 6 Disco 7 - 8:30pm TUESDAY 18 DEC

End of Year Extravaganza 1:45pm in Hall

P & C Christmas dinner

WEDNESDAY 19 DEC

LAST DAY OF YEAR TUESDAY 22 JAN 2019

Office open for Resource Pack & Uniform sales

WEDNESDAY 30 JAN 2019

FIRST DAY BACK YEARS 1-6

Lavington East Public School

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Resource Packs

Focus on Year 6

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Relieving Principal’s Message

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Extra Reminders Shotput Champion

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Introducing our new Principal School Leaders 2019

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P & C News 6/7

Community News 8/9

NO ASSEMBLY THURSDAY

13 DEC 2018

LEPS EXTRAVAGANZA

The end of year ‘LEPS Extravaganza’ will be held in the

Hall from 1:45pm sharp on Tuesday 18 December 2018.

Family and friends are invited to join us.

STUDENTS FINISH DATE

All students finish on Wednesday 19 December 2018 at

3:00pm. There will be a ‘Guard of Honour’ for the Year 6

students at 2:40pm under the COLA. All welcome.

STUDENTS RETURN DATE

Students in Years 1-6 return on Wednesday 30 January

2019. Best Start testing for Kindergarten students will

commence on Wednesday 30 January 2019 and

Kindergarten students will start their first day on

Monday 4 February 2019. (Letters have been sent home

to our new Kinder parents with more information.)

STUDENT RESOURCE PACKS

These are available to purchase now. The office will be

open on Tuesday 22 January 2019 from 10:00am to

2:00pm for payments. The Uniform Shop will also

operate from the Admin building on this day. Cash only.

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Student Resource Packs Families should have received notes home with details of what is in each year pack and the cost. It includes everything that your child will need for the whole year. Exercise books will also be supplied. The packs are available from the office now if you choose to take them home or will be delivered to your child’s new classroom for the start of the 2019 school year. The office will also be open on Tuesday, 22 January 2019 between 10:00am - 2:00pm for resource pack and uniform sales.

The time has come when we are almost ready to say farewell to our Year 6 students for 2018 and bid them all the best for their high school journey. Next week, the final week of the term and school year, we hold two significant acknowledgement ceremonies for our students. The Year 6 Graduation Ceremony commences at 12:30pm in the school hall and we request that our students’ two guests be seated by 12:20pm for a 12:30pm start. Students are required to wear summer school uniform, which includes the grey (boys), white (girls) or Year 6 t-shirt, red and green hair ribbons, white socks for girls, grey for boys and black shoes. After the ceremony there will be a light luncheon served under the walkway. Our Year 6 Graduation Dinner will commence at 5:30pm with the meal served at 6pm. Sincere thanks to our organising committee and parents who have offered to assist. A reminder that the theme for this year is ‘Black, White & Gold’ and it is semi formal attire. A note has been prepared and will be sent home tomorrow with your child to inform parents assisting of their role and confirming the time that they are needed. Students in Years 2 to 5 will then join with Year 6 students at the disco led by Steve Bowen from 7-8:30pm (please collect promptly). Staff and parents of Year 6 students will then have the chance to dance until 9pm. LEPS staff and students are all looking forward to ensuring our Year 6 students have an enjoyable last two weeks.

Focus on Year 6

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Relieving Principal’s Message

Congratulations to the large number of people that ensured that last week’s Annual School Presentation Day was a huge success. Many hours were put organising the day by staff, particularly Mrs Burns. We were very appreciative to have so many guests available to present awards, especially the executive of the P & C, who work tirelessly to support and provide for the school. Congratulations to all of our students for their efforts, especially those students who were recognised with awards. Well done to our school captains, Tyler and Elissa, for an outstanding job running the Presentation Day. Congratulations to the leaders for 2019 and thank you to all the parents and visitors who came along to support the students and the school. I appreciated the many kind words I received and how much everyone enjoyed the Presentation Day. The Sports Assembly will be held this Thursday, 13 December 2018, starting at 10:00am, in the school hall. We do hope you can join us for that. The Year 6 Graduation Dinner and Year 2-6 Disco will be held on Monday 17 December 2018. The Graduation Dinner is an opportunity for the Year 6 students to reflect on their achievements throughout their primary schooling time and for the school to congratulate and thank the Year 6 students for all of their efforts, and wish them all the very best for High School and their future. The ‘End of Year Student Extravaganza’ will be held on Tuesday 18 December 2018, starting at 1:45pm in the Hall. This promises to be a fun and enjoyable event for everyone as the students reflect on the year with their fellow class members and as an audience, you will appreciate the amazing talent and skills our students have. I encourage you to come along if you can. A reminder that the P & C will be having a Christmas dinner next Tuesday, 18 December 2018 at the Springdale Heights Tavern, starting at 6.30pm. A great opportunity to thank the P & C for their wonderful efforts throughout the year. Next Wednesday 19 December 2018, will be the students and teachers last day. Thank you for your continued support of our fantastic school, great staff and amazing students. Jason Weaven Relieving Principal

2018 School Leaders

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Extra reminders….. SCHOOL BANKING FINISHES

Wednesday 12 December 2018 will be the last school banking day. SPORTS ASSEMBLY 2018

Thursday 13 December 2018 @ 10:00am in school Hall. CLASS PARTIES YEAR 1 - 6

Friday 14 December 2018. Casual clothes day. Students to bring their own lunch and recess. Teachers will provide an ice block for students in the after-noon. Board games may be bought in on the day. Please ensure they are la-belled. YEAR 6 GRADUATION 2018

Monday 17 December 2018. $15.00 due by Monday 10 December 2018. YEAR 2-6 DISCO

Monday 17 December 2018 after Year 6 Grad dinner. 7 - 8:30pm $5.00. Entertainment by Steve Bowen LEPS END OF YEAR STUDENT EXTRAVAGANZA

Tuesday 18 December 2018 at 1:45pm in the Hall. TERM 4 ENDS All students finish on Wednesday 19 December 2018 RESOURCE PACK & UNIFORM SALES DAY

Tuesday 22 January 2019, 10:00am to 2:00pm TERM 1, 2019 COMMENCES

Shotput champion - Coban Turnbull Earlier this term our very own Coban Turnbull represented the Riverina at the State Athletics Carnival in Sydney. Coban competed in senior shotput. With a throw of 10.10m Coban broke the existing LEPS record and will now have his name on the honour board in the Hall. Well done Coban.

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Introducing our new Principal Dear Parents and Carers of Lavington East PS I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the Lavington East PS community. My name is Mrs Nichole Williams and I have been permanently appointed as the new Principal of LEPS. I look forward to this new opportunity and am grateful for this appointment. I am currently the Deputy Principal at Batemans Bay PS and have previously been Acting Principal in this role for over 12 months. Prior to my 7 years at Batemans Bay, I taught in Western Sydney at Liverpool and Villawood. For the rest of this week I will be visiting as I get to know the staff, students and community. I can see there are many exciting programs and frameworks running at LEPS such as PBL and Curiosity and Powerful Learning. I look forward to gaining a greater understanding of the context of the school and its operations as well as building a strong partnership with the school community. The relationship between home and the school plays a very important part in a child’s success at school. “Prepare your child for the path, not the path for your child” – proverb See you then Mrs Nichole Williams

Congratulations to our new School Leaders

From left to right: Clara Schneider-Fuller (Vice Captain), Jessica Lynch (Vice Captain), Govinda Sapkota (Captain), Star Slater (Captain)

Zac Hart (Vice Captain), Riley Costello (Vice Captain)

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P & C News Bunnings BBQ

Due to a lack of volunteers we have had to cancel this opportunity to fund raise for the school. Thanks to those that had put up their hands to help.

A reminder that the Uniform Shop will be

open on Tuesday

22 January 2019 from

10am to 2pm

P & C Christmas Raffle and the winners were…..

1st Elissa Kramer 8th Ian Barker

2nd Jack Costello 9th G. McGrafe

3rd Isaac Martin 10th Whitehead family

4th Jackson D 11th C Thompson

5th A Phommachanh 12th D Tiwari

6th Sharon G 13th Jane Young

7th Jason Turnbull

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P & C News continued

P&C Committee - We Welcome Your Support

Would you like to be part of your child’s community? Would you like to meet other parents and

staff? Would you like to help raise funds for the school? Do you have special skills or ideas?

If you answered “YES” to any of the above questions – we would love to welcome you to join our

P&C Committee.

THE P & C ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TUESDAY, 20TH FEBRUARY 2019 (PUT THE DATE IN YOUR CALENDAR NOW!!)

THE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS BECOME VACANT PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER TO BE ELECTED INTO THIS ROLE OR TO BECOME A P & C MEMBER IT IS $5.00 FOR THE YEAR.

BY BECOMING A PAID MEMBER THIS ENTITLES YOU TO VOTE IN A GENERAL MEETING.

ALL MEETINGS ARE ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. (NO MEETINGS DURING

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)

Canteen News

As the year winds down please keep in mind that the Canteen may not have a full menu available for your children to order from. If your children order an item that is unavailable they will be consulted and an alternative negotiated. Thanks for understanding. Elissa & Sharon

Hot Dogs on

special

$4.00

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Drama @ MHS For the past ten weeks a group of LEPS students have been attending drama classes at Murray High School. The rehearsals finished on 6 December 2018 with a grand performance of the play, ‘Future in the Past’, in front of parents, carers and friends in The Red Shed at MHS. Students’ thoughts on the lessons…. Alicia - I was a hippy and I said, ‘Thanks to the quick thinking of you youngsters we are now safe.” It was really fun doing this and I got a little frightened about speaking in front of an audience but I got over it. Thanks Miss Waugh Phoebe - I was so grateful to get the opportunity to do this. I had the main part. I spoke the most lines and I was a scientist/camp leader. I really en-joyed it. Thank you Miss Waugh. Kritika - I was a hippy in the play and it was so much fun. Isaac - The drama was a fun and exciting new experience. Brian - Thank you Miss Waugh for the fun drama program.

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Community News

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Community News

PO Box 969

518 Daly Street

LAVINGTON NSW

2641

Phone: 02 6025 1157

Fax: 02 6040 2332

E-mail: lavingtone-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au