Thursday Thoughts

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 17

Date: 2nd June 2016

Important Dates:

JUNE

3rd - Aussie Sport’s

Expo Grades 5/6

3rd - Healesville

Sanctuary Excursion

Grades 1/2

4th - Aerobics

8th - School Council

7.00pm

10th– Disco

13th - Queen’s

Birthday holiday

17th - Reports Home

21st - Parent/

teacher interviews

24th - End of term

2.30 finish

JULY

11th - Term 3 begins

Student Absent

Hot Line Number

5964 7783

Launching Place Primary School

20A Carter Street Launching Place 3139

Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171

Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ABN 96 199 518 803

Our camping program for 2016 began last week, with students in grades three and four head-ing off to Phillip Island. For many of our students this was the first time that they had been away from home for more than one night. This can sometimes be a daunting prospect, but rest assured, the teachers and accompanying staff and parents took every possible step to ensure that the ‘camp experience’ was one that all students enjoyed. We have enjoyed all of the Tiqbiz updates and received lots of positive feedback from parents.

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National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is celebrated across Australia each year between 27th May and 3rd June. The dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the anniversaries of the successful 1967 referendum and the High Court Mabo decision.

NRW is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements and to explore how each of us can join the national reconciliation effort. The theme for NRW 2016 is Our History, Our Story, Our Future

For more information please go to: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/what-is-nrw/

Zoe M

Zoe always has beautiful manners.

She is enthusiastic towards her learning.

She has a very strong value system that she lives up to,

which includes Respect, Integrity, Honesty,

Hard Work and Kindness.

Emily B

Emily is a kind and respectful student.

She tries her best and completes work to a very high standard.

Emily is kind to everyone and displays the LPPS values.

Emily is willing to help others and actively seeks to extend her learning.

Aerobics

We would like to wish all of

our aerobics teams GOOD

LUCK as they head off to

Geelong for the Aerobics

State Championships. The

teams have all trained

exceptionally hard under

the watchful eye of Miss

Nyman and Miss Mackie.

Head Lice

Today a nurse from the Yarra Ranges Council came to our

school and checked children across all grade levels. The only

way to eradicate this problem is to ensure that everyone is

taking the same steps to rid our school of head lice. Please

make sure that you follow any procedures and

recommendations sent home with your child. More infor-

mation can be found at:

www2.health.vic.gov.au/public-

health/infectious-diseases/head-

lice/resources

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Name Award

Prep N Adam E

Pheobe D

Max D

For a great job of retelling a story.

For learning all of the red words.

Learning all of the golden words.

1/2A Shae B

Brock C

Wonderful reading retells.

For the amazing teamwork that he shows in 1/2A.

1/2B Jayden W

Mason P

For excellent understanding and use of subheadings in information reports.

For staying on task and thoroughly completing your independent activities in

our CAFÉ time.

1/2C Gracie B For working so hard to improve her writing conventions.

1/2T Cara S

Kyron W

Nathan S

For always completing her work to a high standard.

For participating in circle time and sharing stories about his weekend.

For improving the presentation of his workbooks and being proud of his

excellent work.

3/4K Chelsea S

Rueben H

Rexx R

For her positive attitude towards school and her learning.

For excellent behaviour on camp.

For outstanding behaviour on camp.

5/6F Luke C

Elana S

For completing all of his CAFÉ activities this week. Great work Luke!

For completing a very detailed homework essay.

5/6L Jackson H

Ashlyn E

Bridie S

Trak B

Great work on homework tasks.

For awesome effort with homework tasks.

For always completing homework to a high standard.

For always completing his homework on time and to a high standard.

5/6S Kayla M

Jai D

Moving up a level in Blitzmaster to Level 21.

An entertaining and original narrative called “Chicken William” based on our

author study.

Student Awards

S o m e o f t h e c h i l d r e n ’s c o m m e n t s

A BIG THANK YOU TO PAUL AND KERRY FOR A WONDERFUL CANTEEN

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Classroom

What a wonderful time was had by all campers at the grade 3/4 Phillip Island camp. It was awesome

to see so many smiles, team work and everyone looking out for each other. The teachers were all so

incredibly proud of our students’ exemplary behavior.

Camp activities:

Mechanical Wall

Trampolines

Archery

Giant Swing

Flying Fox

Penguin Parade

Pelican Feeding

Talent Show

Movie Night

Disco

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First Aid Newsletter

Dear Parents/Guardians,

To ensure your child’s health and safety we would like to share a few items with you.

Health Concerns: Please inform your school of any severe allergies, surgeries, accidents or new

health problems that may occur during the year.

Gastro:

Gastro is a very common illness caused by infection and inflammation of the gut. It causes diar-

rhoea, and sometimes loss of appetite, vomiting and fever. Gastroenteritis means inflammation of

the stomach and intestine.

Symptoms

These can include the following:

diarrhoea (runny, watery poos) abdominal cramps

nausea vomiting

loss of appetite sometimes fever

Course and duration

Gastro usually lasts twenty-four to forty-eight hours depending on what is causing it. However,

some forms of gastro, i.e. rotavirus and norovirus (which can cause particularly severe illness espe-

cially in infants and young children) may last about a week.

Prevention

The best way to prevent gastro is to avoid becoming infected in the first place, so make sure your

children (and you):

wash hands after going to the toilet

wash hands before eating a meal or before preparing any food

I have contacted our cleaners who have agreed to do a ‘deep clean’ of our school this weekend; this

will include special sanitising of all toilets, taps and sinks.

I ask for your co-operation. If your child/children are displaying any symptoms of/or if they have

contracted Gastroenteritis, please keep them home for forty-eight hours after they have stopped

exhibiting symptoms.

We have antiseptic wash in every classroom and will be encouraging children to wash their hands

and use the antiseptic wash before they eat any food and to do the same after going to the toilet.

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OSHC

Extend Before and After

School Care at

Launching Place

Primary School

Our weekly recap The children have enjoyed some new experiences this week with a group game of celebrity heads on Monday, Tuesday the children shared around a camera and took photos of their surroundings outside, Wednesday they had lots of activities going from building Cubbbies to participating in making a large 300 piece 101 Dalmatians puzzle and Thursday the children made tracks with marble run and enjoyed some time at the art table On the 20

th June we will be getting a special visitor

from the Lilydale Police Station to talk to us about some of the things they do, if you would like your child/ren to participate in this activity please get on to our website and book them in thank you

Michelle, Team Leader

Our Extend Superstar is Summer B For being on her very best behaviour and helping clean up at the end of the session

What’s on next week? Monday 30 May: Photography / Charades / Marble Run Tuesday 31 May: Researching School History / Box Craft / Building Cubbies Wednesday 1 June: Catch The Flag / Ship Shark Shore / Toilet Tiggy Thursday 2 June: Beep Test / Running Races / Hang Man Friday 3 June: Celebrity Heads / Free Drawing / Domino's

PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au

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