LANGWARRIN PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER Northgateway, Langwarrin VIC 3910 Ph: (03) 9775 7533 Fax: (03) 9775 9264

Website: www.langwarrinparkps.vic.edu.au Email: langwarrin.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ISSUE 7

10 May 2019

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

NEW ZEALAND VISIT On Monday this week I was very proud to join with Sarah Roney, our Positive Education Leader and Taylah Corkery, one of our School Captains, to showcase our school to visiting teachers and principals from Farm Cove Intermediate School in Auckland, New Zealand. They were interested to see how THRIVE was operating and had many questions about its implementation and how the classroom and playground programs were being run. They spoke to both our teachers and our students and were particularly interested in watching a Play Leaders session at lunchtime. It was terrific to once again see and hear about the wonderful work that we are doing in this area at LPPS. The Langwarrin Pos Ed Cluster of Schools has much to be proud of and we look forward to future visits from other interested groups.

TOURS AND ENROLMENTS We have started the process of school tours for our 2020 enrolments. If you have a child entering Foundation next year please join us on one of the scheduled dates or phone the school if these are not suitable. We have a special evening tour scheduled for Monday 27 May at 6pm. Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful Mums and Carers – we hope that Sunday is very special for you.

Denise Webster

URGENT REQUEST We are extremely fortunate at Langwarrin Park Primary School to have additional facilities on our school grounds, in particular our school pool. We have a joint agreement with KINGSWIM and that gives us the best possible access to the pool for our students. It provides for us and other members of the local community a high quality instructional swimming program with expert instructors. Part of our agreement is that there are a number of parking spaces that are allocated specifically for the use of pool patrons. These are very clearly labelled and we are obligated to keep these clear for this use only. Please assist us in our endeavour to provide reasonable and consistent access for all users of this wonderful facility by

not parking in these designated spaces.

RESPECT COOPERATION CONSIDERATION CONTRIBUTION TOLERANCE

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NAPLAN

From the 14th-16th May, our Grade 3 and 5 students will be undertaking the NAPLAN testing. There is always quite a considerable

amount of scrutiny placed on NAPLAN. As a school we do place an importance on NAPLAN, because like other forms of assessment it

provides:

evidence on the current achievement levels for our students in reading, writing, grammar and punctuation and numeracy and

a clear direction for our school leadership team on what future planning needs to take place to better support effective teaching

and learning in our school.

We do not ‘teach to the test’. Our teachers do take the time to familiarise students with the style of the NAPLAN test. If you have a child

(ren) in Grade 3 or 5, it is important that if there is anxiety or distress displayed by your child, provide re-assurance and a positive

outlook. Like any other assessment, all we ask of our students, is that they approach this testing with a positive attitude and a

willingness to try their best. For further ideas on how you can support your child with NAPLAN, please click on the link below.

Our school receives NAPLAN results later in the year (mid August-mid September). We will notify Grade 3 and 5 parents when the

student reports will be sent home.

Parent Information- NAPLAN

NAPLAN Test Dates

ATTITUDES TO SCHOOL SURVEY Providing students with a voice on different aspects of their learning, is an effective way to improve student engagement, wellbeing and quality instruction. The Attitudes to School Survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training to assist schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Students from Years 4 to 6 will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a secured online survey tool and only takes around 20 minutes to complete. Your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion of the survey. Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous in the response file. This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school later in Term 2 and will be facilitated by Mrs Webster, Ms Haddow and Mr Barren. Our school uses the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's learning experiences. The survey results will be reported back to the school later in the school year. All survey data that is made available in reports are for groups of students only, so that no individual student can be identified. Our school leadership teams, uses the survey results to review and improve the teaching and learning program for our teachers and students. If you would like more information, please speak to your child’s teacher or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyat.aspx

DATE TEST

Tuesday 14th May Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) Writing

Wednesday 15th May Reading

Thursday 16th May Numeracy

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SCHOOL UNIFORM RESULTS SCHOOL UNIFORM REVIEW SURVEY Firstly, a huge thank you to all the families who took the time to respond to the uniform review survey. The response from the school community was very pleasing. The Working Party has reviewed the data collected and it will now go to School Council at the next meeting for further discussion. As soon as further information is available, the school community will be notified. But, in the meantime, we thought you might like to have a look at the data. As you can see from the following graphs, it was overwhelmingly positive.

School Uniform Review Working Party

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WELLBEING Langwarrin Park is a child safe school

THRIVE—POSITIVE EDUCATION TRY your best Be HEALTHY RELATE well Get INVOLVED Live your VALUES ENJOY positive emotions

Our THRIVE value for this term is RELATE WELL. We are looking for students who are showing respect, getting to know

others and including peers in and out of the classroom. These students are then rewarded with a raffle ticket and awards are presented at assembly each fortnight. Last Assembly we congratulated the following students: Rees F. (6/6), Alyssa A. (4/27), Brianna S. (1/18), Abby W. (Prep 4), Marcus E. (5/14) and Cali M (2/30). We also recognise each term awards for exceptional effort and these have a small prize associated with them. For THRIVE outstanding classroom effort: Brodie C. (6/9), Rachael S. (5/10), Patience C. (5/14), Harmonei C. (5/10), Lula L. (6/07) and Zoe B. (6/07). BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast Club is going well. We operate from 8.15am to 8.45am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We are supplied with cereal and fruit. Presently we are offering baked beans on a Monday morning also. Generally we have about 30 smiling faces each morning and it is run by Deb Haddow, Luana Lane and some of our integration aides who volunteer their time. CAN YOU ASSIST US? We are looking for donations of loaves of sliced bread. We currently use 10 loaves a week for toast and then some extra to make sandwiches. If you know of a bakery/business that could help us out that would be most appreciated. We have a chest freezer now, so we were collecting our donation in one stop, freezing it and using it as required. Let us know if you have any contacts. Also if you would like to volunteer one of the mornings each week speak with Deb Haddow. PLAY LEADERS

Our Play Leaders have been

busy out in the playground

running organised games for all

students! It is always a fun and

exciting time with many happy

faces! Students from Prep—

Year 3 are encouraged to join in

at lunch times near our school

statue.

HEALTH AMBASSADORS Congratulations to our newly appointed Health Ambassadors: Heath S. (5/12), Marli T. (5/12), Tabitha T. (4/19), Charlie S. (4/20), Riley N. (3/24) and Cassidy B. (3/23). These students were elected last term and awarded their certificates at our last Assembly. They will work with Ms Blake and Mr Dutchman to investigate an aspect of health to improve at our school. Stay tuned for more updates.

Deb Haddow Luana Lane Sarah Roney Assistant Principal Welfare Officer Positive Education Co-ordinator

A letterbox will be placed in the front foyer so if you need to tell Ms Haddow or Mrs Lane about

something you can write them a letter and they will get back to you

YEAR 1 WRITING EXPO The Year 1 children held an exciting WRITING EXPO in the last week of Term 1. Every child had been working hard throughout Term 1 to create clever descriptive writing pieces to share with their family and friends. We celebrated their growth and achievements by inviting parents, grandparents and special friends to come and hear the children read their published work. What a fantastic celebration of very clever authors! Year One Team

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONGRATULATIONS – TYLER HUNTER (6/6) Tyler is currently trying out for the School Sport Victoria Under 12’s State Cricket team. Last term, Tyler played in a practise match against students from other schools who had also progressed through to the next stage. Tyler once again impressed the selectors with his skills and as a result has now reached the final selection stage of the process. In the Term 2 holidays, Tyler will be one of 54 players in the final squad. Tyler is also trialling for the School Sport Victoria State Football team. He has already made it through the first selection trial and will be taking part in the second round on Monday 13th May. We wish Tyler all the best and look forward to reporting on his progress. HOUSE ATHLETICS SPORTS – WHAT A GREAT DAY! The Year 3 – 6 annual House Athletics carnival was held at Ballam Park on the last Wednesday of Term One. Once again the students had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed dressing in their House colours, participating in the different events and supporting one another. The success of the day was largely due to the team work of parents, teachers and students. Thank you to all the parents who assisted the teachers with officiating duties: Dianne Aedy (Olivia 4/19), Peta Bailey (Jayde 3/25, Amber 6/5), Claire Bray (Alby 3/16), Kevin Campbell (Brodie 6/9), Mandy Charles (Ali 3/22), Mark Cosgriff (Ky 4/27), Vikki Doyle (Noah 5/11, Hayden 5/12), Ester Head (Danika 3/24, Aaron 6/9), Deb Healy (Alex 4/26), Renee Mayers (Holly 5/11, Will 6/5), Kerry McInerney (Josh 3/25, Luke 3/24), Matilda Pretorius (Waldo 5/12), Narelle Richmond (Max 4/20), Greg Rodriquez (Aidan 4/19), Melanie Schmidt (Connor 3/16), Gary Squires (Charlie 4/20), Vanessa Taylor (Asha 4/19, Cooper 6/6), Suzy Vowels (Sophie 5/11), Laura Wever (Rhys 3/16). Your support of school programs is very much appreciated. Congratulations to the Staff relay team who won the Staff, House Captains, Parents relay race. Great runs and baton changes by Mr Dutchman, Mr Moran, Mr Rahman and Mrs Thompson. Close behind was the Parent relay team of Greg Rodriquez, Mark Cosgriff, Sheldon Headspeath and Gary Squires. Results: 1st – Murdoch (24 points), 2nd – McClelland (22points), 3rd – Lindsay ( 20 points), 4th – Lloyd (14 points)

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY It was fantastic to see so many enthusiastic and eager students with House Coloured shirts/tops, ready to tackle the Cross Country Course. Parents, teachers and students cheered on all competitors as they ran the course. Some students finished the race with smiles on their faces, whilst others showed exhaustion or relief. The most rewarding thing was to see so many students participating and giving it their best to complete the course. Not everyone can be in the top 10, but everyone is a winner when they give 100%.

Thank you to all the parents who provided valuable support and encouragement for all competitors as well as greatly assisting me with handing out of wrist bands, timing, place-judging and data entry. Special mention to Melanie Schmidt (Connor) who “willingly” stayed for the entire time to assist with recording. It is also important to mention the role of the House Captains and Vice Captains. They assisted with the set up and pack up of the course. In the younger age group races they scattered themselves around the course to cheer on the competitors, providing them with encouragement and assistance for some students who were at times a little distressed. Students who qualify for the school team will be competing at Hastings Foreshore on Monday 27th May. Money and consent forms are to be returned by Monday 20th May. Training is Tuesday and Thursday, 8:00 am – 8:45 am. Students who make the team are expected to train at least 1 early morning session a week. Training is open to all students in Years 3 – 6. Please collect a consent form

from the PE office. PLACE 9 YEARS GIRLS GRADE 9 YEARS BOYS GRADE

1 Asha Mollow 4/19 Jordan Dash 3/16

2 Ikumi West 4/27 Thomas Nye 3/22

3 Olivia Burridge 3/23 Ashton Harrison 3/22

4 Emma Caukett 3/22 Cooper Watson 3/24

5 Zoe Skinner 3/22 Alex Lourey 3/22

6 Hayley Karachiwala 3/23 Riley Nagel 3/24

7 Bridie Campbell 3/24 Bodhi Mains 3/25

8 Chloe Madigan 3/23 Rylan Kubasek 4/19

9 Mikaylah Hill 3/16 Riley Milz 3/22

10 Emma McCracken 3/25 Ethan Klauer 2/35

PLACE 10 YEARS GIRLS GRADE 10 YEARS BOYS GRADE

1 Mikayla Coutts 4/26 Hayden Coutts 4/20

2 Ruby Bramhall 4/20 Riley Joksimovic 4/19

3 Rubi Brooks 4/20 Jack Ellis 4/27

4 Charlie Squires 4/20 Caleb White 4/19

5 Alyssa Aedy 4/27 Charlie Scutt 4/20

6 Ashlee Middleton 4/20 Ryan Burke 4/20

7 Emili Narramore 4/19 Aiden Hewitt 4/20

8 Shiloh Walker 4/26 Austin Macaw 4/26

9 Maggie O’Reilly 4/26 Bailey Gonsal 4/20

10 Olivia Dawson 4/27 Jacques Van Eyssen 4/26

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

(Nb. Apologies to the 12/13 Girls – no photo)

Results: 1st – Lindsay (22 points) 2nd – Murdoch (20 points) Equal 3rd – McClelland and Lloyd (19 points) YEAR 6 WINTER SPORT The first Winter sport round was scheduled for today against Langwarrin Primary School weather permitting. Payment of $22.50 for Winter sport should have been received by Friday 3rd May. Students playing football MUST wear a mouthguard during all games.

PLACE 11 YEARS GIRLS GRADE 11 YEARS BOYS GRADE

1 Kiara Mavondo 5/12 Ryder Dower 5/10

2 Cherilee Van Eyssen 5/12 Will Klauer 4/26

3 Mia Mayne 5/11 Max Tassone 5/11

4 Leela Bannan 5/14 Kobe Harrison 5/10

5 Holly Mayers 5/11 Aidan Denton 5/14

6 Leah Forrest 5/12 Matthew McKracken 5/12

7 Jasmin O’ Connor 5/14 Harrison Blick 5/14

8 Kate Hateley 5/11 Ky Cosgriff 4/27

9 Ava Quinn 5/12 Noah Doyle 5/11

10 Caitlin Burridge 5/11 Corey Parsons 5/12

PLACE 12/13 YEARS GIRLS GRADE 12/13 YEARS BOYS GRADE

1 Mia Brooks 6/8 Andrew Turver 6/9

2 Ella Hazelman 6/6 Ben Barnett 6/5

3 Montanah White 6/6 Brodie Smith 6/7

4 Belle Hingert 6/6 Will Mayers 6/5

5 Jessica Moloney 6/9 Cooper Morrow 6/6

6 Maddy Norrish 6/6 Luke Napier 6/5

7 Sophie Lovisa 6/5 Harvey Klauer 6/8

8 Charlotte Dawson 6/9 Harley Edmonds 6/5

9 Lily Bramhall 6/6 Brayden Hull 6/7

10 Kirra Anderson 6/5 Aidan Scutt 6/7

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY – FRIDAY 17TH MAY Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual, national event when all Primary School children will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. The objectives of WSTSD are: To encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school age children and reinforce

safe pedestrian behaviour. To promote the health benefits of walking and help create regular walking habits at an early age. To ensure that children up to 10 years old hold an adult's hand when crossing the road. To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they become mature pedestrians. To reduce the car dependency habits that are being created at an early age and which will be difficult to change as children

become adults. To promote the use of Public Transport. To reduce the level of air pollution created by motor vehicles. To reduce the level of traffic congestion. So, why not get up half an hour earlier, enjoy the free air and participate in the Walk Safely to School Day. Sue Burt / Franca Peluso

PE Department

ELECTION DAY BBQ & BAKE SALE SATURDAY 18TH MAY We would love it if each student could bring a plate of home baked goods to school on the Friday before the Election (Friday 17th May) to be sold on Election Day to the masses of hungry voters. Paper plates and instructions have been sent home. If you can spare an hour of your time on Election Day to help out at either the BBQ or the Bake sale please return the slip to school which has been sent home. Spare copies available at the Front Office. Funds raised will go towards our new playgrounds. We thank you for your support in advance.

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LIBRARY

library.langwarrinparkps.vic.gov.au PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE IS BACK! Our Reading Challenge is well underway with students reading and logging their books in class and at home! Last year we broke our Challenge record by reading over 20, 000 books…..we are aiming to exceed this total again! On our library website there is a link to log your books on the PRC website using your unique username and password. If you need a copy of your details ask your teacher or myself. Challenge books are easy to find in our library to the right of our PRC divider and labelled on the spine. On our library website in QUICK LISTS you can view a list of Challenge books for your level available in the Library. We have all of Term 2 and most of Term 3 so there is lots of time to work towards meeting your Reading Challenge!

Come along to our next Assembly to hear the first tally announced and recognise some outstanding starters! Kate Mowat

Library Manager

CANTEEN www.quickcliq.com.au Wishing all the Mother’s a very special day this Sunday on Mother’s Day. As promised, with the weather becoming colder I have Hot Chocolates, Homemade Pumpkin Soup and Homemade Chicken Soup with garlic pizza available. The Hot Chocolates are available to order from the counter at recess and lunch time and the soup is available through lunch orders. Hot Chocolates $1 and Soup $3. Housekeeping: Remember 10 cents for a paper bag if you do not supply one Tomato sauce sachets are 20 cents each

Have a great fortnight!

Di & Staff

FORTNIGHTLY MEGA MEAL

DEAL

SWEET CHILLI CHICKEN WRAP, NOODLE SNACKS,

FROZEN JUICIE

FOR $5!!!

LOTE INDONESIAN LEADERS’ LOTE SPEAKING RAFFLE

At our last Assembly the LOTE Leaders presented a new raffle being run by

the Year 6s. The raffle is to encourage students to converse in Indonesian

outside of class time. Whenever you see a Year 6 leader dressed up in

Indonesian clothing, go up and speak to them in Indonesian and they will give

you a raffle ticket! The raffle prizes have all been imported from Indonesia and

we are very excited to draw the first raffle at the next assembly.

In other news, the Year 2’s have been learning about Sayuran (vegetables) and singing a very catchy song to help learn the names. You can hear the song on Youtube by visiting this link: https://youtu.be/fzNyD1qbUKw Bu S LOTE Teacher

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REMINDERS

NEXT ASSEMBLY: FRIDAY 17 MAY

2.30PM

ISSUE 3 DUE BACK:

FRIDAY 10 MAY LOOP REMAINS OPEN THIS WEEKEND

FOR LAST MINUTE ORDERS!

WANTED STORAGE CONTAINERS Room 21 would love your unwanted storage containers, lids

preferred but without gratefully accepted too.

Our staff in Room 21 provide a bright and creative space for student use during yard times. Thank you in advance!

FINANCE OFFICE

REMINDERS Due dates for Payments: Due Date: Amount: Year 5 Ballarat Camp Deposit was due was due 24 April $110 2nd Install was due was due 8 May $110 3rd Install 22 May $110 Foundation—Swimming 13 May $43.75 Year 4—Willum Warrain Excursion 29 May $20.00

Please check the planning guide further on in this newsletter for details of upcoming activities and due dates for payment. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EXCURSION / INCURSION FORMS Excursion forms need to be returned to the teacher by the due date and payment made to the Finance Office via QKR/BPay/eftpos or classroom teacher. It is imperative that we have forms returned so that student numbers can be confirmed. For example, where extra teachers are needed for swimming etc. WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK On 1 August 2017 legislation changed which requires everyone in direct contact with students to obtain a Working with Children Check. For full details please visit the website by following the link from our school website finance page. If you are assisting with swimming, excursions or within the school you must have a valid WWCC. If you have organised your WWCC please check the expiry dates to ensure it is current and notify the Finance Office of new dates. We value the support of our families and appreciate your compliance with these requirements to protect our students. Sue Guest Shona Byrnes & Bridgit Dooley Business Manager Accounts Receivable

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PLANNING GUIDE 2019

This tentative outline of forthcoming events is provided to assist parents with their calendar and budget planning

PLEASE NOTE THAT COSTS AND DUE DATES ARE A GUIDE ONLY UNTIL CONFIRMED WITH CONSENT FORM AND TAKE HOME NOTICE

MAY AMOUNT DUE DATE Saturday 11th LPPS Community Working Bee Tuesday 16th & 23rd Year 1 Swimming $43.75 22 March Tuesday 14th, 21st Year 4 Swimming $43.75 22 March & 28th Saturday 18th Election Day BBQ and Bake Sale Wednesday 22nd ALL LPPS OPEN NIGHT ‘Careers’ Wednesday 22nd, 29th 5/10 & 5/11 Aqua Package $43.75 8 May Friday 24th, 31st 5/12 & 5/14 Aqua Package $43.75 8 May Thursday 30th Foundation Swimming $43.75 13 May JUNE Tuesday 4th Year 4 Swimming $43.75 22 March Wednesday 5th 4/26 & 4/27 Willum Warrain—Indigenous Studies $20 29 May Wednesday 5th 5/10 & 5/11 Aqua Package $43.75 8 May Thursday 6th, 13th, Foundation Swimming $43.75 13 May 20th & 27th Friday 7th 5/12 & 5/14 Aqua Package $43.75 8 May Monday 10th ALL Public Holiday—Queens Birthday Tuesday 11th ALL Curriculum Day—Student free day Wednesday 12th 4/19 & 4/20 Willum Warrain—Indigenous Studies $20 29 May Wednesday 12th - Year 5 Ballarat Camp Deposit (1st Instal) $110 24 April Friday 14th (2nd Instal) $110 8 May (3rd Instal) $110 22 May Friday 28th ALL Term 2 Concludes Early Dismissal 2.30pm

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THANK YOU TO STATE FENCING FOR THEIR GENEROUS EASTER DONATION

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