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School Calendar Term 3 – August

SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

- Art Show

- Crazy Hair Day

- Art Show

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

- Food Wrap Fundraiser Due

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

- AFL State Championships

- Prep Open Day 9:30am – 10:30am

- School Disco 6:30pm – 8:30pm

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT New enrolments

New enrolments for 2020 are now open. If you have a child commencing school next year or know of

anyone who has a child that wishes to attend Lucknow, please contact the office to start the enrolment

process. All enquiries are welcome.

Parent Opinion Survey

The closing date for the Parent Opinion survey is the 11 August, 2019. Families have been randomly

selected to participate in the survey. This enables us to get an insight into your thoughts and opinions

about our school, student learning, teaching and the school culture. If you are yet to complete the

survey, we ask that you to please do so before the due date. Thank you.

Marcus Batt – Principal

SOCCER SUPERSTAR

A huge congratulations to Jacob Buchanan who has been selected to travel to Spain, along with other

children from all over Australia, to train, play and be assessed by one of the world’s greatest soccer

teams, Real Madrid, from September 20th to October 5th. Jacob was selected out of 200 children by

three official Real Madrid coaches at a five day soccer training clinic in Melbourne as they searched for

the next up and coming talent. This is an amazing opportunity for Jacob and we are so proud of his

achievements. We wish Jacob all the best of luck for his journey to Spain and we look forward to

hearing a full report when he returns.

Debbie Dooley - Physical Education Co-ordinator

Lucknow Bell Phone: 5152 4662 Mobile: 0438 524 662 Fax: 5152 1792

Email: lucknow.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.lucknow-ps.vic.edu.au Date: 07.08.19

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ENERGY BREAKTHROUGH FUNDRAISING

As part of Energy Breakthrough

fundraising, we are going to have

a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ on Friday the

9th of August. We would appreciate

if children who come to school

with crazy hair bring a gold coin

donation to assist our HPV teams.

Thank you in advance. We

certainly appreciate your

assistance to help with our

journey to Maryborough.

FITNESS FANATICS

Number of participants - Tuesday – 34, Wednesday – 29

Distance ran and/or walked - Tuesday – 63.5km, Wednesday – 45.5km

New members of the 10km club – Sharni Kelly, Armani Thomas

New members of the 20km club - Ebony Smith

New members of the 30km club – Indie Chapman, Brooke Greenwood

New members of the 40km club – Thomas Miles

New members of the 50km club – Caleb Kelly

New members of the 60km club – Amber Mazon, Kiah Montant

New members of the 70km club – Bree Harvey

New members of the 80km club – Jack Shenton

New members of the 100km club – Heidi Carter, Tahj McNaughton

New members of the 140km club – Hudson Tarling

New members of the 260km club – Ryan Cullinan

ICAS Testing

Every year we hold the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) which gives

students from grades 3 – 6 (Grades 2-6 for spelling) the opportunity to measure their own

achievement by an external testing body.

These tests are held at school and are supervised by teachers. The tests are provided by the University

of N.S.W. and when completed are also marked by ICAS. All students receive a certificate and an

individual student report.

If you would like your child to participate in all or any of the tests, further details are available on

UeducateUs or a form is available at the office.

The closing dates and fees are as follows:

SUBJECT CLOSING DATE TEST ADMINISTERED PRICE

Digital Technologies 26th August 3rd September $14.50

Science 26th August 5th September $14.50

Spelling 2nd September 12th September $14.50

Writing 2nd September 10th September $14.50

English 11th September 17th September $14.50

Mathematics 11th September 19th September $14.50

This Friday 9th August – Gold Coin Donation

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SCHOOL DISCO – PFG FUNDRAISER

Lucknow Primary School

Parents and Friends Group Fundraiser

PARENTS AND FRIENDS

Lucknow Parents and Friends Group - Food Wrap Fundraiser

Every family should have received an order form for the Little Bumble

Re-Usable Food Wraps last week.

We are very excited about this fundraiser as it is environmentally

friendly and goes with our Nude Food lunchboxes at school.

Order forms need to be returned to school by Monday 12th August

with payment.

For more information about the uses for our various sizes, see our

website www.littlebumble.com.au

Father’s Day Stall

The Father’s Day Stall is happening next month on the 30th August. Items will be $1, $2, $3 and $4

each.

We need about 9 parent helpers for the day. Please let the office know if you can help.

Disco

We are looking for as many volunteers as possible, male and female volunteers are required.

All volunteers are required to have a current working with children’s check. If you can help please let

the office know.

DATE AND TIME:

Friday August 23rd

6.30pm to 8.30pm

WHERE:

Lucknow Primary School

Alfred Howitt Hall

Water and Lolly bags

will be on sale at the

disco

ENTERTAINMENT:

DJ: Almost Everywhere Entertainment

Performances by our school rock band “Another Wednesday”

Tickets:

$5 each

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VOCABULARY PARADE DRESS UP DAY

Towards the end of term, for the very first time, Lucknow will be hosting a Vocabulary Parade!

The Vocabulary Parade is part of our ongoing effort to increase word recognition and use among our

students. The parade concept is based on Debra Frasier’s book, Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster.

We are encouraging students (and parents) to be creative and come up with an interesting word to

dress as for the Vocabulary Parade. Over the next few weeks we will include some word suggestions

with the newsletter and some photo examples.

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Official opening during assembly on Friday 9th of August

Friday 9th August 2:20pm–6:30pm

Saturday 10th August 10:00am–2:00pm

Art exhibition featuring the

Wonderful Original Works Created by students from

PAS, PJS, 1MP, 1DP, 2KE, 2LB, 2RG, 3CH, 4ES, 4CT, 6CP and 6FW

Open to families and friends of Lucknow School’s community

NATIONAL CHAMPION

A huge congratulations to Corbin Blake who recently

completed in the National Swimming Championships at the

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

Corbin placed 7th in the 50m Butterfly and 10th in the 100m

Freestyle events. Corbin also competed in the Freestyle and

medley and placed 6th in both events.

We are so proud to have a Lucknow Primary School student

representing our country in swimming. This is certainly

another amazing achievement for Corbin.

“On the 31st of July I had swimming Nationals that went for

three days. On the first day was the 50-metre butterfly. I

made the final (which is out of the top ten) and came 7th in

a time of 33.61.

The next day was 100-metre freestyle, butterfly and 200

individual medley. I made the final of the freestyle and I

came 10th.

I had a good time and look forward to next year in

Brisbane.

Thank you to all of the officials and everyone who made it

happen and to my mum for driving me everywhere.”

Written by Corbin Blake.

We Are the Artists

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Class Student

PAS Sienna Budge for the outstanding progress she is making with her reading and having great discussions about the books she reads. Impressive reading skills Sienna!

Ariana Davies for having an amazing growth mindset towards her learning and sharing it with others.

Thanks Ari, we always love your contributions – keep it up!

PJS Huon Stephenson and Ashlee Bowcher for excellent work on their writing! You have been writing all of the sounds you can hear and always check to see if your writing makes sense. Well done Huon and Ashlee!

PCB Jimmy Neate and Braidy Volk for the hard work and concentration they are putting into their writing. You are showing great independence. Keep it up!

PLB Emma Veit is trying really hard to hear sounds in words and learn the colour words.

12P Aidan Scott for being aware of when he’s in the Learning Pit and knowing how to climb his way out.

1MC Isabella Fletcher for the huge effort she is putting into her learning while cooperatively working in small groups. Well Done!

1MP Mackenzie Betts for his efforts to improve how carefully he listens to other children as well as teachers.

Well done Mackenzie!

1VG Jordyn Stephens for her achievements in our pre-assessment of measurement and shapes and her motivation to learn more.

2KE Ella O’Keefe for your consistent “can do” attitude and efforts in questioning to understand more clearly. Great work Ella!

2LB Blayton Kohte for great focus in reading groups and being able to provide full answers in his independent reading tasks. We are proud of you and the effort you are applying.

2RG Xavier Macdonald for your ongoing willingness to help others.

34F Cohen Hare for showing some great strategies in Maths. Great Job Cohen.

3CH Sonya Johnson for showing huge improvements when summarising a text! Fantastic work Sonya!

3CM Charlotte Bennett - for settling into her new school with ease; always approaching new learning with a positive attitude and a smile! It is lovely to have you at Lucknow Charlotte.

45A Tvisha Kartik for the effort she puts into all tasks, especially the word choices she focusses on during writing.

4ES Kane Taylor for sharing his positivity and happiness throughout the class. Keep on being you and smiling!

4CT Bella Healey for inspiring others in our class to enjoy and write their own comics.

4RP Kade Beane for displaying a fantastic enthusiasm for his learning and making a sincere effort in class. Well done Kade keep it up!

56W Sharni Carne for consistently making positive learning choices so that she can get the most out of herself. You are a great example Sharni, well done!

5DH Lillyarna Perry for her effort and focus in classroom learning.

5GD Paige Griffiths for her terrific thinking in maths. Paige you are making connections with the strategies and

trying new ways of solving problems. Great work.

6CM Elise McKay for your high level thinking strategies in maths. You’re telling those fractions who’s boss!

6CP Penny Greening for having a great attitude during reading groups! Well done Penny!

6FW Damien Cannalonga for making amazing connections when learning about writers craft. Great Job Damien!

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PREP – 100 Days of School

On Friday our Prep students celebrated 100 wonderful days at school full of learning and fun. We had a

great day doing activities based around the number 100 and had a special 100 day cake made by

some amazing parents. We finished with a special performance of the Wiggly Woo at assembly where

the whole school joined in.

On 100 days of school we had cake

and we did a dance.

By Dyson

On 100 days of school we had a

beautiful cake and we got to go

up on stage. By Aster

I ate an amazing cake and I ate an

amazing cupcake and we ate

Kira’s cake. By Nate

We had fun when we did the

Wiggly Woo up on stage and I

loved the cake and it was a fun

day. By Emily