Labertouche Primary School 2 1 S T A P R I L 2 0 1 7 W W W . L A B E R T O U C H E P S . V I C . E D U . A U

Labertouche Primary School Principal: Corey Fleming

35 School Road, Labertouche

Ph: (03) 5628 7503

Edition 5 Dear Parents & Friends, Welcome back to Term 2. I hope you and your family had a happy Easter and the children had a great break. Term 2 will be a busy 11 weeks with many exciting and important events happening. Grade 3/4 Camp– Urban Camp Our grade 3/4 Urban Camp was a great success with the students having a wonderful time seeing all the sights of Melbourne. There are some wonderful photos and all students said the had a great time. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the year 3/4 students for their wonderful behaviour and a special thank you to Mrs Blackly who did an amazing job of supervising the students while on camp. Monday 24th April– Curriculum Day Can I please remind parents that last term, School Council approved a curriculum day for

the 24th April. The teachers and I will continue developing our writing program with

some writing moderation, an introduction to the SWPBS, report writing and anaphylaxis

training. Please note there is to be no students at school on this day.

School Council

Please note that our next School Council Meeting has been postponed until Monday 24th

April at 4pm. If you are a member of school council, please be prompt to ensure we can

start on time.

Tuesday 25th April- ANZAC DAY HOLIDAY Tuesday is ANZAC Day and a public holiday, therefore the school will be closed. There is no school for students on Tuesday.

LABERTOUCHE PRIMARY HAS THESE FOUR VALUES

LEARN CARE RESPECT SHARE

Dates to Remember:

24th April– Curriculum

Day

25th April-

ANZAC Day

28th April–

Circus Incursion

1st May– Senior

Athletics Day

3rd May– School Photo

Day

9th-11th May

NAPLAN

Mondays- Assembly

Tuesdays -

MARC VAN Day

(Fortnightly)

Wednesdays- Chinese

Thursdays– Sport & Art

Fridays - Lunchies &

Kitchen/Garden

(Fortnightly) $3.50 dozen

Labertouche Primary School 2 1 S T A P R I L 2 0 1 7 W W W . L A B E R T O U C H E P S . V I C . E D U . A U

Attendances

Effective Schools monitor, communicate and implement strategies to improve regular

school attendance, as this is a prerequisite for improving educational outcomes.

Please remember that it is vital for your child’s education that they come to school each

day of the week. We do understand that if your child is ill, then they need to stay at home

and rest, but please remember to send a note or ring the school office to inform us of

their absence.

Last year Labertouche Primary School produced a small attendance slip to assist parents

in notifying the school of your child’s absence. I have attached a copy with 6 of these to

the back of this newsletter. Please hold on to these and use when necessary. If you

require more, you can collect another copy from the office or download them from our

website. If your child has been absent, and you have not informed us of the reason, we

will send an attendance slip home for you to complete upon the day they come back to

school.

It’s cool to be at school!

NAPLAN The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2017 for Years 3 and 5 students will be held on Tuesday 9th May, Wednesday 10th May and Thursday 11th May. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement. Support can be arranged for students with disabilities, if the student regularly uses similar support for classroom assessment tasks. Later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report. The report will de-scribe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The report will also show how your child per-formed in relation to national minimum standards. These describe the minimum acceptable standards for students across Australia.

LABERTOUCHE PS HAS THESE FOUR VALUES

LEARN CARE RESPECT SHARE

Junior News Prep-Grade 2

Welcome back to Term 2, I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable break. The junior students have settled straight back into the classroom routine and have been showing our school values of Learn, Care, Respect and Share which is fantastic to see. In maths we are starting the term with the topic of addition. Students have been learning different addition strategies including ‘friends of 10’, using ten frames, counting on, doubles, near doubles and using number lines. Our term theme is Australia. We started off the unit this week by trying to draw the Australian flag from memory. We had some attempts that came very close and others that were very creative! We looked at the parts of the flag and the meaning behind them and I challenged the students to try and spot The Southern Cross in the night sky. We have also been focusing on nouns and syllables this week. Try challenging your child when they are reading and see if they can point out the nouns in a sentence or count how many syllables there are in a word!

LABERTOUCHE PS HAS THESE FOUR VALUES

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Senior News Grades 3-6

In Reading groups this week, students are looking at text features of non-fiction books. Text features help the reader to make sense of what they are reading and they include things like the Table of Contents and Glossary. Our theme this term is ‘Australia’ and some of the books we have looked at so far include Australian State Plants, Kangaroos and Boomerangs to name a few! In Maths, students began the new topic – Addition. Our Grade 3 / 4’s have been focussing on addition strategies such as doubling/halving, making ten, ten facts, chunking, near doubles and vertical addition. Our Grade 5 / 6’s have also been learning these strategies but are working with larger numbers in their calculations.

During writing, students have moved onto the genre of expositions. They are looking at different examples of persuasive texts and how to structure their writing using this genre. This week we will focus on writing some more pieces together before the students move onto independently writing their own piece. CAMP The grade 3 / 4’s had camp during the last week of Term 1. All students had a wonderful time, made new friends and they demonstrated our school values brilliantly. Well done! On 3-4 camp we went to Melbourne. On Wednesday we arrived at Federation Square, had a quick snack then walked to Hosiers Lane to see graffiti. It was very interesting to see all the graffiti everywhere and some kids got to do to their own graffiti. Then we went to a place where we could rest and have another snack. Then we went to a park with bamboo sticks and some girls did flips on them. Camp was so much fun! By Maddie

On Thursday at camp we got up and went to the Melbourne Art’s Centre and saw Mr. Stink and saw how the smoke came out of his jumper. Everyone loved watching Mr. Stink. I enjoyed it so much! By Aiva

Please remember to sign your child’s reading diary each night after they read their allocated

book.

Specialist News

Term one was a busy term. Thankyou to the families that donated newspapers and egg cartons to the art room. With lots of painting and clay last term we still have students without art smocks. Can you please be sure that your child has an art smock to protect their school uniform. In both the Junior and Senior grades, the children have been making sea creatures from clay. As these are being painted and completed models are being displayed at the sign in book. Please take the time to look at the children's art work. The term finished off very busy in sport with the Junior sports day at Jindivick and a netball incursion. Our children were enthusiastic in participating in both events and enjoyed the experience. Term 2 begins busy for the senior grade. We have our Senior Athletics day at the Geoff Watt track on the 1st of May. If any parents can help on the day please let me know. For those selected students, Division Athletics are in week 5 and Division Cross Country in week 6. Thank you Peta Waterhouse

TARAGO MARC LIBRARY This week, Mrs Collins began her first MARC Van lesson. All the students were very excited and had a wonderful time.

This term the students have commenced a unit on Australian. Mrs Collins will be focusing on Aboriginal dreamtime stories with the children. It should be a wonderful learning opportunity for the children.

Please remind your children to return their Marc Van

books when they are finished reading them.

Thank you

Fundraising Committee

Expression of interest

Dear Parents,

School council are requesting for parents who have an interest in helping with

school fundraising and to take part in our fundraising committee. Parents will be

required to attend a short meeting once a month or when required and assist

with fundraising events when they are organised.

In little schools, like Labertouche, it is imperative that we have successful and

fun fundraising activities to assist us in purchasing new or replacing items and

activities within our school.

If you are interested in assisting with this, please contact Wendy Cummins

(School Council President) or Jo Janssan (Vice President & Head of

Fundraising Committee).

Kind Regards

Corey Fleming

Principal