RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RESILIENCE

Newsletter of the Leura Public School Community Volume 5, Issue 17 Term 4, 2017 Week 6

Coming Events

Week 6

17/11 – P&C Meeting - 1.30pm

17/11 – Eco Summit

(selected students)

17/11 – Stage 1 Excursion to

Vaucluse House

Week 7

21/11 – Parent Helpers’ Morning

Tea 11.15am - 11.45am

21/11 – Icecream Day (recess)

22/11 – Kindy Orientation –

1.45pm to 2.30pm

23/11 – Crazy Hair Day

24/11 – School Spectacular

Excursion

Week 8

28/11 – Stage 2 Excursion to

Bicentennial Park

29/11 – Kindy Orientation –

2pm to 2.30pm

30/11 – Art & Music Showcase

Reading with Buddies – 5J and KB

From the Principal …..

Spring Wing Fling

Last Friday, our school hosted this special event to

acknowledge the completion of our three endangered species

sculptures. It was a great opportunity to learn about the

history of the sculptures and the significance of the animals

depicted in them. We had the pleasure of being welcomed

by Aunty Carol and sharing a special dragonfly dance with Jo

Clancy. We were also able to thank the key contributor to

this first phase of the sculpture trail, Niki Martignago.

Every day I am truly astounded by the significant

contribution of parents like Niki, and the members of the sculpture trail committee. Our school

is blessed to have such a supportive community and it is wonderful to work with you for the

benefit of the children.

Principal’s Art Competition

The winners of this year’s competition were announced at our

Principal’s assembly last week. It was a difficult job selecting the

winners from such creative and inspired artworks. Congratulations to

the following students for being awarded as winners for their grade:

Jasmine H (Kindergarten)

Eadie M (Year 1)

Zoe B (Year 2)

Ruben S (Year 4)

Ben D (Year 5)

Lily S (Year 6)

The winning art works will be

framed and placed on display in

the office for all to enjoy.

Kindergarten Transition

The third session of our transition program was held this week and the children appear to be

settling in well and enjoying their time at ‘big’ school. Mr Bartie and Mrs Jinks have been

offering opportunities in various activities that the

children will be expected to do when they start school

next year, such as walking in lines, using the toilets,

cutting and pasting, and using computers. At this stage,

our enrolment numbers indicate we will have two

Kindergarten classes. It’s not too late to enrol so if

your child is turning 5 before 31 July 2018, they are

eligible to start school. Please collect an enrolment

form from the school office and complete it as soon as

possible so we can meet your child before the end of the year and include them in our

organisation of classes. If you know of other children in the area, please feel free to spread the

word.

Staffing Update

The school is currently planning our class and program structures for 2018. Currently, our

projected student enrolments are 250, which is a drop from our current enrolments (259).

Unfortunately this means we will move from 11 classes to 10 classes, however all permanent

teaching staff will retain their positions at the school. Liz Tink was appointed permanently as

our Assistant Principal but has been on extended leave and has now retired. We are waiting to

hear from Staffing about who will fill this position. Crystal Cooke will be extending her

maternity leave and returning part time to the school at the beginning of Term 3. Paula

Forrester is returning from leave to start Term 1. At this stage there is no indication whether

Matt Carter is returning or not. I will keep you informed through future newsletters of any

further changes as we get more details.

“There is no better place to create a caring community than in our schools – the

heart of our future.” (Patricia Gandara)

Yours in education, Elise Berwick

Principal

CORE VALUES – Term 4, Week 5

Class Respectful Responsible Resilient

KB Ruby Charlie Clementine

KJ Francesca Elke Avigaille

1C Daniel Eadie Jaxon

1/2M

2A Chloe Harley Tess

2P Rory

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING – Term 4 VALUE OF THE WEEK

Week 7: A respectful student wears school uniform with pride

Week 8: A responsible student walks quietly with the teacher

STEWART HOUSE

COLLECTION

Stewart House bags were sent home

with students on Monday.

The clothing appeal bags are due

back at school by Tuesday, 21st

November. They can be left

at the school office until that date.

Leura Public School SRC

Crazy Hair Day Thursday 23 November 2017

Gold coin donation for Head Space

SCHOOL RAFFLE

Leura Public School is running a major fundraising raffle. The funds from the raffle will go

towards the Year 6 Technology Gift to the school. Our prizes have been donated by many of the

businesses operating on Leura Mall. It is heartening to have such generous community support.

The prizes are incredible so it’s a great chance to get a Christmas gift or two!

Raffle Prizes

The prizes range in value, starting from $20.

1. Turkish Kilim and Leather Handbag from Teddy Sinclair

2. Sheoak Pillow Box from Leura Fine Woodwork Gallery

3. $100 Wish Gift Voucher from Woolworths

4. $75 Voucher from Little Wing

5. Smartphone Mini Bag from Trump’s Boutique

6. Sleeping Queens Puzzle and Cards from Leura Toy Shop

7. Scarf from Leura Vintage

8. Sushi Set from Leura Whisk

9. $30 Voucher from Megalong Books

10. Black Milk Candle, Soap and Diffuser Pack from Haus

11. Reed Diffuser from Ikou

12. Josophan’s Chocolates from Josophan’s Fine Chocolates

13. Toadstool Purse from Leura Newsagency

14. Mixed Beauty and Candle Pack from Best Buy Pharmacy and With Max & Me

15. Snack Food Pack from Leura Health Foods and Leura Gourmet Café

16. Bath and Shower Pack from Maison Montage

17. Candle and Soap Pack from Urban Rituelle and Moontree

18. Candle and Soap Pack from Urban Rituelle and Moon

Raffle tickets were sent home earlier this week and we are asking each family to promote the

raffle and hopefully sell 5 tickets at $5 each. Please write name, phone number and LPS student

name on the left hand side of the raffle ticket. The draw will be held in Week 8. Thank you for

your support.

NOTES/PAYMENT REMINDER To assist families, the following is a list of activities and associated costs, for which permission slips and/or monies are to

be returned to the school. If there are any difficult circumstances in regard to any payments by the due date, for

incursions/excursions, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

EXCURSION/ACTIVITY AMOUNT DATE/PAYMENT DUE

Instrument Hire and/or Tuition Term 2 $100/$200 Overdue

Instrument Hire and/or Tuition Term 3 $100/$200 Overdue

Instrument Hire and/or Tuition Term 4 $100/$200 Now

Voluntary School Contribution $47.00

(Week 7)

Nude Food Day Challenge – Thursday 9th November

Thank you Leura Public School for your fantastic support for Nude Food Day!

5J have collected and analysed our Nude Food Day Rubbish. It was clear we had less

plastic in our lunchboxes, the amount of plastic rubbish thrown out was reduced and our

playground looked spotless. This means no rubbish would be entering the storm water

and draining into our Hanging Swamp. Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to 1C who collected data from their own Nude Food Day lunchboxes.

What a great result – 15 reusable containers.

Authentic learning, graphing data on Nude Food day

Whole school rubbish – greatly reduced 5J celebrate their successful

Litter Legend Campaign

Nude Food Day favourite lunchbox food suggestions: Banana chips (Edeva 2/3P), Popcorn (Tarik 3/4A)

Fruit: Apples, strawberries, grapes, banana (Raff 2A, Ashleigh, Lily, Charlie 5J)

Salads, carrot (Nathan, Benjamin5J) Honey smoked ham and salad (Marek 5J)

Crackers and Humous (Georgia, Ava 5J), Sandwich (Ellie 2/3P, William 3/4A)

Student tips for a Nude Food lunchbox: “Use containers” (Zoe 2A, Savannah, Jasmin, Sofia KB, Eadie 1C, Maddison, Lara,

Jorja-Rae KJ)

“Try wax paper” (Ben 5J)

“Pack your own lunch and help Mum to pack no plastic” (Lucy KB & Ruby, 1C)

“Use tea-towels to wrap sandwiches” (Bethany & Grace 1/2M)

“Choose reusable packaging, it’s good for the environment” (Tarik & Ruben 3/4A)

“Use split containers for humus and crackers, it’s delicious” (Georgia 5J)

“Don’t use plastic cling wrap, use a container” (Gabriel 3/4A)

“Fruit is great because it’s nature packaged” (Ben 5J)

The Nude Food Day data is in:

K-2 Nude Food Day Rubbish (Ava & Larni, 5J) 3-6 Nude Food Day Rubbish (Ben, Joshua, Conrad & Jed, 5J)

Don’t forget, to Save our Swamp,

make Nude Food choices

and

be a Litter Legend everyday!

5J and Mrs Fendall

Aboriginal Art Workshops with Leanne Tobin: 15th – 17th November, 2017.

This week Leura Public School welcomed a talented visitor to our school when Leanne Tobin, a

local Darug elder and artist, spent three days teaching art workshops in our artroom.

All of our students and teachers listened as Leanne shared stories of the rich Aboriginal history

and culture of the land on which our beautiful school is situated. Students made connections

between environmental awareness and caring for ‘Our Place’ and country, as we are the

custodians of the Hanging Swamp and bushland at our school. Students had the opportunity to

experience new approaches to artwork, and enjoyed creating messy sponged landscape

backgrounds, using a limited colour palette to create bushland, swamp and sandstone

environments. Detailed drawings of our endangered hanging swamp species were collaged into

the landscape with Leanne encouraging students to explore their creativity and connect to their

local environment.

Thank you for visiting Leura Public School, and for sharing your cultural and artistic knowledge

with us.

Mrs Fendall – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Committee Coordinator

Community Announcements:

Artisan Markets – Celebrating Design: Springwood High School on 18th November from 9am to

4pm. Gold coin entry.

Melrose Park Meet your Street, 18th November from 2-6pm – bush fire resilience and

community connections. Kids Activities, entertainment, stalls etc. Free BBq – all welcome.

Blue Mountains Youth Choir “Breaths”. Young voices singing songs from Australia, Japan, New

Zealand, USA and Broadway. Kindle Hill Performance Space on 25th November at 4pm.

Leura Uniting Church Christmas Countdown for infants and primary school children. Cnr. Grose

and Megalong Streets, Leura. Wednesdays, November 22nd and 29th and December 6th. $3 per

week or $5 per week for families. For more info contact Lorraine on 0416 098 424, Stephanie

on 0426 168 587 or Kathy on 0406 076 051.

Free Child car seat safety check, Saturday, 2nd December at Blue Mountains City Council from

9am to 1.00pm. Bookings essential, contact Council’s Road Safety Officer on 4780 5000.

NEXT P&C MEETING Friday 8 December 1:30-3:00pm

Learning Support Room (adjacent to School Office)

The Canteen Committee wish to acknowledge and thank Suzy Lemonjian and Coreen Ipsen for their wonderful efforts in helping run the canteen for three terms. It is a sad loss for the committee, but we understand that other priorities can take precedence. Hopefully one day we’ll see them back on board again. In the meantime, if anyone else would like to help out, please contact the Canteen Committee at lpspc.leuracanteen@gmail.com

That the online ordering system allows you to order up to 4 weeks in advance? That's 4 weeks of not having of worry about getting your order in on time! So what are you waiting for? Get online and head to Quickcliq: (www.quickcliq.com.au) and put your orders in today!

Bike Raffle The Bike Raffle has been drawn and the winner was Mary Batty, and the runner up was Shellie Buckle. Congratulations to both winners!

We raised just over $600 that will go towards buying new Home Readers for the Infants school.

Thank you to all of you who supported our bike raffle and brought tickets. We still have one bike to give away. Stay tuned!

For our inaugural Spring Wing Fling, we were blessed with a beautiful day, wonderful people and an amazing dragonfly dance – with fun audience participation! We wish to thank Niki Martignago, Keris Macarthur, Belinda Ottman, Vikki Willmot-Sharp, Aunty Carol and Jo Clancy. Also to Mrs Berwick for allowing us to host the assembly at the school.

If you weren’t able to attend the afternoon, why not head to the P&C Facebook page and check out the video of the dance? Go to: https://www.facebook.com/LeuraPublicSchoolPandCAssociation/

The Canteen is in urgent need of volunteers to help with the “behind-the-scenes” tasks.

We really need help with:

Roster Coordination & Management Shopping on Thursdays Counting and collating orders on

Thursdays Sushi pickup on Fridays

All the above tasks take no more than an hour of your time per week. There’s no need to volunteer on a regular basis, even once a term will help us out immensely!

If you can help out, please send an email to lpspc.leuracanteen@gmail.com for more information on any of the above tasks.