SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.

Principal:

Mr. Chris Sevior

Chichester Drive,

Taylors Lakes 3038.

Ph: 9390 3388

Fax: 9390 3225

www.tlps.vic.edu.au

Upcoming Events December 1 Casual Clothes Day

December 2

Movie Night

December 6

Grade 6 Transition

December 8

Prep Fairy Park excursion

December 13

Grade 2 Zoo Excursion

December 15

Grade 6 Big Day Out

December 19

Step Up Morning

Grade 6 Graduation

December 20

Last Day. 12.30 finish.

Newsletter: 18/11/2016

Taylors Lakes Primary School

NEWSLETTER “Learning Today For a Better Tomorrow”

Dear Parents,

We have had another busy fortnight at our school. Our Grade 1 students had a terrific

excursion to the Werribee Zoo. I had the pleasure of tagging along. Our Grade 6 stu-

dents are preparing for Graduation and are enjoying doing their Earn and Learn unit

of work. Lastly our Foundation students had their Grandparents lunch. There was a

big turnout with lots and lots of yummy food!

School Banking

The last day for school banking is December 1st. School Banking will then resume in

February 2017. I would like to thank our parent volunteers for their help every Thurs-

day.

2017

Planning for 2017 is in full swing. If you are moving out of the area can you please

let the school know as soon as possible?

Christmas Raffle

Our Christmas raffle tickets have gone home this week. It would really help the

school if you are able to support the school by selling your allocated raffle tickets and

by donating items such as food or unopened toys to assemble hampers to be used as

raffle prizes. All money raised will be allocated towards continual development of

our CAT space. We plan to purchase equipment for our radio station to begin in

2017. I would also like to purchase robotics for the CAT space to be used as part of

our coding curriculum in 2017. Exciting times ahead!

Hats

Just a reminder that all students are required to wear hats in Term 4. School hats can

be purchased in the office area or our school uniform shop which is open every

Wednesday morning from 8.30– 10.00.

Casual Clothes Day

Our last casual clothes day of the year will take place on Thursday December 1st. We

ask students and teachers to dress up to in Christmas colours or theme. All money

raised will be used to buy presents for the underprivileged through the Wishing Tree

appeal. This is a great cause that our school has supported every year.

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.

Topmarks in Numeracy Problem Solving

This year, as part of our continued focus on problem solving, we entered two teams into the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads (A.P.S.M.O). The teams worked really

hard to complete monthly problem solving competitions against other schools in Australasia and achieved some first class results. We are really proud of their achievements and progress and

we'd like to congratulate both teams for representing our school in such fine style.

Here are some of our top scorers from the Year 4/5 Team

Top 10% - Damien B 5PM, Haylee H 5CD, Aiden K 5RA

Top 20% - John L 4VR, Luke N 5RA, Pavith R 4AQ, Christina C 5AD, John P 5PM

Top 25% - Ishani N 5AD, Chloe S 5RA

Top 30% - Artemis P 5RA, Lilijana S 5PM

Top 40% - Belle B 5PM, Evan j 5RA, Jerome L 5AD, Chloe V 5AD

Top 50 % - Dante F 4DC, Sora V 4AQ, Eirini C 5RA

Our top scorers from the Year 5/6 Team

Top 10% - Mark D 6PL

Top 30% - Isha B 6PL, Liana S 6RM,

Top 40% - Ryan B 6LM, Ethan C 5AD, Navain G 6KK,

Top 50 % - Connor B 6RM, Caitlyn C 6LM, Eti T 6KK, Erin A 5AD

Taylors Lakes Community Market Day

November 20th

9am – 3pm

Taylors Lakes Linear Park

Chichester Drive, Taylors Lakes

Stalls will sell a range of products including candles, cards, jewellery, health products, sweets,

homewares, handmade crafts and many more. Community groups represented include the

YMCA, Amnesty, Brimbank District Guides, Community Care Bali, Edgar’s Mission, Blandthorn

Dance Group, the Brimbank Bicycle Education Centre and the Brimbank Neighbourhood House

Strategic Partnership. In the realm of club unity, Lions Clubs from Diggers Rest and Brunswick

will also take part.

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FSV Sarah Aston & Annemaree

FJS Tyler Cristiano

FMV Max Ashton

FHP Mark & Alanah Soraya & Amanat

FAA Isabella & Sebastien Zara

FAV Armaan Terence

1ST Liliya Jayda

1AK Billy Marios

1AA Paige Mia

1JB Maddison Mya

2HB Ha-Lien Sarah & Myah

2LW Keely Scarlytte

2ST Jordan Sofia & Molika

2AR Isabella & Miranda Alexander

3KG Rebekah & Jimmy Shaelene & Sam

3EH William Apryl

3JS Rhylee & Jamie Dusan & Grace

3CP Hong-Nhu & Imogen Lila

3SB Alicia & Emma Tia & Sarah

4AQ Sienna & Ricardo Ayda & Anesa

4JL Madisyn & Akel Ben, Gianni & Aashriya

4DC Max Joshua

4DN Ryan & Abbey Montanna & Christian

4VR Jovan & Grace Vanessa & Aliyah

5CD Seth & Phillip Angelo & Mateo

5AD Jordan & Azaria Harriet & Ingrid

5RA Ally & Raul Marcus & Alyssa

5PM Caitlyn & Luke Naomi & Tammy

6RM Riley & Connor Mia & Aidyn

6LM Daniyal Aliah

6PL Declan Alex

6KK Massimo & Vlad Georgia

ART Kelvin & Ben Atara

MUSIC Erin Vivienne & Harper

PE Peter & Pavneet Shadi

ICT Blake

SPANISH Mridula Heath

PRIN Logan Dara

PUPIL OF THE WEEK

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.

Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal

Thursday 1st December

Christmas Casual Clothes Day!

Taylors Lakes Primary School’s last fundraiser for the year will be for

The Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal, which raises money for the less fortunate children who do not wake up expecting presents under their trees at Christmas time.

WHEN:

On Thursday the 1st of December we will be having a Christmas themed casual clothes day. If you would like to participate please bring a gold coin donation on that day.

WHAT TO WEAR:

Feel free to dress up as one of your Christmas favourites such as Santa, a Christmas elf, Frosty the Snowman or even Rudolph! If you don’t have a costume you can wear Christmas themed colours such as red and green or add tinsel or reindeer ears or a Santa hat to your normal casual clothes.

ALSO:

In conjunction with the Christmas themed casual clothes day, moneyboxes will be delivered to your child’s classroom on Monday, 21st of November. These are for your child to put in loose change and sponsor their classroom teacher to wear a cra-zy outfit on the day. Every donation, small or big, can make a difference so don’t for-get to top up your moneyboxes. We can’t wait to see all the crazy costumes the stu-dents (and some teachers) will be wearing.

THE STORY BEHIND THE WISHING TREE APPEAL:

If you are interested in more information about the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal, read ‘The Kmart Wishing Tree Story’ which is a recount of the power of the Appeal and the joy it brought to one particular boy, as told to two TLPS teachers from a Salvation Ar-my volunteer.

Many thanks,

The Student Leadership Team.

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Why do we support the Wishing Tree Appeal?

As we all know, the Wishing Tree Appeal and Salvation Army supports families and people in need during Christmas time by providing them with presents that they could not afford themselves.

One particular family was so poor that they didn’t even have a home to live in on Christmas day, let alone presents to open in the morning. So fortunately, the Salva-tion Army sent one of their volunteers to the shelter they were staying at to give their son one of the presents that had been donated.

He was 5 years old and looked very sad but when he saw the bright shiny package his eyes lit up. He thanked the volunteer for the present and gently held it so as not to damage the paper.

When the volunteer asked him if he was going to open it, the boy looked at him con-fused.

Again, the volunteer asked him why he hadn’t opened it.

The boy still looked confused.

Quickly the boy’s parents stepped in and explained he’d never received a wrapped present before and he didn’t know what to do. The volunteer was so sad to hear that a sweet little boy at the age of 7 had not ever received a gift before, so he carefully started unwrapping the present to show the boy what to do.

Eventually, the two of them had taken off all of the wrapping without making a single rip in the paper and when the boy saw the small remote controlled car underneath, he burst into tears of happiness and gave the volunteer the tightest hug he’d ever had.

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

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DONATIONS NEEDED

If any families are able to donate new items for the

Christmas Raffle or Movie Night Silent Auction we

would really appreciate it.

Please use the list below as a guide.

Chocolates

Wine

New boxed toys

Giftware/ glassware

Picture frames/albums

Christmas themed gifts

All money raised goes towards the school.

Please bring items to the main office

Thank you for supporting TLPS

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.

SCHOOL VALUES: TOLERANCE, EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, HONESTY,

CARE & RESPECT.