“With heart, soul, mind & strength”

Friday, 24 July 2015 NEWSLETTER Issue 10

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Winter has hit with a bang at the start of Term 3. Many students and staff have been absent with illness as the winter bugs take hold. My wife and I left Madrid at a temperature of 41 degrees and arrived in Sydney to a 6 degree morning. I attended the International Conference on Thinking in Bilbao, Spain during the holidays. This was attended by 2000 delegates from many parts of the world. Many of the speakers are among the biggest names in education from the US and UK. I was very pleased to be able to hear three lectures by Professor Guy Claxton, the mind behind the Building Learning Power approach we are working on here at Lakes. I have much to think about after a conference on thinking!

PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS are coming up on 27 July and 5 August. I hope you will attend to discuss your child’s progress. If

you can’t make an appointment with a teacher you really want to see, please notify the JS or SS office and we will make alternative arrangements for you.

HSC TRIAL EXAMINATIONS begin in three weeks, on Friday 7 August. If you have a son or daughter in Year 12 you can encourage

them to do practice tests between now and then as that has been shown to be the most effective way to prepare for exams. They can ask their teacher to mark them and give feedback so they can improve when the Trial exams arrive. Planning a study timetable that includes all their subjects, and allocates more time to the ones they find hardest is also important. As they read over their notes they should ask themselves questions and answer them, then check the accuracy of their answers. Just reading and highlighting or just writing out summaries are not very effective study techniques on their own. You have to interact with the material you are studying and bring it to life. Depending on the subject, Trial exam results contribute anything from 15% to 35% of the final assessment mark, with most between 20 and 30%. This is a significant chunk of the assessment mark, which is combined with the HSC exam mark to produce their final “HSC mark”. Very effective preparation for these exams is highly recommended.

Congratulations to…

Fletcher Cunningham of Year 11 who will travel to Poland in September as Captain of the Australian Olympic Hopes Kayaking Team. What a fantastic achievement for someone as young as Fletcher.

Ashley Pernecker of Year 5 who has qualified for the National Schools Cross Country carnival after her wonderful achievement at the NSW PSSA carnival.

Remember to let me know if your son or daughter is achieving at a high level in anything outside of school. I would love to share that with our whole school community.

Vietnam trip

Our intrepid Year 10 students and teachers had a fantastic time on their Vietnam “excursion”. Their focus was on history but the photos on Facebook suggested they were having a lot of fun doing it! Many thanks to the staff who planned and accompanied our students. These trips are great opportunities for our students to gain a better understanding of our world.

Michael Hannah (Principal)

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

Welcome back to Term 3. The staff and I trust and hope that both you, and your children, had an enjoyable winter break together. The term is already looking extremely busy. We have many events and activities planned and only ten weeks to do them in!

PARENT – TEACHER INTERVIEWS

All parents should have received their children’s report prior to the holidays. Whilst reports are an accurate record of performance they are not the most comprehensive way of communicating detailed information to families. It is for this reason that I would encourage every family to attend Parent/Teacher Interviews. which are being held on Monday, 27 July and Wednesday, 5 August. Please ensure that you have booked appointment times to discuss your child’s progress with their teacher through Parent Lounge as soon as possible. Please remember that whilst these formal interviews give you the opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with their teacher, you are most welcome, and encouraged, to speak with your child’s teacher at any time throughout the year.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Ashley Pernecker of Year 5 on her selection to represent the school and NSW PSSA at the 12 Years and Under Cross Country Championships in Melbourne in late August. We are really proud of the dedicated manner in which Ashley has applied herself to her training, to achieving her goals and we wish her the very best as she competes.

MATHLETICS

Congratulations to Illyssa Roper, Jake Richards and Vaughn Peachey who recently received awards from Mathletics which recognised them as the top three students in the school in terms of mastery of activities attempted over the first semester. Congratulations and well done!

BUILDING LEARNING POWER

Over the course of Term 3, we will be focusing on learning capacities associated with ‘Mind’ where students are able to look within and be reflective learners who examine the strategic aspects of learning.

LAKES GRAMMAR – AN ANGLICAN SCHOOL

Cnr Sparks Road & Albert Warner Drive, WARNERVALE PO Box 6069 Gorokan 2263

School Office: Ph: 4393 4111 Events line: 4393 4134 Senior Campus: Fax: 4393 4155

Fax: 4393 4133 Sports Line: 4393 4135

Website: www.lakes.nsw.edu.au School Email: admin@lakes.nsw.edu.au P&F email: pfa@lakes.nsw.edu.au

BUILDING LEARNING POWER AWARD Tahlia Moore (3L) for consistently displaying a range of Building Learning Power capacities

and challenging herself in class. Ty Daly (2C) Heart – empathising with the feelings of others. Billy Fennell (KD) – perseverance in all tasks. Zoe Vanderblom (KH) for challenging herself in her learning. Talia Johnston (KH) for resisting distractions and helping others in their learning.

UNIFORM AWARD

Congratulations to the following students who have received the Head of Junior School’s Uniform Award over the past fortnight after being spotted around the campus looking immaculate!

Amelia Collins and Jai Waldon

LOST…

Zander Graham in Year 1 lost a pair of prescription swimming goggles last week. These goggles are black and have a clear strap. If you come across these goggles it would be greatly appreciated if they could be handed in to Junior School Reception or to Ms Jobe-Parker please.

Final Thought…

“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement”. –W. Clement Stone

Will Wallace (Head of Junior School)

Watch out for the Lakes Grammar Newcastle Herald entries further on in the newsletter.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE Prepared to be amazed at the fabulous Junior School SHOWCASE production “ A Sprinkle of Stories” . Show dates are Wednesday,

2 September and Friday, 4 September. More info coming soon!

AFTERNOON MESSAGES are given to students immediately after lunch. Please be aware that the school reception area

is a very busy time at the end of school and it is unreasonable to expect that a message can be taken out to students who

have already departed their classrooms for the day to stand in bus lines or parent pickup. If you need to get a message

to your child regarding alternative travel arrangements please contact the school reception prior to 1.30pm.

Students in parent pick-up lines who are not collected on time will be held in the office until your arrival.

JUNIOR SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3!

What a busy term we have coming up in the JS Library, including Book Fair and an author visit! I always look forward to Term 3 Library lessons as we always have fun! During T3 Library lessons, classes will be focusing on: K - 4 - CBCA Book Appreciation / Voting 5 - CBCA Book Review Writing 6/OC - CBCA ‘Antarctica’ Book Trailer Creating 6/OC - Information Skills 'Antarctica' - Inquiry unit Looking forward to some inspiring, wondrous work!

This year the CBCA Council are celebrating 70 Years! The theme this year is “Books Light up our World” (hence the light globes used for PRC 2015 display. WHAT BOOKS HAVE LIT UP YOUR WORLD?

PRC 2015

We have around 205 registrations (107 have been completed). Keep completions coming in…A fantastic effort! All completed challenges will get the end of year certificate from the Premier of NSW. Remember: PRC finishes on 24 August 2015 – please have your completed logs in by then. Please note the PRC website has changed. Please use the following link now for any information on the PRC:

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html

TERM 2 ‘Superhero’ short story writing competition

Congratulations to all Year 2-6 students who entered our competition last term. They were very well written and ‘Mr Incredible’ was proud of all who entered. Congratulations to Ashley Pernecker and Macy Willis who received a prize for their Senior and Junior entries for their wonderful stories!

WHEELERS eBOOKS

Has your child accessed our Wheelers eBook facility yet? If they are in Years 4-6 and have an iPad, Android or similar device, they can read our growing collection of eBooks either online or downloaded. Many new titles have just been ordered. They can also borrow an iPad from the JS Library at lunch. Please see library staff for more details or grab a brochure from

LIBRARY BLOG

Check out our latest JS BLOG and see what students have been learning about in the JS Library recently. This BLOG will be updated when needed.

COMING UP IN JS LIBRARY…. 6/8/15 – Illustrator visit – Sara Davis (more information shortly)… 24/8-27/8/15 – Scholastic Book Fair OPENING HOURS

The JS Library opening hours are from 8:30am to 3.30pm Monday and Friday and 8.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Thursday. Students are also welcome to use the JS Library at lunchtime (2nd half) each Monday to Friday. PLEASE NOTE: any student using the library between 3-4pm must sign in and be picked up from the library and signed out by their parents. This time is for RESEARCH / HOMEWORK / STUDY use only. It is not a place for children to wait for parents to collect them in the afternoon.

Mr D Summers (JS Teacher Librarian)

JUNIOR SCHOOL GARDEN CLUB

NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY – Sunday 26/7/15

Don’t forget it is National Tree planting day on Sunday, 26/7/15. Make sure you get out there in your local community and make a difference by planting some trees! To register for sites in your area visit: http://treeday.planetark.org/about/

Mr Summers (Green Team)

Maths tutoring in the Senior School Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8.00am

CHAPLAIN’S CHAT

Matt’s Mutterings Most people I know do not like to talk about death. In our modern world we have tried to distance ourselves from death and in all honesty nobody really likes the idea of mortality. Even Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died and he too experienced the pain of loss and grief. Jesus also experienced death, and a horrific death it was. For me, strange as this may sound, this brings comfort knowing that Jesus understands what it is like to go through the deepest sorrow and anguish.

In the first week of term my parent’s neighbour of some 45 years died. Betty has known me my whole life and was always a warm, kind-hearted and a generous woman. She was the glue in her family, bringing family members together regularly and doting on her grandkids. Her death will create a huge hole of grief that will leave so many people reeling for the months to come. An era has ended and a new one has begun. It is hard to capture in words the sadness that I and others are feeling.

Also last week I had a long conversation with a friend who is facing death in the eye. We talked about making the most of life, living moment to moment and preparing for death. This period of their life has come out of the blue and rocked them to the core. Family members have had to make life changing decisions around death. It was a profound privilege for me to share time with them as we talked funeral arrangements, ongoing catch-ups and possibilities all with a cloud of not knowing the when…when will it all end.

But…and this is a big “but”…death is not the end. Jesus was very clear about this when he conquered death and rose again. God invites us into his eternal presence through Jesus’ resurrection. Death is not a wall that we slam into, but a doorway into the arms of God. Have you heard this good news yet? I hope you know this in your heart. Last year, a very wise person facing their own mortality said words like this to me… “We are all dying…some of us just have a clearer idea about what that looks like and when that might be. This life is a gift from God and we need to live it that way.” Carpe Diem my friends, hear the good news and believe.

Bless ya! Rev’d Matt Shorten (Chaplain)

School Photos - order forms for Year 12 muck-up or leader photos for both junior and senior school are available from

either school office.

ENGLISH / HISTORY NEWS The Vietnam travellers returned safely from their trip to Vietnam in the school holidays. From all accounts (and if you were following them on Facebook) the students and staff had a wonderful time. For these students, traveling to Vietnam meant that they were able to actually see and experience the culture explored by Anh DO in his book ‘Happiest Refugee’ and the impact of the Vietnam War. These were studied by the students in class last year. A big thank you to Mrs Manners, Ms Roche, Miss Newton and Mr Langejans who travelled with the students and kept them safe and well whilst they were there.

This term we welcome Mrs Jane Rocks as part of the English and History Department. She will be replacing Mrs Tamara Gallagher whilst she is on Maternity Leave. Mrs Rocks has been a casual teacher for us for many years and we are excited about having her as full-time member of staff.

We have hit the ground running with Term 3 being our Major Project term. On the first day back Year 8 English handed in their Major Poetry Projects. Students had to research and write poems which explored three cultures of their own choosing. The students had to also visually represent these poems. They have done a marvellous job; photos of a selection of the students’ work are on the school Facebook page and all the projects are on display in the SS library for the next few weeks.

Major Projects in English are also due this term in Year 7, Year 9 and Year 10: Year 7: Showbag for their favourite book. Year 9: Picture Books based on Steve Herrick’s By the River Year 10: Shakespeare Tempest Appropriation

This term we will again see A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM held in the Senior School Library. Last year our History students astounded us with their creativity and research skills! We look forward and are excited about what they will produce this year. The projects for Years 7-10 have all been issued to the students, all projects are worked on in class, as well as being worked on at home. The projects are based on the concept of Inquiry Based Learning. The students demonstrated last year that they love this way of learning, which has definitely inspired many students in History! Place the date in your diary, THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER and be sure to come, as our students take us on a journey through Ancient China (Year 7); Shogun Japan (Year 8); Our ANZAC heroes (Year 9) and Decades of Change (Year 10)!

In the last week of term the Lakes Grammar great Spelling Bee will also take place, with the finalists from Years 7 and 8 battling it out for the title!

Michelle Smith English and History Co-ordinator

CAPA NEWS

NEW YORK TOUR

Over the past few years we have seen the emergence of a Creative Arts Faculty that is really flourishing. The Music Department has developed quickly, particularly under the care of Miss Abdilla and Miss Mitchell. The recent production, 'Pure Imagination' has given students a growing confidence in their performance ability. Our art students continue to enjoy opportunities to explore, create and be inspired. With this in mind, the faculty has decided that it is time to broaden our wings and take students on a cultural tour of New York.

The recent information evening was extremely successful and we are close to acquiring the numbers for the tour to go ahead. We need 30 people to sign up and pay their deposits by the 30th July. Directions for joining and payment can be found in the information note. Please contact the Senior School office or any Art or Music Teacher in C block for forms. You still have time to join the Tour, just remember you need to be a member of the choir or an Art or Photography student.

SENIOR SCHOOL ART EXHIBITIONS

We have two exhibitions taking place in August and September. Firstly, 20 of our Senior students are entering art works in the Lakes Anglican Church exhibition. The Church exhibition opens on Thursday, 6 August and runs through to Sunday, 9 August. The opening takes place on Friday, 7 August at 6:30pm.

Our annual art exhibition 'Visions' will open on Friday, 28 August. The very talented students have once again prepared an excellent body of work for show at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery. The artists who travelled to Bundanon Art Camp will exhibit a beautiful range of hand made books and a giant landscape, wall installation. Students never cease to amaze me with their unique view of the world. We are looking for parent volunteers who would be interested in supervising the Gosford exhibition during office hours. For further inquires please contact Mrs Hobden via school email or leave a message at the Senior School office.

Anne Hobden (CAPA Co-ordinator)

HRIS Cultural Festival

Tickets for the HRIS Cultural Festival are now available from the Online ticketing system. The link is: http://www.trybooking.com/IDLV

Ticket prices are as follows: Adults: $12 Children (School Age)/Concession: $6

Obviously there is no cost for performers.

Tickets can also be bought at the door on the night.

CAREERS NEWS

This is a very busy term for Careers. Year 12 students are strongly advised to go to lakesgrammarcareers.com and go to the Calendar

in the ‘Important Information’ tab to check out closing dates for the Early Admission Schemes for Universities - some of which will close this month. This will allow top performing students to get an early offer from Universities. Students need to check the University website of their choice and are recommended to put in an application immediately. Different Universities have different application procedures. The SRS (Schools Recommendation Scheme) run by UAC cannot be applied for until students have already lodged a UAC application. Every student taking their HSC this year is advised to complete one of these forms. This information will be provided at the meeting held at school on 3rd September at which the University of Newcastle will be in attendance. University Open days are running through August and September, details can be found in the Calendar on the lakesgrammarcareers.com website.

Year 10 and Year 11 students will be having a meeting with a representative from Central Coast Group Training in regards to apprenticeships and application procedures. Year 10 student career interviews should conclude in the next week or so with final subject selection coming later in the term.

Cathy James ( Careers Adviser)

SPORTS NEWS

SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT: Mr Andrew Jones sssport@lakes.nsw.edu.au for all issues and questions concerning sport within the Senior School.

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORT: Mrs Anne Gaul jssport@lakes.nsw.edu.au for all issues and questions concerning sport within the Junior

School

SPORT CHOICES: Mr Andrew Jones and Mrs Anne Gaul sportchoices@lakes.nsw.edu.au to be used with regards to sport choices

JUNIOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Junior School Athletics team has been selected and will compete at the HRIS

Championships Wednesday, 5 August at Glendale. TEAM MEMBERS: Obi Adams, Ozzie Adams, Anupama Adikarimudiyanselage, Rachel Azzopardi, Jackson Barnes, Rylee Baxter, Reid Bayliss, Alexander Bell, Nathan Brown, Ava Burgess, Samantha Cameron, Carly Chapman, Zac Clifford, Samuel Cook, Dylan Coyte, Ashton Croft, Mikayla Daly, Abbi Davies, Raphael Dunn, Blair Evans, Lily Everson, Harry Fennell, Louise Fisher, Quinn Flower, Madison Franks, Bradley Freeman, Jake Freeman, Ashley Gee, Emerson Goodenough, Hannah Green, Liam Hambrook, Jasmine Haydon, Rico Hedley, Isaac Hobbs, Alyce Hokin, Noah Hucker, Jordan Ingram, Ashley Inwood, Madeline James, Billie Johns, Lachlan Jones, Liam Lightfoot, Darcy Loxton, Tegan Lynch, Emma MacDonald, Caitlin Mahoney, Douglas Matri, Luca McDermott, Anna McKechnie, Tyson Mcleod, Chloe Middleton, Noah Miller, Samuel Nowalinski, Alyssa Palmer, Ashley Pernecker, Riley Phillips, Zali Phillips, Tatiana Prica-Chamberlain, Zain Robards, Jackson Roffey, Mackensie Roffey, Jayden Rooke, Hollie Rowe, Tahlia Royle, Ellie Rudder, Keyan Small, Jarron Stanton, Charlotte Tarleton, Elizabeth Thomas, Mitchell Timmis, Tiah Vale, Alexander Voigt, Isobel Waldon, Oliver Walsh, Riley Walters, Macy Willis, Holly Willsher, Jacob Willsher, Jemma Young, Kasey Young.

SENIOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS: The Senior School Athletics team competed on Tuesday, 21 July at the HRIS Championships at

Glendale. The team performed extremely well all day and I have the wonderful pleasure in announcing that we finished in 4 th place overall and we estimate that 15 students will be selected in the HRIS team. Full results and report will be in the next newsletter. Thank you to Mr Campbell and Mrs King for managing the team and to Mr Beecroft for acting as an official.

SENIOR SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to Olivia Glanville and Ben Platt who both competed at the CIS Cross Country

Championships at the end of last term. Olivia finished 28th in the 14 Years Girls and Ben 29th in the 18/19 Years Boys. The fields at CIS are very large and extremely competitive so both these students should be very proud of their results.

SPORTS CHOICES: This term has seen the introduction of Sport Choices appearing on students’ timetables in the Senior School. This

assists with administration and ease of locating students. Please look at your child’s timetable on either Student Café or Parent Lounge to ensure they are in the correct sport. If they are not please email Mr Jones.

SCHOOL REPRESENTATION: It is a great honour to represent Lakes Grammar and HRIS. It is obvious a student has a talent in a

particular sport if they are chosen for representative duties and as such should treat it is a privilege. Recently we have had far too many students withdraw from events without notice and for simple reasons, such as I did not want to go. Associations such as HRIS, AICES and CIS have introduced fines for students who withdraw without a medical certificate. Last year HRIS passed a motion that students withdrawing from a team event without sufficient notice or medical certificate will be suspended from HRIS selection for 12 months. I ask parents to assist us with ensuring their children meet their obligations for team selection. It really does hinder the performance if a team member is absent.

AICES/CIS/PSSA/ALL SCHOOLS: For those students who are selected in HRIS Teams that compete at AICES, NSW CIS, NSW

PSSA or All Schools there are associated levies and charges. Typically students attending AICES will be charged $10. Students attending NSW CIS $22.50 and those going to NSW PSSA or All Schools $30 - $40. These charges are for administration and venue entry fees. Lakes Grammar covers all charges for HRIS events but charges at the higher levels are charged to parents.

SNOWSPORTS: During the holidays several of our students travelled to Thredbo for the Northern NSW Snowsports Interschool

competition. Excellent conditions were experienced at the start of competition but the last day was held in blizzard conditions. Results were as follows

Nicholas Squires Div 5 70th Alpine 21st Moguls 96th Skier X Kade Russell Div. 3 16th Snowboarder X Phoebe Mayall Div. 4 7th Snowboarder X 8th Snowboard Georgia Wysman Div 5 5th Snowboarder X Congratulations to Georgia and Phoebe who finished 2nd in the Division 4 Snowboard X Teams event.

Following the championships NSW State Championships invitations were handed out. It is with much pleasure that we announce that Georgia Wysman (Snowboard X) and Phoebe Mayall (Snowboard X) will compete at the NSW Championships in late August. Congratulations and best of luck to both Georgia and Phoebe. A big thank you to all parents of our competitors who act as Team Managers for our competitors and to Mrs Mayall who accompanied the team this year. Great results and we look forward to encouraging more people to the snow next year.

EQUESTRIAN: Congratulations to Claudia Fuerschke who represented Lakes Grammar at the NSW

State Equestrian Championships at Sydney International Equestrian Centre at the end of last term (see full report under Equestrian News).

Andrew Jones (Sports Co-ordinator) Ph: 43934168, Mobile: 0428 663766

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS CIS X COUNTRY and NSW PSSA X COUNTRY

Congratulations to all who represented HRIS at last terms CIS X Country Carnival held at Eastern Creek on 11 June. Particular congratulations to Ashley Pernecker who came 2nd (silver) in her age in the State. Fantastic effort! Mrs Gaul advised that our school also exhibited great sportsmanship and behaviour. Ashley has since competed at the NSW PSSA X Country and gained a fantastic 5th place at State level. A big congratulations to Ashley who is now off to Nationals. Her commitment and dedication to her sport is to be greatly admired by all.

CSSA GYMNASTICS

Last term, four of our students attended the CSSA Gymnastics competition at Homebush. We did very well at this event and congratulations go to the following students who represented our school excellently: Edan Shorten (Year 6) – 1st place (Level 7) Claudia Martin (Year 7) – 1st place (Level 6) Bianca Jolly (Year 5) – 3rd place (Level 5) Abbi Davies (Year 4) – 4th place (Level 5) We will look at competing again in next year’s competition. SPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM

At the end of last term, a note was sent home to all Year 2-6 students to advise that coaching for GOLF (Tuesdays) and RUGBY UNION (Thursdays) will take place after school from 3.15-4.15pm as part of the Sporting Schools program. Golf is now full and there are limited spaces left in Rugby Union. Please read the notes carefully as they contain important information about the coaching days and times. We look forward to this great opportunity this term! WEEKLY SPORT UNIFORM

Please ensure correct sports uniform (including correct ‘white’ joggers and hats) are worn each Tuesday.

COMING UP: 5/8/15 - HRIS Athletics Carnival – Glendale Athletics Centre 25/8/15 – HRIS Primary and Netball Gala Days

Mr D Summers (K-6 Primary Sports Co-ordinator)

EQUESTRIAN NEWS

Welcome back to Term 3. Below is a listing of upcoming events, please get your entries in promptly to ensure you don’t miss out. On 18th-21 June, Claudia Fuerschke was our only student representing Lakes Grammar at the NSW State Equestrian Interschool Championships held at SIEC (Sydney International Equestrian Centre) with her horse Montego Bay. On Thursday 18 June she competed in the One-Day Event. This consisted of dressage, cross-country and showjumping all in one day. Claudia was jumping EvA 95cm and placed 5th in this event, in the Years 7-10 category, she was against a very strong field of competitors. She competed also in the showjumping and managed to get a 9th place in a field of 74 riders.

During the school holidays she travelled to Warialda for the Pony Club NSW Showjumping Championships representing the Central Coast Area. At this event she received a 1st, 2nd and 2 x 7th places and was 3rd overall in the state for her age group 15-17yrs, jumping a height of 95cm-105cm." Upcoming Events

15 August Hunter Valley Grammar School Equestrian Championships, Open to Years 3-12

http://www.nominate.com.au/equestdn/Event.aspx?event=4749&eventlist=5

22 and 23 August NorthStar Showjumping Classic; Entries close 9th August; http://www.nominate.com.au

22 August Arndell College Interschool Equestrian Carnival; Open to Years K-12; program to come

12 September Camden High school Equestrian Carnival, Entries close 28th August: Open to Years K-12 http://www.nominate.com.au

17-20 October Inter-Schools Horse Extravaganza Tamworth; AELEC; Open to Riders from 5 to 16+ years of age www.nominate.com.au/interschools

CANTEEN NEWS

With a chilly start to Term 3 the Junior and Senior canteens are the place to be to warm up. If you are interested in volunteering any time at all please visit either canteen or phone our direct numbers. Leigh-An Junior canteen: 43934109 Dianne Senior canteen: 43934167

Upcoming Events in the Junior Canteen

During Term 3, the junior canteen is running a program linked with “Fresh for Kids Campaign”. The challenge is to encourage children to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables during Term 3. The promotion runs from the 10 August till the 18 September. Students are simply rewarded with a sticker for purchasing food from the canteen that contains fresh fruit and/or vegetables at a cost of $1.00. Once students have collected 2 stickers they can hand their completed entry over to the canteen manager and instantly receive a Fresh for Kids colour pencil with character eraser – there are 7 to collect.

Once the campaign has concluded, all completed entry forms need to be sent back to Sydney Markets where they all go in a draw to win some fantastic major prizes. Prizes this year include: First Prize Home entertainment pack including a 32” LED LCD TV and a 3D Blu-ray Player. Second Prize: 1 of 3 iPad minis 16GB with Wi-Fi Third Prize 1 of 10 Fresh for Kids gift pack including a backpack, lunch box cooler and drink bottle. Fourth Prize: 1 of 20 Event cinemas movie gift cards.

Our P&F Fathers’ Day breakfast will be held on Friday, 4 September, menu to come out shortly. Special event lunch to be held on Tuesday, 15 September, detail to come later in term. Just a reminder that all profits from the canteens do go back into the school.

Leigh-An Kyle (Junior School Canteen Supervisor) 43934109

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2015

This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able

to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for

your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 15th July to Tuesday 8th September, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You

will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards).

Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s

complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local

Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers

lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun

supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit

woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP Greetings from the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop! The Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open on the following Thursdays during Term 3 from 8:00am - 10:00am July 30 August 13 August 27 September 10 If you know you must pay for purchases by credit card, please remember to register for Flexischools at http://www.flexischools.com.au/ We are always in need of good quality pre-loved uniforms. If you have a pile of too-small uniforms at home and aren't sure what to do with them, please consider selling them to the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop! You can download the updated 2nd Hand Uniform Sales 2015 form from “Links” in Parent Lounge, accessible from the schools website.

As always, thanks to all who support the 2nd Hand Uniform shop through sales and purchases. See you on a Thursday!

LAKES GRAMMAR IT DEPARTMENT Every now and then, in the area of Information Technology, we discover something that has the potential to change the way we do things. The iPhone is one of the best innovations of recent times that had qualities to instigate change. And change our lives it did! Cloud services, like Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365 have been gaining momentum over recent years and have been improving quickly. These services allow us to save our documents in the cloud for collaboration and other tasks. Recently, Microsoft made Office 365 available to qualifying schools. As a qualifying school, we have been making changes to cater for Office 365 to make the transition as smooth as possible for staff and students.

Office 365 is a cloud based Office suite of applications with email and storage, but there is much more we can do with Office 365 in the future. At this stage Year 3 to Year 12 students have access to Office 365.

What do you get?

The Latest Office for free. No need to buy Office for your new computer.

Word, Excel & PowerPoint can be installed on up to 5 home computers for free.

Office for OSX Mac 2016 is now available on Office 365 and is not yet available via any other means. You cannot buy it in the shops and it is not available to business customers yet

When released, Office 2016 for Windows will be available immediately to all Office 365 users.

Word, Excel & PowerPoint on your iPad – search “Microsoft” on the iOS AppStore for these and more Microsoft apps

OneDrive – gives staff and students 1TB for personal storage in the Office 365 cloud

Outlook online – up to 50GB of mail storage

SharePoint for collaboration.

Just to name the highlights Over the recent holidays student mailboxes (Year 3 to Year 12) were migrated off Lakes Grammar’s mail servers to Microsoft’s Office 365 mail servers. Students now can access email and other Office 365 services from the Intranet page. Students can also connect their iPad to their Office 365 mailbox with ease by selecting Exchange email and entering their full email address and password. See more below.

How to get started?

Goto http://portal.office.com and login with your email address and password. (email format for students is firstname.lastname@students.lakes.nsw.edu.au)

Install the iOS Microsoft apps on your iPad

If you have a home computer with an old version of Office you can update from your Office 365 account.

What to expect in the future? Next week Microsoft is releasing Windows 10. It is built to integrate fully with Office 365. This is expected to be the launch of Office 2016 for Windows. More information will follow. As Office 365 is built for collaboration to make it easy to share files, there are a few tools available to facilitate this for teachers. Teachers will be able to share documents and tasks to their class and see students work on these documents close to real time. A student could ask a question, have their teacher look at this work, no matter where they are and give feedback. Microsoft is developing features all the time, most recently a video portal and a work place portal (called Delve) with your recent documents as a place to collaborate. There are more features that have not been outlined above, so go and take a look for yourself. We hope that your child finds Office 365 useful.

Brett MacLarty (IT Manager)

Dear Parents

Over the past 12 months we have experienced a significant increase in the costs to manufacture your uniforms. This is mainly, but not solely due to the decrease in the Australian Dollar by nearly 20%.

During the same time we have maintained pricing to ensure that you have not been impacted at the register. We have also introduced a range of internal measures to cushion the impact of the falling Australian Dollar without impacting on the quality or consistency of your uniforms.

Whilst we have absorbed some of the impact of the change, we have no choice but to introduce a revised pricelist effective 1 August 2015. This is attached to this newsletter.

We encourage you to purchase or Lay by uniforms before this date to beat the price rise.

We thank you for understanding and hope you continue to enjoy your experience with Alinta Apparel.

Warm regards

Alinta Apparel Pty Ltd

Uniform price list & online shopping available at:

www.alintaapparel.com.au

30% off School Shoes whilst stocks

last