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Dates To Remember THURSDAY 14 FEB 2019

Leaders induction ceremony & Presentation of Swimming

Awards 10am Hall TUESDAY 19 FEB 2019

Meet the Teacher 4:30pm

P & C AGM 7pm THURSDAY 21 FEB 2019

Zone Swimming Carnival

K-2 Assembly 2pm in Hall WEDNESDAY 6 MAR 2019

Book Club orders due back

Lavington East Public School

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Post 2

Leaders Induction Swimming Awards Active/Creative Kids Program

3

Meet the Teachers BBQ 4

P & C AGM Swimming 5

Library News AFL Visit

6

Learning with 6C Student Resource Packs

7

1B News 8

Community News 9/10

LEPS students make a splash at

Swimming Carnival!

Uniform Shop open hours are

8:30am-10:00am Daily.

EFTPOS now available for

Canteen & Uniform Shop

purchases (Minimum

purchase $5.00)

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Principal’s Post

Yesterday I attended the swimming carnival and what a wonderful day it was to see all our students participate in races or water confidence activities. A huge thank you to Miss Fiona Smith for her organisation, to the staff for giving it a team effort and to our parent/carer time keepers. I was extremely proud of our students and the way they represented LEPS in a public setting. Tomorrow is our Leadership Induction and swimming awards assembly. I am looking forward to getting to know our school leaders and working with them throughout the year. I also acknowledge that if your child did not receive a badge, they are no less of a leader at LEPS. To be a truly authentic leader a ‘badge’ does not make a difference, it is about who your child is as a person and how they contribute to others and the school community. Looking forward to our ‘Meet the Teacher’ BBQ next Tuesday at 4:30pm and a big thank you to our P & C for supporting this. Mrs Nic Williams Principal

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Combined Leaders’ Induction Ceremony

and

Presentation of Swimming Awards 2019

Starting at 10:00am sharp in the hall on Thursday, 14 February 2019, there will be a combined assembly to acknowledge our new school leaders and celebrate student achievement at the Swimming Carnival. Students who have been elected as School Captains, House Captains, Library Mentors, Technocats and SRC representatives will be presented with their badges. This will be followed by the swimming awards. On completion of the combined assembly, student leaders and their family members are invited to morning tea outside the kindergarten rooms. Carolyn O’Connell Assistant Principal

Active Kids & Creative Kids Program

Active Kids and Creative Kids are programs designed to encourage more children to participate in sport, active recreation and creative and cultural activities. Each year, parents, guardians and carers can receive a $100 voucher to go towards both creative and physical activities for school aged children. That’s $200 worth of savings per year for each child. A Creative Kids voucher will help parents to cover some of the registration, participation and tuition costs on activities such as singing, drama, coding, languages, music, writing, drawing and photography. The Active Kids voucher can be used on sports, fitness and physical activities for registration, participation and membership costs. The vouchers can be used once with an approved provider. To find out more, parents need to visit service.nsw.gov.au

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Meet the Teachers BBQ Please join the LEPS staff

for an informal chat and BBQ.

When: Tuesday 19 February

Time: 4:30 - 5:15pm open classrooms

Stage information talks from 4:30pm:

4:30pm - Year 5/6 Room 1 (6C classroom) 4:45pm - Year 3/4 Room 6 (3/4C classroom) 5:00 pm - Year 1/2 Room 14 (1/2R classroom)

5:15 - 5:30pm grab a snag

Followed by the

P & C AGM

@ 7:00pm in the Staffroom

All welcome

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P & C AGM Information P&C Committee - We Welcome Your Support

Would you like to be part of your child’s community? Would you like to meet other parents and staff? Would you like to help raise funds for the school? Do you have special skills or ideas? If you answered “YES” to any of the above questions – we would love to welcome you to join our

P&C Committee.

THE P & C ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

TUESDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY 2019 at 7:00pm in the Staffroom

THE EXECUTIVE POSITIONS BECOME VACANT PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER TO BE ELECTED INTO THIS ROLE OR TO BECOME A P & C MEMBER IT IS $5.00 FOR THE YEAR. BY BECOMING A PAID MEMBER THIS ENTITLES YOU TO VOTE IN A GENERAL MEETING. ALL MEETINGS ARE ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. (NO MEETINGS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)

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Library News Classes have jumped straight into the strong literacy lessons of our Library programs, with all classes commencing borrowing this week. In Library, students learn to connect with stories and delve more deeply into the meanings of the text. Children also develop strategies in planning ideas and crafting writing. Library borrowing We encourage children from Kindergarten to Year 6 to develop and extend their love of reading by borrowing a book during their library lesson. Please assist your child in packing a library bag on their library day and caring for and returning library books. Library Days: Monday: 5M, 4/5S, KJ, KT Tuesday: MCE, MCG, K/1Z, KP Wednesday: 3/4C, 3/4M, 1B, 1/2R Thursday: 5/6T, 3/4S, 6C Friday: 2S ‘Library Lovers’ Day’ – Thursday 14 February 2019. To celebrate ‘Library Lovers’ Day’, children will be able to select from our specially wrapped up books for ‘lucky-dip’ borrowing. These books can’t wait for their readers on the 14th February! Book Club Book Club’s Issue 1 catalogue will arrive home this week. Book Club is an optional bookshop. Purchases made through Book Club financially support our school library, through the Scholastic Rewards program. In this program, 20% of a sale becomes points of that value, which is used for purchasing quality books for student borrowing. Orders for Book Club Issue 1 will close on Wednesday 6 March, 2019.

AFL Visit Last week 4 classes were lucky enough to have the Melbourne Demons come and visit and talk about leadership and what it is to be a good leader both on and off the field. They shared their stories about how they got into football and where they came from. The messages they shared with us about leadership were; ‘everyone can be a leader’ ‘you can lead in lots of ways’ and ‘to be a good leader you need to learn to be a communicator, negotiator and team player’

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Learning Matters! 6C have been making the most of the different types of thinkers we have in our room, by working in teams to complete problem solving tasks in Maths. Did you know that in the classroom and beyond, the more different the team members, the more creative is the result of thinking and brainstorming?

Don’t panic……. Student resource packs still available

from the office

Kindergarten $25.00 ex gst

Year 1-4 $40.00 ex gst

Year 5-6 $50.00 ex gst

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1B News 1B took advantage of the cooler weather to have some bubble fun and inspire their writing.

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Community News

PO Box 969

518 Daly Street

LAVINGTON NSW 2641

Phone: 02 6025 1157

Fax: 02 6040 2332

E-mail: lavingtone-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Kids on Keyboard is a Creative Kids provider. For more information and to apply for your voucher visit; : https://beta.dec.nsw.gov.au/schoolbiz/draft-items/issues/year-2019-week-3-term-1/creative-kids-now-join-active-kids

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