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Thursday Thoughts
L a u n c h i n g P l a c e P r i m a r y S c h o o l
Issue 23
Date: 2nd August 2018
Student Absent
Hot Line Number
5964 7783 Launching Place Primary School
20A Carter Street Launching Place 3139
Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171
ABN 96 199 518 803
IMPORTANT DATES
TERM 3
August
1st - 5/6 Round Robin
14th - Hooptime
selected 3/4
15th - School Council
(change of date)
17th - Hooptime
selected 5/6
21st - ALPHA Show
22nd - 28th - Life Ed Van
25th - Aerobics Nationals
27th - Curriculum Day
31st - Dad’s and Mate’s
Breakfast
September
18th & 19th - School
Production
Adanac Camp
What a great time the children in Grade1/2 had on camp! We couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather!! The sunshine allowed everyone plenty of time to enjoy the outdoor activities such as the flying fox, hut building and games. It is a great achieve-ment for children at this age to spend a night away from home – so well done every-one on your resilience and enthusiasm.
It is important to acknowledge Tom Margary for the time and effort that he put into organising the camp. There is a huge amount that goes into preparing a camp to en-sure that every child’s needs are addressed as closely as possible. Thanks also to
Jacinta Kemp, Heather Taylor, Emily Rae, Paul Traynor, Naomi Read for attending the camp on both days and to Narelle Messerle, Andrew Devisser, Candice Nyman and Joy Smith who dropped in to join in the fun. Your efforts ensured that the children who attended Adanac camp had a time that they will remember for years to come.
Page 2 Thursday Thoughts
Assembly
School Captains Report
Prep: We had a fantastic day on Friday when we celebrated
100 days of school. We loved dressing up and looking at
pictures of what we might look like when we are 100 years
old. This week we also revised addition in maths and
looked at hefting in classroom Maths sessions. We learnt
about the letter V and how to clap the syllables in words.
1/2: having Fun on Camp.
3/4: In reading we have worked on asking thick and thin questions during the reading
process. We’ve explored abbreviations and quotation marks and have been developing
our ideas for our own newspaper articles. In maths groups we completed our unit on
money and have explored chance in class maths. We were horrified when we did an
experiment on how much sugar is in drinks. We’re going to drink lots of water!
5/6: This week in 5/6 we learnt about different types of media and reliable sources.
In maths we worked on elapsed time, and we continued our Author study on Jackie French
in writing. We are looking forward to the round robin sports day on Wednesday.
Page 3 STUDENT AWARDS
Name Award
2M Kaylee M Excellent improvements in spelling.
1/2C Riley H
Danyn P
Luke D
For excellent writing about Adanac camp.
For putting a huge amount of effort into his writing about camp.
For being an honest team member in 1/2 sport.
3H Riley A
Zack R
For developing some excellent work habits in the classroom.
For: his excellent, full page recount of his weekend. He organised his writing into
paragraphs, well done!
4C Tayah S
Brayden S
For great effort when working on her handy hands goal.
Working hard to pass Level 19 in Blitz master.
4f Oscar W For being an avid reader & making excellent entries to his reading journal.
5/6L Josh Y
Jack F
Bake M
For great enthusiasm during reading.
For excellent answers to comprehension question.
For a more positive attitude to homework– great effort!
5/6R Haidyn G
Darcy T
Rueben G
For being the best office monitors ever!
For being the best office monitors ever!
For mastering the art of ‘Capital letter”!
The youngest students at Launching Place Primary School have reached a very significant milestone, celebrating their first 100 Days of school. Last Friday 38 excited students participated in a number of fun and educational activities based around the number 100. The 100th day of school is more than just a milestone worth noting – it’s the perfect time to have fun with the number 100. Everyone dressed up and participated in various activities making it a day to remember. One hundred days is a long time for these kids and being in prep is a very big deal – last Friday was about celebrating their achievements. We hope that all of the days ahead are just as exciting as the first 100 have been.
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Extend Before and After School Care at Launching Place Primary School
Our Weekly Recap
What a great week! We have all been so creative.
On Monday we all got to make our own sock puppets. We gave them eyes, hair, tongues
and some of us even gave ours a beard. They looked great and were very fun to play
with.
On Tuesday we built a huge cubby house for us to all play in and built some amazing lego creations.
On Wednesday we all played UNO in the morning, it was very competi-
tive and we had to make sure that everyone was playing fairly. In the af-
ternoon we played with the slime and played snap with the cards.
On Thursday those that hadn’t had a chance to make sock puppets yet got
to make some. We were very excited and were ecstatic about how they
turned out.
On Friday we raced our toy cars in the morning and did some colouring
in.
Emma, Service Coordinator
Our Extend Superstar is Summer D
For being a fantastic helper and going above and beyond.
BOOK NOW AT extend.com.au
KIDS CLUB ART COMPETITION – WIN A $200 COLES GROUP
AND MYER GIFT CARD
Entries are now open for Extend’s Kids Club Competition! Submit
your entry online from Monday 23 July to Friday 10 August, 2018.
To enter complete the sentence “Gilbert the Gecko’s Best Friend
‘_____’ the Gecko” and submit your matching art entry online at
extend.com.au. For further details and terms visit extend.com.au
…BUT THERE’S MORE! Help your After School Care service win a
mystery incursion! Be sure to come along to After School Care to
enter
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Wesley LifeForce will be conducting a Suicide Prevention Workshop at Warburton
Lodge – 18 Park Road, Warburton VIC 3799 on Thursday 20 September 2018 from 9am
– 1.30pm. There is no charge to attend the workshop.
The program helps participants recognise when a person may be having thoughts of sui-
cide, and provides a simple strategy to intervene and assist them.
If you know of any individuals or groups who may be interested in attending this work-
shop please ask them to register using this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wesley-lifeforce-suicide-prevention-half-day-workshop
-warburton-vic-tickets-48261260730
The training is open to community members aged over 18 years.
We would appreciate it if you could please forward this information on to others who
you feel may also be interested in attending the workshop.
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance as well as support materials.
Morning Tea will be provided.
Natalie Poile
Maree Cole 9-12
03-08-18
Volunteer needed
Volunteer needed
10-08-18
Volunteer needed
Kalli Blunt
17-08-18
Volunteer needed
Volunteer needed
24-08-18
Volunteer needed
Volunteer needed
31-08-18
Volunteer needed
Kalli Blunt
07-09-18
Volunteer needed
Volunteer needed
14-09-18
Volunteer needed
Volunteer needed
21-09-18
Canteen volunteers
needed
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We’re excited to announce Launching Place Primary School is now registered
with in the program. This is a
fully funded service to guide and support our school in;
Waste management
Saving energy
Saving water
Promoting biodiversity
Climate change action
This will have enormous benefits to the school, as well as the greater
community.
And here’s a quick and easy recipe to replace plastic wrapped, high sugar,
muesli bars. Enjoy!
Coconut Macaroons
Ingredients
11
2 cups desiccated coconut
2 egg whites
2 tbsp honey (generous)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
1. Add all ingredients to bowl, mix to
combine. Cool in fridge.
2. Squeeze teaspoon size portions into
balls
3. Place on baking tray. Bake at 170°C
for 10-12 minutes.
REMEMBER: ABC’s War on Waste
Continues August 7th 8:30pm