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Wednesday 16th November 2016 Week 7/11 Dates to Remember

Term 4

November 2016 Nov.18 Mystic Melodies Nov.25 Mystic Melodies

December 2016 Dec.1 Ballet concert – Kerang Dec.15 End of Year Concert Dec 20 Last Day of Term. Early dismissal 1:30pm

January 2017 31st January School starts – Welcome Back Students

URGENT NOTICE Please make sure that ALL students bring bottled water to school for drinking. The schools water supply is currently not fit for consumption. We are actively working towards rectifying the issue. We have a limited supply of water for emergencies. Please check future newsletters for an update when water issue has been resolved. Pupils Of The Week Our Preps , Keigan Ballard and Megan Adam for their great reading.

Educating today’s Minds for Tomorrow’s Challenges

1939 Murray Valley Highway LAKE CHARM 3581

Phone : 03 5457 9244 Fax : 03 5457 9450 Email : lake.charm.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au A.B.N. 615 824 513 73 Principal : Jeff Millard

www.lakecharmps.vic.edu.au

Principal’s Message Water

Please ensure that your child brings in water for consumption at school. Unfortunately

something has tainted our water so we are emptying the tanks. The rainwater tank beside

the Art Room is suitable for drinking and general purpose, but we encourage all students

to bring their own drinking water each day until our tanks are replenished.

Koondrook Wharf

The students had an interesting day visiting the ibis rookery and Koondrook wharf. The

organisers of the Koondrook Wharf opening were greatly impressed in the quality of our

students’ posters. Congratulations to Tegan, Blake and Milla for winning the main prize

(family ticket for a paddle steamer ride). The judges were so impressed that they gave

awards to all our students.

Indonesian Primary School Teachers visit to Lake Charm

This week Lake Charm Primary is hosting two Indonesian Primary School teachers. Stanli

dari Pulau Aru Maluku dan Yasman Hulu dari Nias Utara. Stanli and Yasman have

showed the students videos and photos of their small remote schools, homes, culture and

communities. It has been interesting for our students to compare our guests schools to

Lake Charm. Stanli and Yasman are in Australia as part of a three weeks program

supported by the Asia Education Foundation which promotes links between Australian

schools and schools in the Asian region, such as Indonesia. This program has provided us

with a great opportunity to practice our Indonesian and learn more about the everyday

lives and culture of people from another country. Stanli and Yasman are thoroughly

enjoying their time at Lake Charm and hope to maintain links between their schools and

Lake Charm into the future.

Mosquitoes

On Monday afternoon the students participated in a Shire of Gannawarra information

session on mosquitoes. The students had a great time learning about mosquitoes and how

to safely control them. Studying mosquitoes under a microscope was absolutely

fascinating. We were visited by a giant mosquito called Big Moz. Thank you to Narelle

O’Donoghue, Shane Leerson the ranger and KelseyCorrie. for conducting this important

presentation at Lake Charm.

What’s happening in the classroom?

The visit of two Indonesian Primary School teachers has provided a great opportunity for our students to learn about the culture and language of Indonesia. The students are completing videos and writing letters which will be taken back to Indonesia. Hopefully we can form links with the students from our

guests schools. Our mosquito studies culminated in a presentation from the Shire of Ganawarra. Creative Ryan recycling boxes. “Sun Proof and Mozzie Proof”

On Friday morning we made some poppies for Remembrance Day and at 10:40am we reverently marched up to the Lake Charm Memorial Gates, where we had our own service, raising then lowering the flag, reciting the ode, listening to The Last Post, having a minutes silence, followed by The Rouse. We then put our poppies on the Memorial Gates, and despite the wind and the rain most of the poppies

managed to stay on the gates. Last Friday we farewelled our third student teacher for the year – Miss Kara Harberger. The children have enjoyed having Miss H in the classroom these last 3 weeks and voiced their sadness at her having to leave. Miss H enjoyed another Friday Healthy lunch

with the children, followed by chocolate muffins that Miss H, Tegan, Jacob and Kate had baked that morning.

On Monday morning Mr G took us to the Ibis Rookery to see all the birds as it is breeding season. The WAS water everywhere, thousands of birds and millions of mozzies!! We then went to Koondrook to the Wharf opening. As we wandered

about, the crew of the P>S> Canberra invited us on for a look over their boat. The Captain told us it took a few days to travel to Koondrook from Echuca travelling about 12kmph, but that the trip home would take longer against the current and travel speed would be about 7kmph.

After eating our lunch, we were taken aboard the P.S. Alexander Arbuthnot for a look around and to receive the certificates for the drawing competition we entered a week ago. The official opening was about 45minutes of speeches and then the cutting of the ribbon.

We then had a play on the exercise equipment to stretch our legs after the long sit! We arrived back at school in time to go home with Mr G. Junior Room Although we are nearing the end of another school year, and life gets busier, please, please keep up listening to your children read daily, even if it is only a page or two, then please sign their reading diary. In the classroom we are doing lots of finishing off, revising and testing, plus concert activities. How many sleeps until Christmas? No I don’t think I want to know! – Miss Noonan. Homework reminder for Term 4

Practise Spelling words EACH night

Read EACH night and get an adult to sign your reading diary Why is reading 20 minutes each night important?

Student A Student B

reads 20 minutes each day reads 5 minutes each day

3600 minutes per year 900 minutes per year

1,800,000 words each year 282,000 words each year

90th percentile of reading results 50th percentile of reading results

By the end of 6th grade, Student A

will have read the equivalent of 60

whole school days.

By the end of 6th grade, Student B

will have read the equivalent of 12

whole school days. Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary? Which student would you expect to be more successful in school…. And in life?

************* Student Voice Student Banking Student banking dates for the remainder of the Term: 6th December 13th December 20th December Fundraising The fundraising committee would like to thank everyone who donated cakes and slices for the Bunnings cake stall last Saturday. Also a big thank you to those people who gave up their Saturday to man the stall. We raised $449.00 Community Connections