The Week & Term in Reflection

Well, here we are at the end of our first term in the 2015 school year – hard to believe! Time certainly flies by! We would like to acknowledge our Foundation students for completing their first term of schooling; we are sure each and every one of them will be enjoying lots of sleep ins, rest and relaxation over the holidays. We would also like to acknowledge our hardworking, dedicated staff for laying the foundations for a successful year, across all levels. Thanks also to our community for supporting a busy but fruitful term. It is really important to remember to have a rest over the holidays, but we urge students to continue reading and make the most of the extra time to enjoy a good book.

Term One highlights include:

‘Getting to know you’ interviews. WHYLD community market. Prep/ buddy/ new families’ barbecue. Family Science night. Camp Quality incursion for all students. Athletics sports day – grades 3-6. Football clinic (Hawthorn footballers) – grade 1/2.

Grade 6 puberty talk. Easter hat parade and P & F Easter raffle.

March

27th End of Term One 2.30pm Finish

April

13th Start of Term Two 9.00am start

24th Curriculum Day (No students required)

25th ANZAC Day May

14th Grade P-2 Photo Trail

16th Aerobic Comp Geelong

Student Absent Hot Line Number 5964 7783

Launching Place Primary School

Issue 8 Thursday 26th March 2015

New Smoking Bans to Apply on School Grounds and at School Entrances

From 13 April 2015, smoking will be banned within four metres of an entrance to all primary and secondary schools in Victoria, and within the school grounds, under an amendment to the Tobacco Act 1987. A similar ban applying to the entrances and grounds of Victorian childcare centres and kindergartens will be introduced at the same time. We trust that you will be respectful of these new guidelines and thank you for your support.

Last Tuesday 17th

March our new 2015 School Council met for the first time. Our first meeting was a productive one and we are

looking forward to working with the dedicated parents and staff that make up Council, throughout the year.

One of our first tasks was to elect 2015 office bearers. We are pleased to announce that Amanda Pitts was elected as School Council President with Andrew Smith as Vice President. Bianca Amore was elected as our Treasurer and Sonia Dunn as Secretary. We thank everyone for their willingness to accept these roles of responsibility.

Sub-Committees were also formed. Thank you to councilors for taking on roles in the following areas:

Finance Narelle Messerle, Jacqui Eycken, Amanda Pitts, Bianca Amore.

Education Debbie Hobbis, Gemma Wynd, Jaimie Comer, Kasey Shuttleworth, Janine Knight.

Buildings and Grounds Andrew Smith, Andrew Devisser, Amanda Pitts

School Council

Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place 3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au ABN 96 199 518 803

Page 2

Sporting Achievements

It is wonderful to see so many of our students engaged in sporting activities after school and on weekends.

Last weekend two teams of very keen children played off in the Upper Yarra Basketball Association grand finals. Congratulations to ‘Subzero’, and to team members Kimberley D and Tahlia B, who won the final. What a great effort! Also well done to the ‘Outlaws’ team of Brodie L, Oscar D, Ryan I, Darcy C, Joel C, Josh E, Mitchell S who came second. Brodie L was also awarded Most Valuable Player for the season.

Special mention must also be made of the great efforts of Mitchell H who came third overall in the grade 6 boys’ championship at our recent athletics sports.

Well done to all of you on your fantastic sporting achievements!

This Saturday people around the globe will once again celebrate Earth Hour. The WWF’s Earth Hour takes on its biggest challenge ever this year by

strengthening the focus on the globe's most stubborn environmental challenge – climate change. As the opportunity for action on climate change peaks

in 2015, the world’s largest ‘grassroots’ movement will raise its voice to change climate change. The ninth edition of Earth Hour rolls across the globe at

8:30 pm local time on Saturday, 28 March 2015.

Climate change is the one of the biggest environmental challenges our planet faces today. Earth Hour aims to inspire

and empower individuals, businesses and governments around the world to push climate change to the top of the

agenda. From promoting renewable energy and sustainable agriculture to funding projects to protect forests and

ecosystems and encouraging climate education, there are many actions we can take as individuals and organisations

to help change climate change.

Let’s all make an effort to turn our lights off for an hour to show that the families of LPPS are committed to helping our

environment. Earth Hour is just the beginning. Further information can be found at: http://www.earthhour.org/

Please Note: That other advertisements and publications published in this newsletter do not imply school or Department of Education and Early Childhood Development endorsement.

Page 3

Earth Hour

At the moment we have a very large collection of unnamed, misplaced or lost articles of clothing overflowing from our lost property container. The items have been placed in the hallway so please feel free to visit the school and browse through our collection. Uniforms are not cheap to replace.

Lost Property

There are a few copies of ‘A Royal Spectacle’ production DVD for sale at $15 each, please see Sonia at the school office.

Production DVD

Well the Easter Raffle has been ran and won and was a great success. Thank you for all your tickets purchases and hamper donations, we raised over $700 for our school. Congratulations to all our 22 winners, prizes were collected from the office by students or winners have been notified. Also congratulations to Prep N for the most weight of chocolate donated a chocolate prize was shared within the grade on Wednesday. We wish all families a fun, relaxing and safe holiday and Easter break and look forward to more activities in term 2. Next meeting is Monday 20th April in GP room after assembly.

P & F team. ☺

Parents and Friends

If you or your child/ren have any ideas or suggestions that could be used in canteen either on special lunch order day’s or the one off treat. Please see myself or leave a note at the school office.

May you all have a enjoyable and safe Easter break as you indulge in your favourite chocolate.

Just a reminder that Slushies will not be available in terms two and three.

For the moment we have Cheesey Rice Wheel, Spc Apple Jelly, Two Fruits Tubs at 50¢ each.

BBQ Lone Star are at 30¢ until stock runs out.

Canteen

Lara T Prep N

Amy W Prep N

Madison P 1/2 T

Justin T 1/2 T

James D 3/4 S

Jaycob F 3/4 S

Ashlyn E 5/6 C

Trak B 5/6 C

Kimberley D 5/6 L

Erica C 5/6 L

Page 4

All awards will be presented

at first assembly in term two.

Some preparations are underway for the Fair in term 4. We would love to hear from anyone with ideas or services they could provide. Any interested market or stall holders should also leave their details at the school office or join our next meeting on Wednesday 22ns April in GP room at 9.15am.

Country Fair

Page 5

Page 6

Launching Place Junior Netball Club is seeking players for all age groups—under 9’s, 11’s, 13’s and 15’s. season starts Friday 17th April at the Yarra Centre. For more information please contact Taryn 0400 858 618 or Shelley 0410 626353 as soon as possible.