LEPS AND BOUNDS 1 M A Y 2 0 1 9 W E E K 1 , T E R M 2

Dates To Remember

TERM 2 THURSDAY 2 MAY 2019

NO ASSEMBLY FRIDAY 3 MAY 2019

Mother’s Day orders due back

MONDAY 6 MAY 2019

Mother’s Day Stall

THURSDAY 9 MAY 2019

Award presentation 2pm under COLA

FRIDAY 10 MAY 2019

Zone Athletics Carnival MONDAY 13 MAY 2019

NAPLAN starts

TUESDAY 21 MAY 2019

P & C Meeting

FRIDAY 24 MAY 2019

Zone Cross Country

NAPLAN finishes FRIDAY 31 MAY 2019

Paul Kelly Cup

Lavington East Public School

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Sport News Woolworths Earn & Learn Awards

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Principal’s Post Stewart House

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Mobile Library 4

Opportunity Class Positive Behaviour for Learning

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P & C News 6

Canteen Menu 7

Community News 8

Before

Roof classroom changes - these are a guide only.

Library - Wednesday to Friday MCE

Hall - Wednesday to Friday 5/6T & 6C

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1 May - 25 June 2019

Sport News Last term Ruby and Rose Knight represented the Riverina at the State Swimming Carnival. Both girls swam very well. Ruby swam in the 8 year old, girls 50m freestyle with a time of 45 seconds, a new PB for her. Rose swam in the 11 year old girls 50m Breastroke with a time of 52 seconds, another PB. The girls represented themselves, LEPS and the Riverina proudly.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

We would love your help so please spread the word to your family and friends. Our goal this year is to get more stickers than last year so we can get even more free classroom resources than in previous years. A collection sheet will come home with each family to start with and more will be available at the office or from Woolworths. For your convenience we have a specially marked collection box at Woolworths in Lavington

Square. Please drop any stickers in here for us to collect.

Double sticker offer available 4 & 5 May 2019.

Awards There will be no assembly this week. As the hall is being utilised as a classroom while the roof is being replaced awards will be presented at 2:00pm under the COLA on Thursday 9 May, 23 May and 6 June 2019. Names of recipients will still be published in the newsletter. Parents and carers are welcome to attend.

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Principal’s Post

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to Term 2 and what a busy fun filled term it is shaping up to be. During the holidays Mrs Louise Phegan from KP, accepted a permanent position at Albury West PS as a targeted graduate. We will definitely miss her as part of our kinder team and staff. Miss Rebecca Coldan will be teaching KP for the remainder of the year with the support of Miss Kel-low (K-2 Assistant Principal / Instructional Leader). This term staff and students will need to be flexible around the roof works that began in the holidays. The roofers are working as quick as they can to minimise disruption to learning. The library and the hall will be used as alternative classrooms while the building works are happening. During this time the library will be closed at lunch times and Mrs Jennings will be running a mobile library. Each week we will put a notice in the newsletter to inform parents of where their child’s class will be during this time. More good news on improving our school grounds,. Over the holidays our hall had an upgrade to the sound system to support students with hearing impairments and to have more efficiencies during our assemblies. Our basketball court will also have a makeover in the coming weeks by being resurfaced to accommodate basketball, netball and volleyball. With tradespeople, safety fencing and equipment on site, it is important that all students, staff and community follow the rules to stay safe during this construction phase. Looking forward to a great Term 2. Mrs Nic Williams Principal

Stewart House Donation Drive Thank you to those families that have already returned their envelopes. Entry into the draw, to win a family holiday valued at $4000.00 to the destination of your choice, is only $2.00. Please fill in your details together with your donation and return to the office by Friday, 17 May 2019. This will ensure that all entries reach Stewart House by 31 May 2019.

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‘Mobile Library’ gets books out and read during

new roof build From: Mrs Jennings

I am camping out of the library as a ‘Mobile Librarian’ while classes use the library space

during the times their classroom rooves are constructed.

My camping grounds are the student’s usual classrooms. I am delivering books to classrooms on a

‘Mobile Library’ trolley complete with the songs of Mr. Whippy. I have chosen this song collection

because when I go camping I always read a book and get excited by the sound of Mr. Whippy’s

ice-cream truck.

At the classroom learning campsite, students will continue to develop literacy skills with a focus on

deep comprehension skills and critical thinking about text. Stage 1 students will enjoy camping

using the Australian Museum’s ‘Museum in a Box’ collection of wild animal resources.

As I have wheeled the mobile library trolley around the school this week, I have looked up at the

construction of the roof and thought ‘Gee it looks good! I absolutely don’t mind camping!’

Library lunch

During the roof construction, library lunch won’t operate. However, that won’t stop our students

from being great readers! The mobile library trolley and story-telling sessions will be run at

lunchtime by our Year 6 Library Mentors.

Below: A ‘Mobile Librarian’ on horseback in the 1930’s. I would also enjoy riding to class!

Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved from: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horse-riding-librarians-were-great-

depression-bookmobiles-180963786/

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Opportunity Class Placement 2020 - Year 5 Opportunity classes cater for academically gifted and talented students who may otherwise be without suf-ficient classmates at their own academic and social level. These schools help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level.

Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined results of the Oppor-tunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 31 July 2019.

The closest Opportunity Class is in Wagga Wagga. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2020, you need to apply soon. You will need to apply on the internet using a valid email address (not the student’s email address).

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from Tuesday 30 April 2019 at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

The application website opens on Tuesday 30 April 2019 and closes on Friday 17 May 2019. You must apply by the due date.

For further information, please contact me.

Carol O’Connell

Assistant Principal

Positive Behaviour for Learning Update Positive Behaviour for Learning is an important focus at Lavington East Public School as an evidence and

research based means of improving all aspects of student well being.

This year we have established a new team that has already undertaken initial training to ensure deep under-

standing and knowledge of effective implementation and communication, with all stakeholders.

Last term the PBL team surveyed all staff to identify where we were in relation to our current

understandings and implementation of PBL across all settings in our school. Students were also surveyed to

support our assessment of PBL.

From this survey we now intend to review our existing school values of Effort, Respect and Responsibility.

Staff, students and the school community will also be involved in this journey as the term and year

progresses.

The PBL team is also supported by our Regional PBL Coordinator, Anne Dobson.

Stay tuned via facebook, email and our newsletter for regular updates on what is happening.

EFFORT RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY

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P & C News

Fundraising: Mothers Day Stall The Stall will be held on Monday 6 May 2019. Order forms have gone home with the youngest in each family. These are due back on Friday 3 May 2019. Election Day BBQ & Cake Stall Saturday 18 May 2019. More information to follow. Bunnings BBQ More information coming soon. Magnetic Notice Pocket More information coming soon.

Canteen: See new Term 2 & 3 menu on page 7. Uniform Shop: Polar fleece jackets are now available in assorted sizes. Please visit the uniform shop during opening hours for all purchases. All winter vests drastically reduced to $20.00 each. Available in sizes 5-16. Be quick to grab a bargain.

If you need to contact the P & C please leave a message for them via the office

on 6025 1157.

Uniform Shop new open hours are Tuesday and Thursday only

8:30am-10:00am

EFTPOS now available for Canteen & Uniform Shop purchases (Minimum purchase $5.00)

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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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Community News