The interviews are an

important part of the

reporting process, as not
all information can be
conveyed in a written
report. The process of
discussing the
achievements, the areas of
future focus and the path
to achieve future goals, is
With our current burst of
cold weather we have
seen an increase in the
number of parents picking
their kids up after school
with this comes an
increase in traffic.
Generally people are
respectful of others and
traffic congestion is
minimised with such
first. We thank you for
your understanding.
Parking
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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 21
Newsletter Date 26th June 2014
Important Dates:

June
27th
End of term 2 finish
2.30pm

July
14th
Curriculum Day
(No students required)
15th Tuesday
First Day of term 3
9.00am start



Student Absent
Hot Line Number
5964 7783
things as staggered pick-
ups, car-pooling etc. It
has been noticed
however, that some
people have chosen to
park in the staff car park
or in the driveway. We
do make exceptions under
certain circumstances but
please ensure that you
check with school staff
Thank you to all who
attended our parent/
teacher interviews what a
fantastic response we had.
The home/school
partnership is strengthened
by your attendance and is
significant in the
educational success
experienced by your child.
Parent/Teacher Interviews
one that is best achieved
through parents, teachers
and students working
together. Remember that
communication is a two-
way street so please
contact your childs
teacher if you have any
queries or concerns.
As the year progresses
students and teachers will
continue to add work
samples, items of interest
and assessment pieces.
The enthusiastic response
that we have received has
Please remember that
portfolios should be
returned to school by
Friday. Thanks to the
many parents who returned
the portfolios during
parent/teacher interviews.
Portfolios
certainly reinforced the
importance and
significance of the
portfolios.
Council. This wonderful work
supports and enhances our student
wellbeing programs and in turn has
a positive effect on teaching and
learning programs throughout the
school. So a special thank you to
Chezelle for being such an
important part of our school
community.
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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
Chaplaincy
disability, taken from the Disability
Discrimination Act 1992 and the
Disability Standards for Education
2005, which describe a broad range
of health and learning conditions for
which schools are required to
provide reasonable adjustments to
support students to participate on the
same basis as other students.
The Data Collection will take place
during Term 3. Please be assured
that no personal or identifying
On School Students with a
Disability

Our school is required to participate
in the Nationally Consistent
Collection of Data on School
Students with a Disability. This Data
Collection is taking place in
government, Catholic and
Independent schools across
Australia, and will provide valuable
information about supports required
for a broad group of students. The
aim of this is to enable Australian
and State governments to better
target support and resources in
schools. This in turn will help
schools give students with disability
the support they need.
The Data Collection is not limited to
students with diagnosed disabilities.
It uses a very broad definition of
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data
information about any student will
be included; this is statistical
information only. If, however, you
decide you do not wish information
about your child to be included in the
Data Collection, you can opt-out by
signing and returning an opt-out
consent form. Further communication
about this Data Collection is attached
to this weeks newsletter (including
the opt out form). In the meantime,
more information about the Data
Collection is available on the
Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development website at:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/
school/parents/needs/Pages/
nccd.aspx
Every so often we feel it is
important to formally acknowledge
and highlight the wonderful work
that our chaplain, Chezelle, does at
our school. Chezelle works in a
very quiet yet effective way to
support staff, students and families,
in a multitude of ways. Chezelle also
organizes programs such as cooking,
friendship chats and Junior School


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Please Note: That other advertisements and publications published in this newsletter do not imply school or Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development endorsement.
competitors, we are a relatively
small school which makes the
efforts of all students even more
impressive.
Thank you to Miss Nyman, Mrs
Kemp and Miss Fleming for their
great coaching, passion and
organisation. You have all worked
extremely hard to provide the
students at Launch with the
opportunity to participate in such a
worthwhile sport!
There were lots of videos and
photographs being taken. Just a
Aerobics
Well done to all of our aerobics
participants who attended the State
championships at Geelong on
Saturday. The support offered by
parents, grandparents, aunties,
uncles and friends is outstanding.
Our teams did exceptionally well,
with two teams, DARK KNIGHTS
(Grade 5 boys) and POPSTARS
(Grade 3 girls), advancing to the
National championships at the Gold
Coast. The high level of
enthusiasm, dedication and expertise
of all our aerobics teams is truly
amazing. When looking at our
show you, up-close, the work that
goes into keeping endangered alpine
species like the Mountain Pygmy
Possum and Northern Corroboree
Frog safe.
Weve also got plenty of places to
keep you warm. Head to our warm
open fires and hear classic
Australian kids stories.
Murrundindi, in his possum skin
cloak, wont be far away waiting to
share Dreaming stories and
demonstrate traditional fire-stick,
fire making.
Dont forget Kids are free every
weekend, Victorian Government
school holidays and public holidays!
http://www.zoo.org.au/healesville/
whats-on/winter-wonderland
Dates: Saturday 28 June Sunday
13 July 2014
Times: Daily, 9am 5pm
School Holiday Fun
Be enchanted by a Magical Winter
Wonderland!
This winter, put on your warm
winter woollies, gumboots or snow
gear, and visit the Sanctuary to
experience faux snow play every
day of the school holidays!
Keep an eye out for our Puddle
Zones and get ready to enjoy all the
natural fun of winter in your
gumboots! Then, meet the Ice
Queen as she helps you to discover
how animals survive and keep warm
in winter.
The Healesville team will be waiting
for your visit 'Cool Conservation' to
exciting term with major events
taking place including our school
production.
We would like to wish all members
of our school community an
enjoyable and safe term break.
Narelle Messerle and Debbie Hobbis
End of Term
Thank you for a very busy and
extremely productive term. Please
note that students will be dismissed
at 2.30pm on Friday (no assembly).
Parents are asked to make
alternative arrangements for their
children if they are unable to pick
them up at this time.
Term three is set to be another
reminder about sharing videos of
the performances on social media -
the choreography is the intellectual
property of Candice Nyman and
she has requested that it be for
your personal viewing only.
conducted an experiment using
Coke and Mentos to write a
procedure for. In Maths we have
been continuing to work on fractions
including mixed and improper
fractions. In Integrated studies we
completed our Solar system
PowerPoint presentations and
discussed the size and shape of
Earth, the Sun and the Moon.
Grade 5/6: We have looked at grids
in Maths and played Battleships to
help us learn. We enjoyed having all
our specialists during planning week
and played Interschool sports
against Yarra Junction on Friday.
Principal: A great week this week!
There has been a positive focus on
Following Instructions. Well done
to all of our Aerobics competitors.
You represented our school and
yourselves well.
School Captains Report
Prep: Our CAF reading strategy
this week has been I ask questions
about a text when reading! We
started thoughtful Thursday writing
where we brought in something
special from home to write about. In
Maths we did a think board about
the number 10 and learnt about
ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th.
We also did more work on addition
and did another Blitzmaster.
Grade 1/2: We had an awesome time
at Healesville Sanctuary. In CAF
weve been expanding our
vocabulary and looking at
interesting words. We have continue
to work on our narrative stories and
our animal projects. In Maths, we
have finished looking at subtraction
and will begin looking at
measurement. We are continuing to
improve in Blitzmasters.
Grade 3/4: This week we continued
writing procedural texts and
Aussie of the Month
for June
Amarli W (Junior) Maeryn B
Aussie of the Month is a citizenship award where children are nominated
and voted for by the staff. It is designed to recognize students who
consistently display a positive attitude to their work and who relate to
staff, fellow students and the wider community in a respectful, caring and
co-operative way.
Student Awards
Grade 1/2 N Jevan M
Zara D
Ruby D

Grade 1/2 S Nikita J
Chelsea S

Grade 3/4 F Hunter L-H
Ashlee F
Luke H

Grade 3/4 N Bridie S


Grade 5/6 L Josh E
Oscar D
Daylan H




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These awards will be presented at
the first assembly in term 3.
Lost Property
All lost property items and
forgotten uniforms are to be
displayed in the foyer. Please
go through these items to
collect your childs
belongings. Anything not
collected will be donated to
charity. Parents please
remember to name your
childs uniform when
receiving it, this greatly
increases the chance of these
items being returned to you.
Public Notices
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Family Day Care
In
Hoddles Creek
Personal home based
childcare with small groups.
Play based learning with no
T.V.
Family Day Care is supported
by Murrindindi Shire Council.
Childcare Benefit and Rebate
can be applied for.
Vacancies for 2014 now
available
Enquiries welcome please call
Lisa 0402 730 126
LETS GO FAMILY DAY CARE
A locally run scheme, providing warm, nurturing care to
small groups of children
At Lets Go Family Day Care, we put the "Family" into Family
Day Care.
Children are cared for in a warm, safe, homely environment
that consists of only a small group of children.
We have vacancies for care in Warburton, Yarra Junction, Wesburn and Millgrove.
Our educators are qualified and trained to provide the best possible care for your child. Each
educator is monitored and supported by our coordination unit, to enable them to continually grow
professionally within themselves.
Reduced fees are available as we are CCB and CCR approved through the Department of
Education.
If you have any enquiries in relation to finding care for your child, or if you would like to find out
how to become an educator, please call Olivia Moller on 59 647 244 or 0402315332.
School Holiday Fun at Yarra Junction Library
Tuesday July 1 at 2pm Paper Dolls : Come along and design and dress a paper doll. Ages 5 and up. Bookings essential.
Thursday July 3 Lego Day : We have more Lego, movies , crafts and books. Book for a hour session in your age group
11am Age 5 +, 12 Age 8 +, 1 pm Age 10 +, 2 pm Age 12 + Bookings essential.
Tuesday July 8 10 to 4pm Thomas The Tank activity day
We have lots of Thomas engines and tracks to play with. Join in for movies, craft and building.
Book a hands on Thomas play session on the hour. Bookings essential 59671588.

Thursday July 10 at 10am Yarra Valley Woodworkers at the Library, prepurchase a $10 woodworking kit at the time of
booking. .
Bookings essential on 59671588, for all activities.
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