Launching Place Primary School

Issue 7 Thursday 19th March 2015

Premiers Reading Challenge

Launching Place Primary School is again encouraging students to enrol in the Victorian Premiers
Reading Challenge for 2015. Last year the response from our students was exceptional. The Challenge
encourages students to develop a lifelong love of reading as well as developing important literacy
skills. Students in Prep to Year 2 are challenged to read or experience 30 books and students in Years
3 to 6 are challenged to read 15 books. If children are just learning to read, you can help them to
experience books by reading to, or with, them and talking about the story, text and pictures.
Next week permission forms will be sent home. Please ensure that the forms are signed and returned
to school.
For more information about the Challenge, visit the website at
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/

International Competitions and Assessments 2015

Each year the school offers interested students the opportunity to participate in the
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (I.C.A.S.), which are run
through the University of New South Wales. Educational Assessment Australia is a notfor-profit organisation that provides students with the experience of testing their skills
and knowledge in a range of curriculum areas. All entries are for Years 3 to 6.
Information, including costs and permission forms, has already been sent home. Please
remember to return forms ASAP if your child is going to participate.

Planning Week
Next week is planning week at Launching Place PS. During planning week the students have all of their specialist
classes on one day. This provides the classroom teachers with time to plan the curriculum for term two.

Student Absent Hot Line Number 5964 7783

March
20th
Grade 3-6 Sports Day
25th
Easter Raffle Drawn and
Easter Hat Parade
27th
End of Term One
2.30pm Finish

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World Harmony Day

Around Australia, schools and community groups are celebrating World Harmony Day in all different sorts of ways. Here in
Australia, many of us have come from different nations to make a life in this beautiful land. Harmony Day is held on 21 March
in Australia. Harmony Day is intended to show cohesion and inclusion in Australia and promote a tolerant and culturally
diverse society.
Harmony Day began in 1999: it is marked by people coming together and participating in local activities. The continuing message of Harmony Day is
'Everyone Belongs'. It is about community participation, inclusiveness, celebrating diversity, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.
www.harmony.gov.au

Science Night
We had an excellent turnout of enthusiastic students and parents who participated in a variety of science experiments. There were
definitely some favourite activities/ experiments such as sherbet making. It was wonderful to see the level of effort that had
obviously gone into dressing up in a science theme. Winners were presented with a prize at this weeks assembly. Photos taken by
our media team are included in this weeks newsletter.

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

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Everyone Makes Mistakes

Sometimes when you have a go at new things, you also make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes, no matter how smart you are. Every
person learns in a different way and at different speeds, so if other people in your class learn things faster or slower than you, do not get
upset. Remember that DOING YOUR BEST is the most important thing.
When we try our hardest we learn and every day we learn something new. It may be as simple as making your own lunch or bed, tying a shoe lace,
writing your name, spelling a word, reading a sentence or counting. As we progress we become more skilful and braver to have a go at new challenges.
So here are some examples of Launch students Doing Their Best and sharing with us what they have learnt in term 1.

Liam S Foundation - I have learnt to do lots of letters.

Angus A Foundation - I am good at numbers and I try really hard.
Maddison D Foundation - I know how to be a good friend and help people if they need it.
Hayley S Foundation - I can count to 20 . I can also count to 30 and Im getting quick.
Anita Q Grade 3 - We have learnt how to do a food web. It is interesting to learn about something new.
Chloe C Grade 4 - Persuasive writing can be hard but we have learnt the right way to do it.
Kate P Grade 4 - I have learnt how to be better at CAF reading by learning about new strategies.
Lachlan T Grade 4 - I write a lot more in my Writers Notebook.
Angus L Grade 3 - Im getting better at Blitzmaster as Im getting quicker with working out numbers.
So what does Doing Your Best look like?
There are many different ways that you can do your best at school. Some important ways to do your best include listening, trying and having a go.
LISTEN CAREFULLY
To help you to listen more carefully try these things:
Look at the person when they speak and make eye contact.
Wait until the person has finished before you start speaking.
If you are not sure what someone has said, ask them politely to say it again.
TRY HARD
When you try hard, you will know that you have done your best. Even if some work is hard, the more you try, the more you will learn.
To help you try hard, sometimes it is better to sit close to the front, so you can listen better.
Sometimes it is important not to sit next to your friends or people who distract you or people that you will always talk to.
HAVE A GO
When you go to school, there are many new challenges, such as excursions, camps, new books, talking to new students or adults, playing new games or
playing new sports. When you try different things, it can be hard, but it can also help you to feel good and to learn more. When you have done
something more than once it usually gets easier and easier.
Please Note: That other advertisements and publications published in this newsletter do not imply school or Department of Education and Early Childhood Development endorsement.

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Parents and Friends

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

All Easter donations and raffle tickets need to be

returned by Friday 20th March. Easter Raffle drawn
Wednesday 25th March at Special Easter
Assembly which starts at 9am with the Junior
School council hat parade. Good Luck to everyone,
winners will be notified
P & F team.

Photo Board

Canteen
If youre unable to attend the
day youre rostered on for duty
please contact me or the school
office as soon as possible, so l
can find a replacement to keep
the day running smoothly.
For the next few weeks we have Cheesey Rice
Wheel, Spc Apple Jelly,Two Fruits Tubs at 50 each.
BBQ Lone Star are at 30 until stock runs out.
Orders are to be written on a brown paper bag
with your childs name and grade at the top and
items ordered with prices; correct money is
appreciated. If you dont have paper bags at home
there will be a cost of 10c per bag. Please dont
staple or put sticky tape on lunch order bags.
Roster:
March
26th

Fiona T, Maryann E, Janine K

Zack R

Prep N

Mitchell S

1/2 B

Lia McK

1/2 C

Kaylee H

1/2 C

Zara R

1/2 K

Aaron C

1/2 K

Winter P

3/4 B

Elana S

3/4 B

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Lost
One size 6 hoodie windcheater with Nikita J
name on inside. Please return to school office
if found. Thank You

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