Phone: 5152 4662 Mobile: 0438524662 Email: [email protected] www.lucknow-ps.vic.edu.au Fax: 5152 1792 Date: 15.05.14 Calendar Volunteer Week This week, from the 12th to the 18th of May, is National Volunteer Week. This is a great opportunity to recognise that the spirit of volunteering is alive and well at Lucknow Primary School. When I begin to reflect on the many volunteers that we have contributing across so many programs I can see that these people are the ones that make a large school such as ours feel like a community. They give up their time to help our students without any expectations. May Friday 16 th Pupil Free Day – Curriculum Day. Monday 19th Parents & Friends Group Meeting. Monday 19th Regional Golf Championships. Wednesday 21st National Simultaneous Storytime-Junior School. Thursday 22nd Nexus Arts Performance. nd Thursday 22 Student Banking. Thursday 22nd Sale Eisteddfod – Choir. Friday 23rd Kidz Rock. Friday 23rd Bairnsdale Choral Festival – Choir. Monday 26th 5/6/7/8/9 y.o. School Athletics. Tuesday 27th 10/11/12 y.o. School Athletics. Thursday 29th Student Banking. June Monday 2nd District Winter Sports. th Wednesday 4 Active After School Program ends Term 2. Thursday 5th Student Banking. Friday 6th No School Buses running. Dysons Town bus will still run. Monday 9th Queens Birthday – Public Holiday. Thursday 12th Student Banking. Friday 13th Division Winter Sports. Sunday 15th Thursday 19 Boite Schools Chorus - Choir. th Regional Cross Country. Thursday 19th Student Banking. Friday 20th Back-up Day Division Winter Sport. Thursday 26 Friday 27th th I am certain that I will miss some but I would like to recognise the great work of the Parents and Friends Group; School Councillors; Special Friends; the parents and friends who cut up the fruit on Fridays; who wash the second hand uniforms; who wash and change the sheets in the first aid room; Les Curtis who takes woodwork groups and Judy Ramsdell who organises our vegie garden; Jean in the Library. Parents, family and friends who listen to reading, help out in other ways in class or on a camp or excursion; or driving for meals on wheels; Bridge Club members who are teaching the game to our students and others who help out on special occasions such as Reconciliation Day. Teachers also give up their own time for many of our school activities and students also show their commitment to students through programs such as Student 2Student reading program, Meals on Wheels and helping out at the Day Care centre. If you are one of these people mentioned above (or someone that I have forgotten) – On behalf of Lucknow Primary School I would like to thank you! Student Banking. End Of Term 2. 2.20 p.m. dismissal. My personal challenge to all students and parents is to thank someone who you see volunteering at Lucknow in the next week or two. Thank-you To the students who have brought in ring pulls. These are sent to Melbourne to get melted down for medical supplies. NAPLAN NAPLAN week has come and gone very smoothly. I congratulate all of the students in year 3 and 5 (and their peers in years 4 and 6) for the positive attitude to which they approached the assessments. Principal’s Report Pupil Free Day Please remember that tomorrow Friday the 16th of May is a Pupil Free day. Lucknow Primary School will be hosting other local schools in the area as we work together with Professor Mike Askew in deepening our knowledge of mathematical thinking. Some Year 6 students were involved in a demonstration lesson this morning that will be analysed and explained in detail tomorrow. This is a great opportunity for our staff to learn together with staff from other local schools and also have the input of one of the world’s most highly regarded experts on this field. If you have a child in year 3 or 5, later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report. The report will describe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy. The report will also show how your child performed in relation to national minimum standards. Warren Fyfe - Principal 1 Lucknow Values – Respect: Care: Honesty: Inclusiveness: Commitment raise a grand total of $8203.20. The profit for our school was $5742.24 which was an outstanding effort. Classroom News Class Student of the Week PJL Thomas Kronk - for making much better choices and working sensibly and co operatively in the classroom. Well done Thomas! This year Heidi Chippindall raised $200.00, which was the most amount of money raised. Congratulations Heidi! PEH Lilliana Smith - for always welcoming others into your play which makes others feel included. Well done! PAS Deegan Carroll - for his amazing writing about his weekend - keep up the fantastic work Deegan! The grade that raised the most money was PJL. They raised a total of $600.00 which was a great group effort. Well Done PJL!! 1EW T.B.A. 1LK Matthew Virgo – for his fantastic reading effort at home and in class, leading to a terrific improvement in his reading. Well done Matthew. 1TS Jessica Nolen - for working co-operatively in pairs for our maths problem solving tasks. 1KB Charlotte Helmers- for the effort she puts into her reading and her excellent improvement in reading. Keep up the effort Charlotte!! 2FW Maddi Trewin for doing an excellent piece of writing about her Mum for Mothers Day. 2RB Leo Harvey and Bella Griffiths - PJL will receive $50.00 to have a class party to celebrate such a wonderful achievement. We had children who raised over $100.00. Congratulations to Hudson Tarling $150.0, Harvey Maugher $100.00, Hayden Vanloo $112.00, Jordan Johnston $134.00, Paige Tarling $190.00, Crystal Cornwall $112.00, Sophie Alexander $110.00, Lily Virgo $112.00, Chase Attenborough $100.00, and Shakira Petruccelle $110.00. We are certainly grateful for all the hard work that all children put in to raising so much money. The prizes have been ordered and should arrive at school in approximately 2 weeks. When the prizes arrive the Student Leadership Team will assist in handing out the prizes to each grade. for setting great examples when following the class rules. Keep up the great work. 2MC Molly Callaway and James Southen - for working well on problem solving during maths Congratulations to everyone on such a fantastic effort. MBM T.B.A. Debbie Dooley and Student Leadership Team MLB T.B.A. MJB Courtney Hancock-Perry for working hard at all times, taking her schoolwork very seriously and providing a great role model for other students in our grade. MCM MEC Parents & Friends Group Zooper Doopers will be for sale on Friday lunchtime for 50cents each. (Limit 2 per student) Our Mother’s Day stall was another great success, we hope the Mums in your families enjoyed their gifts as much as the kids enjoyed choosing something special. A special mention to our fabulous volunteers, it was great to see some new faces, we couldn’t have done it without you! A huge big THANK YOU to Paula Kerr, Lindy Johnson, Leslie & David Pitt, Amanda McVilly, Belinda Holland, Betty, Meredith Burton, Penny Kronk, Debbie West, Justine Scott, Tania Reid, Ricky, Alison and Lisa. Jet Kellow - for always listening carefully and doing his personal best. Phoebe Long - for her very persuasive writing and fabulous ideas. MRN Alyssa Butler - for being a responsible and mature member of our class. STB Darcy Clifford - welcome to Lucknow! We've discovered a natural at learning the Japanese language! Congratulations and keep up the great work! SPN Jack Betts - for being very well organised with completing his homework. SMH Sarah Pruscino - for her high quality class work and homework. SGD Noah Chambers - for great concentration in class and really thinking about his writing and responses in reading. Fantastic work Noah. SJD Trish Le - for her consistently positive work ethic and encouragement of others to do their best. SMP Olivia Flynn – has been immensely helpful and an example of how to behave and listen during class. SCS Destiny Harrison - for editing her work independently and writing a great story. Well done Destiny! MORE VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO ENABLE KIDZ ROCK DISCO TO GO AHEAD NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!! Volunteers will be needed from 6.30pm until approximately 9.45pm, volunteers will be required to rotate between various positions throughout the evening, including selling Glow in the dark products, checking & validation of tickets, canteen duty, quiet zone supervision, selling drinks and of course supervising in the main Disco area to ensure our kids have a safe fun time dancing the night away. Please contact Lisa Roseman on 0419 099 769 or Paula Kerr on 0412 523 681 “Dads are very welcome too!“ KIDZ ROCK TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE PRIOR AND ALSO AT THE DOOR ON THE NIGHT (all being well with enough volunteers, the show will go on!!!!!!) Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser Our fun run/walk fundraiser was extremely successful on Friday the 26th of April. The weather was perfect and it was great to see so many children, teachers and parents enjoying themselves. As a result of the children’s hard work they managed to THANK YOU to those families who kindly donated tea towels and other kitchen UT items, all donations will be greatly appreciated at any time. 2 Lucknow Values – Respect: Care: Honesty: Inclusiveness: Commitment NEXT P & F G METTING is this Monday 19th May at7pm, please come along and meet us in the staff room where we will discuss the minutes of our last meeting and other matters over a cuppa of course. We really need some new faces, we are sick of looking at each other, only joking, the more the merrier, everyone welcome. Thank you. Lisa Roseman Secretary P & F Group. Community News For Sale Ryobi Electric Leaf Blower. Adjustable length tube. Hardly used. $50.00. Ph: 0400363564 after 4 p.m. For Sale 27” Panasonic TV and set top box. $80. Good Condition. Phone 0448 809 376. Wild Cherry Steiner School & Kindergarten Open Day Saturday the 24th of May School open day: 12noon to 2pm School address: 28 McKean Street Bairnsdale. School enquiries please phone 5152 1966 Kindergarten open day: 10am to 12 noon Kindergarten address: 72 Lucknow Street, Bairnsdale. Kindergarten enquiries please phone: 5152 2828 www.wildcherrysteiner.com.au 3 Lucknow Values – Respect: Care: Honesty: Inclusiveness: Commitment Lucknow Primary School Parents & Friends Group presents …. *** KIDZ ROCK 2014*** TICKET ORDER FORM Kidz Rock Disco will be held on Friday the 23rd May 2014 in the Lucknow Primary School Alfred Howitt Hall from 7pm-9pm — Doors open 6.45pm Ticket price $10 (No charge for parents & carers) STRICTLY NO PASS OUTS *Special side entrance for all ticket holders which means no waiting in a long queue* Kidz Rock is a disco/dance party is for all primary school children. Canteen selling drinks, snacks, lollies, glow sticks & lots of fun glow products! It is fully supervised by parent helpers. Children must be collected from INSIDE the hall. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night. For more information about Kidz Rock 2014 please call Geoff & Michelle on 0411-163998 Please call or text Paula 0412-523681 or Lisa 0419-099769 or complete & return the attached parent helper slip —————————————————————————————————————— *** KIDZ ROCK 2014 *** Ticket Order Form Name: _________________________________________________________________ Grade: _________________________________________________________________ Number of Tickets @ $10 each: ________ Total Enclosed: $ ________ Special side entrance for all ticket holders —————————————————————————————————————— Parent Helpers — Yes, I can help at Kidz Rock Name: ______________________ Phone: ______________ 4 Lucknow Values – Respect: Care: Honesty: Inclusiveness: Commitment