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MOUNT LOCKYER PRIMARY SCHOOL

Humphreys Street, Albany WA 6330. Phone: 9841 1166 Fax: 9841 7262

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Newsletter No: 3
Dates to Remember 13th March 2013 Early Close 2.30pm 14th March 2013 Assembly 18th March Mini Assembly Value: Tolerance 19th March Swimming Training 9.30 11.30am Value:- Cooperation Commenced on 5th March for weeks 5 and 6. Rewards will be presented at this weeks Assembly. Cooperation - is working equally with other towards a common goal Term Dates 2013 Term 1 Monday 4th February Friday 19th April Term 2 Tuesday 7th May Friday 5th July Early Close Dates March 13th, 27th, April 10th P&C Uniform Shop Open Days: Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am 9:30am

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12th March 2013

Attendance: Weeks 3 & 4 P 93% 1 87% 2 91% 3 94% 4 94% 5 93% 6 88% 7 94%

Hello everyone Last week we held the School Faction Swimming Carnival. Mr Faulkner, along with a band of extremely hard working helpers, organised and ran a very successful event. I would like to thank all those who contributed, particularly those who volunteered their time, or came to watch and cheer providing great moral support. This year we recorded the greatest participation of students in the carnival; this is fabulous to see and indicates that more students are becoming involved in swimming and most importantly participating in the Department of Education in school swimming programme. By the very nature of where we live it is essential that all children learn how to swim, the in-school swimming programme is the perfect opportunity to do this. Congratulations to the champion and runner up recipients, however congratulations to every single one of you who competed on the day, you all demonstrate the values of a true Locky Legend! The National Assessment Programme Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be conducted week 2 term 2 for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Parents who wish to withdraw their children from the assessments are required to complete a Parental Withdrawal form. If you wish to withdraw your child from participating please contact the school and I will organise the paper work. Enrolments have continued to flow in, this is wonderful for our school however it does mean that we may need to look at the structure of classes. We will leave this for another week to gauge if it has settled before we attempt to rearrange. I realise this is an inconvenience however sometimes it is unavoidable. Mathematics Parent Information Session Mr Beatty, Numeracy Specialist Teacher, will be providing an information session on Mathematics for parents/carers who have children in Pre Primary and/or Year 1. The following will be covered: Mathematics Readiness what you can do to support your child in preparing them prior to entering school; What the expectation and achievement standard is for Mathematics in Pre Primary and Year 1 in other words what will your children be expected to do; and Ideas for how you can support your childs mathematical development at home. Where: Mount Lockyer Primary School Music Room When: 21 March 2013, 9.00am Coffee, tea and refreshments on arrival Attendance: Congratulations Years 3, 4 and 7 on 94% attendance. There has been an over all decline in attendance from Weeks 1 and 2 which is disappointing. The goal we need to strive for is 98% to match Year 3 and 7 Weeks 1 and 2. Congratulations to Years 3, 4 and 7 who are leading for Weeks 3 and 4 all receiving attendance of 94%. This Thursday Room 9 will be providing entertainment and hosting the assembly. Maxine Augustson Principal

Chaplains Chat Hello again. Isnt it interesting how different we all are? My son, for example, loves to draw pictures. We must have thousands crammed in every spare draw and watch out if he catches us trying to secretly thin out the pile. Every piece is important to him. But almost all are without colour. Also, every drawing is moving. Planes swirling, cars crashing, bullets flying, robots smashing. Nothing stands still. My daughter, on the other hand, has always created portraits of pretty girls modelling her own fashion designs or quiet landscapes full of colour. She has 12 different shades of every colour in her pencil case and uses all of them. All my son wants is a lead pencil and an eraser. Similarly not everyone learns the same way. Some learn by doing, others seem to listen and absorb information easily. One child will hit the ground running in kindy and power through their schooling to achieve great things. Another will seem to struggle to adapt to school life, seem way too relaxed about learning and surprise everyone by working side by side achieving great things with their fellow student as an adult. Trying to find something to help every child reach their potential is a challenge in a school of almost 500 students. Sitting in a classroom all day is not for everyone. Thats why we have Our Place behind the Pre-primary classes. This is our hands on area. In this area we have our vegetable garden, worm farm and composting bins. This educates children about how the environment works, how the seasons develop and change, and how we can work with the environment. Our wood work shed introduces students to hand tools and the skills needed to use them. The joy of creating something from scratch and discovering something new that you are good at, can be just the confidence builder that a child needs to take the next step forward. Our play pod is running hot with lots of laughter, cooperation and problem solving as children work together to find new uses for what adults call useless junk. Fine intricate hand work is used in our main building creating unique jewellery and art work in big and small groups. This is also where the chaplains office is. We do lots of one on one activities such as art, model aeroplanes, jigsaws, chess and listening. Lots of listening. Not always easy to do as adults but an essential skill for any carer. Come down and take a look. Introduce your self, and get to know your school. Cheers, Chappie Hookin2 Hockey, Junior, High School and Senior Players Registration Day!! Enquiries: Judith Want - 0429895033 / Gloria Terpstra 0428418784 / Cassandra Stipanicev - 0427552125 School Fees A reminder to all parents that the Voluntary Contributions for 2013 are due. They are $40.00 per child attending Mount Lockyer Primary School. The school uses this money to purchase art and craft material, science equipment and to support various programs run through out the school. Payment would be appreciated. If you are having difficulty making this payment please contact the RegistrarChristine Davidson to make suitable arrangements. Money can be direct deposited into the school account. BSB: 306 001 BankWest Acc No: 515 4800 Cheque Account Mt Lockyer School Fund Please make sure you put a description in the payment section. As a thank you for paying school fees early, the school will hold a raffle draw for all families who have paid before the end of term one. This will be a dinner voucher at The Venice restaurant to the value of $100.

Science Corner Welcome to another Science year at Mount Lockyer. This new inclusion in the newsletter, Science Corner, will appear 2 or 3 times each term to let you know what your children are doing in science. All schools in Australia are now using the National Australian Curriculum for all subjects and this term we are doing Earth and Space Sciences. Later this year we will also cover Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Biological Sciences. Each year level focuses on a different aspect of the broad theme. You might like to discuss with your child what they are studying in science this term. Year 1 - Weather, Patterns of events on Earth and in the sky e.g. Moon, Stars, Seasons. Year 2 - Earth's resources: focusing on water. Year 3 - How Earth's rotation and revolution around the Sun causes day / night / years. Year 4 - How the Earth's surface changes over time from natural processes and human activity. Year 5 - Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting the Sun. Year 6 / 7 - How sudden geological changes or extreme weather can affect the Earth's surface. Predictable phenomenon on Earth - Eclipses, seasons, comets. Renewable and nonrenewable resources. Ben Sluiter School Banking At the Week 6 Assembly, representatives from Commonwealth Bank will give a short presentation on School Banking Programme that will be starting Week 10 term. Come along and see if you might like your child to join programme which promotes good saving habits.

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Free Dress for Leukaemia Foundation On Friday 15th March the school will be participating in the Worlds Greatest Shave for the Leukaemia Foundation. The money raised will help provide free practical and emotional support to people with blood cancer and their families, as well as investing millions in research. For the donation of a gold coin (or more) children are allowed to wear FREE DRESS for the day. Some parents have volunteered to have their head shaved on the day! SNAP Fitness Albany - Exclusive Schools Offer This offer would entitle you or any immediate family to the following; No Joining Fee (saving of $99, before we open) No long term contracts(30 days notice to stop) Low weekly rate of $14.95(paid fortnightly limited to the first 250) Rate locked in for life of membership (a huge offer never effected by any price increases) Discounted Personal Training Pack $49.95 (3 x 30min PT sessions) (save $99) Unlimited Group Fitness added to your membership for $1 SNAP Fitness offers members so much more than your average gym;

Hockey Stadium - Barker Road, Albany. 16th March 2013. 10am 2pm

Group Fitness sessions (Spin, Zumba, Pilates, Yoga, Boot camps, Boxing and X-FIT 24 hour gym access/7 days a week Private bathroom facilities AND CHILD MINDING NO RISK No money taken & no commitment until after you have seen the gym finished! Estimated Opening 4th April (snap up the chance to save $$ before we open)

Merit Certificates Congratulations to the following students who received honour certificates at last weeks assembly: Shayse Porteous, Amos Ugle, Max Kuenen, Shakira Maxwell, Patrick Boyle, Serenity Hardy, Isaiah Knapp, Crystal Cockman, Samarah Brown, Logan Robertson, Hannah Archbold, Cooper Burns, Asha Douglas, Jusdyce Archbold, Dylan Knapp, Kate Gowland, Sienna Adami, Phillip Hort, Lucas Meade, Jessie McCandless-Cartledge, Joshua DAprile, Sarah Westle, Adam Carson, Fiona Hindge, Shelby Rogers, Jessica Noble, Logan Archbold, Sade Collinge, Roxy McLean, Trent Phillips, Harry Brown and Janna De Leon. Money Board Awards First $100 - number 04, Jackie Green Second $100 - number 83, Darren Moir $50 - number 04, Karen Easter Raffle The Easter Raffle will be drawn on Thursday. Last chance to buy tickets is Wednesday afternoon.

WEEK 4 WINNERS Most Locky Legends Cinema Tickets Michaela Mourish Newsletter Quiz Ali Hossaini Most Locky Legends in the Class: PP2 - Mattey Duncan and Chelsea Geddes Room 3-Elizabeth Moor Room 4 Avril Dunmow Room 5 Allan Hilder Room 6 Jaxon McLean Room 7 Lilly Scorza Room 8 Jordan Bobby Room 9 Kia Fuentebella Room 11 Roxy McLean Room 12 Kate Gowland Room 13 Summer Carpenter, Mark Colbung Room 14 Michaela Mourish Room 15 Jay Napier Room 16 Zavier Swainston Room 17 Fiona Hindge Room 21 Rhys Grixti Room 22 Matthew Lane

Mount Lockyer Faction Swimming Results 2013 Champions and Runner-Up Champions

Age Age Yr Yr 4 4

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Placing Placing Champion Champion Runner Runner -- Up Up Champion Champion Runner Runner -- Up Up Champion Champion Runner-Up Runner-Up Champion Champion Champion Champion Runner-Up Runner-Up Champion Champion Champion Champion Runner-Up Runner-Up Champion Champion Champion Champion Boy Boy Runner Runner -Up -Up Champion Champion Champion Champion Runner-Up Runner-Up Champion Champion Champion Champion Runner-Up Runner-Up Champion Champion

Name Name Sharmaine Sharmaine Boyd Boyd Cheyenne Cheyenne Ashton Ashton Xavier Xavier Brenton Brenton -- Reed Reed Josh Josh DAprile DAprile Tia Tia Griffiths Griffiths Hannah Hannah Archbold Archbold Coen Coen Jackman Jackman Ryan Ryan Peacock Peacock Summer Summer Carpenter Carpenter Brodie Brodie Webb Webb Aden Aden Castlehow Castlehow Dylan Dylan Boyd Boyd Mikayla Mikayla Archbold Archbold -- M M Kate Kate Trayvilla Trayvilla Jake Jake Castlehow Castlehow Nick Nick Godbolt Godbolt

Faction Faction Green Green Red Red Red Red Green Green Green Green Gold Gold Red Red Blue Blue Blue Blue Gold Gold Gold Gold Green Green Red Red Red Red Gold Gold Red Red

Yr Yr 5 5

Girl Girl Girl Girl Boy Boy Boy Boy

Yr Yr 6 6

Girl Girl Girl Girl Boy Boy Boy Boy

Yr Yr 7 7

Girl Girl Girl Girl Boy Boy Boy Boy

Shield Results
Place 1st 2nd 3 4
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Points 358 279 239 130

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Responsibility Mount Lockyer Primary School acknowledges that mobile phones may be used as a safety measure out of school hours. Parents are reminded that in cases of emergency, the school office remains the most appropriate point of contact during the school day. The school accepts no responsibility for lost, stolen or damaged mobile phones. Guidelines
Students mobile phones are to be switched off during school time and handed to the class teacher or office upon arrival in the morning. Students are not permitted to use mobile phones for any purpose on school grounds. Mobile phones are not permitted to be taken to school camps, excursions or other functions unless permission is granted by the school

MOBILE PHONE POLICY Students who bring mobile phones onto school premises must adhere to these guidelines.

Principal. Students seen using mobile phones on school groundsFirst breach- The phone will be confiscated and returned to the student at the end of the school day. Further breaches- The phone will be confiscated and parents/carers will need to collect it from the office. Dear Parents The value from 5th March to 18th March is Cooperation. If your child has demonstrated Cooperation notify your classroom teacher and they will be in the draw for a prize at this weeks assembly. Value: Cooperation Is working equally with others towards a common goal. Memory Jogger - I will work and play fairly with others. Student Name:- ___________________________________________________Value:- Cooperation Week Week 3 Week 4 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

NEWSLETTER QUIZ Q: Which Rooms had the highest attendance for weeks 3 & 4? A: __________________________________________ Name _______________________________________________________________

MANAGING STUDENT BEHAVIOUR

The key to this approach is that the child is given a choice at each step to follow directions or face increased consequences. Students making GOOD CHOICES are acknowledged for their efforts. For students making POOR CHOICES the following consequences apply ~
STEP 1 Student refuses to follow directions. Verbal warning. STEP 2 Student still refuses to follow directionsIn-class consequence eg Time Out area. STEP 3 Student still refuses to follow directionsOut-of-class consequence eg Buddy Class. STEP 4 Student still refuses to follow directionsRED CARD is sent to the office. Parents will be requested to attend school. SUSPENSION Students will be immediately suspended for verbal abuse of staff and/or violence towards staff or students.

WHAT IS BULLYING? Bullying is when a student or group keep picking on another student. They try to hurt them physically or emotionally. The behaviour is deliberate and repeated. A fight or disagreement between equal students is not bullying. HOW TO STOP BULLYING Tell an adult, it is not dobbing to ask for help. Both victim and those bullying will be counselled and supported. Do not be a by-stander; if you witness bullying try to stop it or report it. IF YOU ARE BULLYING Step 1: Warning Step 2: In school isolation and counselling at recess and lunch, parents will be notified Step 3: For continued breaches students will be suspended.

RE-ENTRY FOLLOWING SUSPENSION Students returning from suspension must be accompanied by an adult and will attend the Intervention Centre (Room 20) where an Individual Behaviour Management Plan will be developed and implemented.