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Julie Hommelhoff 11th May, 2017

Principal

NEWSLETTER PO Box 66 NORTH BENDIGO 3550

SCHOOL : www.lightningreefps.vic.edu.au

Phone: 5443 2501 ELC : www.bendigoregionalymca.org.au

Please remember

smoking is

banned within

four metres of an

entrance to all

Victorian Schools

and within the

school grounds

BE YOUR BEST BE RESPECTFUL BE CO-OPERATIVE

BE RESPONSIBLE

Last day Term

2

June 30th

Happy Mother’s Day

Education Week Celebrations - Wednesday 24th May 2017 /

Open Day for Families, Special Visitors and Grandparents

We are having an Open Day at Lightning Reef Primary School on Wednesday 24th May, 2017. Our

visitors will arrive at approximately 11.15 for an 11.30 start, where the whole school will assemble

on the basketball court. Please join us!

11.30 – Meet and Greet (Julie)

11.40 – Morning tea in classrooms / special activities

12.45 – Concert in the gym

1.30 – Close of events

Upon conclusion of our concert, special visitors will leave the school whilst students return to class-

rooms and resume normal school activities.

We ask all families to provide a small plate of food to share for morning tea.

Prep Enrolments 2018

If you have a child who will be attending Lightning Reef Primary School in Prep next year, you are

most welcome to enrol at any time. Early enrolments assist us to put in place staffing, grade struc-

tures and allocate re-sources for next year. When enrolling your child, you will be provided with the

enrolment package. Further to this we require;

1. A copy of the birth certificate (we can make copies of originals if necessary) and

2. A school entry immunisation certificate obtained from The Australian Child-hood Immunisation

Register (ACIR). Phone 1800653809 or apply online to obtain a copy.

Enrolment forms are now available for collection from the office. The 2018 Information Booklet is

currently being reviewed but will be available before the end of term three.

If you know anyone moving into our area, has a child attending your child’s pre-school or who has a

Prep child for next year and is considering options talk to them about our school.

CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund)

Applications are now due for families who are Health Care Card holders to apply for the funding -

forms are available from the school office. When completing your application please bring your cur-

rent Health Care Card. THIS IS NEEDED FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE PROCESSED. If the

forms are not returned, the school cannot provide a discount to families for these special events, even

if families are Health Care Card recipients. Applications will close on the 23rd of June for 2017.

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Swimming grades 3/4 and 6

Grade 3/4 and 6’s start swimming on May

the 16th.

Please ensure swimming forms have been

returned to your classroom teacher.

5 Cent Challenge winners!!

1st Place - 1/2A Mr Millar

2nd Place - 3/4 A Ms King

3rd Place - 4/5B Tim/Mrs Kirkpatrick

MELBOURNE ZOO EXCURSION

1/2 classes FRIDAY MAY 26

Depart 8am Return 4pm

Hats

As we are a sun smart school hats are required to be worn from September the 1st.

Please ensure your child has a bucket hat for playtimes.

Prep enrolments for 2017

If you have a child or know a child who will be coming to Lightning Reef Primary as a prep next year please let us know

A.S.A.P.

We have some exciting orientation days coming up for our new preps.

Book Week 2016

Parents Club

President:: Toni Hicks

Vice President:: Sonia Valli

Secretary: John Moosman

Treasurer: Sally Gibson

Committee Members : Michelle

Savilles, Belinda Downing, Donna

Moosman, Donna Rutherford and

Kate Duncan

The next Parents club meeting is

October 13th at 9am.

All are welcome!

School Nurse

The school nurse will be visiting our school starting Monday 15 May. Please return forms to the office by

Monday morning.

Head Lice

Thanks to those families who continue to check for head lice. This support enables us to limit the chances

of head lice spreading. Please continue to check hair at home and help us to become head lice free.

Head lice checks will occur every Friday and the first Monday of each term at school. You will receive a phone

call from our parent group of ‘trained head lice checkers’ if your child has any evidence of head lice (live lice and

or eggs). You will be required to collect your child from school and to treat their hair at home with a treatment

purchased from the chemist.

This process will continue throughout the year so please accept these phone calls with their intended purpose. The

school is doing its best to support your child and their needs. Please let us know if we can help you in any way with advice.

Good luck to our students as they partake in the District Cross Country.

Have a great weekend.

Julie Hommelhoff

Principal

Calendar of events:

Friday May 12th - District Cross Country 3-6

Tuesday May 16 th- Swimming starts grade 3/4 and 6

Friday May 19th - Walk safely to school day

Friday May 19th - Sovereign Hill grade 3/4

Wednesday May 24th– Grandparents Day

Friday May 26th– Melbourne Zoo excursion grade 1/2

Wednesday June 28th– 3 way conferences

Monday June 12th - Queens birthday NO SCHOOL

Friday June 30th– Last day of Term 2 2:15pm finish

3 Way Conferences 28 June 2017

Students are to attend their conference

time only. Students are to be in full uni-

form. Further information will be sent

home in the coming weeks. Put this date

in your diary.

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Why are mums are special!

By our Preps

My mum puts me in my bed. By Ben

My mum is really special because she is beautiful.

By Alexander

My mum kisses me before I go to bed. By Xavier

My mum cooks me tea before I go to bed. By Jemma

My mum is special she makes me a chart for being good. I do the dishes and

bins and good things and I get a smiley face. By Trystan

My mum lets me paint my myself. By Matilda

My mum is special because she loves me. By Eh La Su

My mum can cook. By Aye Moo Kyi

I love my mum. By Aung Myit Thein

My mum cuddles me and takes me to school. By Tadiwa

My mum is special takes me to the park. I love her. By Jai

GOLD CARDS

This term we have combined our Gold Card exchange with Golden Time on a Friday afternoon.

Students can earn gold cards by displaying behaviours that reflect our schools values of Being Your Best,

Respect, Responsibility and Cooperation. Each

term we will focus on one of our values, with

this terms focus being RESPECT. On Friday

afternoon during Golden Time, students can

exchange their Gold Cards for a special

activity. (Please see poster below for choices.)

We have also introduced the ‘Lightning Reef

Platinum Card’. This card is given to the whole

class and is earned when all students in the

class work together, help each other and follow

class expectations.

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BE YOUR BEST BE RESPECTFUL BE CO-OPERATIVE

BE RESPONSIBLE

CONTACT US: 5443 2501

Principal:

Julie Hommelhoff

Assistant Principal:

Jo Ryan

Business Manager:

Kristie Coates

Leading Teachers:

Kim Kirkpatrick

Paul Keller

Specialist Coordinator:

Katrina Johnstone

Prep -2 Coordinator:

Tania Peirce-Whyte

3-6 Coordinator

Kellie Parsons

Speech Therapist:

Vikki Stone

Social Worker:

Gai Maddams

School Council President

Sonia Valli

Parents and Friends President:

John Moosman

A Word from Ms Ryan

Happy Birthday to Kurtlee

W, Dakota W, Trent H and

Phoenix D. We hope you

all had a very special day.

If you have any special news that you

are happy to share with the school

please let Ms Ryan or Sue in the office

know.

2017 Attitudes to

School Survey.

Please see the enclosed attachment

or your child’s classroom teacher.

Education Week Celebrations - Wednesday

24th May 2017

Open Day for families, Special Visitors and Grandparents

We are having an open day at Lightning Reef Primary school on

Wednesday 24th May, 2017 from 11am. Our visitors will have the

opportunity to share morning tea (which the children will be prepar-

ing ) in the classrooms with the students and complete special activ-

ities with them. There will also be a concert in the gym from

12:45pm which all visitors are invited to attend. We look forward

to seeing you all then.