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Important Dates:
July
23rd 24th Grade 1/2 Camp
24th Grade 3/4 Ski Trip for Selected Students
29th Book Club due
31st Grade 5/6 Ski Trip for Selected Students
31st Movie Night
August
5th-7th Grade 3/4 Camp
15th National Aerobics Comp Queensland
Student Absent Hot Line Number 5964 7783
Launching Place Primary School
Issue 21 Thursday 23rd July 2015
Deputy Regional Director Visit Last Tuesday we had the pleasure
of showing the NEVR Deputy Regional Director, Mr Bob Stephens,
around our wonderful school. It is always such a pleasure to
highlight all that we do at LPPS. Mr Stephens was impressed by our
aerobics performances and the friendliness of our students and
teachers.
Woolworths Earn and Learn It is that time of the year again when
Woolworths run their Earn and Learn program. Its easy to get
involved:
Shop at Woolworths and youll get 1 Earn & Learn Sticker for
every $10 you spend.
Stick them onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. You
can pick one up from any Woolworths store.
Once youve filled your Sticker Sheet, pop it into the Collection
Box in front of the school office. The more stickers we collect the
more learning resources we can obtain. Thank you for your help with
this worthwhile program.
Working Bee Thanks A big thank you to the people who attended
our emergency working bee last Sunday. A great deal of work was
done to prepare the terraced area behind the portable rooms, in
readiness for asphalt.
Andrew Smith and the Buildings and Grounds committee have been
working hard to ensure that all areas of the school have well
surfaced/ safe areas to walk/ run/ play. This area was a priority
due to the loose gravel that appeared every time it rained.
Thanks to our hard working parent volunteers, this problem will
be fixed in the very near future!
Aerobics Movie Night A reminder to please return notices and
payment for our Aerobics Movie Night on Friday 31
st July. This is our only major
fundraiser for our two Aerobics teams, Secret Weapon and Ultra
Sparks, as they head off for the Nationals in Queensland on August
15th. It is always a fun night so please come along and support our
Aerobics teams.
URGENT WORKING BEE
When: Saturday 25th July
What Time: 1:00pm
What to Bring: Shovels, steel rakes and wheelbarrows
What to Do: Prepare the terraced area at the netball courts
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Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place
3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email
[email protected] ABN 96 199 518 803
Last Friday it was lovely to be greeted by so many excited
smiles as the children came to school eager for the 9.00 bell to
ring, as this meant that it wouldnt be long before the ALPHA Show
began. The ALPHA Show is always a favourite with students and
teachers. This year the show centered on the theme of Beauty and
the Beast. Alphas Beauty and the Beast combines all that is loved
about the classic fairytale. It also encourages everyone to have
fun as well as learn the process of truly believing in
yourself.
Our school has been lucky enough to host the ALPHA Show on an
annual basis. Next years date has already been secured, to ensure
that we dont miss out.
The media team took some great photos, which are included in
this weeks newsletter.
Alpha Show
Much of the rubbish that we generate and send to landfill comes
from the food we buy; lunch foods are no exception.
In fact, it has been estimated that on average a school-age
child using a disposable lunch generates three pieces of litter per
day, which equates to 30 kg of waste per year. This
works out to be about 7.5 tonnes of waste produced by a school
of 250 students each year from lunch boxes alone!
Based around the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) - litter free
lunches (also known as nude food) are lunches that contain food
items with no disposable packaging or single use items, such as
pre-packaged foods, plastic bags, juice poppers, bottled water,
disposable utensils, plastic straws or food wrapped in cling wrap
or foil.
Next month we are excited to be taking steps to turn LPPS into a
Nude Food school. This aligns with our ongoing commitment to
sustainability. Nude Food involves fresh, healthy and rubbish free
snacks and lunches. To avoid the use of packaging and wrappers,
compartmented lunchboxes and washable containers make great
alternatives to cling film. Our Sustainability team has been
discussing ways to reduce packaging and wrapping (therefore
reducing rubbish), and have come up with the idea of Nude Food
lunches.
Starting in August, we are encouraging Nude Food Wednesdays. As
our school community becomes accustomed to Nude Food we will be
increasing the days that we are
involved. We appreciate the support and involvement of our LPPS
community in working to make Nude Food lunches a reality.
Working Towards a Rubbish Free Lunch
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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.
Our next meeting is Monday 10th August in GP room after
assembly. Upcoming activities are Scouts raffle, Dads Day stall,
Bus shopping tour. More info to be sent home shortly. If you have
any fundraising ideas or would like an event considered,
please dont hesitate to join a meeting or leave suggestions in
the box at the office.
P & F team.
Country Fair
Please put all money sent from home in a clearly labelled
envelope - Name, amount, class and what you are paying for.
All Ski Trip payments for Grade 3/4 children going on Friday
24th July, and Grade 5/6 children going on Friday 31st July, need
to be finalised
before Friday.
Thank You for your co operation .
The date, Fri 23rd October is coming around fast. Plenty of
activities are under way. We have Community groups, Animals, Art
show, Food and more being organised but we always need some more
hands to help. That is why we are putting a call out for any
'Barista' trained parents to volunteer some time on the
day; please let the office or Janine know. Next meeting is
Tuesday 11th August at 3.30pm in Prep Room.
Any other suggestions or ideas are welcome. You are very
'Welcome' to join any of our meetings.
P & F Team
Parents and Friends Jackson H 3/4 B
Tayla H 3/4 K
Lachlan A 3/4 K
Angus L 3/4 M
Amber K 3/4 M
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Photos from Alpha Show
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Learn to play the Violin at
LPPS
Experienced qualified teacher
Yarra Valley resident
Reasonable rates
Contact Sally Banks
Phone: 0422 266 598 or
[email protected]
If you book a job within 1 month of
receiving a quote from Nelson Asphalting
and you mention LPPS school newsletter,
we will donate 2.5% of invoice price to the
school.
Best Value - Best Finish - Best Service
Asphalt Driveways
Asphalt Footpaths
Asphalt Repairs
Asphalt Car Parks
Asphalt School Yards
Clinton Nelson
0412 167 649
[email protected]
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