next week

Monday 17th December

Gr 6 Beach Day

NO STEM Club

Tuesday 18th December

Gr 5/6 End of Year activities

Wednesday 19th December

Raffle ticket & money due back

Prep-2 End of Year Movie

Gr 1/2 Shared Lunch Party

Gr 6 Graduation

Thursday 20th December

Last day for students

Civics & Citizenship Assembly-2:15pm

School finishes 3:15pm

Friday 21st December

Staff Meeting

coming up

Tuesday 29th January 2019

Wednesday 30th January

Thursday 31st January

All students start school for 2019

reminders

This Friday 14th December

End of Year Celebration –

Apex Park 5:00-7:00pm

Last day for Grade 6 2019 Shirts –

orders and payment

Reminder to Gr 5/6 students that

payment must be made for end of

year activities.

December 12 2018

Principal’s Report

End of year Celebration….. This Friday 14th December we will be holding our end of year celebration from 5pm to 7pm

at Apex Park. This is an opportunity for us to come together as a community and celebrate the success of our students

in 2018. A free sausage sizzle will be on offer and we will have our canoes in the water for students to use under the

supervision of parents/guardians. This event is heavily dependent on the weather. Notification will take place via our

Facebook site if the event will need to be cancelled.

Student Transition Program….. This week students have been spending 2 hours working in their 2019 year level

between 11:30 – 1:30. Students have also worked with their 2019 class teacher to set high expectations and begin

building relationships with students to better establish the best possible learning environment.

School Reports / Attendance….. Over the weekend, I spent time reading school reports. I always find it a rewarding

part of my job to reflect on the amazing achievements of all of our students throughout the year. Every year we look to

make our reports more efficient to inform parents of the learning gained throughout the year. If you have any feedback

regarding reports please let me know. Teachers spend hours of additional time to complete these reports and I know

they would want to produce something that parents understand and highlights our student’s learning. This year, with

our focus on attendance, we have added additional comments to our reports. These are system generated comments

based on the number of absences a child has had this semester. Obviously, from the range listed below our aim is to

have students absent for no more than 6 days across the year. Some students will have achieved a poor attendance rate

this year which we want to improve on for next year. We are also aware of individual cases and times where it has been

necessary for students to be away from school eg, illness. These are not taken into consideration when looking at these

results. The more parents are able to provide an explanation for a student absence the more information we will have

to tackle any attendance issues. As a school our primary focus will always remain on the teaching and learning of our

students.

Reflecting on 2018….. As we look back over the year and reflect on the progress we have made it reminds us of how

far we have come with our students. Next week I am attending grade 6 graduation to acknowledge the journey each of

our students has been on since prep. Students spend less than 1% of their lives in school and it always reminds me the

importance of making every minute of every day count. I am looking forward to the night, where the focus is on our

students, and as we finish off the year, ensuring that we celebrate the success of every student, before having a well-

deserved break and starting all over again next year!

Final Weeks….. All students will finish school on Thursday 20th December at 3:15pm, all students will resume on

Thursday 31st January 2019.

Simon Prior

STAFF of the Week - congratulations

Lindy Bills for working really hard to move the Music Room instruments etc. and clean out the Multi-Purpose Room. Miss Wust for working really hard and helping both classes in Mrs Loukes’ absence. Sue Fletcher for excellence in breakfast delivery throughout the year. Miss Cameron for being positive, funny and really upbeat. Miss Sneddon for making class time really enjoyable in the last couple of weeks. Michelle Chatfield for being safe on the ladder and helping tidy up. Jimmy Caruana – ‘The Jack of All Trades’ award, for constantly supporting LEPS in all of our adventures. Aleisha Guillot for being creative and assisting with all the Grad decorations. Ben Winmar for working hard and hanging out with the kids at lunch. Mrs Poynton for stepping into the STEM role so positively and working hard to clean the space. Miss Killeen for always providing interesting and amazing art classes and for co-ordinating the display at The Barn. Miss Smith, Mrs Mathers and Miss Elliott for co-ordinating all of the amazing end of year activities for the 5/6’s. Mrs Woodward – Well done on surviving yet another Gr 2 Sleepover! Amanda Ware for using recess and lunch times to keep up her fitness and step-count whilst supervising students. Allanna and Liz for all their hard work in the office. Julie Chester for her work with all the kids on the Minilit Program. The results speak for themselves. Well done. Mrs Scott – The ‘Buddy Bear’ award, for always being there to listen, supporting her mates, being an upstander and following the school values. Miss Bramley for working hard during transition with her new class. Miss McManus for knowing exactly how many dots there are on the dice. Mrs Loukes for trying hard to stay positive when she’s not been feeling well. Paige Roberts for always staying positive and upbeat no matter what!! Mr Prior for always knowing which pants to wear on any given day – boardies, suit or just trackies! Ms Taylor for providing an awesome musical program and entertaining us every week at assembly. Oli Drisch for being the ‘go to guy’ for all odd jobs and removals. We can always count on him to drop everything and come to our rescue. Julie Saunders for supporting our Koori students and making sure they come to school.

School Council will be holding a Christmas Raffle as the final fundraiser for 2018. It would be very much

appreciated if all families could donate something for the raffle – non-perishable food items, toys, decorations, etc.

Please leave your donations at the school office. More donations mean more prizes!!

The raffle will be drawn at our final assembly on Thursday 20th December. Please return raffle tickets and

money by next Wednesday 19th December.

WHOLE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

LAST WEEK

Monday 3/12 87.1%

Tuesday 4/12 89.9%

Wednesday 5/12 92.3%

Thursday 6/12 89.4%

Friday 7/12 88.0%

Sensitive Santa

East Gippsland Children with

Additional Needs Working Group has

created this opportunity for children

with special needs who would benefit

from a quieter setting to meet Santa.

20 minute time slots for an individual experience.

Hosted by East Gippsland Specialist School on 15th December, 1:00 – 4:00pm

Bookings essential https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/east-

gippsland-sensitive-santa-tickets-53308084917