8.50 9.

00: Students
to remain in
classrooms, chat with
friends/ teachers/
parents.
9.00: Final bell. All
students to be seated,
Welcome back for term 3.
Its great to see everyone
back at school looking so
refreshed after their
break. The children are
always excited to see their
friends again and love
sharing their holiday
stories with their teachers!
We have returned from
the holidays for what we
know will be a very busy
but very exciting term.
The end of term 2 ended
on an extremely positive
note with our Three Way
Conferences. Feedback
has been overwhelmingly
positive. Thank you to all
parents for your
write, refine and expand
the script.
We also look forward to
sending two of our
aerobics teams to the
Gold Coast for the
National aerobics
competition. Fundraising
begins with a movie night
tomorrow. We hope to
see you all there,
supporting our aerobics
teams.
Term 3 - Welcome Back
Thursday Thoughts
L a u n c h i n g P l a c e P r i m a r y S c h o o l
Issue 22
Newsletter Date 17th July 2014
Important Dates:

July
18th
Movie Night
18th
Grade 5/6 Ski Trip
22nd
School Council 7pm
23rd
Grade 5/6 Round
Robin Sports
25th
2015 Prep Transition
2.30pm - 3.15pm
25th
Curriculum Day (No
students required)
28th
Sean Choolburra
Incursion
30th
Book Club due
31st
100 days in Prep
31st
Grade 1/2 Camp

Student Absent
Hot Line Number
5964 7783
involvement in this
process. Students were so
proud to display their
many achievements and
are now enthusiastic
about setting semester
two learning goals. With
your valued support and
guidance, we are
confident that all students
will continue to find
success throughout their
learning journey.
This term our major
performing arts focus will
be on our school
production. Thank you to
the staff members who
met over the holidays to
This term, we have
introduced a slightly
different format to the start
of the day to ensure that all
students are seated ready
to start the day from
9.00am sharp.
The changes are:
8.48: Music
8.50: The first bell will
ring. All students to
enter classrooms and
get organised for their
days learning, unpack
bags, change readers
etc.
Arriving on Time - Ready to Start at Nine
ready to start their day.
Already we have noticed
a calm and orderly start to
the day. It important that
all students are in class,
organised and ready for
learning by 9am.
Students who arrive late
miss the opportunity to
catch up with friends;
enter the classroom after
the rollcall, lunch-orders,
and other daily reminders;
are late for specialist
classes; or miss vital
instructions for a specific
activity.
carpets and vinyl throughout the
building. It was a busy day but well
done to everyone for making sure
that the classrooms were ready for
students starting back on Tuesday.
A sincere thank you to everyone for
their assistance with this enormous
task, especially the parent helpers
who lent a hand.
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Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place 3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
ABN 96 199 518 803
Classroom Makeovers
point that can be sometimes
overlooked.
Every student has different needs
when it comes to learning.
Metacognition (Thinking about
Thinking), is about a learners'
automatic awareness of their own
knowledge and their ability to
understand, control, and manipulate
their own thinking. Your child is
This term as a school and as a
learning community, LPPS will
continue to focus on high
expectations for all. On the
students first day back this was
evident in all classrooms as teachers
led students in Circle Time activities
to reflect on holiday activities,
reinforce behavioural expectations
and set short-term goals.
Our work on Curriculum/
Metacognition continues with
educational consultant Lyn Watts.
A reminder that Friday 25
th
July is
a Curriculum Day and there will be
no school for students.
Ongoing research continually
highlights the fact that all students
have different learning needs,
challenges, skills and strengths. It
sounds obvious but this is a key
Curriculum and Learning
being explicitly taught How to
Learn by breaking larger tasks down
into smaller, achievable chunks.
These skills are important not only in
school, but throughout life. Teachers
are constantly developing their skills,
knowledge and understanding to
enable them to better cater for
individual learning needs.
Last term we browsed through a
selection of student portfolios. Work
samples, although often the same task
and the same grade, offered a glimpse
of the wonderful and highly
individual work that the students do.
The way the task/ problem had been
solved, completed and presented
showed great variation all examples
of Metacognition.
Term three began for staff on
Monday with a very hectic day of
moving furniture and resources back
into the hex building. As you are
aware, the building was completely
emptied on the last day of term 2.
Over the holidays extensive work
was carried out including new
cabinets/ benches and shelving in
classrooms and offices, and new
simple. What actually happens over
the length of a school day is often
very complex, with learning, sport,
friendships, discipline, the
playground, and the contents of the
lunch box thrown into the mix. No
wonder the answer is often the
It's a simple question and one that
seems to just naturally roll off the
tongue when we meet our kids at the
end of the day. Regardless of
whether we even get an answer to
our simple question, it's often a case
of school today being anything but
How was School Today?
classic one-liner 'good' or 'fine' or just
plain 'OK'. In fact, when we ask 'how
was school today?' we're probably
using the least effective way to find
out how school really was. Try
asking what was the best part of
your day?
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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.
There will be a story time and play
based activities for the children
during this time. We look forward to
meeting some of the Prep age
children for 2015.

Regards
Zoe Kendall
2015 Prep Transition
Our first transition will run on
Friday 25th July. This session will
still be running even though we have
a curriculum day for the rest of the
school. It will run from 2.30pm until
3.15pm in the Prep rooms. We invite
parents to stay and have a chat with
our Principal Narelle Messerle about
school readiness.
now in their shoes, think how nice it
would be if the person who was
collecting us from school or after
school care, just gave us a hug or
hello, asked nothing at all about
school and took us home to change
into more comfy clothes, sit in front
of the TV for half an hour, provided
a healthy snack, or just left us alone
in our room to muck around. Maybe
after an hour or so, we might feel
like talking about school, especially
if the adults around us start to chat
about their day and include us in
their conversation.
Making it specific
To re-tell an event, or even put
words to memories, requires skills in
storytelling. Kids in the early years
of primary school may not yet have
the attention span or vocabulary to
remember, summarise or relate at
great length. However, that doesn't
necessarily mean that we adults can't
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Getting the timing right
School's out, after school care is
finished, and the bright-eyed kid of
this morning is now tired, maybe
hungry, possibly needs a drink, and
can only think of going home and
chilling out. It's been a long day and
answering questions is the last thing
we'd feel like doing. So as we're
encourage and help develop memory
retrieval and storytelling by asking
specific questions to make it easier
for them to explain. Questions could
include: 'What did you do that was
fun?' 'What game did you play at
recess?' 'What did you like best about
school today?'
'Did you read any books?
More useful articles can be found at:
www.parentingideas.com.au

Regards
Narelle Messerle and Deb Hobbis
Lost Property
All lost property items and
forgotten uniforms are to be
displayed in the foyer. Please
go through these items to
collect your childs
belongings. Anything not
collected will be donated to
charity. Parents please
remember to name your
childs uniform when
receiving it, this greatly
increases the chance of these
items being returned to you.
Student Awards
Grade Prep K Charlette D
Thoms B

Grade 1/2 K Chelsey H

Grade 1/2 S Matilda C
Lincoln S
Natasha J

Grade 3/4 F Teanna C
Roxie V-VF

Grade 3/4 S James D
Matthew M
Elana S




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Parents and Friends
Next meeting is Monday 21st July
in the staffroom just after
assembly. So
come along
have a cuppa
and chat
about future
fundraising
activities.

Canteen
If you send your child/rens lunch order on an envelope please include
10 in the order for the cost of a paper bag.
Slushies are NOT available this term.
Roster
July
24th Jo R, Sharon B, Fiona T
31st Maryann E, Janine K, Jaimie C


Forms are available from the school
office.
Please fill out the form and return it
with your money as soon as
possible.

WHOLE SCHOOL AEROBICS
FUNDRAISER MOVIE
NIGHT!

WHEN
Friday 18
th
of July, 5.00 7.00pm
WHERE
Prep, 1, 2 in Prep Classroom
3, 4, 5, 6 in 3/4Fs Classroom (enter
through 3/4Ms door)
COST
$5 per child will include popcorn
and lollies
WHAT TO BRING
A drink bottle, pillow, bean bag
(something comfortable to sit on)
WHAT TO WEAR
Something comfortable

Movie Night
Public Notices
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Wombats need YOUR help
It is very simple. Could you please save your ice cream lids, margarine lids & milk lids.
We use the above to help treat wombats for the mange mite (which will Kill the wombat)

For any further information please contact Judy on 0400 229539, Pamela 0409 164405 & Ian 0419 517052
You can also report sick wombats on above phone numbers. Volunteers are also very welcome.
There will be a box at the front office at Launching Place Primary School.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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