Last Friday, FORTY

excited five and six-year

-olds celebrated one
hundred days of school
with a variety of
educational and fun
activities.
The 100th day of school
is more than just a
milestone worth noting
its the perfect time to
have fun with the
number 100. The
enthusiastic group dressed
up and participated in
various activities making
it a day to remember.
part of the celebrations,
the preps:
Made a tower using
100 blocks
Looked at pictures
from 100 years ago
Drew self portraits at
100 years old
Made a $100 note
Used a 100s chart to
count to 100
Decorated biscuits
with 100s and 1,000s
Had a 100 day party!
One Hundred Days of School
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 25
Newsletter Date 7th August 2014
Important Dates:

August
9th
National Aerobics
Comp
19th
School Council 7pm
30th
Family Portraits
September
3rd
Wheelathon
Whole School
5th
Dads & Mates
Breakfast
5th
Fathers Day Stall
11th & 12th
A Royal Spectacle
School Production
15th - 19th
Camp for selected
Grade 4 & 5 Students
19th
End of Term 3
2.30pm finsh
Student Absent
Hot Line Number
5964 7783
One hundred days is a
long time for these kids
and being in prep is a
very big deal last Friday
was about celebrating
their achievements. As
We hope that all of the days
ahead are just as exciting as
the first 100 have been.
Shuttleworth. There is a huge
amount that goes into preparing a
camp to ensure that every childs
needs are addressed as closely as
possible. Thanks also to Lynne
Noy, Kathy Boyd, Jacinta Kemp,
Andrew Devisser, Chezelle Conroy,
Zoe and Jodie for their fantastic
efforts in ensuring that the seventy
nine children who attended Adanac
camp had a time that they will
remember for years to come.
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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
Adanac Camp
What a great time the children in
Grade1/2 had on camp! The
weather was challenging at times but
luckily the rain held off long enough
for everyone to have a go on the
Flying Fox. It is a great
achievement for children at this age
to spend a night away from home
so well done everyone on your
resilience and enthusiasm.
It is important to acknowledge
the time and effort put into
organising the camp by Kasey
staff make to our overall school
community.
The roles which our ES staff
perform are diverse and include
those who work in the front office,
those who work with individual
students in classrooms, those who
take care of the maintenance jobs
and those who provide specialist
assistance to students with special
needs. The one thing they have in
common is a desire to support the
school and to help our children and
our school community. They are
very dedicated, hard working
individuals who will do whatever it
takes to meet the staff and childrens
needs. They really help to make
August is the time that we formally
acknowledge the huge contribution
the ES staff make to the school
team.
All staff at our school work together
as a team, but ES month is a special
opportunity to acknowledge the
important contribution that our ES
Education Support Staff Appreciation
LPPS an excellent place to work and
learn. Quite simply we could not
operate without these people. So
please take the time to stop and say
thank you to our wonderful ES
staff.
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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.
Aerobics
Tomorrow our Dark
Knights and
Popstars aerobics
teams are travelling to
the Gold Coast to
compete in the National Aerobics
championships, which are being
held on the 9
th
& 10
th
August. This
is an extremely exciting time for the
students and their families. The
chance to compete at a National
Level is nothing short of an
amazing feat. We wish you luck,
bust most of all enjoy every minute
of the experience. We know that you
will have fun
under the
watchful eye of
Miss Nyman, Mrs
Kemp and Mrs
Messerle.
Maths Awards
At Mondays assembly we were
thrilled to see three of our students
Hudson K, Nikola V and Chelsea S,
presented with certificates to
acknowledge their achievements in
Mathletics. This online learning tool
is exceptionally good for
consolidating childrens knowledge
of basic maths facts such as
automatic recall of multiplication.
Like all skills it is vital that children
get plenty of practice. Keep up the
good work everyone.

filtered back to our community
through the newsletter. Please note
that tomorrow is the final day to
return your survey to school.
Parent Opinion Survey - Thanks


Thank you to the families who have
taken the time to provide important
feedback via the Parent Opinion
Survey. We have had an outstanding
response. Results will be received
next term and once discussed with
staff and school council, will be
in our groups. We have enjoyed
sharing our Commonwealth Games
articles and keeping track of how
many gold, silver and bronze medals
Australia has won.
Grade 5/6: We are enjoying our
Integrated topic The Human Body
and learnt lots of amazing facts
about our skeleton. We created
wonderful shape poems, writing
descriptions about chosen objects.
We revised length in Maths and
enjoyed measuring our heights. We
will be creating our own 3D
playground this week, focusing on
area and perimeter.
Principal: I had the pleasure of
attending the Grade 1/2 camp, and
was impressed by the behaviour of
all of the students. We have also had
a great response to the Parent
Opinion Survey. We have had 30
out of 40 returned.
School Captains Report
Prep: We have been having lots of
fun looking after our chickens. We
now have 17 little chicks. We
enjoyed celebrating our 100 days of
Prep on Friday. We had a party,
playing musical statues, we iced and
decorated biscuits and completed a
100 exercise challenge. We are
looking forward to learning our
production song and dance.
Grade 1/2: We had a fabulous time
on camp. So many kids had new
experiences and tried new things.
We loved all the activities and even
the weather didnt stop us having
fun. It was cold and wet and we still
did everything! All students behaved
beautifully, representing the school
well.
Grade 3/4: We are enjoying our mini
lessons during CAF reading
sessions. We have been working on
our news reports and making posters
Student Awards
Grade Prep F Skye C
Nathan S

Grade Prep K Aiden H

Grade 1/2 B Blake C

Grade 1/2 K Tyler M
Hayden W
Samuel D

Grade 1/2 N Bailey T

Grade 1/2 S Aden M
Matthew McC

Grade 3/4 F Markus K
Carla C

Grade 3/4 M Jacob H
Bree T

Grade 3/4 N Joaquin G

Grade 3/4 S Jye H
Darcy D

Grade 5/6 G James C
Brodie L

Grade 5/6 L Jesse I
Sarah A

Grade 5/6 R Tori L-D
Jackson G

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Parents and Friends
This terms fundraiser is FAMILY PORTRAITS.
With Christmas not too far away, it's the perfect opportunity to start your
Christmas shopping. For just $15 you can have just the kids, the whole
family and even extended family portraits. Each sitting is for 15 min, you
choose the photos you like before you leave and get a 20 x 25cm framed
portrait. Return your booking forms early to get the times you want.
Next meeting is Monday 25th August 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
August
14th Kylie K, Sue C, Janine K
21st Maryann E, Jaimie C, Paul T
28th Jodie D, Peta R, Fiona T