CONNECT Lancefield Primary School Newsletter

Term 3 Week 2— Thursday 23rd July 2020

News from the principal – Jo Emond Welcome back everyone to term 3, it has been wonderful to see everyone back at school and we are all so pleased to be here! Thank you parents and carers for continuing to adhere to and respect the social distancing and hygiene measures we have in place including unfortunately remaining outside of the school grounds and buildings. Please remember for late student drop offs and early pickups, parents and carers must please wait at the PARK STREET gate only and call the office for assistance. We also appreciate you keeping unwell children at home, don’t forget to inform the office if your child is absent due to illness so their absence can be correctly recorded. On Tuesday afternoon I posted a message on uEducateUs informing parents and carers about the use of face cov-erings and masks. Here is the message below for your convenience if you have not yet read it. On Sunday, 19 July 2020, there was a new announcement by the Victorian premier stating as of midnight Wednesday 22nd July, it will be mandatory for residents of Mitchell Shire and the Melbourne metropolitan area to wear masks/face coverings in public to assist in curbing further spread of COVID19. The latest information from Dr David Howe (Deputy Secretary Schools and Regional Services) received Monday 20th July- states that “Students who live in metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire and attend a school outside these areas are not required to wear a face covering at school. However, if staff live in metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire and work outside of these areas, they must continue to wear a face covering”. As a result of this information you will notice staff at Lancefield Primary School wearing face masks for one of two reasons: 1. They live in metropolitan Melbourne or Mitchell Shire and must continue to wear a face covering or/ 2. Staff have chosen to wear a face covering

Teachers/Staff are NOT required to wear face coverings whilst teaching/instructing students. Students ARE NOT required to wear face coverings at school. I would like to reassure you that our hygiene practices remain strict with all students having regular access to hand sanitiser and adults in the school adhering to social distancing requirements. Our cleaners are still carrying out an extra clean during the day, taking particular care with high touch and contact areas. Please note that parents/carers who live in metropolitan Melbourne or the Mitchell Shire will be required to wear face coverings whenever they leave the house, including for school drop off and pick up. Parent/Teacher interviews This term we are due to conduct parent/teacher/student interviews. With these challenging times and parents/carers unable to attend onsite, we will be conducting Phone Catch Ups during week 5 (week beginning – Monday 10th August). You will be forwarded further information regarding times and how these will work. You will be able to choose a timeframe/date and you can expect your call with-in this timeframe. This will provide you with an opportunity to chat to teachers, share any important information about your child/ren and discuss learning goals for semester two. Each catch up will be no more than 10 minutes. Keep your eye on uEducateUs for further information within the next week. LPS Website and Facebook Please take some time to check out our website and Facebook page. We are making an effort to keep these up to date with current information and some lovely virtual videos so you can take a peek at what is going on at school.

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School is committed

to child safety.

News from the principal continued…

Jump Rope for heart! EVERYONE is really getting into skipping and it is so great to see students from prep to year 6 trying out their new skipping skills and asking for more skipping ropes to play with at recess and lunchtimes! A great way to keep fit and warm in winter plus helps build friendships with everyone having a heap of fun! Please read Michelle’s PE report in the newsletter to hear about the amazing effort everyone is putting in with the whole program! Looking great at LPS! Over the holidays the our class atrium area had a beautiful refreshing lift with new paint and a new colour scheme and now matches our classrooms! Thank you to Sally Richardson for putting together this gorgeous colour palette for our school and thank you to Chris and his team from Purple Painting for the fantastic paint work! Around the school we have some fabulous new signage! Please take a look at the virtual videos on the website and see what you can spy! The office is looking so great with a wonderful Acknowledgement of country and giant school logo really making the whole space so inviting and fresh! The Wil-im-ee Moor-ing centre, class atrium area and gym will all feature a lovely acknowledgement of country featuring our own Mount William as a backdrop. We also have great new signs outside the Wil-im-ee Moor-ing Centre which just finishes off this space so nicely!

SAKG term 3

Our excited preps and year 1 students have started their cooking and gardening SAKG sessions this term. Please make sure your SAKG payment has been made, give Di or Sharon a call to arrange as soon as possible.

News from the principal continued…

Coming up for ALL students – UNBOXY! This term our whole school will be investigating, creating and designing through the UNBOXY program and we are looking forward to getting this going! Unboxy provides students with a cardboard kit of triangles and con-nectors that allowing them to design their own geometric structures. We will be focusing on building team work skills and collaboration along with developing creative thinking and problem solving skills and capabilities.

NOTICES FROM THE OFFICE THANK YOU We would like to thank the lovely ladies from the CWA for their generous donation to go towards books in our SAKG. We would also like to thank Ingrid for her lovely donation of craft materials which have been passed onto the art room. STUDENT ABSENCES A reminder to parents if your child is going to be absent from school to contact the office via phone, email, or, submit an absent note on uEducateUs. Please ensure you include an explanation of your child’s absence so we can ensure we code this correctly. SECOND HAND UNIFORMS If you would like to purchase second hand uniform, please contact Di or Sharon in the office so we can see what is available. A gold coin donation can be sent with your child and the uniform will then be given to your child to take home. UNIFORM SALE We currently have some discounted uniform stock at school which is available to purchase. Limited sizes available. Please see price list and sizes available further on in the newsletter. FAMILY STATEMENTS Statements have been sent home to families. If you receive a statement showing a negative amount, this means your account is in credit and there is nothing to pay.

From the Preps and Year 1’s Term three is a very exciting one for the Juniors as we start the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. It will run for the next six weeks with both classes gardening on Monday and the Preps cooking on Tuesday and the Ones on Wednesday. A couple of reminders, please ensure your child is appropriately dressed for gar-dening and long hair MUST be tied back for cooking. To coincide with the SAKG program both classes will be studying the topic ‘From paddock to plate’. This will involve looking at where does our food come from and how does it get to be on our dinner table. Last week we started with what is some well-known foods made from e.g chips are from potato and bacon is from pigs. In English we will be studying procedural texts, this will include things like recipes and sets of instructions on how to make things. We will also be looking at verbs, sequencing events from a text and fluency when reading aloud. The Preps will finish the remaining sounds in the Jollyphonics program e.g ch/sh and th whilst the Ones will begin a differentiated spelling program. In Maths the main topics for the term will be sharing (division), money and time. Both classes have started a show and tell program with each child having a specific day to share and particular topics each week. If you are unsure of what day or what the topics are please contact the teacher.

As always if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Cheers, Andrew and Travis

Wellbeing YEAR 1’s Starting from next week the Year one’s will be learning about looking after ourselves. The topics range from personal care to personal safety. During this unit the students will develop the skills to help them identify feel-ings and emotions and teach them some strategies to deal with them.

Years 2/3 Welcome back to term 3! This term, in our integrated curriculum, the students are exploring the concept of change through things that affect their lives: “Change is around”. Everything in our physical world changes and understanding how and why these changes occur helps us in our daily lives. In this unit, students will explore the human life cycle and how they have changed over time. They will observe and describe changes to the day and night skies and ana-lyse changes in their own local environment to identify natural and constructed landscapes. They will consider the connection of Australia’s Indigenous peoples to the land and skies and explore the impact of changing tech-nology on people’s lives. They will conduct science experiments e.g. how heat can change matter. Students will have the opportunity to research and investigate further, a topic of their choice around this topic. If you have any related books, posters or artefacts that you are happy to share during this investigation, they would be greatly appreciated. In English, our focus is on: Utilising reading strategies such as, identifying the main idea and visualising, when reading big books and

in our reading groups Exploring different writing strategies such as show don’t tell to enrich our writing Persuasive texts, using persuasive language to present our option on a given topic Exploring a variety of children’s authors to do a mini-author study unit Creating our own picture books for start to finish In Mathematics, our focus is on: Money (e.g. counting and ordering Australian coins and notes according to their value, representing mon-

ey values in multiple ways and counting change for simple transactions) Multiplication and division (e.g. using repeated addition, equal groups or arrays and solving simple prob-

lems) Area (measuring, comparing and ordering shapes based on area using appropriate informal units or famil-

iar metric units (metres, centimetres) Shape (e.g. describing and drawing two-dimensional shapes and making models of three-dimensional ob-

jects and describing key features). Looking forward to a fabulous term, Wendy and Celeste

Year 4 Welcome Back to Term 3! This term we are looking at inspiring Australians. In particular, we are focusing on famous Australian artists and inventors. Last week, the students conducted some research to find things they would like to learn about. Towards the end of the term, the students will be completing their own project on an invention or piece of artwork.

In English, we will continue to follow the Words Their Way spelling pro-gram and incorporate explicit grammar lessons. In reading, we are focus-ing on fluency, expression and ability to comprehend the text. Some of the strategies we will be exploring are questioning, making connections and finding the main idea. In writing, we will be looking at different

writing styles such as biographies, information reports, procedural and persuasive texts. We will also be using the Seven Steps Writing Program to enhance our students writing. In speaking and listening, we are looking at how we communicate with our bodies, opinions and other formal/informal opportunities. In Mathematics, we are focusing on place value, division, frac-tions, money and chance.

Years 5/6 This term our topic is “Artists and Scientists”. Each week we will be investigating and learning about famous scientist/artist and looking closely at their biography, scientific advancements or techniques that have changed the world. People like Marie Curie and Michelangelo. Students are learning to write and read a biography; looking for relevant information, they will be comparing and contrasting different examples of lives, developing timelines and seeing how bodies of work directly impact upon their lives. Later in the term we will be creating podcasts with interviews of our chosen historical figures. All this work is getting embedded into a website we are creating to capture our work. Students have been surveyed about their reading preferences which will continue to be used in read-ing groups and independent reading. Students will be recognising genre and explaining why they have their specific preferences. In Mathematics, this term is heavily concentrating upon fractions and decimals, converting between and how they fit onto our number system. We will also be seeing how percentages impact our finan-cial decisions and making shopping lists with discounts applied. Bookending our week, all year five and sixes are working together in large outdoor organised games where we have been looking at our TABSI - Teamwork, Agility, Ballhandling, Strategy and Integrity in game play. Excitingly, the final few weeks of term see us back in the kitchen with the Stephanie Alexander Kitch-en Garden program - where we will be honing our skills in following directions and whipping up a culi-nary storm.

JULY BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to all of the staff and students that celebrate birthday’s in JuLY!

Julia Ellie Celeste

Aiden Shaylah

Tyson Darcy

Khale Harriette

Ashlee Mc Jai L

5/6 Art Term Outline: This term the 5/6 students will be investigating different artists and applying their art styles and techniques to cre-ate their own artworks. We will focus on each artist for several weeks to ensure the students develop a clear understanding and application of the style adopted by each artist. Over the term stu-dents will experiment with sculpting, painting, pastels and sketching.

The students will also be developing their ability to reflect and record their own art process, engaging them with how they create their final piece is beneficial to understanding their creative journey. They will think about how they created each piece, what order things

happened, what materials they used, difficulties they faced and the mes-sage their art is trying to convey and how. Bec Borg

UNIFORM SALE: 10% OFF Limited sizes available

We currently have some discounted uniform stock at school which is available to purchase. Please contact

the office if you would like to purchase any uniform.

GARMENT SIZES AVAILABLE PRICE $

New style short sleeve polo 8, 12, 14 & 16 28.80

Bomber Jacket 4, 6 & 16 39.60

Rugby Style Windcheater 4, 8 & 10 34.20

Windcheater 4 27.00

Rugby Unisex Shorts 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 18.00

Cargo Shorts 4, 8 & 10 24.30

Straight Leg Fleecy Track pants 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12 23.40

Double knee Track pants with Straight Leg

4 25.20

Double knee Track pants with Rib Cuff

4, 12 & 14 25.20

Summer Dress 6, 8, 10 & 14 23.40

Winter Tunic 8 & 10 41.40

Cotton Elastin Bootleg Pants 4 & 6 27.00

Bucket Hat S-XS, SM and ML 9.00

School Bag 40.50

Art P-4 Prep and Year 1. This term we are looking at point and circles, our mentor artists are Wassily Kandinsky and Yayoi Kusama. Stu-dents will be working on a range of 2D and 3D artworks using stickers, pastels, paint, found objects and air-dry clay. Later in the term we are hoping to link in with the learning in the kitchen garden by making some model pumpkins and painting them with dots in the style of Yayoi Kusama. To start off the term, we have been looking at the piece “Squares with Concentric Circles” created in 1913 by Wassily Kandinsky. Puppet Wassily met with the children this week to encourage them with their work and remind them to focus on rounded lines for mak-ing circles.

Year 2/3 Everyone was really excited when they found out that we would be learning some basic sewing skills this term (so much so that a whole class cheered!). We are starting out by sewing our name or initials onto some lovely fabric samples donated by Grade 2/3 teacher Wendy. These will later be sewn together to make a special sur-prise gift for each of the grade 2/3 classrooms. Next we are going to learn about the artist Mirka Mora and her beautiful dolls and have a go at painting and sewing our own toys.

Year 4: Grade 4s are further refining their drawing and painting skills this term, trying a range of techniques such as drawing from observation and using a grid. We will look at the artists Frida Kahlo and Pablo Picasso, exploring their use of line, shape, colour and symbolism. So far, students have been working on some still life drawings and developing their rendering of realistic detail, light and shadow using colour pencil.

Physical Education with Michelle Waterman

This term we will be focusing on the following skills and sports: Coordination Skipping Ball Skills Football Basketball

Jump Rope for Heart

This term we have made a stellar start to our Jump Rope for Heart pro-gram. Students have been loving the chance to improve their skipping skills and tricks. It has been so wonderful to see the students excited and motivated to practise this skill and enjoying their recess and lunch times outside. If you haven’t signed up yet, visit the website and create a page. You can fundraise for the charity and earn prizes, or just log your minutes of skip-ping to go towards our school total.

Leaderboard Funds Raised 1. Sophie – Year 1 2. Zoe – Year 1 3. Sienna – Year 1 Skipping Time 1. Sarah R – Year 6 2. Trinity – Year 4 3. Zoe – Year 1 I am blown away that our little school has already raised over $5000!!! And the minutes skipped have crept over 24 hours. Wow! Keep up the awesome effort everyone.

New goal post padding.

Stephanie Alexander

Kitchen Garden (SAKG)

Week one in the kitchen, Year 3 prepared and cooked a delicious Potato and Cauliflower Soup with bread rolls. In week two the Preps and Year 1 started their gardening and cooking sessions.

In the garden, Preps and Year 1, planted rosemary cuttings, which entailed using honey and chopsticks! We also

planted some seedlings grown from seed by the year 2/3s.

In the kitchen, Preps and Year 1 cooked Alphabet Grissini, using herbs from the garden to flavour and decorate.

Student Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the following students for their Achievement Awards:

Remote Learning Awards Week 1 Term 3

ART Darcy being an extra special helper in the Art Room. Thank you Darcy! 56 ART Wei for planning & creating a figurative rose sculpture. MUSIC Luca kindness and leadership. Christian making sure everyone was included. SAKG Charlie B for persisting with cooking preparation tasks. PREP Kara outstanding handwriting. 1T Lachlan R for his great effort in all work areas and making smart classroom choices. 23C Niamh for her tremendous effort with all learning tasks. Being a fantastic role model for her peers. 56K Connor awesome voice and creativity in your writing. 56W Julia writing an excellent biography of Marie Curie.

LPS FACEBOOK PAGE AND WEBSITE Have you seen our new Facebook page? Check out our Facebook page for updates on what is happening at LPS.

Our website has been updated to include virtual tours.

2021 ENROLMENTS We are currently accepting enrolments for Prep 2021. Enrolment ex-pression of interest forms are available on the school website. We are unable to provide on-site school tours at the moment but can take en-quiries and let prospective families know when we are able to do so. In

the mean time check out our virtual tour on the school Facebook page.

PREP 2021 WEBEX SESSIONS Session 2 for our Prep 2021 Q&A Webex session will be held on Wednesday 2nd September @ 5.00pm. Be sure to register on our web-site.