LEPS AND BOUNDS 1 3 M A R C H 2 0 1 9 W E E K 7 , T E R M 1

Dates To Remember THURSDAY 14 MAR 2019

Primary Assembly 2pm in Hall. Host 3/4S

TUESDAY 19 MAR 2019

P & C Meeting 7:00pm

THURSDAY 21 MAR 2019

Harmony Day

Easter Raffle Books due back FRIDAY 22 MAR 2019

Albury Gold Cup 1/2 day

Public Holiday

TUESDAY 26 MAR 2019

Athletics Carnival

WEDNESDAY 27 MAR 2019

English as second language

afternoon tea. 1:30-3:00pm

THURSDAY 28 MAR 2019

Primary Assembly 2pm in Hall. Host 4/5S

FRIDAY 29 MAR 2019

Hot Cross Bun orders due

back. THURSDAY 4 APR 2019

The Big Vegie Crunch

MONDAY 8 APR 2019

Casual clothes day. Bring

along a donation for the East-

er Raffle

TUESDAY 9 APR 2019

School Photo Day

THURSDAY 11 APR 2019

Cross Country

SRC Assembly

FRIDAY 12 APR 2019

Last day of Term 1

ANZAC Day assembly

Lavington East Public School

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Awards Harmony Day Albury Gold Cup Holiday

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Principal’s Post 3

Improving Student Safety MCE Get Cooking

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Sport News 5

Class news with 3/4M 6

P & C News 7

Tell them from Me Survey Earn & Learn

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Getting to know your child’s school

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Community News 10/11

The Big Vegie Crunch hits LEPS

Before

After

At the start of the year, the school leaders got together with Mrs O’Connell to look at a few things we could actively promote for the benefit of the students at LEPS. Mrs Williams passed on some information about The Big Vegie Crunch and we decided to start with this. We found out that only about 5% of NSW school children eat enough vegetables so we decided that we could do our bit to lift the profile of vegetables in our school and hopefully encourage LEPS students to increase their daily vegetable intake. We’ve signed up to the Big Vegie Crunch. This means at 10:00am on Thursday 4 April 2019 (Week 10) we will join Primary schools across NSW to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables simultaneously. Last year 50,260 students crunched together. This week we are going to visit each class to tell them all about the challenge. We are also going to run some competitions in the next few weeks. Look out for our posters around the school! More information to follow. Star Slater, Govinda Sapkota, Clara Schneider Fuller, Zac Hart, Jessica Lynch and Riley Costello

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Positive Behaviour for Learning Fabulous work in our ‘Positive Behaviour for Learning’ program by the following students:

Makaia Gemmell, Tanuja Bhujel, Sidney Miiller, Isaac Martin, James O’Connor, Lachlan Maskus, Ella Clarke, Kylie Breed.

Merit Certificates Congratulations to the following students who will receive ‘Merit Certificates’ at this week’s assembly: Tayla Harmer, Rojan Rimal, Montana Gibb, Mason Plunkett, Ricky Plunkett, Emily Whiting, Iram Hussain, Nadine Mewukiza, Anjalica Rai, Phoebe Powell,, Xiannara Aleria, Jennifer Shipard, William McCallum, Cheyenne Mellis. Learning Awards What a wonderful effort by the following students who will receive ‘Learning Awards’ at this week’s assembly: Chandra Tiwari, Arthur Schneider-Fuller, Payton Fairley-Brown, Toby Shain, Jonathan Whiting, Luke Spurr, Safwat Hossain, Rose Knight.

Awards The students listed below will be receiving awards at tomorrow’s assembly.

Harmony Day 2019

On Thursday 21 March 2019 we will be celebrating Harmony Day at LEPS. Your children have been asked to come dressed in an outfit from their country that they identify with (eg; traditional Nepali, African, Indian, Scottish, Aussie bush outfit etc) or wear something orange as it is the official colour for Harmony Day eg; orange socks, ribbon, bandanna etc. This is a casual clothes day.

Albury Gold Cup half day Public Holiday

Friday 22 March 2019 is a gazetted local half day holiday for all businesses, including public schools, within the Albury Shire Council area. Our school will close at 12 noon. Please note there will be no supervision available after 12 noon.

Please make appropriate arrangements for your child/ren’s care from 12 noon on Friday as there will be no school buses running at this time.

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Principal’s Post

Dear Parents and Carers, You may have heard increasing numbers of reports online, in the news and on social media about an internet phenomenon called the ‘Momo challenge’. It allegedly involves children being challenged through popular social media (WhatsApp, YouTube, SnapChat, etc.) to carry out dangerous tasks, such as harming themselves or others. The game allegedly also may send disturbing images or threaten children with severe consequences if they do not follow Momo’s instructions. Despite the widespread recent coverage, there is some question whether the Momo “game” is real or an urban myth. Snopes.com, the internet site devoted to fact checking, as well as some social media experts are questioning whether the Momo challenge is real cyberbullying or a hoax. Whether or not Momo represents an actual threat, the rumours about it can be frightening for children. The internet poses risks, particularly for those who are vulnerable. This serves as an important reminder for parents to be aware of what their children are doing online, at all times. Parents and guardians should teach their children and teens to:

1. Be present as much as possible to see what your child is watching and playing. 2. Talk regularly with your child. Have frequent open and honest conversations with your child about screen time and encourage your child to feel confident about having discussions with you about issues and concerns they have related to the online world. 3. Get support from organisations that have expertise in this area https://kidshelpline.com.au/ 1800 55 1800, https://www.esafety.gov.au/.

As always, our staff are continuing to provide reassuring messages to students that caring adults are available to help them with their concerns. Mrs Nic Williams Principal

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Improving Student Safety

To improve student safety we have had to change the time the school gates will be locked in the mornings. The Douglas Road gate and Daly Street walking gate will be locked at 8.55am when the bell rings. Any late students will have to walk around to the main entrance in Daly Street. Thank you for your understanding.

MCE Get Cooking Students of MCE have been cooking up a storm in the school kitchen with a variety of meals which

includes Meatloaf and Vegies, Macaroni Cheese, Spaghetti Bolognese, Gluten Free Pikelets and Gluten Free Cupcakes. YUM!!!

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Sport News AFL:

Last week several students trialled for the Albury AFL team. Congratulations to

Noah Andrews and Riley Costello who were selected to represent Albury at the

Riverina trials. We wish them the best of luck.

Cricket:

Congratulations to Jonathon Whiting and Noah Andrews who represented Albury in

boys Cricket at Deniliquin. Noah has made the squad for trainings and we wish him

all the best for final selections into the Riverina team.

Mortimer Shield:

Four teams competed at the Mortimer Shield Carnival last Thursday 7 March 2019. The competitive boys team made the final and played a great game against Holy Spirit going down 1 to 3. Both girls teams played exceptionally with LEPS 1 girls winning all games including the Grand Fi-nal. They will now travel to Wagga Wagga to compete at the next level. Everyone had a fun and enjoyable day and would like to express thanks to Natalie Knight, Miss S and Ms McQuade for their expertise and time.

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This Term in 3/4M This term 3/4M have been learning about summer and the effect of the sun on people and the earth. As part of this learning, we have viewed and analysed resources such as a Cancer Council advertisement and a sun safety song. Afterwards, we discussed the influence of such health messages on decisions we make. To finish off our learning, we planned and created sun safety posters to display at school. Here are some of our posters. Michelle Cary Classroom Teacher

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P & C News Fundraising: NSW State Election Sausage Sizzle Our school will be a venue for public voting for the NSW State Elections on Saturday, 23 March 2019. We will be conducting a sausage sizzle on this day and will be requesting assistance from our school community. A note with more information and times to assist will be coming home with each family tomorrow. Easter Raffle Raffle books have gone home and are due back by Thursday, 21 March 2019; casual clothes day - Monday, 8 April 2019 (please bring along your donations on this day); raffle drawn - Wednesday, 10 April 2019. Hot Cross Bun Drive Order forms together with more information have gone home with each family. Orders and money are due back by 29 March 2019. Pick up from the Hall on Friday 12 April 2019 or use the voucher option to pick from Bakers Delight, Lavington.

Uniform Shop new open hours are Tuesday and Thursday only 8:30am-10:00am

EFTPOS now available for Canteen & Uniform Shop purchases (Minimum purchase $5.00)

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‘Tell them from Me’ student feedback survey I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices. More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 9.8 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help im-prove how we do things at our school. I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typi-cally take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 11 March and 12 April. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary. A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey has been sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by Friday 15 March 2019. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

The consent form and FAQs are available in 23 languages.

1 May to 25 June 2019

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518 Daly Street

LAVINGTON NSW 2641

Phone: 02 6025 1157

Fax: 02 6040 2332

E-mail: lavingtone-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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