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Julie Hommelhoff 18th May, 2017

Principal

NEWSLETTER PO Box 66 NORTH BENDIGO 3550

SCHOOL : www.lightningreefps.vic.edu.au

Phone: 5443 2501 ELC : www.bendigoregionalymca.org.au

Please remember

smoking is

banned within

four metres of an

entrance to all

Victorian Schools

and within the

school grounds

BE YOUR BEST BE RESPECTFUL BE CO-OPERATIVE

BE RESPONSIBLE

Last day Term

2

June 30th

Parents & Friends Group

A massive thank you to our Parents & Friends Group for organising the

Mothers’ Day Stall and raffle. It was a very successful morning, with the

children able to purchase an item(s) that I know would have been treas-

ured by all Mum’s last Sunday. The students who had their mothers here

at school for that special day were also super excited!

Congratulations to our raffle winners. Please collect your prize from the

office.

Cold weather and Food

The cold weather is upon us and all students need to have adequate lunch. Many students eat all of

their food at first break and have nothing left for afternoon break. This makes it hard for them to con-

centrate and manage the afternoon classes. Can you ask your child if they need extra food please, so

that you can pack a little extra each day? I think we all need a little more food when the colder weath-

er starts. Foods include extra sandwiches, more fruit and tubs of yoghurt.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN week is over. The school applied a plan around the implementation to ensure the program

ran smoothly. It was important that all students went to bed early and had a good night’s sleep, a

nourishing breakfast and were at school on time. This ensured they were prepared to do their best.

Although, I just want to remind everyone, that this is one assessment on one day for all participating

students. Thanks so much to all those parents who supported both their student and the school to en-

sure NAPLAN was once again a success.

Working with Children’s Check

Are you helping at school?

Are you part of the Parents & Friends Group?

Are you on School Council?

Do you assist with classroom activities?

Do you attend camp / excursions?

We are so pleased to have many parents/carers involved in our school programs this year. The appre-

ciation expressed by students and staff is most heart-warming and I really want this involvement to

continue. In order to make this possible the office requires a record of your Working with Children

check on file.

Please bring your card in to be copied or if you do not have a current Working with Children’s Check

then you must obtain one asap. The office will be in touch with you.

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Swimming grades 3/4 and 6

Grade 3/4 and 6 have now started swim-

ming .

Please ensure your child has their swimi-

ing things on a Tuesday.

Head lice checks

Please continue to check your child’s hair

at home.

Our checks will continue on a Friday at

school.

MELBOURNE ZOO EXCURSION

1/2 classes FRIDAY MAY 26

Depart 8am Return 4pm

Hats

As we are a sun smart school hats are required to be worn from September the 1st.

Please ensure your child has a bucket hat for playtimes.

Prep enrolments for 2017

If you have a child or know a child who will be coming to Lightning Reef Primary as a prep next year please let us know

A.S.A.P.

We have some exciting orientation days coming up for our new preps.

Book Week 2016

Parents Club

President:: Toni Hicks

Vice President:: Sonia Valli

Secretary: John Moosman

Treasurer: Sally Gibson

Committee Members : Michelle

Savilles, Belinda Downing, Donna

Moosman, Donna Rutherford and

Kate Duncan

The next Parents club meeting is

October 13th at 9am.

All are welcome!

Reminders;

Education Week Celebrations - Wednesday 24th May 2017 /

Open Day for Families, Special Visitors and Grandparents

We are having an Open Day at Lightning Reef Primary School on Wednesday 24th

May, 2017. Our visitors will arrive at approximately 11.15 for an 11.30 start, where

the whole school will assemble on the basketball court. Please join us!

11.30 – Meet and Greet (Julie)

11.40 – Morning tea in classrooms / special activities

12.45 – Concert in the gym

1.30 – Close of events

Upon conclusion of our concert, special visitors will leave the school whilst students return to classrooms and resume normal

school activities.

We ask all families to provide a small plate of food to share for morning tea.

Prep Enrolments 2018

If you have a child who will be attending Lightning Reef Primary

School in Prep next year, you are most welcome to enrol at any time.

Early enrolments assist us to put in place staffing, grade structures and

allocate re-sources for next year. When enrolling your child, you will

be provided with the enrolment package. Further to tis we require;

1. A copy of the birth certificate (we can make copies of originals if

necessary) and

2. A school entry immunisation certificate obtained from The Australi-

an Child-hood Immunisation Register (ACIR). Phone 1800653809 or

apply online to obtain a copy.

Enrolment forms are now available for collection from the office. The

2018 Information Booklet is currently being reviewed but will be

available before the end of term three.

If you know anyone moving into our area, has a child attending your

child’s pre-school or who has a Prep child for next year and is consid-

ering options talk to them about our school.

3 Way Conferences 28 June 2017

Students are to attend their conference

time only. Students are to be in full uni-

form. Further information will be sent

home in the coming weeks. Put this date

in your diary.

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CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund)

Applications are now due for families who are Health Care Card holders to apply

for the funding - forms are available from the school office. When completing

your application please bring your current Health Care Card. THIS IS NEEDED

FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE PROCESSED. If the forms are not returned,

the school cannot provide a discount to families for these special events, even if

families are Health Care Card recipients. Applications will close on the 23rd of

June for 2017.

Head Lice

Thanks to those families who continue to check for head lice. This support enables us to limit the chances of head lice spreading.

Please continue to check hair at home and help us to become head lice free.

Head lice checks will occur every Friday and the first Monday of each term at school. You will receive a phone call from our

parent group of ‘trained head lice checkers’ if your child has any evidence of head lice (live lice and or eggs). You will be

required to collect your child from school and to treat their hair at home with a treatment purchased from the chemist.

This process will continue throughout the year so please accept these phone calls with their intended purpose. The school is

doing its best to support your child and their needs. Please let us know if we can help you in any way with advice.

Stay dry this weekend.

Julie Hommelhoff

Principal

Mother Day Raffle winners

First Prize: Malayan Orchid – Raven

Second Prize: Foundry Arms Voucher / 6 Placemats – Ruby P

Third Prize: Foundry Arms Voucher & Candle Pot – Ruby S

4: Foundry Voucher & Dan murphy Gift card – Ian R

5: National Hotel Voucher – Zali S

6: Foundry Voucher & 2 Candles – Leanne

7: Foundry Voucher & Cake server – J McCorkelle

8: Foundry Voucher & Jug – Rutherford

9: Nelson’s Pizza & Wendy’s Voucher – J McCorkelle

10: Foundry Arms Voucher & Box of Chocolates – Eh Tha Yu S

11: Foundry Arms Voucher & Box of Chocolates – Ruby S

12: Basement On View Voucher – Helen K

13: Leonards Butcher Voucher – East Family

14: Eaglehawk UFS – Riley B

15: Sportsco Bag – Dylan

16: RSL Voucher – Sue N

17: RSL Voucher – Moosman

18: Foundry Voucher – Eh Thout

19: Foundry Voucher – Becky D

Thank you to the following business’ for their

donations:-

- Wendy’s at the Marketplace

At Home Bendigo

Nelsons Pizza

The Foundry

The RSL

Leonards Butcher at the Marketplace

Dan Murphy’s

National Hotel

Basement On View

Sportsco

Eaglehawk UFS

Also to: Donna Rutherford and Chris Conroy. It

was a huge effort from everyone involved and it

is very appreciated.

Thank you!

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BE YOUR BEST BE RESPECTFUL BE CO-OPERATIVE

BE RESPONSIBLE

CONTACT US: 5443 2501

Principal:

Julie Hommelhoff

Assistant Principal:

Jo Ryan

Business Manager:

Kristie Coates

Leading Teachers:

Kim Kirkpatrick

Paul Keller

Specialist Coordinator:

Katrina Johnstone

Prep -2 Coordinator:

Tania Peirce-Whyte

3-6 Coordinator

Kellie Parsons

Speech Therapist:

Vikki Stone

Social Worker:

Gai Maddams

School Council President

Sonia Valli

Parents and Friends President:

John Moosman

A Word from Ms Ryan

Happy Birthday to Kaileigh H

and Deklan G. We hope you all

had a very special day.

Congratulations to Cooper and

Levi M on the birth of their baby

brother Dominic.

If you have any special news that you are hap-

py to share with the school please let Ms Ryan

or Sue in the office know.

Calendar of events:

Friday May 19th - Walk safely to school day

Wednesday May 24th - Open Day

Friday May 26th– Melbourne Zoo excursion grade 1/2

Wednesday June 28th– 3 way conferences

Monday June 12th - Queens birthday NO SCHOOL

Friday June 30th– Last day of Term 2 2:15pm finish

GOLD CARDS

This term we have combined our Gold Card exchange with Golden Time

on a Friday afternoon.

Students can earn gold cards by displaying behaviours that reflect our

schools values of Being Your Best, Respect, Responsibility and

Cooperation. Each term we will focus on one of our values, with this

terms focus being RESPECT. On Friday afternoon during Golden Time,

students can exchange their Gold Cards for a special activity. (Please see

poster for choices.)

We have also introduced the ‘Lightning Reef Platinum Card’. This card

is given to the whole class and is earned when all students in the class

work together, help each other and follow class expectations.