Term 4, Issue 19 10th December 2012

D I ARY D ATES TO REMEMBER :

Xmas Concert

Wednesday

12th Dec

Presentation Day

Thursday

13th Dec

Party Day Friday

14th Dec

Year 6 Farewell

Monday

17th Dec

Last Day of Term

Wednesday

19th Dec

Students Return

Wednesday

30th Jan

Kindergarten Start

Thursday

31st Jan

Lochinvar Public School

Bulletin Lochinvar Public School

A unique school achieving success.

FAREWELL TO 2012 This will be our last Bulletin for 2012. It has been a busy

term and this week will bring the culmination of many

activities with our Christmas Concert and Presentation

Day. As I look back on the year I see many successes for

students, staff, parents and the school in general. Our

school continues to make an impression on visitors and for this I am very

proud. Our satisfaction survey also shows that a high percentage of

parents are very satisfied with what the school does and how it

performs. My congratulations to all our students for another successful

year academically, physically and socially. I thank them for their

continued hard work in the classrooms, playground and on the sporting

field. I wish the Year 6 students all the best for their future and trust they

will always remember that they are Lochinvar students and should be

very proud of that fact. Our teachers have also worked hard this year

keeping up their professional learning and providing an interesting and

stimulating learning program for their students. Our P&C has also

worked hard and successfully this year and their continued support for a

variety of school programs including Mathletics and additional seating for

the playground is appreciated by students and teachers. A big thank you

to all our Canteen volunteers who have helped, whenever possible,

through a difficult year for the canteen.

Sadly, we also wish farewell to several of our families who with changes in circumstances will be

leaving our school at the end of the year. We wish the Loveday girls, Shae and Abbi all their best at

their new school in the Blue Mountains. The Londero family is also moving to Tamworth and we

wish Jackson, Lilly and Chaleb all the best in 2013 at their new schools. We also wish to thank

Kristy Londero for her leadership of the P&C over the past 2 years and Kristen Owens for her part in

the P&C as Treasurer in 2009 and 2010. We appreciate your contribution to our school and wish

you well on your new adventures. We will miss you all. Another family relocating are the Renfrew

students. Flynn is heading to high school in Singleton and Harrison and Lillian will also relocate to a

new primary school in Singleton as well. We wish you all well in your new schools.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our families a very Merry Christmas and a safe and

happy holidays. I hope you have time to spend with family and friends and enjoy a well earned

break from routine. I thank you for your unconditional support of our school, its students and

their teachers. You make Lochinvar a very special school with many unique qualities.

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ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT NIGHT ON THIS WEEK . Our Christmas Concert will be held on Wednesday evening at school. It will

commence at 7:00 pm and all classes have prepared a variety of performances

for your entertainment. We will also intermingle their performances with some

popular Christmas carols so we can be sure to bring the Christmas spirit to our

Concert. Families are invited to bring along their picnic chairs or rugs and to

find a place to enjoy the concert and sing a long with us. The concert should finish by 8:00pm. We

look forward to sharing this special evening with you all. As much as we enjoy parents recording

these performances on their phones, ipads, video and cameras, we ask that you reconsider

posting any footage on social media as several of our students are protected from external

photography and we would prefer their photos did not become public. I am sure you understand

the reasons that schools are forced to state this request.

3 DAYS ONLY IN THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL Students should attend school on Monday, 17

th,Tuesday, 18

th and

Wednesday 19th December. These are nominated school days as well

as the final school days of 2012. Monday evening will be the Year 6

Farewell evening at Maitland City Bowling and students are excited

about this special evening. Students may come out of uniform on the last day of school if you wish.

Year 6 will be farewelled at the gate at 2:45pm. It is a sad but exciting time for them as they leave

the school grounds for the last time as primary school students. Parents can join us for this bitter

sweet experience but don’t forget your tissues as their teacher cries a lot!!

School will resume on Wednesday, 30th January, 2013 for all but Kindergarten students who start

on Thursday, 31st January, 2013.

PRESENTATION D AY THIS THURSDAY One of our special days of the year is on this Thursday, 13

th December. Our Presentation Day

Assembly will be held at the Conference Centre at the Mercure Hotel in Rutherford commencing

at 10:00 am. This assembly lets us acknowledge student success, application and improvement.

It also allows us to graduate all our Year 6 students and wish them well for high school. Our new

school Captains and Prefects for 2013 will also be announced. Families are invited to join us at

this very pleasant venue to celebrate student and school success.

FRIDAY IS CLASS PARTY D AY All students who attend school on Friday, 14

th December may come out of uniform as

it is Class Party Day!! Individual teachers may send home information regarding their

class party requirements but we do encourage students to bring along items of food to

share with their classmates. During the morning, all students will participate in a variety

of activities both inside and outside the classrooms with all the teachers. These

activities are to encourage fun and enjoyment with their peers and different teachers as we suspend

normal classes for our annual Party Day. We also have the chance to challenge Year 6 students in

a game of continuous cricket with Year 6 + teachers vs. Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 in a fun filled game on

the field. (weather permitting). It will be a great way to end the week.

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ASSEMBLY AWARDS

K INDERGARTEN

Purusha Gibbs - always working very well in

class.

Blake Pearce - improved effort in sentence

writing.

Pat Fletcher - great effort in sound work and

reading.

Calhum Clack - great sentence writing and

reading.

Taj Jones - improved effort in reading.

Hannah Cant - always trying hard and doing her

best.

YEAR 1 /2

Isabella Tindale - excellent enthusiasm in

dance.

Clare Sheahan - an improvement in her

sentence writing.

Lawson Cox - improvement in mathematics.

Ethan Preston - having fun in dancing.

Luke Baker - for a huge improvement in his

social skills.

Niomi Crawley - being a beautiful dancer.

Liam Johnson - always being an enthusiastic

learner.

Xandah Hoover - being thoughtful and sharing

his Christmas spirit with the whole class.

Peter Perry - a huge improvement in his fluency

when reading.

Hannah Cant - making a great effort to interact

with her peers in year 2.

Logan Williams - always participating in class

activities with enthusiasm.

Grace Cant - always doing her best.

YEAR 3 /4

Noah Hogan - persistence completing division

with revision.

Aiden Shepherd - 100% in spelling test this

week.

Siarrah Carpenter - wonderful work all week.

Jasmine Smurtwaite - trying her best in all

tasks.

Harrison Renfrew - being a happier and

helpful student.

Laila Kirtley - increased concentration when

writing.

Noah Hogan - wonderful effort in maths.

Oli Allen - improved effort in term 4.

YEAR 5 /6

Ryan Keane - improved effort in class.

Sam Champness - excellent PowerPoint on

the Solar System.

Jazmine Casini - enthusiastic work in class.

Emily Johnson - great work in poetry writing.

Sophie Crawley - trying much harder in

maths.

Josie Philp - good participation in maths.

Flynn Renfrew - great work in P.E.

Readan Gibbs - good participation in P.E.

Best Boy

Reef Stocks.

BEST G IRL

Kayla Gibbs and Shae Loveday.

BEST CLASS Year 1/2.

ASSEMBLY ITEMS:

Kindergarten - “ our environment” models

and “ trees.”

Year 1/2 “History of Toys.”

CHRISTMAS P&C R AFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW . Annual Christmas Raffle tickets are still available in the office if you require them. The tickets are

$2 each or 3 for $5.

The raffle will be drawn at the Christmas Concert on Wednesday,12th December 2012.

2012

THE YEAR THAT WAS!