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Wednesday 16th September 2015 Week 10/10 Dates to Remember
Term 3 July 13th to September 18th 2015
September 2015 16th Regional Athletics 17th Indonesian Cultural
Day 18th Last Day of Term 3 – Footy Match and Footy Lunch
Healthy October 2015 5th Term 4 Starts 17th Trivia Night -
$15.00 per person tables of 10. To book call school: 03 5457
9244
November 2015 3rd Melbourne Cup Day – Public Holiday 3rd – 11th
Somer’s Camp 9th – 11th DOXA Melbourne - Whole School Camp 23rd –
27th Canberra Grade 6 Camp
Principal’s Message Goodbyes - This week we said a sad good-bye
to Taylah, Alex, Phoebe and Gypsy. We certainly enjoyed having
them
at our school and we wish them all the best in Tasmania.
Lion’s Public Speaking Dinner - On Tuesday night Bree, Jukal,
Scott, Jack, Kate and Jacob presented their speeches at
the Lions Club meeting at Mystic Park. The students, supported
by their families and teachers, did a great job,
speaking in front of a large crowd. Public Speaking is not an
easy thing to do, but the students did a great job and
should be very proud of themselves. Thank you to the Lions Club
for enabling our students to participate in such a
worthy project. I would like to especially thank David Dent who
expertly co-ordinated the Public Speaking program.
Watering Roster School Holidays - The student’s plants are
germinating and growing rapidly now that the days are
warming up. We would like to organise a roster for watering our
plants during the term break. If you are able to help
us please contact James or Jeff so we can compile a roster.
Reading At Home - Hopefully students can maintain their home
reading during the holidays. Thank you for your
ongoing support with this important program.
Athletics - Today Scott and Bree will compete in the Regional
Athletics. Congratulations to both of them for this
great effort. Bree will be competing in the 800metres and long
jump, and Scott will be competing in the 800m, 200m
and Relay. Good luck!!!!
Educating today’s Minds for Tomorrow’s Challenges
1939 Murray Valley Highway LAKE CHARM 3581
Phone : 03 5457 9244 Fax : 03 5457 9450 Email :
[email protected] A.B.N. 615 824 513 73 Principal :
Morgen Alexander Acting Principal : Jeff Millard
www.lakecharmps.vic.edu.au
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Indonesian Cultural Day - On Thursday Preps to Grade 4 from
Kerang Primary School will be joining us for an
Indonesian Cultural Day at Lake Charm Primary. The day will
involve lots of culture, language, games and cooking.
Healthy October - During the month of October Lake Charm Primary
will be promoting Health through daily morning
walks (or runs) and healthy eating. On the 23rd of October Lake
Charm will combine with Quambatook Group School
for A Walk To School Activity organised through Vic Health and
the Gannawarra Shire. At school our students will be
investigating healthy eating. Students and teachers will be
creating healthy lunches and everyone will be encouraged
to consume lots of fruit and vegetables. Fruity Fridays will be
back!
Summer Uniform - Please ensure your children’s school uniforms,
including hats, have their names on them. This
makes the job of returning lost or discarded property much
easier. As is the custom, broad brimmed hats will be
compulsory for wear in Term 4, although we have already been
encouraging the children to wear them. As the
weather warms up, shorts and a polo (collared) top would great
as these offer the best protection from the sun.
Chook House - The chook house looks absolutely fabulous. Thank
you to Peter and the Chook Club for all your work.
I can’t wait to see the first chooks arrive and taste that first
Lake
Charm egg.
Craft Club - The Craft Club has morphed into a Variety Club.
This
week we started a Lake Charm bird survey and are making a
Power Point presentation to display our local birds.
Footy Day – This Friday we will have the annual Lake Charm
footy day. Mr. M and Mr. Sait have been training hard for
this
event (and I look forward to carrying the oranges). Orders
for
lunch went home yesterday and need to be back tomorrow
(Thursday). Footy will kick off at around 11.30am.
Lunch Orders - Hopefully lunch orders will be commencing at
the
start of next term. Orders will need to be in by Monday
mornings so we can get them to Rod. Lunches will be available
on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please write the student’s name and
order on an envelope and enclose the money.
Jeff Millard
Student Voice Birthdays – A big Happy Birthday to Tegan who
celebrated her 11th birthday on Monday. We all hope she had a
lovely day and weekend!
Student Award – Congratulations to the 4 well deserving
recipients of the coveted Student Award this week!
Erin Cuthbert – For her excellent effort with her literacy
Jukal Webster – For his everlasting enthusiasm towards all
aspects of school.
Katrina McFarlane – For all her work helping us out during our
clubs program with a great craft group.
Peter Cordina – For all his work outside, helping us out with
our clubs program.
We are very thankful for the efforts of Peter & Katrina who
have given up their Tuesday afternoons. Without them we couldn’t
have put on such a vibrant clubs program!
Lunch Order Menu
-Salad and Roast Chicken ($6)
-Mini Beef Pies and Salad ($6)
-Fish and Chips (Crumbed Butterfish) ($6)
-Quiche (Mini Leek, Sage and Bacon) ($6)
-Toasted Sandwiches – Ham and Cheese ($4)
- Chicken, Lettuce and
Mayonnaise ($4)
-Fruit Salad ($3)
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Polycom Videoconferencing – Throughout 2015 we’ve used the
Polycom system regularly to take advantage of sessions that are
applicable to us. We will continue this into the future with the
addition of sessions between schools; some examples may include
Indonesian sessions with Kerang Primary and Cultural exchanges with
Mrs. Hogg in China. Yesterday we joined into a Marine Biodiversity
session with the Manly Environment Centre in Sydney with 6 other
schools! It was great to hear from an expert in this field and it
fitted in well with our work on Endangered/Extinct species. These
experiences prove that we truly global citizens.
Classroom HappeningsThe Preps to 6 have been studying Australian
Extinct Animals. Students have been researching and reporting on
their
selected animal, ranging from dinosaurs that died out over 65
million years ago, to Megafauna such as Megalania, a
giant 7 metres long lizard and giant kangaroos that became
extinct during the last 20000 years, to more recent
extinctions such as the Thylacine and Lesser Bilby.
Over the last two weeks we have been conducting the Great Lake
Charm Spelling Bee. At this stage the leaders are
Jack and Tegan, but they are under constant pressure from other
challengers in the classroom, who are always trying
to knock them off the leader board.
FUNDRAISINGWoolies Earn and Learn has now finished Stickers have
been counted and returned. Our total was 7560 which includes
stickers from our box in Safeway and our school box. Mr Millard and
Mr Sait can now start preparing a wishlist of what to spend them
on. Future Events We will be holding a Trivia night on 17th
October, start organising your tables of 10 now. Cost will be
$15.00 per person, loads of prizes and fun on the night. These
nights are a lot of fun as well as raising much needed funds for
our school.
Pop-up Market will be held on 29th November.
Web Site www.lakecharmps.vic.edu.au Have you had a look at the
new website yet? The site contains policies, newsletters,
fundraising information and
other interesting items.
Wednesdays Term 4
Icy Poles 50 cents each
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Do you want your children to be safe around water, learn to
swim proficiently or just keep fit with some great physical
exercise over the hot Summer months?
Why not come along to:
Kerang Amateur Swimming & Lifesaving Club
Registration Night for 2015/2016
Wednesday 14th October – 4:00pm-6:00pm
Swimming Club Rooms – Shadforth St. Kerang
Registration forms may be collected from
Kerang Sportspower or on the night.
Fees: $85.00 Single
$210.00 Family (3 or more children)
Reminder that KAS&LC members require a
Pool entry Season Ticket which may be purchased
on registration night.
Further enquiries – Alicia Makeham 54503599
or visit us on Facebook
Members who pay on the night are automatically entered
into the draw to win a bag of swimming goods!
Community Connections Community Garden – We now have our new
vegetable patches ready for growing! Students have begun planting
in their section of the gardens. We have 4 Community Patches
available that we’d love to be used by the wider school community.
If you’re interested in taking over a plot for a while, please
speak to James or Jeff at school.
