Friday 11th October, 2013 Issue No: 15

“Learning Today For a BeTTer Tomorrow” School Values: Tolerance, Excellence, Responsibility, Inclusion, Honesty, Care &Respect

DATES TO REMEMBER 2013

Term 1 29th January- 28th March

Term 2 15th April- 28th June

Term 3 15th July – 20th September

Term 4 7th October – 20th December

Friday October 18th Prep Transition

Thursday October 31st Music Count Us In

Monday November 4th Curriculum Day

Tuesday November 5th Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Wednesday November 8th Prep Swimming begins (8 days)

Monday November 11th Gr 4 Camp Phillip Island (3 days)

Friday November 15th Prep Transition

Thursday November 28th Taylors Lakes Movie Night on Oval

Friday December 6th Final Prep Transition

Wednesday December 18th Grade 6 Big Day Out

Thursday December 19th Grade 6 Graduation @ Luxor

Friday December 20th Last Day of Term 4- 1.00 Finish

Dear Parents,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome

everyone back for what will be an exciting term 4. Our

school was very busy over the holiday period as we had

a building project completed and a thriving holiday

care program take place.

Long Service Leave

I want to take this opportunity to remind our school

community that I will be taking Long Service Leave

from the 8/10/13 until the 18/11/13. My family and I

will be travelling to the United States where we will

explore New York, Orlando, Las Vegas and Los

Angeles. During my absence the school will be in the

capable hands of Mrs Street, Mr Colagrande and our

wonderful staff. It is the first time in my career that I

have taken Long Service Leave and our family are very

much looking forward to the adventure.

New Building

We have had some new buildings installed on our

school grounds at the start of the holidays. These

buildings were purchased by the school and will be an

asset for our whole school community as time goes on.

Sun Smart School

Our school is a proud participant in the sun smart

program. We expect every student to wear a hat in term

1 and term 4. Please ensure that your child/ children

have appropriate hats to wear at school.

Christmas Raffle

Our Christmas raffle will take place once again in

2013. We would really appreciate any donations that

could be given to the school that we could use to place

in hampers for prizes. We have already had books, a

swivel chair and some stationary donated to the school

and we would really appreciate parents donating items

such as food, toys or Christmas decorations. All

donations can be given to the office area. The raffle

tickets will be given to students at the end of October.

2014 Prep Enrolment

I have completed many Prep tours for prospective

parents for 2014!

It would be really helpful if parents who have a

younger child starting at our school next year to come

to the office quickly and fill out an enrolment form.

In the past two years we have been able to cater for five

Prep classes. Due to limitations of space, I cannot

guarantee this in 2014. So please get your enrolment

form completed ASAP for your own piece of mind.

If you know of family or friends who are looking to

enrol their children at our school next year can I please

ask that they call the office to arrange a tour and

interview with me promptly to avoid any possibility of

disappointment?

Regards Chris

Chichester Drive, Taylors Lakes. 3038 Principal: Mr Chris Sevior

Ph: 9390 3388 Fax: 9390 3225

https//:www.tlps.vic.edu.au/

Taylors Lakes Primary School Movie Night.

This year, all Grades have been involved in creating a

class or Grade level movie.

We would like to share these movies with our school

community.

On Thursday the 28th November, we would like you to

join us on the school oval for a Movie night, where the

movies will be screened on the BIG SCREEN.

FunFlicks Australia

Student of the Week- Week Ending 11/10/2013

SCHOOL BANKING: IMPORTANT.

The Dollarmites Character Moneyboxes will not be

available in 2014. If you would like to redeem your

tokens for a moneybox please do so prior to the end of

the year. Please note that due to this change you can

order more than one moneybox this year if you have

the required tokens.

Premiers’ Reading Challenge

On the 12th of September the challenge will officially

be closed for all children taking part. In the past the

Honour Roll was able to be viewed in the newspaper

The Age.

This year there is a New Online Honour Roll!

This year, The Age will publish the honour roll online.

From Sunday 27th October, you will be able to view a

personalised video and download a personalised front

page of The Age that’s yours to keep. To access the

honour roll go to http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/

We are sure that this year’s Challenge has continued to

inspire children to foster a love of reading.

Literacy Working Party

MUSIC COUNT US IN EVENT –

THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER, 2013 www.musiccountusin.org.au

Music Count Us In is once again approaching. In preparation for this event the children are encouraged to visit the website to help learn this year’s song ‘Keep On’. Make sure you check out the next edition of the Leader Newspaper, as TLPS is going to be the face of this year’s event!

MUSIC PERFORMANCE WITH

DAVID JONES & SERGEI GOLOVKO

On Wednesday 18th September, drummer David Jones and percussionist Sergei Golovko performed at our school. To have these two musicians perform together in a primary school setting was a very unique experience as both of these performers are recognized as masters of their craft, and highly regarded world-wide. It was a truly inspiring event, one we will never forget. TLPS would like to thank both performers for giving us this fantastic opportunity and quality performance.

PSV Isabella Romano

PJW Mia Murphy & Lucas Colasante

PJS Aleksandra Nitikovic & Cairo McFarland

PEH Ayush Verma

PHP Jessica Singh

1ST Mitchell Arthur

1HB Madisyn Fielding

1AK Romeo T

1LW Zak Reynolds

1KG Dylan Kuang & Savanh Sehic

2AD Manreet Butter

2AT Luke Bowles

2CD Shaun Colasante

2CG Peter Huang

3LR Atara Gunasekara

3KK Lochlan Purvis

3SM Jasmine Pengelly

4SK Chryss Jansz

4DC Jamie Vlek

4AA Christopher Soldatos & Emilia Furfaro

5RA Serafina Tamati & Kane Boyle

5PL Natalie Trajkoski & Michael Jones

5AR William Frawley & Gino Ninon

5VR Christian Sturt

6MV Jamie Rose Ritchie

6LM Marcus Lenart

6JS Damian Brankovic-Zack

Mr

Sevior

ART Chelsea Cassar

PE Belle, Peter, Shamyra & Brittney 2CG

Shenay Ibrahim

MUS Alyssa Sturt 2AD

“The percussion performance was amazing! David and Sergei were always smiling and I think that’s why the audience was smiling too. Sergei performed a piece with unusual objects, like a bird whistle, sword and a washboard. He even played the marimba with four sticks! David Jones is just a legend. He was amazing and fast, making it all look like it was the easiest thing in the world. Together the two made a wonderful performance.” Mikayla Wemm 5VR

X FACTOR STAR:

JORDAN RODRIGUES

Jordan Rodrigues, a past student of Taylors Lakes Primary School, is currently starring on X Factor in the group ‘Third D3gree’. We are so proud of his achievements on making it into the final five. Music was always a subject that Jordan was very passionate towards, involving himself in every musical group, from Beat Boxing to the Middle Years Percussion Ensemble. He was also our lead performer in the Junior Rock Eisteddfod production held at Rod Laver Arena in 2007. During his time at TLPS, Jordan was also involved in Australian Idol, representing Victoria in the Junior Division. Jordan’s talent and determination to succeed has led him to be part of such an amazing experience. We wish him all the best and congratulate him on his outstanding effort in X Factor. MUSIC LESSONS AT TAYLORS LAKES PRIMARY TAYLORS LAKES Primary School in association with Metro Music School is now offering Music Lessons to students who are interested in learning an instrument at school every week. Lessons are held during school hours (30 mins/once per week) at suitable times. (Prep to Gr 6) Enquiries are welcome on 9460 4818 (Metro Music School). This program has been initiated for the benefit of TAYLORS LAKES PS students. Lessons Offered: KEYBOARD PIANO GUITAR SINGING Discount Hiring and Purchase also available. Contact us for details or visit our online shop at www.metromusic.net.au FROM $11.00 per lesson (incl GST) ENROLMENT forms can be obtained from the school office or contact Metro Music School direct on 9460 4818). You can also enrol online at the above web address.

These photos are from our School Disco and

Melbourne Show Day at World4Kids Holiday

Program.

Brimbank Council Writers and Readers Festival 2013

We are pleased to announce that a student from our school has taken out First Prize in the Children’s Open Category for Writing at the Brimbank Council Writers and Readers Festival. Thulasi Rajkumar of 6JS collected a cheque for $150 in winning first prize for her short story “Shoe…Shoe…” The story appears in full below. Congratulations Thulasi!

Shoe…Shoe “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not

open.” Frank Zappa

Once upon a time some animals lived in an Asian jungle. The animals had never seen a human before, so when they saw something strange lying in a clearing, none of them knew it was a man’s shoe.

The first animal to walk into the clearing was a bear. The bear sniffed the shoe. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. It smells strange. It must be the tough skin of a fruit which has turned brown like an old banana skin,” thought the bear.

A handsome tiger came prowling out of the long grass and stopped to look at the shoe. The bear pushed the shoe to the tiger.

“This old brown skin smells strange and I don’t know what fruit it’s from,” growled the bear. The tiger rolled the shoe and sniffed. “I agree it smells odd but it’s not a fruit. It smells too salty to be one. It must be a dried up fish. Look at the shape. It’s long and pointy at the front!” explained the tiger.

“It does look like a fish but it can’t be one because it has no fins or scales. It must be some sort of banana skin,” insisted the bear.

A curious monkey dropped down from a branch and scampered over to look. “Let me see. No, you are both wrong. I can tell a nutshell when I see one and this definitely looks like a nutshell,” declared the monkey.

“It’s not a nutshell!” yelled the tiger and the bear.

“It is the skin of a fruit,” groaned the bear.

“It’s a fish!” roared the tiger.

They grunted, growled and screeched, arguing which one of them was right. Just then, a beautiful deer frolicked into the clearing. “Oh my, what’s this noise all about?” asked the deer. The monkey explained everything. The deer sniffed the shoe. She rolled it around with her hoof and even licked it. “I believe this is a piece of bark from a tree,” explained the deer. All at once the animals started to make a big racket, which woke up a wise owl.

“Whoo, why the hullabaloo?” asked the owl, flying down from his hollow. The bear explained everything to the owl. The owl hopped closer to the object and realised it was a man’s shoe.

“Oh, you silly animals, this is a man’s shoe,” laughed the owl. “It can’t be the skin of a fruit; it is too hard. It isn’t a dried up fish because it has no gills. It can’t be a nutshell because it is too big and it is absolutely not a piece of bark because it is too smooth.”

“A man’s shoe!” laughed the animals, “Ridiculous!” The animals, too proud to listen to wisdom, chased the poor owl out of the forest.

“It’s true! It’s a shoe…shoe…shoe…” hooted the owl as she flew away, disappointed, never to be seen again.

By Thulasi Rajkumar of 6JS

Maths Games Day On the 13th of September eight of our grade six

Maths Olympiad students, Chloe 6JS, Thulasi 6JS,

Karen 6LM, Sasini 6LM, Pranav 6LM, Jamie-Rose

6MV, Jessica D 6MV and James S 6MV along with

Mr.Sevior and Mr. Signorile went to Genazzano FCJ

College in Kew to participate in a Maths Games Day.

The nerves were high on the way there but once we

got started we were confident that we could make

our school proud. The eight of us were split into two

teams of four. The first team consisted of Thulasi,

Chloe, Karen and Sasini. The second team consisted

of Jessica D, Jamie-Rose, Pranav and James S.

There was three categories of challenges: problem

solving, one on one and physical. The first challenge

that we took on was the problem solving, we had 1

hour to complete all of the 30 questions, we tried

our best and ended up answering all of the questions

we attempted correctly.

The second challenge was the one on one. For this

we played strategic games against different schools.

The first game was called honeycomb. We had to

roll a six-sided die to receive a number to place in a

hexagon. A hexagon had to be filled up with all the

numbers from 1-6. One number couldn’t occur twice

in one hexagon. If you receive to fill the last place

of the hexagon, you won that hexagon. For the

second games we had to roll two dice and make

those two numbers into a decimal. We had to keep

adding the decimals until one of us made it go 5 or

over. In the third game we received a sheet of

paper with dots. We had to take turns with our

opponent and draw a line. The first person to join

two lines together lost.

The fourth and final

game was a

multiplication board

game.

The third challenge

was the physical

challenge. For this we had 6 different activities to

complete, but only managed to complete 5. Co-

operation was very important in these challenges.

The first

challenge was

called Across

the River. In

this challenge

we had to get

everyone, two

adults and two

children, across

the river, according to certain patterns, 1 child

could go across or 1 adult and 1 child. We all

completed the challenge successfully. The second

game was bingo. We would be given a sum and as a

group we had to find the answer. Once we completed

that we had to check if it was on our bingo card.

The third game we participated was a running game.

We were given a sum to complete. Once we got the

answer each team member had to run to and collect

a number to make the answer. The first team to

collect and construct the answer won. The next

game was also a running game. One member from

each team had to run to a table and roll a six-sided

die. Once we rolled a six we were given a sum to

complete. Once we had answered it correctly, we

ran back to our team, tagged our next team mate

and sat down. The first team to all be sitting down

won. The final game was the most difficult. Each

team was given a four by four grid and some

colourful counters. We had to arrange the counters

onto the grid with the same colour appearing in the

same row vertically, horizontally or diagonally. The

first team to finish the challenge won.

We sadly didn’t receive first, second or third but

we were proud to have represented our school in

such a special event. Together with our participation

in the Maths Olympiad, it’s been a great year for

Maths. …………………….

By Chloe and Thulasi 6JS

Classes for

Children and adult recreation

Kinder gym 1-4 years old

Competitive gymnastics

Trampoline sport

www.gymnastics-unlimited.com.au

Asperger Parent Support Group

An informative, helpful and relaxed group for parents

and carers of Asperger Children.

It is about exchanging ideas and offering support.

On: Mondays

At: 9:10am - 10:20

At: Taylors Lakes Primary School

Meeting Room in Library Area

Coffee & Tea available All is welcome

Further information contact: Karen Tancin 0422 369 360

C.B Dancers

Come and join in the fun of learning to

dance

Jazz, Tap, Classical Ballet, Baby Ballet, Hip Hop Funk &

Theatrical Dance.

All age groups from Tinnies to Seniors

Annual Concert

Class held EVERY Monday at 6.30pm at Taylors Lakes Primary

School, Chichester Drive Taylors Lakes.

Enrolments for classes and/or inquires

Call one of our teachers today!

Ph: Cindy – 0411 674 482

C.S.T.D. QUALIFIED TEACHER

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LAI TAEKWON-DO Develop Self-defence, Fitness, Coordination and

Flexibility- 1st Session Free

Venue: Taylors Lakes PS- Chichester Dr Taylors

Lakes

Training Days: Tuesday 7:00pm – 8:00pm and

Thursday 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Venue: St Albans SC- Main Rd East St Albans

Training Days: Tuesday 6:00pm – 8:00pm and

Thursday 6:00pm – 8:00pm Enquiries: 9364 9837 or 0401 033 145 or 0447004331

Email: robertlai9@gmail.com

Instructor: Senior Master Robert Lai

8th Degree Black Belt, B. Edu. (PE)

St Mary’s of the Assumption Parish Dear Parents,

Enrolments are being accepted for Religious Instructions at

St Mary of the Assumption Parish, Keilor Downs for the

year 2014 for Catholic children who attend government

schools.

Children begin in….

Grade 2 An Introduction to Religion

Grade 3 First Sacrament Reconciliation

Grade 4 First Holy Communion

Grade 5 Preparation for Confirmation begins

Grade 6 Confirmation and ongoing faith

development

Enrolment Forms will be available in the office opposite the

Church. I am available on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s

between 10am and 4pm. Please do not hesitate to call me on

9364-0440.

Althea D’souza- Religious Education Coordinator

Taylors Lakes Kindergarten

12a Cocoparra Crescent, Taylors Lakes

Phone: 9390 3589

Are now taking enrolments for 2014.

Three year old and four year old spaces are available.

3 year old enrolment call 8481 1117

4 year old enrolment call 9249 4000

4 / 12 Malcolm Court, Kealba PH 8390 9089

Keilor

Dance

Studio Hip Hop/ Jazz & Ballet Classes!

First Class Free!!

Thursday 4.00pm to 4.45pm – Boys Only Hip Hop (5yrs to 12 yrs)

Thursday 4.45pm to 5.45pm – Junior Hip Hop/Jazz (6yrs to 12yrs)

Saturday 3.00pm to 4.00pm – Teen Hip Hop/Commerical jazz (12 & up)

Saturday 12.30am to 1.15pm – Primary Jazz / Ballet (5yrs to 8yrs)

Studio:Kore Wellness Gym and Swim Centre. 7 Melton Highway, Taylors Lakes.

Phone: 0405 611 793

Website:www.facebook.com/keilorgatehousedancestudio

Email: stephloftus@yahoo.com.au