FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK … It’s week 5 and we are now halfway through the term.

SCHOOL VALUES Our school values are: Learning – Caring – Laughing – Sharing At Lockwood PS we encourage our students to continually develop their growth mindset. A growth mindset is believing in the power of yourself and your brain! We know our smarts and abilities develop when we try hard things, use the right strategies, and don’t give up. So a growth mindset is when we know that, with practice, we will get better at something. Let’s focus on ‘power of yet’. Teaching our students to use the word ‘yet’ when talking about something they are challenged with or find hard, eg: I can’t solve that math problem … yet”; “I can’t read that story … yet”; “I can’t spell that word … yet”! Try it at home, it’s a great phrase to use to develop your mindset.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AT LOCKWOOD PS At Assembly on Monday our Student Leadership team was announced. On behalf of our school community I am proud to announce the positions of School Captains, Vice-Captains and Junior School Council Representatives. Next Monday students will meet in their School House Teams to elect House Leaders. Providing our students with an active voice in our school is a very important feature of our school culture. The 2020 student leadership team is: School Captains: Katelyn and Jesse Vice-Captains: Charlize and Hayley Junior School Council representatives: Cooper, Indie, Harvey, Ally, Foster, Summer, Brooke and Georgia

HOME READING HOMEWORK Beginning readers are developing an understanding of the alphabet, phonemic awareness and early aphonics while also learning a significant number of sight words. They will often read by using pictures or their memory of the story. They may identify some words but are more focused on the meaning rather than reading every word in the right way. Parents can: Encourage children to ‘have a go’ at reading and praise them. Talk about who the people are and what happens in the books you read

together. Encourage them to express opinions about what happens in the story. Talk about the letters, sounds, words and interesting features in the things you

read. Developing readers are becoming more fluent, they may read familiar books confidently. When they read new books, they may read slowly and deliberately as they focus on the printed word, trying to read exactly what is on the page.

27th February, 2020

Newsletter #5

T E R M 1 I M P O R T A N T D A T E S

28th February School Council Nominations close

1st March

QEO EB Clean Up Fundraiser

9th March

Labour Day Public Holiday

11-13th March Grade 3/4 Camp to Ballarat

17th March School Council Meeting-6:00pm

20th March National Day Against Bullying

23rd-25th March Prep Health Checks

27th March Last Day Term 1 Colour Run Fundraiser

T E R M 2 I M P O R T A N T D A T E S

14th April First Day Term 2

17th April Cross Country / Junior Fun Day

28th April Student Free Day

School Council Nominations close tomorrow afternoon.

Please consider nominating yourself for this important role for our

school. Nomination forms are available from the school office.

Please contact Carmen Huszar for further information.

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These readers will tell you what they think about things they have read and why they think it. Parents can: Continue to read to children as often

as possible as they still benefit from being read to.

Encourage them to talk about what happens in the story. Encourage them to express an opinion about the things

they read. Point out and talk about the vocabulary.

Here’s a great link to a video clip that shows a home reading experience between a parent and child, it’s worth a watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Sl87VPX_4

SENTRAL EDUCATION Lockwood Primary school uses the student management system, Sentral Education. Sentral is an online parent portal that provides parent with 24/7 access to different aspects of your child's education. Within the portal you can send absence notifications, view/access school reports, view newsletters, schedule parent teacher interviews and student led conferences, view attendance data & receive push notifications (more features will be phased in over time). There are 2 platforms for the Portal: Web Platform: https://sentral.lockwoodps.vic.edu.au/portal2/#!/login Or, the Parent App: (Download from App Store or Google Play) New families to the school in 2020 will receive a letter today with information on how to register for access to Sentral. Existing families can download the App and use their already created username and password to access Sentral through your smart phone or other devices. If parents have any problems with registering or gaining access to Sentral, or need their passwords reset, please contact the office for further details.

CAMPS SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF) APPLICATIONS If you are eligible to receive CSEF (you are a current health care card holder) please ensure your application form is returned to the school office as soon as possible. If you need assistance or would like to discuss CSEF, please contact Fiona Adams.

SCHOOL COUNCIL Last night School Council met for the February meeting. The following items were discussed and/or endorsed:

The Team China overseas learning experience and the Immersion program will not go ahead this year but other possible options are being considered

The following finance policies and approvals were endorsed: Electronic banking, financial delegation, school purchase order authority and money handling

Approval for the Grade 3/4 camp to Sovereign Hill The next meeting is the Annual General Meeting held on Monday, 17th March beginning at 6:30pm.

WELCOME BACK FAMILY EVENING + CLASSROOM VISITS Thank you to those families who were able to attend our family evening last Thursday. It was a lovely and relaxed evening and families enjoyed the opportunities to visit classrooms and have an informal chat with the teachers. If you have any feedback about how we could improve the evening, please don’t hesitate to let myself or Fiona know.

MY QUOTE FOR THE WEEK: “A little progress each day adds up to a big result.” -

Author: Unknown

Carmen Huszar Principal

What’s coming up? 28th February School Council nominations close Please return your nomination form to the school office by 3:30pm.

2020 Parent 1st Instalment Payments Due A reminder to families that the 1st instalment of Parent Payments are due to be paid by Friday 28th February. Students in grades 3 to 6 will be able to take their netbook home once they have completed their Netbook Test and the first half of school fees have been paid.

1st March

QEO EB/Grade 6 Clean Up Fundraiser

Our first EB /Grade 6 fundraising opportunity will be on Sunday 1st March from 8:00am at the QEO. The clean-up of the oval will take only an hour or two, we would appreciate all families from grade 6 to help out with this fundraiser.

9th March Labour Day Public Holiday

11-13th March Grade 3/4 Camp to Sovereign Hill Extra payments towards the final payment for camp can be made at the office any time. Please contact Carmen or Fiona if you would like to arrange for a payment plan or need some assistance with paying for the camp.

23rd—25th March Prep Health Checks (DET School Nurse) All prep students in Victoria are eligible for a free health assessment. These are conducted by Debbie Hughes, the Department of Education school nurse. Enclosed with today’s newsletter is a Health Questionnaire. Please complete the questionnaire and return it to the school office by Wednesday 4th of March. If you do not wish your child to participate in the health check, please tick the NO consent box on page 5, sign and return the questionnaire to the office. If you have any queries regarding the Health Check, please contact either Claire Hannah or the school office.

27th March Easter Egg Hunt On the final day of Term One, it’s a tradition to hide bundles of small, chocolate Easter Eggs in classrooms for students to find. We ask that every family donates a packet of small, solid, plain chocolate eggs per student.

Due to allergies, we ask that you please do not donate filled eggs or eggs containing nuts. There will be a basket in the office for your donation to be placed. We are also looking for a team of mums/dads/grandparents to bundle the eggs into small bags early in the final week of school and another small team to hide the eggs in classrooms on Friday 27th of March. Please see Fiona if you can help out with our Easter Egg Hunt during the last week of term.

Last Day of Term—Colour Run Fundraiser For the last couple of years, we have held a Colour Run/Lap-A-Thon on the last day of term one. It is always such a fun day and a terrific fundraiser for our school. This year the funds will be going towards upgrading our playground. Students will participate in a lap-a-thon of our fitness track during the afternoon. Parents and families are welcome to come along and join in the fun with us as well. Thanks to Kerry Soulsby for co-ordinating this fundraiser again in 2020. Further information will be sent home with students shortly, but please write this date in your diary and come along to school and have some fun with us at our Colour Run.

Reminders:

UNIFORM ORDERS Some of our uniform will be arriving this week. Hats arrived today. It has unfortunately been held up on the docks. Paid orders will be sent home with students, unpaid orders will be available from the office when they arrive. A notice will be put on our Facebook page when they are delivered to the office.

Colouring Competition: Coles Supermarkets are currently running a colouring competition, to coincide with their current Stickeez Fresh Five promotion. First prize is a

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden (which we would love to have at Lockwood PS!!) If children wish to enter the colouring competition, parents need to complete the consent on the back of the colouring page. Entries can be dropped into the school office by

Friday 20th March and we will send them into Coles.

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Date: 02/03/20 Afternoon tea Activity

Monday

Fruit Sausages in Bread

Colouring in competition

Tuesday

Fruit Custard

Origami

Wednesday

Fruit Yoghurt

Giant bubbles

Thursday

Fruit Toast

Gardening

Friday

Fruit Cheesy Wraps

Bubble painting

Statements for OSHC usage are emailed every fortnight and were sent home last Friday. If you did not receive your statement, please contact Fiona at the office. Printed statements can be provided upon request. A final reminder that if your child is attending OSHC, that a 2020 Enrolment form is completed and returned to the school office as a matter of urgency. Please see below table for next week’s activities:

Worlds Greatest Shave Charlotte O from 1/2 M has decided to donate her Ponytail to people like her aunty that have lost their hair as they fight Cancer with chemo. On Friday 13th March Charlotte will cut her hair and bring it to assembly. Please help Charlotte to help others by donating at the office or online through Worlds Greatest Shave #Amber Pettersen

Have you:

Returned your start of year Pupil

Information Update paperwork? There are

several families still not returned

their paperwork. (due 7th February)

Updated your child’s Asthma or

Anaphylaxis plan for 2020?

(due 7th February)

Completed your 2020 enrolment form and

updated your permanent bookings for

OSHC? (due 7th February)

Written a letter to your Prep child (to

be kept for their grade 6 graduation)

Brought in a box of tissues for your

child’s classroom?

Checked the expiry date of any asthma

puffers / medication held here at

school?

Lockwood Community Social, Craft & Garden Group Our group meets ever 2nd and 4th Wednesday afternoons (including school holidays), from 1:30pm-3:45pm at Lockwood Uniting Church, Calder Alternate Highway, Lockwood. It’s a time to enjoy supportive company, share ideas, work on your craft projects, share plants, cuttings & seeds with others, learn craft / garden skills from others. It is a very friendly and welcoming group, so if you are clear to get there Wednesday afternoons we would be happy to see you. (February dates are 12th and 26th—1:30pm start)