LINDENOW PRIMARY SCHOOL & WOODGLEN CAMPUS

NEWSLETTER NO. 21 8th August 2019 Telephone 5157 1340 ~ Mobile 0419 133 136 ~ Email lindenow.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.lindenowps.vic.edu.au

CALENDAR OF EVENTS AUGUST

TOMORROW Friday - Student Banking

Monday 12th – Gr 2 Excursion to Bonaccord

Thursday 15th – Library bus

Book Fair at school 19th – 23rd

Friday 23rd – Book Week Dress Up Day

Monday 26th – District Athletics for eligible students

Wednesday 28th - 30th – Gr 3&4 Camp

CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEPTEMBER

Thursday 5th – Teddy Bear Picnic Kinder & Prep

Tuesday 10th – Grade 3 & 4 Cricket

Thursday 12th – Library bus

Thursday 13th – Zoo Trip Prep & Gr 1

Monday 16th – Division Athletics for eligible students

Friday 20th – Last day of term

WEEKLY ‘THREE R’ AWARDS Congratulations to this week’s deserved award winners. Your certificate will be presented at assembly this Monday!

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RESILIENCE

Ruby Fullgrabe (Grade 4) Lincoln Toland (Grade 5) Stella Davies (Grade One)

Principals Message: Term 3, Week 4

Well done to all the students who participated in our athletics carnival on Tuesday. It was awesome to see the colour and ‘have a go’ attitudes out on the oval. Thank you to the parents and carers who turned up to support our athletes, it is much appreciated. Also, a BIG thank you to Mrs Crunden for organising the day and all of our staff for running an event. It was an excellent day! Principal appointment – After speaking with Murray Ingram (School Council President) he has assured me that the school community will be informed of who the ongoing Principal will be at our wonderful school. Murray declared all will be revealed sometime before the end of this term. Parent Opinion Survey – Thank you to all the families who have already completed the Parent Opinion Survey. It closes this Sunday 11th August. I encourage all families to complete the survey as it provides us with valuable feedback on how to improve our entire school. All families received an email from ORIMA with an attached link. Roll out the red carpet – Next Monday we have a special guest visiting our school to talk to the Grade 5/6s about their unit on Government. The Mayor for East Gippsland – Natalie O’Connell will be spending time with our students discussing her learning journey and path to becoming the mayor. The students have started working on questions to quiz Natalie and confirm their new government knowledge.

*Grade 3 will be performing at this Monday’s assembly – maybe something German?*

Have fun,

Mr Cairns JOKE OF THE WEEK: (by Tori Geer)

If Mr Cairns owned a shoe shop, who would be the manager?

Mr Shoemaker!

BOOK FAIR IS COMING TO OUR SCHOOL 19th – 23rd AUGUST

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) will announce the winners of their shortlisted books on Friday 16th of

August and the following week sees us celebrate Book Week and the value of reading with a Book Fair and Dress-Up

Day.

Last year we were unable to host a book fair due to limited space during the construction phase so this year we will

make up for that by holding the book fair in the new learning centre. Students will have the opportunity to see the

selection of books and list their favourite book choices the week before the book fair opens. We encourage the children

to list three items but explain that they may only be able to purchase one or two of their favourites and not necessarily

all of them.

We receive a wide range of books to choose from but usually there is only three of each book sent to us and we are

able to sell two and hold the third book as a display item which means that sometimes the students may pay for a

book and have to wait for it to be ordered in. This is a concept which is a little daunting for the younger students to

grasp but we do our best to explain and reassure. I also encourage the children to ask before they raid their money

boxes!

There are also some sale items which are ‘once only offers’ so once snatched up are no longer

available to other students. These are just some of the pitfalls for the unwary but somehow

we all manage to negotiate our way through it. It’s rewarding to see the children experience

the handling of money, adding up, wheeling and dealing and rejoicing in their purchases.

A flyer will be sent home with the newsletter dated 15th August and it will have details regarding online purchases

which can be made prior to the opening of the book fair and collected the following week depending on availability.

The book fair will be open during lunch time from Tuesday 20th August to Friday 23rd at 1:15 pm until 1:45pm. Parents

are welcome to attend though we are yet do decide on time due to adminbeing short staffed. The school receives a

percentage of sales in books from Scholastic and that enables us to select a range of books for the school’s library

which is most welcome. We thank you for your valuable support.

Note: The August edition of Book Club (issue 6) will not be available.

Dress-Up Day on Friday 23rd August is a lovely way to wind up Book Week celebrations and we look forward to seeing

the students dressed up as their favourite book characters. Lindenow Primary School students have wonderful

imaginations and over the years have come up with some inspiring costumes. We will have a 9 am parade and hope

to see all the students participate and enjoy the day. Parents welcome.

After the parade, students will form groups and spend the day in varied activities designed around some of the 2019

CBCA shortlisted books. Hopefully, some of their creativity will be on display in the weeks to come.

Heather Armit

Librarian

Lindenow’s 2019 School Athletics Carnival was a great success this year. We had fantastic participation, with only 10

of your 144 students absent on Tuesday. Everyone did an outstanding job being resilience and challenging themselves

to be the best they could be throughout their eight events. The carnival concluded with a very exciting House Relay,

which saw all of our Grade Six students running faster than Mrs Crunden has ever seem them run before. A magnificent

sight!

It was wonderful to see 52 students run in the 800m lunchtime event on Wednesday. Everyone was talking about sore

and tired bodies, and it was an outstanding effort for the 5-8 year olds to run one lap and 9-12 year olds to run two

laps of the oval. This also earned more valuable house points… a super effort. Three more students made it to the +21

list after this event.

The following students will be presented with a +21 points ribbon at school assembly on Monday. We will also be

announcing the house that achieved the greatest number of house points. Participating in eight (or nine) events earned

each student at least 8 or 9 house points… it was a very close result this year!!!

+21 Congratulations to:

Wuk Wuk – Henry G, Skylah C, Kerryn, Darcy M, Ruby F, Liam, Ayla, Rebekah and Adam

Calulu – Hayley, Harry S, Lucy, Cooper, Kade M, Kody H and Georgia

Walpa – Charlotte, Jack K, Laura, Ruby D and Mia W

Woodglen – Chloe S.

I would like to thank the staff and all of our helpers. A special mention to Shannae and Lincoln who had injuries that

prevented them for taking part in most of their events, however they were wonderful helpers on high jump and long

jump. Also to Leah Simpson for helping with the line marking and anyone who helped pack up at the end of the day.

Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

The District Athletics event is on the 26th August at Howitt Park. Notes will be coming home next week for all students

who have qualified and wish to compete at this level.

Pauline Crunden

WOODGLEN PLAYGROUP Woodglen Playgroup is held

on the first Thursday of each month from 9.30 –

11.30am at the Woodglen Campus.

If anyone has any ideas for indoor crafty or other activities for the

upcoming winter months feel free to let us know, or bring them along.

Congratulations

Medori, Larnie & Ava

Our 3R’s award winners from last

week assembly

GRADE 6 TOASTIES FUNDRAISER

COMMUNITY NOTICES………

PICTUREPLATES AVAILABLE - Lindenow and District Preschool The Lindenow and District Preschool Committee are now hosting a Pictureplate fundraiser. The committee would like

to offer families at Lindenow Primary School the opportunity to be a part of this fundraiser. If you would like to turn

your child’s artwork, handprints or photo’s into a melamine Pictureplate or other product on offer then please see or

call the school office to collect an order form. Please see the table below for a price list. Orders close Tuesday 20th

August, 2019 and all Pictureproduct templates need to be returned to the kinder or school office by Thursday 5th Sept

(8th week of Term 3).

Finished products will be delivered to school in Term 4 for those families participating.

PRICE LIST

Pictureplate Pictureclock Picturemug (ceramic or plastic)

Water Bottle 600ml

Tote Bag (48x35cm)

$ 26.00 each $30.00 each $22.00 each $26.00 each $26.00 each

Thank you,

The Lindenow and District Preschool Committee.

Saturday November 9th 2019

Bairnsdale & District Agricultural Society Inc.

We take this opportunity to invite you to attend a Stewards & Volunteers meeting.

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Wed 14th August

The Old Station Café (opp the station)

3-5pm or 6-7pm

All welcome past, present and new faces

SKYLA’S FARM FRESH EGGS FOR SALE

*Eggs collected daily and dated *$2 for ½ dozen chook eggs *$4 for 1 dozen chook eggs

*Order sheet at school office