LAVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL · our staff attend professional development in our PBL Program. A refresher for some of our existing parents and carers PBL – stands for Positive Behaviour

LAVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOL

Newsletter - Term 1, Week 4 Principal: Brett Davies Telephone: 02 6025 1864 Fax: 02 6040 2325

Website: www.lavington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: [email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/lavingtonpublicschool

CALENDAR FEBRUARY Friday 23 Whole School Assembly 11:20am

Monday 26 P & C Meeting, 7:30pm Staffroom Friday 2 K-2 Assembly 9:15am Class 2SB Performing Years 3-6 Assembly 11:20am CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY ACTIVITY

MARCH Wednesday 7 Scripture commences Wednesday 14 GRANDPARENTS DAY

Wednesday 21 HARMONY DAY Friday 23 Albury Gold Cup – Half Day Local Public Holiday

APRIL Tuesday 3 SCHOOL PHOTOS Wednesday 4 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

A message from our Principal… Good afternoon everyone! Another action packed week at Lavington Public School. This week we’ve had all of our staff attend professional development in our PBL Program. A refresher for some of our existing parents and carers – PBL stands for Positive Behaviour for Learning.

It is one part of our whole school approach towards Student Wellbeing, reinforcing the positive choices our students make. Students are

recognised in many ways. It can be as simple as a thumbs up or hi 5, verbal feedback, sticker charts that contribute to participation in awards days, merit awards on assemblies or representing our school in a variety of extra-curricular activities. Lavington Public School is an awesome place to be! This week I’ve also been given a heads up about a Fundraiser for one of our families. On Sunday March 4th, there is a Family Fun Day to raise funds for Aaron and Brianna Livermore. Brianna has recently been diagnosed with a stage 3 melanoma. The location is the Urana Road Oval and the day begins at 1pm. There will be a variety of kids’ activities, men vs women netball game, auctions, a barbecue available and beverages for sale. It would be great to see as many families down there to support the cause! For more information, please call Kim Gooden on 0447 181 654. Don’t forget our P & C Meeting on Monday evening at 7:30pm. The location is in our new staffroom (in the office building).

Brett Davies, Principal

WHITE CROSS MOBILE DENTAL CARE A flyer has been sent home with students today giving information regarding White Cross Mobile Dental Care who will be visiting our school during Week 11 (9 April – 13 April). Children will receive a free comprehensive examination and procedures (as listed on the flyer) under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. If you would like your child to participate in this free dental assessment and treatment (as outlined in the flyer), please ensure the ‘Child Dental Benefits Schedule Bulk Billing Patient Consent Form’ is completed (both sides), and returned to the school office by Thursday 29 March. Parents are advised there is no obligation for their child to attend this service. STUDENT BANKING Hume Bank is once again conducting the School Student Banking program. Every Tuesday morning students can place their banking deposit wallet in the class bag which is collected and delivered to Hume Bank. Generally the wallets are returned to students the following day. Existing Hume Bank account holders can also access this savings program. Simply call into the school office and ask for a Student Banking Envelope. CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY Our school will once again participate in the Clean Up Australia Day campaign and this year we will be holding our day on Friday 2 March. The whole school will be involved, with our K-2 students concentrating their efforts within the school grounds whilst our Years 3-6 students will focus on the local street areas close to school.

ALL students are asked to bring and wear gardening/rubber gloves and a plastic bag to collect rubbish. Only the Years 3-6 students will need to return

the consent note to their class teachers to leave the school grounds.

SCHOOL NEWS

Date 22 February 2018

STUDENT HEALTH CARE PLANS Some parents will have received an envelope

yesterday containing a letter and information regarding Health Care Plans required by the school for their child’s medical condition/s. These forms should be returned by Friday 9 March to the school

office. Thank you.

ALBURY DISTRICT ZONE SWIMMING

We wish our representatives at the Albury Zone Carnival all the best today as they compete against students from throughout the Albury region. Our school has 28 students attending and we

would like to thank all the parents who have provided transport to and from the Albury pool and for going along and supporting our squad. Results will be published in the Newsletter next week.

LAVINGTON PANTHERS FOOTBALL CLUB The Lavington Panthers are looking at starting a Junior Netball Club to participate in the Saturday morning netball competition at JC King Park to commence May 2018. Depending on interest, they are hoping to enter teams in 11&U, 13&U and 15&U age groups. If you would like further information please contact Kathy Barnes on [email protected] Expressions of interest can be made on the google link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAlpQLSd9GCMldiSkwiw7eC6v5jL3Rx50-ykvYFn46VyhFyQ2d4bwkw/viewform?usp=sf and should be received by 28 February. TUNING INTO KIDS A 5 week parenting program that supports parents to become more aware of their child’s emotions and how to develop an ability to label and understand their child’s emotions and how to support their child in learning to regulate these emotions. The program will be held on Tuesday evenings from 6 March until 3 April. For more information and bookings, contact Gateway Community Health on 02 6022 8888.

Week 5 Special Recess items

Chicken Sticks $1.50 Fried Rice $1.50

CANTEEN ROSTER FOR NEXT WEEK

Mon 26/02 NO LUNCH ORDERS

Tues 27/02 Adele Lowden

Wed 28/02 Julie Plumridge

Thu 01/03 Donna Felstead

Fri 02/03 Lorraine Boyd, Kathy Scanlan

SPORT NEWS

P & C NEWS

COMMUNITY NOTES

‘HEALTHY HUT’ CANTEEN NEWS

POSITION VACANT

CANTEEN MANAGER Lavington Public School P & C operates a canteen service providing healthy eating options for students and staff. We are seeking an efficient Canteen Manager to run this service, with the assistance of volunteer helpers. The position will formally commence at the start of Term 2 - 1 May 2018 however some training and shifts may be required prior to this date. For more information, and to obtain a copy of the position description, please email HYPERLINK “mailto:[email protected]” [email protected] Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Job Type: Casual: 22 hours per week (Tue – Fri) Applications close midnight, Friday 2 March 2018.

AWARDS Positive Behaviour for Learning Well done to the following students who received PBL Merit Cards at last week’s Years 3-6 assembly:

3/4DL 3/4LS 3/4T Sophie Gawen Isaac Felder

Samad Mohammed Talitha Crapella Cooper Hogg Peggy Arnold

3/4V CLASSBURNS 5DA Zara Evett Maya Shirley Tammie Craig Yost Charlise Walkerden

Chloe McIntosh Ashton Riley Grace Alexander Gaige Poynter

5DE 5/6H 6N Blake Kain Luke Osborne Saffrone Lepkhammany Ellah Petts Tahlia Snow Miah Dacey-Elliott Holly Goldsworthy

Kaiden Thomas

Eliza Summerill Luke Filliponi 6S

Jazmyn Shanahan Deacon Hawking Felicity Corsby

Emily Ribstein

LPS Merit Cards Well done to the following students who received LPS Merit Cards at last week’s Years 3-6 assembly:

3/4DL 3/4LS 3/4T Miette Dehlyia Aidan Williams

Sydney Heinjus Antwon Levak Summer Trethowan Shelby Heinjus

3/4V CLASSBURNS 5DA Gabriel Crapella Seth Kuehnemann Velvet Hartley Mahalia Davey Cody Odgers

Leneaka Jones 5DE 5/6H 6N

Callum Hearne-Suters Nathan Brown Zachary Clarke Talulah Corsbie Jordyn Wiles-Heffernan Adam Jones

Trystan Petersen Nicholas Hogan 6S

Charlize Kennedy Luke Jones