Liddiard Road Primary School
www.traralgonlrps.vi c.edu.au
Issue 13
Fr i d a y 1 2t h Ma y 201 7
Principal:
NEWSLETTER
Mr Peter Haberl
Phone: 5174 1795
Fax: 5174 3094
148 Liddiard Road Traralgon
PO Box 264 Traralgon
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
Pictured here are the recipients of Principal Awards at this week’s
assembly. We congratulate the following students on their achievments.
PrepM—Jirdara Harris, 5/6W—Ethan Richards, 3/4K—Vjay Thomas,
1/2M—Rhylee Thomas, 3/4J—Ethan Witham, 5/6F—Grace Arkley,
3/4H—Travis Carn, 2L—Dylan Bartley, 1/2S—Sapphira Pearson,
5/6P—Betty Chapman, P/1C— Brodie Bartley, 3/4A—Evan Richards,
5/6Q—Miharo Crawford-Kohere, P/1T—Jaxon Murphy.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
AWARDS
Pictured here are the Assistant Principal Award winners this week.
Congratulations to Tyson Gill for his excellent ICT skills and Grace Arkley for her
friendliness.
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MOTHER’S DAY STALL
Thanks to our wonderful Parents Club for their organisation of the Mother’s Day stall this week. It was another great example of the work that these parents do. They spent many hours organising and setting up the stall and we thank them for
their contribution.
CROSS COUNTRY
Today, our students competed at the District Cross Country event held at Bermingham Park, Glengarry. At the time of
printing, we did not have the results, but we thank all students for their efforts and representation of our school at this
event.
GIVE A DAMN, GIVE A CAN
Over the next two weeks we are collecting cans for the Rotary Club which will be sent to the St Vincent’s Can Supermarket.
These cans are then forwarded on to families in our local area who, for a variety of reasons, need help to put food on the
table. This is a very worthwhile cause and we encourage you to donate a can or two. We are currently running a competition at school to see which class can donate the most cans. Please get behind this worthy cause!
IMPORTANT DATES
Friday 18th May
Winter Sports
Thursday 25th May
Open day/night
Monday 12th June:
Queen’s Birthday Holiday
Tuesday 13th June
5/6 Melbourne Camp
Tuesday 20th June
Parent Club meeting 9.00am
WINTER SPORTS (Friday 18th May)
The Grade 5/6 students will participate in Winter Sports next Friday 18 th May. This involves the students representing
Liddiard Road at a carnival day in the following sports: netball, t-ball, soccer and football. We wish them all the best in
their endeavours. Please note that we encourage parents to come along and support our teams on this day.
NAPLAN
Our grades three and five students did their NAPLAN (National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy) testing
this week. Much has been said and written about NAPLAN testing in the media. We believe that the NAPLAN process
in schools should be part of the program just like any other assessment that we do. The results give us a snap shot of how
our children are performing in May of each year and we use the results to assist us with assessing our program. Please be
mindful that the NAPLAN tests are only one way that students are assessed and we monitor student achievement in
many ways, all throughout the
OPEN DAY/NIGHT (May 25th)
As mentioned last week, we will have an Open Day and Night here at school on Thursday May 25th.
The Open Day is really for prospective 2018 Prep parents and involves a presentation by our student leaders and a school
tour. The Open Morning runs between 9.30am and 10.30am.
The Open Night is for all parents and students. This year, we will have a Treasure Hunt where parents and students will
visit classrooms to find answers to specific questions. All families who attend will go into a draw to win a $100 restaurant
voucher. The Open Night runs between 5.30pm and 6.30pm.
During the Open night, we will have a sausage sizzle. The cost of the snags is $1. For catering purposes can you please
return the completed slip below.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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BBQ - OPEN EVENING RSVP
The ………………………………………………………….. Family will be
attending the open night on Thursday 25th May.
Estimated number of sausages …………………
Please return to the office by Monday 22nd May
EXCURSION AND EVENTS TERM PLANNER
Below is a list of events that we have planned thus far and approximate
costings. The purpose of publishing this information is to give you plenty of
opportunity to save and plan for upcoming events.
Please note that if you have a child attending camp this year you can start
making payments towards this now.
TERM 2
5/6 Melbourne
Camp June 13th 15th Cost—$295
TERM 3
Book Fair
19th - 28th July
Snow Queen AlDazzler Lunch
(Approx. cost - $6) pha Show Aug 7th
(Approx. Cost - $7)
Life Ed
Sept 8th - Sept 14th
(No Cost)
1/2 Unit Old
Gippstown trip
(Cost – to be
determined)
Prep Unit Garden
Trip
(Approx. cost $10)
Dazzler Lunch
(Approx. Cost $6)
BELEZA UNIFORM SHOP
Opening hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 10.00am - 5.00pm
Wednesday - Closed
Saturday - 10.00am - 1.00pm
6B Seymour Street Traralgon. Telephone: 5176 5077
TERM 4
3 / 4 Camp
Coolamatong Oct
11th – 13th (Approx.
Cost - $250)
Prep – 2 Swimming
(Approx. Cost $80)
Dazzler Lunch
(Approx. Cost $6)
SECOND HAND BOOK SALE
Before and after school on
Tuesday and Wednesday
in the library.
20 cents each or 6 for $1.00
Ends 30th May.
These students
from 3/4J were at
school
“All day, every
day”
last week.,
BUY A BUTTERFLY
Support the Deaf and hard of hearing.
Dedicated to the support of the deaf
and hard of hearing through research, prevention
education, early detection and technology.
The butterfly badges are $2.00 each and available at the office.
Butterflies are deaf and very beautiful
MELBOURNE ZOO EXCURSION
As part of our inquiry unit the Grade 1’s and Grade 2’s enjoyed
a visit to the Melbourne Zoo. We had a terrific time seeing
the animals that we are studying.
The best thing I did at the
Melbourne Zoo was seeing the orang-utan eating.
I cannot believe I saw a
zebra looking at us like
we were interesting.
Bethany
My favourite part of our
zoo trip was when I got to
see the lemurs because
they were funny. I liked
seeing the tigers because I
could not see one in the
wild. I learned that tigers
are endangered. Tristan
My favourite part of the
Melbourne zoo trip was
when we were in the
butterfly house and a
butterfly almost landed
on me.
Ben
At the Melbourne Zoo it
was exciting seeing all
my favourite animals. I
liked the giraffes because
they were so tall.
Taylah
B
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GADGAC – Give a Damn Give a Can by 5/6P
We are collecting cans to donate to families who need
some extra help to put food on their tables. Mr. Price has
challenged the rest of the school to bring more cans than
the senior unit!
Why are we collecting cans???
We are bringing cans to help people that don’t have
enough food to put on the table… I feel glad to bring in
cans because I know I’m helping people…by Betty C.
We are collecting cans to help the Rotary Club help people
so that people who cannot put food on their table have
something to eat! It makes me feel happy and all warm and
fuzzy inside knowing I’m helping people…By Liam D.
We are collecting cans for a donation to poor people who
don’t have much food and helping them to have a healthy
life. That’s why we do it every year! By Braden R
We are collecting cans for people who don’t have any food to help
them live and put food on their table. I feel happy knowing that people
will have food and it helps the kids… By Miinee A
We are bringing in cans so that we can help people that need
food and help support the families in our local area.
By Anna T