Leopold Primary School Leopold Lines

NEWSLETTER NO: 22
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DATES TO REMEMBER
December
FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 2015
ASSEMBLY IN THE
COURTYARD 2.10PM
SCHOOL FINISHES AND
CHILDREN RELEASED FROM
THE LINC AT 2.35PM
January 2016
Book Bag pick up day
When– Thursday 21st January
Where—School Office
prepaid bags in the library
Leopold Primary School Mission
At Leopold primary school, learning to know , learning to do, learning to be and
learning to live together, equips our students with knowledge, skills and the disposition
to actively embrace learning, leading all to become confident contributing members of
both our school and the wider community
Another rewarding school year is about to end and there are so many
memorable 2015 moments to reflect upon and celebrate! Everyone with in our
community will have their own list of school events, some small and personal
and others large and audacious, all which brought a smile! On behalf of the
LPS staff I would like to pay tribute to our families and the support given to our
school. Our school is strengthened when students, families and teachers
intersect. Our students love to share and explain their achievements to family
members and simply love the attention and the praise received in return. We
appreciate that to attend some of our school and classroom events you turn
your orderly weekly timetable upside down and we praise you for any
temporary adjustments. This year we have enjoyed sharing with families: open classrooms, student led conferences, YCDI concert, assemblies, house
sports, a myriad of sporting events, study turf and learning portfolios etc. And
dare I mention it, our glorious second ‘Mini Mudda’, displayed our collective
grit, determination and ‘have a go’ attitude. For the second year in a row the
muddy grins were evident at every obstacle.
Time—9.00am-6.00pm
Thurs 28th
School commences 2016
February
Tues 2nd
Leap into Leopold
We are continually appreciative of the community support provided by our
school families and the extended local community. We consciously strive to
repay the community’s kindness and generosity by ensuring that our township
knows what the ‘junior citizens’, are doing within our school. To this end we
have stretch our communication strategies. The road sign and our Facebook
page have certainly helped us to spontaneously share our daily activities to a
wider audience.
Our focus this year has been on ‘LPS is going places – Above and beyond’.
The super hero theme has provided us with many many memorable moments.
I wish to congratulate all the students for ‘Going above and beyond’ and
providing us with reasons to smile.
It has been a pleasure to be with the students at our assemblies as they
present their learning goals. Congratulations to the following students for
presenting their learning goals this week
Isla
Leopold Primary School
Learning for Life
1 Kensington Rd, Leopold 3224
PO Box 42 Leopold 3224
Email : leopold.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Web: www.leopold.vic.edu.au
Fletcher
Phone: 52501233
Fax: (03)52503369
OHSC: 52501292/ 0400 085 976
Thomas
Our grade 6 students were front and centre on Wednesday night within the Geelong High School hall at their
graduation ceremony. Our community paid tribute to our magnificent grade 6 by acknowledging their individual and
collective contributions to LPS. All the students have the skills and knowledge to make a positive difference within
their secondary colleges. At our final assembly on Friday (2:10 pm) we will have our traditional passing out parade
under an archway created by the grade 5 students.
School Council - Our team of 15 school councillors have met continually throughout this year to guide school
governance, review and develop policies, endorse current processes, generate new opportunities for our school and
build friendships. The work of the council has been diligent and extremely rewarding. We wish to acknowledge the
leadership and advocacy provided by our school council president Deb Duncan. Deb works diligently to generate
and focus the conversations that enable our students, families and staff to, ‘Go above and beyond’.
Parents’ Association- What a fabulous team! We have been the recipients of many rewarding and entertaining
parent association events. Happy memories, generated by our parent association events, are dotted throughout our
2015 calendar. This effective and well organised team, capably led by Alison Merrett, has raised $20,549.00
for our school this year.
Our Parents Association has recently purchased digital externals for our school–
Spheros and Osmo. Thank you!
Admin team --Hundreds of people every day make contact with our administration office
and at every turn our admin team seek to calm, clarify and create solutions. Tracey,
Jenny, Siobhan and Charmaine, we acknowledge and thank you for your work!
2016 Teachers and grades
Prep – Jo Philp, Matt de Been, Martine Adair, Cathryn Blennerhassett, Claire Owen and Maddie Salt.
One – Marta Balboni, Jane Preston, Peter Renkin , Collette Hampshire, and Nada Williams/ Heidi Carlini
Two – Vicki McKay, Eric Stribley, Robyn Garnham, Susan de Lange and Anita Elliott /Janeece Cumming.
Three – Kim Hair, Haydn Marshall, Corinne Reid and Ilona Sliwa.
Four – Josh Lees, Lei Bao, Deb de Vries, Luke Daffy and Jenni Wilson/ Simone Williams
Five- Naomi Stewart, Trevor Mc Murrich, Emma Rogers, Jodie Bish.
Six – Denise Baird, Luc McKay, Jenny Clissold, Samantha Sharkey and Adam Heenan/ Sarah Worland
(McCullough)
Specialist Lee Jarvis, Christopher Williams- PE, Danni Moore-Visual Arts, Jenn Stirk- Performing Arts and Lynn
McManus- Indonesian.
Reading Recovery – Rita Nolen and Janine Ward.
Grade 2 Literacy intervention- Sharon Neville
Holiday school improvements Bi fold doors placed between 8 classrooms New collaborative furniture in 7 rooms
Farewells -- At the end of this year four of our fabulous teachers are leaving our school to take up teaching roles in
other schools or to pursue opportunities. We farewell:-Andy Hair- Andy is taking up a 2016 PE position at Geelong
College. Anne Wescott- Anne will be teaching in Catherine (NT) next year. Nick Eley and Erin Clements- Nick and
Erin will be pursuing career opportunities in 2016. Pia Zakiyah our wonderful visitor from Indonesia will be returning
home over the Christmas break, thank you for all your help.
Jules Alan, our fabulous Educational Support (ES) staff member, is to leave us at the end of this year. Jules will be
taking up an ES role in a neighbouring school.
We thank these teachers and ES staff for their professionalism and friendship and wish them all the best.
Leap into Leopold 2016 “AGENTS OF CHANGE” & Mission Possible
We are delighted to announce our theme for the start of 2016. We will be on missions and be ‘a part of change’
focusing on our new school values of Respect, Responsibility, Kindness & Honesty. Families are invited to our
’Mission Possible” scavenger hunt on Tuesday 2nd February from 2.30pm and to meet the class teachers. Our
famous LPS dress up day will be Friday 5th February with a “Secret Agent” dress up experience.
MAD Wednesday will occur on the 3rd February from 9.30am1.00pm with all grades except preps competing.
See you in 2016– Mrs Hair and Mrs Sliwa.
School Crossing people Graeme, Chris, Lorraine and John
Our kind and patient crossing supervisors say :- ‘Thank you for
crossing our roads at the crossings and for sharing a smile and a
daily hello’ ‘Seasons greetings and have a safe and relaxing
holiday. See you at the crossings again in 2016’.
Thank you Graeme, Chris, Lorraine & John and happy holidays to
you too!
Indonesian garden– Visitors to the Indonesian Garden will be please to see the progress made there. Bev Davis
was the original driving force on the installation of the garden and she comes back regularly since her retirement to
maintain the garden and statues. She has donated the new Komodo Dragon and has spent the last few months
mosaicking the dragon. And he looks AMAZING!!! Thanks Bev, for all your work and generosity.
Congratulations to the Eastside calisthenics who performed for our assembly on Monday
PEACE poster
Each year the Leopold Lions Club provides our senior students with an opportunity to create a poster which promotes peace. The posters are judged locally
and this year’s award was presented to Charlotte Murray, with Lulu Connolly being the runner up. Lions Club president Mrs Judy Hansen and Mr Sam Lockhead
presented the awards at our assembly. Congratulations Charlotte and Lulu.
Our 2015 Sports award was presented at our assembly on Monday.
Mitch Bond was presented with the sports award by Richard
Coleman and Mr Jarvis. Congratulations Mitch!
Please keep our school safe over the holidays and report any suspicious behaviour to the police
Leopold Legends Jake Dertien and Jimmy Duffield – Farewell and thank you
For the last 12 years we have had two remarkable un-sung community champions volunteering to work in our
school. On Monday mornings come rain hail or shine and well before the birds have thought about their first chirp,
Jake and Jimmy are sweeping, gardening and cleaning up our school. Both have been doing so since 2004. Over
the past 12 years they have given over 2000 hours of time to Leopold Primary School as Ed Connect volunteers.
Canteen 2016 – The Canteen will re -open next year on Monday 1st February 2016
Enjoy the school holidays and come back to LPS refreshed and ready to go in 2016.
Regards,
Jan Rollinson. Principal
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Phone: 5250 1533
Leopold Primary School & BP Leopold
Community Partnership.
Fill up and shop at BP Leopold (694 Bellarine
Highway, Leopold) and earn money for
Leopold Primary School.
Involves any purchase over $20 at BP
Leopold
Request a receipt on transaction and place
into the designated bin and BP will donate a
$ figure based on amount of receipts
received per month.
Wan!ng to purchase
Leopold Primary School Bag for 2016
Please phone Jacqui on 0423 966037
Merry Christmas & a safe and happy new
year from Leopold Primary School !!!
So far this year LPS has received a donation
of $1,145. Thanks to BP and the Leopold
community.