Children starting Prep in

government schools next

year will learn a language
in addition to English
until at least Year 10 as
part of the
implementation of The
Victorian Governments
Vision for Languages
Education.
To support their
languages journey to get
off to a flying start, Preps
will receive a special
passport-style
achievement booklet from
the Department for the
language they will learn
at school.
The My Passport to
activities and
progress
through their
first years of
school.
Students will
be
encouraged to take their
passports home and share
their achievements with
their parents.
Launching Place Primary
is one of the many
government primary
schools offering
languages in 2014. Italian
remains the most taught
language in government
primary schools, followed
by Japanese, Indonesian,
Chinese and French.
My Passport to Languages
Thursday Thoughts
L a u n c h i n g P l a c e P r i m a r y S c h o o l
Issue 35
Newsletter Date 30th October 2014
Important Dates:
October
31st
Pyjama Day
Gold Coin donation
November
4th
Melbourne Cup Day
(Student Free Day)
6th
Launch Cup Day
7th
Grades Prep-2 Junior
Sports
11th
School Council 7pm
13th
Prep Transition
2.30pm-3.15pm
17th-21st
Grade 5/6 Camp
25th-28th
Life Ed Van
26th
Prep Information Night
7.00pm-8.30pm
29th
State Election
Student Absent
Hot Line Number
5964 7783
Languages initiative was
launched this week.
Passports will be used by
students and teachers to
record students language
learning milestones from
Prep to Grade 3.
The passports have been
designed to engage young
children in languages
learning and boost their
cultural understanding
with activities on a range
of age-appropriate themes
including places, food,
emotions, family and
friends. Teachers use the
passports as a transition
tool, stamping the pages
as children complete
Keeping children safe is at
the centre of all that we do.
One great strategy you can
do with your child/ren is to
identify their Safety
Network
I CAN GET HELP
List your Safety
Network, one on each
finger
Colour In and cut out
your hand.
Take it home and show
the adults on your list
Talk to one or more of
your safety helpers on
your network, if things
dont feel right. Keep
trying until you get the
help you need.
the home
5 People from outside
the family
Suggestions: Nana, Mum,
Dad, Aunty, Teacher,
Principal, Friend of Mum
or Dad, Police, Sports
Coach, School Chaplain
Safety
Rules:
1 Person must be an
adult
2 Include both males
and females
3 Some who lives at
home
4 People from outside
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Launching Place Primary School Carter Street Launching Place 3139 Telephone 5964 7783 Fax 5964 6171 Email launching.place.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
ABN 96 199 518 803
How to help your children
successfully face challenges
Q&A with Building Resilience
creator Associate Professor Helen
Cahill, Deputy Director Youth
Research Centre, Graduate School
of Education, University of
Melbourne
Why is it important to be
resilient?
Its important to be resilient so that
you can build a capacity to cope and
to persist when faced with
challenge. Persistence is the key to
learning. If children dont
understand something and quickly
give up, they will learn less
effectively, so persistence and
resilience are key.
What can parents do at home to
help children be resilient?
The number one thing is to be a role
model, and then to share with their
children the techniques they use to
help them face a challenge. Parents
can talk to their children about
techniques they use to cheer
themselves up or to calm down. For
example, it can be something as
simple as helping a child to make a
plan when they are feeling
overwhelmed. Or it can be talking
with them about counting to 10
when they are angry with their
siblings.
What does a resilient student look
like in primary school?
A student who is able to identify
when they can successfully problem-
solve and when they can successfully
identify the need to seek help. A child
in the playground may be disagreeing
with a friend about what to play
together and they problem-solve by
deciding to take turns playing
different games. Help-seeking is
about asking a teacher, parent or an
older child to assist them when they
are unsure.
If I'm a parent and I don't think
my child copes very well with
challenges and change, what should
I do?
You can provide positive experiences
for your child, something as easy as
involving them in conversations
between you and your friends and
Childrens Challenges
neighbours, or encouraging them to
participate in group activities such as
sport to build connectedness with
society. Its important to remind
children of times they succeeded at
something. For example, a time they
used courage or were patient. This
encourages a child to build on prior,
similar successes.
What is the school's role in
building resilience among
children?
The school has a number of key roles
to play, and the first is about
providing a positive environment
where students feel safe. Then there
is the more explicit curriculum,
where teachers teach problem-
solving, communication, help-
seeking skills and emotional literacy.
Then there is the teachers role in
modelling resilience and problem
solving skills themselves.
What is the best advice anyone ever
gave you about being resilient?
Rather than being explicitly stated, it
was more role modelled. In my
family, it was very much have a go
of it. That was a very strong family
message.
Learn more
https://education.edugate-
cms.eduweb.vic.gov.au/about/
department/Pages/
resilienceframework.aspx
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Please Note: That other advertisements and publications published in this newsletter do not imply school or Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development endorsement.
Pet Educators Needed
Student Awards
looking at multiplication and
division. We revised all problem
solving strategies. We enjoyed the
experiments on heating up different
items and seeing how they changed.
We all had fun at orienteering on
Friday.
Grade 5/6: We have had a very
positive week learning all about
integers. We have been writing
some wonderful things for our class
magazines. Fantastic effort at
orienteering!
Principal: In exciting week Roxy
and Madison from School Aerobics
made Tuesday a special day for the
aerobics kids, running workshops
Miss Nyman and Mrs Kemp listened
in and picked up some great
coaching and fitness tips. The Grade
3-6 students enjoyed the
orienteering day on Friday. We had
some very excited but tired students
return to school.

School Captains Report
Prep: Preps have been focusing on
becoming independent readers, they
are doing excellent partner reading.
They have been visualising the story
and drawing what they see. They
wrote lovely recounts about their
excursion to Casey Safety Village.
In Maths preps have been working
on making doubles and
measurement.
Grade 1/2: In 1/2 this week we have
looked at cross-checking and using
word parts to determine to meaning.
In Writing we used food to create
characters and put them in a setting.
We will be looking at speech with
these next week. In Maths weve
started division and perimeter. In
I.S. we made clouds using cotton
wool.
Grade 3/4: In Caf we enjoyed
looking for interesting words in the
Hakuyna Matata clip. We
introduced the word doctor into
our writers notebook authors
circle. In Maths groups we started
Grade Prep F/A Braydan S
Maddison D

Grade Prep K Zac G
Jayla D

Grade 1/2 B Ella T

Grade 3/4 F Bailee L
Luke C

Grade 3/4 M Trak B
Ashley K

Grade 3/4 N Bridie S

Grade 5/6 G Teagan H
Hana H

Grade 5/6 L Will R
Mason B

Grade 5/6 R Tadhg McL
Amy F

Do you enjoy talking to children? Do
you own a happy, healthy, well
socialised dog aged between 1-8
years? Are you committed to
responsible pet ownership?
The Responsible Pet Ownership
Program requires pet educators
throughout Victoria to ensure that the
program can reach kindergartens and
schools across the state. Educators are
trained and remunerated for their work
in developing the Program's key
safety messages.
The Department of Primary Industries
has vacancies in the
Western Metropolitan Suburbs of
Melbourne and Regional Victoria for
people like you.
These positions are casual and you need
to be available at least two days per
week during the school term. Uniform
and training is provided.
If you would like to enquire about
becoming
a pet
educator
contact
the
Responsible Pet Ownership on 9217
4321 or vic.pet@depi.vic.gov.au

Regards,
Narelle Messerle
Ryan I
Aussie of the Month
for October
Liam I(Junior)
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Canteen
If you send your child/rens lunch
order on an envelope, please include
10 in the order for the cost of a
paper bag.
Roster
November
6th Kylie K, Sue C, Janine K
13th Jodie D, Jaimie C, Paul T
20th Maryann E, Peta R, Fiona T
27th Paul T, Jodie D, Gill S

December
4th Jo R, Kelly W, Barb F
11th Janine K, Maryann E,




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YARRA JUNCTION JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB

Our club would like to invite your child/children to attend our
Milo In2 Cricket program.
Registration Days are as follows.

Venue: The Yarra Junction Cricket Ground
Time: 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm Friday 31
ST
October 2014
Cost: $ 65.00
Milo In 2 cricket program starts Friday 7th November 2014 4.00pm to 5.00pm
for 10 weeks where you can also sign up.
Aussie of the Month is a citizenship award where children are nominated and
voted for by the staff. It is designed to recognize students who consistently
display a positive attitude to their work and who relate to staff, fellow students
and the wider community in a respectful, caring and co-operative way.
Visual Art News
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Its great to be back in our bright
fresh Art room after the renovations!
Lorraine and I sincerely thank
Hayley T, Zali B, Zoe K, Mitchel H,
Mason H & Daylan H for their
dedicated effort, their muscle power
& their willingness to work hard for
their school even through rain, to
move all the furniture and supplies
from the POD back to the Art &
Music rooms. We were all exhausted
by the end of the day, but we couldnt
have done it without them!
Some of the wonderful hand art our
artistic grade 5/6 children created in
Visual Art this week. Well done
everyone, the quality of your art is
inspiring.
Heather Taylor (Visual Art teacher)
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