Water Safety and Awareness Day

Water Safety and Awareness Day

 

 

Mini-Mudder

Congratulations to everyone on an amazing day!

The pure joy on kids’ faces, their excitement, their almost disbelief that they could get that muddy and wet with permission, the way they ‘attacked’ the course, the number of kids who assisted the younger ones through ……. Should make you very proud.
We have had really positive feedback about the event from the whole community and without the support of local businesses, parent helpers, and Lara families sponsorship, the day would not have been such a success.
Our local businesses who sponsored the obstacles raised $3890 and money from student sponsorship is still coming in!
Thank you, what an amazing show of support!
Take a look at the photos of the event!

Museum Feedback

Some fabulous feedback we just had to share!

Just a note to say thank you for the effort that you and your fellow teachers took to organise this week's visit to the museum by grades 3 & 4 students. Everybody from our end had nothing but positive comments and praise about the attentiveness of the students and the amount of knowledge that some of the students showed during the sessions and their willingness to listen and learn.

It was a pleasure to have been able to be part of the children’s learning experience about the early history of Australia, and more importantly being able to show them some of the history of the Lara area which they are now part of.

Could you please pass on my congratulations to all the students who attended for their excellent behaviour and their willingness to look, listen and learn while hopefully having had an enjoyable experience.

The school and the teachers are to be congratulated on the behaviour of the students, and we look forward to more visits from Lara Primary School in the future.

Regards

Ian Board AFSM
President
Lara Heritage & Historical Inc

 

WELL DONE 3/4'S!

Lara Museum

 Lara Museum

Last week our 3/4 grades went to the Lara Museum to explore changes throughout history and how they have affected the Lara community.

It was a fantastic day for all and the students learnt so much valuable information. We would like to extend a BIG thank you to the volunteers at the museum who made the day possible!

Enjoy some of our snaps from the trip.

 

3/4T Buddies

Buddies

By 3/4T

We love to meet regularly with our buddies.

We enjoy each-others company and look after each-other.  3/4T and Prep B meet weekly to participate in a variety of activities across the curriculum.

 

Here are 3/4T and Prep B early in term 4.  We combined art and literacy to create recollections about our school holidays.

 

 

Footy Day with LSC

 

 

The finals may be over for some teams but the footy fever continues!

Don't forget to bring a gold coin donation and wear your team colours.  

 

 

Lara Museum Visit

The 3/4's have been busy learning about history and how it has shaped our community. To support our learning we will be taking a trip around Lara to visit Duck Ponds School, the Lara Museum and other historical sites in Lara. The cost of the day will be $5 per student - this will cover the bus and entry into the museum. Notes will go home early in Term 4.

Mathematicians at LPS

Our 3/4 students and teachers continue to work with our Maths Specialist on a weekly basis. There are some wonderful things happening in our classrooms and our students are fantastic little mathematicians. This week when Ms Patterson visited the 3/4's we did...ALGEBRA! Wow! And our clever kids did an amazing job!

The task was to create the diagram below and figure out the number of tiles needed to make the designated arm length.

 

We looked for patterns to help us figure out the number of tiles for any arm length - without having to make it!

 

We realised that we could make a rule that applies to our problem.

 

Like good mathematicians, we tested our rule.

 

Then we used Algebra to write our rule.

 

 

 

 

 

Ice Bucket Challenge

Ice Bucket Challenge for MND

Well done to our teachers who took part, the kids had a blast and we raised $106.20.
For more information on Motor Neuron Disease and the MND charity go to

Watch some of our teachers get soaked :)

Year 5 Tablet Program

Year 5 Tablet Program

At Lara Primary School we are committed to embedding technologies into learning and teaching as we prepare out students to be 21st century learners.

Our grade 5 & 6 students operate in a 1:1 learning environment where each student has their own touch enabled mobile device. To further enrich the technology experience at the 5 & 6 level, an I.C.T. specialist teacher supports students to use their devices innovatively, efficiently and collaboratively.

We are VERY excited to annouce that the device for our 2015 grade 5's has been decided...and it's the best yet.

Acer Aspire Switch 10

 

 

Watch this video to learn more about the wonderful features of the tablet.

 

 

Inquiry

First Fleet

The 3/4's are learning about changes throughout history and how this has impacted our current lifestlye and community. We found a great video about the First Fleet's arrival in Australia and the very beginning of our country. Have a watch- you may be able to watch it with an adult and talk to them about how they think history has changed our community!

Camp Wyuna

 

Camp Wyuna

What an amazing few days with incredible students and parent helpers! During the week of the 20^th of August the 3/4’s went on camp to ‘Camp Wyuna’ in Queenscliff. The weather was definitely kind to us with beautiful sunshine each day. It was a great camp with so many smiles all round. Have a look at some of our photos from Camp 1 (3/4V, 3/4E & 3/4T) and Camp 2 (3/4M & 3/4B).

 

Camp 1

 

 

Camp 2