As we come into the close of Term One, I hope everyone is taking the time to enjoy the last of the warm weather. We had our first Groovy Grover Rewards this term, as chosen by our Student Parliament group. Towerin and Warlich enjoyed icy poles this week because they had reached their 750 point goal, and Waitch have now reached their goal too, so they will receive their icy poles next Monday. Our ECE students will get their icy poles in the next week also.

Thank you to all of our families who completed the Outdoor Prac Space surveys; your feedback is helping our sub-committee to workshop plans to improve our ability to deliver interventions that support our students' wellbeing at LGPS. We will keep you all updated as we work on planning going forward.

Another highlight this week was our performance from the Bunbury Cathedral College band; we enjoyed theme music from Cars, Taylor Swift, the Village People and some beautiful classical music as well. Our students joined in with singing 'Shake it off', shaking percussion eggs, and even having a go at conducting the band themselves! It was wonderful to watch our whole school enjoy immersing themselves in music for an hour or so.

I wish our students all the best at the Interschool Swimming carnival next week; I know that they will represent our school showing our expected behaviours like; doing their best, following instructions from staff and visitors, and wearing our uniform with pride. All the best Little Grovers!

Thanks,

Ms Pedretti

We sure do have a week full of fun, packed into our last week of term! On Monday or Tuesday depending on your class’s day, we are celebrating the rich language we learn here at LGPS. Students are welcome to wear their favourite colours on both Monday and Tuesday; but to definitely wear them on their LOTE day.

Wednesday will be all about Harmony Day, filled with fun, inclusive activities that everyone is sure to enjoy! Harmony Week is the celebration that recognises our diversity and brings together Australians from all different backgrounds. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.

On Friday, we have our Easter tradition of a little parade around the undercover area showing off our Easter hat creations! Let’s get those creative juices flowing over the next week and see what fun we can make! After the parade, our lovely P&C will be drawing a winner for the Easter Raffle, yay chocolate!

This year, we are offering a range of Clubs for our students to join in on at lunch times.
We continue to have our before school fitness club, but this year we have a range of lunch time clubs, so that every day there is somewhere for our students to go and feel a sense of belonging when they need it. You can take a look at our club poster below for examples of what’s on offer.

Have a look at an example of what happens in our Creative Club, aren’t their creations exquisite!

Have you heard about our Creative Club? Creative Club for year 5/6 students runs during lunch on Tuesdays with Miss Q. Check out the beaded butterflies the participants whipped up this week!

It’s so lovely to see students enjoying this creative space.

Auslan Day is celebrated on the 12^th of April, this will be during the holidays, so we will be celebrating during Week 10.

We are having “Wear your favourite colour” days. This will be discussed in class this week.

This sign is a noun but can also be used when naming a teacher as there is no sign for Mr, Mrs or Miss. Instead, students are encouraged to sign “Teacher _________” For example students sign Miss Q as ‘Teacher Q’.

This is a sign that students use frequently in classes around the school. Please encourage them to sign in Auslan rather than using the signal “Timeout”

All students have had a blast this week participating in hockey with Dinah!

If you're interested in more information about your child playing hockey this year, please contact Dinah at [email protected].

Be sure to check out the photos of the Room 2 students having so much fun while learning how to be safe with a hockey stick and playing some fun games.

Have you already bought too many chocolates??? Do you have a few to spare…? We will happily take them off you 🙂 We are hoping for some donations to go towards our end of term Easter Raffle. This will be held at our fun Easter Hat Parade in the undercover area on the 11th of April at 8:50 am.

Details on raffle tickets will be available soon.

Please make sure orders are placed by 12pm TUESDAY via www.quickcliq.com.au.

If you have a spare hour or two to help collect and distribute the lunches through the canteen, please place your name on our volunteer roster https://volunteersignup.org/EH7XW

If you haven't helped with lunches before, we have a really awesome guide to help you or we can have one of our wonderful P&C ladies come and show you the ropes. Please send us a message or email at [email protected] if you want to know more.

For further events or detailed information about upcoming events, please view the school’s event calendar on Compass