Friday 24th October 2025
- Our Vision, Our Mission
- Our Core Values
- From the Principal...
- Dates to Remember
- In Year 6 this week ...
- Larmenier Family Mass
- Grandparents Day Picnic
- Day For Daniel - Child Safety Awareness Day
- Lost Property
- Book Club
- Lunch Orders
- Wanted - Uniform donations
- Theatre Performances
- Office Hours
- WWVP Reminder
- PBS = Positive Behaviour Support
- Larmenier School Strategic Direction & Annual Plan
- Larmenier Catholic School Uniform
- Absences - How to inform the school
Our Vision, Our Mission
Our Core Values
J U S T I C E
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice for they shall be satisfied. (Matt 5:6)
Victoire Larmenier was fair and impartial with everyone, even when people or issues were difficult or challenging. We uphold what is fair and decent, respecting the rights of others in a balanced and fair manner.
From the Principal...
DOES YOUR CHILD KNOW HOW TO REPORT SOMETHING AT SCHOOL?
We have introduced posters around the school to provide information to students about how they can report and prompt them to take action. We want students to report to an adult when things aren't right or something is wrong. We are consciously changing the language from 'telling' to reporting. 'Telling on' someone has negative connotations and is lumped in with other unhelpful language such as 'dobbing' and 'snitching.' Issues or problems can not be addressed if students do not feel confident or empowered to report it. Please help your child with this by encouraging and supporting them with reporting things - when things go wrong or don't seem right!
ROAD SAFETY - USING THE FOOTPATH
We have a footpath that stretches from the school around the access road and out to Station Road. To keep everyone safe, we need students and adults to use the footpath rather than walking through the carpark or walking on the access road.
Children model what they see, so this means that adults using the footpath set the example and the expectation.
CHILD SAFETY: Day for Daniel – Together, we’re Keeping Kids Safe!
This year we will be participating in Day For Daniel. It is held annually on the last Friday of October, Day for Daniel is Australia’s largest child safety education and awareness event. This special day honours the memory of Daniel Morcombe and reinforces the vital message that keeping kids safe is a responsibility we all share—parents, carers, educators, businesses…the entire community.
There will be a range of activities/lessons taking place throughout the week with the focus being on child safety - keeping themselves safe and knowing what to do in unsafe situations.
Students are invited and encouraged to wear red next Friday 31st October and to donate a gold coin which will go to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
NAPLAN 2025
Our Naplan results are in and they are very pleasing. Overall, we are at or above the National mean in both year 3 and year 5 and across all domains. Below are our combined year 3 and 5 results compared to Catholic Education Tasmania, Tasmanian and Australian results. Larmenier is the one entitled 'school.' If you would like to more know about Naplan or our Naplan results, please indicate this through the Parent Link option further down the page.
Key: Dark green = exceeding. Green = strong. Orange = developing. Red = needs development.
What do we do with this data? We use it to inform our Annual Plan where we will set student achievement goals for the whole school.
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL - WINNING HOUSE
Congratulations to Guilford House for winning the Athletics Carnival. Guilford won by a big margin - over 200 points in front! Well done to everyone who turned up on the day and participated. The House Captains accepted the Athletics School shield at assembly last week.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE PLACE?
- SHADY SPACES
We have had new shade sails installed outside the Year 1 and 2 classrooms. This provides a sun-safe outdoor area for students to gather under. The year one students particularly enjoy eating their lunch here on fine weather days!
TELL ME MORE ABOUT.......
ASSEMBLY
We have a whole school assembly every fortnight on the odd-numbered term weeks - Friday 2.20 - 2.50pm in the Nazareth Centre. The School Captains run the assembly with the assistance of the House Captains. A class is rostered on each assembly to lead the prayer and share something from their learning that term. Student awards are presented by class teachers. We also have special announcements given at this time. The timetable is shared via our newsletter so families can check the date of their child/ren's assembly. All families are invited to attend and are most welcome at any of our assemblies.
PARENT LINK
Parent Link is an ongoing feature of the newsletter. It is an opportunity to identify areas or features of the school that you want to know more about, ask a question or put forward suggestions. These items can then be addressed and answered in the fortnightly newsletter in the ‘Tell Me More About’ section.
This is an opportunity to have a say every day......not just in a once-a-year parent survey.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that late arrival to school impacts students' social and emotional well-being on a daily basis? It also affects their learning, their progress and their achievement levels!
Kind regards,
Niccola Pearce
PRINCIPAL
Dates to Remember
OCTOBER
- 27th October - Grandparents Day, 10.30 - 11.30 am
- 28th October - Years 3 - 6 Beauty and the Beast Performance
- 29th October - Prep - Year 2 Beauty and the Beast Performance
- 29th October - MJR Leadership Day: Year 5 and 6
- 30th October - Kinder Excursion: Walk to the shope
- 31st October - NIJSSA Athletics Carnival
- 31st October - Day For Daniel Awareness Day (Wear red to school!)
- 31st October - World Teacher's Day
NOVEMBER
- 3 November - Public Holiday
- 20 - 21 November - Year 5 Camp
- 21 November - Triathlon
Term 4 Overview - Farm Day & Assemblies
Please note a change in date for the following:
14/11 Year 2 Mass has been changed to Week 6 28/11 with Prep
21/11 Year 5 Mass has been changed to Week 8 5/12 with Year 4.
SETUP FOR SUCCESS - BIRTH TO 5 PROGRAM
Every Wednesday from 9:00 am - 10:30 am in the Kinder classroom.
Bring a drink and a healthy snack.
Everyone welcome!
In Year 6 this week ...
In Grade 6 as part of MJR (Make Jesus Real) we have been learning from life experiences and self-evaluating in preparation for leaving primary School and entering High School.
We have been responding to questions such as:
PREPARING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL - SETTING GOALS
What subjects and time management habits need working on so that I can be ready to spring into year 7?
ABILITY TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
Name 2 ordinary decisions and 2 big decisions you may have to make.
MENTAL TOUGHNESS - SELF-DISCIPLINE
Mental toughness is the ability to make yourself do what you do not want to do.
Where have you shown mental toughness?
MAKE LIFE HAPPEN
"The more you put into life the more you get out of it."
Name 3 activities you are interested in now.
Name 3 activities you would like to try in your teen years.
RESPONSIBLE FOR MY ACTIONS
Name three actions you are responsible for:
LEARNING FROM LIFE
What mistakes in life have I made (that hopefully won't happen again)?
TOLERANCE. UNDERSTANDING, PATIENCE
We have to be patient with ourselves before we can be patient with others.
Can you name any examples of this in your life?
FRIENDSHIPS
Friends ''can make or break you''. Name 3 good qualities to be aware of with friendship.
PEER PRESSURE
What qualities do I need to practise when all my friends are doing something wrong?
Larmenier Family Mass
Please join other school families, Father Damien and the Kings Meadows' Parish at our October Family Mass. Everybody is very welcome.
Sunday the 26th of October at 9:30am
St Peter's Catholic Church
Youngtown Avenue,
Youngtown
After mass there will be morning tea, which is a lovely opportunity to get to know other Larmenier families, some of our staff and our parish friends. Our last two family masses have been a lot of fun and we hope you can join us in October.
Please email Mrs Vogelaar - alison.vogelaar@catholic.tas.edu.au
Grandparents Day Picnic
Day For Daniel - Child Safety Awareness Day
Wear red on 31st October and bring in a gold coin donation for the Daniel Morcombe Foundation!
Lost Property
There are a lot of student items in the Lost Property box. The Lost Property box is located to the right of Breakfast Club. If you are missing any items, please check there.
Book Club
Orders for Issue 7 of the Scholastic Book Club will close on Monday 27th October 2025 at 9am. All orders must be submitted through the online LOOP ordering system. Please note that late orders may incur a $10 postage fee.
Lunch Orders
Below are some important dates to note for lunch orders:
- Wednesday 29th October 2025- no lunch orders on this date due to Year 12 celebrations at St Patrick's College
- Wednesday 10th December 2025 - last lunch order day for the year
Wanted - Uniform donations
Do you have any second hand school uniform items that you no longer want or need?
If so, we would love to have them donated for spare uniforms for our students for when accidents arise or to pass onto families doing it tough at the moment.
Theatre Performances
Office Hours
Larmenier Catholic School office hours are Monday - Friday from 8 am - 3:30 pm in term time. The office is not open during the school holidays.
WWVP Reminder
WWVP
All people wishing to volunteer at school, including Farm Days, MUST have their WWVP (or alternatively known as RWVP) - this includes parents and grandparents! There is no cost for a volunteer application and you never know when you might want to put your hand up to volunteer at school so why not put in an application now so that you are ready to go when the occasion presents itself!
A reminder that when arriving at the office for Farm Days etc, you are required to present your WWVP card.
PBS = Positive Behaviour Support
