Friday 14th February, 2025

Our Vision, Our Mission

Our Core Values

From the Principal...

A new school year is the time for new beginnings and new opportunities. We are currently re-vamping and re-working our PBS Framework. What is PBS? Positive Behaviour Support. This is the basis for all our classroom and behaviour management processes, strategies and responses.

The primary objective of PBS is to teach students appropriate positive behaviours and where needed, have strategies to improve their behaviour. The focus is to be proactive more so than reactive. At the heart of all effective Positive Behaviour Support is relationships. This of course then needs to be backed up by a range of elements (as below).

Our updated school expectations of Be Respectful, Be Responsible and Be Compassionate set the standard for what we expect to see at Larmenier Catholic School and what we value. These expectations are grounded and based on our Core values which are based in the traditions of the Sisters of Nazareth, founded by Victoire Larmenier.

We have updated our PBS Matrix to reflect our school expectations and this is used by teachers to teach students what is expected behaviour in various settings around the school. All staff are responsible and accountable for upholding our school expectations. In the coming weeks, we will also have a PBS Walkthrough where the Yr 6 students, as leaders of the school, will show their peers what this looks like, sounds like and feels like.

Below is our PBS Flow Chart and a copy of the full document (which can be accessed by the link) which shows our approach and processes as well as follow up when dealing with inappropriate behaviour.

We still have a number of areas to work on in the PBS space and we are committed to having this as a focus this year. If you would like to know more, then you might like to indicate this through our Parent Link - see below.

SCHOOL/HOME COMMUNICATION

All classroom teachers sent out their weekly timetables via email on Monday as well as Term 1 curriculum overviews. The term overviews are a way of keeping you informed about what your child is learning that term and also providing you with content to use as conversation starters. Instead of asking your child 'what did you do today' or 'what did you learn today' you can now ask 'tell me more about Federation' or 'I see you were learning about addition today, show me what you did.'

Term overviews will come out at the beginning of each term.

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 we had a number of works in the school being undertaken over the school holidays? We enlarged our Wellbeing Pygmy Goat enclosure, developed the balcony space for outdoor learning for yrs 3 - 6 and built a walk in bird aviary for Elmo. All of these projects had the specific purpose of enhancing learning opportunities and the wellbeing of our students.

Kind regards,

Niccola Pearce

PRINCIPAL

Dates to Remember ...

FEBRUARY 

• 17th - 19th Feb - Yr 6 Camp
• 17th - 18th Feb - Kinder start 
  
• 27th Feb - Yr 3-6 Swimming Carnival 
• 28th Feb - Beginning of year Mass
  

MARCH

• 10th March - Public Holiday  
• 27th March - NIJSSA Swimming Carnival
• 29th - 30th March - Yr 5 & 6 Basketball Competition

Term 1 Overview 

SETUP FOR SUCCESS - BIRTH TO 5 PROGRAM

Starting 19th of February - Every Wednesday from 9:00 am - 10:30 am in the Kinder classroom.

Bring a drink and a healthy snack.

Everyone welcome!

In grade 6 this week...

Grade 6 started off kind of strange this year (starting on a Friday).

We have started to learn some of the routines of Grade 6 and what is expected of us at different times of the day.

We have been introduced to "before school jobs" which are the things that we do before the learning day starts (these include: putting phones in the class box, getting books that we need for the morning block, organising our ruler pencil and red pen, checking our shoes and uniform so that we look neat and tidy, since we are leaders of the school now, and ensuring that any notes go to the office or the teacher).

We learned that in a typical school day, the morning block is for Literacy, the middle block is for Mathematics and we do integrated studies in the afternoon block.

Compiled from a collection of Grade Six writings.

Larmenier Swimming Carnival Year 3-6

The Year 3 - 6 Larmenier Swimming Carnival will be held at the Riverside Swimming Pool.

Date: Thursday the 27th of February 2025

Time:  9:30am to 2:00pm

Student will be sent home with a hard copy of the below information letter, which includes nominating the events they would like to participate in on the day. The form is below for your reference.

This form MUST be completed if your child wants to swim in certain events, and must be returned to the office by Monday 17th of February.

Parent Help for Swimming Carnival

Our school carnivals are made possible by the support and generosity of our school community, especially through Parent Help.

If you or someone you know would like to help at the swimming carnival, please complete the form below or alternatively call the office on 03 6339 1910.

Your help is very much appreciated.

Basketball Tasmania Primary School Tournament 2025 - Expression of Interest

The Basketball Tasmania Primary School Tournament is all about fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and the joy of playing basketball. The focus is on giving every student the opportunity to participate, develop their skills, and have fun on the court. Whether you’re an experienced player or new to the game, this tournament encourages participation, making sure everyone gets a chance to play, learn, and enjoy the spirit of the game!

The details for the Basketball Tasmania Primary School Tournaments 2025 are below:

Weekend 1: March 29^th and 30th

North – Grades 5 and 6 

Weekend 2: April 5^th and 6^th

North - Grades 3 and 4

If your child is in Grade 3 - 6 and would like to represent Larmenier in the Basketball Tournament, please complete the below expression of interest form.

Please note, a separate form is required for each child.

Once we have established the number of students who would like to participate, we will reach out to parents to advise of teams and team numbers. It is always our preference to enter straight year level teams, however, if required we may need to combined year levels together (3&4 and 5&6) in order to submit a full team.

Lunch orders to recommence

Lunch Orders will  recommence on Wednesday 19th February, 2025.

Please place lunch orders via the Fexischools app. Lunch can be ordered on Wednesdays. 

Music Lessons 2025 - Enrol now!

Launceston Catholic Schools Instrumental Music Program is starting soon! 

Launceston Catholic Schools Instrumental Music Program information session will be held at the Guilford Theatre at St Patrick's College on:
Tuesday 18 February 2025 from 5-6pm or 6:30-7:30pm. 

Scholastic Book Club 2025

Welcome to the Scholastic Book Club for 2025.

Did you know that every purchase you make on Book Club earns our school 15% of the order value in Scholastic Rewards? We use these to purchase more books and educational resources for the school. It all helps!
  
All orders must be submitted online through the LOOP ordering system, unfortunately we cannot accept cash payments at the office.   The LOOP system has regular bonus offers for families.

Scholastic have recently changed their freight company, so there should not be the delivery delays that were experienced last year.

Orders for Issue 1 will close on Friday 21st February at 1pm.

Library Days

Children must have a waterproof bag (plastic bags are fine) to borrow books from the library.  

Badminton Come & Try

Carswell Coaching Tennis Lessons 2025

2025 Larmenier uniform

As we transition to our new P.E uniform, we realise that the uniform will be a bit of a 'mish mash' during this time. We acknowledge that and accept it as part of playing the 'long game.'

There will be a two-year change over period where we move from our current P.E uniform to our new one. This period can be longer for anyone who needs it to be. During this time either the old or new version of the uniform can be worn.

Please find attached a copy of the updated uniform guide, which also can be found on our website.