“With heart, soul, mind & strength”

Friday, 21 August 2015 NEWSLETTER Issue 12

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

TRUE GRIT

No, not the old Clint Eastwood film. Grit is being talked about a lot in educational circles these days as a character trait of people who succeed in school and in life. There is a now famous TED Talk that explains what this means. Grit is made up of several character traits that all combine to produce a person with “grit”. Think about yourself and your children as you consider these traits and you can watch the TED Talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html

Courage – this has largely to do with overcoming fear of failure. People with courage understand that with the right attitude, failure is a

stepping-stone to success, that with perseverance, they can learn from failure, assess what they need to do to improve and have another go. Conscientiousness – such a person works hard at achieving their goals or the task given them; they are focused on doing a good job, they stick at it until they believe they have completed the task to a high level. Resilience – this is often described as the ability to “bounce back”. It is a combination of optimism, creativity and confidence. Your ability to persevere and to learn from failure and mistakes, to rise up and overcome them, comes from your resilience. Excellence rather than perfection – people with grit strive for excellence rather than seek perfection. Perfectionism is usually a harmful trait as it depends on someone else’s view of what is perfect. Excellence is really an attitude – it seeks progress, deals positively with disappointment, strives for improvement. (a fuller discussion of these traits can be found at http://www.forbes.com/sites/margaretperlis/2013/10/29/5-characteristics-of-grit-what-it-is-why-you-need-it-and-do-you-have-it/, or you can just watch the TED Talk above).

Success at school and beyond does not just depend on a person’s “intelligence” or “ability”, or even the quality of teaching they receive at school. An individual’s character as a learner is probably more important than those other traits. How many of these character traits would your children see in you? How can you help your child to develop these traits through their schooling, sport , hobbies or other activities? Do you say or do things that might undermine the development of grit in your children? These are questions worth pondering on and discussing with other parents and your child’s teachers.

NAPLAN

NAPLAN results will have arrived home this week or will early next week. If you have a concern about your child’s results, please feel welcome to contact his or her teacher in the Junior School or the relevant teacher in the Senior School. I will provide an overview of the school’s results in the near future after we have had time to properly analyse them.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE

Our Science faculty is running this big event for Year 8 today. It is a new activity especially for National Science Week. This is another example of how our staff enrich our students’ learning through more real-world types of learning activities. If your child is in Year 8, ask them what they did and what they learned from the day.

“VISIONS” ART EXHIBITION opens next Friday night, 28 August, at 6.30pm at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery. Please support our

art students by attending or at least visiting the exhibition over the weekend or during the following week.

CONGRATULATIONS TO…. Austin Kozak of Year 10 – I have written before about Austin’s win at the Chinese Bridge Speaking competition which earned him a

trip to China to compete in the finals. Austin is spending the rest of the year in China on exchange anyway and he left last Friday and he will return for Year 11 next year. Our local member, Karen McNamara, in a speech to Parliament this week, congratulated Austin on his achievement, citing him as an example of what dedication to learning can achieve. We give our best wishes to Austin and pray he will enjoy and learn a lot during his time in China. The link to Mrs McNamara’s speech is: https://www.facebook.com/karenmcnamara4dobell/videos/920150084718831/

Michael Hannah (Principal)

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Eloise Cliff, one of our Junior School Leaders who was recently selected to participate in the opening ceremony of the Netball World Cup. Eloise has been participating in physical culture at a high level for some years and was selected to perform a dance at the opening ceremony as well as to lead Singapore in to the arena. This was a great opportunity for Eloise as the World Cup is held every four years and was last held in Australia in 1991. Eloise was also featured in the Foxtel coverage of the event – well done Eloise for all you have achieved!

IPSHA PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL

Our Year 4, 5 and 6 Choir students entertained the audience at the annual IPSHA Performing Arts Festival held at Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday, 18 August. The school’s mascots accompanied the performance pieces of ‘Blues Round’, ‘Axel F from Beverley Hills Cop’ and Trashin’ the Camp from the Tarzan Medley’.

The boys and girls concluded the night through participating in a combined choir of over 300 students with the other seven schools participating on the evening, singing the pieces ‘Inanay’, ‘This Pretty Planet’ and ‘Australian Medley’. Thank you to all of our wonderful parents and grandparents for your support of the evening and to Ms Abdilla, Ms Mitchell, Mr Feps and Miss Lutze for your thorough preparation of the items. Well done to the boys and girls involved and thank you for representing our school with pride. You should be

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proud of your accomplishments and the dedication of time and effort you spent rehearsing in the lead up to this event.

BUILDING LEARNING POWER

Over the course of Term 3, we will be focusing on learning capacities associated with ‘Mind’ where students are able to look within and be reflective learners who examine the strategic aspects of learning.

STARS OF THE WEEK: Demonstrating our ‘Lakes Grammar Habit’ of Respect Brianna Roberts (KB), Olyver Hokin (KB), Ganesh Seekuri (1J), Georgia Wysman (5D), Ellen Champley (5D). Demonstrating our ‘Lakes Grammar Habit’ of Imagining and Exploring Possibilities Claire Hennessy (KH), Gibson Bayliss (KB), Nate Weary (KB), Kylan Flood (1J), Rayden Tucker (5M), Halle Davis (5M). Uniforms

Smart, clean, sharp, handsome, neat and even the odd ‘fastidious’ are words that are conveyed to me when the public see our Lakes Grammar students out in the community wearing their uniform correctly. At Monday morning assembly, KD presented our weekly ‘Lakes Grammar Habit’ and

this week it just so happens to be on the presentation of our lovely uniform. Our uniform awards are something of a family event this week – so congratulations to the following students and families who have been spotted around the campus looking immaculate!

Cohen Baldwin, Miranda Feller, Callum Marsh, Oliver Appo and Abbie Young, Sandra, Larissa and Rihanna Ghannam, Boston and Madison Franks, Jhon and Jenel Safar. Hudson and Carter Thompson, Alyssa, Cohen and Noah Miller, Wil and Thomas Anderson.

LOST…

Chloe Middleton is missing her blazer, cardigan and hat. It would be greatly appreciated if they could be handed in to the Junior School Reception or to Mr Johns or Mrs Peck (4J) please.

ASHLEY PERNECKER FUNDRAISING BBQ

Our thanks and gratitude go out to the Junior School community for the strong support that Ashley has received in raising funds to assist her participation at National Cross-Country in a fortnight. At the recent fundraising BBQ that was held in the Junior School, $529.10 was raised to assist Ashley and her family in travelling to Melbourne to compete in these championships. The Pernecker family would also like to express their heartfelt thanks to all involved for the overwhelming support and well wishes that Ashley has received. It was a great community event to be able to get together with Ashley's family to run the BBQ and assist Ashley in representing our school so proudly. UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE DIARY:

Showcase performances: Wednesday, 2 September (matinee and evening performance) and Friday, 4 September evening performance. Fathers’ Day Breakfast: Friday, 4 September

Final Thought… “Things do not happen. Things are made to happen”. – John F. Kennedy.

Will Wallace (Head of Junior School)

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW RADIO ADVERTISING

The school will shortly be releasing some new radio advertising that was recorded with the assistance of some Junior and Senior students. This is what one excited student had to say about his experience. 1.. I represented the school in a unique way by making a radio advertisement for the school. 2. This was the first time I had a chance to go to a radio station and to have the amazing experience. 3. The most interesting part was watching the Editor putting in the sound effects and changing the way the voice sounded. 4. It was exciting to have the opportunity to record my voice for a radio advertisement for the school. 5. I will always remember this experience.

Written by Ryan Bentley

AFTERNOON MESSAGES are given to students immediately after lunch. Please be aware that the school reception area

is a very busy time at the end of school and it is unreasonable to expect that a message can be taken out to students who

have already departed their classrooms for the day to stand in bus lines or parent pickup. If you need to get a message

to your child regarding alternative travel arrangements please contact the school reception prior to 1.30pm.

Students in parent pick-up lines who are not collected on time will be held in the office until your arrival.

JUNIOR SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS

Congratulations to all students who finished their 2015 PRC. All in all we have had 140 completed. This is 10 more than last year. A wonderful effort!

Remember: PRC finishes on Monday, 24 August 2015 – please have your completed logs in by then as they cannot be entered after

this date. Please note the PRC website has changed. Please use the following link now for any information on the PRC: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html ILLUSTRATOR VISIT – SARAH DAVIS (6/8)

We had the wonderful opportunity to have Sara Davis talk to Years 1 to 3 about illustrating. The students were very excited to see Sarah’s characters slowly come to life! Selected students in Years 4-6 then had the opportunity to attend a workshop in the JS Library, learning valuable hints and tips about how to draw characters! We thank Sarah for spending the time with us leading up to Book Week.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR – 24-27 August

Our annual Book Fair is again happening next week during Book Week. Students will be writing out wish lists soon and will bring them home should you wish to purchase anything. It is our Library’s biggest fundraiser and all commissioned sales come back as library resources. Please check posters near library for further details…

WHEELERS eBOOKS

Has your child accessed our Wheelers eBook facility yet? If they are in Years 4-6 and have an iPad, Android or similar device, they can read our growing collection of eBooks either online or downloaded. They can also borrow an ipad from the JS Library at lunch. Please see library staff for more details or grab a brochure from the JS Library. Why not use this service in the next holidays?

LIBRARY BLOG

Check out our latest JS BLOG and see what students have been learning about in the JS Library recently. This BLOG will be updated when needed. Access link below: http://danielsummers.edublogs.org/

COMING UP IN JS LIBRARY…. 24/8-27/8/15 – Scholastic Book Fair OPENING HOURS

The JS Library opening hours are from 8:30am to 3.30pm Monday and Friday and 8.30am to 4pm Tuesday to Thursday. Students are also welcome to use the JS Library at lunchtime (2nd half) each Monday to Friday.

PLEASE NOTE: any student using the library between 3-4pm must sign in and be picked up from the library and signed out by their parents. This time is for RESEARCH / HOMEWORK / STUDY use only. It is not a place for children to wait for parents to collect them in the afternoon.

Mr D Summers (JS Teacher Librarian)

Maths tutoring in the Senior School Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8.00am

CHAPLAIN’S CHAT

Matt’s Mutterings As I type this my body is not aching for the first time in 6 months. Yes there is an occasional twinge, but no I am not needing to shuffle as I walk (read limp) or gently lower myself into a chair due to another hamstring strain. You see, the season is over and I didn’t play the round ball game on the weekend. As this has been my first season back playing weekend soccer my body has had a rude shock every Saturday afternoon since late March. But now it is all over and my body can hopefully recover. The key will be trying to maintain some level of fitness for next year’s season.

At the beginning of the year I shared with the students that I was going to try and stay fit and being accountable to them has actually proven extremely helpful. Only the other day a Year 11 student asked me how the “running” was going and I was able to share what I’ve been up to. Working with the students at Lakes Grammar also inspires me to stay active, to live life abundantly and with joy. Our students are footballers, dancers, gymnasts, swimmers, archers, magicians, runners, leapers, cricketers, hockey players, horse riders, dragon boat paddlers, nippers, baseballers, skiers, and more. Each in their own way expresses something of the amazement of being created in God’s image. Truly inspiring.

So as my body recovers, bruises mend, strains ease and aches become a distant memory I will look forward to another season. Yes, next year I will be a little slower, but hopefully a little wiser too. And the joys of belonging to a team that works together will put a smile on my face each Saturday. Maybe you know something of this feeling too, belonging to a team and working together. My mate Jesus had a fishing team, that was his sport, and I’m glad that I get to fish all year round rather than have to wait for a new comp. Fishing with Jesus is even better than the round ball game and that really is making a claim. Now where did I put that deep heat lotion?

Rev’d Matt Shorten (Chaplain)

YEAR 12 NEWS!

Where has the year gone? This term has undoubtedly been a real test for Year 12 students who got a good taste of the HSC with their trial examinations. Most of them demonstrated a remarkable improvement in study habits. I have really enjoyed watching them put together flow charts, topic summaries and working with each other, and their teachers in an effort to cement their understanding of a variety of topics.

I have also really enjoyed many of the conversations regarding life after school. Many of our Year 12 students know exactly which university course or career they want. Others are still contemplating a variety of possibilities, while others are still unsure of what awaits them after school. Many of our Year 12s are going onto further study at university and are now considering which courses or university to attend. They have received their UAC guide which outlines all of the university courses and how to apply to each of those universities. We have recommended that ALL students wishing to further their education at university apply for the School Recommendation Scheme. This provides them with the possibility of needing a lower ATAR and receive a university offer in November instead of January. Other students contemplating further study at TAFE or who are chasing jobs and apprenticeships should visit the Lakes Grammar Careers page.

“Don’t take your foot off the accelerator just yet” is what I told Year 12 this week following their trials. It is important that they carry their momentum through to the end of term and into their September study vacation.

The Year 12 graduation and formal is approaching very fast. Please remember to RSVP to your invitation as soon as possible. We would love to see you there.

Only 28 days to go. Greg Sewell (Year Adviser)

IT’S SCIENCE WEEK!

At Lakes we are celebrating Science this week with a number of events for students across various grades. We kicked off the celebrations last Friday when Year 9 participated in a production called “What’s the Matter?” The Theme for Science Week this year is ‘Making Waves – The Science of Light” and Year 9 spent a very entertaining afternoon learning all about the connection between Einstein’s Gravitational Theory, Matter and Light. Special mention does need to be made of the fantastic performances of Brendan Smith throughout the show.

Throughout the week there is a Science Trivia Competition running for all students from Year 7 to Year 12. Quite a number of students have already submitted answers to the ten selected questions for their age group and now eagerly await the results and winner announcement next Monday. For anyone who may feel like increasing their scientific knowledge with random, yet interesting facts there is a fun app called Science Facts that can be downloaded for free.

Lunchtime Thursday we had Aeronautical Engineering time as students in the Senior School and some students from the Junior School OC had the opportunity to take part in a competition in which they designed and built a paper plane. The aim is to make the paper plane remain air born the longest or fly horizontally the furthest. I watched a number of Year 7 students practicing their construction and launch skills throughout the week so this competition should prove quite competitive.

Finally, today the Science and Technology Challenge was held for all Year 8 students. The students have chosen a Challenge to undertake with a partner and will compete against 5 – 6 other teams to see who has mastered the skills required to meet the challenge set. Some of our Year 6 students who have shown interest in Science and Technology have been invited up to participate and compete against the Year 8 students. There are prizes to be won as a result of all of our Science Week activities so Good Luck to all! Last term all Year 6 and Year 7 students as well as two Year 4 classes, took part in the RACI (Royal Australian Chemistry Industry) Crystal Growing Competition. This week we received the results and they show there were some great Alum crystals grown by our students. As we have Chemistry Week coming up soon we will publish these great results then.

Happy Science Week!

Jenny Charker

Science Coordinator

‘DUKE OF EDINBURGH’ AND

‘THE POPPY PROJECT’ UPDATE

It’s approaching the time of year where students need to ensure they are registered online and paid their registration fees for their

current DofE award. Once you have finished a particular section of your award, print the offline assessor form and present it to your

assessor for signing. Once this is completed return it to me at school for filing or upload it to your Online Record Book.

Don’t forget our current community service project offered is red poppies. Our aim was to make

100 poppies and present them to Doyalson RSL for Remembrance Day 2015. So far I have

186 poppies, which is amazing. A big thank you to Allyson Kilpatrick’s mother who has made

the majority of poppies pictured here. If students or parents would like to be involved in this

project please email me for a pattern. I have knitting patterns for beginners and crocheting

patterns for advanced. Learning to knit is a worthy fine motor skill and this project can

contribute to community service hours or skill hours for your Duke of Edinburgh Award. Mrs

Hobden and I are busy thinking of some creative ways we can present the poppy artwork to

the RSL. If students have any ideas for poppy artworks please come and talk to me.

We are excited to announce that we have 7 students who are close to completing their Gold

Award this year. To celebrate their final expedition both the silver and gold students have been invited on an expedition to the beautiful

and famous Moreton Bay in Qld. On this journey they will climb and slide down amazing 80m high sand dunes, paddle with dolphins,

snorkel on reefs and explore majestic beaches in kayaks. An added bonus is watching the sunsets whilst camping on famous beaches

like South Stradbroke Island. Airflights for this trip have now been purchased and final payments will be due by the 6 th Nov.

The Bronze students will be exploring the picturesque Hawkesbury region for their qualifying expedition in Term 4. This expedition

takes students hiking on the Great North walk and kayaking to various islands with unique nature reserves, sandy private beaches,

mud flats and waterfalls. Many of the areas we explore are only accessible by hiking or paddling.

Both the above trips are examples of the unique wilderness adventures the Duke of Edinburgh program can offer. If your child enjoys

a challenge maybe encourage them to register for the Duke of Edinburgh program in 2016. Enrolment instructions for the current Year

8 students will be distributed late in Term 4. To find out if this program suits your child go to http://www.dukeofed.com.au/.

Megan King (Dukes Co-ordinator)

SPORTS NEWS

SENIOR SCHOOL SPORT: Mr Andrew Jones sssport@lakes.nsw.edu.au for all issues and questions concerning sport within the Senior School.

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORT: Mrs Anne Gaul jssport@lakes.nsw.edu.au for all issues and questions concerning sport within the Junior

School

SPORT CHOICES: Mr Andrew Jones and Mrs Anne Gaul sportchoices@lakes.nsw.edu.au to be used with regards to sport choices

SENIOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS: Following two days of competition of the HRIS Athletics Championships the following students have

been selected in the HRIS team to compete at the AICES Championships on Monday, 31 August at Homebush. Nicholas Bignall, Hannah Cliff, Sabrina Cody, Sam Drew, Ben Duncan, Liam Duncan, Olivia Glanville, Camryn Kendall, Hayden Kendall, Bethany Kranendonk, Madison Liddle, Matthew McDonald, Claudia Martin, Benjamin Platt, Trinity Robards, Eric Weber. Information has now been forwarded to these students.

SCHOOL REPRESENTATION: It is a great honour to represent Lakes Grammar and HRIS. It is obvious a student has a talent in a

particular sport if they are chosen for representative duties and as such should treat it is a privilege. Recently we have had far too many students withdraw from events without notice and for simple reasons, such as I did not want to go. Associations such as HRIS, AICES and CIS have introduced fines for students who withdraw without a medical certificate. Last year HRIS passed a motion that students withdrawing from a team event without sufficient notice or medical certificate will be suspended from HRIS selection for 12 months, I

ask parents to assist us with ensuring their children meet their obligations for team selection. It really does hinder the performance if a team member is absent.

AICES/CIS/PSSA/ALL SCHOOLS: For those students who are selected in HRIS Teams that compete at AICES, NSW CIS, NSW

PSSA or All Schools there are associated levies and charges. Typically students attending AICES will be charged $10. Students attending NSW CIS $22.50 and those going to NSW PSSA or All Schools $30 - $40. These charges are for administration and venue entry fees. Lakes Grammar covers all charges for HRIS events but charges at the higher levels are charged to parents.

RUGBY LEAGUE 7s: The school has selected teams to compete at the CIS Rugby League 7s competition. The Opens will play on

Monday, 24 August. We wish these teams all the best.

FOOTBALL: Congratulations to Connor Hambrook who recently competed with the HRIS Under 15 Boys Football team at the AICES

Gala Day. Connor had a great day playing very well and was integral in seeing HRIS taking out the championship. Well done Connor.

SHOOTING: In the last few months Corey Martin of Year 10 has competed in the Tri-State competition which was held in Adelaide.

Through great results NSW won the competition. Corey has recently competed with the Australian high achievers squad in Canberra. As Corey in a member of the Australian state and national team he is training hard with the guidance of his coach to try and qualify for the Commonwealth Games and Brazil Olympics squad. Congratulations Corey on this fine achievement and keep up the great work.

Andrew Jones (Sports Co-ordinator) Ph: 43934168, Mobile: 0428 663766

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS SPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM

Sporting Schools Programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays are now up and running. All reports are that students are having a great time while learning the skills required for Golf and Rugby Union. Please pay attention to any further newsletters, if changes to dates, etc. are necessary. SWIMMING PROGRAM – TERM 3

Our swimming program concluded this week. All K-6 students are requested to wear their normal sports uniform each Tuesday until the end of term. WEEKLY SPORT UNIFORM

Please ensure correct sports uniform (including and hats) are worn each Tuesday. HRIS ATHLETICS (GLENDALE 5/8) and CIS ATHLETICS – HOMEBUSH 9/9

On a very cold wintery morning, our Lakes Grammar students competed in a number of both track and field events at Glendale Athletic Centre. Students conducted themselves wonderfully, despite the weather conditions and all students gave it their all. Congratulations to the following students who have made it into the HRIS Team competing at CIS Championships at Homebush on 9 September: Jackson Barnes, Samantha Cameron, Dylan Coyte, Madeline James, Lachlan Jones, Anna McKechnie and Ashley Pernecker. Information notes have been sent home with further details about this event. COMING UP: 25/8/15 – HRIS Primary and Netball Gala Days – various venues in Newcastle (notes have gone home already) 9/9/15 - CIS ATHLETICS (Homebush)

Mr D Summers (K-6 Primary Sports Co-ordinator)

CANTEEN NEWS

JUNIOR CANTEEN`

During Term 3, the Junior Canteen is running a program linked with “Fresh for Kids Campaign”. The challenge is to encourage children to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables during Term 3. The promotion runs from 10 August till 18 September. After one week over 50 pencils have been given away already. Students are simply rewarded with a sticker for purchasing food from the canteen that contains fresh fruit and/or vegetables at a cost of $1.00. Once students have collected 2 stickers they can hand their completed entry over to the Canteen Superviser and instantly receive a Fresh for Kids colour pencil with character eraser – there

are 7 to collect. Once the campaign has concluded, all completed entry forms need to be sent back to Sydney Markets where they all go in a draw to win some fantastic major prizes. Prizes this year include: First Prize: Home entertainments pack including a 32” LED LCD TV and a 3D Blu-ray Player. Second Prize: 1 of 3 iPad minis 16GB with Wi-Fi Third Prize: 1 of 10 Fresh for Kids gift pack including a backpack, lunch box cooler and drink bottle. Fourth Prize: 1 of 20 Event cinemas movie gift cards.

Our P&F Fathers’ Day breakfast will be held on Friday, 4 September, menu is now available on Flexischools or orders can be placed at the canteen from now till the 1st September. On Wednesday, 16 September, Year 12 will be taking on the teachers in a game on soccer to be held at the junior school oval. To get behind the year 12 & to celebrate the end of their schooling everyone is welcome to where a crazy hat to school & watch the game at lunch time. The canteen is putting on a special $5 meal for the event, more detail to follow. If you are interested in volunteering any time at all please ring or call in & see me any time. Reminder that all profits from the canteens do go back into the school.

Mrs Leigh-An Kyle (Junior School Canteen Superviser) 43934109

SENIOR CANTEEN

I would like to thank all families who continue to support the service of the canteen. I must say the students are amazing, kind-hearted, polite and always keen to assist in any way they can.

The Senior Canteen is holding our Term 3 Red Day on Thursday, 27 August. This is a fun day for them, giving them the opportunity to

purchase and enjoying treats at school they normally would not be able to purchase.

I continue to seek out more wonderful volunteers to assist me to ensure the ongoing success of the canteen. If you are, or a member of your family is interested in being a part of your children’s school life, if you want to meet other parents and have a bit of fun and have some free time, (whether it be 1 hour, ½ day or full day) please call or see me in the Senior Canteen, or contact me dianne.hattam@lakes.nsw.edu.au. Volunteering a full day you receive a yummy lunch of your choice and $5.00 to spend on each child you have in the Senior School.

I look forward to continuing to deliver a wide variety of great food that our children will enjoy and parents will be happy for them to be consuming.

Dianne Hattam (Senior Canteen Manager) 43934167

2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP Greetings from the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop! The Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open on the following Thursdays during Term 3 from 8:00am - 10:00am August 27 September 10 If you know you must pay for purchases by credit card, please remember to register for Flexischools at http://www.flexischools.com.au/ We are always in need of good quality pre-loved uniforms. If you have a pile of too-small uniforms at home and aren't sure what to do with them, please consider selling them to the 2nd Hand Uniform Shop! You can download the updated 2nd Hand Uniform Sales 2015 form from “Links” in Parent Lounge, accessible from the schools website.

As always, thanks to all who support the 2nd Hand Uniform shop through sales and purchases. See you on a Thursday!

JUNIOR SCHOOL LIBRARY

BOOK FAIR

2015

August 24th – 27th

Mon – Wed: 8.30am-3.30pm

Thursday: 8.30am – 2pm

(Strictly no sales after 2pm Thursday)

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE JS

LIBRARY!!

The Uniform Shop

(02) 4392 9128

lakesgrammar@alinta.com.au Uniform Shop opening hours during school terms

are:

Monday 8.00am – 10.00am -

Wednesday 8.00am – 10.00am

Thursday 2.30pm – 4.30pm

Friday 8.00am – 9.30am

The uniform shop can be contacted during these hours

by phone or email:

lakesgrammar@alinta.com.au .

Payments can be made direct to Alinta Apparel on the

day of purchase. Alinta will take payments in the form of

cash, credit card, or debit credit card.

Uniform price list & online shopping available at:

www.alintaapparel.com.au

30% off school shoes while stocks last!

$1026.44 raised through School Banking! Thanks to the fantastic efforts of our volunteer mums and student bankers we have raised $1026.44 for our school through School Banking commissions for FY14-15. Our school receives $5 when a student makes their first ever School Banking deposit and 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). Thank you for supporting the School Banking program

at Lakes Grammar