Cross Country

The grade 2, 3 and 4 students have been busy training for the big cross country event being held this Wednesday, May 21st at Melba Park at 11:20. The determination and persistence shown by the children has been wonderful. Only one question remains, who will take 1st, 2nd and 3rd this coming Wednesday?

Grade Four Camp

On Thursday the 17th of April, the Grade 4 students headed off to Wombat Corner Camp. It was an exciting two days filled with all kinds of activities including: walking, bush hut building, art, archery, low-ropes course, flying fox and of course the ride on Puffing Billy. The children had a fantastic time and were on their best behaviour. Everyone returned to school on the Friday ready for a good night sleep.

School Captains Medal Presentation

At our next Monday Assembly 9am. 14th April Tony Smith Federal M.P. will be present to acknowledge our School Leaders ( Captains , Vice Captains and House Captains) with a medal presentation.

Open Morning Tuesday 15th April

Lilydale Primary School(Castella St Lilydale ) invites prospective parents to an OPEN Morning (Tuesday 15th April 9.30am - 10.30am).

• Come visit our Prep Rooms
• See our Specialist Programs and Excellent Facilities
• Talk with our staff

Also ,our Pre school program dates for Term 2 are Fridays 30th May, 6th, 13th and 20th June from 2.30pm to 3.30pm. Bring along your child and meet other prospective parents and children. All Welcome!

MOSAIC MURAL

Throughout this last term the whole school was involved in creating the beautiful mosaic mural and mandala that can be seen on our library wall. Mandala artist Karen Scott worked with all children in the school to design and create the mural. The children worked enthusiastically throughout the project thoroughly enjoying the mosaic process.

Literacy and Numeracy Week

Last week was Literacy and Numeracy week. As a part of this the children at Lilydale Primary School participated in an Australian wide government initiative in mathematics called 'Reach for the Stars'. It involved the measurement of all childrens' and teachers' foot sizes and heights to determine if there was a relationship between the two. All children and teachers involved then created a human bar graph and continued with follow up activities in their classrooms to discuss the results.

JEANS FOR GENES DAY

Tomorrow, Friday the 3rd of August, is Jeans for Genes day. All students from grades 1 to 6 are encouraged to wear their jeans and a casual top to school and bring a gold coin donation. The money raised will go towards thousands of children affected by genetic disorders. The Preps are to come to school in their full school uniform as they have an excursion to the zoo.