A message from our Principal : Lockington Consolidated School
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Term 4 Week 4 Phone 03 54862474
Thursday 29th October 2020 8 Burns St Lockington, Vic 3563
lockington.cs@edumail.vic.gov.au
www.lockington.vic.edu.au
A message from our Principal :
Lockington Consolidated
Hi Friends,
A day doesn’t go by where I don’t take a moment to reflect upon, and be thankful for, the
wonderful qualities of our students.
A great example of this happened at Athletics on Tuesday. The circular relay is a high-pressure
situation, the whole school is watching and you are racing for your team, not just for yourself so
there is a heightened feeling of responsibility. You can see the adrenaline kick in as they line up in
their positions and wait for the horn to blow. No-one wants to be the one to let their team down so
they put in every ounce of effort and push their legs and their lungs to their bursting points. But of
course, in a race, there has to be a loser. Sometimes the other team is faster, that is the way of the
world, and when you cross that finish line exhausted you feel a bit more vulnerable than usual, a bit
more emotional. This happened to a young girl on Tuesday, where narrowly beaten, she sat down
disappointed and a little upset. The crowd didn’t notice, their attention had moved on to the next
race, but one of her bigger brothers did. He moved over to her, put his hand on her shoulder,
looked her in the eye and then whispered in her ear “you did good”. No-one apart from me heard
it. Her face lit up as he moved away to sit back with his friends. A three second action turned
disappointment into elation.
School
It is easy to focus on the negatives, but there are golden moments, on even ordinary days that give
the soul a little lift.
Athletics Day
Jackson Gray is a legend. The hours that he puts in after school to ensure the kids get to experience
the athletics day is far beyond what is expected of a teacher but year in and year out he does it
without complaint. The day, even without the support of our wonderful parents, ran smoothly
which is a testament to Jackson. The LCS spirit was on display and there were simply too many
examples of great sportsmanship to name them all. What a great day!
World Teacher’s Day
World Teacher’s Day (Friday 30th October) is a chance to recognise the amazing job our teachers
do every day. Teaching is such an emotionally draining job. There are many nights where we wake
up and can’t get back to sleep as we try to work out how we can better support a challenging
student, or how we can help a student who doesn’t believe they can learn and doesn’t want to
come to school. It is a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows as we experience, by proxy, the thrills
and spills of learning with our students. It is not a 9:00am-3:30pm job (contrary to popular belief)
and in a country school, where the roles and responsibilities are shared between fewer hands, the
work load is almost endless. The staff at LCS, without exception, are A grade. Their effort does not
go unnoticed and on behalf of the whole school community, I thank them for all that they do.
Curriculum Day/Melbourne Cup
Just a reminder that the students will have a 4 day weekend coming up (Monday is a curriculum
day and Tuesday is a public holiday). Sorry school staff, you are still expected at school on Monday!
Kind Regards,
James Hodgens
Principal
Lockington Consolidated School
We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where Lockington Consolidated School is situated.
We would also like to acknowledge our Elders past, present and future.
Athletic Sports
Congratulations to Gold House on winning the athletic sports on Tuesday! Well done to everyone on participating
in such a fun and spirited manner. Our age champions are as follows:
9 year boys - Kiefer Haines
9 year girls - Raffy Giddings
10 year boys - Campbell Keele
10 year girls - Taya Tamblyn
11 year boys - Patrick Keele Raffy and Kiefer Taya and Campbell
11 year girls - Jaz Milligan
12 year boys - Nicholas Mitchell
12 year girls - Hannah Harbour
Jaz and Patrick Nicholas and Hannah
Congratulations to
our winners!
Gold House Captains
James and Addison
Change of Date!
Our book fair will run a little
differently this year.
Students will be visiting the
fair with their class to have a
look at the books available
and then writing a wish list
to take home to you. Photos
of the books available at the
fair with pricing will be post-
ed on Facebook in the lead
up to the event. Purchases
can be made by Credit card
over the phone to the
school or by completing the
4th,5th,6th November wish list payment form that
your child will bring home.
PINK DAY - Casual Clothes
(please wear a touch of pink)
THURSDAY 5th NOVEMBER
All funds raised will be donated to
“The Cure Starts Now’
https://give.everydayhero.com/au/team-moni-2020
Community News
Coming Events at LCS
October 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Canteen Open LCS Athletic Pink Day Cupcake
Sports Day orders close
◄ November 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Curriculum Day Melbourne Cup Pink Day
Pupil free Public Holiday Casual Clothes
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Canteen Open Junior Excursion
Gr 2 sleepover
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Canteen Open School Council via Gr 3/4 Excursion Gr 6 Sleepover LCS Energy
Webex 7pm and sleepover Breakthrough
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Canteen Open Gr 5/6 EBT Curriculum Day Gr 5/6 EBT
Business Day Pupil free Business Day
School Captain
Speeches
29 30
Whole school
swimming program
commences
December 2020
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Swimming program
concludes
Our School Values: Courage, Curiosity, Community and Creativity
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