From the front desk

A note from Brooke & Libby 💚

🎄📚 FINAL SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB FOR 2026 – ISSUE 8! 📚🎄

Looking for some Christmas gift ideas? Our final Scholastic Book Club catalogue for 2026 has arrived, making this your LAST CHANCE for the year to grab some wonderful books, games, activities and gifts for the children (and perhaps a few Christmas surprises!).

There is something for everyone, with a fantastic range of age-appropriate books and affordable gift ideas.

🎁 A LITTLE GIFT BACK TO LE PAGE!

Every Book Club order placed earns Le Page Primary School 15% back in Scholastic Rewards! These rewards are used to purchase additional books, learning materials and valuable resources for our classrooms and students. Every order makes a difference, so thank you for supporting our school!

🗓️ ORDERS CLOSE: FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2026

HOW TO ORDER:

All orders must be placed online through Scholastic LOOP.
Visit www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or use the Scholastic LOOP app.
Select Le Page Primary School and your child's class.
Browse the catalogue, enter the item numbers and complete your payment online.

📌 Please remember:

Online orders only – no cash or paper orders can be accepted at school.
Orders placed before the closing date will be delivered to school for distribution to students.
Families can also select the gift option in LOOP for a little Christmas surprise!

Let's finish the year with a love of reading and help us earn some extra resources for our wonderful students.

Thank you for supporting Scholastic Book Club and Le Page Primary School throughout 2026! ❤️

Thunderstorm asthma – be prepared this pollen season ⛈️

Grass pollen season in Victoria usually runs from October to December. During this time, asthma and hay fever symptoms can get worse. There is also an increased risk of thunderstorm asthma.

Ten years ago, Melbourne experienced the largest thunderstorm asthma event in the world. Thunderstorm asthma can be sudden and serious. It can be life-threatening, especially if a person’s asthma or hay fever is not well controlled.

Le Page PS will have measures to keep our school community safe.

Many of our staff are trained in asthma first aid. We will monitor VicEmergency for thunderstorm asthma warnings. When needed, we will keep students indoors if the weather forecast shows a higher risk.

Managing asthma and allergies matters. During this pollen season, there are some things you can do to protect yourself and your family:

If your child has ever had asthma, talk to your doctor about your Asthma Action Plan and to make sure symptoms are well controlled.
If your child has hay fever, talk to your pharmacist or doctor about a hay fever plan and check if you need an asthma reliever puffer.
If your child has cough or wheeze with hay fever, talk to your doctor to make sure they don’t also have asthma.
Take asthma medication as directed by your doctor, as the good control of symptoms can prevent thunderstorm asthma.
Follow the VicEmergency website or app. Where possible, avoid being outside during thunderstorms – especially during the winds that come before the storm. Go inside and close your doors and windows. If you have your air conditioning on, turn it to ‘recirculate’.
Know asthma first aid. If you are not sure if someone is having an asthma attack, you can still use a blue asthma reliever puffer.

Find out more

For more information, speak to your doctor. You can also:

speak with an asthma educator on 1800 ASTHMA (1800 278 462). This is a free service from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday
refer to Better Health Channel. This includes information in different languages.

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Need Help with School Uniforms or Essential School Items?

At Le Page Primary School, we understand that families can sometimes face financial challenges. We want to ensure that every student can attend school feeling comfortable, confident and ready to learn.

Through State Schools' Relief (SSR), assistance may be available for families experiencing financial hardship or unexpected circumstances. Support can include essential school items such as:

School polo shirts and jumpers
Pants, shorts and dresses
School shoes
Hats
Socks and underwear
School bags
Swimwear
Other educational essentials where required

State Schools' Relief supports Victorian government school students whose families may be experiencing financial difficulties due to circumstances such as unemployment, illness, family crisis, bereavement, homelessness, domestic violence, natural disasters, or other significant hardships. Assistance is provided confidentially and on a needs basis through the school.

In some circumstances, State Schools' Relief may also be able to assist eligible students with optical support through glasses vouchers, helping families access prescription glasses where required.

If you feel your family may benefit from this support, please contact Brooke Brooke.Sheppard@education.vic.gov.au or in the school office for a confidential conversation. All enquiries are treated with sensitivity and discretion, and we are happy to discuss the options available and assist with any applications.

At Le Page Primary School, we believe every child deserves access to the items they need to fully participate in school life. If you need support, please reach out – we are here to help.

https://stateschoolsrelief.org.au/media/03qahxa2/asu_v1_aug_2026_2373.pdf

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https://lepage.vic.edu.au/

A huge THANK YOU to Sabrina Spyros for dedicating her time and effort to create our amazing new website. Sabrina has invested significant time in designing this modern, interactive site for us. Our website now truly reflects how wonderful our school is.

On the site, you will find:

Our LIM videos
The School Song with lyrics for practice
Information about our curriculum
Facebook updates
Newsletter links
Enrolment information
And much more!

Please take a moment to jump online and explore it! 👏

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United Petroleum now provides our Le Page Primary School community with a 4c per litre fuel discount.

The discount is split as 2c per litre to you and 2c per litre also goes back to association as a fundraising rebate!

So, when you save at the bowser, you help our group too!

It’s free to join and only takes a minute to set up, plus if you select a digital card, it is available instantly and ready to save with straight away!

Simply click the weblink or scan the QR code below to get your United fuel discount card.

https://www.unitedpetroleum.com.au/fuel-discount-cards/up-community/le-page-primary-school/

Participating United service stations

The fuel discount is available at approx. 380 participating United service stations Australia-wide, including your nearby United Petroleum service stations in Cheltenham, Highett and Mentone.

So you have it handy, here is the weblink to our service station locator, pre-sorted for participating sites that accept the discount cards:

https://servicestations.unitedpetroleum.com.au/?fuelCards=acceptsUPDiscountFuelCards

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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. It is part of making Victoria the Education State and the Government’s commitment to breaking the link between a student’s financial circumstances and their outcomes.

CAMPS, SPORTS and EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works while sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. All are a part of a healthy curriculum.

CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school excursions, camps and sporting activities.

If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or support an out of home care student you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid directly to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

The annual CSEF amount per student is $400 for all school students.

csef-application-form-2879 (4).docx

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Late Arrivals & Early Departures

Can we kindly ask all parents to please come through the front office if your child is late to school. Students must present to the office with a parent to be signed in via the Compass Kiosk to receive a late pass to give to their teacher.

Sometimes students need to be picked up early for an appointment. Students who need to be dismissed early must be picked up from the office. We will call down to your child's class and call them to the office to be signed out.

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Updating Information

Has your personal contact details changed? It is very important that the school has your most update information and that when these details change that you notify the school in writing by email.

Have you moved House?

Have you changed occupation and or jobs ?

Does your school have your current mobile numbers or email ?

Do you need to update your emergency contacts for your child?

If any of these apply please email the office on le.page.ps@education.vic.gov.au

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Working With Children's Check WWCC

The Working with Children Check is a screening process for assessing or re-assessing people who work with or care for children in Victoria. When volunteering at School or school events ( eg. swimming, excursions) you must provide a WWCC.

Volunteer WWCC's are free and take 3 to 12 weeks to receive, depending on whether Working with Children Check Victoria need to investigate your application.

Who can apply -

https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/individuals/applicants/how-to-apply-1

Apply now-

https://www.service.vic.gov.au/services/working-with-children?utm_medium=wwcc_site&utm_source=wwcc_new&utm_campaign=bob

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Student Medications and Action Plans 🚑

It is important for our school to have an updated copy of an Asthma Action Plan, Anaphylaxis and/or Allergy Plan for the health and wellbeing of your child and to adhere to our school policies. These forms need updating yearly to comply with our management policy.

To help us complete this process, it would be appreciated if you could please arrange to have the form/s completed. Please note your doctor needs to prepare and sign this form.

It is also important that you come past the front office to replace any medication that is out of date or no longer needed. If your child does not already have medication at the office and needs it, please provide all medications with names to the office ASAP.

If you have any questions, or would like a copy of the forms please contact the front office

Thank you for your help in managing this.

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