From the front desk

A note from Brooke & Libby 💚

Happy Easter from all of us at

Le Page Primary School! 🐣🌸

We would like to wish all of our students, families and community a joyful and relaxing Easter break. We hope this special time brings you moments of rest, happiness and the chance to spend time with loved ones.

Thank you for your continued support throughout Term 1. It has been a wonderful and busy term, and we are proud of the hard work and achievements of our students.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back next term, refreshed and ready for another exciting term of learning together.

From the staff at Le Page Primary School – Happy Easter and stay safe over the holidays! 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

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https://1000paddocks.org/

After our recent news story about our stolen chickens was broadcast, we were incredibly touched by the response from the community. One message in particular came all the way from Bendigo, where an amazing country organisation, 1000 Paddocks, reached out to offer their support.

Thankfully, our chickens were safely returned, but we still wanted to take the time to recognise this generous group and share the wonderful work they do.

1000 Paddocks is a community-focused initiative dedicated to supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of people living in rural Australia. Through their “Let’s Get Rural” project, they raise funds and travel to small country towns to host community nights filled with laughter, entertainment, and connection. Their goal is simple but powerful: to strengthen rural communities, boost morale, and remind people in smaller towns that they are not forgotten.

They operate on a “pay it forward” model, where small donations help fund events and outreach that bring people together and support local businesses such as country pubs—often the social heart of rural communities.

When they heard about what had happened at our school, they kindly offered to donate chickens to help replace what had been taken and to support our students and their learning. This gesture meant so much to us—especially knowing it came from people who had only heard our story through the news.

What began as a very sad and upsetting situation for our school community turned into a reminder of just how kind and connected people across Australia can be. From having our chickens returned, to hearing from a generous organisation in Bendigo offering their help, this has truly been a story of resilience, community spirit, and mates helping mates.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to 1000 Paddocks for reaching out and for the important work they continue to do supporting rural communities across the country.

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ANZAC Appeal at Le Page Primary School

Le Page Primary School will once again be supporting the ANZAC Appeal in the lead-up to ANZAC Day on Saturday 25, April 2026. From now until ANZAC Day, students will be able to purchase commemorative items such as badges, pens and bracelets. These will be available from the school office, and our School Leaders will also be visiting classrooms to give students the opportunity to participate.

The ANZAC Appeal is an important way for our school community to honour and remember the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who served in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping missions. Funds raised help support veterans and their families through vital services and programs. By taking part, students learn the importance of remembrance, respect and gratitude for those who have served our country.

We will also be holding our ANZAC Assembly on Friday 24 April 2026, where students and staff will come together to reflect and pay their respects.

Lest we forget. 🌺

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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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