Lara Lake Primary School offers Reading Recovery lessons for individual students in Year One who need to establish effective reading and writing processes. This school-based, early intervention program enables most students involved to make rapid progress toward becoming active and independent learners in the classroom.

Bike Ed is an accredited Traffic Education Program for Primary School children. At Lara Lake, students in Years 3 and 4 are involved in practical and theory sessions over an intensive two week course. Students progress through three levels of competency, involving bicycle handling, riding skills, shared footway riding and finally, on-road riding.
LLPS supports Government initiatives which encourage students to be active on the way to and from school. Ride2school days are held once per term and a ‘hands up survey’ indicates improved healthy active habits are changing.

At Lara Lake Primary School we have vibrant visual and performing arts programs. The children experience intensive programs in visual arts, dance, drama, media and music and are involved in exhibitions, integrated arts performances and presentations which display their growing skills and development.

The Buddy Program, like the Peer Support Program, is a structured human relations program where Prep students meet each week with their Year 5 buddy who leads them through an activity. The Buddy and Peer Support Programs have been most successful in developing positive relationships between younger and older students in our school. Students participate in activities based around the theme that they are working on. It is a very creative time.
The Preps can also easily spot a friendly buddy in the school yard by looking for the brightly coloured buddy badge worn by our Year 5 students. Already some Preps have been eagerly assisted in helping them feel safe, happy and secure at this very important and special time.

Peer Support is an educational program that enables grade 6 students to lead small groups of grade 3 to 4 children in weekly lessons. The lessons focus on self esteem and friendship issues. The grade 6 children develop valuable leadership qualities through this experience and the grade 3 to 4 children respond enthusiastically to the Peer Support lessons.

Middle Department students attend a three day camp at Phillip Island. There the children join in activities based on the local environment. Students participate in environmental walks, study marine ecosystems, enjoy initiative games and challenging adventure activities. Phillip Island is famous for its penguins and seagull rookery. We visit these educational sites. The Three/Four camp is the first school excursion where students sleep away from home. It is a challenging and valuable experience for the children at Lara Lake Primary School.

Our Swimming Program is held once a year. During Term 1, Grades 1-4 participate in a 2 week block. The program caters for levels 1 to 4 with activities designed to increase their water skills and safety awareness. Lessons are run by trained Austswim Instructors.

The Student Enrichment Program (SEP) at Lara Lake PS seeks to identify and give additional support outside the classroom to students who have exceptional skills or potential in one or more learning areas.
It aims to provide stimulating and enriching programs, giving opportunities to highly talented and gifted students to work both independently and collaboratively with like-minded peers on extension activities. It encourages students to solve problems creatively, using divergent thinking processes and tools.
SEP is provided for Junior Department, Middle and Senior Department students.
The program for each hour-session is created by a teacher who has a strong interest in the particular learning area being undertaken. These sessions are held weekly and may continue for 6 weeks, a term or a semester.
Feedback and reporting from teacher, students and parents is an important finale to each program and to facilitate future planning.

The Anglesea Recreation Camp is a 3 day camping experience that affords the opportunity for senior students to participate in a range of activities designed to foster physical fitness, team building, problem solving and cooperative skills. The activities include the ‘Giant Swing’, ‘Vertical Challenge’, ‘Climbing Wall’, kayaking and archery. Students will also participate in a variety of night time activities, of which ‘Red Faces’ is always a highlight. Anglesea Recreation Camp is fully accredited under the Australian Camping Association Accreditation Scheme.

This Government funded initiative encourages schools to become accredited by developing the six icons throughout the school. Teachers model and reinforce the good practice so that healthy and active practice is the culture of LLPS. The icons are:
�  Tap into water every day
�  Turn off, Switch to Play
�  Pack Fruit and Veg into your lunchbox
�  Stride and Ride
�  Limit Sometimes Food
�  Move, Play and Go
Our school canteen has an extensive menu with healthy options. Classes have regular fruit breaks so that students identify the benefits of �ebrain food�f to �eswitch them onto learning�f.

Lara Lake launched this whole school social and emotional program in 2006. Since then the foundations of ORGANISATION, CONFIDENCE, GETTING ALONG, RESILIENCE and PERSISTENCE have become embedded into the curriculum. Behaviour specific feedback encourages students to develop positive Habits of the Mind. These HOMs are:
CONFIDENCE- being independent, accepting myself, taking risks
GETTING ALONG- playing by the rules, thinking first, social responsibility, being tolerant of others
ORGANISATION- planning my time, setting goals
PERSISTENCE- working tough, giving effort, I can do it.
RESILIENCE- self control, other people’s point of view, emotional intelligence.
Our weekly whole school assembly acknowledges students who have displayed these qualities during their week.

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