Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Prize giving 2016

Last night we celebrated the success of all of the students of Lawrence Area School with our prize-giving evening. 

Congratulations to Archie - Academic Prize for Year 3 2016
Congratulations to Grace - Evan's bequest for Diligence Year 3 2016
Congratulations to Caitlyn - Academic Prize for Year 4 2016
Congratulations to Luca - Evan's Bequest for Diligence for Year 4 2016
Congratulations to Madison - Citizenship award for Year 3 & 4 2016

This year has been a wonderful year in Room 4. Each and every learner has given me cause to be very proud throughout the year. Students have worked extremely hard to meet their goals, whether they have been academic, sporting or social. The growth and progress that I have been able to watch over the course of the year has been truly heart-warming. All of the children in Room 4 are wonderfully diligent and hard-working. It was lovely to see this recognised for each individual learner last week at our special whole school assembly where they received their certificates for 2016. 
It has been a privilege to be a part of the learning that has occurred in Room 4 this year. I wish the Year 4 students all the very best for 2017 and I know that they will love being in Room 7.
I can not wait to be a part of the the further growth and success of the Year 3 students as they step up to become the leaders and role models in Room 4 next year. Becoming a year 4 is a true chance to blossom and grow. 
I thank the parents for their support over the past year (or 2 years), this makes my job so much easier. 
I hope you all enjoy a well-earned break and I look forward to seeing you back at school in February.
Happy holidays to you all!! :-) Mrs May

The People of Sparks - final chapters


People of Sparks - Chapter 25

People of Sparks - Chapter 26

People of Sparks - Chapter 27

People of Sparks - Chapter 28

People of Sparks - Chapter 29

The People of Sparks - Final Chapter

Next book in the series - The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne DuPrau

Friday, December 2, 2016

Joss House relocation

This morning we went up to Maryport Street to see the Joss House being moved from it’s section back to the Chinese Camp.

The house was built in 1869, and it was a very central part of the Chinese camp. It was used for meetings, it was a spiritual building as it had a chapel. At the end of the gold rush, when there were only a few miners left it was used to treat the terminally ill patients of the camp. There was a fire at the camp, and some of the Joss house was burned, but they replaced it, as it was such an important building on the camp site.


It was shifted to Maryport street in 1947. The Joss house has been an historic building with Lawrence, and today was a very important day in it’s history. We were lucky enough to be able to watch the building being shifted off the site and leaving for its new, but old, home back at the Chinese camp.