At the time of writing this piece, there are 38 school days remaining for 2023…. where did all of the days go?! Realising this was a reminder to me of the importance of making every school day count. 2023 has still seen quite a high rate of illness across our broader community, but despite this, our school attendance data is trending above the state average. All of the staff at Lindisfarne Primary School value the impact on learning that we can make every day and it is great to see this value being reflected in our parent community.

Since the last newsletter, our Grade 1 students have all completed a State-wide Phonics Screening Test. This helps teachers to determine next step learning for all students and is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of our whole school approaches to teaching phonics.  Our Reader's Club has been well attended this term and received a visit from an ambulance! Students loved reading in the ambulance and learning about the wonderful work that paramedics do.

Our Grade 3-6 classes were visited by the RSPCA and have helped to raise community awareness of the challenges being faced in this space. In the first week of Term 4, our Champion Athletics Team competed at the Domain and I received several emails from members of our school community (as well as one email from outside of our school community) commenting on the wonderful way that the students who attended this event represented our school. They showed great courage and respect – well done all that attended!

All students from years P-6 are currently completing PAT Assessments in both Reading and Maths. This is another data point that helps us to know where students are currently at in their learning and where they need to go next. This is underway and students have shown a great willingness to give their best and show us everything they can do.

As we look forward to the end of the year, I would like to encourage everyone to be vigilant on SeeSaw, Schoolzine and Facebook. There are many school-wide and class events in the remainder of the year and important communications will be going out on these platforms.

Let’s all have a strong finish to a wonderful school Year!