WHOLE SCHOOL REFLECTION
Welcome to Winter! I can’t say that this is my favourite time of the year, weather wise, as I really feel the cold but as with anything my approach is always to look for something positive in any situation; there is nothing better than the amazing view of a snow covered Kunanyi from our school, or watching our students delight in playing on the oval on a frosty morning, or hearing stories of excitement from our students about icy, foggy mornings and trips to the snow. There are so many learning opportunities for our students provided by observing and noticing change in our natural environment. Our school continues to provide many classroom and extra-curricular learning opportunities for our students. During the first couple of weeks in May our Grade 3 and 5 students showed us their courage, and their commitment to their learning as they experienced a week of NAPLAN testing. These students all took the testing process in their stride and used the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding in four different areas of assessment. Once collated, our school will use the data provided to continue to drive our work to improve student achievement in Maths and English across the school. Parents will also be provided with results, which will provide a snapshot into your child’s Literacy and Numeracy skills.
National Simultaneous Story Time was held on the 19th of May. This gave our school the opportunity to join together with buddy classes and enjoy ‘Give Me Some Space’ by Philip Bunting. The story was read to students by an astronaut all the way from the International Space Station and provided a rich context to ask questions and learn about our galaxy and space travel.
Our sporting calendar has also been jam-packed over the last few weeks. We had a very dedicated group of students and their families get up very early one Sunday morning for the City to Casino Fun Run on May 16th.
AFL Tasmania and North Melbourne footy club were in the school during May providing our students with a football clinic.
Our Winters Sports roster is also up and running for our Grade 5/6 students. This program allows students to participate in a range of team sports and represent our school in a roster that focuses on participation, encouraging others and team spirit. Five other local school participate in our roster and parents are most welcome to come along to spectate on Wednesday afterrnoons and support our students.
Last week our upper primary students braved very cold conditions with smiling faces and participated in our school Cross Country event. Depending on their grade, students ran a distance of more than 2km around the school and again demonstrated such commitment and dedication in very trying conditions. Thank you to our school community for supporting this event and to our parent volunteers who took on roles to enable the smooth running of this event.





Teachers are now busy finalising assessment and data collection to begin the process of communicating to parents through our mid-year reports. Reports will be sent home to families on Friday 11th June (Kinder Possums and Wombats will receive their KDC reports on Wednesday 9th June). Please make it a priority to book in a Parent-Teacher interview in weeks ten and eleven with your child’s teacher. Our teachers will use this time to share your child’s learning progress and successes in the first half of the year, as well as outline any areas of need for further development. Parents and families also play a vital role in the education of our young people and research shows strong home-school partnerships lead to improved learning outcomes for our students. Please see the article further below for full details on Parent-Teacher interviews.
Kind regards,
Purdie Hudson
Early Years AST/ Support teacher
Kinder 2022 enrolments are now open
Please collect an enrolment pack from the office if your child was born in 2017 and:
- you are living within the LPS Intake Area (Intake Areas from 2021 for Tasmanian Government School - The Department of Education Tasmania)
and/or
- your child has an older sibling currently enroled at LPS
We are unable to offer Out of Area enrolments for 2022.
We will begin posting acceptance letters for Kindergarten 2022 from next week.