Our School Association AGM was held this week and I would like to personally thank the large group who attended. It is an excellent indication of the fabulous community spirit we have here at LPS, and I am really excited about the improvement journey we are all taking together. Elections were held for executive as well as parent, staff and community representatives. Congratulations to the following members:

Chair : Andrew Groom

Vice Chair : Peter Bird

Treasurer : Rebecca Burgess

Secretary : Jodi Cleaves

Staff : Beth Vince

Community Rep : Sam Travers

Parent Reps : Jess Absolom, Matthew Combey

At this meeting I was able to share the direction that we are taking as a school, including our three major priorities - excellent teacher pedagogy, engaging in powerful learning, and improving Literacy/Numeracy will be our three main foci for 2019.

Senior staff collaborated with teaching staff this week to fine tune our 2019 School Improvement Plan. This will be available to the school community by the end of Term 1. This document is very important because it gives us a framework to measure our success, ensures we are accountable and that we are resourcing the actions we have determined will give us the best possible student outcomes over a one year timeframe. I will ask the senior staff responsible for each area to break down what this means in future newsletters so keep an eye out for those. In the meantime if you would like to view School Improvement Plan it will be presented at the next SA meeting on Monday 13^th May.

This week we had our last Winter Sports roster game and I would like to personally thanks Mrs Sheehan, Mrs Oates, Miss Barnes and Brett for their hard work around coaching and organising this extracurricular opportunity for our students. Also to Ms Doyle for organising the independent study group who remained at school during this time. It is always so rewarding to hear about how well our students conduct themselves when visiting other schools; in particular how they demonstrate our school values of respect, aspiration, courage and growth.

Due to the stop work action scheduled for Wednesday 3rd April, our school will close at 1:30 PM on this day. This decision has been made in the interests of student safety as we will not be able to provide appropriate supervision for children from 1:30PM. The following arrangements have been made for the day:

• There will be no after school buses
• After school Care will not operate on this day
• Student will be dismissed from their classrooms at 1:30PM. Please advise your child of the amended pick up arragement for the day.
• The 5/6 winter sports (netball/football) scheduled for this day will be cancelled

Thank you for your cooperation around this.

Kind regards,

Kel Innis

Principal