What an incredibly busy term we have had. Every year it surprises me how much we manage to jam pack into Term 4 and this Term has not been an exception. Our students are such talented, well-rounded individuals and I love hearing about how they achieve and improve across such a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities. We use this Newsletter, Seesaw and Facebook, along with our Assemblies, to showcase individuals and groups at LPS and I would like to thank everyone who has provided photos and stories to help us to do this thoughout the year.

This week we celebrated our music students with a wonderful range of performances from our Junior/Senior Choirs and the Brass, Marimba and Recorder groups. It was amazing to see how their confidence and talent has grown since the beginning of the year. We also celebrated (through song!) a very special member of our staff, Mrs Amanda Brown. Amanda is leaving us at the end of this year after 15 years of dedicated service to our school. We have been so lucky to have her develop and teach our music program for such a long time and we hope her new school knows how lucky they are.

We also farewell Mrs Linda Flude, Mrs Teresa Lewinski, Miss Jade O’Neal, Mr Ryan Thomas and Miss Lyndsey Colls at the end of this year. Mrs Flude has been here for 11 years and has had a massive impact on the diverse range of grades she has taught here and I am grateful for the individual interest she has taken in every single one of her students. Mrs Lewinski has been a valued team member and teacher over the past 12 years. Teresa began in the Primary part of the school but has most recently taught in the Early Childhood area. I would like to thank Teresa for her flexibility and her kind and caring nature with our students. Miss Jade has been a wonderful ‘first teacher’ for a lot of our students and I will miss her honest and witty sense of humour. Mr Thomas and Miss Colls were here only for this year but they both had a very big impact through their genuine approach to teaching. We wish them all the best for their respective future endeavours and hope that they have enjoyed their time at LPS. Mr Peter Stephens is also taking Long Service Leave at the beginning of next year.

Moving forward I am pleased to let you know that our staffing for 2023 has been finalised.

2023 Teaching Staff 

Your children’s class groups will be coming home with their reports in Week 9. Students will have the opportunity to meet their new teachers in their new classrooms on December 20th at our Step-Up afternoon. We work hard to create class groups that are balanced in social and emotional maturity as well as academically. We ensure every child moves into their new group with at least one person they have named up as being a friend. We take family input into account, especially around separations that will support student well-being and learning. We strive to build collaborative grade-based teaching teams, who will know your child well and support them to meet their full potential. Please know that we do work hard on these placements to get the best for all of our learners.