I am fully aware of how cliché this sounds, however, I actually can’t believe we are at the end of the term! We have achieved so much and I couldn’t be prouder of the students and staff of LPS. Over the past two weeks all teaching staff have undergone a full day of planning with their grade teams to align our curriculum planning with our whole school priorities, and we are very excited about the journey we are all on. Over the break we have some minor works happening in our Kinder playground and I can’t wait to share the progress of this with you all when it’s complete.

Classrooms at LPS are vibrant, engaging and purposeful. Our students are curious, independent and engaged. This doesn’t happen by accident and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our wonderful staff for their commitment, passion and the enthusiasm they bring every day. Working in a school is a rewarding and sometimes challenging profession, but we are very lucky to have such a wonderful and dedicated staff.

Heading into Term 2 we will have a few changes to our staffing team:

• Mr Rob Christie is taking leave for the rest of the year. Miss Chantel Barnes will be taking on the role of HPE teacher and she is very excited about returning to this specialised area of teaching. We are also very happy to announce that Mrs April Tinker is returning fulltime to take on 5/6C in place of Miss Barnes

• Mrs Helen Bentley is also taking some leave in Term 2. Mrs Oates will become our Support Teacher and this means we welcome Miss Georgie Mountford, who will be joining us on 5/6A.

• Mrs Karen Boddy is reducing her teaching load so Mrs Bec Stevenson will be taking Grade 1B every second Friday.

• Mr Russell Smith has accepted a full time teaching role at LNPS from next term and his replacement will be Miss Rebecca Miller.

As I write this, the process for my replacement for Term 2 is still underway so unfortunately I am unable to confirm who this is. What I do know for sure is that the hard work we have dedicated to developing our School Improvement Plan will ensure that improving student outcomes will be the driving force behind everything we do. Once the acting position is confirmed we will send a notification out via Schoolzine, and our social media pages.

Have a wonderful break!

Kind regards,

Kel Innis

Principal