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Term 3 has been another busy term for us here at Lindisfarne Primary School with amazing learning taking place in all of our classrooms. Alongside this learning, our students have had multiple opportunities to be involved in extra curricula activities including the Year 6 Band tour, Year 5 Band workshops, Go Green and Gold dress up day and we shared our love of reading by coming to school as our favourite characters for the Book Week parade. It was wonderful to see so many children celebrating reading and really getting into character!
Our school has also been extremely luck this term to have Janice Ross, a resident artist, working with classes and individuals on an art project. We are very thankful to our School Association who secured a grant and have provided some funding for Janice to work with us. We look forward to seeing the wonderful work she has been doing.
We welcomed back Ms. Kel Innis last week from leave, and our leadership team have stepped back into their usual roles. Thank you to Ms Beth Osborne for her incredible leadership as Acting Principal, to Miss Purdie Hudson as Acting Assistant Principal and to the other members of the leadership team who took on extra roles beyond the norm. I felt extremely privileged to also contribute to the Acting Assistant Principal role as it provided me the opportunity to work across a range of areas and grow as a leader.
This term we would like to welcome Ms. Sarah Brand as she joins our team, providing extra support to students across the school in reading and number. We would also like to thank Mrs. Yvonne Kerklaan for her work in the Kitchen Garden space while Mrs. Deb Morgan is on leave. Also, thank you to Miss Phoebe Boddy for taking 1/2 White while Mrs. Kylie Burdon is on leave for the end of this term.
The Student Wellbeing Survey is a survey that provides schools with data about how students are feeling about their school, what they like to do and to link their wellbeing to their learning. All Tasmanian government schools ask students to participate in this survey. All students from Grades 4 to 6 have had the opportunity to share how they are feeling and to have their voices heard. Wellbeing is a key part of the Department of Educations Strategic Plan and is something we value here at Lindisfarne Primary School.
As the end of the term draws near, we would like to thank all of our families for their partnership in their child’s learning and we can’t wait to continue to share learning with you via Facebook and Seesaw.
Mathematics Association of Tasmania – Maths Relay
On Sunday 29th August, four of our Grade 5/6 students represented our school at the Mathematics Association of Tasmania’s 2021 Maths Relay. Congratulations to Thomas, David, Lachlan (from 5/6 Blue) and Samuel (from 5/6 White) for all of their hard work during our practises leading up to the event and for taking their Sunday morning to be courageous and do their best!
Kind regards,
This week is Teacher Aide Appreciation Week and I would like to take this opportunity to publicly recognise the work of our wonderful Teacher Aides.
At LPS our students and teachers are very lucky to be supported in their teaching and learning programs by a team of hard working and dedicated Teacher Aides.
Thank you to our team of Teacher Aides who work alongside our teachers to support the learning and growth of all our students. Their wonderful work is appreciated by our teachers, all staff and our students.
Thanks Deb Lathouras, Nat Paradisis, Sam Travers, Tania Coburn, Tania Coster, Natalie Webb, Dimity Arnold, Brie Barwick, Mel McCarthy, Christine Meikle, Tracey Cordwell, Annette Hall, and Hollie Barwick.
The next meeting of the Lindisfarne Primary School Association will be held on
Tuesday 21st September 2021
Time: 6:30pm
Location: GP room (enter via Loatta Rd gate)
All are welcome to attend. Our next school Fair will be at the top of the discussion list!
A quick reminder that if your child is feeling unwell they should be kept home until they are better. The following is advice from the Department of Health regarding illness at school:
Our schools are safe places, and normal attendance procedures apply. Children should not be sent to school if they feel unwell with COVID-19 symptoms, flu symptoms or any other symptoms of infectious diseases including:
• fever
• runny nose
• cough, sore/itchy throat or
• shortness of breath
• nausea
• vomiting
Children should stay home and you should phone your GP or the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738 if you are concerned about COVID-19 symptoms.
KINDER POSSUMS AND WOMBATS
Both of our Kinder classes will be travelling ot Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary this Wednesday 8th September. They will be leaving at 9:15 and returning at 2:30pm. Students need to bring a full packed lunch and drink bottle, wear full school uniform, including appropriate walking shoes as well as a warm jacket in case of cold weather. Any Kinder parents/carers wanting to join the excursion should contact Miss Lucy or Miss Jade.
GRADE 1/2 BLUE, 1/2 WHITE AND 1/2 NAVY:
On Thursday 9th September 1/2 Blue, Navy and White will be visiting Narryna Heritage Museum in Battery Point before heading to Princes Park for a play and lunch.
1/2 Red and 1/2 Black will be visiting Narryna on Friday 10th September.
All classes will need to bring a packed lunch, a drink bottle, and need to wear full school uniform and appropriate shoes for walking.
Chess Club
Students in grades 3-6 have the opportunity to play Chess during lunch time. Grade 3/4 students can enjoy a game in Mr Stephens' classroom each Wednesday, and Grade 5/6 students can play in Ms Street/Mrs Moore's classroom on Thursdays.
Readers Club
Our very popular Readers Club is now on two mornings a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays. Parents/carers arewelcome to come along to the Library each Tuesday or Thursday morning between 8:30 and 8:55am to listen to our students read, and work towards home reading goals. Please note: all volunteers must sign in at the office and check in using the Tas Check In app.
Launching into Learning (LIL)
There are still a coulle of weeks left of this terms LIL program. Take a look at the upcoming sessions and come along!
We are finalising enrolments for Kindergarten 2022. Children must either be living within the LPS Intake Area or be a younger sibling of an already enrolled student at LPS. If you have a child ready for Kinder next year, please phone the school office on 6243 9232 to get the enrolment process started.
Pre-Kinder sessions have begun, and are only open to those students who are accepted. If you have taken enrolment forms already, please return these to the office ASAP.
Number Focus
This term we have been building our skills in multiplicative thinking. Using counters, sticks and arrays, we have been able to see that it is usually more efficient to use a multiplicative strategy to solve problems. Using skip counting is a bridge between adding and multiplying, so we have been learning to count using numbers 2 to 10 as the counter.
This term we have been doing quite a bit of work with money, learning how to show amounts of money in different ways. We have had fun with board games using money, having pretend money to spend using supermarket catalogues and we even prepared a shopping list for a family meal. An important thing we learnt was that it is important to set dollars and cents out neatly with the decimal points all lining up so when we need to add or subtract, we don’t get confused. In supermarkets, the cash register works out how much change to give, but Mrs Bloomfield has been teaching us how to work out how much change using subtraction and also a counting on strategy.
Book Week 2021 was celebrated in style at LPS. Our students and staff showed off their love of Book Week by putting on a brilliant parade for our school community. Take a look at some of the great costumes from the day:
BOOK WEEK STUDENT REPORT
On Wednesday the 25th August was our Book Week parade day. People dressed up as many different characters from various types of books.
We went to the Book Week parade in the morning before recess. The teachers all had a theme. Their theme was Alice in wonderland.
The theme for Book Week was New Worlds, Old Worlds, Other Worlds. We had lots of Harry Potter characters. There were also many Wizard of Oz characters.
All the children were so excited and we had a very fun time. The Book Week parade was the most exciting thing for all the classes in Lindisfarne Primary School.
- Elke, Gr 6 and Memphis, Gr 5
Our staff love sharing their enthusiasm and passion for books, even more so during Book Week. This year we challenged students and our school community to see if they can decode the emojis to guess what books our staff love. See if you can guess the titles:
This year's Swimming Carnival is on Wednesday 15th September at the Clarence Aquatic Centre.
Students in grades 3-6 will be given the opportunity to participate in a variety of races, with the chance to represent LPS at the SPSSA Interschool Carnival on Tuesday 2nd November.
Students will need to wear bathers under their uniform to school, bring a packed lunch (no canteen available at the pool) and a drink bottle as well as a towel, goggles if needed and a bag for wet items.
Unfortunaltely due to COVID restrictions at the Aquatic Centre, spectators are not allowed.
Entry is now open for the 2021 Schools Triathlon Challenge, to be held on Friday 10th December. Entry is $25 per child. Forms are available from the school office, or via the STC website:
If you have any questions about the Triathlon, please contact Mr Kamano or the organiser, Tim Smith at tim@schoolstriathlonchallenge.com
The next whole school assembly will be held on Friday 24th September at 2pm in the GP room.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions we are only able to accommodate 1 family member/guest for each award recipient/presenter. (Younger siblings can attend with a parent). Please enter the GP room via the courtyard entrance. Each guest must check in by scanning the QR code with the Tas Check In app. There will be a staff member at the entrance to assist you if needed. Please make use of the sanitizer provided, and we ask that you do not attend if you are feeling unwell.
The end of the year is fast approaching and it will soon be time to celebrate our Grade 6 Leavers.
Please note the following dates for Grade 6 activities in Term 4:
Camp - 3rd - 5th November
Leavers Assembly - 14th December
Leavers Dinner - 14th December
