We are quickly approaching being halfway through the school year and it is this time where our students really start to shine in a diverse range of areas across the school. When you ask staff in schools why they choose a profession working with children, you will often hear responses about supporting students and helping them to achieve their best, in particular the joy it brings to witness the ‘aha’ or lightbulb moment students have when learning occurs. There has been a huge amount of joy and pride felt around our school recently as we have had many reasons to celebrate the success and achievement of our students.

A huge amount of our recent student achievement has been in the area of sport. We have had teams of students represent our school in both the Interschool Cross Country and Champions Cross Country Carnival. Our netball teams entered into the outside of school roster have done exceptionally well and quite a number of our students played in the Launceston Classic basketball competition and shared some great successes over the weekend. It is wonderful to see the diversity of the activities our students are engaging in, both in and outside of school.

Our Grade 5/6 football and netball teams have been showing up to training practice each week, despite the wet weather preventing us from playing against our competitors on game days. Each training, we see players eager to be there to refine skills and build the feeling of cooperation and team work amongst the group. These actions embody our Department value of Growth and we look forward to the next time we can play against our neighbouring schools.

The Swimming and Water Safety (SAWS) program for students in Grades 3-5 has had its first week and is going swimmingly (I absolutely could not resist!). Students have come prepared with all required gear to participate and have had a great week of lessons with swimming instructors. Our students have been an excellent representation of our school and have demonstrated the value of respect as they learn in a different environment. The program continues for a second week next week.

Some of our Library Legends performing duties in the library during a wet recess.

Our wonderful teacher assistant librarian, Sam, has recently spoken with all Grade 5/6 students advertising the role of Library Legends. Sam received a great amount of interest from students, and I was lucky enough to read the applications. We have some very persuasive students when it comes to demonstrating how legendary they all are! We will be seeing contributions from this group of leaders over the remainder of the year. Some of their main roles will include organising and storing books, listening to younger students read at Reader’s Club and contributing ideas and plans associated with the constant improvement of our library space. Currently, our Library Legends are working to create their personalised hi vis vests that let everyone know just how legendary they are, stay posted for updates on the final design!

So many of our students are reaching reading 100 nights for home reading and are choosing a fantastic book as a reward for their achievement. It is a great achievement for students to dedicate themselves to reading frequently and recording down their reading, evidence has shown strong links between reading daily and improved reading outcomes for students and it is something we value as a school. To support students with achieving this, we host Reader’s Club on Wednesday and Thursday mornings and are always welcoming of new volunteers to allow students to read aloud. My absolute favourite part of students reaching home reading goals is seeing the excitement and pride in students when the books are awarded in front of their class and the support that their classmates show in recognising them. It demonstrates the passionate and connected learners we have at our school and is a reminder of how fortunate we are to witness student success.

Sophie Sheehan
AST

We are very happy to be able to share with you that number restrictions have been lifted for our sessions on Friday mornings at 9am. We look forward to seeing you all in the GP room.

There will no longer be a booking system in place either. We do need to inform you that the situation could change at any time, but any updates will be communicated through our Facebook page. 

Thank you Miss Purdie and Mrs Brown.

Kinder enrolments for our 2023 classes are now open for children born in 2018. Children must either be living within the Lindisfarne Primary School Intake Area or be a younger sibling of an already enrolled student at Lindisfarne Primary School.

Pre-Kinder is for all students who have been accepted into Kinder for 2022, this will start in term 3, all enrolment forms need to be returned before July 26.

If you have a child ready for Kinder next year, please phone the school office on 6243 9232 to get the enrolment process started. 

Masks will also not be required in schools, early childhood centres and on public transport from 12.01am on Saturday 25 June 2022.  However, some public transport providers and child care centres (staff and parents only) may still require them based on individual risk assessments for those settings.

From 1 July 2022, the requirement to wear face masks in all other remaining settings such as hospitals, residential aged care facilities, disability providers and correctional facilities will be based on individual organisational risk assessments for each of these settings.

Facemasks will still be required to be worn by close contacts when they are in indoor settings outside the home.

Face masks, along with other COVID-safe behaviours, remain an important way to help reduce the risk of COVID-19. Although not mandatory, mask wearing is still strongly recommended in airport terminals and other indoor settings, especially where physical distancing is not possible.

A friendly reminder to keep your child home if they are unwell or showing any COVID symptoms.

Rapid antigen tests are avaliable from the office.

As the mornings become increasingly chilly, Reader's Club is being inundated with enthusiastic readers.  We would love the help of additional volunteers in providing the opportunity for all students to read aloud.  If you can spare some time, come and join us in the library between 8.30-9.00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  It is a great way to start the day! All volunteers are required to have a Working with Vulnerable People Card and be Fully Vaccinated.

We have two main channels of communication here at LPS, Schoolzine and Seesaw. Schoolzine is where we issue things like this newsletter, important information relating to COVID and other essential communications that need your actions or attention.

Seesaw is an important communication tool that all of our teachers use to interact and share learning with families. We encourage parents to interact with staff through this portal and talk with you children about what we have shared. This is monitored during school hours. Please ensure you obtain the QR code from your children’s teacher and sign up to receive regular updates on their learning and photos of them engaging in lots of different activities.

If you have any urgent information that you need to give your children, the teacher or the office please call 6243 9262 as email communication can not be guaranteed with a prompt response.

If you would like to purchase an Entertainment Book, the school receives $14 for every purchase. Follow the link below to do so.

https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/2405x96

QKR! ONLINE CANTEEN ORDERING

Bambini Bites works in association with CBA Bank/Mastercard and uses their online school canteen ordering system for the convenience of schools, parents and students called QKR! which can be downloaded to all Apple phones/IPAD’s and Android devices.

QKR! allows parents/staff to log into the app and place lunch order two (2) weeks in advance any time until 9.00pm the night prior the lunch is required.

Unfortunately, if you miss this cut off time, we are unable to assist with late orders. We recommend that you place your order as early as possible QKR! sometimes struggles near cut off times due to the high usage of all users Australia wide. This cut off time has been put into place to allow our kitchen staff sufficient time to prepare food for all lunch orders.

WHAT TO DO IF MY CHILD IS SICK AND NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL AND I HAVE PLACED AN ORDER VIA QKR!

We understand that little people can become unwell at the drop of a hat, to assist parents and families with this we request an email to advise. 

We need to receive notification no later than 9.00am the morning of the fulfilment of the lunch order, this will enable us to hold the order over for the next school lunch day.

Please note that due to the time of day we are unable to reply instantly and there could be a delay, we will do our absolute best to have contacted you within 24 hours.

Phone calls are not accepted as we need the details to hold onto the order and as you can appreciate are usually super busy preparing food to fulfill hundreds of orders for hungry tummies!

Please email bambinibites@gmail.com

please add to the email

·         Childs name and order date

·         Child/children’s class and items ordered

·         Please add the new date you would like to change the order to.

EG Sarah Bell, order date 02/03. Class 1/2S, 1x toasted cheese, 1 fruit tub, 1xbottled water. New order 07/03.

Please note that orders can be cancelled prior to cut off time via logging into the QKR! and selecting the order and cancelling, however this will apply a credit as no refunds will apply. The credit will be available next time you wish to place an order.