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Hello and officially welcome back to the new school year! It has been so wonderful seeing everyone and hearing all about their holiday adventures. On Wednesday we welcomed back our Prep – Grade 6 students and I was so impressed with how settled and ready for learning they all were. Yesterday some very excited Kinder White students had a lovely introduction to school life and have settled into LPS beautifully. We look forward to meeting our Kinder Blue Class on Tuesday.
Each year we run an informal information night and Welcome BBQ. This year it will be held on Wednesday 22 February 2023.
All our classroom teachers will be in classrooms from 3:30-4:30 pm and they will provide an opportunity for you to informally chat with them and talk about classroom routines, See Saw and other relevant class programs, experiences and expectations. Our students are also looking forward to leading you in a tour of their rooms and teachers have been busy creating some fun, interactive activities for you to participate in.
After this, our Leadership Team will be cooking a complimentary BBQ for all families in the outdoor area adjacent to the Kitchen Garden classroom. We hope this will be a time when teachers, parents and students can mingle and enjoy conversation over a sausage! This BBQ is a wonderful opportunity to get to know all our families and interact outside the business of drop-off and pick-up times. We hope to see you there in week 3.
As always we also encourage all families to connect with classroom teachers via Seesaw to find out what is happening in the classroom. All teaching staff also have a Department of Education Children and Young People email address which can be used for communication about individual students. To access whole school news please connect via Schoolzine. This year our newsletter will be posted to Schoolzine fortnightly on Fridays. Our first assembly will be held in the GP Hall on Friday 24 February and it will be a celebration of our newly elected Student Representative Council. Assemblies will occur monthly.
We are looking forward to a productive year this year. Our School Association is looking for new members so if you would like to find out more about joining please inquire at the office.
Monday 13 February - Public Holiday
Wednesday 22 Februrary - Meet & Greet BBQ
Wednesday 1 March - Kinder to Grade 2 Keep Safe Performance
Monday 13 March - Public Holiday
Wednesday 5 April - School Photos
Thursday 6 April - Student Free Day
Term 1 Holidays - 6 April - 25 April
Term 2 - 26 April - 7 July
Term 2 Holidays - 8 July - 24 July
Term 3 - 25 July - 29 September
Term 3 Holidays - 30 September - 15 October
Term 4 - 16 October - 21 December
All students requiring medication at school will need to complete an Authorisation for administration of student medication form for 2023.
Any student medications left at the office in 2022 which have not been collected by Friday 24th Febuary, 2023, will be disposed of.
Thank you
Dear Students and Families,
Please remember to have your hat at school every day. You will need to wear it when you are outside.
Department of Education Sun Protection Policy - This policy aims to ensure staff, students and children maintain a healthy UV balance all year round.
Being SunSmart in Tasmania means using sun protection when UV levels reach 3 and above, this occurs from September to April. This means implementing sun protection measures from the beginning of the school year until the end of April and again from the beginning of September until the end of the school year.
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.
A FRIENDLY REMINDER
We have noticed an increasing number of parents using the turning circle to park or drop children off in the morning and afternoon collection times.
Our carpark is for staff use only
Please make sure that you obey all Tasmanian Road Laws when parking around the school. Be mindful not to park over driveways, or too close to corners and crossings.
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 a text message to advise.
- Parents MUST send text message ONLY to 0400 948 649
- Copy of order receipt is required which will include the reference number for the order placed
- We will need confirmation of your child's name, school, class & ordered items.
We will process a credit to your QkR account within 3-5 business days that can be use in the future..
This process will take effect from Monday 27th June.
All order cancellations received after 7:45 AM will not be issued with a credit as after this time we will have prepared these items for lunch service.
We are happy for orders to be moved to other children or parents to collect from the canteen at lunchtime on the day of order fulfillment instead.
Please note orders for Sushi can not be refunded as these are ordered from a third party supplier and are ordered in advance.
These orders need to be cancelled via QkR prior to order cut off times (sushi specific) which is a day prior to normal order cut off times.
