I also wanted to provide an update around the school crossing and where we are at. State Growth have been in contact, and they have sent us the actual criteria for us to meet to obtain a crossing guard. While we still don’t meet the criteria (minimum of 250 cars per hour) they will be sending someone out to reassess the crossing. In the meantime, I have put this issue on the agenda for our first School Association meeting on the 28 March at 7pm. I have also asked State Growth to re-paint the crossing and provide us with new flags. We have also approached the council about making the area between the crossing and school car park entrance (on the school side) a no-standing zone, in the hope of alleviating some of the parking issues and making it more of a drop off/pick up zone. I will keep you posted on how this goes. In the meantime, having stood out on the crossing for the morning and afternoon for the best part of 18 months, I can tell you that on the whole it is not our students who need to be more vigilant. Many times, I have witnessed near misses because of driver inattention as well as illegal parking, turning and pulling into places that drivers shouldn’t. This is something to be mindful of for all those in a rush or hurry, as well as a plea to you that if you are able and can walk to and from school to drop off and or collect your children, it will help make the parking situation much more manageable.

2023 LPSA AGM

The 2023 AGM of the School Association will be held on Tuesday 28 March at 7pm in the Library. Nominations are open for new committee members. Nomination forms are available here: Nomination_Form_Lindisfarne_School_Association_Committee_2023.pdf and from the school office. Andrea Loh is the Returning Officer.

Our first meeting will be held directly after the AGM on the 28 March. If you’d like to come along to meet our community, have a say on funding allocation and 2023 projects or just see what the school association is about, we’d love to see you there!

Please see the scheduled meeting dates for 2023 below. All meetings will be at 7pm in the Library.  Any changes to this will be advertised in the school newsletter and on social media. 

Term 1 – Tuesday 28 March (AGM followed by first meeting) 

Term 2 - Tuesday 9 May / Tuesday 6 June

Term 3 - Tuesday 8 August / Tuesday 5 September

Term 4 - Tuesday 31 October / Tuesday 28 November

EASTER RAFFLE

Raffle books will be sent home with students for this year’s Easter Raffle. To be in the draw to win an amazing chocolate-filled hamper, make sure you get your tickets in!

Books/tickets are due back on or before Monday 3rd April and we will draw the raffle on this date as well. Good luck!

SOCIAL MEDIA

Follow us on Facebook for updates and information on LPSA events: https://www.facebook.com/LindisfarnePrimarySchoolAssociation

You can contact the Association by emailing lindisfarneprimarysa@gmail.com

We look forward to working with you all in 2023 to support the LPS community!

Welcome all our new LiL families!

Launch into Learning will be run Friday mornings 9-10.30am with our Kinder Blue Teacher Rebecca Kaiser. 

An enrolment form will need to be filled out and returned to the office before your first session. 

If you have any questions please phone the school office on 6243 9232. 

Kindergarten $200

Prep-Grade 6 $300

The School Association approved a $20 increase for levies for this year. The levies have not been increased since 2019. Levies are payable once you receive your DoE invoice at the middle of Term 1. Payment plans are available. Please talk to our friendly office staff to arrange these.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me at libby.ashlin@education.tas.gov.au or phone on 6243 9232.

Next Friday 17 March, PrepBlue and PrepWhite will be having a Pyjama Day to celebrate the letter 'P'.

We can't wait to see the Preps in their pyjamas!

Welcome back to the 2023 school year. We are now a couple of weeks into Term 1 and it is lovely to be in classrooms seeing students with their heads in books. As I have walked around and visited classes I have seen students eagerly listening to teachers reading class novels, students sitting in pairs or small groups sharing a book, students searching for important information in texts, small groups participating in teacher led reading groups and students excitedly choosing books for borrowing at library sessions.

Home reading has started for the year as families would have seen the new home reading booklet that has been sent home with students. This year we have combined our home reading information booklet with a student reading log to create a simplified document for families to access when participating in reading at home. As with all decisions, the decision to trial this document has been made taking into consideration feedback from students, staff and families. We hope that the change to this document eases the expectations of home reading for students and families when recording nights read, as we aim to increase engagement in reading. As a school who values environmental sustainability, we have also identified that the Kluwell journals involve a lot of paper and we have experienced some wastage of journals that don’t get used and some that need replacement from damage or loss.

This year is a trial, and we will be encouraging families to provide feedback at the end of the year to inform a decision about which format to use moving into 2024. I do thank families for the continued involvement and support of Lindisfarne’s home reading program, as it is the support of families that helps make our home reading program so successful.

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 Mondays and Wednesdays.  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.

Monday 13 March - Public Holiday

Friday 17 March - Prep Classes Pyjama Day

Wednesday 22 Mach - Kinder Harmony Day (Free Dress)

Wednesday 22 March - Grade 3-6 Athletics Carnival

Friday 24 March - Harmony Day (Free Dress)

Wednesday 29 March - Kinder - Grade 2 Athletics Carnival

Friday 31 March - Whole School Assembly

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

Dear Students and Families,

Please remember to have your hat at school every day until the end of Term 1. 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 action 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.

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. 

1. Parents MUST send text message ONLY to 0400 948 649
2. Copy of order receipt is required which will include the reference number for the order placed
3. 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.

If you have a child who attends before or after school care and they are sick or away, please remember to contact Clarence City Council on 6217 9610 to let them know your child won’t be attending.  After School Care is a separate service that is not provided by Lindisfarne Primary School.

Lindisfarne Junior Football Club are collecting new and second hand football boots.  Donations can be left at the school office or given directly to the club.