We are so proud of our students who represented LPS at the Interschool Cross Counrty event on Monday. Check out this enthusiastic bunch of Athletes!

Grade 6 Celebrations the 2023 School Leaders T-Shirts are now ready to order.

The Leaders T-Shirt will be a polo top with the names of all 2023 Grade 6 leaders printed on the back.  The cost of the Leaders T-Shirt is $45.00.

You will need to order from CT Clothing website http://ctclothing.com.au/

Polo top sample sizes are available to try on at the school office.

Once the tops have been ordered they cannot be swapped for an alternative size.

Please ensure all orders are placed online by Monday 12 June, 2023.

If you are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact the office to arrange an alternate payment option ASAP to ensure we can help.

Regards

Grade 5/6 Teachers: Kylie Hughes, Vicki Doyle, Conor Hicks and Bec Murray.

Will your child 4 turning 5 in 2024? 

Please ensure that you have completed an enrolment form for Kindergarten at LPS in 2024.  Next year there will be 2 class groups, Kinder White: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Kinder Blue: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.  First and foremost, the classes are put together to ensure equity in size and gender (where possible).  A lot of thought is put into forming both class groups and we encourage you to attend our Pre- Kinder sessions that will begin in Term 3 (Day TBA). We will consider the individual learning needs of every individual with the intent to create the best possible learning environment for each child. We will aim to notify you of your child’s class to at the beginning of Term 4 to allow plenty of time for flow on childcare and family arrangements.

Welcome all our new LIL families!

Launching 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. 

Book Returns

A friendly reminder that books borrowed from our school library need to be returned to the school and not to the public libraries.

We are finding an increasing number of school library books being returned to public libraries, most recently Hobart & Rosny. When this happens, it requires us as a school to physically collect the books from these locations.

Overdue Books

We are over half way through the term and still have quite a number of overdue books that need to be returned.

Please have a look at home if your child/ren have overdue books. We know they can get easily hidden on book shelves or amongst other books!

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.

Our Readers Club raffle winners for May.

This month we had 165 students come and read aloud to our staff, volunteers and library legends! As one of our volunteers said today “It is such a lovely way to start the day.” Come and join us in June if you can.

Some exciting news! The Department for Education, Children and Young People has recently launched a new online information hub for families with school-aged children in Tasmania. Our new website has information to help you navigate your child's education, from birth all the way up to 18 years of age.

Visit our new webpage at Welcome to your child's Tasmanian education - The Department for Education, Children and Young People Tasmania (decyp.tas.gov.au) (https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/information-for-families-and-students)

Some of the things you’ll find include

• tips on how to support your child’s learning at home
• information to help you keep your child safe and well
• a guide to explore courses for the career they want
• school holiday and term dates.

We hope this website will be a valuable tool for you as you help your child navigate their education journey. We would love to know what you think of our new information hub for families. You can tell us by completing a quick survey on the webpage.

Monday 12 June - Kings Birthday Public Holiday

Friday 16 June - 3/4 Talent Quest

Wednesday 21 June - 5/6 Winter Sports @ Lindisfarne Primary School

Tuesday 26 June - All Schools Cross Country (Primary Division) - Symmons Plains

Wednesday 28 June - 5/6 Winter Sports @ Launderdale Primary School

Friday 7 July - Last day of term 2

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

LPSA NEWS

Meetings

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday 20 June, and we’d love to see you at one. There is no commitment to coming along; you can come to as many or as few as you’d like, and your voice is welcomed.

All meetings will be at 7pm in the school library. Any changes to this will be advertised in the school newsletter and on 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 if you have fundraising ideas, have any questions about the association or if you have any items you’d like brought up at our next meeting.

Wow! We are heading towards mid-year already!

If you haven’t already paid your levies, we would very much appreciate you doing so as the year goes by so fast.

Thank you to those families that have started making regular small payments weekly/fortnightly using the information at the bottom of their invoice or setting up a regular automatic payment system with their bank. These are two of the many options available to help support you.

We ask if you do have any outstanding amounts with us to please address them as soon as you can.

As always, myself and my helpful and approachable Admin Team are always here to chat and help if you ever need to.

Band invoices will be mailed out very soon – thank you for your patience. Thanks also to those that have already paid the office.

Libby Ashlin

School Business Manager

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.

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.

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.