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- WHOLE SCHOOL REFLECTION
- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MESSAGE
- STATE HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
- BOOK CLUB
- MESSAGE FROM NURSE PENNY
- READER'S CLUB
- ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE
- LEVIES AND OTHER OUTSTANDING INVOICES
- IMPORTANT DATES FOR TERM 3
- SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
- ALLERGY AWARE
- A MESSAGE FROM OUR LIBRARY
- PARKING
- LAUNCHING INTO LEARNING
- KINDER 2024
- ROSE BAY TRANSITION PROGRAM 2023 into 2024
- SEESAW AND SCHOOLZINE
- AFTER SCHOOL CARE
- LUNCH ORDER SERVICE - BAMBINI BITES
- OTHER NOTICES
Our Grade 3-5 students, as well as some Grade 6 students, began the Swimming and Water Safety program this week at Clarence pool. The two-week program focuses on students’ familiarity with water, common swimming strokes and important aspects of being safe in and around water. Students have overwhelmingly shown enthusiasm and excitement about participating in the program but have also shown some of the effects an additional physical activity across the school week can have. Our teachers are doing a wonderful job of taking this into consideration with their planning and adjustments for students over the two-week period. Parents can also support children by providing additional healthy food and snacks, encouraging an increased intake of water and by giving additional opportunities for rest, whether this be engaging in activities that the child finds relaxing such as reading, colouring in, or having time outside for fresh air.
Last Thursday, we had 40 students from Grades 3-6 choose to participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition. This opportunity is organised for students by Mrs Curran and entry for participation is covered by the school. The competition requires students to complete 30 questions demonstrating their understanding of a range of mathematical concepts. The huge number of students who opted into this competition is a wonderful reflection of our students’ aspiration and willingness to challenge themselves.
On Tuesday afternoon, NAPLAN results were sent home for Grade 3 and Grade 5 students. NAPLAN provides another data set for our staff to view, analyse and reflect upon and we will be using this data to inform some of the collaborative work we do tracking how we are progressing with improving student outcomes and achieving our school priorities. As always, if you have any queries about NAPLAN or student results, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.
Book Week is being celebrated across Australia from the 19-25 August. Over this week, our school will be participating in lots of activities that recognise and celebrate the important role books and stories play in our lives. You may have seen that some classes have already started participating in activities in the lead up to the event. Our school looks forward to having our annual Book Week Parade where students across the school are invited to dress up as their favourite book character on Wednesday 23 August. Dressing up provides a great opportunity for discussions with children about a favourite character, what they like about that character and what materials they may need to source, or make, to look like that character. I have included some simple ideas below that hopefully inspire some options for dressing up with things that already may be at home or could easily be sourced. We also encourage any students who prefer not to dress up to participate in other ways by creating an artwork inspired by a book or to bring an artefact that their peers could guess which book it comes from. Participation comes in many forms, and we want students to participate in a way they feel comfortable with. We invite families along to watch and cheer at our Parade which will be hosted on our courts between 10-10:45am. More details about the parade and our celebrations will be shared in the lead up to and during Book Week, keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page, Seesaw and Skoolzine for photos and updates.
Are you making every school day count?
It’s Term 3 already – welcome back for another term!
As we move through the school year, sometimes regular school attendance can be challenging.
It’s important your child keeps up good attendance habits though.
Going to school every day means your child has every chance to learn, and be around their friends and teachers. Every day adds up, to benefit your child now and in the future.
If you’re having trouble getting your child to school, please talk to us. We’ll listen to your situation, and help in any way we can.
If you’re looking for tips on how to create better attendance habits, visit the Anything can happen website.
We are proud of Grade 6 student Violet who has recently represented Tasmania in the Under 12s State Hockey Tournament. Violet was selected for the team after competing in try-outs earlier this year, doing so with a broken foot and wearing a moon boot! Being part of the team included twice weekly training sessions, trips to Launceston and performing a leadership role within the team. Well done Violet!
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.
If you do have any outstanding amounts with us we ask if you please address them now to enable us to make informed financial decisions.
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.
As always, myself and my helpful and approachable Admin Team are always here to chat and help if you ever need to.
Libby Ashlin
School Business Manager
Wednesday 23 August - K-6 Book Week Parade
Wednesday 30 August - Grade 5 Band rehearsal at Montrose Bay High School
Monday 4 September - Combined Primary School Choir Workshop
Friday 8 September - Grade 1/2 Walking Excursion to Lindisfarne
Wednesday 13 September - Swimming Carnival
Wednesday 27 September - Grade 5 Band rehearsal at Montrose Bay High School
Friday 29 September - Last day of Term 3
Monday 16 October - First day of Term 4
Thursday 26 October - Hobart Show Day
Friday 27 October - Student Free Day
Thursday 21 December - Last day of Term 4
The next meeting of the LPSA is on Tuesday 15 August at 7pm in the Library. All are welcome to attend.
Family Movie Night
On Friday 18th August, the LPSA are hosting a FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT in the GP room! Doors open at 5:30pm, the movie starts at 6pm. Bring along a beanbag, blanket or pillow and join us for a family movie night. Entry is free! Snacks/drinks will be available for purchase. Please note: children are to be accompanied by an adult.
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 the school to physically collect the books from these locations. When this occurs you may receive a notification from our library asking you to collect the book and return it to school.
Overdue Books
We are over half way through the term and still have quite a number of overdue books that need to be returned. Overdue letters will be coming home soon.
Please have a look at home if your children have overdue books. We know they can get easily hidden on book shelves or amongst other books! A $10 fee will be invoiced to cover the replacement costs of any lost, damaged or long term missing books.
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.
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.
Will your child be 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. 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.
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.
- 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.
