New Lambton Heights Infants School

Wow…8 weeks have already passed and 2S have settled into their school leadership roles with excitement and a sense of responsibility. We have led assemblies, began leading the whole school sports groups and assisted our kinder buddies to settle in by nurturing them, caring for them and being a respectful role model to them.

In class, we have been revising some tricky grammar and continuing to expand our vocabulary with new spelling rules to learn. Did you know that you can make 1021 words just from the word ‘brainstorming?’ These are just some of the fun challenges Year Two solve in both Mathematics and English.  History is an area of study whereby the students are learning about the historical significance of local artefacts and sights such as the Bogey Hole.

Most importantly, 2S are hoping to successfully enter the Hunter Dance Festival. We have been working with a local dance teacher to devise and learn a dance that will be filmed for our submission. Each student is picking up the dance moves extremely quickly and displaying genuine persistence and risk taking to try new things with confidence, following the school’s Captain Disposition behaviour traits.

Personally, I would like to thank each of your children, yourselves, and the staff of this beautiful family school for making me feel so welcome. I have loved every minute getting to know each of your little ones and am delighted to be working in such a supportive and caring environment. I look forward to getting to know you more in the coming months.

Mrs Stanbridge and 2S

We have started to have some inquiries about starting Kindergarten in 2024. The first step of the process is a phone call to the office and the office staff will take details. If a parent would like to come and visit the school, Mrs Hughes will phone and organise a time. Alternatively, an online application can be submitted and we will be in contact. 

At this stage we take details for both local and non local enrolments. Mid term 2, we will phone names on the list or those who have enrolled online,  to have a preliminary discussion. 

If you have a sibling or know of any family or friends who are interested in enrolling in 2024, please contact the office. 

P&C Update

Hi everyone,

Hi everyone,The New Lambton Heights Infants School P&C will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 5th April at 7:30 pm followed by a General Meeting. These meetings will be held on the school grounds. ***All are welcome to attend***

Vice President (1st position)

Vice President (2nd position)

Secretary

Treasurer

Easter Fundraising - Hot Cross Buns

Please support our school with our 2023 Bakers Delight hot cross bun fundraiser. This year the funds from the hot cross buns sale will go towards a weatherproof notice board. 

Online payment is the preferred payment method. Purchase online at: https://new-lambton-heights-infants-school-pc-association.square.site/. If paying with CASH, please complete a paper form linked here or you can grab one from from the front office or keep an eye out for one coming home in your child’s school bag.

The P&C Hot Cross Buns Fundraiser will run up until the 31st March with collection of the buns from school on 5th April.

Easter Raffle and Grandfriend’s Day

The P&C will also hold an Easter raffle and Easter egg hunt on Grandfriend’s Day, Wednesday 5th April. 

Tickets will be sent home in school bags but please check, extra raffle ticket books can be collected from the school office, if needed. Please return tickets labelled and with cash or online payment reference number to the cream P&C box outside the library no later than Friday 31st March 2023. Online payment can be made via the link here.

Raffle prizes will be drawn on Wednesday 5th April during the Easter Hat Parade/Grandparents Day celebrations.

 Mother’s Day Craft Activity

We have a subcommittee for Mother Day that will be lead by Cat Noble and Anna Scobie. If you would like to volunteer your time, please get in touch with Anna and Cat via the P&C email  address, nlhipandc@gmail.com.

Snack Canteen

Snack Canteen is held every Friday during Second Lunch - between 12.45pm and 1.10pm. All items cost $1 or less and students are restricted to purchase only two items. Each week we need two volunteers to run the canteen. To volunteer for a spot, please put your name down here: https://signup.com/go/SbXnHzM.  This week’s canteen volunteers are Laura Lister and Susie Horn. Thank you Laura and Susie.

Uniform Shop

It's time to start ordering your winter uniforms to ensure you have a winter uniform ready for Term 2. A reminder of winter uniforms:

Girls: long sleeve blue blouse with navy track pants OR box pleat short (same as summer) with navy tights

Boys: long sleeve blue shirt with navy pants

Sport: shirt sleeve polo and navy track pants

Unisex: zipper jacket and hat

There is always some stock available in the uniform shop but not enough for the whole school.Please place orders in advance to avoid waiting in term 2 for your uniforms.

The Uniform Shop runs every Monday from 8:45am until 9:15am or you can find items online at http://new-lambton-heights-infants-school-pc-association.square.site. The uniform shop is now able to accept Back-To-School Vouchers. You will need to pay in full then please put your voucher code into the NOTE TO SELLER section. We will refund you the amount of your vouchers when they have been redeemed. Please email Vicki at nlhiuniform@gmail.com if you have any questions.

For any questions, please get in touch at nlhipandc@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Vicki, Tiff or Zara 

This year we have entered some of our Kindergarten portraits in the Lake Macquarie Young Archies Competition which is held at MAC yapang - Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie. Claire, Harvey, Theo, Iris, Olivia and Iggy were all chosen and today we received exciting news that Harvey, Iggy and Claire have been chosen as finalists. 

Finalists will be displayed at MAC yapang from the 23rd of March to the 21st May 2023. Finalists and their families are invited to attend the Young Archie Family Fun Day and Youth Markets on the 26th of March 12pm - 3pm, where the winners of the Young Archie Competition will be announced. For more information on this event, please follow this link https://mac.lakemac.com.au/Events/Young-Archie-Family-Fun-Day-and-Youth-Markets

The Young Archie Lake Macquarie Competition has the exciting opportunity to tour around the Lake Macquarie area after being displayed at MAC yapang.

To find out more: https://lm.city/Young-Archie Or email: youngarchie@lakemac.nsw.gov.au or call Anna 49210709. 

Good luck to all of our finalists. 

If you are a parent, carer or grandparent and you would like to volunteer at school this year, you will need to fill out a volunteer's declaration at the school office and show a photo identification. This needs to be done at least one day before you start volunteering, as we need to complete a screening process. At this stage we are only asking volunteers who have not already done this. If you have completed the paperwork in previous years, we will not require you to do this again until advised.