School Disco

This coming Thursday 30 March, the P&C host our first student disco for the year. Permission notes and money were due on Friday, however for this event, if you had not been able to pay by the deadline, the P&C are able to accept payment and seek signed permission on the night of the event.

The junior disco (K-2) will run between 4:45 – 6:00pm and the 3-6 disco will run between 6:30 - 8:00pm. The students are able to wear whatever comfortable clothes for dancing that they like, but just ensure appropriate choices and that they wear sensible closed in shoes. Bringing a labelled water bottle is also strongly encouraged so that they can takes sips during the event as they need to.

We ask all parents and carers not to arrive more than 10 minutes before the starting time for each disco and to please leave the school grounds after your child has been dropped off. Because responsibility for supervision lies with the school, younger or older siblings are unable to attend the disco, this event is just for students from our school.

Finally, if you are making arrangements for your child to be picked up by another family member or friend, could you please send a note explaining who you have authorised to collect your child.  Thanks again to our P&C for organising and coordinating the event – it should be a fun night for the students.

The Big Veggie Crunch

This coming week is also the Healthy Kids Association’s ‘Vegetable Week’. Did you know that in NSW, only 5% of children eat enough vegetables? Vegetable Week is being supported by our school canteen LPS Eats with some additional vegetable-based options joining the menu for this coming week. The aim of the week is to try and promote positive attitudes towards eating vegetables and improve children’s knowledge about why vegetables are so good for us.

As part of Vegetable Week’, we will also be participating in the ‘Big Veggie Crunch’ at 10:00am on Thursday 30 March. On Thursday, all students are encouraged to pack some cut up vegetables, in place of their regular fruit break, to crunch on at 10:00am on Thursday. Joining with other schools all over NSW, we hope to help break the record for the highest number of children eating vegetables simultaneously. Some simple examples of vegetables to crunch on include: carrot or celery sticks, pieces of capsicum, cherry tomatoes, snow peas or beans. There is further information, great resources and vegetable-based recipes on the Healthy Kids website if you would like to learn more. Why not consider using this week to have a few more vegetables on the plate at home too!

Have a great week.

David Holland

 Congratulations to the 'students of the week' for Week 8 and Week 9, Term 1:

The weather was perfect for our Wetlands excursion last week. We have included some recounts below completed by our students so you can hear all about their day. 

The final school assembly for Term 1 will be held on Thursday 6 April at 2pm in the hall. This assembly is being led by the students from 2B. Family and friends are invited to join us.

The Lambton-New Lambton RSL sub-branch will be holding a series of Anzac Commemorative Services on Tuesday 25th April 2023 with a major service being held at the Lambton War Memorial Swimming Centre, (Lambton Pool) at 11:00am. The service will be preceded by a march of veterans, community members and local schools, commencing at 10:45am from Club Lambton, (formerly Lambton Bowls, Sports and Recreation Club).

Our school will again be participating in this event and our school captains will be laying a tribute on behalf of the school at the ceremony. All school students and their families are invited to attend and join with us in the march. If attending, students are encouraged to wear full school uniform. 

Lambton-New Lambton RSL Sub Branch Commemorative Anzac Day Service Program 

Year 6 Polo Shirts are once again being offered for students to purchase to wear each Monday and Wednesday for the remainder of their final year at LPS.  Year 6 students voted on the design with includes students names on the back at the top and all Year 6 students and staff names listed.  Students have the opportunity to try samples shirts on at the school office for correct sizing.

The cost for the polo shirt is $35.00 and orders with payment are due by this Thursday 30 March, 2023.   Should you wish to place an order but need additional time to make payment, please contact the school office. No later orders will be accepted.

A 3 day (2 night) excursion to Canberra has been planned for Stage 3 students Wed 25 Oct - Fri 27 Oct. Expressions of Interests are currently being sought to allow further planning to take place.

Parents are carers are asked to complete the Expression of Interest via School bytes and pay $100.00 deposit by Friday 31 March to secure their child's place on the excursion. 

Back to School Vouchers can be utilised towards the deposit.  Please email copies of the BTS Vouchers to the school requesting vouchers be redeemed for the Camp deposit for your child.  

We would sincerely love to see as many students participating in the excursion as possible. If the cost of the excursion is a barrier, student assistance subsidies are available for eligible families. Please contact the office to discuss how you can apply for this support, all enquiries will be treated with confidence but must be received prior to Friday 31 March. 

School Photo Day will be held on Wednesday 3 May  (Term Two Week Two). 

All orders will be placed online via www.newcastleschoolportraits.com.

Our school code is 310882 and will need to be used when accessing their site to view packages available and placing orders

Further details of how to order and packages available will be provided next week but for now please mark the date on your calendar.

Staff and students enjoyed Harmony Day Celebrations last week. Many thanks to  Mrs Greer Saini,  Mrs Saeedeh Allahyari  &  Mrs Renate Thienel who joined us on the day to share information about their culture with our students. 

3L have been inspired by Jimmy Pike’s artworks while studying Visual Arts this term. Jimmy Pike was one of Australia's most famous Indigenous artists. He was one of the first artists of the contemporary Indigenous art movement to use vibrant colour instead of traditional earthy tones. He was born in the Great Sandy Desert, south of the Fitzroy River in Western Australia and was a member of the Walmajarri people.

3L created their artworks by placing a symbol in the middle of the page. We then mimicked lines around the shape, over and over again, until we reached the edges of the page. Can you see our use of vibrant colours?