Lismore South Public School Newsletter

The end of Term 1 is getting close. We have our Easter Hat parade on Monday 3rd April at 10.30am. It has been lovely to see our senior students working closely with our younger students to prepare a special Easter hat. Parents and carers are invited to join us for this special ocassion.

Our school will be participating in the Lismore ANZAC Day March on Tuesday 25 April. Students should gather at Browns Creek carpark on Molesworth St between 8.30-8.45am on Tuesday 25 April (please look for the school banner and our LSPS staff). Students should wear their full school uniform if attending the march. We will follow the parade through the streets of Lismore, ending at the War Memorial. Students attending the march are required to be supported by a supervising adult on the day. 

Thursday 6th April will be the last day of school prior to the Easter holiday break. I will be taking three weeks leave at the beginning of Term 2 and Mrs Newton will step in as the relieving principal in my absence. On behalf of all the staff here at Lismore South PS, we wish you and your family a happy Easter and safe holiday break. First day back for students will be Wednesday 26th April and this will be our K-6 Cross Country Carnival.

Kind regards,

Larissa Polak

It is time to book an interview with your child's teacher. Interviews will be scheduled from Monday 1st May - Thursday 4th May.  Student-Led Conferences are an opportunity for you and your child to discuss their academic progress, review their progress towards learning goals. Students look forward to  describing and presenting some of the quality work they have been doing. 

Please use the following link. 

https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/rk5dj

Our annual Cross Country Carnival is scheduled for our first day back of Term 2, Wednesday 26th April 2023. Students from K-6 will walk to Nesbitt Park under teacher supervision to compete in their age race. A permission note with a program went home on Friday 31st March, with an approximate time of race times, which is subject to change on the day of the carnival. Parents and carers are welcome to attend. Please note that there will be no canteen on this day and students will need to pack a lunchbox, water bottle and hat. Zone Cross Country will be held in week 5. 

A huge thank you to Woolworths at Lismore Central for donating some lovely Easter egg goodies and decorations for our Easter hats. Special thanks to Alex's mum for the special delivery. We are all super eggcited!

Eight of talented swimmers attended the Northern Rivers Zone Swimming Carnival held earlier this term. They all swam their hardest and should be proud of their efforts. Congratulations on reaching this level of competition and for doing your personal best.  

Lismore South students participated in The Big Vegie Crunch, which is a fun healthy promotional event for NSW Primary Schools.  At 10am on Thursday, 30th March, hundreds of schools attempted to break the record for the most kids crunching on vegetables simultaneously to get children excited about vegetables.  Students were served a variety of vegie sticks in small ice cream cones with a dollop of hommus, kindly funded by Woolworths Lismore Central and Lismore South Public School P&C Association.

We had a wonderful day celebrating Harmony Day; a day to recognise and appreciate our multicultural nation and the diverse backgrounds of our preschool families. We read 'Whoever You Are' by Mem Fox, and engaged in rich discussions about our differences and similarities, and that we all have the same heart and we are all special. We created a window display for our indoor environment with the handprint of each child and educator. We demonstrated our connections and friendships through creating a colourful paper chain. We enjoyed singing greetings from all around the world, looking and learning about maps, flags and different cultures. Children explored different identities through our small world play with people and animals from all over the world, and their own identity through creating self portraits.

It is wonderful to see children becoming aware of connections, similarities and differences between people and places, and responding to diversity with respect. Children demonstrated a sense of belonging and comfort in their preschool environment as they explored diversity through play and intentional teaching.

A gentle reminder for families that Ngulliboo Jarjums is licensed to operate between the hours of 9:00am and 3:00pm. If your child has an older sibling who attends LSPS, please collect your preschool child before your school age child. 

We understand that it is natural that children wish to carry familiar toys with them and to show their friends items they consider precious. It has been our experience, however, that bringing toys from home to preschool can create difficult situations to manage. Hence we request that children do not bring toys from home into preschool (with the exception of one comfort toy for the duration of rest time). Thank you