ENewsletter

Principal's Message

Greetings parents and carers

We have recently received some feedback about our school's communication. This is an area we have been working on with the aim being to streamline how we communicate to our school community. At present our school has the following main avenues of communication in place:

REASON FOR COMMUNICATION	WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION
General information, updates and reminders for school events and activities	SkoolBag
Specific event information requiring a payment and/or a signature	School Bytes
General information, updates and reminders for school events and activities. Notification of student absences NOTE: This communication avenue is being pared back to student absences only	Sentral parent portal (also sends to parent/carer emails)
Showcase of student learning and school events/activities	Weekly newsletter
Notification of student injury or illness	Phone call

Community feedback on the use of School Bytes has been positive. SkoolBag was introduced this term and will eventually take the place of the Sentral parent portal for general dissemnation of information. Many of our parents and carers have downloaded the SkoolBag app and created an account. If you require any assistance with this, please see the flyer included in this newsletter, or call our friendly office staff on 4957 1511 and they will provide with with support.

If our parents and carers wish to contact the school they can do so in the following ways:

REASON FOR COMMUNICATION	WHO/HOW TO COMMUNICATE
General enquiries or information	Contact the school office on 4957 1511 OR via email: newlambton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Change of information (e.g. address, contact, legal document, medical, etc)	Contact the school office on 4957 1511 OR via email: newlambton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Student absence	Respond to the school SMS notification OR contact the school office on 4957 1511 or via email: newlambton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Late arrival or early departure	Attend the school office to sign your child in or out
Change to pick up arrangements	Inform the class teacher in writing if known prior otherwise contact the school office on 4957 1511

Week 3 Assembly

This week we held an assembly for years 3-6 only and the following students were acknowledged for their efforts outside of school:

Ella R from 4/5M, Elita C from 4/5M and Willow N from 3H for playing in the weekend netball gala day and each winning a medal
Lila J from 3H for performing in a scholarship concert and receiving a trophy and medal for contemporary dance
Darcy B-Q from 3/4V for gaining his green belt in Karate
Adelaide G-D from 3K for her NAIDOC artwork

Spirit Cup

Our 3-6 Spirit Cup recipient was Noah H from 4/5M for displaying exemplary classroom behaviour and excellence!

I will leave you now to enjoy the images of our weekly award recipients.

Yours in public education

Justine Abell

Coming Up

Week 4

Monday 8 August

Year 6 Canberra information night 6pm in the school library

Tuesday 9 August

NSWPSSA Knockout Basketball gala day at Broadmeadow

Friday 12 August

Newcastle City PSSA Zone Athletics Carnival (Glendale)

Week 5

Monday 15 August

P&C Meeting 7:00 pm

Tuesday 16 August

Stage 2 Zone Public Speaking - Belair PS
ICAS English

Wednesday 17 August

Stage 1 Zone Public Speaking - Merewether PS

Friday 19 August

Early Stage 1 Zone Public Speaking - Carrington PS
Premier's Reading Challenge closes

Week 6

Monday 22 August

Stage 3 Zone Public Speaking - HSPA

Tuesday 23 August

ICAS Mathematics
Book Week parade

Friday 26 August

Hunter PSSA Athletics Carnival - Glendale

From the Office

Contact Information

It is important that we have up to date contact details for parents including phone numbers, emails and addresses. Please let us know if any of these have changed recently so we can update our records.

If you have any questions, please contact the office on 4957 1511 or email newlambton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.

Diane MacBean

School Administrative Manager

Reminder - Download the SkoolBag App

https://moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

The SkoolBag app is the easiest way keep up with school events, last minute notices, newsletters and all school communications. Follow the five easy steps i the flyer below to set up your SkoolBag account.

100 Days of Learning!

The 100th day of school is a milestone for our kindergarten students. On Friday, Kindergarten celebrated the day in costume participating in a range of fun themed activities. We are very proud of the achievements our students have made since beginning at NLPS!

Kindergarten Teachers

Resource Smart Schools Program

Our new recycling program is underway!

In Term 2 New Lambton Public School was accepted to participate in the Resource Smart Schools Program run by Newcastle City Council. As a result, our school will start a recycling program next week (Week 4).

Our school shall begin to recycle hard plastics, glass and aluminium in the classroom and playground. This new recycling program, alongside our existing paper and cardboard recycling should help our school community reduce the amount of waste going to landfill each day. We have also received a new worm farm to support composting and fertilisation of our garden beds.

Time to get recycling NLPS!

Miss Gordon

New recycling bins

Sports Wrap

Zone Athletics Carnival

Friday 12 August will see our athletics representatives attend the Newcastle City PSSA Athletics Carnival at Glendale. Students have received their notes and will need to enter via the QR code on their note. Please see me for any concerns.

NSWPSSA Primary Football Competition

Hanna M and Olive H have been representing our region at the NSWPSSA Primary Football competition. We are looking forward to getting a sports wrap from the girls about how their team went. Well done!

Basketball Gala Day

Teams have been selected and will compete at the NSWPSSA Knockout Gala Day at Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium on Tuesday 9 August. Good luck to our boys and girls teams.

That's a wrap!

Premier's Reading Challenge

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is closing on Friday 19 August.

All students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 have completed the challenge at school with the support of their classroom teacher.

Students in Years 3-6 are encouraged to complete the challenge independently. They must read and record 15 identified PRC books and five choice books by the closing date. Students can log their reading record onto the Premier’s Reading Challenge website. If your child is unsure of their login, please remind them it is the same username and password that they use at school.

If your child has forgotten their login details or has difficultly entering their books online, please direct them to bring their reading record to Mrs Williamson or Mrs Burgess and we will assist them to record their books in our library.

Looking forward to another successful year of students at NLPS completing the challenge!

Mrs Burgess and Mrs Williamson

Teacher Librarians

P&C Update

Next P&C meeting

Just a quick reminder that our next P&C meeting will be taking place on Monday 15 August at 7:00 pm in the new staffroom. Please join us for a cuppa and a tour of the refurbished administration space followed by our P&C meeting. Everyone is welcome!

Katie Frankiewicz

P&C President

Community Noticeboard

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