TOKSAVE - Lihir International School

Term 4, Week 1, 2020

From the Principal

   

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back to all for Term 4! It was great to see all the students so eager to return to school after the break. We have a busy term ahead; please download the calendar in this Toksave, outlining all that is happening throughout the term.

Teachers are busy preparing year 8 for the National Exams in week 5 - we wish our year 8s success in their preparations. It is important that students attend school everyday and have a note in the case of an absence. 

Please read carefully the 'New Normal' requirements for Term 4 below. These practices continue to be in place to keep our children and island safe.

A reminder to parents and carers that in line with Newcrest Covid-19 prevention practices, students who may have travelled out of Lihir during the holiday break are expected to isolate on return for 14 days and be tested at the Lihir Medical centre prior to returning to school. Please contact the school if you have any further queries.

School for Term 4 will finish on Thursday the 3rd December.

If you would like more information regarding any of the topics in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to make contact.

Regards,

Mr. Greg Neville         

School Council

The next School Council Meeting will be on Thursday, the 15th Octobe,r in the year 7/8 classroom at 6pm.

Revised National Examination Dates

'New Normal' Requirements at LIS Term 4

In line with company policy, increased hygiene and social distancing practices will continue to be implemented in the school during Term 4. Please read the points below carefully. Thank you to all members of the LIS community for your patience and commitment in ensuring that we keep our children and island safe.

1. It is imperative that parents and carers do not send their children to school if they are sick or showing any symptoms of a cold or flu. If your child is sick, please keep your child home and seek appropriate medical attention. Children who display any signs of sickness will be isolated under supervision in the school's sick bay and parents called to come and collect them.

2. Entrance to school for students and parents / carers will be via the Aginas Oval gate only, which will open at 7.45am. Students who arrive before this (which is discouraged) are to wait in the carpark undercover area until 7.45am. Students should be at school by 8.05am, ready to start the day at 8.10am.

3. All students will be greeted at the gate by a teacher and will be temperature tested. They are to wash their hands at the wash station and then proceed to the undercover area. Only kindy parents will be permitted to escort their children to their classrooms and pick them up at the end of the day.  If parents need to go to the office, or see a teacher, they will be temperature checked and permitted to proceed to the wash station and are then to make their way straight to the school office.

4.  Students will be required to wash their hands in the mornings before school and before and after recess/lunch.

5. All desks, door handles, playground equipment and other high contact equipment will be sanitised twice daily or after use by cleaning staff.

6. Social distancing measure of 1.5 metres will be employed in classrooms through desk arrangements. Social distancing markings have been painted on cement areas where students line up and in the undercover area for recess/lunch eating times. The school will implement staggered lunch and recess breaks between the primary and high school to reduce the number of children in the eating area at one time.

7. Students will each be issued with a reusable washable mask. Students will be required to use these masks for travel to and from school and during specific identified activities at school.

8. The school canteen will be closed for the duration on term 4. Students will need to bring a packed recess and lunch each day - there is to be no dropping off of lunches by parents, siblings or haus meris. Students are also asked to bring a water bottle to school that they will refill instead of drinking from the bubblers. 

10. In Term 4, separate assemblies for high school and the primary will continue. Social distancing measures will remain in place for assemblies. 

Principal's Awards Week 11 Term 3

Term 4 Calendar


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From the Deputy Principal

Welcome back to term 4!

All Prep - Yr 9 students should have taken home their term 4 parent overview today. This document outlines the Learning Area programs being taught this term. Please contact your child's teacher if you did not receive a copy.

A reminder to please check that your child has a water bottle for school each day.

At the end of last term, we had our virtual LIS idol. A big congratulations to Madeline Gunnell and Jordan Brewster for their very entertaining items. Both students will receive a voucher to spend at this term's Scholastic Book Club order.

Ms Langusch             

LIS IDOL

Term 4 Book Club

Please clink on the link below for Term 4 Book Club information.
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Parents and Wantoks Committee

Next P&W meeting Tuesday 13th October, 4pm at LSSC.

Term 4 at LIS - Social Distancing at Lunch!

VIP Champion!