Lismore South Public School Newsletter

We are staying optimistic that these excursions will proceed with a few variations.  Due to the border closures the venues will be within New South Wales and the dates changed to Term 4.  This will also depend on the Department of Education Guidelines for Term 4.  If the excursions are unable to proceed you will have the option of a full refund or the money can be held in advance payments to be used at a later date eg uniforms.

Please Note:  Full and final payments need to be finalised by:  Stage 2 (10th September) and Stage 3 (24th September).

 We are using our Sentral text message system to confirm absences. If your child is absent from school you will receive a text message requesting an explanation for this absence.

The message will read: Lismore South PS: Your {son_daughter} {student_first_name} {student_surname_initial} was marked absent from school {date of absence}. Please provide an explanation by replying to this message.

If you have more than one child away, you will receive a message for each student. Please respond to each individual message as these are directly linked to the class roll. Please do not respond with picture messages as they will not link to the roll, just reply by text. If you have a doctor's certificate please send it in with the student when they return to school. 

Thank you so much to our families and community for your donations to raise funds for Childhood Cancer Support.  It truly was a joyous day after such a testing beginning to the year. The children had so much fun and you all made a  fantastic effort with the children's costumes. We all had so much fun drawing treasure maps, searching for treasure on Pirate Island and walking the plank.  It was a great day! 

Please be aware that morning supervision does not commence until 8.30am when teachers begin duty. Students who are dropped off, walk to school or ride their bike are not to be at school before 8.30am each day. This is a health and safety requirement. Thank you to the majority of our families who are abiding by this request and are helping keep everyone safe.

If a child presents as sick to the office, you will be asked to come and collect your child. While we understand that the symptoms can look like a cold or flu, we can’t take risks with the health of other children or staff. Symptoms to watch out for are fever, a cough, sore throat, fatigue, shortness of breath.

We love to celebrate the birthdays of our students, even during the Covid-19 pandemic. During this time we ask that cakes be store bought and single serve only or alternatively you may like to provide single wrapped iceblocks. 

Our school canteen will be open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Term 3. All food needs to be pre-ordered by 9.00am. Food will be served in a paper bag supplied by the school. Canteen will only be operating for lunch, not recess.  

Congratulations to Cooper W for winning the lucky door prize for his Dad. Thank you everyone for visiting the Father’s Day Stall. 

The next P&C meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday 15th October at 8.30pm. The secure Zoom link will be shared on Class Dojo. The P&C always welcomes new members, particularly those parents and carers who haven’t had the opportunity to join before.

Major building works continue on our site to replace the school roofs. Please find attached information regarding the removal of asbestos containing material on our school site from 4 July, 2020 through to the end of the October school holidays. As a precaution, no asbestos containing material will be removed during school hours.