Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It was great to see our first school choir perform two songs at this week's assembly. The school choir was an initiative of Mrs Annie McKeiver and the students practised weekly leading up to the event. Thanks to Annie and her helpers for a great performance!

I would like to wish all our fathers and male carers a happy Father's Day for this Sunday!

Exam Preparation

The countdown is on towards National Exams and our Year 10 and Year 8 students have their regular Saturday morning exam prep at STM campus again this Saturday morning. We acknowledge the work that both students and teachers are putting in to prepare for the exams. 

This week, Ms Yip sent home a letter outlining the timetable for holiday exam prep sessions. Students will have their regular Saturday/Sunday sessions from 8.30-10.30am at the STM Campus with Mr Wengip. During the second week of the holidays, from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th September, there will be exam prep sessions at LIS from 8.30-10.30am, supervised by Ms Yip.

Swimming Carnivals

This Thursday, there will a  Prep-year 2 mini-swimming carnival held at 9.00am and a carnival for years 3-10 commencing in the late afternoon at 4.00pm. We invite parents to attend both carnivals. Thanks to Mr McKeiver and Ms Savitas for facilitating the swimming sessions this term.

School Council Meeting

There will be a School Council Meeting on Thursday, 13th October, commencing at 6.00pm in the year 9/10 classroom. This meeting is for School Council members.

Please make an appointment to see the principal if you have any concerns or queries.

Regards,

Mr Greg Neville

On Thursday the 8th of September, the school will hold both the junior and senior school swimming carnivals.  The junior carnival will be for Prep to year 2 and will take place at the pool from 9:00–9:45am.  All students are asked to bring their swimming clothes with them to school.

The senior carnival will begin at 4pm and involves students in years 3 to 10.  School will finish at lunch time, with primary students finishing at 12.35pm and high school students finishing at 1.20pm. Year 3-10 students will be expected to arrive at the pool by 3:45pm for a 4pm start to events.

Students will receive an ice-block at the end of each carnival.

A letter will be sent home to parents with further details regarding the senior carnival.  All parents are welcome to attend both carnivals. 

Thursday September 8th - Prep/1/2 Swimming Carnival  (9.00am); Years 3 - 10 Swimming Carnival (4.00pm)

Friday September 9th - Friday Assembly (Sports awards)

Monday September 12th and Tuesday September 13th - Parent/Teacher Interviews

Wednesday September 14th - Assembly (Student Council)

Thursday September 15th - Independence Day Celebration and end of term

Choir will be on next Monday from 3.15-4.00pm. This will be the final session for the term.

Term 1: 31st  January – 31st March 

Term 2: 19th April – 16th June 

Term 3: 11th July – 15th September 

Term 4: 3rd October – 1st December 

Parent/Teacher Interviews 

Parent/Teacher Interviews will be held on Monday 12th September and Tuesday 13th September (Week 10). Primary interviews will be for 15 minute duration and high school interviews for 10 minutes. We ask that parents be on time for their interview as the schedule is usually very busy. If you are late or miss your appointed time, you may miss out on your interview and have to reschedule for another day.

Student Assessment Folios

On Friday week 9, students will bring home their assessment folio which showcases some of the assessment tasks they have completed this term. We ask that parents take the time to look through the folio with their child and discuss areas of progress and goals for future focus. Please return folios the following Monday for parent/teacher interviews. Alternatively, parents can bring the folio to the interview.

Jewellery Reminder

A reminder that students are not to wear necklaces, bracelets or dangling ear-rings to school. A religious/culturally significant item of jewellery may be worn, as long as it is not visible. This week, many high school students were asked to remove jewellery.  

This week we welcomed our new teacher Stanley Sirifave to site for his first full swing. Stanley has started well taking a number of modules of the Work Ready Program. He also accompanied our trainees on a Mine / Process Plant Tour. A big thank you to James Bu and Mark Beggs for organising this tour for us, the staff who presented to our Work Ready Trainees and the transport drivers for getting us there and back safely. This is a most valuable part of our Work Ready Program, and we appreciate the support of both the Mining and Processing Teams. Thanks also to Liz Daimol who assisted with taking this group for the tour.

National Exam Preparation Classes are taking place each weekend at STMC throughout this term to ensure the very best opportunity for our students to succeed in these very important exams. It is important students attend all of these lessons with their learning materials each week.

Our FODE students and Elementary Teachers from across Lihir continue to work on their distance education with the support of our STMC Staff.

Please note the Kisim Save Library is open for use by all Newcrest Employees and Townsite Residents. Please email SchoolToMineCampus@newcrest.com.au to book a time to come. 

Regards, 

Mr. Kevin Collins