Dear parents and carers,

Kindergarten Enrolments

Townsite residents who wish to enrol children in the kindy program for 2023 are asked to contact the school for an enrolment form.

Year 10 and 8 National Exam Marking

Our National Exams coordinator, Ms Patricia Yip, is attending year 10 exam marking in Kavieng this week and Mr Takaundo is attending for year 8, representing Lihir International School.

2023 Classes

I am currently organising classes for the 2023 school year. If you know your child / children will not be attending Lihir International School in 2023, and you have not yet informed me, please let me know as soon as possible, so that year level numbers and class organisation can be finalised. 2023 classes will be announced in week 9.

Awards Night

In the last week of this term, on Wednesday the 30th of November, the school will host its Awards Night. The evening will consist of various awards for each class and feature class concert items. Further information regarding the Awards Night will be disseminated in coming weeks.

Rugby League Clinics and Gala Day

On Friday 11th, Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th November, we are having a guest coach, former NLR player Marcus Bai, come to the school to hold Rugby League clinics for students from Prep to Year 9. Marcus Bai will coach the Rugby League students on the Friday with all classes having a session on either the following Monday or Tuesday. Permission notes will be sent home with students to allow students to participate in these clinics. Students from the high school and upper primary will have the opportunity to participate in a Gala Day with other schools from around the island. The Gala Day will be held on Saturday, the 12th November. 

Library Books Return

There will be no more library book borrowing from the beginning of Week 8. Students are requested to return all borrowed books to the library.

Mrs Daimol needs to audit all resources and have them on the shelves ready for borrowing next year.

School Resources Return

During the course of the year, some students have borrowed resources, such as dictionaries and calculators, to use at home for their homework activities.

These must now be returned to the school for student use next year.

We also request that all home readers to be returned to classrooms by the end of Week 8.

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

Regards,

Mr Greg Neville

Wednesday: Homework class - year 5/6 from 3.10-4.00pm with Ms Langusch

Wednesday: Rugby League training - year 5 and up, 3.15-4.15pm with Mr McKeiver

Thursday: STEM Club - year 4/5/6 from 3.10-4.00 with Ms Langusch

Saturday: T-ball - Prep - year 5/6 from 8.15-9.30am with Ms Dovaston (Prep-yr2) and Ms Langusch (yr3-6)

5th November - Golden Orchid Ball

9th November - Student led conferences (Primary classes)

Term 1: 31st  January – 31st March 

Term 2: 19th April – 16th June 

Term 3: 11th July – 15th September 

Term 4: 3rd October – 1st December 

Student-led Conferences

Student-led conferences will be on next Wednesday afternoon/evening for the primary classes (prep-year 6), from 3.15-6.00pm. This is an opportunity for students to share some of their learning with parents; this is not a parent/teacher interview. Teachers will support students with planning what samples of work they wish to share.

We look forward to seeing lots of our parents attend next Wednesday. 

PAT Testing

Next week, students from Prep–year 9 will be completing online ‘PAT’ tests in English and Mathematics. PAT stands for Progressive Achievement Tests.

These tests are conducted in many schools in Australia as well as international schools and are used to track both individual student and year level learning progress. These tests are not used for student reporting but give teachers evidenced-based data about a student’s learning at a given point of time.

Staff analyse data from these tests in order to identify future learning needs.

These tests are facilitated through the ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research) website. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or your child’s teacher.

Kind regards,

Ms Cathy Langusch 

We are in the process of shortlisting Work Ready Program Candidates for the next program which will commence next January. In the coming weeks, we will interview those shortlisted and make final selections so trainees can be onboarded and ready for the next program which will take place at the end of January 2023.

We wish our Bachelor Primary Teacher Upgrade teachers, who are currently completing their final assessments, all the best. We are also in consultation with DWU to prepare for next years BEd Upgrade Program and also the Master of Educational Leadership Program.

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