Lithgow Public School Newsletter

Dear Parents/Carers

Term 3 is now well underway and it has been pleasing to see how settled and focussed our students are this term. I have enjoyed visiting classrooms through the week and seeing our students so engaged in their learning.

Next week is Education Week in NSW Public Schools with this year’s theme being ‘Learning Together’. With the effect of COVID-19 during 2020 there has been unprecedented changes to how our schools operate and how our students have undertaken their learning. Schools always greatly value their partnership with parents and community and in 2020 this partnership entered a new chapter with online learning happening in homes across NSW. At Lithgow Public School, we have greatly valued our community’s support, patience and shared commitment to support all of our students. Likewise, we have greatly valued our student’s commitment to learning, resilience and enthusiasm through these challenging times.

This year for Education Week our classes will be preparing videos to thank our community for their support. These will be shared through both the Seesaw app and also the school Facebook page. Our school leaders will also be presenting awards to students through the week. We look forward to celebrating Education Week with our community next week!

In the last 2 weeks our classes have also begun implementing the ‘Second Step’ program across K-6. This program teaches a range of socio and emotional regulation strategies to students as a part of our school-wide wellbeing program. Our Stage groups will be sharing these lessons, as well as home activities, through the Seesaw app. Please take the time to discuss these with your children and complete any home activities to assist us in supporting all students in our school.

As you are aware, in recent weeks there have been increased cases of COVID-19 across NSW. Lithgow Public School continues to have a range of measures in place to support the health and hygiene of our students and staff, which include regular cleaning throughout the school day, social distancing measures and limited access from visitors to the school. As always, we thank our community for your ongoing support of these measures.

Mr Davies will also be back from leave next week.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Duncan Peard

Relieving Principal

Our Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) signage is gradually being put up around the school. The signs make our expectations visible and explicit for the students. Each fortnight we have been focusing on the behaviour expectations for a particular area in the school. We teach the students exactly what we expect in the area and we reward that behaviour with our ‘gotchas’. We have seen a great improvement in consistency and student behaviour through the implementation of PBL. These signs will reinforce what is expected. Thanks to Logan Signs for making them look vibrant, welcoming and meaningful!

Stage 3 and Support have been enjoying the challenge of running to Tokyo. The update is 

The students have reached Narromine.

Run/Walked 289.233 km in one week. 

The students are keen to run again this afternoon to add some kilometres to their goal. 

Mrs Gordon was so excited to see our new Little Learner shirts on some of our new starters.  

Our Little Learners program is for children starting school in 2021. It will be held on Tuesday afternoon's and Friday mornings beginning 13 October 2020. 

If you would like to make a virtual school tour, please call our office on 6351 2297.

An opportunity for personal growth through challenge, friendship, fun and community service. 

Lithgow City Band invites people of all ages and all levels of experience to join the band.

ENQUIRIES - Toni Turner  0428 898 984

lithgowcitybandinfo@gmail.com

On Wednesday the children enjoyed a spot of gardening! They spent the afternoon turning over soil, weeding and setting up the new worm farm/compost.A few weeks ago, after a discussion about where food scraps can go, where fresh fruit and vegetables come from and how we can grow them ourselves, OSHC Director - Emma, contacted local Bunnings store and the children were lucky enough to have a worm farm/compost donated by Bunnings, Lithgow.The children agreed they were unable to grow anything yet due to it being winter but decided to prepare their garden bed for spring by keeping it nice and tidy and start filling the compost up with their food scraps so it would be ready for the warmer months to fertilise the soil.