Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to Term 3 at LIS! I hope everyone had a good break. It is great to see all our students back and eager to start the term. Thanks to our parents and carers for all their support and encouragement during Term 2. We navigated the term well, while getting back into the routine of normal uninterrupted schooling.

Over the break, the school received its long awaited equipment for the hospitality centre. Our students now have access to first class facilities for hospitality classes. The facility will also be utilised by our P&W and Student Council.

Year 8/10 Parent Meeting

On Thursday, 21st July, there will be a meeting for parents of our year 8 and year 10 students to discuss the term 4 National Exams and exam preparation. We would like all year 8 and year 10 students to be in attendance, accompanied by at least one of their parents/carers. The meeting will commence at 4.00pm in the year 9/10 classroom.

Public Holidays

On the 27th July, New Ireland Province celebrates New Ireland Day, with Remembrance Day on the 23rd of  July.

Term 3 Calendar

Please find the Term 3 Parent Calendar attached below. 

If  you have any concerns, or would like further information on any of the topics in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to make contact with any questions.

Regards,

Mr Greg Neville.

Organisation is continuing for our Netball Carnival to be held here at LIS on the weekend of 6th/7th August. OLSH Kavieng have confirmed their participation and our students and our ladies team have commenced training. A parent permission form will go home with students this week so that teams can be finalised.

Training times for students:

Junior: Wednesday afternoon, 3.15 - 4.15pm

Senior: Thursday afternoon, 3.15 - 4.15pm

All: Saturday morning, 8.30 - 9.30 am (year 8 students have exam preparation) 

The women's team training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, commencing at 6.00pm. Please see Maria Hosea if you need any further information about the ladies team and Ms Langusch or Ms Savitas about the student teams.

Book Week will be celebrated this term during week 4. This year's theme is "Choose your destiny - read". There will be a range of activities held during Book Week, organised by our Librarian, Mrs Daimol, including a Book Week Parade for Kindy - year 4 students where students can dress up as a character from a book. More information to come next week!

Scholastic Book Club

Book Club catalogues will be sent home this coming week. Thanks to Leone Bu for organising Book Club. Parents may choose to submit and pay orders online or please send in your order and money to Mrs Romaso-Daimol in the office. Orders are due by the 29th July.

Canteen

Canteen will recommence this coming Friday. Please ensure orders are in on Wednesday. Parents are reminded to check their child's bag for change on Friday. Primary students should be ordering only one main 'meal' such as one pie or one pizza, not a combination of two hot dishes. They may also order some fruit/popcorn. High school students are permitted to order two hot meal choices plus fruit/popcorn .

Thanks to Kate, Nellie and all canteen helpers for organising canteen each week.

Term 1: 31st  January – 31st March 

Term 2: 19th April – 16th June 

Term 3: 11th July – 15th September 

Term 4: 3rd October – 1st December 

Welcome back to term 3! It is certainly shaping up to be a busy and fun-filled term of learning and activities.

Year 8 / 10 National Exams 

Thank you to Mr Joseph Takaundo from the STMC for running remedial classes over the first two weeks of the holidays for our year 8 and 10 students. Exams are quickly approaching and we want our students to be as best prepared as possible. Next week, our year 10 students will complete their Science practical assessment.

There is a parent meeting this coming Thursday for all year 8 and 10s, commencing at 4.00pm in the year 9/10 room. It is important that parents and students attend this meeting to discuss the upcoming exams and exam preparation.

Staffing

This week, we welcomed Ms Jenny Dovaston to LIS and our community. She has taken on the role of Prep teacher and Mrs Daimol has moved into the role of Librarian and Learning Support. If you have any questions about the Library, please contact Mrs Daimol. Ms Dovaston will hold a short parent meeting this Wednesday afternoon, from 3.15-3.45pm, to meet the Prep parents. Student supervision will be provided if required.

Lunches

A reminder that students are to bring a packed lunch each day with enough food for recess and lunch. Parents are asked not to drop off lunches at school. Students also need a water bottle.

Headlice

We ask parents to check their child's hair for headlice as there has been some reported cases at school this week. If your child does have headlice, please purchase the medicated shampoo from the pharmacy for treatment. Please download the form below for further information.

Kind regards,

Ms Catherine Langusch. 

Welcome back to a new semester. During the last week of last term, we said goodbye to our latest Work Ready Program trainees. We wish these students all the very best as they now prepare to apply for permanent employment with both Newcrest and other stakeholders.

Our STMC staff continue to support our Year 8 and 10 students as they prepare for National Exams. Thank you to those students who came to the remedial classes provided over the holiday period. Additional classes will continue each weekend and again next term holidays to ensure the very best opportunity for our students to succeed in these very important exams.

Over the holidays, Mr Joseph Takaundo welcomed our Academic Support students from Lihir Secondary School to liaise with the Newcrest Graduate Program participants. This was a very helpful session for these students who heard firsthand experiences and advice about beginning university and preparing for a career. Thankyou to Clarisa Mondu, David Keai and Sebulon Ragi along with the Graduate Program participants for supporting our young people in this program.

Also, over the holidays we had many of our teachers who are currently undertaking the Bachelor Primary Education Program through STMC and DWU working at STMC to complete their Semester 3 assessments. We are in the process of preparing for their final semester face-to-face lectures, which will take place at the end of this term. We look forward to sharing their success when they graduate later this year.

We are in the process of onboarding our next Work Ready Program intake and look forward to welcoming this cohort on 8 August.

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.