Dear Parents and Caregivers,

I look forward to welcoming back all students to Lihir International School, next week Monday, the 29th January. Students should be at school by 8.00am at the latest.  I am sure our students are eager to start the new school year, with all the exciting learning to be had ahead! Staff resumed on Thursday the 25th January. Parents are able to enter the school grounds to escort their children to classrooms if they wish to do so for the first day. In the afternoon, early years parents can wait in the undercover area for their children or near the front gate, School finishes at 3.00pm. Kindy parents are to collect their children from the Kindy room at 12.15pm.

Please download the term 1 Parent Calendar using the link below.

Uniforms

The office is open for parent enquiries and the purchase of uniforms. 

School Entrance

Parents and community members are reminded that the only entrance to school is from the Anginas Oval carpark. Townsite residents who walk to school are also to only use this entrance. 

2024 Staff 

Principal K-10 LIS / STM Gregory Neville (includes Coordinator Wellbeing/Discipline 7-10)

Deputy Principal K-10 Catherine Langusch (includes Coordinator Curriculum K-10, Coordinator Wellbeing/Discipline K-6)

Deputy Principal STM Kevin Collins

Coordinator Physical Education Judith Meauri

Coordinator Library / Relief Teacher Grace Savitas

Administrative Officer Lorna Romaso-Daimol

Kindy Angela Collins and Rachael Andar

Prep Jennifer Dovaston and Georgina Kinkinteng

Year 1/2 Diana Saua and Clementa Exzil

Year 3/4 Anastasia Tukata

Year 5/6 Catherine Langusch

Year 7/8 Elizabeth Laien - Class Patron

Year 9/10 Rachael Baiwan - Class Patron

LIS School / STMC assistant – Judith Meauri

High School and School to Mine subject teachers

Elizabeth Laien, Patricia Yip, Kevin Collins, Rachael Baiwan, Angela Collins, Joseph Takaundo, David Wengip, Stanley Sirifave, Edwina Jason, Grace Savitas

School Council AGM

The annual General Meeting of the School Council will be held on Thursday, the 29th of March 2024. At this meeting, voting for vacant positions for Parent Representatives will occur in the undercover area from 6.00pm–6.20pm. Nomination forms are available from the school office and must be returned to the school office by Thursday the 8th February 2024. If you would like to know more about the functions of the School Council, please make an appointment to see the principal.

Regards,

Mr Greg Neville         

School Hours K - 6 (LIS)                                                               

Official school times are:

8.10                 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15      Home room (Assembly on Monday and Friday mornings)

8.15 – 10.35    First session

10.35 – 11.05 Recess (15 minutes eating followed by 15 minutes play)

11.05 – 12.35 Second session

12.35 – 1.20    Lunch (15 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

1:20 – 3.00      Third Session 

3.00                 End of school day  

School Hours 7 - 10                                                                                  

Official school times are:

8.10                 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15      Home room (Assembly on Monday and Friday mornings)

8.15 – 10.05    Two periods

10.05 – 10.35 Recess (10 minutes eating followed by 20 minutes play)

10.35 – 1.20    Three periods

1.20 – 2.00      Lunch (10 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

2.00 – 2.55      One period

2.55 – 3.00      Home room

3.00                 End of school day

Term 1 Monday 29 January to Thursday 28 March

Term 2 Monday 15 April to Thursday 20 June

Term 3 Monday 15 July to Thursday 12 September

Term 4 Monday 30 September to Thursday 5 Decembe

Welcome back to 2024 and a special welcome to our new students and families to the LIS community! We look forward to meeting you over the coming weeks.

Teachers have been busily preparing for the start of the year and are eager for the term to begin. 

This year, we look forward to working with parents and students to consolidate the excellent teaching and learning practices in place at Lihir International School. In English Literacy, we will be continuing our focus on reading/comprehension and daily writing activities and in Mathematics, we will continue to focus on problem-solving using our SEE, PLAN, DO, CHECK strategy from Year 2 onwards.

Over the coming weeks, I will again present parent workshops on Soundwaves (Spelling) and Maths Problem-solving, which would be beneficial to new parents to our school or to any parents who may have missed last year's workshops.

I look forward to seeing parents and students next week.

Kind regards,

Ms Cathy Langusch             

Welcome back to a new year. The School to Mine Campus is now an integral part of LIS/STM and as such, I will be updating our community on the STMC programs throughout the year in the Toksave. 

The STMC is currently preparing for our 10 Programs of the School to Mine. In Week 2, a new Work Ready Program will commence and at this stage we have 19 trainees currently being onboarded in preparation for this program. 

We are also shortlisting students for our Year 9 / 10 FODE Program for 2024. We were very pleased with our 4 FODE students who completed their Grade 10 studies last year and look forward to working with our 4 students who are moving into Grade 10 and our 5 continuing Grade 10 Upgraders.  

STMC staff are also working closely with Divine Word University to prepare for the next semester of the DWU Bachelor of Primary Education, and the DWU Master of Education Leadership for teachers across Lihir. We are also working with the Local Provincial Education Office to finalise arrangements for the delivery of the Trupla Tisa Program this term. 

Congratulations to our 9 Academic Support students, 5 from OLSH who went through our Scholarship Program and 4 from LSS who were supported through our Academic Support Program.  All 9 students were all accepted into university and have been accepted into Learning and Talent's Tertiary Support Assistance Scheme. We look forward to tracking their success through university.  

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone all the best for 2024.

Regards, 

Mr Kevin Collins