Lismore South Public School Newsletter

Kindergarten to Year 2 students will now visit Macadamia Castle on Friday, 14th October  A note with the updated information was sent home on Tuesday 20th September.   

Our Stage 2 and 3 classes participated in an important Cyber-safety lesson with our local Police Youth Liaison officers. We encourage all parents and carers to discuss with students what they understand about their personal safety using the internet. The internet is a great way to socialise, learn, work, play and be entertained — but with technology comes risks. 

• Closely monitor your child’s internet use and keep devices and a computer in a shared or visible place in the home.
• Stay aware of how your child uses the internet and explore it with them.
• Encourage your child to use the same manners and communication they would use offline, and remind them it’s okay to report others who aren't being nice.
• Establish rules about the types of content or information your child should report to an adult – for example, telling you about any swearing or bad words they find online.

• Advise your child not to respond to any negative messages and to report any hurtful messages they receive to you or another trusted adult.
• Teach your child that there are ways they can deal with material that worries or frightens them – this includes immediately telling a trusted adult of any concerns or uncomfortable material and how to close a web page or turn off a screen.
• Set rules to make sure your child knows what information they can share or post online and the websites they can visit. This includes telling a trusted adult before posting any personal information online, including for competition entries.
• If your child shows any concerning changes in behaviour or mood then talk to them or seek professional support – Kids Helpline provides free, confidential online counselling for young people, and your school may also be able to help.
• Consider using filters to help manage your child's online access.

Congratulations to our new P & C Committee who were elected at the AGM on Wednesday, 14th September. President: Kelly Lewis, Vice President: Michelle Taylor, Secretary: Arneeka Gill and Treasurer: Lisa Gaudron.

This Term we have been focusing on numbers 1 - 10 and one to one correspondence. This is such an important concept for young children to learn and encouraging children to use their fingers and toes as a tool to help them learn is one of the simplest forms of the concept. At preschool we link this to songs and rhyme such as Once I Caught a Fish Alive, and Five Little Ducks. To follow on from explicit teaching children practise these skills in play and everyday scenarios, for example counting everyday objects, building with blocks, playing number games, and pretend play with play dough.

[Early Years Learning Framework. Outcome 5: Children are Effective Communicators. Children demonstrate an increasing understanding of measurement and number using vocabulary to describe size, length, volume, capacity and names of numbers.]

Children have also enjoyed making rose petal perfume, creating spring flowers, cooking play dough party food, building roads and rivers, making clover chains, investigating floating and sinking, and exploring birds in our environment.