Term 4 Week 9

Lismore Public School NEWSLETTER

CLASS STRUCTURE 2021

I would like to advise you that the class structure for 2021 has now been

confirmed and staffing almost finalised.

K/1B — Ms Nikki Benson

K/1H — Ms Juanita Hendricks

1/2CH — Mrs Sam Hughes and Mrs Heather Cole (Relieving Assistant

Principal for 2021)

1/2G — Mrs Joan Geihe

3/4D — Mr Troy Davies

3/4H — Mrs Sheron Hadler

3/4P — Mrs Kara Parrish

Stage 2 LaSt- Mrs Annie McDonald (Stage 2 Assistant Principal)

5/6S — Ms Jenica Stephenson

5/6C — Ms Fallon Campbell (Relieving Assistant Principal, Term 1)

5/6W — Ms April Deaves

SCS — Ms Marita Smith

SCP — Mr Chris Peachey

SCJ — Mrs Jennifer Lumley (Assistant Principal Support)

Senior Support Class — Teacher to be confirmed.

Early Intervention — Teacher to be confirmed following an open merit

selection process which is currently underway.

Ms Reen Anderson and Mrs Tamara Yates will also continue working with our

students in a variety of roles next year.

MRS HOSKINS RETIREMENT

Mrs Liz Hoskins (Short) has made the decision that she will retire from teaching

at the end of this year. Liz has had a long and distinguished career with the NSW

Department of Education and on behalf of all the students she has positively

impacted on during her career I would like to thank her. Many students will have

fond memories of Mrs Hoskins and her caring, calm and supportive approach to

teaching. She has always gone above and beyond her

Upcoming

Events

10/12/2020

Online Christmas Carols

6pm on school fb page

10/12/2020

Uniform Shop — LAST DAY

OPEN FOR 2020

Above

Infant

Classrooms

8:30am —

9:30am

10/12/2020

Year 5/6 Legends Pack

Memorial

Baths &

Roller World

$38 (for

both days)

11/12/2020

ARRRBEE Fun Day

LPS From

10:00am

14/12/2020

Presentation Day

LPS —

15/12/2020

Y6 Graduation

Summerland

Farm $30

16/12/2020

Last Day of School 2020

29/01/2021

First Day of School 2021

Principal’s Report

We would like to respectfully acknowledge the Elders past and present of the Wijabul

Wiyabal people and other peoples of Bundjalung Nation. We acknowledge that they are the first peoples of

this land on which our school stands.

Rights— Be Safe and Learn

required duties and had students at the centre of all decision making on a personal and school level. Liz has

been part of the leadership team at Lismore Public School since her appointment as Assistant Principal in

1994 and has actively engaged with the broader school community during this time. Her ability to form positive

relationships across the school and her knowledge of all things “Lismore Public” will be missed by students,

staff and our school community. Staff will farewell Liz on the last day of school this year.

STUDENT PROGRESS REPORTS

Student progress reports for Semester 2 will be sent home with students on Monday 14th December. If you do

not receive your child’s report on this day please contact the school. Reports that are not distributed by the end

of the school year will be posted.

END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES

Our end of year activities have commenced this week with our Stage 3 Legends Activities and our Arrrbee Fun

Day. We will then have Presentation Day and our Year 6 Graduation High Tea at Summerland Farm next week.

Our end of year activities look very different due to COVID 19 restrictions and school staff have done their best

to ensure we celebrate the achievements and milestones for our students in line with guidelines at the time of

planning.

I would again like to thank our school parent community for their support of our efforts during this challenging

time. I know it is disappointing for parents to miss activities like the Year 6 Graduation and Presentation Day.

Please continue to show your support by not trying to attend either event. Both Presentation Day and The Year

6 Graduation will be filmed and uploaded to a closed YouTube channel and we encourage families to view

these events with their children so students can be acknowledged for their efforts by those closest to them.

The last day for student attendance is Wednesday 16th December. Staff will be onsite on Thursday 17th

December to participate in professional learning related to our School Improvement Plan and collaborative

planning for 2021.

Have a great last week at school everyone. A reminder that staff will be maintaining high behaviour

expectations until the end of the school year.

Remember Arrrbee says “Rights, Respect, Responsibility”.

Jackie Nilon

Principal

Principal’s Report (Cont)

Our Christmas Raffle will be drawn this Friday 11

December. We ask that all Christmas Raffle

tickets and money be taken into the school office

today (Wednesday) or Thursday at the latest!

Thank-you to all families who brought in donations

of items for our raffle prizes and to families who

have purchased raffle tickets.

P&C: Xmas Raffle Reminder

Positive Behaviour For Learning (PBL)

Respect—Be Caring and Polite

1. Sit in designated area

2. Wait for the bell

3. Know your plan

ARRRBEE Fun Day Revealed

PBL — Social Skills: Joining In

PBL Focus: Before/

After School and Buslines

Can you guess what some of the activities might be?

Hi, can I

please join

your game?

Yeah sure!

These are

the rules...

Students who have met behaviour expectations in 2020 will

have the opportunity to celebrate their positive achievements

with an afternoon of fun activities on our ARRRBEE Fun Day.

When: Friday, 11 December

Cost: free

Students are expected to wear their school uniform.

Please provide your child/children with the following:

Sun safe clothing or swimmers for water play activities

Bag for wet belongings

Hat

Drink bottle

PBL: Travelling To and From School

School supervision starts from 8:40am each morning. Students are encouraged to arrive between 8:40 and

9:10 ready for the start of the school day.

Riding to school on scooter, bike or skateboard – students are required to wear a helmet. Upon arrival at

school they are to take their scooter, bike or skateboard to the bike shed (located near A Block and G Block)

and collect after the afternoon school muster.

COVID-19 Attendance Guidelines

Responsibility—Be Accountable

The following guidelines will support schools in en-

suring that student attendance continues in schools.

All students should be either:

at school

at home because they are currently unwell

at home due to self-isolation requirements

at home because they have a medical certificate

which states that they are unable to return to

school due to an ongoing medical condition (or in

limited cases where a family member has an

ongoing medical condition).

If a student develops flu-like symptoms while at

school, they will be sent home and are not to return

to school until they have received a negative COVID-

19 test result which is received and sighted by the

school. Students will be marked as ‘Sick’ during this

period.

Please see the included list of symptoms. If any

student attends school with any of these symptoms,

parents will be contacted to collect them.

Update from the P&C

The LPS P&C had our last meeting for the year on Monday night. We would like to thank our core P&C volun-

teers and members who have spent so many, many hours this year putting together book club orders, volun-

teering in the canteen, organising fundraisers, applying for grants to support our School, organising our fi-

nances through COVID-19 and putting together our amazing School Christmas Raffle. Thank-you for all your

efforts as these things cannot happen without volunteers like you!

We would also like to sincerely thank Jackie Nilon (LPS Principal) and all of the amazing teaching and sup-

port staff at LPS. Thank-you for all the of the work that you do to support our students… especially over this

difficult year. Our students are lucky to have such an amazing School community!

The P&C would like to invite all members of the School Community to join the P&C in 2021 to stay up to

date with what is happening within the school and to have your say!

We hope all families have a safe and relaxing summer holiday.