Week 10 Term 1 2013 Phone 42292487 Fax 42283145 Email lindsaypk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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03.04.2013

EASTER HAT PARADE

Dear Parents,

Last week we held our annual Grandparents Assembly, Morning Tea and Easter Hat Parade. The day was a

huge success and fun was had by all. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone

involved in what are very important events in our school calendar. It was so pleasing to see so many

parents, grandparents and family friends at the school.

The work to remove the dangerous tree branches near our Library is nearly complete and as such we can

now reopen the first school gate on Thames Street, as well as the front of the Library. Thank you for your

assistance and understanding in this matter.

Our two principal parent organisations, the P&C and Auxiliary have both conducted their Annual General

Meetings for the year. These organisations are so important to the school and they directly contribute to

your child’s education at Lindsay Park. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing execu-

tive of both organisations for the outstanding work they undertook last year and I look forward to

continuing this important partnership this year. If you wish to be more involved with the school, the P&C

and Auxiliary provide great opportunities for you to contribute to the school community. I look forward to

seeing as many parents as possible at the meetings.

The Primary students have just completed their workshops with Dr Patty Rose on bullying. Evaluations

from the students, staff and parents involved were all exceptionally positive. The school will be using the

students’ participation as a catalyst for further work in this important area.

In preparation for our ANZAC Day Service next Term, the students are currently exploring the latest

Australian War Memorial Museum in a Box – Defence of Australia. The box contains artefacts, pictures,

posters, a uniform and teaching notes. Please ask your child about this wonderful teaching resource.

As this is the last newsletter for the Term, can I take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support of

the school and congratulate the students on an excellent start to the school year. I look forward to seeing all

of our students return on Wednesday May 1.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Easter hat parade and grandparents day

Grandparents day, including the Easter Hat Parade was a great success. Grandparents and parents attending the assembly were treated to performances by some of our students and the Monster Easter Raffle was drawn. The children enjoyed showing off their amazing hats in the parade. Thank you to all of the parents and grandparents that attended and to everyone who supported the school by purchasing raffle tickets. We raised a total of $2309.

1. Leisha George 10. Emma McCartney 19. Alyssa Neden 28. Diane Koutlis

2. Allison Chamberlain 11. Jessica Nagy 20. Rhys Cattle 29. Ben Morrison

3. Nicole Thompson 12. Miriam Aubanel 21. Maree Baulman 30. Dante Freitas

4. Kym Iseri 13. Lauren Sherlock 22. Lochie Davidson 31. Jessica Conlin

5. David Banner 14. Grace Taylor 23. Dickson Family 32. Rory Whinn

6. William Beattie 15. Abbey McCartney 24. Tahlia & Zac

Moulton

33. Maree Baulman

7. Jack Cooper 16. Imogen Coe 25. Jean Thompson 34. Noah Walker

8. Annaleise Betts 17. Victoria MacMillan 26. J. Halls 35. Mrs. Cecchele

9. E. White 18. Kris Dimitroski 27. Dimitrios Balgovind 36. Lily Tegart

CANTEEN ROSTER

THURSDAY 04/04/13 Alison , Sarah

FRIDAY 05/04/13 Kerryn , Kym, Janelle

MONDAY 08/04/13 Belinda

TUESDAY 09/04/13 Jodie, Elena

WEDNESDAY 10/04/13 Paul , Melinda

THURSDAY 11/04/13 Tracy, Kylie

FRIDAY 12/04/13 Tania, Rachelle , Narelle

WEDNESDAY 01/05/13 Paul, Fiona

THURSDAY 02/05/13 Carol , Kate

FRIDAY 03/05/13 Julie , Lisa , Sue

MONDAY 06/05/13 Geraldine , Sandra

TUESDAY 07/05/13 Tamsin , Delaina

COMING EVENTS

05/04/13 SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY

12/04/13 LAST DAY TERM 1

01/05/13 FIRST DAY TERM 2

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

WEEK 8 TERM ONE 2013

CLASS STUDENT DATE

KT Cameron 21/03/13

KC Leila 21/03/13

KM Lucy 21/03/13

1S Krystal 21/03/13

1D Amelia 21/03/13

2A Callum 21/03/13

2W Sophie 21/03/13

3/4D Isaac , Emily 21/03/13

3J Harry , Jada 21/03/13

4/5M Tahliya , Jack 21/03/13

5/6H Jasper , Abbey 21/03/13

5/6S Ilia , Elijah 21/03/13

5/6M Allan , Ivana 21/03/13

TERM 2

The first day of Term 2 is WEDNESDAY MAY 1st.

Monday and Tuesday are staff development days.

Please do not send your children to school on

these days as there will be no supervision.

SPORTS NEWS Congratulations to Emma Somerville for being selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone PSSA

Girls Soccer team. We wish her all the very best for her trials for the South Coast team to be

held in Nowra.

Congratulations to Maddy Weatherall for her selection in the Northern Illawarra Zone Rugby

League team. We wish her all the best for her South Coast trials next week.

LPPS are so lucky to have such talented sports people.

CROSS COUNTRY Our cross country will be held this Friday April 5th. A note went home last week regarding the order of

events. (Please check the school website under "notes" if you did not receive this.) If it is raining on the

morning of the cross country, please check the school website for our decision on wether the cross country

will be held or not.

The first back up date is Tuesday April 9th. If the cross country is not run on Friday, please come prepared

on Tuesday (and each day afterwards until the cross country has been run).

I look forward to seeing you all there cheering on our students.

Raquel Colquhoun

LPPS Sports Coordinator

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY—CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

This year’s district cross country will be held on Friday May 10th at the Kembla Joggers

Track. We once again have the opportunity to run the canteen. All profits go to our school

and we have raised a lot of money from this in the past.

If you are interested in helping out on the day, please contact Sue McCartney at

suemc@optusnet.com.au

MOTHER’S DAY STALL

The Auxiliary will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall on Tuesday the 7th of May. The stall will be open only to students and they will be taken by their teachers in class groups throughout the day. Gifts will cost $3 or $5. Please send your child to school with money and a shopping bag if you would like them to purchase from the stall.

The Auxiliary meeting will also be held on Tuesday May 7th.

Stewart House Bags will be handed out this week. If

you have any clean, unwanted clothing in good

condition, please place it in these bags and return them

to the school office. We hope that you can join us in

supporting this great charity.

The Auxiliary AGM has been held. Positions for 2013 are:

Convenor: Sue

Secretary: Kerryn

Treasurer: Lauren

SCHOOL iPhone App

Our School is now trialling our own Skoolbag School iPhone App to help us communicate more effectively

with our Parent/Student community. We are trialling the iPhone version for 30 days, if we continue with the App

after the trial, we will then also be providing

the Android version

for the Google Play Store. We are asking

for as many parents/students to install our

Skoolbag School App.

To install it, just look for our school name

"Lindsay Park Public School " in the Apple

App Store, and install it on your iPhone."