Week 6 Term 1 2017 Phone 42292487 Email lindsaypk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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03.03.2017

Yesterday, Thursday March 2nd we had a special assembly to induct our new

School Captains, SRC Representatives and School House Captains for 2017.

Congratulations to all our new student leaders, you have already been doing a

great job and the LPPS staff are very impressed with your positive and respon-

sible attitude.

KC Myla M. Henry P.

KT Caleb B. Leila T.

KD Eve B. Robbie R

1M Jayden W. Aaron M.

1C Alex J. Andrew W.

1/2D Junyong L. James M. James S. Zahra F.

2C Bradley F. Ebonie F. Jessica C. Ivy O.

2S Banjo L. Summah A. Lowena W. Owen D.

3/4L Dante K. Ava S. Makayla P. Elijah B.

3/4I Blake C. Gabrielle F. Paige M. Kayla K.

3/4H Ayham O. Sofia S. Lincoln J. Ella C.

3/4W Baxter H. Levi H. Abbey B. Madelaine M.

4/5M April V. Leila B. Joshua F. Oliver W.

5/6C Joseph B. Genevieve B. Max P. Alyssa B.

5/6H Nicole E. Noah W. Tilah M. Taj T.

5/6J Lucy C. Joel B. Kohan L. Charlee P.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Wednesday 8th March Auskick before school

Thursday 9th March Selective High School Test

Smiths Hill

Monday 13th March Premier’s Sporting Challenge

Learn to Lead

Tuesday 14th March P&C Meeting

Wednesday 22nd March School Cross Country

COMING EVENTS

More photos from our Induction Assembly will be available on the official Lindsay Park Facebook page and our school website.

Principal’s Report Dear Parents and Carers,

Leadership Induction

Congratulations to all of our school, sports and SRC leaders who were inducted today. We are very proud of you and know you will be great ambassadors for our school.

School Captains

Andrew and Allie

School Vice-Captains

Thomas, Lucy, Nahni and Isabel

SRC Members

Finn, Addison, Lewyn, Abbey, Cohen, Cormac, Max, Toby, Blake, Lily, Bailey, Madelaine, Baxter, Ruby, Axl, Alyssa, Harrison, Georgia, Cooper, Noah, Sienna, Isabel

Sporting Captains and Vice-Captains

BELMORE – Genevieve, William, Georgia, Ezekiel

CARRINGTON – Alana, Callum, Nicole, Jesse

FITZROY – Ella, Tye, Christos, Trey

MINNUMURRA – Olivia, Keegan, Max, Dylan

District Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to our District Swim Team for their fabulous efforts at the District Carnival last Wednesday. There were some great individual and team performances. Thank you to Mrs Colquhoun for coordinating our team’s partici-pation.

Selective High School Test

A reminder that the Selective High School test for entry to Year 7 in 2018 is on Thursday 9th March. Please contact

the school office if you have questions about this test.

High School Expression of Interest forms

Students in Year 6 have received expression of interest forms for high school 2018. These forms need to be com-pleted and handed back in to the school office by the end of this week please.

Premiers Sporting Challenge – Learning to Lead

Selected Year 5 and 6 students will attend a workshop at Figtree HS called ‘Learning to Lead.’ The workshop is de-signed to develop their interests and leadership skills in sport and physical activity as an organiser and beginner coach. Thank you to Mrs Morath for taking our students to this event.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, 13TH MARCH, 2017

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EdYOUtopia

The EduYOUtopia anti-bullying sessions will be held with Dr Patty Rose again this year on Tuesday 21st March. Inci-

dentally, this day is also Harmony Day. This workshop has become an integral part of our student welfare program each year and Dr Rose constantly builds on what the students have learnt the previous year. Payment for this is made through the school fees.

School fees

Thank you for your patience in receiving your school payments invoice this term. We will be sending these invoices home on Monday next week.

School Evacuation Drill

Next week the school will run a mandatory evacuation drill. This is something we must do at least twice a year to ensure we have clear and well communicated procedures in place. This drill will be an evacuation, where all stu-dents, staff and visitors to the school will move to the assembly point on the back oval. We will be giving students some prior warning that this is happening. Please feel free to discuss this with your child beforehand if you feel they may become anxious.

Road Safety Resources

Next week, the road safety fence banner will be put up on our fence to remind the community about the road rules in

school zones. There is also an informative flyer attached to this edition of the newsletter.

World’s Greatest Shave

One of our students,

Emily S. is participat-

ing in ‘World’s Great-

est Shave’ to raise

funds and awareness

for the Leukaemia

Foundation. Emily will

be under the COLA

each morning, starting

next week to receive

your tax deductable

donations. On Thurs-

day 16th, Emily will

have her hair shaved off as part of her commitment to raising funds and awareness. We will also have a spokesper-

son from the Leukaemia Foundation provide the school with information at our assembly on the same day. I would

like to congratulate Emily in taking this initiative to be an active, informed and caring member of our school com-

munity. Please get behind her fundraising efforts!

Teachers are learners too!

This year, all of our teachers will be undertaking new learning in explicit and systematic instruction in reading and

comprehension. Teachers of Year 3-6 are involved in Focus on Reading and their training begins next Monday after-

noon. Thank you to Mrs Morath and Mrs Horobin who are currently being trained to deliver this learning to our

staff. Teachers of Kinder – Year 2 will all be trained in Language, Learning and Literacy (L3) and their training

starts next Thursday afternoon. Our teachers have agreed to training for the most part in their own time across after-

noons, allowing the school to save on casual cover costs as well as greater stability for our classes with minimal dis-

ruption. I would like to publicly thank our wonderful teaching staff for their dedication and enthusiasm for learning

and teaching.

Kind regards,

Principal

DISTRICT SWIMMING CARNIVAL -2017

On Wednesday February 22nd, 39 Lindsay Park swimmers competed at the District carnival, at Western Suburbs pool. All students had a fun

filled day with some outstanding results. Congratulations to the following students who placed 1st or 2nd in their event/s and will be swimming

at the South Coast Carnival later in the term at Dapto Pool:

Wade B. 2nd 8yr Boys 50m Freestyle

1st Junior Boys Relay

Taj T. 1st 10yr Boys 50m Freestyle

1st 10yr Boys 50m Backstroke

2nd 10yr Boys 50m Butterfly

1st Junior Boys Relay

1st Junior Boys Medley

Tom P. 1st Junior Boys Relay

Max O. 1st Junior Boys Relay

Grace T. 2nd Junior Girls Relay

Ruby H. 2nd Junior Girls Relay

Eunah C. 2nd Junior Girls Relay

Ashleigh B. 2nd Junior Girls Relay

An extra big congratulations to Taj T. for being named CWPSSA District Swimming Junior Boy Champion. What an amazing achievement.

I would also like to thank all parents who stood in the heat, to time-keep, both at the school and the district swimming carnival. Your assis-

tance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you to Mr Smith (Paige’s dad) who willingly volunteered his time as our official starter at both the school and district carnivals. We

are certainly very lucky to have such a qualified and experienced parent as part of our school community.

SPORT TRIALS

Term 1 is a busy term for sport. Talented students in Stage 3 have the opportunity to trial for a variety of district sport teams including: crick-

et, basketball, AFL, hockey, rugby league, rugby union, touch football, tennis, softball and netball.

The framework for sport trials is the following:

School trials

District trials for all sports

Illawarra Zone Trials

Zone trials are only held for sports that traditionally have had a high number of participants. These include netball, cricket, rugby league, AFL, soccer and hockey.

The Illawarra zone is split into two parts for trials. Northern Illawarra Zone (North Wollongong PSSA, Brokers PSSA, Central Wollongong PSSA, South Wollongong PSSA and Dapto PSSA).

Southern Illawarra Zone ( Tongarra PSSA, Mid South PSSA, Shoalhaven PSSA, South Shoalhaven PSSA)

South Coast Trials

Congratulations to the following Lindsay Park students for being successful at the following:

Callum M. – Selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone cricket team

Ryan C. - Selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone cricket team

Jack C. - Selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone AFL team

Lachlan A. - Selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone AFL team

Adam K. - Selected in the Northern Illawarra Zone AFL team

We wish them the best of luck at the South coast trials in a couple of weeks.