Lindfield Lines

Term 4 Week 1 11 October 2017

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday 12 October

Twin/Triplet SRC Mufti Day

Friday 13 October

Rec Sport / PSSA begins

Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 October

Extension Class Testing

Wednesday 25 October

Kindergarten 2018 Parent Information Evening - 6:30pm

Thursday 26 October

Ryde Schools Spectacular at the Opera House

Wednesday 1 November

K-2 Athletics Carnival

Thursday 2 November

Kindy Orientation 10 - 11am

Friday 3 November

Band Try Outs

LPS Dance -A-Thon

Sunday 5 November

Lindfield Laps

Thursday 9 November

Kindy Orientation 10 - 11am

Further upcoming events can be viewed by clicking on

Calendar on the home page of the school website:

www.lindfield-p.schools. nsw.edu.au

Principal: Megan Lockery

Deputy Principal K-2: Katrin Cornell

Deputy Principal 3-6: Angela Mustaca

Principal’s Report

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to the final term for 2017. This is always an exciting

term as we celebrate the successes of the year, meet our new Kindy

students, conclude the academic programs for the year and

commence our planning for 2018. I hope that you all enjoyed a

restful break and spent some time in the lovely sunshine with family

and friends.

New Acknowledgement of Country

With input from Dave Lardner (Aboriginal Education Consultant), our

indigenous students and student leaders, LPS now has its own

unique Acknowledgement of Country. It was first recited at our

‘Around the World in 30 Classrooms’ celebration and will now be

incorporated into all school events. Here it is:

‘We would like to acknowledge the Guringai people who are the

traditional owners of this land. Their stories, knowledge and

spirituality is a living culture that flows through this country. Our

school overlooks the Lane Cove River from the top of the hill and we

thank Indigenous people for taking care of this place for countless

generations. We pay our respect to Elders, both past and present

and to other Aboriginal people here today.’

KS Assembly

In the last week of term, KS shared their learning about Fairy Tales

and sang ‘What I Am’. They created and drew their own fairy tale

character which they shared with the assembly. Well done KS!

Year 5 Poetry Workshops

Students from Year 5 had the opportunity to watch some Year 10 Drama students from Killara High

School perform different poems. The Year 10 students also taught the Year 5 students some Drama

warm up techniques and how to conquer nerves in front of an audience. After the performance, the

Year 10 students and Miss Alicia O’Donnell, a Drama teacher from Killara High School, worked with

selected Year 5 students. During this workshop the Year 10 students taught the Year 5 students how

they can use different performance techniques to perform poems themselves. Thanks to Miss Fiona

Gibb for organising this valuable experience.

Congratulations Mrs Chapman!

During the holidays, our Teacher Librarian Miss Renee Liddell celebrated her wedding and looked

beautiful! She has changed her name and will now be known as Mrs Chapman.

Infants Dance Troupe Champions to be on television this Sunday

The glass trophy was presented to our Infants Dance Troupe champions at an assembly last term. They

were awarded third place in the People’s Choice category at the Dance of Champions which will

televised this Sunday 15 October at 12:30pm on Channel 10. Be sure to watch this spectacular

performance!

Megan Lockery Principal

Deputy Principals’ Report

LPS Dance-a-thon…less than 4 weeks to go!

The Dance-a-thon is back! After the success of the Halloween Dance-a-thon

in 2016, this year we will again be dancing the night away with the LPS

Dance-a-thon on Friday 3 November. The aim of the Dance-a-thon is to get

as many sponsors as possible and each sponsorship is worth $10. The class

and individual with the most sponsorship will win a prize!

The classes in K-2 and 3-6 that gain the highest sponsorships will have a Pool

Party at lunch! Today your child will receive his or her sponsorship card for the

event. We will share the individual prize list in next week’s Lindfield Lines.

Here are just a few costume examples!

Presentation Day Assemblies: Save the Dates!

This year, we will be holding our Presentation Day Assemblies at school. We will hold stage-based celebrations of student achievements and entertain audiences with musical and dance items. All parents / carers are invited to attend. Dates are as follows: Kindergarten - Monday 4 December from 9:30 - 11:00am (approx) Stage 1 (Year 1 and 2) - Tuesday 5 December from 9:30 - 11:00am (approx) Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) - Wednesday 6 December from 9:30 - 11:00am (approx) Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) - Thursday 7 December from 9:30 - 11:00am (approx)

IB Tour

At the end of Term 3 our Intermediate Band visited Galston Public School and Glenorie Public School. Both schools were entertained by our band and were very impressed by their talent. Thank you to Miss Nero for attending and to our wonderful parent organiser and helpers.

Calendar Available on Our School Website Our School Website Calendar is updated regularly and includes important dates up to the end of the

year. Year 6 parents in particular may want to lock in some of the end of year dates as we have some

exciting celebrations planned.

PSSA and Rec Sport Begin This Week This week students in Summer PSSA (Modball, Cricket and Touch Football) will recommence training and games. Recreational Sport, Basketball, Tennis, Rock Climbing, Zumba/Yoga, Table Tennis and Swimming will commence on Friday. Students must return their permission slips by Thursday afternoon. There are still a few spots left in the swimming group if you would like your child to take part.

Selective High School and Extension Class Testing Today students in Year 5 received a note about Selective High School. All ‘Intention to apply for Year 7

entry to a selective high school in 2019’ forms need to be returned to Miss Mustaca. A reminder that the

Extension Class Testing days are next week on Tuesday and Wednesday during class time. If students

are unable to sit the tests, they will not be eligible for the extension class.

Twins and Triplet SRC Mufti Day The Student Representative Council (SRC) has organised a mufti day for this Thursday. The theme is 'Twin and Triplet Day' and students can dress the same as a friend or a group of friends. Their class may decide they all want to dress alike! Students can wear the same coloured t-shirt, dress exactly the same or wear their hair in the same way and are encouraged to bring in a gold coin donation. All proceeds will go towards the Mark Hughes Foundation to raise funds for brain cancer research.

The 'Tell Them From Me' Parent Feedback Survey This term our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey. Your valuable feedback will help guide decisions around the future directions of our school as we are in the process of putting together the LPS School Plan 2018 - 2020. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. To access the LPS Parent Survey please go to: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/lps2017 Thank you for your time in completing this survey as part of our consultation phase for the School Plan.

Katrin Cornell Angela Mustaca

K-2 Deputy Principal 3-6 Deputy Principal

Zone Trials 2017

With all the Ku-ring-gai Zone Trials coming to an end for 2017, I would like congratulate all the students

who represented our school with some progressing to Area and State trials.

Max F Orienteering Nicholas B Area trials for Cricket and Zone combined for Soccer Oliver B Zone combined trials for Cricket Felix B State trials for Cricket later this term. Good luck Felix Sophie R Zone combined trials for Soccer Daisy R Zone combined trails for Soccer Charlea M Area trials for Touch Football and Zone combined for Cricket Sean O Area trials for Softball James L State trials for Golf – Well done James! Georgie P Zone combined trials for Touch Football Ryan C Zone trials for Soccer Eric K Zone trials for Soccer Isaac S Zone combined trials for Touch Football Lucy W Zone trials for Netball Claire B Zone trials for Netball Abby W Zone trials for Netball Victoria P Zone combined trials for Basketball Lilit H Zone combined trials for Basketball Masis H Zone combined trials for Basketball Tim Elsley PE Teacher

Absentee Notification

The Absentee Telephone Line is no longer in operation. We would appreciate it if you record student

absences via the Skoolbag app which can be downloaded from the app store. Just search for Lindfield

Public School.

Simply open the app Select the eForms tab Select the Absentee Form tab

Community Notice Board

All community notice/flyers can now be found under the Parent and Community link on our website.

http://www.lindfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/p-c-website/community-notice-board

Medical Alert Updates 2017

Please ensure all the children with anaphylaxis and other medical conditions, hand in their updated

action plans. Kindly ask your doctors to sign, stamp and date them. The school needs to receive a

coloured copy of the action plan for our health records. All students with a known medical condition

must provide updated health plans for 2017. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Notes Sent Home

Notes available to download from the school website: www.lindfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Please look under the “Notes” tab.

Work on Display

Anaphylaxis at Lindfield Public School

At Lindfield Public School in 2017, we have a small number of children with a potentially life

threatening allergic reaction. They are found across our school from Kindergarten to Year 6.

How can parents help these children?

If possible, choose alternative sandwich spreads to peanut butter and Nutella. If

you have no alternative, inform your child that these foods can trigger an

anaphylactic reaction.

Reinforce the school’s NO FOOD SHARING message.

Library

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a wonderful, restful break.

Last term we ordered 10 new iPads just for our use in the Library and they have arrived! This doubles

the amount of technology available in the Library and will revolutionise our lesson content. Technology is

a key aspect of Library programs and these iPads will allow for smaller group sizes when sharing our

resources and will greatly increase the learning opportunities available. Once they are loaded and

operational, we will begin using them in Library lessons.

What’s happening this term?

In Library lessons, Kindergarten will have the opportunity to explore the different types of fiction and non-

fiction texts available in our Library. The books selected to be read will complement themes and topics

being taught in class as they begin to develop a deeper understanding of the purpose and types of fiction

and non-fiction texts and how to differentiate between them.

Stage 1 students will begin learning some basic information literacy skills using non-fiction digital

materials. Together with the teacher librarians, the students will be jointly analysing and decoding World

Book Kids encyclopaedia articles to answer accompanying comprehension-based questions. This will

help to build on their ability to read a text, process it and understand its meaning in order to succesfully

answer relevant questions.

Stage 2 students will be putting into practice the

Guided Inquiry Design Process skills they were

taught in Library last term. The process aims to

build information literacy strategies in order to

effectively search for and evaluate information

from a diverse range of both physical and

electronic material, giving them the ability to

become independent learners and decision

makers. Using these research skills, the students

will work towards producing an assignment

consolidating knowledge investigated on world

celebrations.

Stage 3 will continue to use their Library time for

borrowing and quiet reading time only.

Borrowing for Kindergarten to Year 5 will stop at

the end of Week 8. Year 6 will be restricted to

classroom use only from the beginning of Week 8

to ensure all books are returned before they are off

to high school!

Happy reading!

Mrs Chapman (formerly known as Miss Liddell), Mrs Bulgin and Mrs Kroie

Teacher Librarians

Happy reading!

Canteen

Recess is now available on Flexischools for Years 3 to 6!

Don’t forget you can now order your recess online on Flexischools. Over the counter cash sales at

recess and lunch will still be available as well! We have delicious Greek yoghurt

and fruit, mango and banana powershakes and ABC mini muffins.

Birthday bucket bonanza

We celebrated a lot of birthdays at the end of last term with eight birthday

buckets alone on the last day of term! If you have a birthday coming up why not

get a treat for the whole class from the Canteen and we’ll deliver it and make

their day. The birthday bucket contains frozen juice treats for the whole class and

for the birthday child, a Canteen voucher for a treat of their choice.

Volunteers needed

Term 4 - Week 1

Monday 9 Oct Tuesday 10 Oct Friday 13 October

Carmen Heeg-Hoffman Helper Needed Elizabeth Darbar

Makie Tsuruga Helper Needed Lynn McCardle

Wednesday 11 Oct Thursday 12 Oct Greti Lindsay

Sandra Cuello Helper Needed Helper Needed

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Term 4 - Week 2

Monday 9 Oct Tuesday 10 Oct Friday 13 October

Helper Needed Connie Wang Helper Needed

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Wednesday 11 Oct Thursday 12 Oct Helper Needed

Sandra Cuello Helper Needed Helper Needed

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If you would like to volunteer please click here or please feel free to drop in anytime if you only have an hour to spare. Sarah Burnett, Claudette Mann and Katrina Tottenham Canteen Managers

Swimming

SEAHORSES CLUB OPENING NIGHT!

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER

We welcome all LPS children to join us at Seahorses Club Night which is held at the LPS pool every Friday evening during Term 4 and Term 1 of school. Seahorses' aim is to provide a fun and inclusive environment for children wishing to swim in races. Club Night is a lot of fun for kids and families and the BBQ, drinks and snacks will be available. Please arrive by 4:45pm. Races begin at 5pm sharp. Please note that the Grosvenor Rd and Pacific Highway car parks will be chained (or barricaded) and locked at 6:15pm. It is advisable not to park in these carparks if you will be here later than 6:15pm. Don’t forget to: Purchase your pass at the Seahorses section of our website - http://lpspandc.org.au/sport-and-swimming/ Register for races by 10am Friday - http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4aaba82aa3f58-seahorses9

SAVE THE DATE: LINDFIELD LAPS!

SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Join us for the pool’s major fundraiser of the year. We need the whole school community involved – students, ex-students, parents, teachers and friends of LPS. How does it work? A team of swimmers complete as many laps of the pool as they can in 40 minutes. There is no minimum or maximum number of laps that each team member may swim. Who can be in my team? Anybody! A team has a maximum of 5 members and can be your friends, mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle, siblings… Do I need to be a good swimmer? No! We’ve had young ones on noodles, fabulous grandparents and everyone in-between. It’s about having fun with friends and family and raising much needed funds for our school pool.

SEE NEXT WEEK’S LINE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO SIGN UP.

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 4 Friday 13 October Seahorses Club Opening Night – arrive by 4:45pm Friday 20 October Seahorses Club – arrive by 4:45pm Sunday 5 November Lindfield Laps For questions regarding any aspect of swimming at Lindfield check the Swimming page of the P&C

website or email swimming@lpspandc.org.au

Michele McCarthy

Swimming Administrator

swimming@lpspandc.org.au

Chess

Welcome back for the last (but not least) term of the year! Well done to all the kids who went and competed in the NSW JCL tournaments in the holidays, especially young Kiran, Wansi and Curtis. Having completed most of our internal school tournaments last term (the Senior Tournament still to complete) our attention now turns to the NSW JCL One Day State Tournament (Tuesday 7 November) and the Schools Chess Challenge (Sunday 29 October), with the aim of bringing back some giant sized trophies… the smaller the game, the larger the trophy!? Lastly, we will start organising our membership for next year - if anyone is discontinuing or moving to another school do please let us know.

Eric Tse Chess Coordinator chessclub@lpspandc.org.au

TERM 2 & 3: Class Social Calendar

Date Class Event and Venue Time

Friday 13 October ALL

KINDY Casual ‘Get to Know You’ drinks Greengate Hotel, KiIlara

6.30pm

Sunday 15 October 1C Barefoot Bowls Family Afternoon West Lindfield Bowling Club

3pm

Tuesday 24 October

KC Mums Dinner Venue TBC

7pm

Tuesday 31st October

KC Dads Dinner Venue TBC

7pm

To have your class social functions in the Lindfield Lines please send an email to cpc@lpspandc.org.au by 8pm every Monday of Term. Thanks! Lynn McCardle Class Parent Co-ordinator cpc@lpspandc.org.au.

Clothing Pool

Clothing Pool Opening Hours: 8:30 am - 9:30 am Wednesdays and Thursdays

Don’t forget the ONLINE ordering option – easy and secure via the P&C website. Orders are then delivered to your child’s class, usually on Wednesdays or Thursdays. PLEASE include your child's name and class.

PLEASE LABEL YOUR BELONGINGS

News

New Headbands $11:

Come and have a look at our beautiful new headbands. We now stock them in our winter and summer fabric.

Swimming

Swim Caps are compulsory! We stock caps in all four house colours in both silicone and lycra! We also have swim bags that have a handy little pocket to keep the goggles and cap safe.

Lunch boxes $28

These lunchboxes have removable panels that go in the freezer overnight and keep the lunch

cool for up to 8 hours! (My spies tell me they are great for cricket!!) . http://www.fridge-to-

go.net.au/

Our Upcoming Volunteers’ Roster:

Sign up here

Week 1

Wednesday 11 Oct Thursday 12 Oct

Greti Lindsay Volunteer needed

Greti Lindsay Volunteer needed

Week 2

Wednesday 18 Oct Thursday 19 Oct

Greti Lindsay Volunteer needed

Greti Lindsay Volunteer needed

Convenor – Jean Nightingale

Clothing Shop Manager – Greti Lindsay

orders@lpspandc.org.au

Band

Welcome back to Term 4 which promises to be a busy term culminating in one of the highlights of our

year – the Music Spectacular on Friday 24 November at which all bands will be playing.

We also have a JB Information Evening on Monday 30 October for any Year 2 children who are

interested in joining band next year (existing Year 3 – 5 children who want to join are welcome to come

too).

We know that many of you need to plan in advance to manage commitments in 2018 so, to assist in your

planning, please find below the band rehearsal days and times for 2018.

Band Conductor for 2018 Rehearsal times 2018

Junior Band Megan Lipworth Wednesday 3 – 4.15pm Friday 7.40 – 8.50am

Intermediate Band Sian Joyce Tuesday 3 – 4.15pm Thursday 7.30 – 8.50am

Concert Band Megan Lipworth & Tim Ferrier

Tuesday 7.20 – 8.50am Thursday 3 – 4.15pm

Stage Band Tim Ferrier Monday 6 – 7pm

BAND CALENDAR – New items/ recent changes in italics

TERM 4

Week 3 Fri 27/10 CB to play for Year 2 at 2pm (recruitment drive for JB)

Week 4 Mon 30/10 JB Information Evening – instrument demos and information for JB 2018

Week 4 Tues 31/10 Halloween performance – all bands to play in the morning

Week 4 Fri 3/11 JB try-outs for 2018 (11am – 1pm)

Week 7 Fri 24/11 Music Spectacular – All bands

Week 9 Presentation Days: Stage 2 Wednesday 6 December – IB perform (TBC) Stage 3 Thursday 7 December – CB perform (TBC)

Week 9 Fri 8/12 CB day - Final rehearsals for all bands (TBC)

Week 10 Tues 12/12 Orchestra perform at Lindfield Blue Assembly – (Music trophies and awards presented (TBC))

For questions or feedback regarding any aspect of the Band program at Lindfield, please e-mail the band

co-convenors.

Megan Bryant and Michelle Taylor

Band Co-convenors

band@lpspandc.org.au

Social Justice

New homes for pre-loved

children’s books

Thank you for your generous pre-loved

books for the Australian Literacy and

Numeracy Fund. The Children’s Social

Justice Group did a great job sorting many

boxes of donated childrens books one

lunchtime at the end of term.

I dropped a car load of the book boxes into ALNF in Edgecliff. The ALNF were really grateful for the fantastic books and said they would be sent to help children in Indigenous, refugee and marginalised communities around Australia.

Lucky Winners

Congratulations to our lucky winners who shared in the prize draw of $100 Fruit Ezy, $50 Peters Meats,

$20 Quattro Deli and $20 Pasta Pantry vouchers. Thank you to these supportive Chatswood Chase

businesses. Prizes were issued to children in the last week of term.

The $558 raised on Dads Games Day and at the election day social justice stall will support 100%

hOPE, Uganda. They are building a home for girls so they don’t need to sleep in classrooms.

Spring Clean Winter Woolies!

The Children’s Social Justice Group would like to collect warm winter coats and fleeces for kids.

Please gather spare warm winter clothing and we will collect it for those in need - details will be in

Lindfield Lines next week.

Thank you for your support.

Sarah Rosewell Easdown

Social Justice Convenor

socialjustice@lpspandc.org.au