Lindfield Lines

Term 4 Week 2 23 October 2019 Principal: Megan Lockery

Deputy Principal K-2: Angela Mustaca

Deputy Principal 3-6: Peter Hayllar

Principal’s Message

Time to Shine

Best wishes to our Ryde Schools Spectacular Choir who will be

performing at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow evening.

Congratulations to the choir, Ms Miggins and Miss Zhan on your

excellent preparation for this exciting event.

Reading is my secret power!

Yesterday’s Book

Character Parade

showed off the Book

Week theme of

‘Reading is my secret

power’ with fairies,

superheroes, Alice,

Red Riding Hood,

unicorns, princesses

and many other

characters. The

students and teachers

looked fabulous! Thanks go to Mrs Chapman and Mrs Loftus for

organising this highly anticipated parade.

Megan Lockery

Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 30 October

BYOD Information Night – 6:30pm Hall

Thursday 31 October

K-2 Athletics Carnival

Monday 4-22 November

Life Education – Healthy Harold

Tuesday 5 November

Nude Food Day

Thursday 7 November

Parent Information and Kindergarten

Orientation Visit 9:30-11:00am

Thursday 14 November

Parent Information and Kindergarten

Orientation Visit 9:30-11:00am

P&C Meeting – 7:30pm Staff Room

Wednesday 20 November

Year 6 Mini Fete

Sunday 24 November

Lindfield Laps

SAVE THE DATES:

Monday 9 December

Years 5 and 6 Presentation Day

Tuesday 10 December

Years 3 and 4 Presentation Day

Wednesday 11 December

Years 1 and 2 Presentation Day

Thursday 12 December

Kindergarten Presentation Day

Further upcoming events can be viewed by clicking

on Calendar on the home page of the school

website: https://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

PSSA - Cricket

Week 2 Friday 25 October

Division 1 – Primula Oval, Lindfield

Division 2 – Regimental Oval, Killara

Deputy Principals’ Message

National History Challenge

Last term, eleven Year 4 students took part in the 'National History Challenge' which is an Australian essay

writing competition. All students researched and wrote essays, based on the theme 'People and Power'.

Congratulations to all students who took part and thank you to Mr Cyrus Katrak for facilitating the program

for the last four years.

We are excited to announce that this year Zara W has placed first in NSW in the Year 4 category - an

amazing achievement! Zara will be attending the award ceremony at Hyde Park this Thursday. Please see

Zara's submitted essay on Malala Yousafzai further on in this version of the Lines.

Nude Food Day

On Tuesday 5 November the SRC and Garden Club are organising our very first LPS Nude Food Day.

The aim of Nude Food Day is to try and reduce the huge amount of waste that we send to landfill. We

would like students to try and have all their food packed into reusable containers instead of plastic bags,

aluminium foil or plastic.

Please see later in the Lines for the Nude Food container suggestions.

Save the date - K-2 Athletics Carnival Thursday 31

October

This is a date for the calendar as per the note handed out this week. Please mark in your diaries the K-2

Athletics Carnival on Thursday 31 October. Students will play some fantastic games and have some races

on the Palm playground. Make sure not to miss what is always a wonderful day.

Kindergarten Orientation Sessions

The first of our Kindergarten Orientation sessions will take place on

Thursday 7 November. Parents are asked to drop students off at

the appropriate classroom promptly at 9:30am, as will be indicated

in an email which will be sent out later this month. Parents will then

head to the hall to hear from guest speakers. At 10:30am parents

will then tour the school with their children, guided by our very

capable Year 5 and 6 students. Our Kindergarten 2020 students

will ‘stamp’ their passport as they find and visit various areas of our

school.

At this stage, it is expected that all enrolment documents for Kindergarten students beginning in 2020

have been submitted to the front office. It is imperative that this is done by 25 October in order to plan

the Orientation Sessions.

Selective High School in 2021

Parents of children currently in Year 5 who are interested in applying for a position in a Selective High

School are advised that the process begun during the second week of the school holidays.

The dates are as follows:

· 11 November 2019 Application for entry in 2021 closes. Late applications will not be accepted.

· All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test to be held on Thursday

12 March 2020.

Applications are completed online. Parents who would like more information regarding the process

should read the information contained in the following two links:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-

7/application-process

<https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7>

If parents have any questions or need assistance with applying please contact Mr Hayllar or Mrs Rivera

through the school. The note which was handed to students can also be found on our school website

under the Notes tab.

Extension Class Testing

This week, nominated Year 4 have been working extremely hard to complete the testing phase of their

Extension Class application for 2020. All students adhered to test conditions and gave their very best

efforts throughout. They should be congratulated!

BYOD iPad Information Night for Year 4 Parents and Carers

In 2020, we will continue the ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) program in all of Stage 3. This program

allows for collaboration and it redefines learning. We will be hosting a parent information session on

Wednesday 30 October 2019 at 6:30pm in the School Hall. The aim of this session is to explain how the

iPads will be used in the classroom in Stage 3 and provide parents with helpful ways to manage their

child’s iPad use at home. If you are parent of a child who is moving into Stage 3 in 2020, this will be a

valuable session for you to attend.

Years 3 - 6 Assembly - 3F

This week we were entertained by an item from 3F. Students had completed some underwater artworks

and had learnt some fantastic adjectives. After a few difficulties with technology 3F showed great resilience

and performed admirably for their peers, family and friends. Congratulations!

Queen of Hearts (Angela Mustaca) Sir Lancelot (Peter Hayllar)

K-2 Deputy Principal 3-6 Deputy Principal

People and Power: Malala Yousafzai

By Zara W

This essay is about a girl called Malala Yousafzai who lived in Pakistan

when a group called the Taliban was in power. The Taliban scared people

with their guns and violence. The Taliban said that girls shouldn’t be

educated; Malala did not agree. Malala’s words were her power against

the Taliban. Malala’s power is not only in her words but in her courage.

Malala risked her life by speaking against the Taliban online and on

television. This is an important example of people and power. Even though

Malala was targeted and shot in the head by the Taliban, she didn’t stop

protesting.

The Taliban are a group of people who gained control of Pakistan and Afghanistan from about 1996. The

Taliban were trying to get people to follow their interpretation of the Islamic law, for example, for girls not

to go to school, men to wear beards, and women to wear veils. The Taliban have power using guns and

violence. Sometimes, they took people who they thought had done the wrong thing and they would hold

them down and whip them. They also blew themselves up with bombs at girls’ schools to scare the girls’

families into doing what the Taliban wanted and to prevent their daughters getting an education.

Malala Yousafzai, born in 1997, is a girl who happened to live in Swat, a district in Pakistan, while the

Taliban were in control. When Malala was a young girl, her father was a school principal. She knew how

important school was. In 2009, Malala wrote an anonymous blog for BBC Urdu about what it was like

living while the Taliban were in control of her hometown. The Taliban were furious about the blog. They

soon found out who the writer of the blog was. On 9 October 2012, the Taliban tried to silence Malala by

finding her on her way home from school and shooting her. After flying to the UK for treatment, Malala

was able to recover from her injuries. Instead of being silent and scared, she decided to use her words to

continue to fight. In 2014, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize for raising awareness about the importance

of girls’ education. As she became famous, she used the fame to make people take notice of her

message.

One of the things that Malala has done with her power is to set up the Malala Fund. Through this Fund,

she was able to open a new school for Syrian refugee girls. This would allow the girls a place to feel safe

at and get an education. In her ‘Malala Day’ speech to the United Nations on 12 July 2013, Malala spoke

about education giving power and using it to create unity and togetherness. Malala said “So let us wage

a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up our books and pens. They are

our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.”

Both Malala and the Taliban wield power. The Taliban have power through guns and violence. This type

of power cause people to feel fear and resentfulness. Even though it seems that the Taliban have power,

without a weapon, they become normal. However, Malala’s power comes from what she does right for

the girls who have education, which gives them hope for the future and to have choices in life. Malala

has power that lifts people to have a better mindset because she is doing work that is rousing changes

for girls’ benefits.

I think Malala is an inspiring person with amazing and uplifting power. On the other hand, the Taliban’s

power is used for terrible deeds. I hope you have learnt about Malala Yousafzai. Whose power inspires

you? Malala, who is brave, courageous and smart? Or the Taliban, a power of hate, cruelty and

forcefulness? I would always choose the one who makes us pick up our books and our pens…to change

the world.

Planning for 2020 Dear Parents and Carers We are currently planning classes and staffing for 2020. In order to do this, we need to know who is not returning to our school next year. If you are leaving Lindfield Public School and not returning in 2020 please complete the slip below. Forms can be submitted to the office or placed in the Administration Box. Megan Lockery Principal …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Student/s Not Returning to Lindfield Public School in 2020

Name: ___________________________________ Class: __________________ Name: ___________________________________ Class: __________________ Name: ___________________________________ Class: __________________ The relocation is due to:

□ moving overseas or interstate

□ moving to NSW Department of Education School _____________________ (insert school)

□ moving to an Independent/Catholic School ___________________________(insert school)

Absentee

Notification

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.

1. Simply open the app

2. Select the eForms tab

3. Select the Absentee Form tab

Medical Alert Updates 2019

Please ensure all 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 2019. Thank you for your

ongoing support.

Notes Sent Home

Notes are available to download from the school website:

http://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

Please look under the ‘Notes’ tab.

Work on Display

Anaphylaxis at Lindfield Public School At Lindfield Public School in 2019, we have a small number of children who could have a potentially life

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

How can parents help these children?

Choose alternative sandwich spreads to peanut butter and Nutella. Inform your child that

these foods can trigger an anaphylactic reaction.

Reinforce the school’s NO FOOD SHARING message.

Please note, no students are allowed to bring

glass bottles to school for safety reason

Work on display in the office for this week

2L and 3CB

Library

Our School Library – Oliver

https://library.det.nsw.edu.au

Book Character Parade!

A big thank you to our students and their families for all

the effort that went into your costumes for this year’s

Book Character Parade!

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded ‘Best Dressed’ in their classes:

KB – Tomas B KC – Rashmin B KLP – Victoria S KM – Oliver M KS – Cassie W

1B – Jacob M 1C – Cadence S 1G – Yasmine R 1H – Jasmine H 1PT – Sophia X 1R – Chloe U

2DF – Ellen T 2HK – Lachie D 2L – Charles C 2S – Carys G 2T – Willow S

3CB – Kristian N 3F – Rayan A 3P – Grace B 3Z – Oscar S 3/4H – Kathy B

4A – Olivia W 4BR – Grace A 4K – Sam G 4M – Paloma T 5C – Ni Made P 5K – Will C 5V – Jana F-C

5/6A – Sophia D 5/6S – Liam M 6N – Harry M 6R – Hugo S

Lindfield Tournament of Books!

Voting for the Lindfield Tournament of Books

begins this week!

We have selected 16 of the top books

borrowed from our Fiction section this year

for our Years 3-6 students and teachers to

vote and select for the 2019 Book of the

Year!

Voting for Round 1 to determine our Elite 8

books ends on Friday at 3pm. If you have not

voted yet, you can follow this link to vote at

home!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeiw10KEcJ8utOy4aAqd_UqbQTIaKebBAZ22uZcd6d

gc0pbA/viewform

Please note this is for Years 3-6 students only.

Happy reading!

Renee Chapman and Rachel Loftus

Teacher Librarians

Our Book Character Parade Winners!

INVITATION TO ALL PARENTS AND CARERS - P&C GENERAL MEETING

Our final P&C meeting of the year will be held on Thursday 14 November at 7:30pm in the Staff Room.

All parents and carers are invited to attend. Please save the date.

Enjoy your week!

LPS P&C

Chess

All systems go for Chess as this Friday we kick off with the Junior Tournament, followed by the Senior

Tournament next Friday.

Then on the Monday after, we will send a horde of children to Wahroonga PS to participate in the JCL

One Day playoffs.

Final reminder fees are due, and we will be in touch if there are any outstanding payments.

Eric Tse

Chess Co-ordinator

chessclub@lpspandc.org.au

Canteen

The Canteen is desperate for volunteers!! Just a short day a term makes a huge difference. To view the Term 4 roster: CLICK HERE

To lpscanteenvolunteer@gmail.com

24-Oct 25-Oct

HELP 9-2PM Gurbaksh Rayat (1, 5)

Jian Wang Sally Matthews (2, 4)

Mandy Lui HELP 9-12PM

HELP 9-12PM

HELP 9-12PM

28-Oct 29-Oct 30-Oct 31-Oct 1-Nov

Ada Fong (4) Jane Sim (3, 5) Amy Sillett (3) Jane Downey (K, 3) Elizabeth Sullivan (3)

Catherine Yu (5) Ashleigh Breen (2) Pamela Fijan (1, 4) Amanda Hawkins (1, 3) Jen Jarick (2, 5)

HELP 11-3PM HELP 11-3PM Cara Rogers (3)

HELP 9-12PM

HELP 9-12PM

4-Nov 5-Nov 6-Nov 7-Nov 8-Nov

Agnes Wan (5) Shirley Hse (3) Katherine Edgar (5) Jane Downey (K, 3) Margaret Taylor

Lesley Glass (4) Michele McCarthy (3, 6) HELP 9-2PM HELP 9-2PM HELP 9-12PM

Catherine Yu (5) Seiko Ruff (3, 6) Catherine Liu Erin Yoshie Shoemaker (K) HELP 9-12PM

HELP 9-12PM

HELP 9-12PM

Sarah Burnett

Claudette Mann

Katrina Tottenham

Canteen Managers

canteen@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.

The Clothing Pool is plastic bag free. Please bring along a bag to carry your items home in.

Please label your belongings!

Kindy Orientation – VOLUNTEERS needed

Our 2020 Kindergarten children are coming to visit the school in November. We are therefore opening the

Clothing Pool for them to try on and buy their new uniforms – please come and help us assist the kindy families

on Friday 1 Nov or Thursday 7 Nov – please reply to Jessica’s email or sign up in the sign-up genius:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a044ba9a722abfc1-kindy

Changes to girl’s summer

uniform

From this term on our girls have three choices

for their summer uniform. They may continue

to wear our summer dress; they may wear the

unisex grey shorts and blue shirt, or they may

choose to wear our new navy blue skort

combined with the blue shirt and white socks.

Our Upcoming Volunteers’ roster:

Week 2

Wednesday 23 Oct Thursday 24 Oct

Greti Lindsay

Penny Yue

Kristine Bennett

Greti Lindsay

Maia Schulze

Jodi Fielden

Week 3

Wednesday 30 Oct Thursday 31 Oct Friday 1 Nov

Greti Lindsay

Michele McCarthy

Elia Khoury

Greti Lindsay

Claudette Mann

Jasmine Jin

Kindy Orientation

8:30-11:00

Greti Lindsay

Volunteers needed

Convenor – Jessica Gregg

Clothing Shop Manager – Greti Lindsay

orders@lpspandc.org.au

Swimming

SEAHORSES CLUB NIGHT

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 Club Nights provide a fun and inclusive

environment for children wishing to swim in races. Club Night is a lot of fun for children and families and the

BBQ, drinks and snacks will be available. Please arrive by 4:45pm. Races begin at 5pm sharp.

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 Thursday evening

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a4aaba82aa3f58-seahorses40

LINDFIELD LAPS - SAVE THE DATE!

24 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.

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 4

Friday 25 October Seahorses Club 4:45pm

Friday 1 November Seahorses Club 4:45pm

Friday 8 November Seahorses Club 4:45pm

Friday 15 November Seahorses Club 4:45pm

Friday 22 November Seahorses Club 4:45pm

Sunday 24 November Lindfield Laps

Saturday 14 December Last Day of LTS and Squads

For questions regarding any aspect of swimming at Lindfield check the Swimming page of the P&C

website or email Stefanie Kazaglis - Swimming Administrator swimming@lpspandc.org.au

Stefanie Kazaglis

Swimming Co-ordinator

swimming@lpspandc.org.au

Strings

Strings Trial Day – Monday 11 November – Registrations open!

Thank you to all the families who have already registered their children up for the Strings Trial Day on

Monday 11 November (2-3pm). Please note that parents are not required to be present during the trial but

are of course welcome to attend. Our volunteers will collect the children from their classroom and will take

the children to their trial session.

If your child is interested in the Strings Trial, please register here: https://forms.gle/ngGX3K7BsPxNesKd9 .

Registrations for the trial will close Friday 1 November. No late registrations will be accepted as we need

time to work out a schedule for the sessions.

What is the Strings Trial Day?

The Strings Trial Day is for students interested in joining the 2020 Strings Program, particularly those who

are new to strings and are unsure about which instrument they might want to play. Students will have the

opportunity to try out the violin, cello and/or viola.

We will also be looking for parent helpers to help the trial run smoothly. Please let us know if you can assist.

Hired instruments required Monday 11 November

We ask that all families who have hired a violin, cello or viola from the Strings Program, please deliver these

instruments to the School Hall COLA between 8:30am and 9am on Monday 11 November. We will be

using these instruments for the Strings Trial. In addition, we will use this opportunity to check all the

instruments and flag them for future maintenance (bows, strings etc).

The instrument can then be picked up again at the School Hall from 3pm in time for the afternoon

rehearsals.

Upcoming Events

TERM 4

Week 4 K-2 Assembly – MOZART (Thursday 7 November)

Week 5 Strings Trial Day (Monday 11 November, 2-3pm) – all hired instruments to

Hall COLA between 8:30am and 9am.

Week 7 LPS Music Spectacular (Friday 29 November)

Week 8 Strings’ Christmas Concert (Sunday 8 December)

Weeks 9 and 10 Auditions for 2020 (Mondays, during ensemble rehearsals)

The Strings Committee

strings@lpspandc.org.au

Band

Junior Band 2020 - Registrations now open!

We were so excited to see so many new families at the Parent Information Evening on Monday and we

hope everyone enjoyed getting to know more about joining our incredible Band Program in 2020.

The registration process is now officially underway and we invite families to use the following link to

complete registration by Wednesday 30 October: JB2020 Registration

We will then invite registered children to the Instrument Matching Day on Friday 1 November to explore

the different instruments and determine their best suited one! If you have any further questions please

contact us on the Band Convenor email below.

We look forward to welcoming our newest recruits very soon!

There’s a role for YOU on our amazing Band Committee - next meeting

Wednesday 30 October - please come along!

Band families - without a full committee, our amazing Program may not continue in its current format in

2020. In a matter of weeks, many long-standing Committee members will step down, so if there was ever a

time to put your hand up to help keep this Program going - N.O.W is it!

Feel a little intimidated? Not sure if you have relevant skills? Don’t have a background in music? Don’t

have time to help out? Be assured that the Band Committee is a wonderfully welcoming team, no

experience is necessary and you can choose a role that fits your busy

schedule and suits your strengths.

Even if you’re still not sure - grab a friend and please come along to the last

meeting of the year to meet the team. Refreshments will be waiting for you

from 7:30pm in the Staff Room.

~ Many hands make light work ~ See you there!

Calendar

Term 4 is as always very busy - please take note of all relevant dates as they come to hand in coming

weeks.

Term 4

Week 3 Deadline to register for JB 2020 - Wednesday 30 October

Week 3 Halloween Flash Mob - Thursday 31 October - IB/CB

Week 3 JB 2020 Instrument Matching Day – 11:00am Friday 1 November

Week 7 Music Spectacular - Killara High School Hall Friday 29 November - all Bands

Week 8 Diamond Awards in Assembly Tuesday 3 December - SB

Seiko and Mark Ruff

Band Co-Convenors

band@lpspandc.org.au.

2020 School Travel Applications Now Open

To assist with any enquiries you may receive regarding student travel applications, we have provided

some information below.

Applications for student travel in 2020 opened on Friday, 11 October 2019.

Students progressing to year 3 and year 7 no longer need to re-apply if they:

are continuing at the same school

are residing at the same address

have not been sent an expiry notification from Transport for NSW.

Where a student meets the new distance eligibility, the system will automatically update their

entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification via email.

Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition which is due to expire will

receive a notification advising them to re-apply.

Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply.

If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to

https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails

Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2019 to ensure student entitlements are

updated and their current entitlement/card is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31

December 2019, the system will automatically cancel an entitlement/card and a new one will need to

be issued.

Students in the Opal network applying for a SSTS or Term Bus Pass entitlement for the first time will

receive their card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2020.