Lord Howe Island Central School ‘Today for Tomorrow’

October 22, 2009

Volume 2009.20

Principal’s Report

Welcome back to term 4! This will be a very special and enjoyable term for

all students with many having their current teacher for the last time or some

even finishing up their primary school lives. We have been really delighted

with how the students have come back with an enthusiastic attitude to work.

This term promises to be huge with all the end of year activities starting to

take off already with casting for our End of Year Concert occurring Friday.

The holidays gave all the students a chance to freshen up for Term 4 but

also allowed some further building works to occur at the school. The self

sustainable solar energy system is now installed and producing power. One

day this week it produced over 16kw of electricity which is roughly what

two households would use in a day. This project was funded by the federal

government through the National Solar Schools Program, the Board through

their Community Grants Program and our P&C. Thank you to all those

bodies for making such an important vision come to fruition. We also have

new guttering on the Infants room and nearly a new deck on the Primary

classroom verandah. Wrighty and Kate also aerated, fertilized and top

dressed the lawn which is looking ready to host a summer of cricket.

Mr Morris, Mrs Tofaeono and I will be away on Monday, returning Tuesday

to conduct the interviews for the new class teacher for 2010-11. We hope to

announce more about this soon. Have a great couple of weeks. Cheers,

Julian

26/10 - P&C Meeting 7:30 26-7/10 -Julian/Craig away

27/10 - Kindy Transition 05-06/11 - Book Fair

27/11 - Student Elections

********************* Canteen Roster

October 28 Janice Webber

October 21 Liz Wright

Historical Movies

Roster October 28

Mr Morris Tom Morris,

Alex Grindrod

November 4

David Glackin Liam Glackin Harry Glackin

Basketball Competition - Congratulations to the

RED team which defeated the BLUE team in the

grand final. The winning team consisted of Kayla

Hiscox, Luke Wright, Anna Charlton Shick,

Charlotte Tofaeono and Harry Glackin.

Uniforms and Hats - Mrs Higgins will be placing

all uniform orders for 2010 on December 1. If you

are hoping to buy any uniforms for the upcoming

school year please come and get a uniform order

sheet from the office and return it before the end of

November. A reminder that our school uniform

consists of a bucket school hat. Please ensure that

your child’s hat is labeled so that your child can

find their hat amongst the Bermuda Triangle of

School Hats that our school can sometimes be.

Book Fair - The second and final Book Fair for the

year will be on soon. It will be held in the library

on Thursday and Friday of Week 3 which is the 5th

and 6th of November. This is a great chance to get

some Christmas present fillers and provide hours of

meaningful entertainment.

Movember - The SRC’s latest fundraising idea is

to support the teachers participate in Movember.

Student’s will be designing the style of moustache

that would look best (or worst) on Mr Mostert and

Mr Morris. They will also be designing the hair

design of their choice for Mrs Tilbrook, Mrs

Tofaeono and late recruit, Mrs Morris, to produce

and wear for the last week in November. This is a

giant commitment by the staff so we are

encouraging all people to donate as much as they

can to the cause. Student’s designs are to be

entered on the attached sheet and accompanied by a

donation. Cheques can be made out to the school.

Thank you for helping fight the leading cause of

death amongst Australian men - prostate cancer.

Entry forms are due back by Friday, October 30.

Welcome to Lord Howe - The school would like

to welcome Ella Ford back to the school. Ella is

in Year 1 and has settled well into Mrs Tilbrook’s

class. She is here while her dad, Stuart looks after

us all as our nurse at the hospital.

Kindergarten 2010 Transition Program - The

transition to School Program for all children

eligible to start school in 2010 begins next

Tuesday, October 27. Thank you to Mrs Tilbrook

for the considerable organization needed to

ensure that all students starting school in 2010

feel comfortable and excited about beginning

their primary school life.

School Photos - Kenny Lees has now edited and

compiled the school photos for this year. Similar

to last year, the photos will be available from the

front office. Parents are asked to come and collect

their A3 sheet of photos. A guillotine cutter and

folders will also be provided if parents wish to cut

them at school to take home.

Library Refurbishment - Tenders for the

refurbishment of the library closed yesterday. We

should know within a few weeks of the timing

and logistics of the library upgrade.

Justin Dath Visit - Justin Dath, the high action

writer for junior readers was here for the first two

days of term to conduct some writing workshops

with our students. This was a great opportunity for

many of our young writers, especially those in

Years 3-6, to improve upon their current writing.

His entertaining story about how he became a

writer and his descriptive reading provided a great

example for our students, especially as they prepare

for casting for the school play.

Last Day of Term - The last day of this term for

students will be Wednesday, December 16. The

department has introduced two staff development

days at the end of the year which will mean that

staff will finish on Friday, December 20. The

Annual Presentation night anD School Concert will

be held on Tuesday, December 15 commencing at

6:30pm.

Library Book returns - Mrs Tofaeono is required

to stocktake all resources in our library which will

take place prior to our BER Library refurbishment.

Mrs T has asked that all reference books borrowed

are returned to the school by the end of Week 3,

November 5. Mrs T will be contacting parents to

arrange times to help her with the packing of these

resources before the next step of fiction and picture

books gets underway.

P&C Meeting - The next meeting for P&C will be

a special meeting on October 26 at 7:30pm in the 3

-6 classroom. The extraordinary meeting will

finalise the Yachties BBQ details amongst other

issues.

Thank you,

A refreshed Leanne, Craig and Julian

Gold Day and Assembly #2 - The last day of

Term 3 was a terrific Gold Day. Students all wore

red to support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation

which raised awareness around child protection.

Students did a range of team building activities

which complemented their child protection

studies before embarking on a feast fit for a king

with a few giant meat and vege-loaves created .

After their sumptuous feasts the students were

allocated new dental hygiene packs courtesy of

the federal government’s dental health program.

They made their breath minty fresh before each

receiving a cricket playing shirt courtesy of the

NSW Primary School Sports Association. The

students played a range of cricket tabloid games

before scampering off for a great break.

Attendance Note reminder - A gentle reminder

that you as parents and we as staff members are

legally required to provide evidence of why a

child is absent from school. If your child does not

attend school for any reason, please provide a

note explaining why. Thanks!

Tennis Camp - Despite the winter weather for

the October holidays, the tennis camp was a

sensational success. Congratulations to the P&C

for again organising such a positive event. I saw a

fair few two handed backhands from the students

which would have left a hole in the strings of my

racket if I was playing them. Well done everyone!

Buzzing Bees - If the bees weren’t bad enough (5

students were stung at lunch), we also have some

residue materials from all the building works

which have taken place at the school. In the

interim, we are encouraging all children to please

wear footwear during their time at school.