Week 8 Term 3 2015 Phone 42292487 Fax 42283145 Email lindsaypk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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04.09.2015

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Parents,

First of all, we welcome back Mrs. Murray from her honeymoon and thank Mrs. Tran for teaching 2A in her absence.

I will be on leave in Week Ten of this Term and Weeks 1 to 3 of Term Four. In my absence Mr. Jones will be relieving Princi-

pal. Ms. Smith will replace Mr. Jones on his class and Mrs. Colquhoun and Ms Horobin will share the duties of Stage 3 Supervi-

sor.

Mrs. Sernig will be on leave for the first three weeks of Term Four and Mrs. Combe will be replacing her on class. Mrs. Tran

will replace Mrs. Combe on Ms. Mizzi’s class on a Friday during this time. Mrs. Tome will undertake the role of Stage 1 Super-

visor in her absence.

Mrs Dunbar is on leave from Wednesday, 9th September until the end of term and Mrs Tran is taking her place. At the start of

term 4 Mrs Lobina is on leave for the first two weeks and Mrs Tran will be replacing her as the class teacher

Congratulations to our Southern Stars performers who performed so well. The show was by all accounts an excellent production

and our students did the school and themselves proud.

At Lindsay Park we are very proud of our students and we value their input into the successful operation of the school. As an

example, the SRC through Neve Walker determined that the students in Years 5 and 6 should participate in a first aid course.

Therefore, in Week Ten our senior students will be involved in an emergency care course provided by St. Johns Ambulance.

This is a very worthwhile and positive initiative that we are happy to support.

Recently we notified the parents of the students in Year 6 of their participation in the Middle Childhood Survey. The following

link provides additional information:

http://nsw-cds.com.au/parents-caregivers

For those students who are participating in the survey they will undertake it next week.

Whilst on surveys, the parent ‘Tell Them From Me Survey’ is currently open. The survey compliments the student engagement

survey and I would ask that you take the time to complete it online. The students will complete the next survey in this series

during the last week of this Term. A note concerning this will be sent home early next week. The link for the parent survey is:

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/j_acegi_security_check?j_username=parent18500&j_password=Lin4042

The Kindergarten enrolment program is well underway for 2016 and we are currently organizing the orientation program for our

new students. I would ask that if you have not yet returned the orientation program slip you do so this week.

I have included in this edition of the Tallong, as part of the continuing series on programs that operate at Lindsay Park, infor-

mation concerning the Better Buddies Program. This was written by Emerson Marr one of our Year 6 students.

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND

LEARN PROGRAM ENDS NEXT

TUESDAY, 8TH SEPTEMBER.

Please bring your stickers in to the school office as

soon as possible, we get valuable resources for the

school through this program.

COMING EVENTS

7th September Symbio Excursion, Kindergarten

9th September Botanic Gardens Excursion

11th September Disco

18th September Last Day Term 3

5th October Public Holiday

6th October Staff & Students Return for Term 4

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

KT Ivy Owen, Thomas Riggs

KC Abbey Katrivessis, Ava Pavlovska

KM Charlotte Hughes, Aiden Smith

1W Cooper Bitschkat, Nina Murakami -Mozer

1/2S Isis Murray-Smith, Baris Iseri

1D Ayham Odda, Emma Grindle

2A Layla Katrivessis, Zachary Mitrovic

2W Khaya Young, Cameron Banner

3/4M Lachlan Hope, Andrew Brinton, Mia Kelly, Lachlan Adams

3/4L Thomas Panayiotou, Jake Ueda, Sophie Kembrey, Jared Crisp

3/4D Eve Williams, Genevieve Brodie, Nahni Meafou, Paige Smith

4/5H Talon Freitas, Lili Petreski, James Burlin, Paris Hales

5/6C Luke Hepplewhite, Emily Kendall, Darcy Lautrec, Ethan Roberts

5/6J Paige Taylor, Chelsea Cairns, Murphy Fairen, Jason Teasdale

Better Buddies

Better buddies is an amazing program where the year 6 students help the kindergartens to settle into primary school

and help make new friends. This year most of the year 6’s got two kinder buddies to help make new friends and settle

into primary school. We enjoyed doing lots of fun things like painting, computers and sport together. The Better

Buddies Benches have helped the stage 1 children to make new friends and become more social and interactive with-

out the help of the teachers. The Better Buddies program also has a lovable purple bear as it’s mascot. Before the

year sixes gets their Buddies they write a card saying information about themselves. On the front of the card is the

Better Buddies mascot that the years sixes have drawn themselves for their Buddies. The card is then given to the

parents of the stage 1 child o that the parents can then read it out loud to their child. It has been said that the parents

enjoyed this interesting card very much. So, the Better Buddies Program is a great program for both the kindies and

year 6 students and is highly loved at our school.

This year we brought in two purple buddy benches. One for the K-2 playground and one for the Year 3 – 6 play-

ground. The purpose of the Buddy Bench is to eliminate loneliness and foster friendships in the playground. It is used

to help children who feel left out or lonely. The benches are making the playground a whole lot friendlier. Two

friends sitting on the Bench can turn to one another and invite each other to play. Students are encouraged to be pro-

active on the Buddy Bench by thinking about what they would like to do at lunchtime or to look around to see if you

can join in somewhere.

Other children who are playing are encouraged to look around from time to time to see if there is someone they could

invite from the bench to play. The Buddy Bench is a positive place where friendships are encouraged. Students who

choose to sit there are made to feel welcome and included.

Emerson Marr

STEWART HOUSE

BAGS

Stewart House clothing col-

lection bags were sent home

with your children today.

Please fill the bags with-

good, clean, wearable

clothes (suitable for adults

and children), accessories

and Manchester you no

longer require and return it

to school by Monday 14th

September.

Thank you

Ben Morrison Tate Harland Sienna Santarelli Leila Brown Taj Tegart Callum Milsom

Grace Tracey Eva Christian Adam Kendall Harnoor Tung Margherita Giaconi Dylan Emerton

Mia Nugent Ava Tasievski Natalia Schott Ty Emerton Tom Pogson Luca Martiniello

Ezri Martiniello Charlotte Brodie Neve Walker Abbey McCartney Bradley Forster Romina escamilla

Henry Shipway Lucy Shipway Isabel Shipway Jack Shipway Charlotte Hughes Samuel Frodsham

Baris Iseri Rhiannon Bland

The children listed below have all finished the Premier’s Reading Challenge, 2015. Well done to all of you, your photo will

appear on the board in the library soon

BOOK WEEK PARADE

Our Book Week Parade was held on Thursday, thanks to Mrs

Peggs who did a great job organising the parade and Book Fair

and to all our other teachers and staff who helped the day run

smoothly. Congratulations to the children and parents on their

costumes, we had almost 100% participation in the parade. Thank

you to all the parents, grandparents and friends who came along

to watch the parade we hope you enjoyed the day.

1. Armband Notes – Due Wednesday, 16 September

The note to pre-order unlimited ride armbands went home last week. Grab one from the office or download from the Carnival section of the LPPS website if you didn’t receive one.

If you’ve asked relatives and friends to come along to the Carnival, they may also want armbands. These can be included on your note.

Pre-purchased arm bands for unlimited rides are $25. Armbands can be purchased on Carnival Day for $30. Individual ride tickets can be purchased on the day for $5/ride.

2. Donations for the Pre-Loved Goods and Book Stalls –from Monday 7 September

Start gathering your pre-loved goods and books to bring in from Monday 7 September. Check the Carnival website for accepta-ble items and a list of things we cannot accept.

3. The Monster Raffle – Due Friday 18 September

A note to donate items for the Monster Raffle will go home this week. Donations for the raffle will be received up to the last day of term. Please place your items on the tables in the office. Classes will have a theme for their donation. Themes will include toys, sports, party items, outdoor/picnic, gardening, Masterchef and baby items. Raffle tickets will be available early next term.

4. Student Art

Over the next few weeks the students will be working on their artwork for the Carnival. They will be creating Carnival themed pictures that will be available for purchase on Carnival Day. There will also be options for artwork to be laminated or framed.

5. Create a Clown

Do you remember ‘Kiss the Pig’ from our 2013 Twilight Festival? This year we are going to ‘Create a Clown’. Look out for more information to come……

6. Carnival Club Prize Draw and Sponsors

Tickets are $20 each. Only 200 tickets/numbers will be sold. Tickets go on sale next term.

Our Sponsorship Coordinator, Bernie Belarski has worn out many pairs of shoes walking Wollongong to get us fabulous prizes from generous sponsors. Check the website for the full list. Highlights include:

Dance vouchers from our Gold Sponsor, Cinnamon Twist A guitar from our Gold Sponsor, Wollongong Music Vouchers from our Gold Sponsor, Build to Learn 90 day Weight Loss and vouchers from our Silver Sponsor, Curves Figtree Midweek skydive gift voucher from our Silver Sponsor, Skydive the Beach Our Carnival Friends have donated beauty vouchers, gym vouchers, hampers and gift baskets,

dinners out, yummy food, and experiences – sporting, tickets to attractions & cruises.

Other Sponsors are loaning equipment and making financial contributions, without which our Carnival could

not go ahead. Thank you to: our Platinum Sponsor, Southern Style Events who loan equipment such as tables, chairs and umbrellas; Gold Sponsors, Nippers 2 Flippers and Crinis Figtree; Silver Sponsors, Craig Buckley of McGrath Real Estate and Figgy Bowlo.

Carnival News Term 3 Week 8

lindsaypk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

click on P&C, select Big Top Carnival 2015

7. Thanks

Thank you to everyone who has handed in their Volunteer for 30mins form. Please keep those Volunteer forms coming in. Thank you also to our Bottle Stall volunteers who have now bottled all the donated goodies into jars. No more jars are required. Thank you to families who brought them in.

Dates to Remember

Donations for the Pre-Loved Goods and Book Stalls From Monday 7 September until just before Carnival Day

Next Carnival Meeting 9am Tuesday 8 September The Shed (between the infants’ toilets)

Armband Notes Due Wednesday, 16 September

Monster Raffle Items Due Friday 18 September

Volunteer for 30 Mins note, download from the web Accepted anytime

LPPS Big Top Carnival Day Saturday 24 October