3-Way Interviews
Starting on Monday 8 March, teachers will commence 3-way interviews with parents and carers. Interviews will be of 10 minutes duration and will be held in your child’s classroom. If you would prefer to have a phone interview, that can also be arranged by contacting the office. During the interviews, students will be sharing their achievements and developing learning goals. Notes will go home today outlining how to log onto the SENTRAL system to book these interviews. If you remember your SENTRAL credentials from the last set of interviews you will be able to use these to log into the booking system. When entering the school for your interview, please use the front entrance and sign in using the Service NSW QR code. It is also important that all visitors to the school observe social distancing protocols including maintaining 1.5 metres distancing. Our teachers are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s learning goals for 2021.
Skoolbag App
It has come to the school’s attention that some members of the school community are not receiving Skoolbag alerts. I assure the community that these alerts are being sent. If you find that you are not receiving alerts, it might be advantageous to delete the Skoolbag app from your device and reinstall it. In most cases, this appears to rectify the issue.
Primary Dance Workshops
An opportunity exists for students in Years 2, 3 and 4 to attend Dance Workshops in Sydney. Students who have expressed an interest in this opportunity will bring home a note today with further details. If your child is interested and didn’t receive a note, please contact the office.
Dates, Times & Venue: Years 2-3 Thursday 25 March 2021 | 10.00am-1.00pm (arrival 9.45am) Year 4 Friday 26 March 2021 | 10.00am-2.00pm (arrival 9.45am)
AMPA Dance Studios - Unit 4, 85 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria
Ethics Classes at Lithgow Public School
Ethics classes are available as an option in NSW public primary schools during the Special Religious Education/Special Education in Ethics (SRE/SEE or ‘scripture’) timeslot. Primary Ethics is the charity authorised by the Department of Education to create curriculum and train volunteers to deliver ethics classes. The ethics curriculum is available for children from Kindergarten through to Year 6, however, we will initially trial it for students in Stage 3 only.
Ethics classes can commence at Lithgow Public School for students in Years 5 and 6 if there is sufficient interest and enough volunteers to deliver the program.
A note will be distributed to Stage 3 students on Monday 8 March that will seek expressions of interest to attend Ethics classes. There is also additional information regarding Primary Ethics in this newsletter. If your child is in Stage 3, and you would like your child to participate in Ethics classes, please fill in the expression of interest note and return it to your child’s class teacher by Friday 12 March.
The Importance of School Attendance
When your child attends school every day, learning becomes easier and your child will build and maintain friendships with other children.
Parents and carers can help foster positive attendance habits by:
- helping their child learn the importance of punctuality and routine
- ensuring their child arrives on time from the start of the school day, ready to participate in learning
- reducing disruption to learning where possible, by planning any necessary appointments outside of school time
- promptly communicating any absence to the school (within 7 days of the first day of any absence)
- working with the school to encourage and support regular attendance.
Information for parents provides further clarification about compulsory school attendance
