TOKSAVE - Term 4 Week 7 2021

Lihir International School and School to Mine Campus

Principal: Mr Gregory Neville

Deputy Principal LIS: Ms Catherine Langusch

Deputy Principal STM: Mr Kevin Collins

From the Principal

Dear parents and carers,

Excellent results for LIS in the Year 8 National Exams

LIS ranked 1st in New Ireland Province out of 125 Schools with 4 out of our 7 year 8s making the top 10 out of more than 2700 students.

1st  in Province: Chantelle Turan

2nd in Province: Sharon Neville

4th in Province: John Mareg

6th in Province: Guiselyn Hosea

End of Term

School for Term 4 will finish on Thursday the 2nd December, at 12.00pm.

School Council

On Thursday the 25th November, there will be a School Council Teams Meeting.

Regards,

Greg Neville

Principal's Awards Term 4 Week 6

Congratulations to our Mini-Athletics Champions!

Student Council News

Student Council News

Free Dress Day

On Friday of week 8, LIS will be having a free dress day. Remember sun safety and keep your shoulders covered. Please aim to wear red, white and green clothing to create a Christmas theme.

Coinathon

Classes will be collecting money for a fun fundraising event. Students are asked to donate coins and bring them in on any day of the week throughout week 8. On Friday of week 8, each class will line the money up at lunch time. We will find out which class has the longest line of money and which class donated the most money. The money will be donated to Lasiat School at Upper Kunaye.

Drawing competition – CHRISTMAS theme

It is time to get drawing. Christmas is coming! Choices are endless! You may use any art materials you wish e.g., pencils, oil pastels, paint. You can create on A4 or A3 paper. Please ask your classroom teacher or Mrs Neale for paper. Artwork entries were due today, Friday of week 7. The winners will be announced Friday of week 8. There will be a first prize and a runner up from each class. Have fun drawing!!

Resources for local school

This term, we are continuing to gather resources for Lasiat School. Whilst we would still love more books, please look for unused items at home such as puzzles, games or decks of cards to donate.  We will be delivering all donations to the local school later in the term.

Thank you!

From,

your Student Council

 

Keeping our children safe in Term 4 2021

It is imperative that parents and carers do not send their children to school if they are sick or showing any symptoms of a cold or flu. If your child is sick, please keep your child home and seek appropriate medical attention. Children who display any signs of sickness will be isolated under supervision in the school's sick bay and parents called to come and collect them.

1.  A comprehensive deep clean of the school will be undertaken by Nayal LTD, prior to school resumption in term 4.

2. Entrance to school for students and parents / carers will be via the Aginas Oval gate only, which will open at 7.45am. Students who arrive before this (which is discouraged) are to social distance and  wait in the carpark undercover area until 7.45am. Students should be at school by 8.05am, ready to start the day at 8.10am.

3. All students will be greeted at the gate by a teacher, where they will be temperature checked. They will then wash their hands at the wash station and then proceed to their classroom.  Parents and carers will be permitted to escort their children to classrooms, If parents need to go to the office, they will be permitted to proceed to the wash station and are then to make their way straight to the school office. 

4. Several wash stations are installed around the school and hand sanitiser is available in all classrooms. Students will be required to wash their hands in the mornings before school, before and after recess/lunch and before leaving school in the afternoons.

5. All desks, door handles, playground equipment and other high contact equipment will be sanitised twice daily or after use by cleaning staff.

6. Social distancing measure of 1.5 metres will be employed in classrooms through desk arrangements. Social distancing markings have been painted on cement areas where students line up and in the undercover area for recess/lunch eating times. The school will implement staggered recess breaks between the primary and high school to reduce the number of children using toilets etc.

7. Students will be issued with a reusable washable mask. Students will be need to wear these masks for travel to and from school and during all activities at school.

8. The school canteen will be open on Fridays in term 3. The P&W will send more info out regarding this in due course. Students will need to bring a packed recess snack and lunch each day - there is to be no dropping off of food by parents, siblings or haus meris. Students are also asked to bring a water bottle to school that they will refill.

9. Term 4 will see assemblies in the basketball court  throughout the term. Parents will be welcome to attend, adhering to social distancing protocols.

From the Deputy Principal (LIS)

School photos and 2022 Calendars

School photos and our LIS/STM 2022 calendars will be distributed in the last week of term. 

Semester 2 Reports 

Teachers are busily preparing student reports and these will be sent home, along with student work folios, in the last week of term.

Home Reading - Every child reading every day!

Early years teachers have shared about the progress students have made when there is a shared commitment of reading every day at both school and home. As the school year draws to an end, we encourage parents to maintain a consistent habit of daily reading with their child, both in the coming weeks and over the holiday break.

End of term Class Picnics

In Week 9, the week after next, each class will have an end of year class picnic as a celebration of their year of learning. Year 3-9 classes will be going to the pool and Prep-year 2 will be at school. Kindy will have a farewell on Wednesday 1st December, which will be the last day of Kindy. 

Students will have a sausage sizzle for their class picnic, which will be provided by the school. 

Week 9 Class Picnics

Monday - year 3/4 pool

Tuesday - year 7/8 pool; Prep-year 2 at the school

Wednesday - year 9 pool

Thursday - year 5/6 pool

If you have any questions, please see your class teacher.

Kind regards,

Ms Langusch

2021 Term Dates for Students

Term 4 - Tuesday 5 October to Thursday 2 December


2022 Term Dates for Students

Term 1: 31st  January – 30th March 

Term 2: 19th April – 16th June 

Term 3: 11th July – 15th September 

Term 4: 3rd October – 1st December 

From the Deputy Principal (STM)

Our FODE students will complete all assessment this weekend, congratulations to all students for their hard work this year.

This week our Work Ready Program with 14 young Lihirian people completed their training. Friday, we welcomed Mr Alex Rogea to speak to our Trainees to congratulate them on their completion and also provide some words of encouragement as they now work to apply for entry level positions into the mine. We wish all of our trainees the very best for the future! Again this week, I’ve included a Trainee Profile of 2 of our Trainees.

The Kisim Save Library remains open to all Townsite Residents and Newcrest Employees every Saturday by appointment. Please email kevin.collins@newcrest.com.au .

Regards,

Mr. Kevin Collins

Completion of Work Ready Program

Work Ready Trainee Profile

Name:                    Junias Tawai

What village are you from?

Hunioh Village

What form of training have you previously had?

Completed Grade 12 in 2017. Sonoma Adventist College - Graduated with Diploma in Accounting & Business Management                                          

What do want to do after you complete the Work Ready Program?

I want a job with NML, I’d love to work in HR Administration

 

Work Ready Program Trainee Profile

Name:                    Victor Narubo

What village are you from?

Masahet Island

What form of training have you previously had?

I went to International Training Institute and completed a Certificate in Accounting

What do want to do after you complete the Work Ready Program?

I am interested in working in the process plant for NML.