Lambton Public School

Term 2 Week 9 - 15th June, 2021

What's Inside this Issue

Principal's Address                                                  Parent/Teacher Interviews 

Volunteers needed - Love Lambton Family Fun Day 
Sixty Seconds with ...School Rebranding launch2022 Kindergarten Enrolments Now Open
Semester One reports home this weekCanteen Meal Deal - orders due this week P & C Survey

What's happening at a Glance

UPCOMING EVENTS THIS WEEKWHAT'S DUE THIS WEEK 

Thursday 17th June

  • School Assembly (School Captains & School Band performing)
  • Young Teen Talk - Year 5 students
  • Collection of Pie Drive orders (12:30 pm - 3:30 pm from Canteen COLA)

Friday 18th June

  • Young Teen Talk - Year 6 students

Friday 18th June

  • Touch Football Gala Day $2.00
  • Canteen Meal Deal orders


UPCOMING EVENT S NEXT WEEKWHAT'S DUE NEXT WEEK

Tues 22nd June

  • Athletics Carnival

Wed 23rd June

  • Parent-Teacher Interviews 4:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thurs 24th June

  • Touch Football Gala Day
  • Canteen Meal Deal 
  • School Rebranding Launch 6:00 pm  - 6:45 pm

Fri 25th June

  • Last day for Term 2

Friday 25th June

  • LHS Transition Program $15.00 (Year 6 students)
  • Stage 3 Canberra Excursion 2nd Instalment due $75.00

Principal's Message

Student Semester 1 reports

If all goes to plan, parents will receive their child’s Semester 1 reports this Thursday. A lot of work goes into preparing the reports and editing them ready to distribute so we hope that you find them helpful in understanding both the things your child has achieved and the things  they are still developing against the curriculum. As you read them, please remember that the grade ‘Sound’ means that your child is on track with the curriculum for their age.

If there are any families that require a second copy of their child’s report, please contact the office and we would be only too happy to provide you with an additional copy.

Parents will often say to us that the reports themselves do not always provide the full picture with regard to how their child is progressing at school. The key to getting the ‘full picture’ is to book and attend a parent-teacher interview. At the time of writing, interviews have been booked for 281 out of 361 students which represents 78% of the student population. From our perspective, this is fantastic and a substantial increase on recent trends. We appreciate the opportunity to touch base with you in person to outline your child’s progress.

If you have not yet booked a parent-teacher interview, it is not too late. The online booking system will remain open until this Friday.

Rebranding Launch

Please forgive me if you are one of those families that read the newsletter regularly each week and are ‘all over’ this, but I would like to take one more opportunity to draw everyone’s attention to the upcoming school rebranding launch on Thursday 24th June in the hall. There has been an open invitation to attend in the newsletter over the past 3 weeks, however all families should receive a formal invitation today containing a few more details.

The event is planned with parents and carers in mind. If you are unable to arrange alternate care for your children, there will be supervision provided by school staff in the library for school-aged children. Students can be signed in from 5:30pm onwards and signed out at the conclusion of the launch around 7:00pm. If you have younger children, you are welcome to bring them as we would not want you to miss the launch, however out of respect for other families attending, please come armed with a few strategies up your sleeve should they become a little unsettled during the presentations.

The event will include short presentations from myself and the graphic designer whom we have worked with as well as performances by the school band and senior choir, and one or two other small surprises. It should be a really entertaining and enjoyable evening. I hope that you are able to join us.

Have a great week.

David Holland

P.S.  Well done to the Blues last week. 

Week 8 - Students of the Week

School Assembly

This week’s assembly will be led by the school captains and our school band will be performing. Parents and Carers are invited to attend.

If you do attend, please ensure to sign-in using the QR Code on hand at the hall. 

Parent-Teacher Interviews

As Mr Holland stated above, the school interviews booking system will remain open until 4pm on Friday. Bookings can be made via the School Interviews website using the code: z5gn5.

Please note cancellations and adjustments can be made within the system up until this time. If you need to cancel or reschedule after Friday, please contact the school office for assistance. 

Athletics Carnival

Our Annual School Athletics carnival will be held next Tuesday 22nd June at Hunter Sports Centre for all students in Kindergarten to Year 6. The Athletics Carnival is a wonderful opportunity for all students to participate in physical activity, whether it be competitively or just for fun.

Students that had not paid or returned permission by today's deadline will be provided with alternate activities at school. 

Departure and arrival times

  • Years 3 - 6 will depart school at 9:10 am – arrive at Sports Centre approx. 9:30 am
  • Kindergarten - Year 2 will depart school at 9:45 and arrive at Sports Centre approx. 10.15 am
  • All students will depart the Sports Centre by 2:30pm and arrive back at school by 3pm for normal exiting procedures

What to wear/bring

  • Students should wear full school sports uniform, comfortable shoes (no spikes), hat, sunscreen, lunch, recess and water bottle.
  • Students can wear a splash of their house colour and bring signs or mascots along to support their house.  Students can also wear a t-shirt displaying their house colours if they wish.
  • Teachers will remind students of their sporting house this week


Our Sporting House colours are as follows:

COOK - GREENDAVID - RED
HUNTER - BLUESHORTLAND - YELLOW

Canteen Facilities

  • Hunter Sports Centre have canteen facilities however access to these facilities will be limited on the day.
  • Students are asked to still bring food for recess and lunch and a water bottle.


Parents and carers are invited to attend and support their child on the day. There is no admission fee for parents and carers to attend the carnival. 

Kindergarten 2022 – Enrol now

If you have a child who will be starting Kindergarten in 2022, now is the time to start completing enrolment forms and providing the necessary documentation to support their enrolment. If you require further information, Lambton Public School’s school enrolment procedures can be located on our website: https://lambton-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/enrolment.html . You can also speak with our friendly staff who can guide you through the enrolment process. 

Sixty Seconds with …….

We hope you are enjoying our new feature article and getting to know some of our students better. The subject of this week's edition is Sebastian Dixon in 6N

What is your favourite subject at school?

Spelling Mastery & Writing           

What hobbies do you have?

Playing soccer and cricket

What is your favourite book?

Wings of Fire - Moon Rising (Author Tui T Sutherland)           

What is something that mum and dad say to you all the time?  

Clean up your room

What do you know how to do, that you could teach someone else to do?

How to do creative writing

What would you like to do when you grow up?

Become an author or professional soccer player

If you could be any animal, which one would you be? Why?

Cheetah because I would be super fast 

How would you change the world if you could?

Make it so that kids rule and there is no need for money because everything is free

What is the funniest thing that's ever happened to you?

During a scripture class I passed wind quite loudly (words have been changed to protect the innocent) and everybody heard it. 

Lambton's 150 Year's Birthday Party - help needed

A week of celebrations has been planned to celebrate 150 years of Lambton. 

We are very excited to have been asked to help out with the Love Lambton 150 years celebration by running traditional style games during the Family Fun Day in Lambton Park on Sunday 27th June.  

But we can't do this and make it the best ever without a good team of volunteers. 

If you or your family are interested in being part of our team assisting with the preparation or during the day which runs between 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, please email our P & C  lambtonpandc@hotmail.com or respond to the post on their Facebook page. 

Please click here for more details about the events planned to celebrate Lambton's 150th Birthday.

If you have any questions about P&C initiatives, please send your questions to the P&C email address at Lambtonpandc@hotmail.com. Also, there are a bunch of simple jobs to help deliver each of the initiatives for which we need volunteers. If you can assist, please send an email to the address above, we would love to share how you can help.

P & C Survey

P&C Survey

Our school P&C is seeking feedback from families about the most suitable days and times for scheduling regular P&C meetings.

If you have a moment, could you please click here and answer 4 quick questions. The survey will close next  Friday, 25th June. 

Thanks for your assistance.

 

Canteen News

Canteen Meal Deal available now

Our Canteen are offering a traditional meal deal to be enjoyed Thursday 24th June. Orders can be placed online or at the Canteen.

Canteen Roster

Wednesday 16th JuneDeb,  Sarah Colston, Leah Poi
Thursday 17th JuneBarb, Kylie Holdstock, Kellie Hobson
Friday 18th JuneDeb, Marnie Threadingham, Katrina Brooker
Monday 21st JuneBarb, Jessica Woodford
Tuesday 22nd JuneCanteen Closed - Athletics Carnival 

Canteen Meal Deal - Thursday 24th June

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Memorable Olympic Moments – Alysson Annan

Age: 47

Place of Birth: NSW

Olympic History: Barcelona 1992; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000

Events: Women’s Hockey

Medals: 2 x gold

Alyson Annan, a key member of the Australian gold medal hockey teams at the Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000) Olympic Games, was dubbed by fellow players as “the sharpest shooter in international women’s hockey”. In 1998 and 2000 she was honoured by the international hockey federation FIH with its International Player of the Year award, and players voted her in 1999 as the best women hockey player in the world. Born in Wentworthville, NSW, she earned 228 international caps and scored 166 goals while playing for the national hockey team.

Annan made her international debut against Korea in June 1991 at the age of 17 and built a huge reputation as an attacking mid-fielder during the Hockeyroos’ dynasty of the 1990s, participating in the Olympics of 1992, 1996 and 2000. She later confessed that she did not feel comfortable in the Australian side until 1996, when the team won gold. The visionary coach Ric Charlesworth recognised her genius, although their relationship was reported at times to be testy.

Annan also won gold medals in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the Champions Trophy competition of 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999. It was at those 1998 Commonwealth Games that she became Australia’s highest-ever goal scorer, with 110 goals. At national level her awards included Australian Player of the Year (1990 and 1992) and Player of the Year and Australian Sportswoman of the Year (1996). She retired from international hockey after the 2000 Olympics, and later coached in the Netherlands.

Harry Gordon, AOC historian (Source: https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/alyson-annan/ )

To read more memorable Olympic profiles and stories visit: https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/

 To read more memorable Olympic profiles and stories visit: 

https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/

Uniform Shop

Our uniform shop is open each Tuesday and Thursday morning from  9:00 - 9:30am

Uniform Order

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Star Struck 2021

Inflatables on the Green

Lambton Bowling Club 

  • 3rd weekend of every month ( 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Each day during Week 2 of school holidays
  • $7.00 per child

Lambton Public School

Armstrong Street Car Park closure times - 8:30 - 9:15am and 2:45 - 3:15pm.