TOKSAVE - Lihir International School

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

The school's Awards Assemblies will be held on Wednesday of the last week of school. As mentioned last week, there will be two Awards Assemblies this year on 2nd December. 

Prep to year 4 will have a morning awards assembly at 9.00am, with the year 5 - 9 classes' Awards Night that evening, commencing at 6.00pm. Social distancing practices will be adhered to and parents/carers will be temperature checked on arrival.

To limit numbers, we ask that a maximum of two adults per family attend each presentation assembly. If you have a small child, you may bring them to either assembly, however, we ask that students from the junior school do not attend the evening assembly. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Due to construction work scheduled in the Kindy area, the Kindy will finish the year at the end of week 8, 27th November. The Kindy will have a farewell gathering on this day and notes have been sent home to Kindy parents regarding this.

School Council Parent Representative Elections 2021

The Annual General Meeting of the School Council will be held on Thursday, the 18th of February 2021. At this meeting, voting for one vacant position for Parent Representatives will occur, in the Meeting Room from 7.00pm– 7.20pm. Nomination forms are available from the school office and must be returned to the school office by Thursday the 11th February 2021. If you would like to know more about the functions of the School Council, please make an appointment to see the principal.

Temporary  School Entrance Gate

Construction of the new undercover walkway at the school car park gate has begun. During this time, students will enter the school from the back oval gate. Please ensure that children walk to the gate through the cordoned off pathway. Children must walk along the cement path and not through the carpark. Students who ride bikes are to walk their bike along the cement pathway until they get to the road. They are not to ride their bike through the carpark.

If you would like more information regarding any of the topics in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to make contact.

Regards,

Mr. Greg Neville         

Wednesday 27 January to Thursday 1 April

Monday 19 April to Friday 18 June

Monday 12 July to Friday 17 September

Tuesday 5 October to Thursday 2 December

Congratulations to Barbara Sigere and Thyra Tavil who have completed their Queensland Year 12 exams this week. Barbara and Thyra have completed their studies through remote learning this year and are to be congratulated for their effort and commitment to their studies. They completed their exams at the School to Mine Campus under the supervision of STM staff. Congratulations and well done girls! 

1. 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.

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 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 and will be temperature tested. They are to wash their hands at the wash station and then proceed to the undercover area. Only kindy parents will be permitted to escort their children to their classrooms and pick them up at the end of the day.  If parents need to go to the office, or see a teacher, they will be temperature checked and permitted to proceed to the wash station and are then to make their way straight to the school office.

4.  Students will be required to wash their hands in the mornings before school and before and after recess/lunch.

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 lunch and recess breaks between the primary and high school to reduce the number of children in the eating area at one time.

7. Students will each be issued with a reusable washable mask. Students will be required to use these masks for travel to and from school and during specific identified activities at school.

8. The school canteen will be closed for the duration on term 4. Students will need to bring a packed recess and lunch each day - there is to be no dropping off of lunches by parents, siblings or haus meris. Students are also asked to bring a water bottle to school that they will refill instead of drinking from the bubblers. 

10. In Term 4, separate assemblies for high school and the primary will continue. Social distancing measures will remain in place for assemblies. 

Class picnics

In the last week of school, each class will have an end-of-year picnic with a sausage sizzle provided by the school. Picnics will be on the following days:

Monday – Prep and Year 1/2 will have a water-play day at school

Tuesday – Year 3/4 will go to the pool

Wednesday – Year 7/8/9 will go to the pool

Thursday – Year 5/6 will go to the pool

P & W Cleanathon

Thanks to the P & W for organising another worthwhile and COVID-safe competition - the Cleanathon. We are hoping lots of our LIS families get involved. Not just to win one of the great prizes that are on offer, but more importantly, to make our environment and waterways cleaner. Definitely a great reason for all to get involved! Thanks to the local companies and businesses who have supported our school community by donating prizes for the Cleanathon.

The major prizes will be announced at next Friday's assemblies. There are also spot prizes at the weigh-in (Saturday morning between 10 - 11.00am) so make sure you take before and after pictures of the area cleaned to be a lucky winner! 

Ms Langusch             

Student Council is running a Christmas competition with students asked to create a Christmas decoration or collage and bring it in on Wednesday of week 9. We look forward to seeing lots of beautiful Christmas decorations and collages!