Lismore South Public School Newsletter

As our opening event for ProBL, students in Stage 2 (including Year 2 from 2/3 Binging) & Stage 3 will have the opportunity to visit Byron Bay to take an in-depth look at humpback whale ecology.  Students were given a permission note on Thursday, 17th June. Please note the Stage 3 excursion will be the first day of Term 3, Tuesday, 13th July. 

As NAIDOC Week falls in the school holidays Lismore South Public School will be celebrating NAIDOC on the first week back of Term 3. The Aboriginal Education Team has organised a series of engaging activities. An invitation to families will be sent on Class Dojo and Skoolbag in week 1 of next term.

Our Celebration Week will include:

·      Opening Event – Stage 3 Byron Bay Whale excursion

·      NSW National Park Ranger talk - Aboriginal Land Management practices past and present.

·      Aboriginal Traditional Games afternoon

·      Cooking and bush tucker planting

·      NAIDOC Awards Ceremony

·      In class activities

All orders are to be collected from the Kyogle Street entrance (under Kindergarten classroom) on Thursday, 24th June between 2.30 and 3.30pm.  Please remember your box or bags to collect your pies.

Thank you to the Nimbin Bakery for supplying the pies and to all those families who supported our Pie Drive.

This week we attended our incursion with the Wildlife Twins. Children enjoyed viewing  a range of reptiles and dingoes and learning how to care for these animals in their natural environment.  Teaching our children to be mindful citizens and future care takers of our environment aligns with this years Naidoc theme "Heal Country" and beautifully complements the core values of our preschool philosophy.

Preschool is the ultimate time to set children up for a successful schooling career. At preschool we install core values such as developing social skills, confidence to independently function outside the family environment,  building friendships, a love of learning and excitement coming to preschool. Regular and punctual attendance in preschool establishes lifelong habits and routines that carry on into big school. It has been exciting to see an improved attendance rate and increasing improvements for punctual arrivals.  Thank you to our families for your continued engagement in this process and for setting your children up for success. 

Thank you for generously supporting the HeartKids Foundation last week. As a team we raised $65 to support this worthy cause. HeartKids is the only national not-for-profit organisation solely focused on supporting and advocating for all people impacted by childhood heart disease, one of the largest causes of infant death in Australia.

At Ngulliboo Jarjums we are always looking at ways that we can reduce our environmental footprint and embed sustainable practices into our daily programs.  Teaching children to reuse items that are still functional but perhaps aren't as pretty as when first purchased is one way that we can achieve this. With that in mind we are calling out for donations of gumboots that are still in reasonable condition. 

We have a digging patch at preschool where our children have the opportunity to dig and explore the natural environment. Children develop gross motor skills and real world skills by using real tools. 

We would appreciate any donations of children's gum boots in reasonable condition to preschool. Any colours/patterns are ok and sizes 11-12 appreciated. 

To keep our preschool running well, we kindly remind you of the following items:

• Bring hat, jumper, water bottle everyday
• Check your child's file for important notes every week
• Be on time for afternoon collections

Thank you for your support. 

We are on the lookout for some recyclable materials to complete our upcoming projects with the children.

• 600ml or 1.25L plastic bottles
• bread bags & tags
• cardboard cylinders (inside paper towels, baking paper etc.) No toilet tolls
• Lids off jars and bottles

Please make sure all items are clean before bringing them into preschool. We will have a collection box set up near the sign in area. Thank you for helping us reduce, reuse and recycle. 

Our school canteen is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. All food needs to be pre-ordered by 9.00am. Food will be served in a paper bag supplied by the school. Canteen only operates for lunch, not recess.