Lindfield Lines

Term 3 Week 6 26 August 2020 Principal: Megan Lockery

Deputy Principal K-2: Angela Mustaca

Deputy Principal 3-6: Peter Hayllar

Principal’s Message

Education Week 2020 – ‘Learning Together’

This week Lindfield PS celebrates Education Week 2020. The theme

of ‘Learning Together’ highlights the extraordinary year of schooling

our students have encountered. To their credit, our students have

transitioned well from face to face teaching to ‘learning from home’ to

face to face learning for one day per week and then finally returning

to full time face to face learning. They have been resilient, flexible and

adapted well to the changing restrictions, technologies, activities and

methods of learning. They were so pleased to return to school with

their friends and teachers.

I commend and thank the staff for their hard work, flexibility,

willingness to learn new skills and coming on –site in times of

uncertainty. Their ability to take on new technology and a new way of

teaching makes me proud of them. I am also proud of the Executive

team for demonstrating strong leadership during this time. It has been a lot of work to set, mark and provide

feedback to every student in the class whilst also being required to supervise students who were at school as

children of essential workers.

Thank you parents and carers for sharing our journey of ‘learning together’. Many of you became ‘teachers’

for the first time and also had to learn new skills in technology and multi-tasking. The way you shared

devices, organised Zoom sessions and juggled your own work demands with your child’s schooling made

you all champions!

As a memento of these challenging times, students have been given the opportunity to reflect on their

learning at home and learning at school. We take pride in sharing these beautiful posters with you. They are

being sent home today so please take the time to discuss these with your children and find a place to display

them. This is one way for us to share Education Week with you as we cannot meet together as we would

normally do.

We also wish to share a video that encapsulates a snapshot of our learning in class and our participation

in some of our

other extra-

curricular

activities.

Please click on

this link to view

our celebration.

You may wish to

change your

YouTube settings

under Quality to

HD to enhance

your viewing.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 14 September

Claymation – 3F

Wednesday 16 September

Claymation – 3P

Thursday 17 September

Claymation – 4M

Wednesday 18 November

New OC Placement Test Date

Further upcoming events can be viewed by clicking on

Calendar on the home page of the school website:

https://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

SASS Recognition Week

This week we acknowledge and thank our wonderful School Administrative and Support Staff as part of

SASS Recognition Week. We thank them for all that they do to keep our school running smoothly. Their

dedication, friendly welcome and support of our students and staff is impressive. They play a vital role in

Customer Service especially this year in light of the pandemic. In particular, we thank Ms Lee Stewart,

Mrs Tania Fogden, Mrs Bhavna Chopra, Mrs Kath Robinson, Mrs Debbie Prosper, Mrs Kathy Best and

Mrs Carla Kapinga. Our temporary General Assistant Mr Bill Stephinson has done a remarkable job

maintaining our school grounds to such a high standard.

If you are speaking with our team this week, you may wish to give them an extra thank you for the work

they do!

In addition to our office staff, we have Student Learning Support Officers (SLSOs) who assist students in

the playground and the classroom. They do an amazing job and always have a smile on their faces.

Thank you Mrs Jackie Crino, Miss Ellie Anderson-Gingold, Mrs Brittany Rodgers and Mr Jeremy Segal.

Miss Kate Waters on Leave

Our much appreciated Learning Support Teacher Miss Waters will

be taking Adoption Leave. This leave commences next week and

will continue for the rest of the year. She will return in 2021. We wish

her all the best as she spends time with her daughter. Miss Waters

has already put in place specific teaching and learning programs for

her literacy support groups and I am currently sourcing a teacher to

implement these.

Years 3-6 Mini-Assembly

This fortnight’s mini-assembly was led by student leaders Annabelle and James. Blue Assembly awards

were presented to students displaying hard work and effort in class. Our Silver and Gold Awards

acknowledged students who have been consistently following the school’s ROAR expectations.

Congratulations to all award winners this fortnight! We also celebrated Education Week this week by

showing some of the work students have put together as part of the ‘surprise package’ for parents and

carers.

Next week we will be presenting Lindfield Blues and Lindfield Pride Pins. Please ensure that all

applications for Blues and Prides have been handed to the Office by Friday of this week if you wish to be

eligible for next week’s awards. Sadly due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are still unable to have parents

attend our assemblies so we will email photos to you.

Physical Distancing, Parking and Supervision

It is vitally important that as adults we practise physical distancing by staying 1.5 metres away when we

drop off and pick up students from school and all extra-curricular activities. Please follow the rules to

keep everyone safe as we do not want to risk infection. Adults should not be in school grounds watching

swimming or waiting for tutorials to end – please just drop off and pick up your children. Students should

not be waiting in the school grounds unsupervised – if their tutorial or lesson hasn’t begun, they must

wait outside with parents and carers. The school car parks are not available to parents until after

4:30pm. Thank you for complying with these restrictions as together we can stay safe.

Megan Lockery

Principal

Education Week 2020

‘Learning Together’

To acknowledge Education Week we invite families, grandparents and friends to share our special virtual celebration showcasing our classroom activities and school programs. Join us for #EdWeek20 as we celebrate learning together with our students, parents, teachers, schools and the community.

This link will take you to the Photo Gallery which includes photos of each

class displaying their ‘Learning Together’ reflection posters.

https://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/education-week-2020.html

218 Pacific Highway, Lindfield NSW 2070T: 9416 1903https://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.aulindfield-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Deputy Principals’ Message

The 'Tell Them From Me' Parent Feedback Survey

This term our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning Parent Survey. Thank you to the 60

parents/carers who have taken part in the survey thus far. Your valuable feedback will help guide

decisions around the future directions of our school. The survey will typically take 20 minutes or less to

complete and is completely confidential. The survey can be done in several languages. Although

participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated. To access

the LPS Parent Survey please go to: http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/lindfield2020

Thank you for your time in completing this survey as part of our consultation phase for our future school

plans. The last four questions are unique to our school and they include what you would like to

see improved in our school. We look forward to hearing your feedback.

Kindergarten Enrolments 2021

Kindergarten enrolments for 2021 are now overdue. Please contact the Office for

an Enrolment Form or fill out a form using the link below. Due to COVID restrictions,

Kindergarten Orientation is currently on hold in all schools.

Later in the term, more information regarding Information Sessions and Orientation

Days will be sent out. Application to Enrol in a NSW Government School

Opportunity Class Placement - New Date

In order to comply with the latest advice from NSW Health to

minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmissions, the annual

Opportunity Class Placement Test will now take place at

school, rather than in examination centres.

To allow this change to be made the new test date will be

Wednesday 18 November 2020.

Only students whose parents have received a confirmation email from the High Performing Students

Team are eligible to sit the test on the new date. The application portal will not be re-opened for new

applications.

Further details on how this process will be managed will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

We encourage you to continue to monitor the department’s website for the latest information relating to

high performing students.

PSSA Modifications and Refunds for Term 3

Due to changes in COVID-19 guidelines set out by NSW Health,

Ku-ring-gai Zone PSSA made the decision last week to cancel

the Winter Season for the remainder of Term 3. This is because

many of our venues had more than 100 in attendance and this

does not satisfy the DoE criteria.

At Lindfield our PSSA teams (Netball, Football and AFL) will continue to play sport on a Friday albeit in a

modified format. Netball teams will remain on the school grounds and make use of the two netball courts

and take part in games and skill development each week. Our AFL and Football teams will alternate

between Edenborough Oval and Palm Playground each week. Students will have an opportunity for

some game time while at Edenborough and will take part in skill development games and drills while on

Palm Playground.

PSSA fees are used to pay for transport, equipment purchase and participation fees. Due to these

unforeseen changes $40.00 refunds will be made available to all PSSA students; you may take this as a

refund or if you prefer, you can have it allocated against your school fees. If you would like it to go

against school fees, please email lee.stewart1@det.nsw.edu.au and Ms Stewart will arrange this. If you

haven’t advised us to reallocate the $40.00 by Friday 4 September, a refund will be issued.

Recreational and School Sport programs will be unaffected by these changes and will continue

throughout the term in their current format.

Kindy Farm

Last week we welcomed the Kindy Farm to Lindfield. Kindergarten students interacted with all the

animals. They took part in a sheep shearing demonstration and were able to hold some of the wool.

Students saw ducklings, goats, sheep, piglets and even a small calf. All reports from the teachers and

students were that everyone had a wonderful day and made memories they will treasure forever. Please

see the following page for some photos from the day.

Students who ROAR!

Ethan (1C)

Ethan is a kind, caring student who always makes his teacher proud by showing respect

to everyone around him. He responsibly looks after all of his belongings and the school

environment. Ethan is always ready to learn and approaches everything with a positive

attitude.

“I always try my best at everything. I am really trying to improve my handwriting and I

practise all the time.”

Jana (6K)

Jana always works hard to tackle new tasks and understand new concepts. She is a

curious and passionate learner who is always interested in the world around her. Jana

really enjoys working together with her friends.

“I try to be determined in the face of adversity and try not to compare myself to others.

No matter what people tell me, I keep trying to believe in myself.

Angela Mustaca Peter Hayllar

K-2 Deputy Principal 3-6 Deputy Principal

Kindy Farm!

Absentee

Notification

We would appreciate

it if you record

student absences via

the Skoolbag app

which can be

downloaded from the

app store. Just

search for Lindfield

Public School.

1. Simply open the app

2. Select the eForms tab

3. Select the Absentee Form tab

Medical Alert Updates 2020

Please ensure all children with anaphylaxis and other medical

conditions hand in their updated Action Plans. Kindly ask your

doctors to sign, stamp and date them. The school needs to

receive a coloured copy of the Action Plan for our health

records. All students with a known medical condition must

provide updated health plans for 2020. Thank you for your

ongoing support.

Notes Sent Home

Notes are available to download from the school website:

https://lindfield-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/notes.html

Please look under the ‘Notes’ tab.

Work on Display

Anaphylaxis at Lindfield Public School At Lindfield Public School in 2020, we have a small number of children who could have a potentially life

threatening allergic reaction. They are found across our school from Kindergarten to Year 6.

How can parents help these children?

• Choose alternative sandwich spreads to peanut butter and Nutella. Inform your child that

these foods can trigger an anaphylactic reaction.

• Reinforce the school’s NO FOOD SHARING message.

Please note, no students are allowed to bring

glass bottles to school for safety reason

Work on display in the office for this week

1B, 1H & 5/6C

Library - http://library.det.nsw.edu.au

Borrowing at Lindfield PS

In order for us to know which books your child would like to borrow, please log into their account on Oliver

Library and reserve the books through there. We have prepared a short video tutorial demonstrating how to

place reservations through our Oliver Library website. To view the tutorial, please click this link:

https://www.loom.com/share/838d39d451c34a81854407dc762bb266

Oliver Library can be accessed via https://library.det.nsw.edu.au, or through your child’s Student Portal.

Please use their Department of Education username and password.

If your child forgets to bring his/her books back or was sick, please keep the books at home and return them

next Library lesson.

Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time!

2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge

https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/

Congratulations to the following students who completed the Challenge over the last week!

K-2 3-4 5-6

Inaya G Zoe C Grace A

Rachel K Celine H Lachlan B

Ava K Emily P Sam G

Leopold R Hamish L Aiden J

Harry B Jasper N Roy K

Alexander B Madison P Sidney B

Hamish B Mikko S Poppy H

Elaine C Jessica S

Olivia K Avery T

Finlay S

Aidan T

Tip: Use your Loan History in Oliver Library to help you

remember which books you have borrowed this year!

Happy reading!

Renee Chapman and Rachel Loftus

Teacher Librarians

PRC ends this Friday!

We are into the final week of the Challenge!

All books need to be logged online via the

NSW PRC website above using your child’s

individual Department of Education logon

details by this Friday 28 August. This is the

same username and password they use to

access computers and Oliver Library at

school.

If you have any concerns or questions, please

feel free to email Mrs Chapman on

renee.chapman17@det.nsw.edu.au

P&C MEETING AND AGM

The P&C held their Annual General Meeting last week virtually via Zoom. The AGM is

normally held in March each year, but due to Covid-19 and consequently a change in the NSW P&C

Federation Constitution allowing virtual meetings, we were able to proceed.

Thank you to all who participated and especially those who came along to their first P&C meeting. The results

of the AGM were as follows:

Office Bearers

Committee Convenors:

President Angus Boyd

Vice President 1: Vice President 2:

Bill Steenson Lachlan Pike

Treasurer Christine Chang

Assistant Treasurer Sarah Chan

Secretary Kristy Jo

Assistant Secretary Lucy Basten

Band Vacant

Building Tina Cabela

Canteen Kylie Barter

Chess Eric Tse

Class Parent Co-ordinator Jen Jarick

Clothing Pool Jess Gregg

IT & Communications Alan Leung

LEAF Merrin Hodge

Annabelle Woodhouse

Social & Fundraising Alex Curtis

Megan Crane

Social Justice Sarah Rosewell

Strings Mary Alonti

Fiona Lim

Swimming James Pottie

Jackie Shelton

A big thank you to Hana, Seiko, Mark, Rob and Barry who stepped down this year. We appreciate all your

hard work and dedication to the LPS P&C.

It was lovely to see some new faces and we look forward to working with everyone.

Tina Cabela

P&C Administrator

IN MEMORY OF DONATO MALLARI-

FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE - CLOSING 31 AUGUST

Thank you to everyone from LPS and the wider community who have

contributed to our fundraiser for the Mallari Family. The fundraiser will

be closing 31 August 2020. I know that Elvira and the children are

extremely grateful for the support they have received. We have raised

over $16,000 for this beautiful family. If you would like to contribute

please see the link below.

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/231556/lps-fundraiser-for-the-family-of-don-mallari

Canteen

New Menu item: Beat the winter chill with a Warm Milo at recess

Year 3-6 students can now enjoy a cup of Warm Milo at recess. Order via Flexischools before 8:30am for

collection from the Canteen window at the start of recess.

Canteen Volunteers: External Visitor Form required before your shift

Please note, there are New COVID-19 Protocols for the Canteen that every volunteer needs to follow and

sign the required external visitor’s form before each shift. Forms are available from the Office or you

can download it here

Volunteer Roster

Can you help?

To volunteer, please contact Jane

Text 0402 071 345 or email

lpscanteenvolunteer@gmail.com

27-Aug 28-Aug

Amanda

Hawkins Jane Sim

Ros Richardson Hee-jin Cho

Elizabeth

Sullivan

31-Aug 1-Sep 2-Sep 3-Sep 4-Sep

Joan Zhou Nadine Nel

Nahid

Mashayekhi Marco Pan Marta Ianno

Miguel Yamin Lachlan Pike

Natalie Peng

Behind the scenes in the

Canteen: Katrina and our lovely

volunteer, Mariia taking a break

from making pizzas to enjoy a

hot chocolate with a slice of

Russian cheesecake (brought by

Mariia). As you can see, the

Canteen was a pizza palace this

week!

Sarah Burnett, Claudette Mann & Katrina Tottenham

Canteen Managers canteen@lpspandc.org.au

Clothing Pool

Clothing Pool

Winter uniform is still mandatory.

The SHOP remains closed - Online is OPEN

While our physical shop remains closed, you can still order your uniforms online.

https://lpspandc.org.au/uniform-shop/ We are processing all orders on either Wednesdays or Thursdays and

delivering them to the child’s classroom teacher.

Please order what you think you need, take your items home and try them on. If you got the size wrong or

ordered incorrectly, drop your items back to the Front Office. We will collect them from there and exchange

these items before taking them back to the classroom.

2nd hand clothing

While our physical shop remains closed you can order 2nd hand clothing: Please send an email to

clothing@lpspandc.org.au indicating the items and size you require and we will go for a hunt through our 2nd

hand boxes and take items to the Front Office for you.

You can then have a look at them and if you like them, please leave the money with the Front Office staff for

us.

Label your belongings

I know I harp on, but please label your belongings and encourage your precious one to look after them. We

can only return things if we find a legible name on it! Please be aware that your child’s first name alone is

NOT enough – we do need to know your last name too.

Girls winter pants

Remember, girls can choose between our traditional tunic and the girls fitted grey pants for their

winter uniform. They wear both with the unisex blue shirt and grey socks or tights.

Convenor – Jessica Gregg

Clothing Shop Manager – Greti Lindsay

orders@lpspandc.org.au

Swimming

ENROLMENTS

Some of our squads are now fully booked and there is little room for changes to be made to sessions if you

need to change days. Please keep this in mind when organising activities. If you need to change sessions or

days, you will be placed on a waiting list.

If you are unable to commit to your booked sessions, please email the Swimming Administrator to let her

know, so that someone else can take your place.

PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT PAY FOR SQUADS OR LEARN TO SWIM UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN

INSTRUCTED BY THE SWIMMING ADMINISTRATOR AND YOU HAVE A CONFIRMED BOOKING. DO

NOT ASSUME THAT YOU WILL HAVE A PLACE BY MAKING A PAYMENT.

ABSENCES FROM SWIMMING SESSIONS

Please email the Swimming Administrator if your child will be absent from swimming due to illness. If your

child is experiencing COVID flu-like symptoms, you will need to get your child tested. They are not to return

to swimming until a negative test is received and they are fully recovered.

HOT SHOWERS IN THE CHANGE ROOM

As most of you are aware, the hot water system is being replaced and I will advise when hot showers will be

available. In the meantime, please ensure your child has warm clothes to change into.

SQUADS AND LEARN TO SWIM PAYMENTS

If you have enrolled and you have received confirmation of your booking, payment is now due IN FULL by

clicking the correct squad link on our website: https://lpspandc.org.au/sport-and-swimming/. FEES MUST

BE PAID BY DUE DATE OF 31 AUGUST 2020 IN ORDER TO REDEEM ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHER. All

payment instructions and Active Kids Voucher redemptions instructions are on the website.

All new children must attend a grading session with our coach and be assigned a squad or lesson level. If you

would like to be assessed, email the Swimming Administrator to make a booking. Your child should wear

swimmers, cap and goggles. They will enter the pool regardless of ability. Swimming is a COVID safe activity

and safety protocols are in place.

IMPORTANT DATES

Term 3

Monday 31 August Payment of Fees due

Alison Gladen

Swimming Administrator swimming@lpspandc.org.au

Band

Zoom Rehearsal Times

Due to the NSW Department of Education recent COVID-19 guidelines, we are now limited to one online

(zoom) rehearsal per week. Thankfully, our wonderful conductors are highly adaptable and adjust the

traditional rehearsal format for online. COVID-19 can’t stop the music!

The timetable for the online rehearsals is:

Concert Wind

Ensemble

Big Band Intermediate

Band

Junior Band

Concert Band

Monday

3:45 - 4:50pm

Monday

6:00 - 7:00pm

Tuesday

3:30pm - 4pm /

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Wednesday

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Thursday

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Zoom login details (meeting ID and Passwords) will be emailed to each band member – please check email

for your access. Please ensure the Zoom display name is your child’s name (not parent name) if the

conductor needs to authorise access. Contact your conductor/band rep if you are experiencing any

difficulties.

Rehearsals on Zoom may be different to the live experience, but these sessions are still wonderfully

beneficial and offer a variety of features and learning opportunities often missed in traditional band

rehearsals.

Tutorials

Tutorials will remain unchanged at this time and can continue face-to-face onsite at LPS until further notice.

Tutors and students need to maintain 3m distance at all times and follow the COVID-19 protocols.

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond Awards – still on track!

Our move to Zoom for the remainder of Term 3 won’t stop awards solos!

Band members in CB, IB and JB will be asked to perform solo during Zoom rehearsals for their annual

awards (Bronze, Silver and Gold/Diamond for JB, IB and CB members respectively). Keep practising your

solos and be ready!

Depending on the award level, students will need to complete a series of scales and a solo piece of music or

rudiments and drumkit beats for Percussion section.

Have you paid your Semester 2 Band fees?

Semester 2 Band fees and Instrument Hire fees (if applicable) are now overdue. Please pay online via the

LPS P&C website https://lpspandc.org.au/25-2/. If you are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact

the Band Convenors for a confidential conversation band@lpspandc.org.au

Need to ask a question or get in touch? Please email: band@lpspandc.org.au

Megan Lipworth and the Band Committee

band@lpspandc.org.au

Strings

Semester 2 fees – NOW OVERDUE

Thank you to all the families who have paid their ensemble and instrument hire fees on time.

Fees for Semester 2 for ensemble and instrument hire are now overdue. The ensemble fee covers the cost

of our conductors, sheet music and associated costs. Thanks to parent volunteers, ensemble costs are kept

as low as possible. Your prompt payment would be appreciated.

A new External Visitors Form needed for each visit

For all onsite volunteers, please note that a new form is needed for each visit. Blank copies will be in the

Office, on the front desk, as is the box to place them in. Please allow a few extra minutes to complete.

The Strings Committee

strings@lpspandc.org.au