Lindfield Lines

Term 2 Week 6 6 June 2018

Principal: Megan Lockery

Deputy Principal K-2: Katrin Cornell

Deputy Principal 3-6: Angela Mustaca

Principal’s Report

Lindfield Learning Village

Phase 1 of the new school at the UTS Lindfield site will open in 2019. As

there is a great deal of interest in this exciting new model, Ms Stephanie

McConnell, Principal Lindfield Learning Village, will be presenting parent

information sessions for anyone interested on the following days:

Tuesday 12 June in Lindfield PS School Hall at 7pm

Wednesday 20 June in Lindfield PS School Hall at 7:30pm

In addition, two Saturday afternoon ‘drop in’ sessions will be held on:

Saturday 30 June in Lindfield PS School Hall from 1-3pm

Saturday 28 July in Lindfield PS School Hall from 1-3pm

Everyone is welcome to attend these sessions to hear more about the new

school.

More information can be accessed on the Lindfield Learning Village

Facebook page.

Zone Cross Country- new date

The Zone Cross Country Carnival has been postponed to Wednesday 13

June. New notes have gone out today to confirm transport arrangements. Mr

Katrak and Mr Reid will be attending the carnival.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 11 June

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 12 June

Lindfield Learning Village Parent Presentation

– LPS School Hall 7:00pm

Wednesday 13 June

Zone Cross Country Carnival

Thursday 14 June

P&C Meeting 9:15am

Year 6 Photo

Sunday 17 – Tuesday 19 June

Music Camp

Tuesday 19 June

No Years 3-6 Assembly

Wednesday 20 June

Lindfield Learning Village Parent Presentation

– LPS School Hall 7:30pm

Thursday 21June

Korean Specials Day

Friday 22 June

Stewart House Mufti Day

Area Cross Country

No PSSA or Rec Sport

Years 3-6 Assembly

Monday 25 June

1P, 1C & 1/2S Excursion to Vaucluse House

Tuesday 26 June

1D, 1H & 1PT Excursion to Vaucluse House

Thursday 28 June

2M, 2G & 2T Excursion to Vaucluse House

Monday 2 July

2HK & 2A Excursion to Vaucluse House

Tuesday 3 July

Lindfield Blue Assembly – IB to perform

Friday 6 July

Last day of Term 2

Further upcoming events can be viewed by clicking

Split Family Reports

We are currently in the process of preparing the Student Progress Reports for Semester 1 and would like to

update our records for split families. If you would like to receive two reports please email Ms Lee Stewart on

lee.stewart1@det.nsw.edu.au with details of parent’s name and postal address of both parents. If we do not

hear otherwise, all students will be given one report for the family.

5/6 S Assembly Item

I was unable to attend the Years 3-6

assembly yesterday but was treated to

an encore performance of the song

written by Hanna and Maya from 5/6S

(with help from classmates). The ‘Colour

Wheel’ song integrated themes of

resilience, growth mindset, emotions

and positivity with the colours of the

rainbow. I particularly liked this verse:

Blue is the colour of the sky

when you think you’re gonna lie

Have a growth mindset and don’t cry

Uploading Photos and Videos to Social Networking sites

Please do not upload photos and videos to social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram if they

contain other people’s children. This is due to privacy considerations as we must seek permission from

parents/carers in order to publish photos and videos. I ask that you also remind your children of this as we

have students taking photos of other students without their permission and uploading them. Some have

become quite distressed about this lack of consideration. Please check the guidelines for social networking

sites as most have an age limit of 13+ to be able to join. Thank you for your cooperation.

Megan Lockery

Principal

Health Alert – Impetigo and Head Lice

Impetigo

There have been a few cases of Impetigo diagnosed. Please see the link for detailed information on this highly

contagious condition. We suggest that, if in doubt, speak with your doctor.

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/impetigo.pdf

Head Lice

Please take note that Head Lice have been found in some children’s hair. We need to ensure that control

measures are taken immediately. For information see the link.

http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/headlice/Pages/treatment.aspx

Deputy Principals’ Report

Community Survey

Over the past few years, the school and P&C have worked together on projects to benefit the school.

Some of these have included a Hall and COLA extension, artificial turf on Ginkgo, Flexible Furniture,

Smartboards and an upgrade of the Pool Toilets. The P&C commits to partially funding a Learning

Support Teacher to assist with Literacy learning in the school.

With the Grosvenor Road Pedestrian Project in the works, we are

now looking to identify some possible projects for the future. Ideas

are being sought from the parent community, the staff and the

students. Please complete the survey by clicking the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/parentsurveyLPS

5/6S Assembly Item

Students in 5/6S shared their artwork based on the colour wheel at yesterday’s assembly. They even

sang an original ‘rap’ written by students in the class which was very creative.

Athletics Carnival

We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather on Monday for our Athletics Carnival. Records were

broken and we were most impressed with the participation of all students. We saw lots of students

congratulating each other at the finish line! Thank you to Mr Elsley, Mr Brock and all the teachers for

their organisation of the day. Results will be published shortly.

ICAS Competitions – English and Mathematics

Students in Years 3-6 have received a note about the ICAS competitions. This year we will again be

administering the tests in English and Mathematics before school hours to maximise learning in class time.

Please return notes and payment by Monday 18 June and make sure that you have filled out a separate

note for each child, if you have more than one child participating. Notes are also available on the school

website.

Year 6 Photo

On 14 June the official Year 6 photo will be taken after recess. Please ensure all Year 6 students come

to school in their full winter school uniform, not sports uniform.

Katrin Cornell Angela Mustaca Deputy Principal Deputy Principal

Years 3 – 6 Spelling Bee

This term, Lindfield Public School is seeking our top spellers to compete in the Premier’s Spelling Bee.

The word lists are available now at:

https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/2018-premiers-spelling-bee

The password to access the lists is dazzle

Years 3 and 4 are studying the Junior list and Year 5 and 6 will be working on the Senior list. Each class

will hold a competition in Week 8 and two finalists from each class will compete in the School Finals on

Wednesday 27 June in the School Hall.

Good luck to everyone!

Jennifer Nelson and Patrick Gortley

Spelling Bee Coordinators

Lindfield Public School

2019 Kindergarten Information

Showcase & School Tour for Parents/Carers and 2019 Students Thursday 30 August 2018 at 9:30am in the School Hall Come along to see and hear about some of the programs we have on offer and take part in a school tour led by our senior students.

Parent Information Evening Tuesday 30 October 2018 at 6:30pm in the School Hall This is an introduction to Lindfield Public School and information on preparation for school. Parent Information and Kindergarten Orientation Visits Thursday 8 November and Thursday 15 November 2018 from 10:00am to

11:00am

Children visit Kindergarten classrooms and participate in various activities. Children have morning tea on our Camphor Laurel playground (please supply morning tea for your child).

While the children are visiting the Kindergarten classrooms, there will be an information session for parents/carers in the School Hall. Please attend both Thursday 8 November and 15 November Orientation Days.

Principal: Megan Lockery Deputy Principal K-2: Katrin Cornell Deputy Principal 3-6: Angela Mustaca

Lindfield Public School, 218 Pacific Highway Lindfield T: 9416 1903 www.lindfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Seven Steps Writing Tips

Get more writing techniques and activities:

www.sevenstepswriting.comEmail: office@sevenstepswriting.comPhone: (03) 9521 8439

© Jen McVeity, author and National Literacy Champion

TOP TIP:We often learn more about what kids ate on the way to the zoo than what happened when the lion escaped. So simply tell children to cut out the boring bits: no beds, no bus trips, no boring lists of friends or food.(See also Step 1: Sizzling Starts)

ACTION ACTIVITY:Watch movies and see how few ‘boring bits’ they use. They rarely show people using the toilet, brushing their teeth or blow-drying their hair. Even stranger, notice how people never seem to travel, they just arrive.

Step 6: Ban the Boring

Why do children always fill their stories with boring details? How many of these have you read?

• Food fetishes: We were at Disneyworld and we got to eat hamburgers with chips and a big thick milkshake. I had two whole bottles of Coke and my sister had…

• Bedroom boredom: I woke up that morning and leapt out of bed and put on my best jeans and a jumper and then cleaned my teeth and put on my shoes…

• Trapped in travel: In the bus on the way to the swimming carnival we waved at the cars and Mark made us sing really boring songs and then we put our streamers through the windows and…

It’s called ‘warm-up’ writing because people start with the safe and familiar. Professional authors know this – some authors even cut out the first few chapters when editing, so their book jumps straight into the action.

Library

2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge

www.premiersreadingchallenge.nsw.edu.au

Well done to the following students who have completed their Student Reading Records over the last

week! A big thank you also to Ms Brown and KM for being the second class in the school to have all

students complete the Challenge! They have read many books in the classroom and in the Library!

K-2 3-4 5-6

Lorica B Cameron S Mary S Ethan G Masa S

Nicholas B Aidan T Poppy G Rhys M

Zac B Evelyn T Olivia S Genevieve C

Jake C Chloe U Claressa T Estelle O

Ethan F Sophia X

Caitlin G Selina Z

Ty G Floyd B

Jerald K Carys G

Jake L Juliet M

Jasmin P Stephanie P

All books need to be logged online via the NSW PRC website using your child’s individual login details

by Friday 31 August. This is the same username and password they use to access computers and the

internet at school. Years 3-6 students are given time to complete their records online during Library

lessons.

Enter the 2018 NewsLocal Premier’s Reading Challenge Words and Art

Competition!

NewsLocal are advertising a word and art competition in partnership with the Premier’s Reading

Challenge. It is open to all students! To win our school a free author visit, you must answer the question

‘What is your favourite Premier’s Reading Challenge book and why?’

Entries close 5pm Friday September 7 2018.

Students can choose to:

Create an artwork (illustration, drawing, painting, graphic interpretation) or a video, PLUS write up

to 25 words explaining why they chose this particular book.

OR

Write a written piece of up to 250 words answering the question. This could be in the form of a

book review.

Entries may be from individual students or, alternatively, from

groups of students from a school!

The winners in each category will win a special visit by one of

these three Australian authors!

• Tom Jellett - Kindergarten to Year 2

• R.A Spratt - Years 3 to 6

• Adam Spencer - Years 7 to 9

To enter and for full terms and conditions, go to:

https://newslocal.com.au/prc Good luck!

Renee Chapman

Teacher Librarian

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.

Simply open the app Select the eForms tab Select the Absentee Form tab

Community Notice Board

All community notices/flyers can now be found under the Parent and Community link on our website.

http://www.lindfield-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/p-c-website/community-notice-board

Medical Alert Updates 2018

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 2018. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Notes Sent Home

Notes are available to download from the school website: www.lindfield-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au Please look under the ‘Notes’ tab.

Work on Display

Anaphylaxis at Lindfield Public School At Lindfield Public School in 2018, we have a small number of children with a potentially life threatening

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

How can parents help these children?

If possible, choose alternative sandwich spreads to peanut butter and Nutella. If

you have no alternative, 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 reasons.

Work on display in the office for this week

2HK and 5R

You’re invited …

Term 2 Meeting

Thursday 14 June 2018 at 9:15am

Staff Room, School Administration Building

1. Welcome

2. Review of Minutes of the Term 1 Meeting

3. Principal’s Report (Megan Lockery)

4. Presentation: Promoting a Growth Mindset and The Resilience Project (Katrin Cornell & Angela

Mustaca)

5. Financial Report

6. Social and Fundraising Update, including upcoming events.

7. Sub-committee Updates

8. P&C priorities for 2018/19

9. School Uniforms

10. Other business

Please come and join us for the meeting and a cup of tea or coffee (and some morning tea

snacks).

The Term 2 meeting is in school hours to encourage attendance from those who can do a daytime

meeting.

If you have something you would like to raise at the meeting, or are just interested in finding out what is

going on, please feel free to contact P&C President, Bill Steenson, or 0478 617191 or by email to

president@lpspandc.org.au or talk to any of the Executive or sub-committee representatives.

Bill Steenson

P&C President

president@lpspandc.org.au

Canteen

Korean Specials Day - Thursday 21 June - Save the date

Our very popular Korean Specials Day is back. We have some wonderful Korean mums who will volunteer their time in the Canteen to cook up some delicious Korean food for our children. The Korean food is guaranteed to be delicious and made with love. Please watch this space and order on Flexischools by Sunday 17 June midnight.

Please note none of the food will be spicy but will contain sesame oil. If any Korean mums would like to help please contact Jenny Back on 0404 486 302.

Term 2 - Week 6 and 7

If you would like to volunteer please sign up here Sarah Burnett, Claudette Mann and Katrina Tottenham Canteen Managers

canteen@lpspandc.org.au

Wednesday 6 June Thursday 7 June Friday 8 June

Jane Downey Miguel Yamin Lynn McCardle

Sandra Cuello Helper Needed (9am-2pm) Elizabeth Sullivan

Ann Wang Helper Needed (11am-3pm) Claire Ham

Tuesday 12 June Wednesday 13 June Shane Blewitt

Karthika Ramanathan Jane Downey Jasmine Jin

Nadine Nel Elizabeth Sullivan Denise Bell

Helper Needed (9am-2pm) Thursday 14 June

Ada Fong

Helper Needed (9am-2pm)

Helper Needed (9am-2pm)

Clothing Pool

Clothing Pool Opening Hours: 8:30 am - 9:30 am Wednesdays and Thursdays

Don’t forget the ONLINE ordering option – easy and secure via the P&C website. Orders are then delivered to your child’s class, usually on Wednesdays or Thursdays. PLEASE include your child's name and class.

PLEASE LABEL YOUR BELONGINGS

News

Sports Jackets There has been some confusion recently about the use of our sports jackets: Our sports jackets can ONLY be worn when our students wear their sports uniform. The children may NOT wear the sports jacket over their school uniform. On the other hand our school jackets and jumpers may be worn with BOTH school and sports uniforms.

Raincoats

Don’t forget we do stock raincoats that will keep your little ones dry in the rain. They have been very popular – lovely and lightweight with the additional bonus of actually keeping our children dry! We now stock them in sizes 4 – 12 and we can order them in size 2 as well as various adult sizes.

LABEL your belongings I know I harp on, but please label your belongings – We need to be able to read your child’s last name to return things to you! Also encourage your precious one to look after them. The lost property box is overflowing.

Our Upcoming Volunteers’ roster:

Week 6

Wednesday 6 Jun Thursday 7 Jun

Greti Lindsay Kaori Sato

Greti Lindsay Jessica Gregg

Week 7

Wednesday 13 Jun Thursday 14 Jun

Greti Lindsay Kristine Bennett

Greti Lindsay Cath Morrice

Convenor – Jean Nightingale Clothing Shop Manager – Greti Lindsay orders@lpspandc.org.au

TERM 2: LPS Class Social Calendar

Date Class Event and Venue Time

Friday 8 June 1D Family get together West Lindfield Bowling Club

6pm

Friday 8 June KB Family get together West Lindfield Bowling Club

6.30pm

Wednesday 13 June 1C Mums dinner Basil & Bedlam, Roseville

7.30pm

Sunday 17 June 2G Family play in the park Queen Elizabeth Reserve

2.30pm

Sunday 17 June KM Family play in the park Queen Elizabeth Reserve

2.30pm

To have your class social functions in the Lindfield Lines please send an email to cpc@lpspandc.org.au By 8pm every Monday of term. Thanks! Lynn McCardle Class Parent Co-ordinator cpc@lpspandc.org.au.

Band

Music Camp 17-19 June, 2018

With less than two weeks to go, the camp planning is basically completed. All names are in, the last few forms are being collected and rooming has concluded. Thank you to all who have helped make this happen. Just a quick reminder about the start and end times for the various ensembles.

Concert Band needs to make their own way to the Narrabeen venue and arrive at 4pm on Sunday 17 June.

Members of the Intermediate Band and Junior Band need to arrive at the LPS Pool Playground at 6:20am on Monday 18 June where a small breakfast will be served and names will be marked off.

The camp will conclude with a concert commencing at 3:15pm on Tuesday 19 June and children will be free to make their own way home (NB no return transport to LPS) around 4:45pm.

It looks like winter is now upon us so start thinking about your packing NOW. Warm clothes, wet weather clothes, sleeping bags etc as mentioned in the previous letters sent home.

Over the next two weeks you will receive coloured ribbons to attach to your instruments and stands to make it easier to coordinate at camp. Final timetabling for the Monday breakfast and bus loading at LPS will come out as well as scheduling of the brilliant volunteers who have already signed up.

For details, go to the Music Camp Page - http://lpspandc.org.au/25-2/music-camp/

CB - Vivid Performance - CANCELLED

The CB performance at Vivid in Chatswood on Friday 15 June has been cancelled. Unfortunately there were some last minute changes with the venue that would no longer accommodate our band. Despite efforts to arrange another location around the same time, a suitable alternative could not be found.

We will continue to look for exciting opportunities to showcase our top performers' talents. For questions or feedback regarding any aspect of the Band program at Lindfield, please e-mail band@lpspandc.org.au Seiko and Mark Ruff Band Co-convenors band@lpspandc.org.au

Strings

MONDAY 11 June – Public Holiday - there will be NO ensemble rehearsal

The Music Camp countdown- tips on what to prepare

All children will need to bring a music stand. If you do not have one yet, please

purchase one – a stand is also very handy for instrument practices at home.

The cheapest option is to order online. Alternatively, you can get one at music

shops. Collapsible stands are easiest to transport.

What to wear: the children need to wear warm casual clothes – no school

uniform. Please note the Narrabeen site gets cold. Also please pack a rain jacket as the children

will be walking between rehearsal rooms and to their activities. Comfortable, closed shoes are a

must.

Overnight bags: for those children staying overnight please pack a small bag – no suitcases.

Children will need to manage their own luggage at camp so practise packing and unpacking the

bags and sleeping bags with them. More details for what to pack are on the P&C website:

http://lpspandc.org.au/25-2/music-camp/

2018 LPS Orchestra If your child would like to participate in the 2018 LPS Orchestra please email us with your child’s name, instrument and current ensemble as soon as possible.

For your calendars:

Term 2

17-19 June - LPS Music Camp – all ensembles

25 June - Open rehearsal for the Amadeus ensemble 3:15pm (TBC)

2 July - Open rehearsal for the Mozart ensemble 3:15pm (TBC)

Term 3

8 August - LPS Open Day - Mozart, Amadeus, Bach, Vivaldi, Ravel to play (TBC)

31 August - Father’s Day Breakfast - Amadeus (TBC) and Junior Band

Week 8 - Excursion to Roseville Kindy - Bach and Junior Band (TBC)

25 Sept - Lindfield Blue Assembly - Ravel or Bachaldi to play (TBC)

Term 4

8 Nov - Mozart in assembly

12 Nov - Free Strings trials (TBC)

30 Nov - Music Spectacular, Killara High School - all ensembles and band

Verena Conti and Mary Alonti

String co-conveners

strings@lpspandc.org.au

Chess

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. -Doris Lessing Round 4 of the JCL Weekly Competition was held last Friday on a cold winter afternoon. This week the Library was transformed into a tournament of dreams, as we had a massive 5 teams at Home, 3 Away and 1 Bye. This week was the big one between the two strongest teams in the competition - Lindfield A v St Ives North A. And it didn't disappoint as epic matches were held and when the dust settled the new Empire of St Ives North arose. Can we come back? While waiting for the final game to be completed (an epic between Matthew and his opponent ending in a Draw) many casual matches were played between the top students and our coach, using time odds (3 minutes to 1) on a clock - the students won a few matches there. It was great to see chess played at this level (and your correspondent was duly easily dispatched as well.) Meanwhile, our D's continue their golden run, and amongst our traveling teams the E's may have played chess, but also took a few really cool photos while at Barker! Charles in the F's visiting Wahroonga PS finished with a position requiring an adjudication, something we have never seen occur! He had a Queen to his opponent’s Rook, Bishop and Pawn, and both sides were interlocked - and the supervisor couldn't tell who would win and sent it up for adjudication. The organisers bestowed their wisdom with a judgement worthy of an Empire - a Draw! Well done Charles! Lindfield A played St Ives North A for a 0.5-3.5 loss (aggregate 10-6.) Lindfield B had a Bye (8.5-7.5.) Lindfield C played Knox A for a 1.5-2.5 loss (4.5-11.5.) Lindfield D played St Bernards Berowra Heights A for a 4-0 win (14-2.)

Lindfield E played Barker C for a 1-3 loss (8-8.) Lindfield F played Wahroonga D for a 2-2 draw (7-9.) Lindfield G played Newington B for a 1-3 loss (6.5-9.5.) Lindfield H played Wahroonga C for a 2.5-1.5 win (10.5-5.5.) Lindfield I played Sydney Grammar F for a 1-3 loss (4.5-11.5.) This week at Home we have Lindfield B v Lindfield East A, Lindfield E v St Ives North H, Lindfield F v Barker B and Lindfield H v St Bernards Berowra Heights B (may be postponed.) Travelling we have Lindfield A v St Ives North C, Lindfield C v St Ives North A, Lindfield D v St Ives North G, Lindfield G v St Bernards Berowra Heights A and Lindfield I v St Ives North K. Good luck teams! Eric Tse Chess Co-ordinator chessclub@lpspandc.org.au 8642

Bookings for the July Vacation Care Program will open in Week 7 when Term 2 fees are issued. Please

remember that Term 2 fees will need to be paid in full before any bookings will be accepted for vacation

care.

The pricing for vacation care has changed slightly:

Excursion days will now vary between $90-$100 per day depending on the cost of the activity.

Incursion days will remain at $70 per day.

Please book early if you know that you need care as vacation care is in high demand.

LAC July Vacation Care Program