Lindfield Lines

Term 2 Week 8 17 June 2020 Principal: Megan Lockery

Deputy Principal K-2: Angela Mustaca

Deputy Principal 3-6: Peter Hayllar

Principal’s Message

Extra-curricular Activities to recommence next

week

Last week I received the welcome news from the Department of

Education that some extra-curricular activities can recommence this

term and others can recommence next term. This week has been

spent collaborating with the various organisers to determine our new

procedures for each group. The main concern is around adult physical

distancing. For this reason, there are clear guidelines about drop off

and pick up from sessions. Parents/Carers will not be permitted to

attend sessions and must wait for their child out of the school

grounds. Each group will email you details of the new arrangements.

Additional hygiene measures will also be in place such as hand

sanitising or washing before and after sessions. Please follow all

instructions carefully as any breach could lead to the cancellation of

that activity. The following groups will commence next week:

All Bands

All String Ensembles

Music tutorials

Chess

Dance Troupes

Some of our external

providers who hire the Hall or

grounds outside of school

hours for dance, netball etc

have also elected to return

from next week and others

will return next term. They will contact you regarding start dates and

new protocols. Please adhere to these guidelines.

Sick Students should stay home – winter coughs

and colds are here

Thank you for keeping students at home who are showing symptoms

of cold or flu. If they are coughing or sneezing, they should not be at

school and will be sent home as per our Infection Control procedures.

Please continue to send COVID test results to the child’s class

teacher if you have your child tested. As we recommence some of our

extra-curricular activities it is vital that only students who are healthy

and well are at school participating in classes. Regular handwashing

and sanitising is still important and coughing and sneezing into an

elbow helps prevent the spread of illness. I appreciate your

cooperation.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday 9 – Friday 26 June

OC Placement Online Applications open

Friday 3 July

Last Day of Term 2

Monday 20 July

Staff Development Day – no students to

attend school

Tuesday 21 July

Students return for Term 3

Tuesday 28 July

SRE/SEE recommences

Tuesday 16 September

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/

Years 3-6 Mini-Assembly

Yesterday we acknowledged student achievement in our classrooms and rewarded students who have

been demonstrating the school ROAR expectations. Blue Assembly Awards and Silver and Gold awards

were presented.

After a long wait, Mr Elsley was able to present the Zone Swimming ribbons to some very excited

swimmers. 34 students impressively represented our school at the Zone Carnival and we placed FIRST

once again!!!! Congratulations to all participants for trying your best.

It’s A Boy!

Congratulations to Mrs Nicole Carters on the birth of her baby boy Billy

Harry Michael Carters. He weighed 3.75kg and is already charming his

sisters. Mrs Carters has also moved to Mudgee so we wish her well with her

new baby and new home. We thank her for many years of dedicated

teaching at Lindfield PS and for her care and commitment to the students in

her classes.

Megan Lockery

Principal

Deputy Principals’ Message

Year 6 Jerseys

There was great excitement late last week as the long awaited Year 6 jerseys arrived!

Yesterday the students were so excited they decided to turn their back on the

camera! Our thanks go to Jodie Stuart-Robinson who managed the ordering and

distribution of the wonderful jerseys. We are always so grateful for all our school

volunteers.

Kindergarten Enrolments 2021

We are now taking enrolments for Kindergarten 2021. Please contact the

Office for an Enrolment Form. More information regarding Information

Sessions and Orientation Days will be sent out in the coming weeks.

Dog on School Grounds

In recent times we have seen a marked increase in the number of dogs on school

premises. We understand that children want to see their pets as soon as they finish

school each day, however we must make sure that we keep all people on school

grounds safe at all times. Please be reminded that only working dogs are permitted

on school grounds. All other dogs should remain outside the school fences.

Keeping The School Informed

Please make sure that when any of your personal arrangements change, you let the Office know the

details. This includes when you move house, when parents become separated or divorced and when

pick-up or drop-off arrangements change. It is also important to inform class teachers and the school

executive when court orders are in place with your family.

As we are currently in the process of writing reports please inform the class teacher if you require more

than one copy of your child’s report.

Opportunity Class Application Window Open

The 2021 Year 5 opportunity class placement process was put

on hold in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation.

We now have a revised and simplified timeline for the OC

placement process to ensure that students and families can

have certainty about their placement as soon as possible.

The changes include:

Parents must apply between 9 June and 26 June 2020

Late applications cannot be accepted

A new test date - Wednesday 16 September 2020

To ensure fair and consistent assessment of students across

New South Wales, students will be offered places based only

on their test results this year – there will be no school assessment scores. There will also be no opportunity

for appeals given the tight timeframes.

We encourage you to continue to monitor the department’s website via:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 to

remain up to date with information relating to opportunity classes.

2020 Opportunity Class Placement Process- Key Dates

Angela Mustaca Peter Hayllar

K-2 Deputy Principal 3-6 Deputy Principal

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

1C, 2M, 4M & 5K

Canteen

Birthday Buckets are back from Week 9

We are very excited to resume Birthdays Buckets from Monday 22 June.

A bucket filled with Juicies (ice blocks) for every child in their class is the best way to celebrate your child’s

birthday (or belated birthday). Please note, there are only 8 buckets available per day, so we appreciate

your understanding and flexibility.

Place your birthday bucket order through Flexischools.

Limited Lunch Menu still in place

Until further notice, the Canteen remains open for lunch orders only, with a Limited Lunch Menu. No over-

the-counter service is available.

Only LUNCH will be available - NO RECESS

FLEXISCHOOL LUNCH ORDERS ONLY and NO CASH will be handled

Orders to be placed by 8:30am - Please note there is currently NO LATE LUNCH ORDER option

The Canteen is currently operating reduced hours and therefore no Canteen managers will be on

site until 10am

No volunteers required

Frozens or items to be collected will NOT be available

Additional cleaning and social distancing measures will be taken.

Healthy menu options

Your child will love the healthy choice menu options,

including fruit, veggie sticks, boiled eggs and the popular

XYZ crunch.

Sarah Burnett, Claudette Mann & Katrina Tottenham

Canteen Managers

canteen@lpspandc.org.au

Clothing Pool

Clothing Pool The SHOP is Closed - Online is OPEN

While our physical shop remains closed, you can still order your uniforms online. 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 then take them back to the classroom.

Our Hair Scrunchies now come in Winter Fabric as well.

The royal blue scrunchies are sold as a double pack, the winter ones have one scrunchie per pack.

Convenor – Jessica Gregg

Clothing Shop Manager – Greti Lindsay

orders@lpspandc.org.au

Band

Week 8 Zoom Rehearsals - Band rehearsals will continue to run remotely this week.

Junior Band

• Zoom rehearsals for the whole band – check email for zoom login details

o Wednesday 17 June: 3:30 – 4:30pm

o Friday 19 June: 7:30am – 8:30am

Intermediate Band

• Full band Zoom rehearsal – zoom login details sent via email

o Thursday 18 June: 7:30am – 8:30am

Concert Band

Full band Zoom rehearsal

o Thursday 18 June: 3:30pm - 4:30pm

Week 9 (June 22) We’re resuming face-to-face band rehearsals!

As per Ms Lockery’s email and in accordance with NSW Government Health advice, Band will recommence

face-to-face rehearsals from Week 9 (Monday 22 June), with the observance of the Government’s AHPPC

Guidelines.

Band rehearsals for CWE, BB, JB, IB and CB will be held at the normal times/days at the school from

Monday June 22.

All information, Guidelines and instructions will be sent to all parents in the band program via email

– so please check your email for full details. We will have a smooth transition back to face-to-face if

we all follow the AHPPC Guidelines and NSW Health advice.

Tutorials

Individual tutorials will continue remotely this week (Week 8).

From Week 9, parents and tutors have the option to return to face-to-face tutorials at the school (as per

Term 1 arrangements) or continue with remote online tutorials, by mutual agreement with your tutor. Please

check your email for further information about protocols for face-to-face tutorials.

Thank you to all Band families for managing the changes that have taken place over the past couple of

months due to COVID. We are very grateful for your understanding, flexibility and perseverance with the

movement of lessons/rehearsals to online platforms, which is a testament to our wonderful band community.

Megan Lipworth and the Band Committee

band@lpspandc.org.au

Stings

Zoom rehearsals to continue for now

While the school prepares for the return of the face-to-face format for additional activities this week all

Strings ensemble rehearsals and tutorials will continue to be on Zoom.

Any updates will be advised by email to you as soon as it is known, followed by publication in Lindfield

Lines.

Please let us know if you have not been receiving emails from your ensemble parent representative/the

Strings Convenor as we want to ensure you are notified of all the important messages relating to Strings as

they develop.

Note to Bach ensemble parents

The parent rep roster for Bach has started. Please make sure you diarise the week that you are responsible

for.

The Strings Committee

strings@lpspandc.org.au

Chess

Chess will restart next Friday with additional safety measures to be implemented. They

haven't been finalised and we will be in touch once we have the full procedures, but a few will include:

- Coaches to carry hand sanitiser and wipes;

- All children will have their hands sanitised on entry;

- Parents to pickup from Ginkgo playground, maintaining social distancing;

- Chess equipment to be cleaned after each session.

We will need parent helpers to assist with cleaning and the pickup processes - let us know if you are

available for that.

Thank you to the school for their support throughout these times.

Eric Tse

Chess Co-ordinator

chessclub@lpspandc.org.au

Dear Parent and Carers,

Due to COVID-19, Term 2 chess classes at Lindfield Public School will be conducted online for this week.

Here are the meeting room links to meet our chess coaches.

John’s group: https://sydneyacademyofchess.whereby.com/mosthilariouschesscoach

Bahman’s group: https://sydneyacademyofchess.whereby.com/bahman-kargosha

Please click on the link, type your child's name on the space (in the dialogue box) and stay in the queue

until our chess coach lets you in to his online chess classroom / or click join the meeting box.

Your Chess Squad IDs will be sent to you via email if you haven’t received them already. Please try logging

in to our playing server www.chesssquad.com and try entering your username and password in advance,

before the first class, as we will be using this website during each session.

There are short introduction videos in this folder for more details on how the online class works:

http://vimeo.com/user/109663225/folder/1669794

Feel free to call us on 9745 1170 for any assistance. We hope the kids will enjoy their online chess class!!

Best Wishes

Sydney Academy of Chess

Office - 9745 1170

Fax - 9745 1176

www.sydneyacademyofchess.com.au