Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Year 8 and 10 Parent Meeting

Thank you to parents who attended year 8 and 10 meeting last Thursday; this was very well attended. Hopefully this will assist with ensuring students prepare well for their upcoming year 8 and 10 National exams and achieve to their full potential.

Athletics Week 6

During week 6 of this term, we have invited former PNG Olympian Rellie Kaputin to assist with a week of athletics workshops with all classes from Prep to Grade 10. We look forward to Rellie coming and sharing her expertise with our students as they prepare for the Athletics Carnival in Week 9.  

Grade 7/8 Cairns Trip

We are busy organising arrangements for the Grade 7 / 8 Cairns Trip which will take place from 5 – 12 June. We have been very busy finalising passports and visas; last weekend we took half of the students to Port Moresby for Biometrics. We will take the remaining students requiring biometrics for their passport in a couple of weeks' time.  

LIS PNG Independence Celebrations 2025

Independence Day preparations are continuing; thank you to those teachers and parents working on this. We will continue to keep you updated with plans and preparations for the big 50 Year Independence Celebrations.

Managing Children’s Use of Devices and Social Media

Many parents struggle with reducing the time their children spend on electronic devices and social media. The Google Family Link app is a good resource to help parents administer their children’s devices and apps. Please click on the following link for more info: https://families.google.com/familylink/#.

Term 2 Parent Calendar

Please download the term 2 calendar below. 

Regards,

Mr Kevin Collins

SCHOOL HOURS Prep - 6

Official school times are:

8.10 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15 Home room (Assembly on Friday)

8.15 – 10.35 First session

10.35 – 11.05 Recess (15 minutes eating followed by 15 minutes play)

11.05 – 12.35 Second session

12.35 – 1.20 Lunch (15 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

1:20 – 3.00 Third Session

3.00 End of school day

SCHOOL HOURS 7 - 10

Official school times are:

8.10 Bell rings

8.10 – 8.15 Home room (Assembly on Friday)

8.15 – 10.05 Two periods

10.05 – 10.35 Recess (10 minutes eating followed by 20 minutes play)

10.35 – 1.20 Three periods

1.20 – 2.00 Lunch (10 minutes eating followed by 30 minutes play)

2.00 – 2.55 Third Session

2.55 – 3.00 Home room

3.00 End of school day

2025

Term 1 Monday 27 January to Thursday 3 April

Term 2 Tuesday 22 April to Thursday 19 June

Term 3 Monday 14 July to Thursday 18 September

Term 4 Monday 6 October to Thursday 4 December

Week 5: Thursday - Early years Reading Workshop at 3.15pm in the Prep room.

Week 5: Saturday - year 7/8 car wash from 9.00-11.30am

Week 6: Athletics Week

Week 6: Wednesday - Primary Student-led Conferences

Week 6: Friday - Wellbeing afternoon

Week 7: Thursday - Year 7/8 Cairns trip depart

Week 8: Friday - Year 7/8 Cairns trip return

Week 8: Friday - P & W Pop-up Book Stall and Food Stall

Week 8: Friday - Kindy Athletics

Week 9: Wednesday - Athletics Carnival

Week 9: Thursday - Reports and Folios sent home

Monday and Tuesday afternoons: Year 8 and 10 Maths and English remedials for selected students at STM

Monday: Teeball with Ms Dovaston and Mrs Collins - 3.10-4.00pm; Netball with Mrs RD

Wednesday: year 3/4 Homework class with Ms Tukata; high school supervised study

Thursday: year 5/6 Homework class

Over the coming weeks, students from year 1 to year 6 can volunteer to help with the LIS Golden Orchid Ball Artworks. We will be holding a few afterschool sessions to create the pieces. Year 3/4 students will participate during Wednesday's Homework Club time and year 5/6 students will participate during Thursday's Homework Club time. A note will be sent home to the year 1/2 students listing times when students can stay behind to do art.

Please see Vanessa or your child's teacher if you have any questions.

Athletics Week

Our Athletics Week is now scheduled for week 6! Our Athletics Carnival is scheduled for Wednesday of week 9, the 18th June.

Afternoon Activities

A reminder that primary students need to return a note in order to play tee-ball on a Monday afternoon from 3.10-4.00pm. There are two more weeks of tee-ball so come along and have fun!

Mrs Romaso-Daimol and Mrs Laien will also be taking Netball training for our year 5/6 and high school girls.

Mrs Baiwan will be running some Science STEM activities for interested high school students.

Kind regards,

Miss Meauri (Sports Co-ordinator) 

Daily Reading

All students from Prep should be reading each day as part of their regular homework routine. Older students are encouraged to read their library books after progressing through the reading levels. Please remind students to be borrowing from the library each week.

Thank you to parents who have again started reading with students at school at the start of each day to help support our reading program. If you would like to help with reading, please see your child's teacher.

I encourage our early years' parents to attend the Reading Workshop that Ms Dovaston and Ms Saua are running on Thursday afternoon, week 5, at 3.15pm in the Prep classroom. They will discuss a range of strategies to help develop students' reading progress in the early years.

Primary Student-led Conferences - Save the date!

Student-led Conferences will be held on Wednesday of week 6, from 3.15 - 6.00pm for students from Prep-year 6. This is an opportunity for students to share some of their learning with their parents. A conference usually takes 10-15 minutes. Teachers will support students to plan for their conference. Siblings will be supervised in the library.

Year 8 and 10 Exam Prep - Saturday classes

Saturday morning exam prep classes are on again this Saturday. A reminder that these sessions are compulsory for our year 8 and 10 students (except for students with religious beliefs) and it is important that students arrive on time. If your child is unable to attend a session due to illness or other reasons, please contact Ms Yip to explain their absence. Thank you to our STM staff for running these lessons.

Wellbeing Matters!

This term, we continue our rollout of 'The Resilience Project' program across all classes from Prep to year 10. As part of our Wellbeing program, this term Mrs Amanda Amidy will be taking our year 7/8 and 9/10 classes for some mindfulness and meditation. The primary classes will have mindfulness sessions with Amanda in either term 3 or term 4. We thank Amanda for her enthusiasm and support of our students. 

On Friday of week 6, we will also hold another Wellbeing afternoon and we thank the P & W for funding a healthy fruit snack for all students on that day to promote the benefits of healthy eating. 

Friday assemblies

Each Friday, we hold a short assembly in the basketball court and parents and wantoks are welcome to attend. Today was the year 3/4 assembly and next week it will be the year 1/2 assembly. Friday assemblies commence at 8.10am.

Kind regards,

Ms Langusch.

Work Ready Program

WRP Trainees were introduced to the Leadership module this week. This module covers the different types of leadership styles that are displayed by individuals performing various leadership roles. The trainees also learn the characteristics, as well as advantages and disadvantages of the different leadership styles.  The next training module will be on Time Management.

Past WRP trainees continue to come to STM on Wednesdays and Fridays to apply for the weekly job vacancies that are advertised. Four of our former trainees attended job interviews on Tuesday this week at STM and all were successful. 

A reminder again that towards the end of last year, we put a temporary stop to accepting new Work Ready Program applications and this is still in effect. A Toksave will be sent out by mid-this year announcing when new WRP applications will be accepted.

FODE

FODE program has commenced for this Term and Students are working at their own pace with the guidance and assistance from STM Staff.

Afternoon Remedials / IT / Exam Prep

Monday / Tuesday Remedials, Thursday IT (Computing) and Saturday Exam Prep will continue at STM.

Kind regards, 

Mr David Wengip.