P&C 2024

Our school has long had the support of a vibrant and pro-active P&C committee. They have led fundraising initiatives (like last week’s trivia night and the current mango fundraiser) and operated our school canteen with great dedication and care.

In 2024, several of our long-serving and dedicated leaders are stepping down due to changes in their personal circumstances which will impact their capacity to participate in P&C. We will need existing members or new members to step up and join our P&C, taking on some of these roles. With today’s newsletter, we have attached a document which outlines the leadership roles on the P&C and would encourage any parents with a little time to serve to consider nominating for a position.

I would welcome the opportunity to meet with any interested parents wishing to know more about P&C and the leadership roles within it. Please give some consideration to joining this fabulous group of people and contact me at school if you have any questions about the roles listed. The Annual General Meeting to determine new leaders is scheduled for  Tuesday 14 November.

 Stage 3 Excursion

Last week, approximately 90 Stage 3 students and their teachers headed to Canberra for a 3-day overnight excursion. Overnight excursions like this one, provide wonderful and unique opportunities to take learning outside of the classroom, and as we know, there are loads of great learning opportunities in our nation’s capital. For their part, the teachers have reported that student’s engagement with learning, their manners and behaviour was outstanding throughout the excursion and that they represented our school very well – Well done students.

I also sincerely thank the teachers – Mrs Gillard, Miss Nichols, Mrs Webb, Mr Moore, Mr Simon and Mrs Malloch who willingly gave up time away from their own children and families to support our students on this excursion. We will have some photos to share of their experience in next week’s newsletter.

Kindergarten Orientation

Also last week, I had the privilege of welcoming 45 new Kindergarten students and their families to Lambton PS for the first Kindergarten Orientation visit. It is always lovely to meet and welcome new children to LPS. Next year’s Kindergarten group look like another unique and lively group. We look forward to getting to know them all a little bit better during the next 2 orientation visits.

School Locker online platform

We were informed this week that in preparing for the arrival of the new school uniform later this term, the School Locker have opened their online platform for any families wishing to place pre-orders. If this is your first time accessing the online platform, you might like to set up a School Locker account ready for future purchases. Of course, there will be opportunities for families to try on the new uniform once it arrives at the School Locker’s local retail outlet at the University of Newcastle. Please note: there is no new uniform stock just yet.   Click here to visit the online platform 

2024

Planning is now well underway for the 2024 school year. To assist us in our planning, it would assist us with decision making to know early of any students that will be leaving LPS at the end of 2023. If your child is leaving, please call or email our school office to let us know.

Have a great week!

David Holland 

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded students of the week for Term 4 - Week 3

We look forward to welcoming our students’ Grandparents to Lambton Public School on Tuesday for Grandparents Day. Activities will take place between 10:30am -12:00pm  depending on the ages of the children with a focus on open classrooms. The schedule is as follows:

By having two separate open classroom sessions, we are hoping to make it easier for grandparents with children in multiple grades, to be able to visit them.

• If there are any grandparents with grandchildren only in Years 3-6 they are welcome to arrive at 11:00am for recess and then participate in the 3-6 visits at 11:30am.
• Conversely, grandparents with grandchildren in K-2 only are welcome to arrive at 10:30 am and can leave after recess at 11:30 am.
• Tea & Coffee will be available to purchase at the Canteen together with a small selection of cakes and slices.

Please note: if your child’s grandparents are unable to attend, other family members are welcome to attend in their place for classroom visits and recess.

The Home Reading program continues to be an important and valued initiative as part of the school’s attempt to instil a love of reading in our students. The following students achieved the 200 night milestone over the holidays and will receive a Principals Award certificate at tomorrow morning's assembly and be invited to a special pizza lunch with Mr Holland at the end of Term 4. Congratulations :

It is never too late to start reading for 10 minutes per night.  

As a reminder for parents, please see the home reading rewards below. We would love as many students reading as regularly as possible.

The P & C held their Trivia Night last Saturday evening and raised a whopping $7068 - what a fabulous achievement for one night!

One last THANK YOU to these business for their sponsorship of the evening who made the night such a huge success...Pulse Climbing Warners Bay, Hunter Gourmet Pizza New Lambton, Lambton Park Hotel, Thirsty Messiah Brewery, Bartholomew's, MNJDesign Co., Grainfed Brewing Company, General Roberts Hotel New Lambton, Piggotts Pharmacy, Jesmond Central, DiRoma Pizzeria, Smokin Hot 'n Saucy Barbecue, Papa Franco Wallsend, Eldaba, Sapphire Indian Restaurant, The Wests Group, Sydney Junction Hotel, Space to Grow Learning Centre, Peter Drayton Wines, JetBuzz Watersports, Smooth Escape, Flatfish Cafe, Ms Precision, Gorgeous Newcastle Lash & Spa, Ynot Crystals, Cryo King Newcastle, C10 Reformer Pilates, Spice Affair’s Indian Restaurant Lambton, Jesmond Fruit Barn, Nova Trivia

Don't forget to complete the survey to have your say in where you feel the funds would be best spent.

Click here to complete the P&C Survey

As the school continues to be notified of Covid-19 cases, we continue to remind all families of the following advice:

• students and staff should not attend school if they are showing any symptoms of COVID-19 or other respiratory illnesses. These include fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss of smell/taste, muscle/joint pains, diarrhoea, nausea/vomiting, extreme tiredness, unexplained chest pain or conjunctivitis (eye infection).
• If symptoms occur at any time, your child should not attend school and is encouraged to undertake a rapid antigen test (RAT).
• If your child tests positive, they should not attend school while displaying any symptoms and please notify the school.

• Parents are encouraged to register any positive test on the Service NSW website or Service NSW app so that you can be linked to important health care support and advice.