Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Parent Webinar

My apologies again, for the mix up with the time for our ‘Building Resilience at Home’ webinar on Tuesday. Please use this link to the recording to view the webinar, hopefully parents will get something out of it, with regard to practical strategies to practise Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM) at home.

The Student Resilience Survey

Next week, as part of our Wellbeing program ‘The Resilience Project,’ all students from Grade 3 – 10 will undertake ‘The Student Resilience Survey.’

The Student Resilience Survey is an anonymous online survey which collects, analyses and reports the resilience of young people. It incorporates six international gold standard measures of mental health: life satisfaction, hope, coping, anxiety, depression and connection to nature. Specifically, the survey reports against nine domains of resilience: Positive Relationships, Social Skills, Understanding Self, Safety, Health Mind and Healthy Body, Learning Engagement, Positive Attitude, Positive Values, Positive Contribution.

The Student Resilience Survey has been administered to more than 900,000 young people aged between 7–19 across 3,500 schools globally. The results provide a foundation for planning and implementing targeted resilience building initiatives at our school.

We will use the data collected from these surveys to provide areas we need to focus on through our Wellbeing Program for the remainder of the year.

For more information about the survey, please visit https://www.resilientyouth.org/surveys .

School Council

School Council met last night; the next School Council meeting will be held Thursday 14 May 2026. Thank you to our School Council for your continual support of Lihir International School. 

Parent / Teacher Interviews

Parent / Teacher interviews for all classes from Prep to Year 10 will be held between 3pm and 6pm on Monday the 30 and Tuesday 31 March. There will be earlier time-slots (from 2.00pm on Monday) for Ms Yip and Mrs Laien to accommodate their student numbers.  Parents can make bookings in Week 9 by either emailing, phoning or texting Mrs Exzil or coming into the school office. Mrs Collins will advise Kindy parents of interview times.

Term 1 Calendar

The Term 1 calendar can be downloaded below. Other important dates will be brought to your attention as they arise.

Regards,

Mr Kevin Collins 

2026

Term 1 Monday 26 January to Thursday 2 April

Term 2 Monday 20 April to Thursday 18 June

Term 3 Monday 13 July to Thursday 17 September

Term 4 Monday 5 October to Thursday 3 December

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

Week 9: Friday - Student portfolios sent home

Week 10: Monday and Tuesday - Parent/Teacher Interviews

Week 10: Wednesday - Student Council 'Frosty Wednesday'

Week 10: Thursday - Prep - year 2 Easter Hat Parade and Student Council Tabloid Sports

It is hard to believe that there are only two more weeks left of term 1. Please note the following end-of-term activities:

Student folios and parent/teacher interviews

Students in all year levels have been busy with completing assessment tasks that will be sent home in their portfolios at the end of term, Friday week 9.

On Monday and Tuesday of week 10, there will be parent/teacher interviews for all classes Prep – year 10. Bookings for these interviews will happen in week 9, via Mrs Exzil in the office.

Easter Hat Parade

Students from Prep to year 2 will participate in our end-of-term Easter Hat Parade that will be on Thursday, the last day of school. Students will make their hats at school.

Student Council ‘We come to learn’ Colouring / Drawing Competition

Winners will be announced at the Student Council Assembly, Friday, week 9.

Library Update

Next week, students from Prep - year 4 will not borrow library books as we are close to the end of term. Students in year 5 and above are encouraged to borrow books to read over the holidays.

Kind regards,

Ms Langusch.

WORK READY PROGRAM

The module on 'Professional Documents’ continued this week. Topics covered include Curriculum Vitae (CV), application letters and interview skills. These are lifelong skills that will assist trainees when applying for jobs.

Also this week, the module on ‘Meeting Performance Expectations’ was covered. Performance expectations are requirements of an employee including expected results, behavior and actions. These are commonly documented in contracts, job descriptions, company policies and performance management documentation.

GUEST SPEAKER

We were privileged to host Mr Tino Hombi – Lead Community Relations - SP - Land Access, Resettlement, as a guest addressing the WRP trainees. Mr Hombi emphasized on workplace cultures and how to change their behaviours and attitudes to meet workplace expectations.  His presentation complemented many of the topics covered during their training and the trainees expressed great satisfaction in their reflections. We extend our thanks and appreciation to Mr Tino Hombi for speaking to the trainees.

The current WRP trainees will complete their training on Friday 27th March 2028.

Kind regards, 

Mr David Wengip