National Exam Preparation

School to Mine Campus teachers have begun the National Exam preparation classes for year 8 and 10 on Saturdays. ALL STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend the sessions. Thanks to the STM teachers for coordinating this important program.

High School Absenteeism

Some high school students have been unnecessarily absent from school. Students and parents are reminded of the importance of coming to school every day, especially when preparing for National Examinations. If a child is sick or has another legitimate reason for being absent, then an explanatory note or email to the class teacher is required.

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/#

Mr Greg Neville        

Afternoon Sport

Afterschool sport will continue next Monday from 3.10pm - 4.00pm for prep - year 2 Minkey and year 3/4 Netball. Due to the large number of students interested in playing Netball, the year 5/6 class will practise at Thursday lunchtime.

Golf for interested high school students will be on a Thursday afternoon. 

Netball

Saturday morning Netball training commences for year 5 - year 9 girls this Saturday, 13th May, from 8.15-9.30am. 

Swimming

Swimming lessons continue next week.

Beginners - 3.15-3.35pm (Must have a parent/carer in the water)

Intermediate 1 - 3.40-4.05pm (Must have a parent/carer supervisor)

Intermediate 2 - 4.05-4.30pm (Must have a parent/carer supervisor)

Advanced 4.30-5.00pm

Please ensure students are ready 5 minutes before their lesson begins and are sitting down waiting until it is their lesson time. If students are late, they will miss their swimming lesson.

The small pool is closed to all swimmers during lesson times.

Band

Band practice continues on Monday afternoons, 3.00-4.00pm with Mr Sarufa.

This year, at the end of term 2, LIS will be staging a whole school dance and drama musical production titled – ‘Travel into Space on Apollo23’. This production will involve all classes, Prep to Year 10, as well as the LIS/STM staff. It is a musical drama about the Solar System that not only involves dance and drama but planning and preparation as well.  Apart from it being fun and entertaining, being part of a production is an activity that boosts students’ confidence. This will be a great experience for our LIS students.

Thanks to Ms Patricia Yip for being our production director.

Term 1 Monday 30 January to Thursday 30 March

Term 2 Monday 17 April to Thursday 22 June

Term 3 Monday 17 July to Thursday 14 September

Term 4 Monday 2 October to Thursday 7 December 

Key dates:

Mother's Day: Sunday, 14th May

Student-led Conferences (Primary); Wednesday, 24th May (Week 6)

LIS Production: Friday, 9th June (Week 8)

Afternoon activities:

Band practice: Monday afternoon: 3.00-4.00 

Swimming: Wednesday afternoon (times as per schedule)

Afternoon Sport: Monday afternoon: 3.10-4.00pm (Minkey and 3/4 Netball); High school Golf Thursday afternoon 3.10-4.00pm

Netball: Saturday morning for years 5-9 girls: 8.15-9.30am with Ms Langusch and Ms Dovaston 

STEM Club: Thursday afternoon Yr 5/6: 3.10-4.00pm

Homework Club: Wednesday afternoon for year 5/6 and high school; Thursday afternoon for year 4; 3.10-4.00pm 

Student attendance - every day counts!

Although we don’t want children to attend school if unwell, we want to remind parents of the importance of students attending school. Every day does count in regard to your child’s learning! If your child is away, please contact your child’s teacher by email/note or phone/text Mrs Romaso-Daimol in the office to explain why they are away. Similarly, a lot of students are late to school. The school day starts at 8.10am and students should be at school around 8.00am to get organised to start their day. When students are late to school, they miss the start of the day instructions and overview of the day.

Friday assemblies

A reminder to parents (especially our new parents) that you are very welcome to attend our school assembly each Friday morning, commencing at 8.10am at the basketball court. Each Friday there is a short class presentation. This week it was the year 1/2 assembly and next week will be the year 3 class.

Date claimer - Primary Student-led Conferences

Primary classes will have Student-led Conferences on Wednesday afternoon, Week 6 (24th May). Student-led Conferences gives students the opportunity to share their learning with their parents and carers. More information about Student-led Conferences will be shared in next week's Toksave.

Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all of our Mums and Grandmothers a very happy Mother's Day. I hope you all have a special day.

Kind regards,

Ms Cathy Langusch             

Our STMC staff are busy assisting former Work Ready Program Trainees to apply for a range of positions both with Newcrest and other stakeholders, including apprenticeships. 

They are also continuing to support our BEd Teachers to complete all of the required assessment in our STMC Computer Lab over weekends and after school.

Our FODE students are continuing their studies and making good progress.    

We have begun working with Callan Services to confirm our Certificate Delivery for Teachers across Lihir and look forward to presenting these details with the Local Education Office in the near future.

We are continuing to finalise details with IT staff in Australia to get our School to Mine Student Database up and running, this database will be integral in sharing information with HR regarding the local talent available from our previous programs, when recruiting for future employment opportunities.    

Regards, 

Mr Kevin Collins