Dear Parents and Caregivers,

LIS Golden Orchid Ball

Thank you and congratulations to our P&W and the P&W Ball Organising Committee - Marcia Holi (Committee Coordinator); Vanessa Tranter (Vice Coordinator), Kirsten Helding (Treasurer) and Rebecca Daimol (Secretary); as well as everyone else who played a role and assisted with both preparing and pack up of a very successful Golden Orchard Ball on Saturday evening, everyone had a lovely evening..

Grade 10 Science Practical Exam

Congratulations to our Grade 10 students who completed their Grade 10 Science Practical Exam this week; these results contribute to their final exam results. Thank you Mrs Baiwan for the hard work preparing our students for this important exam.

Netball

Thank you to Ms RD, Mrs Laien and Miss Judith who are preparing our Primary and High School girls for our inter-school netball carnival against OLSH International School next weekend 9 and 10 August. We look forward to a great weekend of netball.

Book Week Next Week

Thank you Ms Andar and all of our teachers for preparing our students for Book Week next week; we look forward to some very exciting events.

School Council Meeting

The School Council Meeting for term 3 will be held on Thursday, 14 August; this meeting is for all School Council Members.  If you would like to know more about the functions of the School Council, please make an appointment to see the principal.

Term 3 Calendar

Please find the Term 3 Parent Calendar attached below. 

If you have any concerns or would like further information on any of the topics in this newsletter, please do not hesitate to make contact with any questions.  

Regards,

Mr Kevin Collins

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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 4: Wednesday - Bookweek parade for Kindy - year 4. 8.30am

Week 4: Sat 9th and Sun 10th August - Netball Carnival

Week 5: Thursday - School Council Meeting

Week 6: Thursday - High School Open Night

Week 7: Thursday - Swimming Carnivals

Week 9: Monday and Tuesday - Parent/Teacher Interviews

Week 9: Friday - Independence Day celebration

Week 10: Thursday - end of term

Monday: Singing group with Ms Tukata for primary students from year 1 to year 6 - 3.10-4.00pm from week 3 to week 6. Please return the permission slip to Mrs Exzil or Ms Tukata

Monday / Thursday: Netball with Mrs R-D and Mrs Laien for week 4 from 3.10-4.00pm.

Wednesday: Homework Club with Mrs R-D (year 5/6) and Ms Tukata (year 3/4)

Wednesday: Supervised Study for High School with various teachers available to support High School students.

Tuesday - Friday: After school swimming with Ms Meauri as per schedule

PE Swimming Lessons

This term in PE, all students from Prep - year 10 will participate in swimming lessons. At the end of the term, week 7, we will have our junior (prep-year 2) and senior (year 3 - 10) swimming carnivals.

Please ensure students have their swimming togs/bathers, towel, thongs/slippers, a plastic bag to store their wet things and if they wish, goggles. Swimming lessons are on the following days:

Monday - year 5/6

Tuesday - year 3/4

Wednesday - year 9/10

Thursday - Prep and year 7/8

Friday - year 1/2

After-school Swim Club

Students are encouraged to take part in our after-school swimming program to further develop their swimming skills in the lead up to our swim carnival in week 7 of this term. Please see Mrs. Exzil at the school office to collect a form if you have not signed up yet. For those who have signed up, please refer to the updated schedule as there has been a few movements of students between groups.

Ms Meauri (Sports Co-ordinator) 

NAPLAN Reports

This week we received and have sent home Naplan reports for the students in years 3, 5 and 7. These Literacy and Numeracy tests were conducted earlier in the year, in term 1. Please take time to have a look through your child’s results while keeping in mind that your child sat these tests some months ago and we expect good progress has been made since this time. Please download the link below for more information about the tests and results for parents and carers.

Student NAPLAN results are intended to be used for diagnostic purposes to support future planning – it is not valuable to use this information to compare students. Staff at Lihir International School will be reviewing all students’ NAPLAN data and this data will be used to inform planning for future learning improvement of individual students and year level cohorts.

If you have any questions regarding your child’s performance in this year’s NAPLAN assessment, please make a time to talk to your child’s class teacher.

High School Assessment Schedules

Term 3 High School assessment schedules have been sent home and emailed to parents. We ask that our High School parents monitor when assessments are due and encourage students to be prepared for exams and on-time with submitting assignment tasks. 

Portfolios

A kind reminder to please return your child's portfolio if you have not already done so.

Friday Assemblies

Parents and wantoks are welcome to join us each Friday at 8.10am for our Friday assembly. This week, it was the year 1/2 assembly and next week, it will be the year 3/4 assembly.

Kind regards,

Ms Langusch.

WORK READY PROGRAM

This week two modules were presented to the WRP trainees. These modules included: ‘Time Management and Leadership.’ Managing time is very important at any workplace. The trainees were introduced to topics including the importance of time management, the relationship between time management and productivity at the workplace as well as the consequences of not managing time.

The Leadership module introduced the trainees to the different types and styles of leadership practices at different organisations, Institutions and settings. The focus of both modules was at the workplace; however, leadership is practiced in a variety of settings and trainees were encouraged to be aware of the different leaderships styles and make necessary adaptations to work as a team in any setting.

Past WRP trainees continue to come to STM on Wednesdays and Fridays to apply for the weekly job vacancies that are advertised.

FODE

FODE program has commenced for this term and students are working at their own pace with the guidance and assistance from STM staff. Mock and trial exams were administered by STM staff for students in preparation for the National Exams later this year.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Our Academic Support students from Lihir Secondary School are expected to come to STM every second Saturday to access STM resources and assistance from STM Staff.

Former LIS Scholarship Students who are currently doing their Grades 11 and 12 at OLSH International School in Kavieng are also in the Academic Support program. They are expected to participate in the program during their term breaks.

The Academic Support program has a specific set of activities focusing on the students’ current studies as well as information regarding Tertiary Education Institutions focusing on future Studies and career opportunities.

AFTERNOON REMEDIALS / IT / EXAM PREP

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

Kind regards, 

Mr. David Wengip