Dear Parents and Caregivers,

National Exams

Next week, year 10 students will sit their Science Practical exam. Ms Baiwan has prepared the students well and the students are keen to complete the exam.

Swim Coach

We have been privileged to have former PNG Olympian,  Ms Judith Meauri, coach all LIS students over the past week, assisting them with their swim techniques in the lead up to the swimming carnival later in the term. A special thankyou goes to all the parent helpers who have assisted in the pool over the week. We encourage our parents to volunteer and assist where they can with our sports program. 

Netball

Thank you to Ms Langusch and Ms Dovaston for their commitment in preparing the LIS netball teams in the lead up to the inter-school netball carnival with OLSH International School Kavieng last week. The girls played hard, with the primary team winning their category and OLSH Kavieng taking out the high school category. 

Screen Time

Many parents are concerned about the amount of screen time their children have children have on various devices. Recent studies have outlined several detrimental effects that too much screen time can have on children and adolescents.  The Australian Institute for Family Studies screen time guidelines recommend:

• no screen time for children younger than two years.
• no more than one hour per day for children aged 2-5 years.
• no more than two hours of sedentary recreational screen time per day for children and young people aged 5-17 years (not including schoolwork). 

The links below in the Toksave have more information on the guidelines and the effects of too much screen time. 

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 Greg Neville

Dear Parents and Wantoks,

TICKET SALES

The deadline for tickets has passed and tickets are now being reassigned to people on the waiting list, on a first come first served basis.

We thank you all for your support to the 2023 Ball Committee, and we look forward to seeing you all on September 9th.

RAFFLE TICKETS

In campaign of our school’s major annual fundraiser event, the LIS Golden Orchid Ball, we are selling raffle tickets!

We are kindly asking families to support our committee by selling some or all these tickets to family, friends, work colleagues and neighbours or purchasing some for yourself to be in the draw to win some fabulous prizes which have been generously donated by members of our community, local businesses and supporters.

Proceeds will go to support our school and a local government school.

All raffle tickets sold or unsold are to be returned to the administration office by Friday, 11th of August 2023.

Please ensure sold tickets have a name/contact details completed for convenience.

We appreciate your continuous support and look forward to a favourable outcome from you.

DONATIONS

We are still accepting donations for the raffles and auction.

RAFFLE TICKETS - K20.00

The Ball Committee is also selling raffling tickets for K20.00 with some really good prizes to be won. This includes return tickets for two on any of PNG's major airlines PNG Air and Air Niugini, accommodation at Kokopo Beach Bunaglow and other major prizes to be won.

A raffle book for K20 raffle tickets has been placed at the school office should parents want to purchase a ticket. Please see Mrs Romaso-Daimol.

Thank you,

Ruth Waram
Ball Committee Chairperson

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:

A reminder to all parents that each Friday at 8.10am, we hold our school assembly in the basketball court. All parents and friends are welcome to attend.

Week 4 Book Week. There will be a parade for Kindy - year 4 classes on Wednesday, starting at 8.30am in the undercover area.

Week 4 Wednesday - Year 10 Science Practical Exam

Week 6 Thursday - High School Open Afternoon (5.15-6.00pm)

Week 8 Thursday - Swimming Carnival

Afternoon activities:

Monday afternoon sport - Tee-ball for Prep-year 2 with Ms Dovaston; Tee-ball for year 3-6 with Ms Langusch; and High School Volleyball with Mrs Baiwan and Ms Yip. From 3,10-4.00pm. Students must return a permission note to participate.

Homework Club: Wednesday afternoon 3.10-4.00pm

Book Week - Click on a book, pick up a book and READ!

Book Week will be celebrated at LIS over the coming week. There will be activities in the Library during lunch break and also a parade for Kindy-year 4 classes. Students are to dress as a favourite book character and we ask for them to try to have a copy of the book their character is from. The parade will be on Wednesday in the undercover area, starting at 8.30am. Parents are welcome to attend.

NAPLAN Reports

Year 3, 5 and 7 students participated in the Australian NAPLAN tests for Literacy and Numeracy in term 1. We are awaiting the arrival of student reports for these tests and will send them home once received.

Netball

Our Netball students are to be congratulated for their excellent behaviour and sportsmanship whilst participating in the OLSH Netball Carnival last weekend. Matches were very close and it was lovely to meet up with our OLSH friends again. Well done to the primary team for winning their division. It was a great weekend for all!

Absences

A reminder that if your child is absent, please email your child's teacher or text/phone Mrs Romaso-Daimol in the office. 

Kind regards,

Ms Cathy Langusch             

This week we welcomed a new intake of sixteen Work Ready Program trainees. These young Lihirians have made a good start to the program, and we look forward to working with them over the coming weeks as they undertake training to develop skills to seek and retain employment. Please look out for the Work Ready Program Trainee Profiles in the toksave over the coming weeks. 

We are continuing preparation for our DWU Lecturers to come to site to deliver the Bachelor of Primary Education Upgrade and the Master of Educational Leadership during the September school holidays.

National exam remedial lessons at STMC are continuing for Grade 8 and 10 students every Saturday this term as per last term’s timetable. These lessons are of great importance as the students prepare for their exams at the start of term 4.

Our FODE students continue to work hard as they prepare for the end of year exams.

Regards, 

Mr Kevin Collins