Lambton Public School

Term 4 Wk 2 - Monday 21 October 2024 Newsletter

Principal's Message

Our staff and students have returned for the start of Term 4 with enthusiasm and a positive attitude. We have another busy term ahead of us with lots of learning, assessment and report writing and preparation for end of year activities, just to name a few. 

World Teacher’s Day

I am incredibly proud to lead a school that has so many inspired and passionate teachers who make a difference to the lives of young people every day.

This Friday, we celebrate World Teacher’s Day which gives us the opportunity to acknowledge and say thank you to our teaching staff for making our school such a positive and exciting place to work and learn. Thank you for going above and beyond for our students, for the unpaid overnight camps, the late nights preparing quality lessons and the compassion and care you provide for our students each and every day.

Change to Fortnightly School Newsletters

Following the introduction of the School Bytes Parent Portal, parents and carers can keep up to date with what’s happening at school with easy access to the Events Calendar, permission notes and much more.

We have reviewed the content we share with you via our School Newsletter and will be making some changes and have made the decision to publish the Newsletter fortnightly at 3:30 pm Friday afternoon.  We hope this gives families more time to enjoy our Newsletter, our next Newsletter will be published this Friday 26 October at 3:30 pm. 

If there is anything you would like to see included on a regular basis, please feel free to send us your feedback. The easiest way to do this is to send us an email to Lambton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Friday Fun Run

And last of all I’d like so say a huge thank you to our school community for the support shown to our school canteen by way of donations and supporting of our Fun Run event.  Due to the unpredicable weather we had a dance a thon where students danced for 30 minutes non stop to songs including the Macarena, Nutbush and the Birdie Dance. It was exhausting but we did it and raised $4600 along the way, showing our community support for our P&C canteen and our regular workers, Deb and Barb.

We had so much fun in our costumes and our colourful P&C helpers really lifted the fun with bubble machines. Thanks to the P&C all students were rewarded with an ice block at the end of our dance a thon. Thank you to Jaime, her committee and Mr Semmens for their organisation and to all the families who supported this event.  What an amazing and supportive school community we have at LPS!!!  Well done everyone. 

Lisa Hughes

Principal (Relieving)

Canteen News

Thanks to a very special volunteer generously donating her time, the canteen will now be open at lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays for our students to purchase ice blocks, drinks and snacks.NOTE - no other food (e.g. sandwiches) will be available on these days.


Dates for your Calendar - Term 4 Upcoming Events

Tues 22 OctP&C General Meeting 5:45 pm (last chance to join prior to AGM)
Thurs 31 OctSchool Assembly 2:00 pm - led by Class KM
Fri 8 NovGrandparents' Day - 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Thurs 14 NovSchool Assembly 2:00 pm - led by Class 2S
Thurs 28 Nov

School Assembly - led by Class K/1L

P&C Annual General Meeting 

Tues 3 DecYear 7 2025 Enrolment Day
Tues 10 DecPresentation Day  10:00 am - 11:30 am 
Thurs 12 Dec

School Assembly - 2:00 pm led by School Captains

Year 6 Farewell

Wed 18 Dec

Year 6 Clap Out 

Last day for 2024 for students 

Year 2 School Swimming & Water Safety Program

A friendly reminder our Year 2 students will be participating in the Swimming and Water Safety Program during Weeks 5 and 6 (Monday, 11th November – Friday, 22nd November). The cost of the program is $41, which covers pool entry for the ten days. If you have a Fitness Passport membership, no payment is required. Please ensure permission forms and payment are submitted by Sunday, 3rd November 2024.  Please check the forms section in your School Bytes portal for the permission note.

Year 6 2024 photos for Year 6 Farewell

Our Year 6 Farewell parent committee and busy putting together the slideshow which is a favourite part of the Year 6 Farewell. Parents of Year 6 students are reminded 

  • If their child did not attend kindergarten at LPS to please send a digital copy of their Kindergarten or similar photo to the school via email. 
  • If their child did not get a year 6 photo this year to please send a recent digital photo to the school email.
Deadline: Monday 18 November Thank you so much! Yr 6 Teachers

Dogs on School Grounds

It is wonderful to see families walking to school, often with their cute furry friends.  However as we have many students who have a fear of dogs and others who have allergies, we respectfully ask you not to  bring dogs on to school grounds and to remain outside the school away from school gates as students exit.

Congratulations to Eddie Hayes and Audrey Armstrong for representing our school and achieving wonderful results in the 2024 Newcastle Zone Public Speaking Competition.
Eddie was awarded with 'Runner-Up' and Audrey 'Highly Commended'! A huge congratulations from the LPS school community, we are proud of you!

Scholastic Book Club

New catalogues were handed out this week.

Please place your orders through LOOP by Friday 25th October.

No orders will be taken after that date.

P&C News

Next P&C Meeting this Tuesday 22 October

The P&C will meet this Tuesday from 5:45 pm in our school staffroom. Everybody welcome. 

Notice of AGM

The P&C Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 28 November.  In order to vote, you must be a financial member of the P&C. You can do this by joining the P&C and paying your 50 cent membership fee at this week's meeting . 

You will not be able to pay your membership to join the P&C, vote at the AGM or by nominated for a position if you are not a financial member. Joining the P&C must be done at this week's meeting. 

If you are unsure if you are a current financial member of the P&C, please contact the P&C and they will check your membership details. The best way to reach out is via email lambtonpandc@gmail.com

Please see below a summary of the executive roles within the P&C Executive. 

Community Notices