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Principal Steven Schultz

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Term 1 Week 2, 2021

Infants class of 2021

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CalendarTerm 1, Week 2Friday 5 February Sport

Assembly (students only)

Term 1, Week 3Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 February 10 February

11 February

12 February

Bluearth

Kindys rest dayMusic LessonsGuitar/Violin

Library

SportAssembly (students only)

Term 1, Week 4Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

16 February

17 February

18 February

19 February

Bluearth

Kindys rest dayMusic LessonsGuitar/Violin

Girls Soccer Gala DayLibrary BusSmall Schools Swimming Carnival Yrs 3-6Boys Soccer Gala DayBook Club Orders Due in

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L-R - Jasper, Bailey, Rueben, Max, Rueben, Daniel, Angus and Ivy

Ladysmith Public School n Principal: Steven Schultz n Ph (02) 69 22 15 24 n Tywong Street, Ladysmith NSW 2652 n [email protected] n www.ladysmith-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Our Captains for 2021, Natalie, Tiffany and Indi

ThankyouA big thankyou to Kate Vincent and her family for looking after our chooks during the break.Hope they paid their way in eggs!!

Ladysmith Public SchoolStudent success through an innovative quality education

Welcome Back!

Kindergarten 2021Welcome to our new Kindergarten students who have quickly adapted to their new ‘big school’. It is wonderful to see their smiling faces.

New StaffA big welcome to our newest members of staff - Jordan Hoad (Infants teacher) and Tanya Leaver (SLSO).

Staffing 2021Principal - Steven SchultzClassroom Teacher Primary - Tess FlinnClassroom Teacher Infants - Jordan HoadSLSO Monday - Wednesday - Cathy NugentSLSO Thursday - Friday - Tanya LeaverGA - Thursday - Erich WinterAdmin Manager - Monday, Tuesday 8.15-11.30, Wednesday, Thursday - Catherine Barry

LibraryWe will return to using the mobile library each fortnight (on Thursday afternoons) - beginning in week 4. Students will be allowed to visit with a member of staff if they have a mobile library card.Both our Infants and Primary classes will also utilise our school library each week on a day designated by their teachers.

Year 6 LunchesOur special lunches will continue this year with our Year Six students organising and preparing lunch orders for our students each Friday (managed by our School Chaplain - Mr P).Our students are also able to order from the Ladysmith Store from Monday-Thursday. See attached price list.

Parent/Teacher InterviewsTeachers will be available for interviews Thursday afternoon, 18th February (3.30-6pm). Please call the office to confirm your 10 minute time slot.

Swimming CarnivalSmall Schools Swimming Carnival will be held at the OASIS Swimming Complex, Morgan Street, Wagga Wagga, on Friday 19 February 2021. All races at the carnival (except 100m freestyle and 200m medley) will be 50m. ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 3,4, 5 and 6 will attend.

Carnival Time: 9.45am to 2.30pm.Costs: $4.50 per student, includes pool entry.

Parents are welcome to attend the Carnival with COVID social distancing guidelines adhered to. If there is a parent who would like to help please let the school know as your help will assist with the smooth running of the day.Permission notes will go home today.

School AppSchool Stream is the communication app we use at our school at no cost to parents.Download the app when it has finished installing, open, search and select for “Ladysmith Public School”.

Our Captains for 2021, Natalie, Tiffany and Indi

Music LessonsLearn Violin or Guitar in 2021!Professional teachers from the Riverina Conservatorium of Music come to Ladysmith Public School to give lessons!If you are interested, please enquire at the office or go to the Riverina Conservatorium of Music website: www.rivconmusic.nsw.edu.au

NetballAny girls wishing to play netball this year,Uranquinty Netball Club is holding their registrations at The Rules Club on Friday 19th February 5pm to 8pm and Sunday 21st February 10am to 1pm. All ages welcome from 7 years. Further enquiries please contact Laraine Hill on 0413362668. We accept the Active Kids vouchers.


Learning with Mrs Flinn

Term 1, 2021 is here and we have a Primary classroom full of beautiful, smiling faces again! It has been so nice to see everyone after our break and we have enjoyed catching up on what we have all been up to over the holidays and returning to school routines.

This year we have two new students who have finished Year 2 in the infants classroom and joined us in Year 3 in the Primary classroom. Both students have been a welcome addition and have adapted quickly to our routines and expectations.

Bluearth and SportOn Tuesdays in Term 1 we will have Sarah from Bluearth visiting us every fortnight and on the weeks in between we will participate in Bluearth activities as a class on our own. These health and wellbeing sessions are designed to get students moving everyday through purposeful physical activity. It is important that students come dressed for physical activity on Tuesdays in order to fully participate in these sessions. Sport this term will be held on Fridays. For Term 1 we will be participating in cricket. Again it is important that on Fridays students come dressed in clothing appropriate for physical activity and remember to bring their hats and drink bottles.

In the ClassroomIn the classroom this week we have focused on putting our routines in place. This included working as a group to set our class expectations as well as what is expected of us in the school environment.

We have also been busy composing postcards from destinations we visited during the holiday break (or from destinations we may like to visit in the future). We reviewed the purpose and structure of a postcard and the students enjoyed sharing some of their holiday experiences.

We have also made a start on our SMART Spelling which we will utilise for 2021 and selected our first Passion Projects for this year.

Passion Projects are based on questions which students formulate on any topic they are curious or passionate about. Students are asked choose a topic, formulate a tricky question or two they would like to find the answer to and come up with a procedure for doing so through research or experiments etc. Once they have completed their research they present their Project to the class through a media of their choice – poster, Power-point, video etc. Our “I wonder” is currently full of questions and we are looking forward to seeing what the students create from their passions. Passion Projects create such excitement in the classroom and it is wonderful to see the students so excited to learn through an inquiry approach.

Dates to rememberOn the 19th February is the Small Schools Swimming Carnival. Please pencil that date into your diary for our Primary students. I will be there to supervise and will bring my best cheering voice!

Lastly, I would like to ask that you please call the school and chat to myself or Mr Schultz if you ever have any concerns or questions. It is important that we have open lines of communication so that we can support your children as much as possible. I too will be quick to call have a chat if and when it is needed.

Looking forward to a great 2021.

Mrs Flinn


Learning with Ms Hoad

Hello! Welcome back to a new school year!My name is Jordan Hoad and I am lucky enough to be teaching at Ladysmith Public School on K/1/2 class. Prior, I was teaching at Mount Austin Public School for 6 years. I am so excited to be teaching at Ladysmith this year and I want to thank all the welcoming and smiling faces that I have come across already – students, families and the staff.

This year we are also lucky to have Cathy with us on K/1/2 and another new friendly face – Tanya Leaver. Welcome Tanya!

This week we had our first Bluearth lesson and the kids had such a fun time! K/1/2 are so excited to continue lessons every Tuesday.

In the upcoming weeks we will begin new routines and topics. However, some of our current weekly routines include:Monday PETuesday BluearthWednesday PEThursday PE

Borrowing from the LibraryFriday Sport

Assembly

If you do want to have a chat or have questions, please contact us or pop in for a visit.

This week we have focused on getting to know our classroom peers, students settling into their classroom and learning our routines. Year 1 and 2 have begun to take on the role of helping our Kindergarten students learn these new routines whilst being so welcoming and wonderful role models to their peers. We are all so excited to start diving into our learning and achieving new goals!

Ladysmith Playgroup together with Playgroup NSW and Wagga Wagga City Council present

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