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Upcoming EventsFrom the PrincipalDear Parents,
This week the Sunshine Avenue campus became home to a highly esteemed piece of artwork.It is called ‘Spirit Koala’ and was painted by Jeremy Devitt. The Aboriginal Artist Jeremy ‘Mudjai’ Devitt paints in the spirit way of painting, for those who have passed. A recipient of the Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize in 2007, Jeremy’s works have been exhibited across the globe.This painting on the ‘Spirit Koala’ represents strong mind, respect for country, where you are from and where you travel. It is an emblem of one of our school purposes.The item itself was created from a mould made by Academy Award winner, John Cox.
Gillian Anstee
Mahers Lane NewsLindisfarne Ski Trip – Final DetailsAll paperwork and payments for the ski trip should have been finalised on Tuesday 16 June. All outstanding paperwork and payments need to be finalised immediately. Any issues please contact Mrs Wright. (by email [email protected] or by phone 07 55 905 099)Before the end of term, students will receive an information sheet containing the final details for this trip. Reminder – bus departs the School at 4:00pm on Saturday July 11.
Semester 1 ReportsSemester 1 reports will be posted during the July break. If there are any concerns raised from the reports, please leave a message with reception and staff will contact you on their return. Alternatively you may email Ms Jeffries – Dean of Studies – [email protected] and she will make contact upon her return.
First Day of Term 3Reminder – Tuesday 21 July is the first day of Term 3 for students. Monday is a pupil free day. Staff will be undertaking professional development relating to Gifted and Talented Integration on the Monday.
Year 12 Access to Library – Term BreakThe Library will be available to Year 12 from 7:30am to 3:30pm during the second and third week of the term break, 6 July to 17 July (Monday to Friday). It will be a quiet location conducive to private study.
Date Claimers – Parent MeetingsWednesday 22 July – Year 8Information Evening for Elective Selection for 2016
5:30pm to 6:30pm in Ngahriyah, an information evening will be held for Year 8 in preparation for their elective selections for 2016. It is recommended that all Year 8 parents and students attend.
Term 2 : Week 19A : 19/6/2015
JunEWEEk 20BMon 22 Primary Choir - Murwillumbah
FestivalPrimary Orchestra - Murwillumbah FestivalPreschool Portfolio sessions
Tue 23 Big Bang Science Incursion - Sunshine Avenue campusPreschool Portfolio sessions
Wed 24 Big Bang Science Incursion - Mahers Lane campusPreschool Portfolio sessions
Thu 25 Science Fair - Sunshine Avenue campusSEAT - Stage 3 - 8:30am
Fri 26 Last day of Term 2FUN Athletics Carnival - Preschool - Year 4Stage 3 Science Fair
JulySat 11 Ski trip departsSat 18 Ski trip returns
TNA Netball Round 11WEEk 21AMon 20 Pupil free dayTue 21 First day of Term 3Wed 22 Year 11 - 2016 Subject Evening
- 7:00pmYear 8 - Information Evening - 5:30pm
Thu 23 Year 11 Economics ExcursionAustralian National Chemistry QuizAthletics trials
Fri 24 Commonwealth Bank talk - Years 1 - 6
Sat 25 TNA Netball Round 12
Uniform ShopMid-Year Holiday Hours
Monday 29 June - Friday 10 July CLOSED
Opening hours:Monday 13 July 7:45am - 1:30pmTuesday 14 July 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Thursday 16 July 7:45am - 1:30pmMonday 20 July 7:45am - 1:30pm
Postal AddressPO Box 996Banora Point NSW 2486Mahers Lane CampusTerranora NSW 2486 07 5590 5099
Sunshine Avenue CampusTweed Heads South NSW 284607 5523 1143
Absentee Line 07 5590 5927
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Wednesday 22 July – Year 10Information Evening for Subject Selection for 2016
Commencing at 7:00pm in Ngahriyah, an information evening will be held for Year 10 in preparation for their subject selections for 2016. It is recommended that all Year 10 parents and students attend.
Tuesday 28 July – Year 12uAC/QTAC Information Evening
Commencing at 6.30pm in the Chapel, an evening will be held for Year 12 to explain the process for submitting their QTAC and UAC applications. It is recommended that all Year 12 students who are interested in attending university and their parents attend.
Noelene Wright, Head of Secondary
HSIE FacultyYear 12 Geography Town Planning FieldworkThis week the HSC class of 2015 visited Coolangatta and Tweed Heads complementing the HSC topic, ‘Urban Places’. Students learnt about the interesting local town planning history relating to shipping, the Tweed port, railway yards, border fence, the development of Greenbank Island, the Bay St. redevelopment and interesting local characters such as Pat Fagan and Jack Evans. Students are currently writing up a fieldwork report on their findings.
Pictured at Point Danger L-R: Yr. 12 Geographers Mathew Byrne, Jordie Spooner, Zoe Crane, Emma Smith,
Paige Webley, Cobi Gittins, Montana Budd, Jack Dickason, Paskelle Dixon-King and their
teacher Mr Bryson Coverdale
There are two car park levels and a student car park at the Mahers Lane campus. For the safety of your children and others please follow these guidelines.
Before and after school the lower car park level is used for buses only. Parents, please do not park in or drive through this level before or after school – use the top level car park. With approximately twelve buses driving through this area of a morning and afternoon, this should decrease the congestion.
The top car park level (where the shelter with seating is located) is designed as the student drop off and pick up area. To avoid congestion in this area we ask the following:
• Parents to move as far along the top pick up area as possible.
• Do not stop on the crossing or in the middle of the road – move to one side
• Do not stop or park in the allocated disabled car park
The car park on the adjoining block is for senior students’ parking. In the afternoon parents are often parking in this area to pick up their children at the same time as our senior students are trying to leave. We are concerned with the number of younger students running behind vehicles that are reversing. The correct pick up area is in the top driveway of the main school block.
Another area of concern is Mahers Lane itself. Please do not double park to collect students or do a U–turn across the double lines. For the safety of all please collect students from the top driveway.
Student Drop Off/Pick Up Procedures at the Mahers Lane campus
Year 8 Geography Water Bug SurveyThe Year 8 Geography classes of Mrs Wharton and Mr Seguin took to Ukerebagh Passage this week netting water-bugs as part of their study of threatened habitats. Tweed Shire Council has developed an artificial wetland through which urban runoff from South Tweed is purified naturally. Students used a water-bug key to identify species and found the local aquatic ecosystem to be in good health. Students then made their way through Ukerebagh Nature Reserve to the Minjungbal bora ring, learning of the rich local aboriginal heritage of the Tweed region.
Pictured: Year 8 Geographers netting water-bugs at Ukerebagh Passage.
Bryson Coverdale, Director of Human Society and Its Environment
English FacultyLindisfarne Public Speaking CompetitionOn Wednesday 3 June, Lindisfarne hosted its annual Public Speaking Competition. Students from Stages 1 to 6 spoke about a range of topics including: life in 2030, the best inventions, owning a zoo, the necessity of war, legalising gay marriage, the power of the mind, the value of scientific research and many more.
All participants were engaging and expressive. congratulations goes to the winners of each stage.
Stage 1: Summer Parry Stage 2: Rupert Fahy
Stage 3: Sam Smith Stage 4: Georgia Mossop
Stage 5: Lilli Noonan Stage 6: Cobi Gittins
Kylie Steffen, Acting English Co-ordinator
Creative and Performing Arts FacultyAttention Students, Parents & TeachersWe are now calling for submissions for a large scale recording project.
If you have a piece you would like to submit, then this is the time. You are not required to submit a completed work and your submission can be delivered as an mp3 (or higher quality: a simple iPhone recording will do) on a CD, memory stick or emailed to:
Charlotte Lush Director of Creative and Performing Arts
The successful applicant will have their song arranged, orchestrated, produced, recorded and post produced as a CD to be sold for charity.
Concurrently, we are also looking to build our production team. If you would like experience working in a Pro Tools based recording studio then you may also register your interest by the submission date.
Three important points to note:
• You do not have to be a Music student to submit an entry.• All styles of music are welcome • Closing date for submissions Friday 24 July
Let your creativity flourish. This is the time. Lindisfarne is the place.
Charlotte Lush, Director of Creative and Performing Arts
Primary NewsMurwillumbah Festival Speech ChoirsCongratulations to all the Kindergarten to Year 4 classes who participated in the Murwillumbah Festival Speech Choir competition. Our Lindisfarne children not only performed beautifully, they looked immaculate and displayed exemplary behaviour.
Results:
kindy – First Place
year 1 – Highly Commended
year 2 – Third Place
year 3 – Highly Commended
year4 – Highly Commended
Primary Athletics Carnival Postponement Unfortunately, due to inclement weather, it was necessary to postpone the Primary Athletics Carnival until the beginning of Term 3. It will now be held on Tuesday 4 August 2015 at Walter Peate Oval, Kingscliff. Should you be able to
help on events with this day please contact Mrs Gay Maynard or Mrs Nicole Cargnoni direct on [email protected] or [email protected]
Science Week
Science Week is nearly upon us. Students throughout Primary are excited at the opportunity to demonstrate their scientific knowledge with their parents, teachers and peers. This is an event open to all who wish to attend to share in hands-on demonstrations, experiments and activities with our budding Primary scientists.
Michele Chandler, Head of Primary
Sports NewsCongratulations to:
TennisJames Griffin who has been invited to participate in the North East Tennis NSW development squad. Twelve talented juniors have been selected for this invite-only squad. James will spend four weekends in Coffs Harbour and Grafton, coached by the best coaches in the north east, learning not only about match play but confidence & nutrition.
HockeyCallum Fitzpatrick and Joseph Sandor who attended the NSW All Schools talent camp for hockey in Sydney last week. Joe has had a very successful year playing for the Queensland number one team in the Under 16’s at the Nationals in Hobart in April … and he is still only fourteen.
KayakingMorgan who competed at her first NSW All Schools Championships, which was held in Grafton.
Morgan competed in the Open Woman’s 500m and 5000m K1 events, walking away with two bronze medals. Competition
FUN Athletics Carnival Sausage SizzleThe P&F will be holding a sausage sizzle at the FUN Athletics Carnival at Sunshine Avenue on Friday 26 June, 2015. Sausages can be ordered ahead of time on the Flexischools website, otherwise you are more than welcome to purchase them on the day.The coffee van will also be present from 8:15am until 11:30am. to allow all parents the chance to start their Friday off with a warm coffee. Anzac Biscuits and chocolate slice will also be available to purchase.
Cross CountryAll Lindisfarne students who represented NCIS at the NSWCIS Cross Country Championships on Thursday last week: Nina Murphy, Etienne McDonald, Cooper Thomson, Olivia Copeland, Marlon Harrison, Jessica Courtney, Oliver Churchill, Indigai Arnold, Emily Lowns, Mya Henry, Piper Harrison, Brodie Copeland, Nathaniel Bryant, Jonathan Davies, Thomas Tatchell and Sam Hope. Particular mention must go to Tom Courtney and Brodie Copeland who have qualified to represent CIS by finishing seventh and eighth in their respective age categories of 109 and 102 competitors.
SoccerThe Bill Turner Cup boys who played Trinity College, Lismore on Tuesday. It really was a game of two halves! Zac Lawrence-Hamden opened the scoring with an excellent goal three minutes before the half-time whistle, only for Trinity to equalize with twenty seconds left on the clock! The home team dominated the second half, making it 4 – 1 before Zac scored Lindisfarne’s second goal. The final score of 5 - 2 did not really reflect the intensity of the game. Lindisfarne should be proud of their achievements as they were runners-up in the region for the first time.
Good luck to:
KokodaTeam Lindisfarne as they compete in the Kokoda Challenge during the holidays.
NetballThe State Challenge netball teams who compete in Caboolture over three days in the holidays. Kaiya Liddiard, Kaitlin Turner and Ruby Wardle will represent the Tweed 13’s and Lucy McFie will be vice captain of the 14’s.
Cross CountryTom Courtney and Brodie Copeland at the NSWCIS Championships at the end of the holiday.
Dates for your Diary:26 June FUN Athletics Carnival for all students from Preschool to Year 4
July 17 NSW All Schools Cross Country Championships
July 30 Secondary Athletics Carnival
August 4 Primary Athletics Carnival
August 6 Rec Sport starts
August 12 NCIS Athletics Carnival in Coffs Harbour
August 25 Lindisfarne Tennis Championships
September 2 NCIS Tennis and Netball Championships
Gay Maynard, Director of PDHPE and Sport
was tough as she was beaten by an Australian champion and an Olympic hopeful, so coming a close third was a great result.
NetballShelby Harasymenko, Georgia Maynard and Sophie and Amelia McPhail who all played at the Queensland State Netball Championships over the long weekend. Shelby represented South Coast in the Under 19’s in Division 1. Sophie represented Tweed 16’s (as a fifteen year old) and they finished sixth in the State Division 1. Georgia (captain) and Amelia’s 14’s Tweed team finished fifth.
Left: Georgia Maynard flanked by McPhail siblings Amelia and SophieRight: Shelby in action
AFLJoe Engel and Mr Bedford who represented NSWCIS at the State AFL Championships. Mr Bedford coached Joe. The team scraped into the final but retained the tournament trophy with a victory.
Mr Bedford and Joe Engel with their NSW AFL trophies and medals
GolfIsaac Outridge who was awarded the “ Most Improved Golfer” trophy from the North Coast Academy of Sport.
Please note that the information contained within the following pages does not necessarily carry the endorsement of Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School. The credentials of providers have not been checked by the School. Interested parents are strongly advised to closely check the credentials of any person or group offering activities that would directly involve the participation of their children (e.g. camps, coaching classes, babysitting etc)
Community Notices
Entertainment BookIn the past the Lindisfarne Parents and Friends Association has organised and distributed the Entertainment Book as a fundraising initiative for Lindisfarne. Due to commitments of the 2015 FunFest, it has been reluctantly decided that the P&F will not proceed with the distribution of the Entertainment Book for 2015.
This decision has not been made lightly and the P&F has advised that the Entertainment Book can still be purchased via the Entertainment Book website, https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/144035g. By purchasing the book this way you are continuing to contribute to the fund raising efforts of the Lindisfarne P&F as a small percentage from each purchase will be donated back to the association.
The Entertainment Book will again be available directly through the P&F in 2016.
