Principal's Report 

Welcome back everyone to 2026. We have had a very calm and happy start to the school year with students quickly settling into new classes. With the whole school participating in our LPS Start Right program, consistency of expectations across the school for both academic and social interactions are being explicitly taught and practiced. 

We have a great year coming up with our school calendar already full of great events and learning. This is a big year for our school as LPS turns 150 ! We will be celebrating in lots of different ways across the year with our main celebrations taking place later in the year during term 4. 

The beginnings of LPS...

Student Leadership

Congratulations to our year 6 team for 2026 who were presented with their very smart bomber jackets and year 6 team badges at our first assembly. We are really looking forward to our 6s developing their leadership skills and confidence across the year

Our student council leaders for 2026 are:

3C- Harry G and Sophie B

 4W- Indi S and Lincoln A

 4/5N- Poppy F and Savannah H

 5/6T- Linkyn H and Matilda M

This group of students will be working with Naomi to support all types of events across the year including representing our school in the wider community. 

New Sports Tops 

We are super excited that our new sports tops will be arriving in the next week or so in readiness for our senior sports activities for the year. Students participating in summer, winter, hanging rock cross country, any regional etc sports events will be able to borrow a top for the day. Our 2024/2025 fundraising efforts have enabled us to purchase these and we have now ticked off most fundraising items from our 2025 list with thanks to the generosity of our school community.

On Friday 6th March our student council representatives will be working alongside Landcare and St Marys students to help clean up Lancefield Park. If you would like to help out I am certain you would be most welcome. We will be there from 1.45-2.45pm. 

Clean Up Australia - Clean up Lancefield

Get to know you - Parent/carer/teacher interviews

Our start of the year interviews will be taking place on Tuesday 24th of February (2.30pm-5.00pm) and Thursday 26th of February (2.00pm-4.30pm). These interviews will be 10 minutes per appointment and are an opportunity for teacher/parents and carers to share information regarding individual students to help set them up for a successful year at school. 

School Council

Our first 2026 meeting will be held on Tuesday 17th of February. At this stage we will have one parent/carer vacancy on school council. Information about how to nominate for a position and what this all means has been forwarded to you this week on Compass.

Please remember the following new information in regards to School Council membership:

From 2026, parents, carers and community members who would like to join the school council need a working with children (WWC) clearance to nominate. If you are considering nominating for school council, and don’t already have a WWCC, I encourage you to apply for a volunteer WWC check as soon as possible. This will allow for processing times, which are estimated to be from 3 to 12 weeks. Please note that if you do not hold a WWC clearance, you will not be able to nominate for school council, so it is vital that you prepare in advance. Obtaining a WWC clearance is free for volunteers, and you can apply online at Service Victoria. When applying for your volunteer WWC check, please nominate the Department of Education as the organisation you are working for. If you already hold an employee WWC clearance, you do not need to obtain a volunteer WWC clearance to nominate for school council. Victorian Institute of Teaching-registered teachers and school students who are interested in joining school council are not required to obtain a WWC clearance. Current members of school council do not need to apply for a WWC check immediately. Current members only need a WWC clearance if their term ends and they wish to nominate or be co-opted again. For more information, refer to Ministerial Order 1280 (Constitution of Government School Councils) 2020.