Principal's Report 

Our school is conducting the annual Parent / Carer Opinion Survey offered by the Department of Education and is seeking your feedback. The survey is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional, but we encourage and appreciate your participation.

The Parent / Carer Opinion Survey will be open online from Monday 17 August to Friday 18 September 2026 and all families are invited to participate. The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones.

The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese. Resources are also available in additional languages to assist parents / carers who speak a language other than English at home. Please reach out to your child’s teacher, or the school directly for survey guides in your language.

Information containing how to access the survey will be forwarded to parents and carers via Compass this week. Check your Compass notifications for details regarding how to access the survey.

Coming Up In Term 4

Lancefield Show 2026

LPS School Council and Student Council are excited to let you know that we will be holding our LPS stall at the upcoming Lancefield Agricultural Show on Sunday 18th of October. We are asking families to kindly donate some prizes for one of our activities, our old-fashioned Lucky Dip. 

We are asking for small prizes between $2-$5 in value. Items can include but are not limited to:

• Downballs

• Stickers

• Fidgets

• Chocolate/Treats 

• Stationery 

• Stamps

• Small toys

• Small pieces of jewellery/charms

• Bubbles

• Hair ties/clips

• Toy cars

• Key rings 

• Temporary tattoos

• Yo yo/slinky 

A box will be set up in the office for donations. The prizes for the Lucky Dip can be purchased brand new or donations from home (that are in excellent condition only please)

We are also seeking donations to support our “Pick A Prize” competition. Previously we have had a fabulous array of vouchers and items donated from a large range of local businesses, organisations and families 

To make this event run smoothly we will be looking for parent/carer support on the day to assist with running the stall. Please contact the office to let us know your availability. We appreciate time being put aside on this day to support our school community. 

Further information and reminders will be posted on Compass as the show draws nearer.

LPS 150th Celebration Week - November 4th - 6th 

Coming up in term 4 we will be celebrating our 150th Birthday at LPS! Our main event will be on Friday 6th of November with a whole school Ye Olde Worlde Dress Up day with a Bush Band teaching all students some old time dancing. At the end of the day we will be inviting families to join us for a whole school bush dance. 

We will be conducting school tours for interested community members and have displays of old school photos etc from years gone by!