COVID PLAN UPDATE

QR Code System

LPPS now have a QR Code System in operation.

Please register via the QR Code system if you are in the building or grounds. These required situated at all key entry points. Thanks for your support.

Face Masks

From 11.59pm Wednesday 17 February, consistent with advice for the broader community, school staff when not teaching and secondary school students aged 12 or older, must wear a face mask at school, unless an exception applies:

in all indoor spaces
in all outdoor spaces when 1.5m physical distance cannot be maintained.

Visitors and parents must also observe this guidance.

The wellbeing of all our students is our priority and our school staff and teachers are here to support you and your family. Information that might be of assistance to you in talking to your child about COVID-19 is available. If you are concerned about your wellbeing or that of your child, please contact the school so we can talk with you about how we can best assist. Other sources of support include: Parent Line 13 22 89 and Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.

The Department’s COVID-19 helpline is also available on weekdays from 8.30am to 5pm on 1800 338 663. If you know a family who speak a language or languages other than English and you know they would like further information, interpreting services are available by phoning 131 450 first. For families with a child with a disability, the Association for Children with a Disability (ACD) has additional information.

And, finally, a reminder that if you, your child, or a family member develops symptoms of COVID-19 you should get tested at a COVID-19 testing facility and stay home.

Each family should regularly check the list of public exposure sites in Victoria (where a person with COVID-19 has attended), and if anyone in the family has attended a site at the times listed, follow the instructions given.

ENROLMENTS 2022

We remind all current families to please ensure they submit a sibling enrolment form for 2022.

We encourage our families, the greatest advocates, to remind friends and families about enrolments for 2022 now open.

2022 enrolments need to be submitted by 25th June, 2021.

Every Day Counts!

Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child's education. Students learn new things at school every day - missing school puts them behind. with both school work and friendships.

School is better when your child is there.

2021 Absence Numbers as at February 18th:

56 absences

An average of 1.5 days are unapproved.

Please remember to notify the school, on the day, if your child is absent.

PARENT PAYMENTS (School Fees)

Thank-you to all families who have paid or committed to the payment of the LPPS school fees 2021. Payment of essential items, making voluntary contributions and donations to our Information Technology and Envoirnmental Programs allows us to continue to deliver the enhanced educational program on offer at LPPS as well as maintain and improve student and community facilities to the high standard we aspire to.

If you have not given this your attention as yet, please refer to Compass Course Confirmations / 2021 School Fees to make payment online.

If you have any queries or require a more flexible payment plan, please contact the school office.

PERMISSIONS ON COMPASS

Term 1 is jam packed with activities for students. Please make sure you check Compass regularly and give permissions as required.

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.

Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please call into the school office and ask for an application form.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx

Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office as soon as possible.

Bellbird Music Studio

Kym and Richard are offering Music lesson at our school , if you are interested please have a look at the flyer in the parent information section.

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