Term 3 Week 8

A COMMUNITY-FOCUSED PUBLIC SCHOOL VALUING A PROUD TRADITION AND SHAPING A POSITIVE

FUTURE

Telephone

• 9427 2155 or 9427 1024

Email

• lanecove-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website

• https://lanecove-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

School Council President

• Luke Andrews

P&C President

• Myles Davis

mailto:lanecove-p.school@det.nsw.edu.auhttps://lanecove-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Week 9

• Tuesday 15 September

- School Photos

• Thursday 17 September

- Sibling Photos

Tell Them From Me Surveys

Lane Cove Public School is participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the

Tell Them from Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The

survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student

wellbeing and engagement.

Running this survey will help us understand parents' and carers' perspectives on their child's experience

at school. These include communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at

home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback

will help inform our progress with our current school plan as it come to an end. It will also provide us

valuable information as we move into the development of our next school plan.

We are also interested to find out the views of parents and carers in relation to volunteering at the school.

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The

survey typically takes 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey

will be conducted between 7 September and 23 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, however, your responses are very much appreciated.

With current restrictions we will be unable to run parent and community workshops as has been done in

the past in order to gather information. It is therefore really important for as many people as possible to

have their say through this survey so that we are able to plan as effectively as possible for the new School Improvement Plan.

Please use this link to access the survey: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/pslcps2020

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

Inclusive Education Statement for Students with Disability

The NSW Department of Education has released an Inclusive Education Statement for Students with Disability.

This is the next step in the Department’s Disability Strategy commitment to improve learning and

wellbeing for students with disability in every public school. The Disability Strategy was released in

February 2019, and sets out the Department’s plan for providing children and young people with disability, their families and the broader community with an education system that meets their needs.

The statement is about strengthening inclusive education for all students with disability in mainstream schools and their support classes, and schools for specific purposes.

Inclusive education

Inclusive education means all students can access and fully participate in learning, supported by

reasonable adjustments and teaching strategies tailored to meet their individual needs.

Inclusion should be embedded in all aspects of school life, and is supported by culture, policies and everyday practices.

All NSW public schools should champion inclusive education.

Have your say

The Department will listen and work with students, parents and educators over 2020 on what support is

needed to strengthen inclusion of students with disability. This feedback will inform an Inclusive Education Policy and practice resources.

Support resources

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/pslcps2020http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

The statement and materials to help understand this are available online at: www.education.nsw.gov.au/inclusive-education.

This includes an Easy Read version of the statement.

If you would like to find out more about this work or give feedback please email the team in the

Department of Education working on this. They can be contacted on disability.strategy@det.nsw.edu.au.  

Security Fence

The new procedures for entering and leaving the school grounds began yesterday. There are signs at

each gate reflecting these new procedures for reference. Please make yourself familiar with the procedures below.

Pedestrian gates

• All gates will be open from 7.30am each school day

• All gates will be locked from 9.15am-2.40pm each school day

• All access to the school from 9.15am-2.40pm on a school day will be via the Austin Street

entrance that leads to the administration block. This gate has a video-intercom and visitors will be let in from the office.

• All gates except for the COLA gate on Austin Street will be locked at 3.15pm each school day.

• The COLA gate on Austin Street will be locked at 6.00pm by Lane Cove OOSH. This will be the only pedestrian access to the school from 3.15pm-6.00pm.

Car park gates

• The two carparks off Austin Street will only be accessible via a swipe card or via the video-

intercom through the office.

• The Longueville Road carpark will be open each school day at 6.30am. It will be locked at 9.15am.

It will reopen at 2.40pm and then be locked again at 3.30pm. All cars must be out of this carpark by 3.30pm.

Terry McKinnon | Principal

https://www.education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/disability-learning-and-support/our-disability-strategy/inclusive-educationmailto:disability.strategy@det.nsw.edu.au

Got It! Look out for tips and strategies from the Got It! Team every week in the newsletter.Week 8 - Emotions

and Mindfulness

Annemarie Cooke | LCPS Got It! Coordinator

Once again, thank you to all those families that have donated to the P&C so far. We know it has been a

challenging year for everyone however the P&C has maintained its funding to the school even with

limited fundraising options in 2020. Donations can be made via Munch Monitor or EFT. Our EFT details are:

Lane Cove Public School P&C Association

Westpac Bank

BSB: 032 085

Account: 379713

Our next P&C meeting is next Tuesday, Sept 15th on Zoom from 7pm. Meeting login details will be

advised in next week’s update. Minutes of previous meetings and Agenda’s can be found on our

website https://lanecovepublicpandc.org.au/about/meeting-minutes/

Have a great week!

Myles Davis | LCPS P&C President

president@lanecovepublicpandc.org.au

https://lanecovepublicpandc.org.au/about/meeting-minutes/mailto:president@lanecovepublicpandc.org.au

Welcome to Week 8. Our Special this week is Chicken Slider, $5.50, made at Ground Caffe next to Lane

Cove Library. We continue to operate via Munch Monitor for lunch orders only. Please place your orders by 9am sharp!

The Canteen Committee are still seeking new members to join, please email: canteenconvenor@lanecovepublicpandc.org.au if you would like to help!

We will no longer have milk on the menu and are looking to add a new drink opti on soon.

I would like to thank Karen, Becky, and Charlene for their ongoing work to bring our school a great menu

each day, THANK YOU.

Have a great week everyone,

Em Patterson |(Acting) Canteen Convenor

mailto:canteenconvenor@lanecovepublicpandc.org.au

Netball News and Highlights

What an eventful weekend for netball. Both adult and senior teams finished the season with glowing

results. So far, the club has 3 teams winning their grand final games. Junior are still to play this Friday night.

Our second adult team and LCNC 04 also managed to place 3rd overall. Both of these teams have

improved so much over the season and LCNC 04 are in the A grade, so the competition is tough.

Congratulations goes to Lucy Finlayson for being awarded the Umpires Award from NSNA.

NetSetGo finished off their season and have improved amazingly over the year. We hope to see them return to playing netball again next year.

Overall, Lane Cove Netball Club couldn’t be prouder of all their players, they play with passion and good sportsmanship.