1 Aug · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 3 – Term 3 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Visual Artist, Jeffry Feeger, has kindly agreed to run a student workshop for nominated students from Years 3 – 8 on the Saturday morning of the Golden Orchid Ball (17th August), prior to a live artwork creation that evening at the ball. The workshop will be held in the Year 5/6 room …
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25 Jul · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 2 – Term 3 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Tomorrow, Friday the 26th July, is New Ireland Day and has been gazetted by the New Ireland Provincial Government as Public Holiday in the province. School Hats and Uniform Please ensure your child has a school hat to wear during playtime and other outdoor activities. Please make sure hats are clearly named. If …
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18 Jul · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 1 – Term 3 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Welcome back to all LIPS families for Term 3. It was great to see children eager and enthusiastic on the first day back. Please remember school begins at 8:15am and children are able to start arriving at school from 7:45am onwards. Please do not send your child to school before 7:45am as teachers …
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20 Jun · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 9 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, What a busy term it has been! It is hard to believe that it is the end of semester one already! Besides the learning in classrooms, this term the LIPS community have enjoyed a Netball Carnival, the P&W Family Fun Day and Trash and Treasure plus the numerous extra-curricular activities students have been …
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14 Jun · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 8 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, The LIPS Netball Carnival was held last weekend. LIPS was represented by a junior, senior and ladies team, we hosted visiting junior, senior and ladies teams from OLSH, Kavieng and also, for the first time, we had a Marahun senior team join the competition. It was a great weekend of netball and, although …
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6 Jun · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 7 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, The LIPS Netball Carnival will be held this Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th June at LIPS. LIPS will be represented by a junior and senior team, with there also being a Lihir ladies team. Joining us for the carnival will be a junior, senior and ladies team from OLSH in …
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23 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 5 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, We have had Mr Neville and Ms. Langusch away this week in Brisbane attending workshops with main focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). They will also be visiting leading schools in the technology education area. Mrs. Liz Daimol is our Acting Principal for this week in the absence of …
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17 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 4 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, An important curriculum focus at LIPS this year is on Technology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) education. Next week Ms. Langusch and I will be attending workshops in Brisbane around this important focus and visiting leading schools in the technology education area. During my absence, Mrs Liz Daimol will …
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10 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 3 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Students in years three, five and seven will sit the NAPLAN tests in Week 4. This process involves testing of Mathematics and all aspects of Literacy and forms an important part of our licensing agreement with Education Queensland International. More importantly, NAPLAN provides us with valuable learning data of individual students, student …
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3 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 2 Term 2 2019
Dear Parents/Caregivers, On the 8th and 9th of June, Lihir International School will be hosting a Netball Competition. OLSH International School Kavieng will travel to Lihir to participate in the competition. Our school will be represented by a junior (Year 4/5 girls) and a senior (Year 6/7/8 girls) team. Thanks to Ms Langusch and …
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