29 Jul · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 3 – Term 3 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Thank you to the high school parents / carers from years 8 and 10 who attended our meeting last Thursday. It was good to have almost every parent in attendance. If parents would like further information on the topics discussed, please contact your child’s teacher. Parents / carers are …
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23 Jul · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 2 – Term 3 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, On Saturday, there is a public holiday to commemorate Remembrance Day. On this day, we remember and pay tribute to those Papua New Guineans who have fought and died in various wars over the years to allow us the freedoms we enjoy today. Next week, on Wednesday 27th July, …
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15 Jul · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 1 – Term 3 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Welcome back to Term 3 at LIS! I hope everyone had a good break. It is great to see all our students back and eager to start the term. Thanks to our parents and carers for all their support and encouragement during Term 2. We navigated the term well, while …
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17 Jun · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 9 – Term 9 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Mid-year reports for all children will be sent home today, Thursday, 16th of June. Teaching programs at Lihir International School are determined by the mandated expectations of the Australian Curriculum and grading system guidelines are set out by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA), due to our licensing …
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3 Jun · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 7 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents/Caregivers, It was great to see so many parents attend our Student-Led Conferences and High School Open Night last night. Particular thanks to Ms Yip and the high school students who catered the refreshments. Thanks to all our School Council members for their attendance at our meeting last night. Our School Council …
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27 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 6 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents/Caregivers, At Lihir we are privileged to have many very experienced parents, friends and members of the community in various fields. The school likes to utilize their expertise whenever we can. This week, the year 5/6 students were able to visit the Geothermal Power plant. Thanks to Ms Langusch, Mr Glenn Bereicua and …
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20 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 5 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents/Caregivers, Thanks to Mrs Leone Bu and the P&W for hosting Bingo at the school last weekend. The event was a great success and it was so good to see our P&W hosting events again. Mr McKeiver is busy preparing students for their track and field sports carnival at the end of …
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13 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 4 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents/Caregivers, National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) LIS students in years 3, 5 and 7 have completed the NAPLAN tests this week. School and student results will be disseminated to families next term after results have been returned to the school. Thanks to Ms Langusch for coordinating the tests. National …
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6 May · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 3 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Students in years three, five and seven will sit the NAPLAN tests next week. 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, …
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29 Apr · Gregory Neville · No Comments
Week 2 – Term 2 2022
Dear Parents and Caregivers, School Camp Over the past week, the year 8/9 class have participated in their long-awaited school camp! This trip replaces the 7/8 camp that was postponed last year due to Covid. To coincide with ANZAC Day, students participated in a very informative excursion on the history of Word War …
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