LFH eNews turns 50 as School Dates change again!         26 October 2021

The Victorian Government has announced the easing of restrictions from 6pm Friday 29 October, given the early achievement of the 80 per cent vaccination target. 

This means that all metropolitan Melbourne year levels will return to full-time onsite learning from Monday 1 November.

There is no change to 'part-time on-site and LFH' this week. The latest dates for students to return are as follows, with everyone at LPS back from Monday 1 November.

Please note: Tuesday 2 November is a public holiday for Melbourne Cup Day.

Thanks to all our Year 3 and 4 parents for your help in maintaining our very high proportion of mask-wearers. They look fantastic (as well as being safer).

Now that your children have resumed school part-time, we're providing another video from the Royal Children's Hospital, recommended by some of our parents. 

Effects of COVID-19 on children's physical health

Are you worried about your child getting COVID-19? Is Delta worse than the other variants? Should you vaccinate your child when it’s available? These experts answered these questions and more in September 2021...

Allergies and COVID-19

We have been contacted by some parents, concerned that their child's Hay Fever may present like COVID-19 symptoms. Our Forms Page includes writable pdf forms for a number of health conditions, including Rhinitis (Hay Fever).

Please ask your doctor or medical specialist to complete this form, then forward to our office. Apart from the similarity of some symptoms, these forms assist us to respond to your child's medical needs.

School Council has approved the start of 2022 Arrangements:

• As usual, a state-wide teacher preparation day is scheduled on the day teachers return to work - Friday 28 January.
• Monday 31 January is an approved student-free day. 
• Years 1 - 6 return to school on Tuesday 1 February.

Prep 2022 students have modified arrangements during February, and these are listed below:

Parents are reminded that all term dates and student-free days are listed on our website under Our School/Term Dates and Student-free Days.


Our LFH Online Art Gallery has been updated again - click here to see some creative student artworks, or access the galleries via our website Home Page.

Parents Group News
Have you ordered? The mango fundraiser is back again! 

• Delicious Kensington Pride Mangoes fresh from the farm are being delivered to us again.
  Unfortunately, due to unusual crop failure this year, we have maximum number of trays of 400 for the school and the tray sizes will be smaller at 4.5kg (previously they were 7kg).  
• One tray will cost $20.
• The delivery date will be early December and we will contact families as soon as we know the date and time for collection. 
• This year, all orders must be completed online via this link: https://www.trybooking.com/BUPUF. Once the 400 trays are sold, no more trays will be available so get in quick! Orders must be in by Friday 29th October.
• Any questions please email lps@gmail.com

REMINDERS:

Requests for 2022 class placements: 

Many factors are taken into account when placing students in class groups for the following year. If parents have a particular request, these should be made in writing by email to laburnum.ps@education.vic.gov.au or by hard copy, and addressed to the Principal (not your child’s teacher). They must be received by Friday 5 November. These are then considered along with those of other families, teachers and students.

As in previous years, please do not ask for specific teachers for 2022 as these requests will not be considered. We also respectfully request that your requests are reasonable; one or two requests per child are manageable as we try to juggle competing and often conflicting priorities.

Due to the complex process involved, late requests cannot be accepted.

Leaving LPS?
We have almost finalised our 2022 staffing, which correlates with student enrolments. If your child is leaving the school at the end of this year (except for Year 6 students of course), have you let us know?  If not, please call or email our office as soon as possible.