Welcome back to Term Four.

Welcome to Term Four.  The National Partnership Program is now alive .

Mrs Batten and I are off to a three day training program from Wednesday this week.  I am looking forward to the new ideas on teaching reading and comprehension we will experience.

I had a great session with a parent on the last day of Term Three.  We tore apart the NAPLAN results of their child and got a great picture of how we can assist at home.  If you would like to be a part of this program please call or email me and I will be happy to assist.

Now we are back and running, please keep this site in the back of your mind.

Cheers,

Glenn and the National Partnership Team.

NAPLAN Session News

Due to personal circumstances this tonight’s NAPLAN information session will be postponed till Term Four.  I will send a note home early next term indicating the new time.

If you have specific questions please feel free to email me at

glenn.oneill@det.nsw.edu.au

Thank you for your support,

Glenn O’Neill.

Fantastic final focus group.

A terrific hour was spent in the school staffroom yesterday (Saturday) with community members discussing all things literacy and then some!

Now the groups have concluded and the issues collated, I will publish the findings by this week.

We are now putting in plans to act on many of the programs the community would like to see at in operation at LMPS.  I’m sure you will here about them in the coming months.

Thanks to Jo Booth, Kris Hawkins and Narelle Batten for being our facilitators.

Looking forward to a great community program,

Glenn O’Neill.

Final Community Focus Group reminder

Just a short note to remind all parents that LMPS will be open tomorrow (Saturday 19 September) from 11.30 am for our final National Partnership community forum.

Staff facilitators will be:

• Mrs Narelle Batten
• Ms Jo Booth
• Mr Glenn O’Neill

Please feel free to drop in and have a chat.

Your LMPS NPP Team.

NAPLAN Information Session

Priority Information Session.

The highest priority of our focus groups last night (15/9) was the initiation of a NAPLAN information evening.

The LMPS NPP Team have concluded our review of the 2009 NAPLAN data and we will be inviting all community members to an information session which will be held on Tuesday 29/9, commencing at 5.45 pm.

I extend an invitation to all of the LMPS community to attend.

During this session, we will outline the school’s strengths and areas for improvement in an open and honest forum.

In anticipation of your response,

The LMPS NPP Team.

Appreciation to our Tuesday night community members

A wonderful forum was held last night 15/9 in our school library.  Many issues were discussed surrounding the teaching of reading at school and at home.  Ideas for follow up forums were noted.  A huge thank you to Mrs Narelle batten and Mrs Kris Hawkins for their efforts in facilitating the forum and to the parents and community members who attended.

It was tremendous to see the enthusiasm community members had in becoming involved in the decision making process surrounding the National Partnership Program.  To that end, I will be inviting interested community members to attend a ‘NPP management plan briefing’.  Here, The NPP team will outline the plans and the targets the school has set for reading and comprehension for the years 2009 – 2011.

One request for a forum that will definitely be held before the end of the term or very early next term will be on:

NAPLAN – What is it?  Who is it? What does it tell us?  How do we use it?

A detailed record of ideas and discusion points will be collated by the NPP team over the next week and we hope to mail them to you as soon as possible.

Please remember to hand in your post forum thoughts to assist us in developing positive and sustainable community partnerships.

Great appreciation to all,

Glenn O’Neill.

Focus Group Phone Link

Some community members have expressed a wish to be a part of the focus groups, however, due to family responsibilities cannot commit to a time.  The NPP team will contact these community members by phone this week to allow for their input.

Focus Group Facilitators are:

• Mrs Kris Hawkins
• Mrs Narelle Batten
• Mr Glenn O’Neill

The ‘Focus Group Wrap Up’ will be published 22/9/09 and mailed to all community participants.

Thank you,

Your LMPS NPP Team.

Dates for the Community Focus Groups.

Thank you to all the parents who expressed a wish to be involved in National Partnerships Focus Groups.  I was very pleased with the response.

Focus groups will be held:

• Tuesday September 15 at 5.45 pm.
• Saturday September 19 at 11.30 am.

All members will be contacted by Monday September 14 to provide you with your group, facilitator and discussion points we will be focusing on.

In anticipation,

LMPS NPP Team.

Community Focus Groups

We have just completed a mass mail out to over 150 parents and community members asking for their involvement in our School Self Evaluation.  All focus groups will be conducted after business hours and on a selected weekend if required.  A number of staff have expressed a wish to be an active member of these forums. Times and sessions will be allocated by September 11.

Thank you in anticipation,

The LMPS NPP Team.

Welcome

Welcome to the Lake Munmorah Public School National Partnership Web Site.  This site is dedicated to disseminating information to all school staff at LMPS about changes and initiatives underway as part of our involvement in the National Partnership Program.