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2022 School Satisfaction & Climate Survey
Each year, the Directorate surveys all parents and carers, school staff and students in Years 4 to 12 about their experience of public education. The 2022 School Satisfaction & Climate Survey will be available online from 19 August to 9 September. The survey results will help us to continue to make quality informed decisions about how to improve our school. No personal identifying information will be provided to any school or college.
For each child in their family who attends an ACT public school, parents and carers will receive:
• An email about the parent survey, including a link to access the survey.; and
• A letter about the student survey outlining the reasons for collection and privacy provision for the data
If you do not receive the survey invitation, please check your Junk email folder; if it is not there, contact the school and you will be provided a survey link. If you do not have an email listed with the school, please contact the school on (02) 6142 1176.
The Parents and Carers Survey will be available online in other languages: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Urdu, Vietnamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Spanish, Telugu, French and Italian. Respondents can select their preferred language when they start the survey. A shortened paper-version of the Parents and Carers Survey is also available in the following 5 languages: Dari, Dinka, Farsi, Karen and Mon. These surveys are available at the Front Office.
For the results to reflect the opinions of our whole school community, we need as many parents and carers, staff and students as possible to complete the survey. Your feedback is important, and we hope you will take part.
For more information, visit: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/school-satisfaction-and-climate-survey
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Student Injury - Insurance and Ambulance Transport
The ACT Education Directorate does not provide any insurance cover for injury, disease or illness to students resulting from school activities or school-organised excursions. Claims for compensation are met where there is a legal liability to do so. Liability is not automatic and depends on the circumstances in which any injury, disease or illness was sustained.
As there is no automatic insurance cover for personal injury if your child is injured at school or during a school organised activity/excursion you should therefore consider whether taking out personal insurance cover for your child is warranted.
This insurance might cover contingencies including medical/hospital expenses, ambulance transport outside the ACT, and cancellation of transport/accommodation or loss of/damage to luggage.
The ACT Ambulance Service provides free ambulance transport for students who are injured or suddenly become ill at school or during an approved school organised activity within the ACT.
Liability for the Loss, Damage or Theft of Students’ Personal Property at School
Parents and students are advised that Lyneham High School staff will take all reasonable steps to keep personal property safe. However, Lyneham High School does not provide insurance cover to automatically compensate for the loss, damage or theft of bicycles or any other personal property, nor will they be legally liable for their loss.
Parents and students are advised:
- to avoid bringing valuable property to school,
- to take steps to insure all valuable items for loss, theft or damage,
- to use a good quality chain or bar lock to secure bicycles when left at school,
- that valuable items are brought to school at the personal risk of the owner and that schools decline any responsibility for the damage, loss or theft of students’ personal property, and
- to report any suspicious activity to school staff.
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Family Communications
Earlier this term, a change was made to the School’s administration system enabling additional contacts (with parental responsibility for students) to receive school communications such as emails, newsletters and absence notifications. Please do not hesitate to contact the school by email or on 61421176 if you have any questions about this.
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LHS Athletics Carnival Permission
Lyneham High School is holding its annual Athletics Carnival on Tuesday 9 August 2022 at the AIS Athletics Track. This is a whole school event, meaning that there will be no supervision at school on this day.
Please see information sheet below, and refer here for a form which we ask you to complete to provide your permission. If you are unable or unwilling to complete this online permission form, your child can collect a printed copy of the permission form from the front office.
Your support in providing your permission and the $10 payment as soon as possible is greatly appreciated. Options for making the payment are outlined on the permission form.
If your child is not going to attend, please follow normal processes and advise the school of their absence by emailing lynehamhs.absences@ed.act.edu.au or calling 6142 1174.
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Languages at Lyneham
English and EALD classes are back to work with year 10s examining documentaries, and year 7 classes starting oral presentations.
A puppet play was held on Monday 25 July for students of Indonesian. It was an enjoyable incursion and the behaviour of participants was respectful.
French students have been lucky to meet Samuel Armstrong, the Grenoble exchange brother of Billy Lane in year 10. Samuel, Billy and Declan Breen have been busy visiting Elective French classes and answering a myriad of interesting questions about life in France and Australia. Samuel's brother participated in the exchange to Lyneham High in 2019. We wish Samuel all the best when he departs Australia on this week. Billy will visit Samuel in Grenoble in the near future.
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Billy and Samuel exchange brothers
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Scholarships
The Public Education Foundation are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing life-changing scholarships to young people in public education and enhancing the value and reputation of public schools.
The attached document lists the scholarships on offer for students in a range of categories, including: Year 10 Refugee students, Year 8 and 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, Year 8 female students, Year 9 students, Year 9/10 students undertaking vocational studies.
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School Calendar
Did you know the school’s calendar of events (excursions and the like) are maintained as a Google Calendar which is accessible from the front page of the school’s website (see below)? Events are maintained weekly.
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