NAIDOC Week Celebrations Although NAIDOC Week fell in the holidays this year, Lake Heights celebrated with lots of events on the last Thursday of term 2. Students from across the school turned out in red, black and yellow and were treated to lots of special activities.  We kicked off the day with a shared-screen reading of a local Indigenous story, Gang-Man-Gang, read by Aboriginal students, Asharnti Duncan and Ruby Lee.

Farewell, Mr Fin!  It’s the end of an era for Lake Heights! This Friday marks Mr Finkernagel’s last day at our school.

A Work of Art! Over the past term, a group of students from Lake Heights have spent weeks working with local artist, Anita Larkin, on a Wollongong City Council public art project.  The mural has recently been unveiled in Winnima Way, Berkeley and the final product is gobsmacking!

Movies ‘n’ Munchies Day Last Friday, Lake Heights celebrated our improved attendance with a whole-school reward. Students were treated to a movie and special munchies provided by our P&C.

Welcome, Mr Hurd! This week we welcomed a new member of staff to Lake Heights.

Hats off to you! It was fantastic to see such a diverse range of hats on Wednesday for our National Simultaneous Storytime celebration.

Get Your Crazy Hats Ready! This Wednesday 25 May, we will be joining schools from across the country for National Simultaneous Storytime, by sharing I Got This Hat written by Jol and Kate Temple and illustrated by Jon Foye.

National Simultaneous Storytime – 25 May, 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association. Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.

Mother’s Day Stall We hope all of the mums in our Lake Heights community had a special Mother’s Day on Sunday. It is always a special time preparing gifts and cards for Mother’s Day in the classroom and hearing students talk about what makes their mum so special.

Congratulations, Palu Tausala! Congratulations to Palu Tausala who has been selected to represent on the Northern Illawarra Regional Rugby League team.