Although the past few weeks have been somewhat muted due to the COVID-19 restrictions, 2021 has seen the hills around Lilydale District School once again being filled with the sound of music!

Senior students have been not only learning and refining their Music Notation Literacy but also enjoying the experience of playing music in an ensemble context! We have several budding percussionists and bassists! Seniors have also been dabbling in original compositions with some incredible pieces being created!

Over the remainder of Term 2, Seniors will be invited to join the Lilydale School of Rock! Which will be open to any Year 9-10 students who are interested to play in a band setting. We will meet each Tues at lunch! If it proves successful, we will open the opportunity to all other High School Students (Years 7-8).

The Junior Music program, thus far has been a raging success with students participating in Body Percussion, Choral Singing, Movement, Beat, Rhythm and learning new songs! Riptide by Vance Joy has been far and away the favourite! However, Shotgun by George Ezra is making a strong run towards the end of the term!

Cant wait to see what the remainder of the year shall bring!

Yours in Music - Mr Favell

We have been learning about the seasons. In Autumn, we painted Autumn leaves that were changing colour. 

Now that it's Winter, we have painted about rain, snow and warm clothes. We did some writing to tell you about our paintings. 

I drew a house.
I drew a tree with no leaves.
Winter is cold.
Winter is fun.
By Rori

I painted a waterfall with snowflakes and a house. The house has got gold. I drew trees and a sun. Winter is fun!
By Samantha

My Winter Painting
I drew a house and snowflakes. It was fun. I have blue and red and black and white snowflakes. It looks good. I also have brown. I think it is colourful. I drew a tree. The tree is brown. Winter is cold!
By Makayla

My Winter Painting
I drew snowflakes. It was snowing. It was cold and snowy. It was Winter. There was snow on the leaves. Snowflakes were dropping. Winter is snowy.
By Ella H

My Winter Painting
I drew a Winter painting of a tree that had no leaves and it had branches. I drew a house with a path. I drew a brick house with a person and his name is Percy. I like Winter because I like snow. I like making snowmen. Snow is fun to play in.
By Khiana

I drew snow and snowballs and a house and a water fountain. I drew a person in a jacket and Winter clothes and a tree with no leaves. Winter is fun.
By Lincoln

I drew snow and a tree with no leaves. I drew a man with warm clothes. I drew a thunderstorm. I drew snowflakes. Winter is fun!!!
By Ella S

My Winter Painting
I drew snow and trees with no leaves and a house and snowflakes and a giant folding potato. Winter is fun.
By Flynn

Change is a given throughout our life.  Managing change relies on our resilience and our ability to self-regulate before making a reactive decision or response. Often when we have time to process a change that has been scheduled, we are able to think through what the positives and negatives are and to ask clarifying questions about the situation and any implications.  Most of us manage this situation in fair and reasonable ways as we do when the change works to our advantage.

When we are challenged with unscheduled changes, often the emotion generated with such a surprise, impairs our decision making.  While we always try to inform students of upcoming events and schedules, it is not possible to do this every time.  We have seen a number of our students struggle with changes to routines, staff absences or having to deal with a new set of circumstances and expectations. We try to manage situations for students who we know don’t do well with relief staff by placing them in an environment that supports them.  We are encouraging all our other students in these situations to make respectful choices. By genuinely listening to and following reasonable requests students will be more able to participate in their learning and maximise their time at school.

All our Year 10 students will be participating in Year 11-12 college orientation days next week, collecting information about the schools as well as courses.  This is a key part of each student’s Transition Plan, which is an ongoing process that staff have been working on with students during the year.  Students will also receive information relating to Designed Learning Programs based on course offerings from extension schools and be able to attend open days at these venues during Term 3. We encourage students to make choices based on their passions and interests, understanding that they can be enrolled at one school or have a dual enrolment with two schools. There will be plenty of information available for families and we encourage further conversations if advice or clarification is needed.

We are hopeful for some sunshine on Friday for our first home round of 5-6 sport.  Students have been practising and are keen to display their skills against our visiting schools.  It is great to see the work being done by our senior students who have been umpiring coaching and supporting our junior sports stars.

There has been a concerning trend of students at school after hours making poor choices in the school ground.  Recently we have had reports of students being up on the roof of various buildings around the school. Obviously this is a dangerous practice as falling from such a height will cause serious and significant injuries which we wish to avoid. We have also had some student behaviour in the grounds where bikes and scooters are being ridden inappropriately, including riding through garden beds and within the kinder playground. If your children come into school after hours please reinforce the need for them to be respectful and courteous to staff if they redirect them.

It was a real positive to share individual successes with our 7-10 students Monday morning, with Cross Country winners from our recent carnival receiving their certificates.  We also were able to present certificates for students who competed in a national Geography competition earlier in the term.  We had some excellent results with our top ranked student, Zeke, receiving a High Distinction.  We will continue to provide opportunities for our students to aspire to be their best.  We look forward to the results from the History competition and have a few more events that we will present to students in Term 3.

We wish everyone a relaxing and safe holiday and trust that students come back refreshed and ready for Term 3.  A reminder that students don’t return until Tuesday, 20 July, as staff have a Professional Learning day on Monday, 19 July.

Colin Pearson – Principal

Students mid year reports will be sent home with your child on Thursday, 1 July. Our Year 10 students will be attending their orientation day at Newstead College so will receive theirs on the Friday, 2 July.

Parent Teacher appointment bookings will open next Monday, 28 June and can be made using the link below. Appointments will commence on during week 2 of Term 3 and be held over 4 evenings. 

If these times are not compatible, please contact with the teacher to arrange another meeting.

Emily Nixon, a former Lilydale student, visited our Year 11-12 Certificate II in Agriculture class to talk about Rural Youth and what it offers young Tasmanians from 16-30 years of age.  Rural Youth organise AgFest as their main event for the year, they also fund further education and training, run competitions, hold dinners and events state wide.  There is a program that funds a position at a mainland Agriculture College.  Rural Youth is a great way to meet new people, have fun and build your skills and networks.

Emily was a great speaker, very well prepared and interesting.  Thank you for giving us some of your time.  For more information have a look at their website:

The Parents and Friends Sub Committee to our School Association would like to thank families, staff and community members on the recent support in our Sunrise Bakery Fundraising efforts. Lilydale District School managed to raise a total amount of $1,389.70 which the Parents and Friends Sub Committee will be looking at putting towards some ideas of purchasing more outdoor play equipment/reset tracks, updating seating areas etc.

Through these amazing efforts of fundraising through Sunrise Bakery, Lilydale District School managed to earn two general sporting packages which include equipment which will be used across all Years K-10 students.

We would also like to acknowledge the behind the scene work of Emma one of our School Association Representatives. Emma played a huge role in the organisation, distribution and collaboration of this fundraiser whilst also recognising a big thank you to a number of parents who assisted on the day collating and distributing orders to ensure a seamless process for all orders. Fundraisers like this are successful thanks to this support of our volunteers.  

We look forward to updating our families, staff and community members of future fundraising, through our below thermometer. We will be tracking funds and sharing with you through this platform, our future fundraising to ensure funds are distributed directly back to school projects and areas for improvement.

Our 5-6 students are starting training for Hockey, Football, Soccer and Netball soon in readiness for our yearly TPSSA sports gala days.
We would love to receive donations of football boots, shin pads and long dark blue/black football socks (in good condition).
If you have been holding onto any of these items and unsure what to do with them because they are too good to "throw away", please send them our way. Our students and staff would be very appreciative.
Thank you kindly.

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