Principal Appointment for Lilydale District School

I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed as the Principal of Lilydale District School subject to appeal.  I’ve worked in education for approximately 30  years in a range or roles including AST, Assistant Principal and Principal of a number of schools.

I am committed to ensuring every student feels safe, respected and is supported to be a learner.  I am passionate about building strong relationships with students, families and staff, and I’m excited to continue my work with the Lilydale community.

I thank you for your support so far!

Booking Your Parent -Teacher Interviews Online

Parent- Teacher interviews are happening next week, and the bookings remain open online via the SchoolZine App until Thursday, 26 June at 6.30pm. You could be in the winning for a $50 voucher if you have a student in primary school and a $50 voucher if you have a student in high school.  The draw will take place on Friday, 4 July and will be shared on Facebook.

Meeting with your child’s teacher is a good way to check on their progress, celebrate their achievements, and have a discussion about any areas where students may need support. 

These meetings help to build a connection between home and school, which is an important part of your child’s success at school.

We’ve made it super easy by using our online booking system.  You can select a time that suits you and make your booking on a phone, tablet, or computer.

Thank you  for your support with this.  If you are experiencing difficulty making a booking, please contact the school office for help.

MND Fundraiser Coming Up – Thursday, 3 July

Lilydale District School will be supporting the Fight MND, with our major fundraiser on Thursday, 3 July.  There will be raffle tickets to buy for $1.00  and the more money we raise the more children and adults will be will experience the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Students are invited to bring money to buy a raffle ticket to win a MND Beannie or Canteen Vouchers to be used in Term 3.  All money raised will go towards research to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease.

Look out for further information about this great cause!

Warm Regards,

Karen Hay
Principal

This term in Year 1, we have been learning about representing addition and subtraction by using the part-part-whole method. To help us learn this concept, we have used our Bond Blocks program. After a video lesson on how to do the activity, students were asked to choose two parts that make ten (the whole), such as six and four, or five and five. They placed the corresponding blocks onto their board. Students were then asked to write the equation, knowing that for addition we use part + part = whole. Then, students drew a picture that matched the mathematics in their equation. Finally, students then created their own number story that matched the equation but also matched the picture.

The Year 1 students excelled in creating these representations, which you can see examples of below. We are super proud of our learning and it is clear the Year 1 class deeply understand the connection between the different ways we can represent addition. Well done Year 1!

Meet Kimmy and Bumbury, these are our school ponies who assist us with the Equine Assisted Communication Program at Lilydale District School.

We are very lucky to have these two wonderful ponies during the school terms, kindly offered to us by Grada and Neil Andrews.

Each week these ponies become part of a student team to complete challenges that focus specifically on a range of communication, team building and problem-solving skills.

Each week students complete different challenges alongside learning some basic handling, safety and care skills.

The program is designed to run for 10 sessions.

Mini Movers is a semi-structured gross motor program, designed to support the development of fundamental physical skills in young children, including body awareness (proprioception) and bilateral coordination. Children and their grown-ups join in with fun physical play and a variety of gross motor activities each week.

So far this term in Mini Movers we have been developing our skills in balancing, galloping, hopping, underarm throwing, kicking balls, running, and jumping, all while engaged in a mixture of unstructured circuit play, as well as games, songs and activities.

Mini Movers is held in the PAC on Mondays from 10.45am – 11.30am.

Newstead College is excited to welcome Year 10 students and their families to our upcoming Family Information Evening in September. These events provide an opportunity to explore our campus and learn more about our courses, programs, culture and student support services.

Session Two: 2026 Course & Enrolment Information
Tuesday 2 September 2025, 7.00 pm
Newstead College Auditorium

RSVP now

Visit the Newstead College website for more information: https://newsteadc.schoolzineplus.com/newstead-college-open-days-2025

High School – Student of the Week

Every week, all staff, Student Leaders and the wider community have the opportunity to nominate a high school student as a ‘Lilydale Legend’. These nominations acknowledge when another person has noticed the student demonstrating our school values of being safe, respectful and learning. If a student is nominated by multiple people their name will appear twice. Lilydale Legends for the week will get recognised in our high school assembly and receive a certificate. Congratulations to the Lilydale Legends for Week 6 and 7 - Term 2.

Week 6

The Lilydale School Association is an elected group of people including the school's Principal, teachers, parent/carers, and community members.

The committee is required to hold a minimum of four meetings a year (one meeting per school term) and we meet on the 1st/2nd Monday of the nominated month.

The School Association Committee has the important role of supporting the school in a variety of ways including policy development, financial arrangements, evaluation of school performance and encourages positive community engagement.

Being an elected member or an interested meeting observer, is a great way to stay informed!

Our next scheduled meeting:

When:  Monday, 28th July, 2025
Where: Kindergarten
Time:   7:00pm

We have also scheduled meetings for Monday, 20th October and Monday 17th November, 2025

If you need to get in contact with members of the School Association, please contact the school office on 6395 0100.

Thankyou.