Lysterfield Primary School

19/10/2026

05/10/2026

AVENUE OF EXCELLENCE NOMINEES

Do you know any past students of Lysterfield Primary School who have gone on to do amazing things? We would love to make contact with past students of our school who are now excelling in their chosen field. This could be science, the arts or literature, etc. Are they competing at an elite level in sport? Have they given of themselves in service of others? If you know someone who might fit our criteria, please complete the form below.

Who will join our current inductees: Tess Grandia, Caleb Windsor and Lachlan MacRae?

Avenue of Excellence Nominations: https://forms.gle/otA8bTnMidtR7bEt8

17/09/2026

✏️ Celebrating our amazing junior school writing!
It has been fantastic to see the progression in Junior school as students build complexity and confidence as writers!

🦒 Preps explored ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ and learned that a simple sentence needs a who (noun) and a what (verb), applying it to their own writing.

🐕 Grade 1 explored an informative text about dingoes, learning to add adjectives to simple sentences before applying these skills to write their first ever informative paragraph!

🌳 Grade 2 learnt to combine sentences using coordinating conjunctions and replacing repeated nouns with pronouns. They then applied these skills to plan, write and revise their own paragraph, before transforming it into an informative poster, complete with diagrams!

06/09/2026

💙❤️Happy Father’s Day! ❤️💙

Today we celebrate the dads, grandfathers, carers and all the special people who provide love, guidance, encouragement and support in the lives of our students.

Thank you for the many different ways you show up, cheer them on, help them grow and make them feel loved.

Wishing all of our Lysterfield Primary School families a very happy Father’s Day. We hope you’ve enjoyed your special cards and gifts from the Father’s Day stall and your day is filled with lots of love, laughter and special moments together.

Happy Father’s Day from all of us at LPS!

31/08/2026

Thank you to our Lysterfield community 💜

Today, our staff had the opportunity to come together to attend the celebration of Elise Ryan’s life, loved daughter of Mrs Rachel Ryan.

We are incredibly grateful to our families for the care, understanding and support you showed by making alternative arrangements for your children this afternoon. Your willingness to support our staff during such a deeply sad time meant a great deal to us.

Thank you also for the many kind messages, well wishes and expressions of support that have been shared with Rachel, her family and our staff.

At times like these, we are reminded of the strength and compassion of our Lysterfield community. Thank you for supporting us. 💜

28/08/2026

Our Prep students are building their spelling knowledge through the PhOrMeS Word Work program; saying, spelling, moving and thinking together as they practise their ‘weird words’.

Matching actions help make the learning memorable, while plenty of opportunities to respond keep every student actively involved.

Explicit. Engaging. Joyful. And just look at that participation!

28/08/2026

We’re thrilled to see the wonderful learning of our Grade 5 students shared by Ochre Education.

Our War Horse unit became so much more than reading a great novel. Connecting the story to Sandy, Australia’s own war horse, and then bringing that history to life through our connection with the Sandy the War Horse Committee created such a meaningful learning experience for our students.

We love seeing learning extend beyond the classroom and connect our students with Australia’s history and our wider community.

Thank you, Ochre Education, for sharing our story and for creating rich learning opportunities that inspire us to build even further.

28/08/2026

📚 BOOK WEEK AT LYSTERFIELD! 📚

On Monday, our school was transformed as some very special characters arrived for our Book Week celebrations!

We had Minions, characters from Harry Potter, Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2, football and basketball players, Woody and Jessie, and many, many more wonderful characters filling our classrooms and playground.

One of the highlights was our Where’s Wally? (aka Where’s the Teacher?) hunt, with students searching high and low throughout the school to track down our cleverly hidden teachers! 🔎

It was wonderful to see so much creativity, excitement and enthusiasm across the school as we celebrated the joy of books, characters and reading together.

A huge thank you to our students, families and staff for getting into the Book Week spirit and making the day so much fun! 📖

Happy Book Week!

23/08/2026

📚 BOOK WEEK STARTS TOMORROW! 📚
We’re kicking off our 2026 Book Week celebrations with our Book Week Dress-Up Day and Parade!
Come dressed as your favourite book character and join in the fun!
⏰ Parade from 2:40pm on the Thunderdome
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families are very welcome to come along and watch!
We can’t wait to see the creativity, costumes and characters as we celebrate this year’s theme, ‘Symphony of Stories’.
And keep your eyes peeled around the school… there may be a few familiar faces hiding where you least expect them! 👀🔎

20/08/2026

🫣 SUPPORTING ANXIOUS LITTLE MINDS 🫣

A big thank you to all of the parents and carers who joined us for our Supporting Anxious Little Minds parent seminar last week.

The evening explored how to recognise anxiety in children, build resilience, and use practical strategies to support children to manage anxious feelings and develop self-regulation skills.

A key message for all of us: we can't always remove life's worries and challenges, but we can help our kids develop the confidence and skills to know they can cope with hard things - a valuable reminder for adults, too.

A huge thank you to Georgie Manning from Wellbeing for Kids for sharing her knowledge and practical strategies with our Lysterfield community!