A message From LCS
Dear Parents,
The first stage of the exchange program with Lycée Condorcet de Sydney and Lycée Montaigne de Bordeaux is now coming to an end.
Nine of our year 10 students have just completed their five-week stay with a host family in Bordeaux attending Lycée Montaigne, during which they had some great new experiences, gained a better understanding of how a school works in France and made many cultural discoveries thanks to the links they established with their exchange partners.
The exchange students will be landing in Sydney soon, and we look forward to welcoming them from the 13th of March for five weeks. We would like to thank the parents and host families involved in this project.
Another aspect of our partnership with the Lycée Montaigne is to be able to offer students the opportunity to understand more about the system of preparatory schools in France, a complex system that does not quite have an equivalent in Australia. The Principal of Lycée Montaigne, Mr. Laurent Verreckt, presented the preparatory school system, you can find the presentation here.
Thank you, have a great week.
Nicolas l’Hotellier,
Principal
Agenda
We hope you haven't missed the Careers Section of the newsletter.. Scroll down to check it out!
Important Dates
12 February 2023 Registration closes for the vacation care for the March and April school holidays!
13 February 2023 School Photos - Maternelle
15 February 2023 "What if we read aloud?" French national expressive reading competition - Years 8ABC, 7BC, 9A, 10BC and 11 IB.
16 February 2023 School Photos - Siblings and Elementary
17 February 2023 School Photos - Siblings and Secondary
23 February 2023 LCS Career Expo and Ambassadors in the Making LCS Final
24 February 2023 Last day before the holidays = Fancy Dress! Students are welcome to come to school in costume/fancy dress.
15-27 March 2023 NAPLAN - Years 3, 5, 7 and 9
22 March 2023 French Language Evening: including Words in Gold and AEFE Innovation Contest
LCS Community
Reminder - School Photo Order
The school photos will take place on the dates below. Please ensure Maternelle students are wearing their school uniforms. Ordering the school photos is completely optional.
Maternelle: 13 February
Elementary: 16 February
Secondary: 17 February
For those wishing to order sibling photos, please order by February 15th. See sibling photo schedule below.
Thursday 16 February
7.45-8.00 Surnames A-C
8.00-8.15 Surnames D-F
8.15-8.30 Surnames G-J
8.30-8.45 Students who have class/sport at 8.00 am
Friday 17th Feb
7.45-8.00 Surnames K-M
8.00-8.15 Surnames N-R
8.15-8.30 Surnames S-Z
8.30-8.45 Students who have class/sport at 8.00 am
Instructions for Sibling Photos
The sibling photos will be taken in the second floor gymnasium in the new building. Please enter via the main entrance on Moverly Road, and accompany your children to, during and from the photo. Only students in secondary school may be left unattended, secondary students will not be able to supervise their primary school siblings.
Please contact rebecca.kearney@condorcet.com.au should you have any questions.
Year levels for your school photo orders
Registration Closes for MARCH AND APRIL Vacation Care
Please note that registrations for vacation care for both the March and April school holidays will close this Sunday 12th of February at 11.00 pm.
APE – LCS – Important Information
General Assembly of the APE-LCS (Association of Parents): Online on 15/02 at 8.00 pm, register via this google form:
Primary
Assembly
This morning our year 1, 2 and 3 students had a trial Assembly! A first for them here at Lycée Condorcet, and tomorrow it will be the year 4 and 5 students’ turn. The students sang the national anthems, got an update and a demo on the APQs (Daily Physical Activity), and Rocky Bay - an area in the Anzac Parade courtyard that will be getting a makeover - and we heard from Melodie in Year 2 D / CE1Disco who spoke about a famous person the students had been learning about in class; the one and only Marie Curie!
Short and sweet, the students enjoyed their first LCS Assembly.
Secondary
Shout Out to the World
On February 1st, 2023, LCS year 8 students performed their self-devised plays focussing on a social, environmental or political area of concern. The goal was to use the medium of theatre to bring awareness and understanding for their chosen issues: pollution in the oceans, gender stereotypes, addiction, the rights of children and girls, the drug trade, financial inequality, refugees, and police brutality.
Thank you to all the students for sharing your thought-provoking work with us, and thank you to the teachers for helping make this possible: Ms Delor, Mr Bagnis, Ms François, Ms Builles, Ms Du Mesnil, Mr Perreau, Ms Halter, Ms Cornish, Mr Coppock and Ms Altshuler.
IMPORTANT DATES
18 March Australian National University Open Day. 9am-3pm. NU Building 153 University Avenue Acton, ACT. Tour the beautiful campus and accommodation, learn about academic colleges, attend information sessions on degree programs and support services, and chat to current students about campus life and their ANU experiences. Register Now!
SUMMER PROGRAMS
Please see your Careers Adviser about the hundreds of summer programs you could be interested in attending..
UCLA
Berkeley
Santa Barbara
Oxford and Cambridge Summer Courses
USEFUL LINKS
Surf camp during the school holidays?
Several LCS students have attended Waves Surf School: camps organisés par wavessurfschool.com.au. If you would like to sign up for a surf camp during the upcoming school holidays, check out this link: CAMP
AEFE Asia-Pacific Badminton Championship in Singapore
The LCS Badminton team is in Singapore representing both the school and the country from February 6th to 11th in the AEFE Asia-Pacific Badminton Championship. We wish them the best of luck for the rest of the games and will keep you updates on the games via our social media!
The students wanted to send a message to the badminton team in Singapore - Go LCS!
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