Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

6 McIntosh Street

Waikerie SA 5330

Phone: 08 8541 2344

Principal: Adam Borgas

www.wlps.sa.edu.au

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Newsletter Week 6// Term 4 // Tuesday, 19th November 2019

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

TERM 4

Week 6

Tues 19 Nov

Wed 20 Nov

Thur 21 Nov

Fri 22 Nov

LLL School Banking

Lunch Order Day

Kindy Transition Visit

WHS Yr 7 Transition

Year 3/4 Camp

8:30am Breakfast Club

2:30pm Uniform Shop

Year 3/4 Camp

9:00am Chapel

Week 7

25-29 Nov

Mon 25 Nov

Tue 26 Nov

Wed 27 Nov

Thur 28 Nov

Fri 29 Nov

Swimming program

8:30am Uniform Shop

8:30am Breakfast Club

9:00am Assembly

LLL School Banking

Lunch Order Day

8:30am Breakfast Club

2:30pm Uniform Shop

9:00am Chapel

WHS Yr 7 Transition

Week 8

Mon 2 Dec

Tues 3 Dec

Wed 4 Dec

Thur 5 Dec

Fri 6 Dec

8:30am Breakfast Club

8:30am Uniform Shop

9:00am Assembly

6:30pm Piano Concert

LLL School Banking Day

Lunch Order Day

5:30pm WHS Yr 7

Transition BBQ

6:30pm Piano Concert

NO Breakfast Club

9:30am Splash Carnival

2:30pm Uniform Shop

9:00am Chapel

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Thank you everyone for participating in last Friday’s “Jump Off” for the Heart

Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart. Special thanks to the House Captains for

organising and coordinating the activities for the students on the day.

A number of students from WLPS opted to participate in the fundraising

component and collectively raised $1080.69, which far exceeded the

school’s fundraising target of $250.

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

FROM ONE OF THE YEL GROUP At the YEL forum last week we went to Lock 5, to learn about water. We had guest

speakers and we learnt how locks work, about the regulators and the weir. We also

made bird baths out of clay and we made a model of the lock, and we had to test it

with water. And we learnt about fish ways.

One guest speaker was a lock attender and he showed us how he empty’s and then fills

it back up. If the lock wasn't there, the river would be flat like a normal spot on the river.

I am very sad that YEL is over for the year. I will miss it and I encourage you to put an

application in next year. You will enjoy it. It has taught me so much.

Hailey Arnold

F/YR 1/2 EXCURSION TO RECYCLING DEPOT Today the Foundation Class and the Year 1/2 Class went on an excursion to the Waikerie Recycling Depot.

The students saw how plastic milk bottles are crushed to create bales (it takes about 16,000 milk bottles to

make 1 bale), learnt about what can be recycled, and also found out about the products that can be

made from recycled materials. All in all a very informative visit.

Kindy Transition Visits Our next Kindy Transition visit will take

place tomorrow (Wednesday, 20th

November) from 11:30am until

3:20pm.

This is the last Kindy transition visit and

we look forward to seeing them in the

Foundation Class next year.

Year 3/4 Camp The Year 3/4 class will be heading off

on camp this Thursday, 21st November

and will return on Friday, 22nd

November. We pray that they have a

fun, educational and safe time away.

Swimming Program A reminder that the 2 week swimming

program commences next week.

Students are asked to bring their

bathers, rashie or t-shirt, a towel,

goggles (if required) and thongs to

school each day, along with a plastic

bag for their wet items.

Could all items also be named so that

misplaced items can be returned to

the rightful owner as we do not wish to

accumulate any more lost property.

The students will travel to and from the

pool via the WLPS School bus each

day.

Lunch orders will be available

throughout the swimming program, as

per normal.

Piano Concerts Piano concerts for Mrs Braun’s

students will be held on Monday, 2nd

December and Wednesday, 4th

December at 6:30pm (Week 8).

P lease re tu rn your concer t

preference to Mrs Braun ASAP if you

have not done so.

Year 7 Transition Visits The first Year 7 transition visit to

Waikerie High School is scheduled for

t o m or r o w Wed ne s d a y , 2 0 t h

November and will be from 9:00am

until 3:25pm (all day).

The second WHS transition visit will be

another all day visit and will take

place on Friday, 29th November.

The transition BBQ will be held on

Wednesday, 4th December.

If you have not yet returned your

forms to Mr Braun (included in the

2019 Year 7 Transition Program

Booklet), please bring tomorrow as

the high school require them ASAP.

Splash Carnival Our annual Splash Carnival will be

held on Thursday, 5th December at

the Waikerie Town Pool. We will be

requiring a few helpers to assist with

lane judging on the day. If you are

attending and could help for a while,

please advise Mrs Schmidt.

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a Christ-Centred community equipping each student for life. SCHOOL NEWS 2019 Term Dates

Term 4: 14 Oct - 13 Dec

School Office Hours

8:30am - 4:00pm

Uniform Shop Hours

Monday - 8:30am - 9:00am

Thursday - 2:30pm-3:00pm

Office Staff

Business Manager

Mrs van Niekerk

Administration

Mrs Schmidt (Mon to Thur)

Mrs Shugg (Mon, Thur, Fri)

Families in our Prayers

this week

Matthews

McDonald

McKenzie-Hefford

McPherson

Mee

Waikerie Lutheran Parish

Worship Roster

Sunday, 24th November

Last Sunday of Church Year

Waikerie 10:00am HC

Lowbank: 8:45am

Morgan No service

Ramco: 8:45am HC

Office: 8541 2689

Office Hours: 10am-1pm Thursday and Friday

Amali Nitschke

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Year 7 Class (Mr Braun/Mrs Whitehead) Research Skills - Harley Robinson. Harley did a great job of gathering information on his visit to the

Waikerie Water Treatment Plant. When he returned to school he was able to record down, in his own

words, any important information. Well done Harley!

Self-Management Skills - Latia Loffler. Latia has continued to use her time very well on Thursdays for our

Exhibition day. She sets realistic goals that are achievable and works hard to successfully complete

them. Great work ethic Latia!

Thinking Skills - Amity Burns. Amity used great thinking skills to think about how she could use her

information found in Exhibition in a meaningful way. Well done Amity!

Year 5/6 Class (Mrs Lloyd/Mrs Whitehead) Social Skills - Chantelle Shaw. Chantelle offered her help to a classmate in such a positive manner that it

brightened up her day. Chantelle also demonstrated great creativity fashioning a glove out of material

in a well-being task. Keep it up Chantelle!

Thinking Skills - Verity Mee. Verity is always thinking about her learning and trying to understand

information presented. When she is unsure she will ask her peers and teacher to explain. Keep up that

thinking, Verity!

Year 3/4 Class (Mr Fladrich) Love and Learning Award - Ava McKenzie-Hefford. Ava is challenging herself by doing the Year 4 division

during table practise. Great to see you being a risk-taker! Well done Ava!

Research Skills - Evie Matthews. Evie did a great job researching Aboriginal symbols and their meaning,

and then used them to create an excellent Dreamtime storyline. Well done Evie!

Year 1/2 Class (Mrs Waterson/Mrs Paschke) Thinking Skills - Isla Cole. Isla has demonstrated some good thinking skills when doing her rapid writing.

She has been carefully thinking about the size of her letters and her word placement. Well done Isla!

Communication Skills - Caleb Lloyd. Caleb demonstrated some excellent communication skills during

our rapid writing. He wrote an informative and creative text about a dog that turned into another

creature. Well done Caleb!

Foundation (Miss Driver) Self-Management Skills - Seth Slater-Herzog. This term Seth has been doing a great job at organising

himself for school. He is successfully working within the classroom to look after his belongings and is

getting to school on time and ready to learn. Well done Seth!

Social Skills - Lilianna Bond. Lilianna has been doing a wonderful job establishing her friendships within

the class. She is developing meaningful relationships and using her bubbly personality to reach out to

others. Well done Lilianna!

CORNER OF PEACE

Our loving God is very clear about this. No vengeance, no bearing grudges, no

judgement, no condemnation and no evil deeds. God’s way of

uncompromising and unconditional love is the standard to reach for. In so

doing we reap an extra benefit as medical experts have found that

negative emotions make us sick both physically and mentally.

God bless you all this week!

Moira

To commemorate our school’s 40th Anniversary, a year book is currently under development. This book

will include a bit about the history of WLPS, as well as provide a snap shot of what has been happening in

our school during 2019 - classroom information, sporting achievements, special days and more.

A mock up of the Year Book will be available to have a look at in the office as of next week. Since this is

a work in progress, some pages will still be blank (ie . swimming program, Splash Carnival, Year 3/4

Camp) as they have not yet happened. An order form will be sent home before the end of the year as

we will be seeking pre-orders, along with payment, for the Year Book by the end of the year.

The Year Book will be printed and distributed at the beginning of the 2020 school year.

COVER COMPETITION Thank you to the students who entered the cover competition for the 2019 Year Book. The

entries look fantastic and it is going to be a very hard decision for the selection committee. A

mock up of the cover and the winner will be announced in next week’s Newsletter.

2019 YEAR BOOK