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APRIL CALENDAR Wed 6th Interschool Sports Day Wed 13th Adelaide Athletics Fri 15th End Term 1 – 2:20pm Dismissal

MAY CALENDAR Mon 2nd Term 2 Commences 8:50am

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back after the Easter break. I have heard many enjoyable stories from students about their camping and family activities. I hope you all had a pleasant time and are now ready to work hard for the next two weeks to finish the term.

Next Wednesday is the Riverland Interschool Athletics Carnival. This is a major sporting event and is recognised as one of the leading regional carnivals in the state. We wish all our students the very best and I am sure they will give their best efforts and represent the school well. Our HPE Coordinator, Mr Valentine has outlined specific details for the day later in the newsletter. Next Friday, four of our students are flying to Spain. Tahlia Cabot, Caitlin Curtis, Kayla Mason and Stuart McClelland are currently studying Spanish via Open Access. They will be touring Spain, learning more about its history, culture and most importantly, speaking the language. We wish them all the best. Throughout the last week, teachers have been having discussions with students and parents about their progress from the traffic light data collected. For each student, teachers allocate a green for ‘all going well’, yellow for ‘some concern’ and red if ‘there is a problem’. We encourage students to use this feedback and if necessary, improve in the required areas. Reports will be published at the end of term to continue monitoring progress.

Finally as in our previous newsletters I want to recognise and congratulate a group of students who have excelled in the broader community. They have followed their passion and achieved outstanding performances. Dillon Gollan has been selected in the 2016 Under 15 and B-grade Riverland Baseball League Team of the Year. Dillon has also been selected in the Under 15 State Indigenous Football Team to play in Townsville from the 3rd - 9th April. Adam Weir has been selected in the Riverland Baseball League B-grade Team of the Year. Adam was a member of the Waikerie Premiership winning softball team and was named Best on Ground, Adam won the 2016 Riverland Softball League Most Valuable Player Award. Zeus Camilleri-Baker was selected in the 2016 Riverland Junior Baseball League team of the Year and won the Junior Rookie of the Year Award.

Craig Griffiths Acting Principal

2016 NAPLAN (National Assessment Program Literacy and

Numeracy)

Term 2 Week 2 (10/5/16 – 12/5/16) is the NAPLAN testing week. Please see the attached brochure for more information or visit www.nap.edu.au.

PLEASE NOTE –

Students will be required to bring: 2B or HB pencils, a sharpener, an eraser and a

calculator for their numeracy calculator test on

Thursday (phone calculators are not permitted).

24 Blake Rd, Waikerie Principal: Rob McLaren Ph: 8541 2533 – Fax: 8541 3408 Date:01/04/2016 Website: www.waikeriehs.sa.edu.au – Email: dl.0800.info@schools.sa.edu.au Volume: 335

Students can also bring: Water, Tissues and something quite to read in

case they finish early.

Do not bring / do not use: The following are not permitted in the test room: Dictionaries, coloured pens / pencils, highlighters,

glue, ruler, correction fluid or correction tape,

sticky tape, mobile phones, music players.

Please contact the Waikerie High School NAPLAN administrator on the contact details below by the end of Term 1 (15/4/16) if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child and their participation in the NAPLAN test.

Waikerie High School NAPLAN Administrator Emily Griggs

Assistant Principal – Middle School

Email: Emily.griggs1@schools.sa.edu.au

Ph: 08 8541 2533

RIVERLAND INTERSCHOOL SPORTS DAY 2016 WAIKERIE ATHLETICS FIELD

WEDNESDAY 6TH APRIL

Waikerie High School will host Glossop High School, Loxton High School and Renmark High School in the Riverland Secondary Schools Sports Association Sports Day to be held at the Waikerie Athletics Field.

Waikerie High School expects all students to either compete, volunteer or spectate during the day. The majority of teaching staff will be present at the sports day to manage, supervise and run events.

Non-Competitors Non-competitors are strongly encouraged to attend the day to support their fellow students. If, for good reason, your child is not able to attend then there will be a staff member present at school to supervise individual study.

All students need to sign in at the Waikerie Athletics Field by 8:40am at the Waikerie marquee.

Non-competitors will follow uniform policy as per usual. Students not in WHS uniform items will be sent up to the school.

Competitors All students in track and field events are encouraged to participate in the teams warm up at 8:30am. Volunteers are also expected to meet at 8:30am or as soon as the school bus run arrives.

A successful team must look like a team!

Track and Field competitors must compete in athletics singlet available from the library. Track suits are also available from the library.

All Ball Games competitors must compete in the green PE uniform top.

All competitors are expected to wear the black sports shorts available from the uniform shop.

I look forward to another successful day at the Riverland Interschool Sports Day, the strongest zone competition in the state. We won the most improved shield last year and the U16 Boys pennant. I expect a better result on home soil and hopefully we can win two or more age group pennants. Most of all, I wish all students an enjoyable day and hope they compete to the best of their ability.

Phil Valentine HPE & Sports Coordinator

HAT TRICK FOR RITCHIE

The Ritchie house has won the Sports Day shield for the third consecutive year with a 21 point win over King. Ritchie were also winners of the Athletics shield, the Ball Games shield was shared between King and Cadell, and Randell were the Tug War Champions.

The standard of competition was strong and I was pleased to see students perform well on the day. The weather was not ideal with strong winds making it tough on the finishing straight. Some students went above and beyond expectations, competing in events out of their age groups to earn points for their house.

Two records were broken on the day. Rachel Fillmore gaining 9.60m in the U16 female Shotput and Connie Griffiths throwing 27.32m in the female U15 female Javelin.

I would like to thank the students for their participation and volunteer work, in particular the House Captains and their helpers for organising the teams. Thank you to all parents and ex-students that volunteered on the day, the Recreation Centre, the Council for their excellent facilities, Marion Maywald and helpers for the canteen, and Waikerie Little Athletics for the use of their equipment.

Students will continue to train in preparation for Interschool Athletics at Waikerie on Wednesday April 6th. We look forward to continuing our improved performances at the strongest regional schools athletics carnival in the state.

Phil Valentine HPE Coordinator

SRC LEADERS DAY – Friday 11th March

On Friday the 11th March the SRC students attended their annual Leadership Day. It was held at the very welcoming and beautiful Wok on Water. On this day students worked together to develop their leadership skills whilst also brainstorming meaningful events for 2016, thanks to the help of Bec Barker. The students also voted for their SRC Leaders (with the support of the leadership staff of Waikerie High School) and the end result was:

President: Tegan Griffiths Vice-President: Navjot Singh Secretary: Emma Ziegler Finance Officer: Erica Austria L-R Erica Austria, Navjot Singh, Tegan Griffiths, Emma Ziegler

CANTEEN NEWS

Thank you for your assistance, if you are unable to attend please arrange a substitute or ring Marion on 85413097 or 0417 897 295 (after school hours).

Times of arrival are 10:45am for recess and 12:50pm for lunch. Approximate finish time is 2:15pm. There is no need to stay between recess and lunch. CANTEEN ROSTER As you can see there are a lot of days where help is required. Please consider volunteering.

April Canteen Roster

4 M Kokegei K Hawke

5 T Souter T Twigden (Lunch)

6 INTERSCHOOL SPORTS DAY

7 K Fowler HELP

8 HELP B McLean (Lunch)

11 HELP S Perry

12 HELP K Sargesan

13 L Mortimer HELP

14 S Smith (Lunch) C Nayda

15 HELP HELP

If you are unable to help by serving in the canteen, you can help by donating products. Eg: carrots, capsicums, onions cucumbers, tomatoes, avocadoes, cherry

tomatoes, corn kernels (frozen or tin), tins of crushed tomatoes, milo, sugar, grated cheese, BBQ sauce, tomato pasta sauce or tomato sauce.

Marion Maywald Canteen Manager

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2016 SPORTS DAY

The following people broke records today.

Name House Event Old Record with Date New record

Connie Griffiths

CA U15 Javelin 27.10m E. Ziegler 2013 27.32m

Rachel Fillmore

KI U16 Shotput 9.04m K. Gajewski 2004 9.60m

Sportstrak – Carnival Reports – Champions based on best events – number of events (5).

U/14 Female Name House Points

Runner Up Justice Ebert Ca 38

Winner Alex Trandafil Ri 49

U/14 Male Name House Points

Runner Up Daniel Schmidt Ca 46

Winner Daniel King Ri 48

U/15 Female Name House Points

Runner Up Nicole Taylor Ri 44

Winner Connie Griffiths Ca 50

U/15 Male Name House Points

Runner Up Dillon Gollan Ra 42

Winner Nathan Schmidt Ca 44

U/16 Female Name House Points

Runner Up Laney West Ri 46

Winner Rachel Fillmore Ki 48

U/16 Male Name House Points

Runner Up Zeus Camelleri-Baker Ki 43

Winner Jarrad Bee Ki 50

U/20 Female Name House Points

Runner Up Jessica Neal Ri 46

Winner Trinity Schmidt Ca 50

U/20 Male Name House Points

Runner Up Stephen Taylor Ri 46

Winner Taran Brock Ki 48

Ball Games Shield

Place Team Points

4th Ritchie 108.0

3rd Randell 120.0

1st King 132.0

1st Cadell 132.0

Athletics Shield

Place Team Points

4th Randell 968.0

3rd Cadell 1027.0

2nd King 1042.5

1st Ritchie 1087.5

Championship Shield Place Team Points

4th

Randell 1088.0

3rd

Cadell 1159.0

2nd

King 1174.5

1st

Ritchie 1195.5

Tug-of-War Ball Game Winners Individual Winners Ritchie Tug-of-War

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

WAIKERIE FOOTBALL CLUB UNDER 15 TRAINING

Under15 Football training has begun. If you are interested in playing see Graham Smith at the Waikerie Football Club Oval Tuesday and Thursday at 4:30pm.

WAIKERIE LUTHER CENTRE MOVIE NIGHT

EVENTS AT A GLANCE

BOYS U14 U15 U16 U20

100m B 9.47 9.55 10.03 10.11

100m A 9.49 9.57 10.05 10.13

200m 12.02 12.06 12.10 12.14

400m 11.01 11.05 11.09 11.13

800m 12.26 12.34 12.42 12.50

1500m 9.02 9.10 9.18 9.26

Hurdles 11.21 10.53 9.38 9.00

Long Jump 9.55 12.30 10.45 9.05

Triple Jump 12.25 9.20 11.45 10.55

High Jump 11.40 10.55 10.10 12.25

Discus 9.15 11.30 12.25 10.20

Javelin 10.30 12.00 11.15 9.40

Shot Put 11.05 10.15 9.30 11.50

4 x 100m Relay 12.59 1.05 1.11 1.17

GIRLS U14 U15 U16 U20

100m B 9.43 9.51 9.59 10.07

100m A 9.45 9.53 10.01 10.09

200m 12.00 12.04 12.08 12.12

400m 10.59 11.03 11.07 11.11

800m 12.22 12.30 12.38 12.46

1500m 9.02 9.10 9.18 9.26

Hurdles 12.18 11.19 11.17 9.36

Long Jump 9.55 12.30 10.45 9.05

Triple Jump 12.25 9.20 11.45 10.55

High Jump 11.40 10.55 10.10 12.25

Discus 9.15 11.30 12.25 10.20

Javelin 10.30 12.00 11.15 9.40

Shot Put 11.05 10.15 9.30 11.50

4 x 100m Relay 12.56 1.02 1.08 1.14

TEAM GAMES YEAR 8 YEAR 9 SENIOR B SENIOR A

Spoke Relay (B&G) 11.26 11.30 11.34 11.38

Soccer Relay (B&G) 10.18 10.22 10.26 10.30

Circle Gap (G) 11.42 11.46 11.50 11.54

Football Relay (B) 10.34 10.38 10.42 10.46

HELP INTERSCHOOL SPORTS DAY

The school is in desperate need of helpers for Interschool Sports Day to ensure it is a success. We require help in the following areas:

Donation of baked goods (cakes, muffins, biscuits, slices etc)

Assist in the Canteen

Coffee Van

Food vans

Official athletic jobs

If you are able to help in any of the above areas please contact Marion on 8541 3097 or 0417 897 295