Welcome back to Term 3 and a special

welcome to new students enrolled this

term! I hope that everyone (staff and

students) had a very relaxed and enjoya-

ble holiday. Although it was quite cold

most days, I know that you enjoyed

being snuggled up next to the fire at

home or travelling to a holiday destina-

tion somewhere.

We are more than half way through the

year and that is unbelievable. I wish to

congratulate every student whom re-

ceived an excellent Progress Report last

Term. I would like to encourage all stu-

dents to reflect on their grades achieved and strive to achieve better this

term. We are here to support you in any way we can to ensure that you

achieve to the best of your ability. Teachers will be booking parent inter-

views during week 1 and 2 to discuss students’ progress. It is of vital

importance that parents attend the interviews as the discussions will

ultimately benefit students in their learning. Parents/ guardians and

teachers can work on a plan together to address any learning needs or

support for the future.

The building/refurbishing project of Crossways Early Learning Centre

will commence this week. The area in front of the Junior School will be

fenced in by the builders to ensure the safety of our students . The na-

ture play area for our ELC will be done simultaneously with the building/

refurbishing project. This is very exciting and we can’t wait to see the

final product. We will be organising an ELC parent information evening

during Term 3 (date to be announced soon). Parents who have already

enrolled their children and potential parents are invited to attend.

(Refreshments will be served) .

We will also invite parents to book in for ELC tours on specific days dur-

ing Term 4 after the completion of the whole facility.

Principal’s Word

Week 1 (Thu 26/7) Like it or Loop it Performance

Week 4 CKAHS Health Screening

Week 5 Book Week

Week 7 Year 9/10 Canberra Trip

Thurs 27th Sept Last Day Term 3

Monday 15th Oct First Day of Term 4

Crossways Calendar

Term 3, Week 1, 24 June 2018

Our Main Admin Office will also undergo a major “face lift” to become a

modern attractive area for parents and students to be served in. Projects

and developments at Crossways are always for the benefit of our stu-

dents and school community to ensure that we serve at a high standard.

Every staff member employed at Crossways sees their job as a vocation

(A calling from God) and that is why we always go that extra mile for our

fellow staff members, students and parents. The way we act and interact

as a Christian school community makes us different than other school

communities. I invite all parents of our Ceduna community to consider

Crossways Lutheran School for your children’s education for 2019 – En-

rolments are now open. Please feel free to contact the front office to

book an appointment with myself to discuss further.

We are introducing laptops for our year 5/6 students this term. This will

be their primary ICT device to do research on and to submit very creative

assignments in different formats as required. IPADS will only be used in

learning areas where the students need to create “I movies” or take pho-

tos for specific tasks etc. Students will also be introduced to basic Excel

spreadsheets for Maths, Business Enterprise and Science etc.

Our school has been identified by ACARA to be part of the Digital Tech-

nologies Project that will be rolled out to 160 schools in Australia. In

order for students to really exceed in Digital Technologies they will need

a high level computational skills which will now be practiced on their

laptops. We have purchased various sets of Digital Technologuy devices

and all staff were trained by Steve Grant (ACARA) in how to introduce

them to students and integrate them into the Digital Technoloty curricu-

lum. Students will be taught to write Algorithms, programming, prob-

lem solving, critical thinking etc. Skills they will need for the future to

pursue 21st century careers.

A word of Encouragement: Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to

prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a

future.

What an exciting start to the Term!

Blessings, Francois Pienaar

…………………………………………….. 100% Attendance Term 2 Attn: Parents / Caregivers

RE: STUDENT ABSENCES

Our school STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER is

Anita Hoffrichter in the Front Office.

If your child / children are absent from school due to illness or

family reasons, a phone call to the front

office stating a reason is required.

If students are not present at school

Anita will call families for a reason as to why

they are not present at school.

Please phone the school on

86252873

Attn: Parents / Caregivers

The School Canteen will not be allowing

students to book up lunch’s and snacks.

If students have no money and need

lunch, they will be given a vegemite

sandwich as an emergency lunch.

There are no alternatitive emergency

lunch options. Please ensure you pack

a lunch or provide money for a lunch

order,

Thanks for your understanding.

No Canteen Credit !!!!!!

Students awarded with 100% Attendance Awards & Gift Vouchers

at the end of Term 1 with Mr Pienaar

College Students visit Crossways

Ex Crossways students, Kai Edwards, Jason Coleman & Chante Bilney visited Crossways late last term. Kai is boarding at Rostrevor College, Jason at Westminster and Chante at Immanuel College in Adelaide. The three student’s visit was much appreciated and they are looked upon as role models to the students at Crossways.

Welcome back for another term! Halfway through the year al-ready!

We have plenty coming up this term, starting with our 100 days of school celebration this Friday, where we celebrate completing the first 100 days of school, with all things numbering ‘100’! Stu-dents are encouraged to dress up as an old person for the day, and from 2pm onwards there will be a variety of themed activi-ties for students to take part in. All parents/caregivers/grandparents are welcome to attend.

This term you are likely to see classes involved in a variety of Digi-tal Technology based activities. Our school is part of the ACARA Digital Technologies in Focus project, and staff have now taken part in two Professional Development days, aimed at supporting the implementation of Digital Technologies (DT) across the school. A particular focus has been on ways to integrate DT into other curriculum areas, including the Arts, which opens up some interesting possibilities. Watch this space!

In Week 5 we will celebrate Book Week. Another opportunity for students to dress up, but this time as their favourite story book characters. The theme this year is ‘Find Your Treasure’. This is an opportunity to celebrate and encourage reading, and it is when we find out which books have been named Australian Book of the Year across the 6 categories. Book Fair will also run in this week, where you will be able to buy some great books. Opening times will be advertised closer to the date.

In Week 8 we will be hosting another Cricket clinic run by the SA Cricket Association. These clinics, along with the football clinics, are a great opportunity for students to learn new skills, refine old ones, and foster interest in the sport.

As we enter the second half of the school year, I would encour-age you to continue to check in with your child’s teachers from time to time to see how they are going, and how you might sup-port them and your child’s learning. Visit your child’s class, make a time to speak to their teacher after school, or message them through the Class Dojo app. Encourage them in their work and pray for them – it is not easy catering for 18+ little individuals and their needs every day, and they do an amazing job!

We look forward to seeing you around the school, and to another busy, challenging and rewarding term.

Tracey Hoffrichter

Junior School Coordinator

Junior School Co-ordinator

…………………………………………….. Whole School Co-ordinator

Term 3 has arrived and that means we are on the homeward stretch as we are past the half way mark of the school year for 2018. I trust that all students had a great two week break and that they are returning with the endeavor to perform to the best of their ability across all curriculum areas. In this week’s newsletter I would like to dot point some important reminders to assist students on their learning journey.

Attendance Please make sure you attend school every day. Attend-

ance demonstrates your commitment to learning and enables you every opportunity to keep up with your school work. Non-attendance leaves students to play catch up and many may struggle under this pressure.

Expectations Expectations could be school based, class based or per-

sonal. Expectations are the same for teachers and stu-dents. They allow us to perform in a certain manner to ensure positive interactions in a variety of environments as well as giving us the best opportunities for positive learning to take place.

School Uniform All students have been issued with a school uniform. Our

school uniform helps build pride in our school and it al-lows students a visual reminder of which students attend their school.

This is no different to wearing a sport uniform to demon-strate that you are part of a team.

Challenge: Make the commitment to wear correct school uniform every day, which means only wearing Sport Uniform on days when you have Phys. Ed.

Behaviour Management Crossways has a well set out Behaviour Management

Policy. Our policy aims to grow children in positive, car-ing behaviours whilst still allowing them a voice to feel part of the process. Our purpose is to work with parents and caregivers to keep students at school as we know this is most beneficial for their learning. Therefore, we ask parents to support us in this endeavor.

Parent Teacher Interviews After the huge success of our last Parent/ Teacher inter-

views at the beginning of Term 2, we will be following the same process this term. Parents/ Caregivers will be contacted by teachers and an

interview time will be booked in over the first two weeks of this term. It is imperative that parents and caregivers are on board with this, as together we are trying to send the right message to students. The mes-sage that education is important and that we, yes, we together will support them as best as possible on their learning journey.

I know I have mentioned a lot of things in this message,

but if we value these dot points they become part of our personal tool kits, always reminding us about how to

socialise with others in positive, respectful ways. Being Christ like means always looking for the best in each

other, being thoughtful about our words and actions to make sure we bring each other up. Our good points far out-number our errors.

Looking forward to a great term. From Romolo Puccio, Whole School Coordinator.

CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - TERM 2, 2018

RECEPTION - MRS LAMBEFF STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term Riley Mullen

YEAR 1 - MISS ZADOW STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term Sarah Steeles

YEAR 2 - MISS GILES STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term Natarnya Willis

YEAR 3/4 - MISS BAHR STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term (Year 3) Shia Taylor—Champion

Student of the Term (Year 4) Aroha Paparoa-Tiatoa

YEAR 5/6 - MISS NORSWORTHY STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term (Year 5) Raymond Coleman

Indi Salmon

YEAR 7/8 - MISS KIM STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term (Year 7) Kara Wild

Student of the Term (Year 8) Kyle Freeman

YEAR 9/10 - MRS EVANS STUDENT NAME

Student of the Term (Year 9) Jairone Roderick

Student of the Term (Year 10) Shanaelah Coleman

JUNIOR SCHOOL MUSIC AWARDS - MRS HOFFRICHTER STUDENT NAME

RECEPTION MUSIC AWARD Teelah Gray

YEAR 1 MUSIC AWARD Peyton Peel

YEAR 2 MUSIC AWARD Halle Miller

YEAR 3/4 MUSIC AWARD Shia Taylor-Champion

JUNIOR SCHOOL ART AWARDS - MRS HAYNES STUDENT NAME

RECEPTION ART AWARD Han-eum Ma

YEAR 1 ART AWARD Anastasia Muir

YEAR 2 ART AWARD Halle Miller

YEAR 3/4 ART AWARD Kaliah Lennon-Gray

SARA VEERHUIS MUSIC AWARDS STUDENT NAME

YEAR 5/6 MUSIC AWARD Nyquella Graham

YEAR 7/8 MUSIC AWARD Teeairah Matthews-Richards

YEAR 9/10 MUSIC AWARD Shanaelah Coleman

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART AWARDS - MRS EVANS STUDENT NAME

YEAR 5/6 ART AWARD Kiarah Morrison (5) Nyquella Graham (6)

YEAR 7/8 ART AWARD Mia Nicholls (7) Teeairah Matthews-Richards (8)

YEAR 9/10 ART AWARD Nonnel Lennon-Gray (9)

100 % ATTENDANCE TERM 2, 2018

LA’KYE BENBOLT TEELAH GRAY TANEISHA SWAN

RODNEY BINELL SHONTAYAH McILWRAITH SHIA TAYLOR-CHAMPION

KAIANNE COLBUNG-WARE ANASTASIA MUIR EMILEA WILLIS

KAILEE COLBUNG WARE EMILY MUIR BRAXTON GRAY

RAYMOND COLEMAN WALTER PARKYN JAIRONE RODERICK

KYLE FREEMAN ANNE-MARIE RICHARDS

Riley Mullen

Reception Student of the Term

Sarah Steeles

Year 1 Student of the Term

Natarnya Willis

Year 2 Student of the Term

Aroha Paparoa (Year 4)

Shia Taylor-Champion (Year 5)

Raymond Coleman (Year 5)

Indi Salmon (Year 6)

Kara Wild (Year 7) Student of the Term

Kyle Freeman (Year 8) Student of the Term

Jairone Roderick (Year 9) Student of the Term

Shanaelah Coleman (Year 10) Student of the Term

Mrs Hoffrichter’s Junior School Music Award Winners

Peyton Peel, Teelah Gray, Halle Miller, Shia Taylor-Champion

Junior School Art Award Winners pictured with Jason Coleman

(Kailah Lennon-Gray, Halle Miller, Anastasia Muir, & Han-eum Ma)

Middle School Art Award Winners pictured with Jason Coleman

(Nyquella Graham, Kiarah Morrison, Mia Nicholls & Teeairah Matthews-Richards)

Sara Veerhuis Music Award Winners

(Shanaelah Coileman, Nyquella Graham & Teeairah Matthews-Richards)

Year 10 Work Experience students pictured with Mr Pienaar

Blake Dunnett & Raymond Paparoa with the Attendance Cup for

the Year 1 Class in Term 2.

……………………………………………..

Happy Birthday to …...

Leith Austin 23rd July

Anne-Marie Richards 26th July

Jessica Crisp-Trowbridge 28 July

Amariah Wilson 1 August

Alicia Crisp-Trowbridge 1st August

Church Services

CEDUNA - SUNDAY (10.30am) LUTHERAN CHURCH

The Human Pyramid

Playgroup is held every Friday morning

at Crossways Lutheran School

From 10am - 12noon

Community Notices

MUFFIN PAN PIZZA PIES

Half x red capsicum, half x green capsicum, 3/4 cup SR flour, 1/4

cup plain flour, 2 teaspoons mixed herbs, 1/3 cup finely

chopped basil leaves, 1/2 cup grated cheese, 100g sliced ham,

(chopped), 2 tablespoons chopped sun dried tomato, 1 x clove

garlic, 5 lightly beated eggs, 1/3 cup milk.

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and combine. Season

with salt and pepper. Divide mixture into prepared muffin tins.

Bake for 20 mins or until golden and just firm to touch.

CEDUNA SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE

Monday 30th July to Friday 3rd August

PH : 0434601394

These freezer-friendly muffin-pan

pizzas are perfect for the school lunch box