Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a supportive Christ-centred community, equipping each student for life.

Message from the Principal ‘Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a supportive Christ

centred community equipping each student for life’

Life is a rollercoaster; life is like a box of chocolates; such is life

and life goes on.

But does life go on? It seems to be monotonous at times,

mundane and laborious. Sometimes there are absolute highs

and at other times life sapping lows and then there

appears to be a dull thud to every life – the end. So is there more?

Well, if you believe in a life after death, you are a spiritual person. At this

school we are also spiritual, as we teach our students the about the Triune

God. For me personally, when life throws me those life zapping moments, or

those mundane and laborious tasks, it is God calling me to look to him. Christ

gives hope to all situations, as his message is “I am with you always, to the very

end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).

Like the saying ‘life doesn’t end when you’re 40’, we are happy to boast as a

Lutheran school that ‘life doesn’t end when you die’.

A Mission Statement

A mission statement provides a goal for an organisation. We set high goals so

that we might strive for excellence. Thank you for reading along this term. It

has helped me as principal to focus on our goals, as much as Chapel

messages have helped our staff and students focus as well.

Blessings on your week and holidays,

Adam Borgas

Tuesday, 27th September 2016

Newsletter

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Balanced Caring

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

6 McIntosh St

Waikerie SA 5330

Ph: (08) 8541 2344

Fax: 8541 2140

Mobile: 0457 265 337

Email: office@wlps.sa.edu.au

Website: www.wlps.sa.edu.au

Principal: Adam Borgas

Communicator Inquirer Knowledgeable Open-Minded Principled Reflective Risk Taker Thinker

Term 3 Calendar

Week 10

Mon 26 Sept

Thur 29 Sept

Fri 30 Sept

8:50am Assembly

Student Led

Conferences

Pyjama Day

1:45pm Closing

Chapel

Week 1

Mon, 17 Oct

8:50am Opening

Chapel

Week 2

Mon 25 Oct

Thur 27Oct

Fri 28 Oct

Koorong Book Fair

starts

Year 3/4/5 Art Expo

Day for Daniel

2:45pm Chapel

Term 4 Calendar

SAPSASA Athletics Success

Congratulations to Jesse

Thiele who achieved a

bronze medal as part of the

13 Year old 4 x 100m Relay

at the SAPSASA Athletics

Carnival in Adelaide

yesterday.

Jesse also achieved 4th

place for the 13 Year old

Discus event.

Well done Jesse!

State Hockey Carnival

Congratulations to

Kyton Rayner on his

selection in the Under

13’s State Hockey

Carnival. Kyton will be

competing in Perth over

the school holidays.

We pray you have a

safe, fun and rewarding

time away!

Great work Kyton!

School Photo Orders Please be advised that school photo

orders will be distributed in Week 1

next term.

Pyjama Day This Friday will be Pyjama Day via gold

coin donation. Students are invited to

come to school in their P.J.’s with all

money raised going to the Leukaemia

Foundation’s “Light the Night” event.

Last Day of Term 3 This Friday, 30th September is the last

day of Term 3. Closing Chapel will be

held at 1:45pm in the Hall with school

concluding at 2:20pm.

Term 4 Term 4 will commence on Monday,

17th October with opening Chapel at

8:50am in the Hall. All welcome!

Year 3/4/5 Art Exhibition The students in Mr Fladrich’s Year 3/4

Class and Mrs Burns’ Year 4/5 Class will

be holding an Art Exhibition next term

on Thursday, 27th October.

Day for Daniel Day for Daniel will be held on Friday, 28th

October. Students are invited to wear a red

t-shirt to show support for this day.

The P&F will be having a special Hot

Dog/Fruit Box lunch order day to

commemorate this day. Orders will be via pre-

order which will be sent home in Week 1!

Car Park Etiquette & Safety There have been a couple of near

misses in our car park, which could

have easily be avoided by using

the pedestrian crossing to access

the car park and watching for

pedestrians and cars when reversing.

Could all parents using the kiss and go ensure

you drop off your children and depart quickly

to avoid congestion and delays. Thank you.

Overdue Notices from the Library Hand written overdue notices will be

sent home this week due to printer

issues in the library!

Koorong Book Fair We will be holding a Koorong Book

Fair at WLPS commencing on

Monday, 24th October (Week 2).

More information will be sent home

with the newsletter after the school

holidays.

Student Led Conferences A reminder that Student Led

Conferences for students in Mrs

Beelitz’s and Mrs Canney’s

classes are scheduled for this

Thursday, 29th September. Please contact

your child’s classroom teacher if you have not

received your Conference time.

Flower Show The Annual Flower Show is scheduled

for Saturday, 15th and Sunday 16th

October in the Waikerie Institute.

School News

Premier’s Be Active Challenge Congratulations to the following students on completing the 2016 Premier’s Be

Active Challenge:

Darcy Bald, Ellie Bald, Lacey Borg, Brodie Fechner, Andrew Hanton, Eden Hensel,

Noah Hensel, Syrus Hensel, Alicia Kroehn, Ellen Kroehn, Hamish Kroehn, Lucy

Kroehn, Luke Kroehn, Sarah Kroehn, Taylah Liebich, Malachi Lloyd, Marni Lloyd,

Aaliyah Loffler, Callie Loffler, Latia Loffler, Evie Matthews, Joseph Mee, Verity Mee,

Aby Mihalopoulos, Megen Mihalopoulos, Will Mihalopoulos, Levi Milton, Hamish

Paschke, Isabella Paschke, Bailee Pretty-Forrester, Ethan Rayner, Kyton Rayner,

Aaron Schmidt, Matthew Schmidt, William Shugg and Charlotte Werner.

From the Business Manager With the end of term nearly upon us, as a school we are in the process of finalising

our Term 4 accounts. These will be forwarded by the end of the week. Could you

please verify your accounts and ensure that payment is made in a timely manner as

per your current payment agreement.

Please contact our Business Manager, Hannelie Van Niekerk if you need to discuss your

account. Have a great holiday break.

Phonetic Instruction Results at WLPS

This year’s NAPLAN literacy scores for WLPS are particularly significant. For the Year 5

and Year 7 students, these NAPLAN scores measure a period of time where we have

particularly focussed our approach to teaching literacy using a purely phonetic

approach.

Below is a table using the raw NAPLAN data for spelling as it is the area that will best

show progress in phonetic instruction. For the two year period measured from when

the Year Five students (this year) were in Year 3 (in 2014), average growth is known na-

tionally to be 1.5 bands. No matter what our student’s ability, our results indicate all of

the Year 5 students grew at this average rate or better. Some students were able to

‘catch-up’ to their peers by doubling the expected growth rate!

So why the switch to SSP?

Continuously monitoring student progress is a critical part of the SSP program. It allows

us to collect whole school data every five weeks. This is important to be able to give

written feedback on a more continuous basis.

SSP is more than a spelling program. It allows us to work on the skills of processing

speed, working memory and more. It is an integrated approach to Literacy teaching,

much broader than simply a spelling lesson. It begins explicitly teaching speaking and

listening skills and empowers learners by teaching them how to ‘crack the code’ of the

English language. Students have been empowered by the focus on sentence level

writing and reading this year and teachers believe that student attitudes to reading

and writing have greatly improved (this also shows through work samples). Our NAPLAN

results demonstrate above the national average in the majority of literacy areas!

How is the SSP going then?

One of the positive aspects of the program is seeing students work through the colours

at their own pace, always receiving instruction targeted to their needs. In Term 1 Week

2, you can see where the students started as a group. In Term 3, you can see the cur-

rent progress of our students is above our expectations! By Term 4 we hope that again

students will be tested and in the F-2 levels we can use PM reading testing to give us an

idea of their reading progress.

We will also be keen to see our 2017 NAPLAN results which will give us a more specific

read on how the SSP program is performing.

SPELLING 2014 2016 Band Growth

Student 1 Band 0.3 Band 4.2 3.9

Student 2 Band 3.9 Band 5.9 2.0

Student 3 Band 3.3 Band 5.9 2.6

Student 4 Band 3.0 Band 5.9 2.9

Student 5 Band 2.5 Band 5.0 2.5

Student 6 Band 4.7 Band 7.4 2.7

Student 7 Band 5.3 Band 7.0 1.7

Student 8 Band 5.7 Band 7.8 2.1

Surviving to Thriving Community Noticeboard

Student of the Week Awards Teaching children about our Skills: Communication, Research, Social, Thinking and Self

Management skills provides them with the tool kit for successfully relating with others. As a way

of celebrating the demonstration of these skills by students, staff have elected these students

this week.

Year 6/7 Class (Mrs Waterson) Research Skills - Jed Thiel. Jed has demonstrated some excellent research skills within our

Exhibition lessons. Well done!

Social Skills - Ceobahn Webber-Wilson. Ceobahn has demonstrated great leadership qualities

within Exhibition time, assisting her group members on a regular basis. Well done Ceobahn!

Year 4/5 (Mrs Burns) Thinking Skills - Brodie Fechner. Brodie worked hard on his Christian Studies to think about how

he could create and communicate, through the use of sculpture, his own faith story. Well done

Brodie!

Communication Skills - Demi Hart. Demi should be very proud of her consistent efforts to

communicate her thinking throughout the year. It has been fabulous to see her grow in

confidence. Keep working hard Demi!

Year 3/4 (Mr Fladrich) Research Skills - Marco Camerlengo. Marco displayed excellent research skills when finding

out about the history and famous sculptors of wire. Well done Marco!

Social Skills - Verity Mee. Verity displayed excellent social skills when she worked cooperatively

with her partner to research Indian sculpture. Well done Verity!

Year 1/2 (Mrs Canney) Research Skills - Hailey Arnold. Hailey did extra research at home into the vocabulary used,

and history of, Waltzing Matilda. It’s great to see this example of independent inquiry. Well

done Hailey!

Communication Skills - Gemma Gay. Gemma demonstrates excellent listening skills in lessons.

She attends to the speaker and is able to ask relevant and interesting questions to gain further

information. Well done Gemma!

Foundation/Year 1 (Mrs Beelitz) Social Skills - Johnny Mackintosh. Johnny has worked collaboratively with his peers during

various Maths games. Great work Johnny. Keep it up!

Social Skills - Hannah McPherson. Hannah has demonstrated great group cooperation skills,

working together to make decision about how to make cubbies and what to include in the

game during Hands on Learning. Loved the process Hannah!!

Families In Our

Prayers

Tuesday: Van Niekerk

Wednesday: Waterson

Thursday: Watkins

Friday: Weir

Monday: Werner

Lutheran Worship

Sunday, 2nd October

20th Sunday after Pentecost

Lowbank: 8:45am

Morgan: 5:00pm

Ramco: 8:45am

Waikerie: 10:00am

Parish Office: 85412689

Office Manager - Cheryl Paschke

Birthdays

Charlotte Werner

Sandie Canney

4th October

Courtney Wood

6th October

Megen Mihalopoulos

8th October

Ajay Barker

9th October

Cody Thiele

10th October

Callie Loffler

13th October Hannah Carter

16th October