Tuesday, 29th October 2013

Week 3

Thur 31 Oct

Fri 1 Nov

2:35pm School finishes

No buses

9:00am Chapel

9:30am P&F Meeting

11:00am Volunteers Morning Tea

Week 4

Mon 4 Nov

Thu 7 Nov

Fri 8 Nov

8:50am Assembly

Kindy Transition Visit

2:35pm School finishes

Student Free Day

Week 5

Mon 11 Nov

Wed 13 Nov

Thur 14 Nov

Fri 15 Nov

8:50am Assembly

Remembrance Day

Year 6/7 Exhibition

Kindy Transition Visit

2:35pm School finishes

Faith Challenge

Week 6

Mon 18 Nov

Thur 21 Nov

Fri 22 Nov

8:50 am Assembly

Swimming Commences

Kindy Transition Visit

2:35pm School finishes

8:50am Chapel

Week 7

Mon 25 Nov

Thur 28 Nov

Fri 29 Nov

8:50am Assembly

Swimming continues

Kindy Transition Visit

2:35pm School finishes

Splash Carnival

Waikerie Lutheran

Primary School

16 McCutcheon Street

Waikerie SA 5330

Ph: (08) 8541 2344

Fax: 8541 2140

Email: office@wlps.sa.edu.au

Website: www.wlps.sa.edu.au

Principal: Adam Borgas

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Newsletter

School Mobile Number

0457 265 337

Term 4 Calendar

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a supportive Christian community, equipping each student for life.

Corner of Peace

Whilst travelling into school today, I was thinking about what I had been planning to write when suddenly this phrase popped into my mind – “Bly stil!” – And with that my whole subject matter changed entirely. This was really strange as I don’t think in other languages (ever) – if I want to say /write something in another language I think it in English first then translate it, but this just popped into my mind in another language – no translation needed!

Those words almost certainly mean nothing to most people who live in this area, as the phrase is a very common Afrikaans instruction. It is often said by parents to children but is also said to those who may be agitated. To the child the parent will be instructing them to keep quiet, but to the agitated person the encouragement would be to keep calm. I really like the literal meaning of the words. The word ‘bly’ is also used to ask a person where they live…. So our phrase would be saying “live still”.

Perhaps these words would then be really good advice to many of us in our hectic day to day life. Our modern society has produced a race of “human doings” rather than “human beings”, and so the quiet and peaceful stillness evades so many.

Doing is certainly important but it can become toxic if it becomes a frenetic series of “doings” without any peace or rest in between – perhaps this is partly why so many are effected by stress related illnesses , as well as “burn out” and “flame out”. Maybe we have to remember to just “be” in peace and tranquillity for a period each day and “live still”. It is in these times that we learn the most and some of the best things in life emerge– as well as some of the most helpful and even innovative ideas.

God himself tells us to “be still and know that I am God” – instructing us just to be, and stop our doing. Indeed we hear that God came to Elijah in stillness and quietness not activity and noise: He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

God bless

Moira Ganner

Student PRESENTATIONS

Ashley Ebert, Chanidu Fernando, Luke Kroehn and Lilli Hull were awarded ICAS Certificates at

Assembly yesterday. All 4 students were presented Credit Certificates for Maths and

Ashley was also presented Credit Certificates for English and Writing. Well done!!

Daniel Schmidt was presented a SAPSASA Certificate for his achievements representing the Riverland in the recent SAPSASA Athletics

Carnival at SANTOS Stadium. Daniel competed as part of the relay team which placed second, achieving a silver medal! The

Riverland Squad placed second, improving their spot by 2 places from last year.

Book Fair Come to our Buy One, Get One FREE Book Fair! When: Monday, 28th - Wednesday, 30th October Where: Old Computer Room Time: 8:30am—9:00am and 3:00pm—3:55pm

No Buses Due to a student free day at Waikerie Primary School and Waikerie High School, the buses will NOT be running this Friday, 1st November.

Volunteers’ Morning Tea A reminder that the Volunteers’ Morning Tea is being held this Friday, 1st November starting at 11:00am in the Hall.

Kindy Transition There are 5 Kindy Transition visits scheduled for this Term commencing next week. The dates of Transition are:

Thursday, 7th November

Thursday, 14th November

Thursday, 21st November

Thursday, 28th November

Thursday, 5th December

The times for the visits will be from 8:45am until 11:10am and will include recess.

Student Free Day Please note there will be a Student Free Day on Friday, 8th November.

Please note that we will not be holding a Chapel service next week due to the shorter school day on Thursday and the Student Free Day on Friday, 8th November.

Swimming Program The WLPS swimming program is scheduled to start on Monday, 18th November and finish on Friday, 29th November with the Splash Carnival (Week 6 and Week 7).

Consent Forms for participation will be sent home this week. Could all forms please be returned to your child’s teacher by Monday, 11th November.

Year 6/7 CPR The students in Year 6/7 will be taking part in a basic life saving course this Wednesday, 30th October.

Tree Planting Ranger Tim from Banrock Station will be visiting WLPS tomorrow, Wednesday, 30th October to take part in tree planting with the students in Year 2/3 and Year 4/5.

Faith Challenge We have a team of students from Years 3 to 7 selected to represent our School at the Faith Challenge on Friday, 15th November. The team will travel by school bus and a private vehicle to Faith in Tanunda.

All the Lutheran Schools North of the city will be present: Gawler, Maitland, Clare, Tanunda, Nurioopta, Angaston, Loxton, Eudunda, Lyndoch and Waikerie. More information and excursion consent forms will be sent out later this week.

Wanted - Second Hand Uniform We are in need of good quality second hand summer and winter uniform. This can be either donated to the school to be sold or can be sold on consignment on your behalf. We have quite a few new children commencing with us at the beginning of next year, so it would be great to have second hand items on offer for them and other families.

Waikerie Christmas Pageant The Waikerie Christmas Pageant will be held on Friday, 29th November and WLPS has been invited to put in a float. If your child would like to be a part of the pageant our float will need nativity costumes (ie Angels, Shepherds, Wisemen, sheep, cows, stars etc). It would be lovely if we could have as many children involved to support the school. If your child would like to be involved, please advise the office.

Advent Pageant WLPS has been invited to take part in the Advent Pageant this year, on Friday 6th December. More information will be sent out soon.

Carols by Candlelight Carols by Candlelight will be held on Sunday, 8th December.

School News

Year 6/7 Exhibition Waikerie Lutheran Primary School’s Year 6/7 students

proudly present their 2013 Exhibition…..

“Ancient Civilisations”

We would like to invite you to help us celebrate our Exhibition on Wednesday, 13th November, 2013 at 6:30pm in the Hall.

This is a culmination of student learning within the transdisciplinary theme: Where we are in place and time. This allows students to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways, to involve parents and the school community and to reflect on their learning throughout the IB Primary Years Programme.

We would love you to come along!

The 6/7 Class

In the Classroom - Year 2/3 For their summative assessment task in the “Working Together” Unit of Inquiry, the Year 2/3 class designed board games to show their understanding of how people and communities need to work together to meet needs and achieve goals. They had lots of fun playing each other’s games and learning bout how our needs are met and goals in life are achieved.

Council Corner Our School Council has discussed the benefits on keeping our community informed about business passed through School Council meetings. Items from the previous two meetings have been:

Reviewing and ratifying the anti-bullying policy, behaviour management policy and underlying teacher guide.

Approving $12,000 dollars in spending to continue to improve our school’s ICT network. A new server is a large cost of this upgrade.

Summarising the recent tree audit and contracted tree lopping work to diminish any possible liability. Discussing succession tree planting around our grounds.

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NOTICEBOARD

For Sale 2 White & Tan Fox

Terrier Pups 9 Weeks Old.

1 Female & 1 Male. For more information

call Des DeVroome On 8541 4415

If you would like to place a notice in the Community Noticeboard, please do so by

2:00pm on Monday. Thank you

THE WIZARD OF OZ DANCE SPECTACULAR

Presented by Rivmics Dance

Waikerie High School Sunday 10th November – 2pm

Child $12, Adults $20 Tickets from Encore Furniture

Chaffey Theatre Saturday 16th November – 4pm

Child $15 Adults $25. Tickets from Chaffey Theatre

THANK YOU from the WLPS Parents & Friends The Parents and Friends Committee would like to extend a sincere thank you to the school and wider community for the donations and support shown towards our Wine & Food Festival fundraiser this year. It is true that ‘many hands make light work’ and this event is certainly testament to that!!!

The positive response, feedback and support for our event again this year has been astounding and very humbling and we can all be proud of its success. The guests in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the live entertainment and local produce that was on offer.

We have certainly been blessed in the funds raised for our school which definitely exceeded our expectations and are a positive bonus to the community event we are able to provide.

Photos of the event have been posted on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/wlpswineandfood. Stay tuned for updates on the next event......

Please accept our heartfelt thanks and appreciation.

Leanna Bishop, P&F President on behalf of all members

Waikerie Swimming Club - 2013/2014 Season Interested in swimming? Improve your style and technique, keep fit and become a confident and competent swimmer. Come and Try, November 4th & 6th, 11th and 13th - Training 4pm—5pm. November 15th - Just for fun carnival/BBQ tea. Open to all ages. Swimmers must be able to swim 50m independently.

Further information phone Joanna Whitehead on 0415 254 559.

Phoenix Trading Christmas Fundraiser 2013 As that time of year is fast approaching, the P&F are holding a Christmas Card Fundraiser. Please find attached to the Newsletter a copy of the Fundraising Catalogue outlining the different Christmas Card/Pack options. If you would like to place an order, please fill in the order form and return it to school along with your payment by Tuesday, 12th November.

P&F Meeting There will be a P&F meeting this Friday, 1st November commencing at approximately 9:30am (after Chapel) in the Hall.

Rosters Canteen Wednesday, 30th October 2013

Packing: Amanda Hull

Cleaning Friday, 1st November 2013

Artroom: Pretty

Thank you - your help is appreciated.

Lutheran Worship

Sunday, 3rd November — 24th Sunday after Pentecost

Waikerie: 9:00am HC 10:45am HC

Lowbank, Morgan, Ramco & Waikerie combined Parish Service at Waikerie

Pastor Perry Hart Parish Office: 8541 2689

or email waikerie.sa@lca.org.au

Students of the Week Teaching children about our Learner Profiles; Inquirer, Caring, Balanced, Knowledgeable, Risk - Taker, Communicator, Reflective, Open – Minded, Thinker and Principled provides them with the tool kit for successfully relating with others. As a way of celebrating the demonstration of these principles by students, staff have elected these students this week.

6/7 Class

Communicator - Ashley Ebert. Ashley is able to communicate his understanding of various concepts in order to

assist his peers!

Principled - Charlee Conley. Charlee is a principled student, making good choices that impact her education in a

positive way!

4/5 Class Balanced - Oscar Page. Oscar has worked hard to be more balanced when approaching his Unit of Inquiry task,

using his time wisely. Keep it up Oscar!

Open-Minded - Will Kroehn. Will has been enthusiastic and open-minded towards learning the Dutch Folk dance

in PE this term. Great work Will!

2/3 Class Principled - Lucy Kroehn. Lucy can always be counted on to be honest, reliable and hard working. Well done

Lucy! Risk Taker - Tiana Burns. Tiana has been more willing to take risks and try new ways of doing things, particularly

in Maths. Well done Tiana!

R/1 Class Balanced - James Gelston. James has shown to be balanced by ensuring he completes his sight words at home.

This has helped him progress through the colours. Well done James!

Principled - Byron Childs. Byron has demonstrated being principled by making good choices when listening and

helping others make positive choices as well. Great to see Byron!

Reception Class Open-Minded - Kosta Pipikos. Kosta demonstrated open-mindedness throughout the week with our testing. It

was a new experience for him and he approached it with enthusiasm. Well done.

Thinker - Hailey Arnold. Hailey demonstrated that she was a thinker last week in our testing. She was able to

process information and work to the best of her ability!

Families In Our Prayers

Monday: Braun

Tuesday: Camerlengo

Wednesday: Carter

Thursday: Childs

Friday: Conley/Guy

Monday: Connelly

Prayers

Ask God to be with the farmers as they harvest their crops. Please keep them safe during this busy time.

Pray for healing for those people who are suffering from an injury or illness at this time.

Thank God for providing us with a supportive school community, including our volunteers and P&F Committee!

Birthday’s this week

Adam Borgas 4th November

WAIKERIE LUTHERAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

16 McCutcheon Street, Waikerie SA 5330 Phone: 08 8541 2344 Fax: 08 8541 2140

Email: office@wlps.sa.edu.au Website: www.wlps.sa.edu.au

Principal: Mr Adam Borgas

NAPLAN SUMMARY

National NAPLAN results were held up this year due to a printing error in the individual summary pages. Because of our small year levels that sit the tests, these individual results are crucial to our school interpreting the data. Below is a summary of the data as the staff have analysed:

The WLPS Year 3 group of students is above the national average in all areas apart from numeracy. We look forward to tracking their results in Year 5 and 7 to be able to see the students’ growth (our schools progress) over the next four years.

The WLPS Year 5 group of students have closed the gap between the national average and their class average in 3 of the 6 areas. For the average Year 5 student, students averaged expected growth (developed in line with their peers) in 3 of the areas tested, and accelerated their learning (exceptional growth) in the other 3 areas.

The Year 5 class demonstrated accelerated learning (exceptional growth) in:

Reading - 70% of Year 5

Writing - 50% of Year 5

Spelling - 40% of Year 5

Grammar - 20% of Year 5

Numeracy - 50% of Year 5

Out of the 50 tests sat, only 6 results displayed minimal growth. This typically is your students that ‘had a bad day’ on testing day. Also students who are operating at a high academic level will naturally experience less growth in their learning.

The WLPS Year 7 group of students have finished their time at WLPS above the national average. On the website you will not find a class average as our class group is too small to display an average. Our data has been put together by the school from the individual summary pages. For the average Year 7 students averaged expected growth (developed in line with their peers) in 3 of the areas tested, and accelerated their learning (exceptional growth) in the other 3 areas.

The Year 7 class demonstrated exceptional growth in:

Reading - 60% of Year 7

Writing - 80% of Year 7

Spelling - 20% of Year 7

Grammar - 60% of Year 7

Numeracy - 40% of Year 7

Out of the 25 tests sat, only 3 results displayed minimal growth. This typically is your students that ‘had a bad day’ on testing day. Also students who are operating at a high academic level will naturally experience less growth in their learning.

In all three year levels, numeracy is the subject area where our school displays most disparity with the national average. As a school wide focus for 2014, we are targeting this area for development. In all three year levels, reading and writing is where we have displayed the most positive growth, reflecting our school wide focus on literacy in the past few years.

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a supportive Christian community, equipping each student for life.