Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

6 McIntosh Street

Waikerie SA 5330

Phone: 08 8541 2344

Mobile: 0457 265 337

Principal: Adam Borgas

www.wlps.sa.edu.au

BOOK WEEK What a colourful day we had last Tuesday at WLPS for Book Week!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Week 6

Tues 29 Aug

Fri 1 Sept

Visiting Performance

8:50am Chapel

Week 7

Mon 4 Sept

Thu 7 Sept

Fri 8 Sept

8:50am Assembly

School Photo Day

No Buses

8:50am Chapel

Week 8

Mon 11 Sept

Thur 14 Sept

Fri 15 Sept

8:50am Assembly

School Concert

8:50am Chapel

Week 9

18-20 Sept

Mon 18 Sept

Thur 21 Sept

Fri 22 Sept

Year 3/4/5 Camp

8:50am Assembly

Hope Downloaded

No Chapel

Week 10

Mon 25 Sept

Fri 29 Sept

8:50am Assembly

1:30pm Closing Chapel

Our students are:

Balanced, Caring, Communicators, Inquiriers, Knowledgeable, Open-Minded, Principled, Reflective, Risk-Taskers and Thinkers

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Newsletter Week 6 // Term 3 // Tuesday, 29th August 2017

MORE BOOK WEEK PICTURES

Important Notice!!

Environmental Investigation and Mud Play Day on

Sunday, 29th October.

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

From the Principal In the Sunday Mail, an announcement was made in

regards to Anthony Pratt (of Visy board fame) giving away

1 billion dollars in the coming years. Earlier this year,

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest gave away 400 million dollars to

charity. Twiggy said ‘the challenge is to give with our

hearts, minds and souls’.

I was talking to a friend and he said ‘yeah, but how much

have those blokes got to give?’ God wants grateful givers.

We should focus on what we give, and not on others.

That’s too much like sticking your head in someone else’s

business!

Adam Borgas

Student Led Conferences Thank you to those families

who have returned their

Student Led Conference

Form. If you haven’t returned your

form, please do so ASAP.

School Concert School Concert is scheduled for

Thursday, 14th September (Week 8)

commencing at 6:30pm in the hall.

Please put these important dates in

your diary!

Term 3 “Souper” Fridays “Souper” Friday is on again

this Friday, 1st September!

We will be selling Chicken

Noodle Soup at lunch time

for $2 per cup which includes a

bread roll. Students who wish to

purchase soup will need to bring

along their money as well as a

plastic heat proof cup and spoon.

No Buses—Advanced Notice Please be advised that due

to school closures at the

D E C D s c h o o l s , t h e

buses WILL NOT BE RUNNING

on Friday, 8th September.

Bus Travel All families using the DECD

buses are to be aware that

bus transport is provided

by the State Government for approved

and eligible students only for bus

routes that depart from Waikerie High

School. Students who do not have

permission to travel on the bus are NOT

permitted on the buses due to

insurance, and safety reasons.

Temporary bus passes are NOT issued

under any circumstance (ie friends

sleeping over, sports practise etc!)

Staffing at WLPS. As per the letter received

home on Friday 25th

August, staffing has been

arranged on a short term

basis until the end of the year. If you

missed the communication, please

see the office for a copy of this letter.

School Photo Day School Photo Day is

booked for Thursday, 7th

September. Order forms

will be sent home with the

Newsletter today. Sibling order forms

have been attached to individual

order forms for families with 2 or more

students. Order forms are being sent

home with the eldest member of your

family—so if you have not received

your order form/s, please check your

child’s bag.

Students are asked to wear their

formal winter uniform to school for

photo day.

Cross Country Next week is cross country,

starting at 1.30pm and

finishing before 3.20pm.

We will be starting with the

Year 6/7’s running for their

15 minutes around the track (going as

far as they can) and then the Year 5

class, the 3/4’s and then the F/1/2’s.

Mr Borgas and Mr Braun are looking

for 6 marshalls to stand at different

points on the track. If you can help

for these couple of hours, please

contact the office or Adam directly.

Premier’s Challenges Please note that the Reading and Be

Active Challenges conclude next

Friday, 8th September.

2017 Term Dates

Term 3: 24 Jul - 29 Sep

Term 4: 16 Oct - 13 Dec

School Office Hours

8:30am - 4:00pm

Office Staff

Business Manager

Mrs Van Niekerk

Administration

Mrs Kalisch

Mrs Schmidt

Mrs Shugg

Families in our Prayers

Mudge

Neal

Nitschke

Paschke

Platten

Waikerie Lutheran Parish

Worship Roster

Sunday, 3rd September

Waikerie: 10:00am HC

Lowbank: 8:45am HC

Morgan: 5:00pm HC

Ramco: 8:45am

Pastor Lee Kroehn: 0407600293

Office: 8541 2689

Office Hours: 10am-1pm Thursday and Friday

Birthdays

Chloe McPherson and Des DeVroome

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Teachers are encouraging the attitudes of appreciation, commitment, confidence, cooperation,

creativity, curiosity, empathy, enthusiasm, independence, integrity, respect and tolerance as a

tool kit for successfully relating with others. As a way of celebrating the demonstration of these

attitudes by students, staff have elected these students this week.

Year 6/7 Class (Mr Braun and Mrs Waterson)

Integrity - Kirk Cameron. I have been impressed with Kirk’s integrity within the classroom over the

past few weeks. It is pleasing to see him put in a good effort towards his learning, enabling him to

complete all set tasks to a good standard. Well done Kirk! Keep it up as we begin Exhibition!

Enthusiasm - Lachlan Ebert. I really enjoyed Lachlan’s enthusiasm during our whole class SSP lesson

on Thursday. He independently and confidently initiated a game of hangman. Great work Lachy!

Year 5 Class (Mrs Burns)

Cooperation - Brodie Baring. It has been pleasing to see Brodie continuing to develop his

cooperation skills and also encouraging others to develop their cooperation. Keep up the positive

work habits Brodie!

Enthusiasm - Byron Childs. It has been lovely to see Byron’s enthusiasm and care for his gardens at

school. I’m looking forward to some more of that fresh broccoli. Keep it up!

Year 3/4 Class (Mr Fladrich)

Enthusiasm - Megen Mihalopoulos. Megen took time to enthusiastically and independently

practise her lines for the Chapel skit away from school. Well done Megen!

Enthusiasm - Hugh Thomas. Hugh displayed great enthusiasm when he volunteered to be the

auctioneer for the “Great Broccoli Auction”. Great work Hugh!

Year 1/2 Class (Mrs Canney and Mrs Beelitz)

Creativity - Ava McKenzie-Hefford. Ava demonstrated her creativity and flair for design when

creating her snowflake for book week!

Curiosity - Addison Schmidt. Addison demonstrated her curious nature and ability to predict when

exploring texts for book week!

Foundation/Year 1 Class (Miss Corbett)

Enthusiasm - Reuben Honeyman. It is great to see you sharing your enthusiasm with others about

your learning and up-coming events. Your excitement is fantastic!

Empathy - Arlee Matthews. Your continual effort to care for others and recognize when they need

your help is really appreciated within the classroom. Well done Arlee!

PREMIER’S READING & BE ACTIVE CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the Premier’s

Reading Challenge this week: Sam Borgas, Amity Burns, Luke Kroehn, Aaliyah

Loffler, Chloe McPherson, Aby Mihalopoulos, Stella Thomas, Charlotte Werner,

Courtney Wood,

Congratulations to Ellen Kroehn and Malachi Lloyd on completing the 2017

Premier’s Be Active Challenge.

A full list of all students who have completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge and

Premier’s Be Active Challenge will be published in next week’s newsletter.

Woolworths Earn and Learn The Woolworths’ earn and learn stickers are back again until Tuesday 19th

September. Please collect them as you go through the register, as every sticker

earned is a point for our school which can be used to purchase valuable

resources.

You can return your completed sticker sheet to either; the WLPS box at Woolworths,

or send them into school. Thank you to everyone who has supported this so far -

the box at Woolworths was full! Keep the stickers coming in!!

BOOK WEEK LIBRARY VISITS

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN

Being human not only means that, like spirit beings we have free will, it also means that we do, and

are able to change so cannot always be relied upon; no matter how well intentioned we may be;

God however is love and will not ever change, from eternity past to eternity future to today He can

always be relied on and always keeps His promises.

God bless you all.

Moira

CORNER OF PEACE

FUN RUN TRAINING PICTURES

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a Christ-Centred community equipping each student for life.

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a Christ-Centred community equipping each student for life. COMMUNITY NOTICES