Term 3 Calendar

Week 8

Mon 8 Sept

Fri 12 Sept

Sat 13 Sept

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

Festival Choir in Adelaide

Week 9

Mon 15 Sept

Fri 19 Sept

Sat 20 Sept

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

Riverland Field Days

Riverland Field Days

Week 10

Mon 22 Sept

Thur 25 Sept

Fri 26 Sept

8:50am Assembly

Student Led Conference

1:30m Closing Chapel

Term 4 Calendar

Week 1

Mon 13 Oct

Fri 17 Oct

Sat 18 Oct

8:50am Opening Chapel

Waikerie Flower Show

Wine and Food Night

Week 2

Mon 20 Oct

Fri 24 Oct

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

Week 3

Mon 27 Oct

Fri 31 Oct

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

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 is a supportive Christian community, equipping each student for life.

Message from the Principal

Liz Frankel Book Launch

WOW! Thank you to all 25 students who applied to be one of the four students to attend Liz Frankel’s book launch this Friday. Thank you to all of the parents who were involved in writing an application letter with their kids. This showed your child that you value the application process and their ability to write. Going through the application process in life enables many communities to access government grants and is an essential part of life.

We had such a hard job choosing the best four entries that all staff were involved in the selection of the winning entries. We decided to award two senior winners and two junior winners. As a runner-up prize, all students that applied will have morning tea with Liz Frankel on the 1st of December, when Liz awards the Premier’s Reading Challenge medals at assembly. All students will also receive a certificate for their efforts.

Congratulations to Caitlyn Watkins and Aaliyah Loffler in the senior section and Ellie Bald and Grace Borgas in the junior section. Thank you also to the following students who will be awarded their merit and participation certificates at assembly next Monday:

Tuesday, 9th September 2014

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Newsletter

School Mobile Number is

0457265337

Year 1

Amali Nitschke Emily McPherson

Year 2

Amity Burns Charlotte Werner Chloe McPherson Ellen Kroehn Gemma Simpfendorfer Latia Loffler

Year 3/4

Chloe Nitschke Haylee Gore Taylah Gore Tiana Burns

Year 4/5

Ceobahn Wilson Matthew Schmidt Latisha Smith

Year 6/7

Abi Scholten Ellie Mihalopolous Mishael Mee Makaylah Kuchel Nicola Schmidt Oscar Page

Premier’s Be Active Challenge Congratulations to Katie Shugg and William Shugg on completing the Premier’s Be Active Challenge for 2014.

No Buses Please note that there will be no buses running next Friday, 19th September due to Waikerie High and Waikerie Primary having a student free day.

Student Led Conferences A reminder to please return your interview time request form to the classroom teacher by this Friday, 12th September so teachers can allocate/finalise times etc. Student Led Conferences are for students in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 and are being held on Thursday, 25th September (Week 10).

Please note: Students in Year 6/7 do not take part due to Exhibition. Students in Years 3/4 and Year 4/5 as part of their current Unit of Inquiry will be taking part in an Art Exhibition in conjunction with Student Led Conferences.

Special Lunch Order - End of Term 3 There will be a special Hot Dog Lunch order day on the last day of Term 3 - Friday, 26th September. Hot Dogs will be $3 each and include cheese and sauce if desired. Please fill in the attached order form (on page 3) and return it to school by Monday, 22nd September.

Eggs For Sale The school chickens have been busy laying eggs. We have a few cartons for sale which can be purchased from the office for $2.50 per dozen.

Uniform Changeover As the weather is starting to warm up, children may now wear their summer uniform. Please do not mix match and match the summer and winter uniforms, only full summer or full winter uniforms must be worn (E.g. no tights with summer dress).

Concert Night Well done to the students and congratulations on putting on some fine performances last Thursday night! As a principal I was really proud of every student taking a risk on stage; performing to their best and having fun while doing this. Many thanks also to the teachers, for sourcing performances that the students really made their own, and for setting the students up for successful performances - Mr Borgas.

End of Year Service (Graduation & Awards Night) The End of Year Service for 2014 will be held on Thursday, 11th December (evening of the last of Term 4). It will be a simple worship service (like chapel) with the whole school choir performing, as well as a Christmas themed message. Students will be presented with their awards for each year level and the Year 7 graduation intertwined in the service. All families are expected to see off the graduates as a mark of respect from our community. The service will be approximately one hour in length.

Wednesday Lunch Orders A reminder that Frozen Yogurt is currently unavailable for Wednesday Lunch Orders due to supply/ordering problems.

School News

Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to the following student for completing the 2014 Premier’s Reading Challenge. Reception: Abbigail Neal, Aiden Gelston, Alicia Wood, Ashmitha Ramesh, Decoda Clarke, Elizabeth White, Gemma Gay, Hailey Arnold, Hannah Carter, Levi Hull, Lillian Borg, Megen Mihalopoulos, Monique Weir, Teni Balogun and Thivyan Ramesh.

Year 1: Ellie Bald, Amali Nitschke, Angelos Myer, Christian Mitolo, Dana Hurst, Emily McPherson, Ethan Rayner, Grace Borgas, Hamsih Kroehn, Hugh Thomas, Isabella Paschke, Jackson Kuchel, Kyesha Watkins, Marco Camerlengo, Matilda Bishop, Mischa Connelly, Natalie Mackintosh, Olivia Ebert and Verity Mee.

Year 2: Aaron Schmidt, Aby Mihalopoulos, Amity Burns, Brodie Bishop, Byron Childs, Charlotte Werner, Chloe Nitschke, Courtney Wood, Ellen Kroehn, Emma Thiel, Flynn Andrew, Gemma Simpfendorfer, James Gelston, Jasmine Macey, Latia Loffler, Makaylah Childs, Malachi Lloyd, Mark Carter, Syrus Hensel, William Weir and Yvette Weston.

Year 3/4: Andrew Hanton, Brodie Bishop, Chloe Nitschke, Felicity Arnold, Haylee Gore, Jed Thiel, Lachlan Ebert, Lucy Kroehn, Naish Andrew, Stella Thomas, Taylah Gore and Tiana Burns.

Year 4/5: Aaliyah Loffler, Alicia Kroehn, Bailee Pretty-Forrester, Ceobhan Wilson, Chanidu Fernando, Chloe Tang, Joseph Mee, Kyton Rayner, Latisha Smith, Luke Kroehn, Massimo Mitolo, Matthew Schmidt, Noah Hensel, Taylah Kuchel, Will Mihalopoulos and William Shugg.

Year 6/7: Bradley Ebert, Daniel Schimidt, Darrian Wilson, Ellie Mihalopoulos, Justice Ebert, Katie Shugg, Kerry Tang, Mishael Mee, Mitchell Rayner, Nicola Schmidt, Oscar Page and Samuel Souter

The awards will presented to the in Term 4 by local Author Liz Frankel. A date for the presentations will be announced soon.

Community Noticeboard

Will you turn 4 before May 2015? If so, then it’s time to come and see us at the Waikerie Children’s Centre and enrol for 2015. Children on our waiting list will have

special kindy visits in November this year and parents will be invited to an orientation meeting. Call into 16 Marks Tce to collect a waitlist form or ring 85412692 for more

information.

Enrolments taken now, get in quick to get your visit dates for this year!

SCHOOL HAIR ACCESSORIES For Sale!

Hair Elastics by Gemma-Jay. Burgundy and navy school coloured hair ties for $2.50 (as per photo) and matching headbands for $2.50 are available for purchase via order. School house colours hair accessories are also available.

If you would like to order, please SMS or call: Jodie Simpfendorfer on 0407 844 575

Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/hairelasticsbygemmyjay

Rain Moth Gallery

Student Art Exhibition The Rain Moth Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of student’s art work. The theme “Learning Through Art” shows how art can be used and incorporated into all subject areas across the curriculum. Science, History, Maths, English, Health, Society and Environment along with Spanish are all areas of learning represented in the exhibition.

Four local schools, Waikerie, Ramco, Cadell and the Lutheran Primary School have all contributed to the exhibition which displays a wide range of styles and mediums. This year, for the first time ever, all artwork will be on sale for a minimal cost. Some art work are individual pieces but many are murals

created as a combined class effort. There are also examples of framed individual pieces on display to show how the student’s artwork may look once purchased. Parents and family are encouraged to visit the gallery early to make sure they don’t miss out on purchasing their own child’s artwork as all works will be available for sale to the general public as well.

The Primary Schools exhibition will be running during September and October while the High School Year 12 students will be featuring in November.

Hot Dog Order Please return it to school by Monday 22nd September

Child’s Name: Child’s Class:

No. Hot Dogs Required: Money Encl: $

Cheese Sauce

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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

Communication Skills - Entire 6/7 Class. Congratulations to you all for listening, considering advice and working hard in the lead up to the concert. It was a wonderful performance. You have done yourselves proud!

Communication Skills - Ellie Mihalopoulos. Well done Ellie on beautifully written piece of work! You “5 sense memory” for homework last week was of an extremely high standards—you should be proud! :)

Year 4/5

Communication Skills - William Shugg. I was impressed with William’s use of expression and his effort in clearly and confidently speaking his lines in our class performance. Fantastic performance William!

Communication Skills - Chanidu Fernando. When performing in our class play, Chanidu demonstrated effective use of expression and hand gestures throughout the item, making him a delight to watch. Fantastic work Chanidu!

Year 3/4

Communication Skills - Stella Thomas. Stella showed confidence when presenting the concert item Thursday night. She gave her best effort during rehearsal and in the final performance. Great work Stella!

Communication Skills - Lucy Kroehn. Lucy has worked hard in all concert rehearsals. She consistently gave 100% effort and showed confidence when performing on Thursday night. Well done Lucy!

Year 2

Communication Skills - Aby Mihalopoulos. Aby has been working hard on improving her reading and making good use of her personal reading time. Well done Aby!

Social Skills - Chloe McPherson. Chloe has displayed excellent skills in working cooperatively with others to achieve goals. Well done Chloe!

Year 1

Self Management Skills - Kyesha Watkins. Kyesha demonstrated self-management skills during our concert practice and performance. She showed sound gross-motor skills by moving her whole body to dance to the beat. Great work Kyesha!

Research Skills - Mischa Connelly. Mischa showed research skills for her News Time this week. She collected important information about an endangered animal and presented it to the class. Well done Mischa!

Reception

Thinking Skills - Elizabeth White. Elizabeth used materials, space, prior knowledge and her experience to construct a scene and be instrumental in creating a game. Great imagination Elizabeth.

Self Management Skills - Gemma Gay. Gemma has used her initiative and paired up to work with her peers of they did not have a reading buddy. Great work Gemma. Keep it up!

Families In Our Prayers Tuesday: Paschke T&B

Wednesday: Paschke D&J

Thursday: Platten/Sczeco

Friday: Pretty - Forrester Monday: Ramesh

Prayers Thank God for providing us with some

rain and pray that He will continue to send us more.

Thank God for our dedicated teaching and support staff who work hard to educate and care for our students.

Lutheran Worship

Sunday, 14th September 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Waikerie: 9:00am HC

Lowbank: 9:00am

Morgan: 9:00am

Ramco: 10:35am HC

Lowbank, Morgan, Ramco & Waikerie combined Parish

Services

Pastor Perry Hart Mobile: 0428 359

No birthdays this week