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

Message from the Principal

“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best

thing they can do is to teach their children to love

challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and

keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have

to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to

build and repair their own confidence.”

Carol S. Dweck (author of Mindset which the staff are reading)

This week we welcome Mr Julian Helbig to WLPS as he teaches in the

2/3 Fladrich class on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for the next

3 weeks. Julian is taking time off of his job as Deputy Principal at

Immanuel Lutheran School Gawler to complete his Masters in

Education, as well as taking the opportunity to teach in some other

Lutheran schools. We know that this will be a mutually beneficial

time of learning as the staff gain as much from Julian as he will gain

from us through this experience.

This week is also an exciting time as we host the Variety Children's

Charity on Tuesday from 12-3pm. All of the Waikerie community

have been invited to share lunch with us. I have been so

appreciative of the wider Waikerie community and enjoyed the

way they have been willing to contribute to the catering effort. I

think the opportunity to host this day has been invaluable as an

opportunity to open our school up to the wider Waikerie community.

Thanks to members of our school community that have been

involved in preparations for the day.

Blessings on your week,

Adam Borgas

Monday, 3rd August 2015

Newsletter

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Balanced Caring

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

6 McIntosh St

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

Communicator Inquirer Knowledgeable Open-Minded Principled Reflective Risk Taker Thinker

Term 3 Calendar

Week 3

Tue 4th Aug

Wed 5th Aug

Fri 7th Aug

Choir Rehearsal/

Concert

Variety Bash at WLPS

Specialist lessons

8:50am Chapel

Week 4

Mon 10 Aug

Fri 15 Aug

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

Week 5

Mon 17 Aug

Tue 18 Aug

Wed 19 Aug

Fri 21 Aug

8:50am Assembly

SAPSASA Athletics

YEL Forum

8:50am Chapel

Week 6

24-28 Aug

Mon 24 Aug

Wed 26 Aug

Fri 28 Aug

Book Week

8:50am Assembly

Science Questacon

Book Week Dress Up &

Parade

8:50am Chapel

Week 7

Mon 31 Aug

Thur 3 Sept

Fri 4 Sept

8:50am Assembly

School Concert

8:50am Chapel

WLPS Mobile

0457265337

Families In Our Prayers

Monday: Ganner

Tuesday: Gay

Wednesday: Gelston

Thursday: Gore

Friday: Hanton

Lutheran Worship Sunday, 9th August

Waikerie: 9:00am HC

Lowbank: 9:00am

Morgan: 9:00am

Ramco: 10:30am HC

Parish Office: 8541 2689

Office Manager: Cheryl Paschke

Visiting Pastor David Christian

Exhibition Information Evening There wi l l be an Exhibit ion

Information Evening this Wednesday,

5th August commencing at 6:30pm

SHARP in the Year 6/7 classroom. This

should be finished in time for the

THRASS Information Session at 7:00pm.

THRASS – Parent Introduction Session The THRASS Parent Introduction

Session is scheduled for this

Wednesday, 5th August. Teachers

will be running a whole parent

community information session on

‘Orthography – what we were left

to guess at school’. We will be holding the

session in the Year 2/3 Classrooms not the Year

6/7 Classroom as stated in last week’s

newsletter.

Mid Year break Thank you to those parents who have

provided feedback in regards to the

positioning of PD week next year. If you

are yet to provide feedback, please do

so by the end of this week.

Scholastic Book Club Please note that orders for the current

issue of Scholastic Book Club are due

back to school TODAY!

Long Service Leave As mentioned in the Message from the

Principal, whilst Mr Fladrich is on Long

Service leave for the next 3 weeks, Mrs

Sandie Canney will be taking the class

on Monday and Friday and Mr Julian

Helbig will take the class Tuesday,

Wednesday and Thursday.

Book Week Theme for 2015 Book Week is “Books

Light up our World”. Students are

invited to dress within the theme or

come as their favourite book

character.

Dress up day and parade will be held on

Wednesday, 26th August (Week 6) commencing

at 9:00am in the Hall.

Seasons for Growth Program Mrs Canney will be running a

“Seasons for Growth” Program

commencing in Week 6 this term.

The program will run during the school day for

approximately 40-50 minutes a session.

If you have not yet returned your form, could

you please do so by this Thursday, 6th August.

Working Bee On Saturday, those that were

looking to join the working bee

happily watched the rain fall

down! We will try again this

weekend on Saturday, 8th August.

Please bring along a shovel, mattock and

digging implements as we are planning to

move some irrigation and lay a crusher dust

path along the Northern fence as a part of our

cross country track.

Tuesday - Variety Bash Day Tomorrow we have the Variety Bash

attending WLPS! Could I please ask

school parents to park along

McCutcheon Street so that our

visitors can utilise the car park. The

Variety Bash cars will be entering the school

property from McCutcheon Street, moving over

the lawned area and exiting the school property

via the car park (a loop around the hall).

Change of Address for WLPS! After 35 Years of owning the street

address 16 McCutcheon Street,

WLPS is please to advise that we are

changing our street address to

Number 6 McIntosh Street. The

primary reason for this change is so

that traffic directed to our physical

school address via Google maps or other

navigational tools lead our visitors to the school

car park.

In our Master Planning process, we have

identified and formalised that the McIntosh

Street frontage is a natural ‘front gate’ for our

school (as opposed to the narrow McCutcheon

Street road frontage).

School News

Prayers

Thank God for providing us with some rain.

Please pray that He will continue to bless us

with more.

Ask God to be with anyone who is recovering

from a recent operation. Pray that He

will provide them with a quick

recovery.

Birthdays

Hannah McPherson

6th August

Aby Mihalopoulos

8th August

THRASS Session

Community Noticeboard

Keep your kids smiling

Dental care is FREE for most school children

and ALL preschool children at the School Dental Service.

All children aged 0-17 are welcome.

To locate your local School Dental Clinic visit www.sadental.sa.gov.au or call us now on 8222 8222.

FROM THE BUSINESS MANAGER

Good day Parents/ Caregivers

Thank you for your timeously payments and arrangements.

Financial Update

School Card – Please note that you are still able to apply for school card during the next 2

weeks. Forms are available in the front office.

Statements until 24 July 2015 - we are sending out this Term’s fees/accounts to all families

between 31 July 2015 and 3 August 2015.

Direct Debits – Parents/ Caregivers will be contacted during the next 2 weeks to confirm the

information to start with the process in August 2015.

Kind Regards

Hannelie van Niekerk

hanneliev@wlps.sa.edu.au

Premier’s Be Active & Reading Challenge Congratulations Congratulations to the following students on completing the Premier’s Reading Challenge this

week:

Mark Carter

Byron Childs

Syrus Hensel

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

week:

Noah Hensel

Syrus Hensel

Aby Mihalopoulos

Ellie Mihalopoulos

Megen Mihalopoulos

Will Mihalopoulos

Oscar Page

Charlotte Werner

Tree Planting at Banrock Station Last Friday, 31st July, the students from Mr Fladrich’s and Miss Fuss’ Year 2/3 classes went to

Banrock Station to plant some native trees. Here are some pictures from Mr Fladrich’s Class!

Tree Planting at Banrock Station Last Friday, 31st July, the students from Mr Fladrich’s and Miss Fuss’ Year 2/3 classes went to

Banrock Station to plant some native trees. Here are some pictures from Miss Fuss’ Class!

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

Self Management Skills - Jesse Thiele. Jesse has made some excellent

choices in regards to his independent reading. Well done Jesse for

striving to read more often and prioritising your learning!

Communication Skills - Katie Shugg. Katie has communicated her

thoughts about animal cruelty in-depth in her Exhibition journal. Well

done Katie for thinking deeply about this issue.

Year 4/5

Thinking Skills - Chloe Nitschke. Chloe took risks in Maths to share her

thoughts about how she would order decimals and why so that we

could all learn. Thanks for sharing Chloe!

Communication Skills - Haylee Gore. Haylee worked hard to practise last

week making sure that the verbal communication of her Unit of Inquiry

presentation was clearly and effectively spoken. Great job!

Year 2/3 Fuss

Communication Skills - James Gelston. I was so impressed with the effort

James put into presenting his Spelling homework this week! All his words

were neatly glued in, in straight lines and labelled correctly. Great work!

Thinking Skills - William Weir. William demonstrated that he already has a

great knowledge about money. He recorded lots of information about

money in his prior knowledge brainstorm. Well done William!

Year 2/3 Fladrich

Social Skills - Flynn Andrew. Flynn worked tirelessly with his partner to

plant many trees while at Banrock Station last Friday. Great work and

well done Flynn!

Social Skills - Hugh Thomas. Hugh cooperated well with his partner to

plant many trees while at Banrock Station last Friday. Well done Hugh,

great effort!

Foundation/Year 1

Communication Skills - Alicia Wood. Alicia showed communication skills

when reading. She was able to do some fantastic thinking during her

reading time and express some of her thinking to the class. Well done

Alicia!

Research Skills - Levi Hull. Levi showed research skills during Maths when

exploring different shapes using a geoboard. He was able to find some

interesting shapes with lots of sides and corners and recorded it

accurately. Great investigation Levi!

Foundation

Thinking Skills - Hannah McPherson. Hannah demonstrated she can

identify new high frequency words in her readers. She is also able to

identify many features on the THRASS Chart. Great work Hannah!

Research Skills - Sam Borgas. Sam has contributed to our class list of

wonderings about homes. When walking around town to observe

homes, Sam collected photos for use in our current Unit of Inquiry.