Term 2 Calendar

Week 3

12-14 May

Fri 15 May

NAPLAN Tests Yr 3, 5 & 7

8:50am Chapel - Year

6/7 Class

NAPLAN Catch up

Week 4

Mon 18 May

Tue 19 May

Thur 21 May

Fri 22 May

8:50am Assembly

ICAS Test - Digital Tech

Choir at Barmera

No Chapel - ALWS Day

Week 5

Mon 25 May

Wed 27 May

Fri 29 May

8:50am Assembly

YEL Forum

8:50am Chapel - Year

2/3 Fuss

Week 6

Mon 1 June

Wed 3 June

Fri 5 June

8:50am Assembly

Visiting Performance

ICAS Science Exam

8:50am Chapel -

Foundation/Yr 1 Class

Week 7

Mon 8 June

Wed 10 June

Fri 12 June

Public Holiday

8:50am Assembly

Music is Fun

8:50am Chapel - Year

2/3 Fladrich

Week 8

Mon 15 June

Fri 19 June

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

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

Message from the Principal They would learn so much more at home

In South Australia since 2000, home schooling has increased

88.7 per cent from 506 students (300 families) in 2000 to 999 (566

families). Parents in these families have literally taken on the

role as the primary educator of their children. These families

take their responsibility as primary educator of their children

very, very seriously. I commend them for taking full responsibility for their

children’s education.

Is home schooling for your family?

In some families, both parents choose to undertake a portion of paid work for

many and varying reasons.

Home schooling requires a full time commitment as an extension of the primary

care that all families provide for their children.

Home schooling also requires considerable investment, as any project does to

be a success. Extra trips backwards and forwards, basic text books, internet

connection and subscriptions for yourself as a teacher and for your child as a

student add up. As I have discussed with a family that has both home schooled

and received school services, the WLPS fee of approximately $1600 per student

is excellent value for money.

The government provides freedom of choice for families to home school but

does not actively support this schooling method with funding. Our economy

requires as many adults to be in the paid workforce as possible, and as such, all

governments support modern schooling as a release for parents into the

workforce (amongst other reasons).

I’d love to home school my kids, but God has called me to this school to assist in

the education of 120 kids that I can call my own. I know my staff feel likewise.

When we are finished at school for the day, for those staff with kids, we too work

through the evening with homework requirements, showing an active interest in

our children’s education. Upon reflection again – I have the best of both worlds

– I am involved in ‘home’ schooling to complement the education which the

school offers, and I am also involved in an organisation that shares the gifts and

talents of educators with those families around us. Adam Borgas

Monday, 11th May 2015

Newsletter

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Balanced Caring

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

16 McCutcheon 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

WLPS Mobile

0457265337

Families In Our Prayers

Monday: Ramesh

Tuesday: Rayner

Wednesday: Schmidt, A&M

Thursday: Schmidt, J&V

Friday: Schmidt, D&L

Lutheran Worship

Sunday, 17th May - 7th Sunday of Easter

Waikerie: 9:00am

Lowbank: 9:00am

Morgan: 8:30am HC

Ramco: 10:30am HC

Parish Office: 8541 2689

Visiting Pastor Peter Kriewaldt

NAPLAN Testing A reminder that NAPLAN is being held

this week on Tuesday 12th, Wednesday

13th and Thursday 14th May, for

students in Year 3, 5 and 7.

The schedule for NAPLAN is:

Tuesday, 12th May - Language Convention/

Writing

Wednesday, 13th May - Reading

Thursday, 14th May - Numeracy

Friday, 15th May - Catch up

Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to Adele Arnold,

Matilda Bishop, Hamish Paschke,

Gemma Simpfendorfer, Kyesha

Watkins and William Weir for completing the

2015 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Premier’s Be Active Challenge Congratulations to Amity Burns on

completing the Premier’s Be Active

Challenge.

Winter Uniform As of Monday 18th, students are

required to wear winter uniform.

Scholastic Book Club Orders for the next Book Club are due

back tomorrow - Tuesday, 12th May

2015.

WOOSHC During our additional week off at the end

of Term 2, WOOSHC have offered to open

their doors during school hours for those

students who require care during this

week.

The cost of WOOSHC is normally $48 for the day.

If you are wanting to use this service, please

contact WOOSHC and register your interest by

the end of this week- if not enough bookings are

made, they may not be able to provide care.

Carers’ Program If you have not yet done so, could you please

return the forms that were sent home with your

personal information filled in, to allow the Care

Program to operate effectively.

Portfolio Return Reminder Could all parents please ensure that

they return their child/ren’s portfolios

to school.

Pink Lady Apples We have locally grown pink lady

apples available for purchase from

the office for $2.50 a bag.

Valuing Safe Communities Training Sessions Thank you to those parents who

a t te n d e d t h e Va l u i n g S a f e

Communities Training session today.

Valuing Safe Communities training is for ALL

parents who wish to help with camps,

excursions or in school activities (such as

classroom reading etc).

If you were unable to attend the session today,

but would like to do a session in the near

future, please contact the office and register

your interest for the session next Monday, 18th at 2pm.

Please note that under LSA guidelines, a

refresher must be undertaken every 3 years.

Sessions run for approximately 1 hour and will

be held in the hall.

Year 6/7 Leader Badge Presentations The Student Leaders, House Leaders and

Student Leaders will be receiving their badges

at Chapel this Friday, 15th May at 9:00am in

the Hall. The Year 6/7 class are presenting

Chapel and parents are encouraged to

attend and stay for a cuppa afterwards.

School News

P&F Meeting

Our first P&F meeting for Term 2 will be held on

Friday, 15th May (after Chapel) in the Hall

commencing at approximately 9:30am.

Everybody welcome to come along for a coffee &

a chat!

On the Agenda will be:

Mid Murray Sports Day Review

Australian Lutheran World

Service Day

School Disco

Fun/fellowship ideas

Jodie Simpfendorfer

11th May

Ethan Rayner

15th May

Joyleen Paschke

18th May

Birthdays this Week

Prayers

Thank God for providing us with a well

resourced school and dedicated

staff.

Community Noticeboard WLPS Festival of Music Choir

Solo Congratulations Congratulations to Crystal DeVroome and Emma Platten

who have won a solo for the Riverland Festival of Music!

Compere Auditions The auditions for soloists for the Festival of Music will take

place this Wednesday, 27th May

at Rivergum College in Glossop. A

pre-audition for comperes will take place at WLPS on

Monday, 18th May in at lunchtime in the Indonesian room.

Combined School’s Rehearsal The next combined school’s rehearsal will be held on

Thursday, 21st May at Bonney Theatre, Barmera. All students

attending are required to wear their formal school uniform as

the official program photo is scheduled to take place at this

rehearsal. We will be leave school at 8:50am sharp,

so don’t be late!

T– Shirt Orders A reminder that orders for Festival of Music Choir T-

Shirts are due to Mrs Schmidt by Friday, 22nd May.

From the Business Manager Good day all Parents & Carers

Financial Update:

Statements

Term 2 2015 school fees was included in your April 2015 Statements. As from today the monthly financial

statements will be send home with the newsletter. The statement will be in an envelope and given to the oldest

child in the family at Waikerie Lutheran Primary School. Errata – April statements include payments until 30 April

and not until 31 March 2015.

School Card

Parents applied for school card rebate at the beginning of 2015. The results were received and I allocated the

school card rebate to the families that were eligible. If you applied but did not receive school card rebate you

are welcome to discuss it with myself.

iPad purchases 2016 - Parents of year 3 students

Parents and Careers are reminded that your forms all need to be send back to your classroom teacher to enable

the school to update our data accordingly.

Payment of Fees

Thank you to all parents and carers continuous commitment and up to date payment of fees. If fees need to be

discussed please contact me for assistance.

Uniform

Seasonal Uniform Change

Remember this is the last week for summer and winter uniform as from next week (Week 4) students need to be

dressed in winter uniform. Uniform is available at McCoy Menswear in town.

Expression of Interest

Attention all parents! We are looking at holding a small review of summer uniform lines in time for the new

season. We are re-visiting our summer uniform to ensure that it serves the needs of your child while also best

serving the needs of the school. We are looking at monitoring how each uniform line serves the needs of our

community, and the guiding principles behind why a uniform exists and the part that each piece of uniform

plays. If you would like to be a parent rep, please let me know by contacting the office or e-mail:

hanneliv@wlps.sa.edu.au. Please forward your expression of interest to be a parent representative by Friday 15

May 2015.

Lost and Found Our lost and found basket is overflowing with items such as – lunch boxes, clothes, shoes and even a sleeping

bag. Please see the table in the quadrangle during the week to collect your items.

Enjoy a blessed week!

Hannelie van Niekerk - Business Manager

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 - Joseph Mee. Joseph has been contributing

well to class discussions, eagerly sharing his knowledge with others.

Well done Joseph!

Thinking Skills - Sam Souter. Sam demonstrated excellent thinking

skills in our Maths work on converting measurements. Well done Sam!

Year 4/5

Thinking Skills - Aidan Platten. Aidan was eager to put his thinking

cap on in our Maths lesson this week. He quickly identified patterns in

multiplications by 10’s, 100’s, 1000’s and applied it to his given

questions. Great job Aidan!

Communication Skills - Caitlyn Watkins. Caitlyn has been giving

notable effort to her persuasive writing this term, trying to expand out

her paragraphs. Keep up the great effort Caitlyn!

Year 2/3 Fuss

Communication Skills - Emma Thiel. Emma was well prepared and

organised for News Time this week. She spoke clearly and

confidently about her holidays. Well done Emma, great sharing!

Communication Skills - Olivia Ebert. Olivia showed her creativity in

Maths this week. She drew, coloured and painted a neat picture of

the 4 seasons. Well done Olivia, I enjoy seeing your artistic creations!

Year 2/3 Fladrich

Thinking Skills - Jasmine Macey. Jasmine showed excellent thinking

skills and used ‘I Movie’ to help her group prepare a creative

presentation about how to love a healthy lifestyle. Well done

Jasmine!

Communication Skills - Angelos Myer. Angelos has made great

progress in his reading and is excited about challenging himself by

reading Lexile books. Well done Angelos!

Foundation/Year 1

Thinking Skills - Thivyan Ramesh. Thivyan showed thinking skills

throughout Maths this week. He picked up the concept of tens &

ones when modelling and writing numbers and was able to apply in

many different learning activities and problem solving. Well done

Thivyan.

Self Management Skills - Ashmitha Ramesh. Ashmitha has

demonstrated self management skills both at home and school. She

has been well organised with her reading at home and manages

her time well with learning tasks at school. Great to see Ashmitha

Foundation

Research Skills - Addison Schmidt. Addison engaged with her buddy

to collect information about her chosen lifecycle. Well done Addison

Communication Skills - Ryan Macey. Ryan has demonstrated

effective communication skills when presenting his 3 Way Interview

to his mum. You spoke clearly and had thought about what you

were communicating.

THRASS with the Foundation /Year 1

and the Year 4/5 class

The Year 4/5 Class have been assisting the Foundation/Year 1 Class to become more familiar

with the THRASS chart during our Buddy Class time.