Waikerie Lutheran Primary School. Newsletter. Message from the Principal

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1 Waikerie Lutheran Primary School Newsletter Monday, 25th May 2015 Balanced Caring Communicator Inquirer Knowledgeable Open-Minded Principled Reflective Risk Taker Thinker Week 5 Wed 27 May Fri 29 May Week 6 Mon 1 Jun Wed 3 Jun Fri 5 Jun Week 7 Mon 8 Jun Wed 10 Jun Fri 12 Jun Week 8 Mon 15 June Fri 19 June Week 9 Mon 22 June Fri 26 June Waikerie Lutheran Primary School 16 McCutcheon ST Waikerie SA 5330 Ph: (08) Fax: office@wlps.sa.edu.au Website: Principal: Adam Borgas Term 2 Calendar YEL Forum 8:50am Chapel - Year 2/3 Fuss Bible Presentations Visiting Performance ICAS Science Exam 8:50am Chapel - Foundation/Yr 1 Class Bible Presentations Public Holiday 11:15am Music is Fun 8:50am Chapel - Year 2/3 Fladrich Bible Presentations 8:50am Chapel 8:50am Chapel Message from the Principal Kids with parents who involve themselves in their child s education are more likely to succeed. It s a phenomenon called concerted cultivation and the staff actively encourages this involvement as much as possible in the families of the WLPS community. Just the other day while reviewing our enrolment process I was able to include this information in my notes as a way to begin the conversation about parents and teachers being co-educators. Personally I am reminded that when I pass on, my children will basically be left to fend for themselves. I can prepare them for their future right now by the way I care for their needs now. By showing interest in our kids, we demonstrate those things dear to us. I want to show my kids that I value education and place importance on knowing God and knowing the virtues of love and forgiveness. As a result, I get involved in my kids education and talk about how I am a lifelong learner (we all are); I read to my kids from the Bible and have discussions with them about God and try to practice serving others every opportunity I get. It s a good exercise to be a virtuous person because then more than likely you will have virtuous kids. What things do you hold dear to you that you can ensure you pass onto your kids? We Pray: God, we know that one day we won t be here to parent our kids. Please help us now to demonstrate to our kids now what is important to us, in the hope that they will also adopt these virtues that are dear to us. Have a great week! Adam Borgas Principal Week Jun - 3 Ju Mon 29 Jun School Closed! Choir Rehearsal in Berri WLPS Mobile Families In Our Prayers Monday: Thiel Tuesday: Thiele Wednesday: Thomas Thursday: Van Niekerk Friday: Watkins/Kuchel Lutheran Worship Sunday, 31st May - Trinity Waikerie: 9:00am Lowbank: 9:00am Morgan: 9:00am Ramco: 9:00am Parish Office: Office Manager: Cheryl Paschke Visiting Pastor Robert Voigt Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a supportive Christ-centred community, equipping each student for life.

2 School News Week 10 WOOSHC Bookings Bookings for WOOSHC (in Week 10) need to be confirmed NO LATER than this Friday, 29th May. For WOOSHC to be open, they need a minimum of 8 children booked in per day. The cost of a day at WOOSHC is approximately $48. Unfortunately, if not enough bookings are made, this care option will not be available. For more information or to make a booking, please call: Pink Lady Apples We have locally grown pink lady apples available for purchase from the office for $2.50 a bag. LLL Interest On 31st May the annual calculated interest will be added to all deposit accounts held with the LLL. If you would like to have your passbooks updated (this is for ALL accounts held with the LLL), please drop them into school (without their plastic pocket) by Friday, 29th May. Valuing Safe Community Session There will be a Valuing Safe Communities Session held on Thursday, 18th June commencing at 9:00am in the Hall. Please contact the office on to register your interest for this session or for a future session if this date does not suit. Chess Club Calling all sewers we are looking for a sewer or two that can whip us up 15 material bags with a heavy duty zip to keep our new chess pieces in? Please see Mr Borgas if you could help! The Master Planning Process The Master Plan display is open for comment until this Friday. Please have a look and feel free to comment in the book provided! Comments will then be passed onto our architect Peter. If you haven t seen the display, it is in the Art room until this Friday. If you would like to chat about this exciting visionary process, please speak to a member of school council or teaching staff. NAPLAN Well done to all students in Year 3, 5 and 7 that completed their NAPLAN Tests in Week 3. We value that all students try their best in testing situations. This year NAPLAN administrators are aiming to return results by September. As a staff, we are also looking forward to seeing the results in a slightly different manner with the help of a new tool that aligns data in a slightly different way. Bible Presentations Over the coming 3 weeks, the students in Mr Braun s Class, Mr Fladrich and Miss Fuss Class will be presented with a Bible. Miss Fuss class will receive their Bible this Friday, 29th May, followed by Mr Braun s Class on Friday, 5th June and Mr Fladrich s on Friday, 12th June. Parents/grandparents etc are encouraged to attend these presentations. Morning tea will be organised each week by the respective Class Carers. Scholastic Book Club Orders for the current catalogue are due back to school by Monday, 1st June. Community Noticeboard Sunday Night Live Youth Film Series - Alpha 5pm to 7pm on 14th June, 2015 Eat-Watch-Talk for ages Where? Social centre, Cates Ave, Waikerie Join us for hot dogs, soup, hilarious games, live music, short DVD and short chat as a group. For more info contact Tim Hensel on

3 Corner of Peace When I was a little girl there were times that other children would tease or hurt me and I would complain to my dad about how unfair it all was. My very wise father remained unruffled and gave me the very best advice in telling me that vengeance is mine saith the Lord.at the time I had no idea that he was quoting directly out of the Old King James version of the Bible. But I loved and trusted my Dad and so took his excellent advice to heart, which stood me in very good stead, and gave me a wonderful peace too. Yet all around us it is so common to hear people pursuing vengeance and believing that it is their right to do so. I guess that accounts for the popularity of such Television series as Revenge..I often hear people talking about it, but quite honestly the very title puts me off watching it! The prophet Jonah was another one who ran away from God because he knew about God s compassion and he (Jonah) had a vengeful attitude towards the Ninevites to whom God was sending him. God turned him back anyway and the warnings were made to the people of Nineveh (in modern vernacular we would have seen the people of Nineveh as a very bad nation of terrorists and murders). The people of Nineveh turned away from their terrorism and cruel behaviour and were sorry. And, as Jonah suspected, God forgave them. The story continues in Jonah Chapter 4: ((NLT) Jonah s Anger at the LORD s Mercy): 4 This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry. 2 So he complained to the LORD about it: Didn t I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people. 3 Just kill me now, LORD! I d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen. 4 The LORD replied, Is it right for you to be angry about this? 5 Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 And the LORD God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah s head, shading him from the sun. This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the plant. 7 But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away. 8 And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. Death is certainly better than living like this! he exclaimed. 9 Then God said to Jonah, Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died? Yes, Jonah retorted, even angry enough to die! 10 Then the LORD said, You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly. 11 But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness, [a] not to mention all the animals. Shouldn t I feel sorry for such a great city? It is very encouraging to hear the children, here at school, respond more often than not to one another in caring rather than revenge. They have learnt the lesson so well that Jesus teaches us all: Matthew 6:14-15 (CJB) 14 For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; 15 but if you do not forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will not forgive yours. This was the lesson of peace I also learnt as a child. May God bless you all with His peace too! Moira Ganner Birthdays this Week Matthew Schmidt 27th May Sue Beelitz 28th May Prayers Thank God for providing our students with an opportunity to learning about refugees last Friday, 22nd May at ALWS Awareness Day. Ask God to be with those who are sick or injured. Pray that He will place His healing hands on them. Pray for rain to water the crops.

4 ALWS Day Last Friday, 22nd May our students were joined by 50 students from Loxton Lutheran for ALWS Awareness Day. The children got to learn about and experience what it is like to be a refugee. Here are some of the reflections from Miss Fuss Class: I was brave and tried the rice. William Weir I learnt that refugees have to walk a long way. Ethan Rayner I learnt that refugees get the children to help with the work. Makaylah Childs They have to move because there are wars or they don t have enough food. Aby Mihalopoulos I liked learning about refugees because I didn t know about them before. Amali Nistchke Here are some reflections from Mr Braun s Foundation/Year 1 Class: I ate rice and it was yummy and I liked it. Some of my friends liked rice too. Ashmitha Ramesh I learnt how to talk in a different language. Elizabeth White I made a refugee toilet. Alicia Wood I learnt how to write in a different language. Megen Mihalopoulos Today I made a tent. I enjoyed making it. Thivyan Ramesh

5 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 Thinking Skills - Katie Shugg. Katie demonstrated some critical thinking skills during the ALWS presentation on Friday. She was empathetic towards the challenges faced by refugees. Well done Katie! Thinking Skills - Oscar Page. Oscar demonstrated good thinking skills during our Maths work on Mean, Mode, Median and Range. Well done Oscar, keep it up. Year 4/5 Thinking Skills - Andrew Hanton. Andrew showed he had thought deeply about life as a refugee through his contributions to group discussion at ALWS day! Social Skills - Stella Thomas. Stella worked extremely well in her small group during ALWS day. Their decisions were cooperative which was demonstrated by their work! Year 2/3 Fuss Thinking Skills - Chloe McPherson. Chloe listened and actively participated in all activities on ALWS day. She wrote a detailed and thoughtful reflection about her experiences as a refugee. Great work Chloe! Thinking Skills - Kyesha Watkins. Kyesha demonstrated that she learnt a lot about refugees on ALWS day. She wrote a detailed reflection about her experiences. Well done! Year 2/3 Fladrich Social Skills - Brodie Fechner. Brodie is able to cooperate and work effectively with a wide range of his peers to research the difference between weather and climate. Well done Brodie! Research Skills - Isabella Paschke. Isabella worked confidently when using the Bible to investigate and record events in Jesus life. Well done Isabella! Foundation/Year 1 Communication Skills - Elizabeth White. Elizabeth showed communication skills during Writing Workshop. She was able to write down her thinking very neatly and within the time frame. Great to see Elizabeth. Research Skills - Teni Balogun. Teni demonstrated research skills during spelling this week. He was able to find out different consonant and vowel sounds in number words and record using different colours. Well done Teni! Foundation Self Management Skills - Eden Hensel. Eden demonstrated good time management skills when completing her summative assessment task on cycles. Well done! Research Skills - Marni Lloyd. Marni collected and recorded excellent and accurate information about the lifecycle of a sunflower seed. Well done.