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Waikerie Lutheran
Primary School
6 McIntosh Street
Waikerie SA 5330
Phone: 08 8541 2344
Mobile: 0457 265 337
Interim Principal: Sue Beelitz
www.wlps.sa.edu.au
NEW FACES AT WLPS FOR 2018
F/1 Isla, Lyra,
Caleb,
Amarlee
and Eli
Yr 3/4 Year 6/7
Cooper Harley
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Week 1
Fri 2nd Feb
Sun 4th Feb
No Chapel
10:00am Teachers
Installation and Service
in WLPS Hall
Week 2
Mon 5th Feb
Wed 7th Feb
Fri 9th Feb
8:50am Assembly
4:00pm Valuing Safe
Communities
8:50am Chapel
Week 3
Mon 12th Feb
Tues 13th Feb
Wed 14th Feb
Thur 15th Feb
Fri 16th Feb
8:50am Assembly
Pancake Day
Ash Wednesday
Garden Bed Apps Due
8:50am Chapel
Parent Info BBQ
Week 4
Mon 19th Feb
Fri 23rd Feb
8:50am Assembly
8:50am Chapel
Week 5
Mon 26th Feb
Fri 2nd March
8:50am Assembly
8:50am Chapel
Our students are:
Balanced, Caring, Communicators, Inquiriers, Knowledgeable, Open-Minded, Principled, Reflective, Risk-Taskers and Thinkers
Waikierie Lutheran Primary School
Newsletter Week 1 // Term 1 // Tuesday, 30th January 2018
COMMUNITY NOTICES
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Pick the new hats! 11 were washed and kept as 'spares', and 80 were thrown away! The kids look great!!
Attention all Students with a Green Thumb!
It is that time of year again when we ask any interested
students if they would like to look after a portion of school
property – in the shape of a garden bed! Instruction sheets
on how to apply can be collected from the office.
Applications close on Thursday, 15th February (Week 3).
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
As we begin 2018, I look excitedly at what we do well here at WLPS. We have a
consistent staff and reliable structures here at WLPS. That surely contributes to
better care and service of students. We have academic programs across the school to
ensure students develop in the critical areas of literacy and numeracy, and there is
steadiness from one class to another. We have play based learning and environmental
investigation which starts our students on the right path to social learning – how to work
in groups, how to work as a team; how to solve problems together.
Grit and Grace Grit is a positive psychology term, which we are focussing on this year in learning week. It is the ability to
persevere and be committed to seeing a task through to an endpoint. It is a resilience that comes from:
Having a growth mindset that mistakes are an essential part of learning and are OK.
Being passionate about your task.
Ask your child about GRIT as we go through the first 2 weeks of school!
Adam Borgas
Parent Reps on School Council This year we have two
vacancies on school council
for parent representatives. If
you are passionate about
our school, you may be just the person
we need on school council! Included is
a nomination form to nominate parent
members. Fill in the details and return
to Adam Borgas by the 9th February!
Welcome New Students We welcome our new
students for 2018: in the Year
6/7 class we have Harley, in
the Year 3/4 class Cooper
and in the F/1 class Amarlee, Isla, Lyra,
Caleb, Bryan and Eli. We welcome you
all into our community, and know that
you will find care and support at WLPS!
Valuing Safe Communities Wednesday, 7th February at
4:00 - 5.15pm in Week 2,
Adam Borgas will be running
Valuing Safe Communities. This is a 11/4
hour workshop that we require any new
parents to complete before going on
camps or helping out at school. If you
can attend, please contact the office.
Student Wellbeing As a follow on from last year at
WLPS, staff are surveying
students about their wellbeing.
This is to assist us in providing for
our student’s needs as best we can.
Thank you to Sandie Canney, who is
leading in this area for our staff.
Uniform – from the hat down On Monday, students were
given a new hat in exchange
for their old one. They learned
about respect for their school
uniform, and how wearing their school
uniform is a sign of respect towards their
themselves, their families, the school and
each other. The wearing of school
uniform was highlighted as a strength of
WLPS by parents in our strategic planning
last year, and so this year I am ensuring
(as a part of the principal’s job) that we
are adhering to school uniform.
Learning Weeks The first two weeks at WLPS are
known as our learning weeks.
This is where we learn about
Who We Are as learners and as
a community. Students learn about how
their brains work to comprehend infor-
mation and be creative, as well as talk
about the best conditions for learning.
Schoolhouse (Piano) Mrs O’Brien is living in the schoolhouse for
the first 6 months of the year, while we
further investigate and plan for the use
of this space as a part of the school’s
masterplan.
Piano lessons will also be located
in the schoolhouse during the day.
Students are to enter in the front
door, where chairs are located to wait
quietly for the beginning of the lesson.
We thank Mrs O’Brien for her willingness
to share this space while she is at work!
Waikerie Lutheran Primary School is a Christ-Centred community equipping each student for life. SCHOOL NEWS
2018 Term Dates
Term 1: 29th January - 13th April
Term 2: 30th April - 4th July
Term 3: 23rd July - 28th September
Term 4: 15th October - 13th December
School Office Hours
8:30am - 4:00pm
Office Staff
Business Manager
Mrs Van Niekerk
Administration
Mrs Schmidt (Mon to Thur)
Mrs Shugg (Wed to Fri)
Families in our Prayers this week
Bell
Bishop
Borg
Borgas
Braun
Waikerie Lutheran Parish
Worship Roster
Sunday, 4th February
WLPS: 10:00am
Combined Parish Service in the D’Vine Hall followed by a pooled
lunch. All welcome!
Pastor Lee Kroehn: 0407600293
Office: 8541 2689
Office Hours: 10am-1pm Thursday and Friday
Birthdays
Natalie Mackintosh, William Weir, Ethan Schmidt, Melissa Schmidt
Welcome to everyone this New Year.
The power of ‘I can” is what God promises to us all if we depend on Him; a most appropriate thought for
this new school year: may it be a year of peace, joy and wonderful surprises for all of us.
God bless, Moira
CORNER OF PEACE
Parent Information Night and Communication To add to this, this year we are introducing consistency in communication between
class and home, with an app called SeeSaw. Please come along on Friday 16th
February at 5.30pm to learn about this great platform and receive personal
assistance from teachers to set it up on your device. It will transform your
relationship with your child as you find a whole new way to meaningfully share what
they do at school.
Evening format:
TIME SESSION DETAILS ACTIVITIES
5.30 - 6:00pm First classroom sessions for in-
formation evening
Sprinklers on for kids (bring
bathers and towels)
6:00 - 7:00pm BBQ tea and voting for parent
representatives on school
council
Families sitting down to a
BBQ tea (BYO plates,
cutlery and drinks. Meat
supplied and bring a salad
to share)
7.15 - 7.45pm Second classroom information
session (for those parents with
multiple children)
Sprinklers on for kids (bring
bathers and towels)