Term 2 Calendar

Week 6

2-6 June

Tue 3 Jun

Fri 6 Jun

Lutheran Schools Week

Lutheran Schools Week Worship Service 8:50am Chapel

Week 7

Mon 9 Jun

Tue 10 Jun

Fri 13 Jun

Public Holiday

8:50am Assembly

8:50am Chapel

11:15am Music is Fun

Book club orders due

Week 8

Mon 16 Jun

Wed 18 Jun

Fri 20 Jun

8:50am Assembly

7:30pm School Council

8:50am Chapel

Week 9

Mon 23 Jun

Thu 26 Jun

Fri 27 Jun

8:50am Assembly

Author Visit

2:30pm Closing Chapel

Week 10

Mon 30 Jun - Fri 4 Jul

No school all week

Reconciliation Week

Term 3 Calendar

Week 1

Mon 21 Jul

Fri 25 Jul

8:50 Opening Chapel

No 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

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5

Today, the Year 6/7 class travelled down to Faith Lutheran College in the Barossa, joining 500 other Lutheran Primary School Kids to celebrate National Lutheran Schools Week. This year, Australia celebrates 175 years of Lutheran Schooling. What a great thing it is to know that over this period of time, many, many students have been connected to Christ through their schooling. In chapel this week, please join us as we will be planting a commemorative tree to mark this milestone in the history of Lutheran schools.

I am proud that our Lutheran School (like all others) strives to provide the best possible education we are capable of (because of our motto ‘All things through Christ’). We prepare students for a successful life as an adult. I am more proud of the fact that we prepare kids for life beyond this earth. We give them an opportunity to learn about Christ and what he has done for them. Jesus says, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6. In our Lutheran Schools, we teach so that kids are prepared for successful lives as adults, and as children of God.

We pray:

Thanks God for Lutheran schools. Help us to fix our eye beyond this world on you. Amen

Have a great week,

Adam Borgas

Tuesday, 3rd June 2014

Waikerie Lutheran Primary School

Newsletter

School Mobile Number is

0457265337

Woodfire Pizza Anyone?? On Friday, 20th June there will be a woodfire pizza lunch at Cindy Kroehn’s house.

Time: from 11:30am

Locations: 56 Benlow Road

BYO: Drinks and 2 or 3 of your favourite pizza toppings.

Come along for some yummy food, great conversations & fellowship. Everyone Welcome!!

Hall Naming Competition The School Council would like to know of any suggestions to name our WLPS hall. We would like to place signage for hall parking, but felt awkward placing signs that just point towards ‘The Hall’. Please SMS all entries to the school mobile phone number 0457265337 (on the front of the newsletter each week).

There will be a prize for the winning entry, valued at $50.00. The winning entry will be a name that suits the ethos and culture of our Lutheran school and the community in which it lies.

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ICAS Competition The Science ICAS Competition will be held on this Wednesday, 4th June.

No Buses Please note that this Friday, 6th June the buses will not be running due to a student free day in the DECD schools.

Public Holiday Please be advised that the school will be closed on Monday, 9th June due to the public holiday.

Music is Fun Our students will be attending “Music is Fun” on Friday, 13th June at the Waikerie Primary School Hall, commencing 11:15am.

School Council The next school council meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18th June commencing at 7:30pm.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to Thivyan Ramesh and William Shugg for completing the Premier’s Reading Challenge.

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 ASAP.

Pink Lady Apples We have locally grown pink lady apples available from the office for $2 per bag.

Scholastic Bookclub Please note that orders for the current Scholastic Bookclub catalogues are due back by Friday, 13th June.

School News

What is your name? Shelby Strauss

Where were you born? Adelaide

How old are you? 13

My favourite subject at school is: Spelling

What is your role on Student Parliament? I am the Minister for Energy Efficiency which means I make sure that all of the lights are turned off and that the doors are kept closed to keep in the cool or the heat.

What do you want to be when you grow up? I would like to be a Nurse.

My favourite TV program or movie: “Peppa Pig”.

My hobbies: Painting, drawing, making, cooking and playing the piano.

My favourite sport is: Football.

What is your favourite food? I really like spaghetti

If you had a super power, what would it be? To be able to ice freeze!

Introducing our Student Parliament This week we introduce our last minister, the Minister for Energy Efficiency, Shelby Strauss

Read You can Orang-utan Last Friday, 30th May, the students were treated to a visiting performance entitled “Read You can Orang-utan” which was as one man puppet show about how people communicate and how Orang-utans are similar to people in the way they communicate. The performance was enjoyed by all and here are some of the Reception students reflections on the show:

“I enjoyed that the Orang-utans were reading the pictures.” Gemma Gay

“I liked the baby Orang-utan when he climbed the ladder.” Megen Mihalopoulos

“It was funny when he got all wrong words.” Levi Hull

“There was a beanstalk.” Monique Weir

“He had 1 character on the front and 1 on the back.” Alicia Wood

Carpark Within the next week, the council will be sealing the last 10 metres of the exit to the school property. If you are leaving the school at this time, please cautiously exit the school via the ‘old front entryway’ onto McCutcheon St. Also, please be aware of the new signage that will be installed on the exit at this time that will indicate ‘Right Turn Only’. This has been a directive from the council to install these signs and is a legal requirement from the date the signage is installed. Thanks for your consideration during the finishing of this project.

Corner of Peace For me the word that keeps coming up this week is “new”………so that is what I let my mind think on. (Thinking so often leads me in strange or unexpected directions!)

In the past weeks children have been learning about recycling in their classes – making something new out of something old. It turns out that we all have learnt how some old things (like plastic bottles for example) can turn into something new (like that new fleece jacket we bought.)

But concentrates and open thinking leads me to agree with Solomon after all! – There is nothing new – not really! We may have a “new” object (whether a house, a car, a jacket or a pencil) – but is it really something totally new! After all it is made up of many “old” things that were already available to be used, and formed into something we now call “new”. It may feel new and we may enjoy it and consider it “new” – at least for a while – but it is not really something totally new and original with nothing “old” in it. We are just not creators ………just re-creators.

The closest we can ever get to creators is when we have a baby. This beautiful baby is a truly unique and new creation – and we got to have a part in that – however the “new” life the baby has is just something we personally cannot give to it – not really! We have the ability to snuff out that life! But if the baby dies – can we give it life! From personal experience I can assure you that, if that newborn child is actually dead, neither we nor medical staff can give it “new” life. That is the prerogative of the divine not of humanity. New life that we have a part in by giving birth, is amazing, precious, exciting and such a privilege …….. But it is not ours to give!

In the first verse of the Bible we hear about something totally new – a universe out of chaos - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, the earth being without form and empty. Different people may have different ideas of how that happened but they would all agree that it was really something “new”. God makes a further promise about something even more unimaginably amazing and wonderful for us in the future. He tells us in Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea……………… 5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!”

God bless you all

Moira

Community Noticeboard

CWCI Riverland Committee invites all women to “Tap into the River of Life” on Thursday, 19th June with speaker Bev Richards.

Morning session commencing at 9:30am until 11:30am at the Waikerie Lutheran Social Centre Hall, 4 Cates Ave.

Tickets $5. Creche available.

Evening session at the Berri Hotel, Riverview Room 6pm for 6:30pm until 9:30pm. Includes main course and coffee and cake. Tickets $25.

Tickets are available from either the Christian Bookshop in Berri or from the CWCI Riverland Committee: Jill Harris (85882460), Pat Harden (85412923), Jill Petersen (85830270) and Janelle Schmidt (85893043).

All welcome!

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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

Social Skills - Adam Weir. Adam demonstrated his leadership skills and ability to work well in groups when assisting younger students and peers with tree-planting at school. Well done Adam!

Thinking Skills - Mitchell Rayner. Mitchell increased his Lexile level significantly since Term 1. All his hard work is paying off. Great job Mitchell!

Year 4/5

Social Skills - Kyton Rayner. During our final clean up for camp, Kyton demonstrated responsibility in many ways, ac-cepting and undertaking jobs that he may not have been responsible for. Wonderful Kyton!

Thinking Skills - Noah Hensel. During our coastal ecology at camp Noah was willing and eager to share both his prior knowledge and his learnt knowledge with others. Well done Noah!

Year 3/4

Communication Skills - Lucy Kroehn. Lucy has shown excellent manners while on camp. She was always patient and always said please and thank you. She was a pleasure to take on camp!

Self Management Skills - Lachlan Ebert. Lachy demonstrated excellent persistence and courage while ice skating on camp. He fell down 9 ties but got up 10. Each time he had a smile on his face. Well done!

Year 2

Self Management Skills - Flynn Andrew. Flynn displayed excellent fine motor skills to master an activity using knots. Well done Flynn!

Thinking Skills - Mark Carter. Mark displayed excellent thinking skills when using his knowledge of number patterns to complete multiplication problems. Well done Mark!

Year 1

Communication Skills - Ellie Bald. Ellie has shown communication skills in her reading and role in our Chapel play. She read with confidence and greater expression. Well done Ellie!

Social Skills - Hugh Thomas. Hugh has demonstrated social skills when contributing to decision making in his group when deciding roles for his drama play. Great to see Hugh!

Reception Class

Thinking Skills - Gemma Gay. Gemma has shown she has greater understanding of what she has read and is making connections between text and self.

Thinking Skills - Levi Hull. Levi showed his creative ability when applying his knowledge of plants to design and construct a flower by reusing/recycling materials.

Families In Our Prayers

Tuesday: Wilson/Webber

Wednesday: Wood

Thursday: Waterson

Friday: School Council

Monday: Andrew

Prayers Ask God to be with our teachers as they

continue their report writing and keep them strong during this busy time.

Pray for our family or friends who are suffering from an injury or illness and pray that He will place his healing hands on them.

Lutheran Worship

Sunday, 8th June 8th Sunday of Easter

Waikerie: 9:00am HC

Lowbank: 10:30am HC

Morgan: 9:00am

Ramco: 9:00am

Pastor Perry Hart Mobile: 0428 359 777

Cheryl Paschke Parish Office: 8541 2689

Birthday’s this Week

Hailey Arnold 4th June

William Shugg 5th June

Years 3/4/5 Camp West Beach 2014

What an awesome time we had! It was rewarding to see our students experiencing some many different and new things. Throughout the 3 days students cooperated and worked together in mixed groups to be inquirers and thinkers at the art gallery. They put their creativity to use in building their own hermit crab amusement parks. They were risk-taker who showed commitment and how to be principled in learning to ice skate. And when ten pin bowling they were caring, cooperative and tolerant towards one another and their abilities. We certainly kept our selves busy and I’m sure they all enjoyed a quiet and relaxing weekend. A massive thank you to the students for their fabulous attitudes and participation. A huge thank you also to the parents who gave up their time to assist us.

Years 3/4/5 Camp Comments

“I really enjoyed ice skating because I was a risk-taker and learnt how to skate.” Massimo

Mitolo

“We had to build a fun park for hermit crabs. I showed creativity by building a big slide for

the crabs.” Alicia Kroehn

“I really enjoyed ten pin bowling. In the first round Will M came first, Mrs Burns second and

I was third.” Ceobahn Wilson-Webber

“I really enjoyed the Planetarium because we went into this little room with a really big dome

above us. When we were all settled the lights went out and the dome filled with stars, planets,

comets and asteroids.” Noah Hensel

“I showed curiosity at the art gallery by looking at some interesting art work and I think I

was open-minded about it.” Joseph Mee

“On camp I learnt that star fish are actually called sea stars.” Aaliyah Loffler

“On camp I really liked watching the ice hockey. I also got to ice skate, it was hard to keep

my balance but in the end I didn’t have to hold onto the wall.” Will Kroehn

“The thing I enjoyed most was ice skating. By the end of the session I could skate by myself

without any help.” Luke Kroehn

“My favourite part of camp was ten pin bowling because I got a spare and strike.” Tiana

Burns

“I was a risk taker when I went ice skating.” Naish Andrew

“On camp I enjoyed going to the Planetarium because it was about space. I loved watching

the video.” Haylee Gore

“I learnt that there are there are different shells like Gastropods and Bivalves.” Felicity

“I was a risk taker because I tried ice skating without using the frames to hold me up.” Grady

Mason

“I didn’t like the lasagne but I was open-minded and ate it anyway.” Aidan Platten

“I learnt at the Planetarium that there are stars in the shape of a scorpion and there are Red

Giants (which are stars).” Taylah Gore

“I learnt how to play some new games like Attack and Defend.” Demi Hart

“I learnt that some clams drill holes in other clams to eat them.” Brodie Bishop

“My favourite part on camp going to the beach because we got to make an adventure park for

crabs.” Jed Thiel