West Lakes Shore School R-7
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Principal Sue Toone
Deputy Kellie Brown
Senior Leader Paul Marshall
Business Manager Cheryl Jaeschke
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Wednesday, 19th November 2014
Volume 19
Diary Dates
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KMART WISHING TREE PERFORMANCE
NEW RECEPTION
TRANSITION VISITS
Weeks 5 & 6
ADDITIVE ALERT
Date: Wed 19th Nov
Time: 7pm
Where: Staff room
PUPIL FREE DAY
Friday 21st Nov
VOLUNTEER MORNING
TEA
Date: Tues 25th Nov
Apologies incorrect date
displayed in last newsletter
NUDE FOOD DAY
Date: Thurs 27th Nov
Bring wrapper and package
free food
CHRISTMAS ALL AROUND
THE WORLD CONCERT
Date: Tuesday 2nd Dec
Back up date:
Thursday 4th Dec
LOCAL CHURCH
CHRISTMAS
PRESENTATION
Rec - Yr 5
Date: Friday 5th Dec
YEAR 7 GRADUATION
Date: Thursday 11th Dec
Last Day of School
Fri 12th Dec
- NO LUNCH ORDERS Absentee Number: 8449 7574
(4:30pm-9:00am)
Phone: 8449 7255
Facsimile: 8449 1559
Save the Children
Global Peace School
Last Wednesday morning with the help of some of the children's mums, I
took 25 Year 5 students from the Senior Choir to sing at the launch of the
West Lakes Kmart Wishing Tree. It is an initiative that has been running for
27 years to help provide Christmas gifts for those children who might
otherwise not receive any presents on Christmas morning.
After the management opened this year's appeal the choir alternated with
the Salvation Army Band to sing four brackets of their favourite Christmas
songs. They were then treated to some celebration cake, sweets bags and
drinks as a thank you for their wonderful efforts. A number of people passing
by congratulated the choir on their performance and their excellent
behaviour. They certainly did West Lakes Shore School proud.
Well done to you all.
Pat Dunlop
YEAR 5/6 ZOOSNOOZE
On behalf of SD6 we would like to thank
everyone who participated in our casual
day to raise money for the orangutans.
Our final total was $742.
A magnificent effort!
At the Zoosnooze we handed the cheque
to Jodie, who is the S.A. rep of The
Orangutan project which raises money to
rescue orangutans who are in danger
because of deforestation and the illegal pet trade.
We had fun on the Zoosnooze and learnt lots about animals.
Activities included a bbq dinner, night walk to see the nocturnal
animals active, education classes, feeding times for the pelicans,
penguins and lions. We made pine cones with stuffed sultanas
and drizzled in honey and were also given fruit and veg to hide
in lots of tricky places for Akbar the sun bear to find in his
enclosure. This was to challenge his gathering skills.
SD6
NUDE FOOD DAY 27TH OF NOVEMBER!
NEW RECEPTIONS
It was wonderful to meet our new reception
students for 2015. With a single start date,
providing a good transition program for our next
group of students has been a challenge.
However, we have managed to get all 100
students to school and enjoying their first
experiences with very few tears from children or
parents. Students are back for their second
sessions this week. Many parent/caregivers have
taken the opportunity to do the volunteer
training and organise their DCSI clearances for
working with children as volunteers. Our current
reception students made a short video clip to
share with the new students and their parents.
This proved a big hit and well done to our young
movie stars.
PUPIL FREE DAY
Just a reminder that this week there is a pupil
free day on Friday the 21st November. This day
gives staff the chance to reflect on the data we
have about our students achievements and
develop better plans for supporting every child's
learning in 2015. You may have read in last
week’s
Advertiser
about
schools
setting
improvement targets and reviewing and sharing
them annually. We have set targets for many
years and they can be found in our school
improvement plan on the website. We report
against them on our annual report which is also
on the website.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
We held a special assembly for
Remembrance day and were pleased to
have Mr Mik Bojko as our guest. Mik works in the
school sometimes as a relief teacher and is a
Vietnam veteran. Next year is the 100th
anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign and we are
planning some special learning activities in term
1 next year leading up to this commemoration on
25th April. We will give you core information later
in the year.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS AT SCHOOL
A reminder that ALL parent volunteers helping in
the canteen, class room, with sport, on
excursions, with swimming, camps etc. must
have a clearance from the Department of
Communities & Social Inclusion. This clearance
can take up to 5 months and is valid for 3 years.
So it is recommended that if you are intending to
be an active helper at our school you contact the
front office for the appropriate form. As well as
the DCSI clearance, our volunteers are required
to attend Volunteer Training every 3 years
conducted at school. Please attend our session
tomorrow, Thursday 20th
November between
9:00 – 10:30am in the staff room.
National nude food day is an awesome way to
teach kids and adults to learn how their actions
can make a difference to the environment and
their own health. Kids learn the benefits of a
healthy lifestyle, environmental protection and
the changes their actions can make. We can
teach the next generation to be global
innovators.
Establishing the importance of this to kids can
have lifelong benefits not only for themselves but
the broarder community as well. The impact we
can have with national nude food day is
massive!!
Our mission is to create nude food
warriors!!
What can you do to become a
nude food warrior!!
On Thursday 27th of November. Can everyone
please try to reach our goal of not bringing any
wrappers or packaged food to school?
Some ways to do this are
 Bring snap lock lunchboxes
 Bring fresh food
 If you want a slushy - bring your
own cup to school
PARENT INFORMATION SESSION
Marianne Organ Presents
‘Your Guide to Safer Shopping ‘
based on Julie Eady’s best selling book
ALL WELCOME Bring a Friend too
TONIGHT - 19th November @ 7pm
West Lakes Shore School
Staffroom
Most of us have no idea what’s really in the food we
eat and the foods we feed our families every day.
 Learn startling facts about the way our foods have
changed
 Become aware which additives may be linked to
children’s health & learning
 Which foods to avoid and why
 Some ideas for healthy lunchboxes and how this
can impact on children’s learning
 Avoid harmful additives in your diet
 Improve your health for your families future by
adding more ‘nude food’ to your diet
 Become educated about what’s in your food to
enable you to make informed decisions about
what you buy at the supermarket
 Reduce the amount of packaging in your life
 Labelling/Advertising tricks
COMMUNITY NETWORK
WARM WELCOME TO ALL NEW
RECEPTION PARENTS
The members of the Community
Network wish to extend a warm
welcome to all new families joining West Lakes
Shore School next year.
We hope that all the new Reception students
enjoyed their transition to school; we wish them
well as they start school next year.
The members of the Community Network would
love to see you at our get togethers. All events
are advertised via the newsletter and Skoolbag
App.
Check out our flyer in your Reception Information
Pack!
STRETCH CORNER
More Lateral Thinking!
1. Trouble with Sons
A woman had two sons who were born on
the same hour of the same day of the same
year. But they were not twins. How could
this be so?
2. Push that Car
A man pushed his car. He stopped when he
reached a hotel at which point he knew he
was bankrupt. Why?
Simple Sums!
Q1: The equation shown below is not correct:
5 + 5 + 5 = 550
? Can you make the equation correct by placing
just one stroke?
Hint: Putting a stroke through the equal sign is
an inventive solution, but not the one we are
looking for!
Q2. The equation shown below is not correct:
7+1=5–1
? Can you make the equation correct by moving
just one sign or digit to the other side of the
equal sign?
Hint: Note that 7-1=5+1 is not a correct solution
because then you have moved two signs
(exchanged the plus and minus signs.)
The antidisestablishmentarianism Challenge
So far, one family has managed to make 569
words from one of the biggest words in the
English language.
Can your family beat this record number?
Send in your favourite puzzles for the Christmas
edition of the Newsletter Stretch Corner.
Email your puzzle ideas to:
[email protected] or drop a
copy into the front office. Don’t forget to provide
the solution!
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Instrumental music tuition for students in year 5,
6 or 7 in 2015.
There will be some spaces next year for your
child to participate in Brass, Woodwind or
Percussion lessons. These lessons are held at
school weekly and there is an expectation that if
students participate they are committed to
attending all sessions and spending time at home
to practise.
Preference will be given to year 5 and 6 students
but will not exclude students in year 7.
The number of interested students will depend on
whether the instrumental teachers will need to
hold auditions this year or not.
If your child has the desire and passion to learn
an instrument, please respond to me by phone or
email by Friday 28th of November.
[email protected]
BOOK FAIR
Thank you to all those
people who supported our
recent Scholastic Book Fair.
We are pleased to announce
that the Resource Centre
has
received
just
over
$1,500.00 worth of books as
commission. A big ‘Thank
you’, also, to our volunteers
- Narelle Autio, Lisa Russell,
Elizabeth Wolthers, Sarah
Martin, Megan McDonald, Donna Noone, Deanna
Watson, Susan Duplock and Marianne Organ and
our staff and student helpers who helped us
promote the Book Fair – Peita Backhouse,
Charlotte, Bailey, William, Ruby and Lani.
CANTEEN – STOP PRESS
At the end of the year we will transition
from Flexischools to QkR (Quicker)
which is the Commonwealth Bank
online ordering system. The reasons
for this change are significantly lower cost to the
school and no transaction cost for families.
Additionally, families will no longer be required to
have an account with funds in order to order,
instead payment is processed from your
debit/credit card at time of ordering. Further
information will be distributed in the near future.
Any families with credit left on Flexischools can
request to be reimbursed after the 11th Dec
through their account online. No costs will be
incurred.
Last Day of Term
- No lunch orders will be taken
on the last day of school Over counter sales will be available at both
recess and lunch time. This gives us the
opportunity to clear current stock.
CONGRATULATIONS
Karah S competed in the
Under 12 State SAPSASA
Softball competition in
Toowoomba from the 9th
- 14th November 2014.
Karah was selected as
the Vice Captain of the
Team. The team Finished 3rd for the Week - The
highest achievement from a State Team in
Softball since 1996.
VOLUNTEER MORNING TEA
Apologies as incorrect date was displayed in our
last newsletter. Volunteer morning tea will be
held Tuesday 25th November.
LOCAL CHURCH CHRISTMAS SEMINAR
On Friday 5th December, the Le Fevre Schools
Ministry Team will be visiting the school to
perform a Christmas seminar for grades R-5, as
they have in previous years. Permission forms
will be sent home separately to every student.
One per child must be signed and returned to the
class teacher by Friday 28th November to enable
them to attend the seminar.
VINNIES NEEDS YOUR HELP
We are proudly
collecting
nonperishable
food
items and new
toys for Vinnies to distribute to families less
fortunate than us. These items will mean that
these families have a chance to celebrate
Christmas Day with a special meal too. Some
food ideas are: Tinned ham, turkey, pasta, rice,
coffee, tea, jams, honey, cakes, biscuits, long life
milk, long life juice etc. Some new toy ideas are:
Building blocks, puzzles, teething toys, musical
toys, dolls, colouring pencils, craft packs, bath
toys, jewellery, diaries, pens, body lotions, gift
vouchers, electronic games, balls, etc. These
donations need to be delivered to your child’s
classroom by the end of week 7 by the 28th Nov.
YEAR 7 GRADUATION SEATING
th
The year 7 graduation will be held on the 11
December. We have now been able to secure
upstairs seating in the auditorium at the Family
Christian Centre. This means that there will be no
problem with extra family members obtaining a
seat to view this exciting event.
WHOOPING COUGH
We have had confirmed cases of ’Whooping
Cough’ reported at the school. This is a bacterial
infection of the nose and throat. The illness often
begins with cold like symptoms of runny nose,
sore watery red eyes, low grade fever and
general unwellness. After three to seven days, a
dry cough develops. The cough is usually present
for many weeks and may last for months. The
person is highly infectious when the ‘cold-like’
symptoms occur in the early stages. Without
treatment, a person is infectious for the first 3
weeks of coughing. With appropriate antibiotic
therapy, the person is no longer infectious to
others 5 days after starting antibiotics.
A student with Whooping Cough should not
attend school until 5 days after starting antibiotic
treatment, or if not treated, they should be
excluded from school for 21 days from the start
of symptoms.
If your child is showing any of these symptoms,
we recommend that you visit with your Doctor
and make them aware that there have been
cases of Whooping Cough at our school. Please
be aware that although you may have been
immunised for Whooping Cough the effectiveness
of the immunization decreases over time and
boosters are advised.
COMMUNITY NEWS
We are happy to support local organisations and groups however, please
understand that we take no responsibility for the quality of any of the
programs and products included in our Community News.
ADELAIDE OLYMPIC FC
JANUARY TRIALS
Next round of U6 to U15 trials will be held Mon
26th and Wed 28th January - 6pm at Jubilee
Reserve - Cnr Sansom Road & Hawkesbury Way,
West Lakes Shore. Players 5-14 years welcome.
JUNIOR COACHES POSITIONS
We are currently looking for coaches for 2015
Season. Training minimum twice a week on
either Monday, Wednesday or Friday nights with
matches played Sunday mornings. To express
interest or for more info please email Kimmy
Pham Soe [email protected]
DEC SCHOOL HOLIDAY SOCCER CLINIC
Mon 15th – Thurs 18th Dec 9am-3pm at Ferryden
Park. Cost $130. WLSS students, AOFC members
and health care card holders will receive 10%
discount ($117). All welcome. Registrations close
10th Dec.
For more information on any of the above refer
to www.aofc.com.au or link on school website.
GLENUNGA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
IGNITE PROGRAM INFORMATION EVENING
Tuesday 9/12 at 6:30pm in the Year 12 Learning
Centre. For more information phone 83795629 or
email [email protected] to register interest.
Assessment will be held on Saturday 21/2/15 at
the school.
TAFE SA CHRISTMAS GINGERBREAD
HOUSE COMPETITION
TAFE SA is running its first ever Gingerbread
House competition for children aged 6-14 years.
We supply the gingerbread house, all you need to
do is decorate it. Judges will evaluate all
creations and prizes will be awarded. Saturday
6/12,
11am-1pm
at
TAFE
SA
Regency
International Centre, 137 Days Rd, Regency Pk.
Cost$55 per child. For further information phone
83484097 or email [email protected]
In the event of the concert being cancelled due to extreme weather, a cancellation note will be
sent home on the day of the concert. The back-up date will be Thursday 4/12/14.
We are collecting donations for the Vinnies of non-perishable food. Please send your donations to your child’s class.
Please Note:
BYO Picnic on Oval: From 5.30 – 6:30pm
Sausage Sizzle:
From 5.30pm from the OSHC Building - drinks, cupcakes, lolly bags, chips will also be available for
sale on the night by Adelaide Olympic Soccer Club (proceeds to go towards oval restoration)
Gelati and coffee will be available for sale (with part proceeds to the school)
Where:
Concert to be held at the amphitheatre near the OSHC building (North West Oval)
Start:
7.00pm
Finish:
It is expected that the concert will conclude at approx. 8:15pm
Students are expected to remain in their class areas until all performances are completed. Nonperforming students may attend with their families, but must remember to follow the guidelines of
good audience manners. No bikes are permitted on the oval/asphalt.
You are invited to attend the West Lakes Shore School Christmas All Around The World Concert.
This is a community event and we encourage you to bring along family and friends.
Tuesday December 2nd 2014
CHRISTMAS ALL AROUND THE WORLD CONCERT
WEST LAKES SHORE SCHOOL
INSIGHTS
Building parent-school partnerships
WORDS Malcolm Dix
Oh, so serious!
When Malcolm Dix found himself taking life
too quickly and too seriously, he decided to
take a dose of his own medicine.
Everywhere I go I hear from parents that
they are too busy, too stressed, and have too
much to do and not enough time. Many social
observers say parents seeing themselves
as ‘time poor’ is at epidemic levels, a belief
that is only compounded by technology that
enables us to be connected 24/7.
At one point I personally had to take some
time to stop and honestly reflect upon my
own life and that of my family. It didn’t take
long for me to see that I too had become
caught up in the ‘busyness’ of life.
I knew that for the sake of my kids and
my family, I had to make a change but it
requires a day-in day-out conscious level of
commitment – a commitment to practise
joy, fun, patience, forgiveness, silliness, bad
dancing and reflection.
Currently I’m doing seven things to calm
my life down and that of my family while
trying to create more space for my children
to simply enjoy their childhood. (Some of
the following I’m sure you already do but it’s
taken me a while to figure them out).
My strategies to slow down and not
be so busy are as follows:
1 Eat together as a family at the
table at least four nights a week
There has been more and more written about
the importance of families eating together
and the positive effect it has on children and
adults alike. I have to say I’m enjoying it.
2 Avoid watching the nightly news
5 Exercise together
I’ve stopped watching the news and to my
surprise the sky never collapsed as I had
feared. I’m a much happier man not watching
the oh-so-depressing’ news.
I exercise with my kids at least four times a
week, usually at the local park kicking the
footy, throwing a frisbee, running with our
dog and so on. I have realised that the best
way to get them all moving is by moving
myself too.
3 Turn off the TV and sit
around an open fire
I’ve constructed a simple fire pit in our innercity backyard and every second weekend my
partner, the kids and I toast marshmallows,
listen to funny songs, talk and look up at the
stars. Who needs to go camping to enjoy the
outdoors! My eldest boy (13 years old) is also
learning to set a fire and his younger brothers
are learning a lot about flames, hot coals and
what happens to marshmallows when they
are left in the fire for too long. Meanwhile my
16-year-old daughter will stare at the flames
for an hour thinking about who knows what
… but for me this is better than seeing her
staring at social media or watching mindless
television.
4 Dance together
I’ve made the conscious decision to start
dancing in the kitchen with my kids at least
three times a week. I can’t dance to save
myself, however I have three boys and if
they are ever going to learn to dance and
be comfortable with moving their bodies, I
suddenly realized I have to lead the way. This
parenting caper sure can be humiliating at
times, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
6 Explore nature together
I’ve started spending more time in nature
with my kids by taking them to the river, the
hills, lakes, nature parks. I keep it local, with
the occasional longer drive on weekends.
I contacted my local council and found so
many fun things to do as a family in my local
area that I never knew existed … who would
have thunk it!
7 Limit your own
social networking
I have severely reduced my time spent on
social media such as Facebook, Twitter
etc. My personality type could disappear
into social media and never come back so I
knew I had to significantly change my ways
and, once again, it’s all about positive role
modelling for my kids.
So there you have it, my strategies for
simplifying and calming my family life. As a
result I’m happier, less stressed and far more
‘present’ for everyone which, in turn, is having
a positive effect on my kids.
Malcolm Dix
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