Loxton Primary School Newsletter

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Phone: 8584 7408 Fax: 8584 6493

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Newsletter #7

23/5/2019

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Remember

27th-31st

May 2019

Reconciliation Week

Tuesday 28th

May 2019

NAPLAN Online

Year 5 & 7 Writing

Resit

Wednesday 29th

May 2019

Choir Cluster

Practice LLS

3rd-6th

June 2019

Book Fair

Catch the Reading

Wave

Friday 7th

June 2019

Student Free Day

Monday 10th

June 2019

Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

Volunteers Day

12th & 13th

June 2019

SAPOL Bullying and

Violence Talk

Monday 17th

June 2019

Governing Council

7pm

Inside this Issue

Principal’s Report

LPS Happenings

Mrs Whillas

School News

Minecraft

Community News

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Principal: Sally Wright Deputy Principal: Bernie Lipman Governing Council Chairperson: Donna Felder

We have had another few weeks full of activity at Loxton Primary School. Our students

and teachers have been enthusiastic about their approach to NAPLAN online, which

began last week. We did have some connectivity issues, due to technical difficulties at

the National Test Authority, mainly on the first day of testing, which for us was Year 5

and Year 7 writing. The remainder of the tests however have run relatively smoothly.

The feedback from the students regarding the online platform of testing has been

reasonably positive. Despite any challenges, we have worked to minimise the

disruption to students as much as possible. I must thank our teachers, Bernie Lipman

and Daryn Piltz, our IT Technician, for their work during NAPLAN.

Teachers have ensured that students have been calm and well prepared for the

testing. Bernie's organisation of the tests ensured that timetables for all students and

classes were impacted as little as possible, and Daryn has ensured that any glitches

were rectified as soon as possible. We are very fortunate to have his expertise onsite.

Monday saw 10 of our students participate in the State Athletics Carnival in Adelaide.

We would like to congratulate all participants, who represented Loxton Primary School,

and the Riverland, with pride. We were thrilled to hear that Cameron Rankine, Summer

Smith, Tyler Hucks, Noah Paull and Jonty Koehne all received medals in various events.

This is a fabulous effort at the State level, and also a credit to Mr Kruger's athletics

program.

Yesterday, we had 22 students represent Loxton Primary School in the SAPSASA Cross

Country event held at Martin's Bend in Berri. From that event, we had Robbie Tripp, Jett

Dahlitz and Zach Huddleston who all came in the top 3 of their division. They have

been selected in the Riverland team to travel to Oakbank, along with Saskia Gibbs,

Lana Jaeshcke and Ethan Lawson. We wish them all the best as they train and prepare

for this event.

We have two students who are leading sessions at the STEM Congress, to be held at

the Adelaide Convention Centre shortly. Aaron Schneider and Cameron Rankine are

leading the session on 'Lasers: Light Up Your Life!'. The students will run a workshop on

how lasers are currently used, and how they will be used in the future. We are also

excited to have several students representing Loxton Primary at the Congress. Thank

you Merylyn Rowe for your support of the students attending the conference.

We are excited to welcome four Preservice Teachers to Loxton Primary School

throughout the term. We have Sharna Linke working in 7JC, Georgia Stephens working

in 7MC, Emily Schultz working with 4NA and Kayla Fielke supporting 1WT. As a site, we

are committed to supporting preservice teachers in their journey of development as

they work towards becoming a graduate teacher. We value the input of our skilled

teachers as they support the growth of preservice teachers in their classrooms. We

view this partnership as being mutually beneficial, as our staff and students have

access to the latest information being shared from our universities. We know our

community will welcome our preservice teachers into our classes and our school.

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National Disability

Insurance Scheme

Q & A session – all you need to

know about NDIS to be held on

Thursday 30th May in the Stephanie

Alexander kitchen. Straight after

Week 5 assembly. Come for

coffee and biscuits and a chat.

LPS HAPPENINGS

On Friday the 17th of May around 100 Loxton Primary Students and

parents/carers walked to school from the Loxton Football Oval for the

annual Walk Safely to School Day. The weather was great for being

active and It was a fantastic way to start the day. A big thank you to Mr

Kruger for leading the way and to the Loxton Police for helping to get

our students safely school.

On Monday, the 20th of May, a group

of students from our school and from

schools around the Riverland represent-

ed the Riverland in SAPSASA Athletics

at Santos Stadium. The event ran from

8.30 to 3pm. Out of the country

category, the Riverland came 3rd out

of 21 teams form around the state. Great job to everyone

who participated, there were a lot of fantastic results, PBs and medals.

By Noah Paull

SRC Canteen every Thursday

recess & lunch

Jelly Cups- $1

Muffins- $1

Fruit bars- 50c

Snack packs- chips, pop-corn, rice crackers- 50c

Paddle Pops -$2

Ice blocks- $1

Plus extras each week...

biscuits, zooper doopers, icecream cones etc

On May the 22nd, 22 students participated in the

Riverland District Cross Country at Martins Bend in

Berri to represent our School. It was a great day and

a tough challenge. It was great to see all those

students out there having fun and trying their best.

Special congratulations to Jett Dahlitz and Robbie

Tripp on coming second and I came third. A special

thanks to Mr Kruger for taking all the students and

helping out a lot.

By Zachary Huddleston

BABY LOVE Did you hear? There is a new Royal baby. There has been months of speculation in the tabloids about whether

Meghan was pregnant. Then when it was confirmed that she was pregnant - Would she have twins? What

gender would the baby be? When would it actually arrive? What will they name the baby? One of the news

video’s that I saw showed Prince Harry absolutely beaming with pride at the birth of his son. There was also a

sense of awe and wonder and even disbelief from him about this whole birth process. He said “It has been the

most amazing experience that I could possibly even imagine. How any woman does what they do is beyond

comprehension!” He also said “This little thing is absolutely to die for, I am absolutely over the moon."

Entering into the role of being a parent is often very exciting and awe inspiring as evidenced by Prince Harry, but

for most of us there is also an amount of anxiety and worry about how we will perform as parents. Part of the

problem with parenting is that it is a very subjective thing. Harry and Meghan have reportedly said that they

want their child to grow up as normal as possible. To the average parent though the new royal baby will have

anything but a ‘normal’ upbringing.

When we lived in Adelaide we had some friends who had come from an Asian country to live in Australia. Our

friend said that when her mother visited from overseas (and she would often stay for many months at a time),

she would be critical of her because she didn’t do enough for her children. She would expect that her

grandchildren shouldn’t need to dress themselves or clean up after themselves, even though they were primary

school age. In their culture it was normal for the parent to do a lot for their child. On the flip side, my friend said

that her Australian friends would be quite amazed at how much she did do for her children because they

expected her to be more hands off like them. What one culture thought was ‘normal’ was certainly not normal

to another culture.

Author Ann Voskamp shared some of her thoughts about parenting in a post on Mother's Day. She said that as a

parent "You don't have to know how to do it all. You just have to choose to be all here , right where you are."

She also said "It's the work of every mother to try to give her child the best she can - and the work of every child

to forgive her mother however she can." I think these

quotes signify that sometimes parenting can be very

hard work. The awe, wonder and excitement wear off

pretty quickly when the reality of sleepless nights,

tantruming toddlers, and defiant teenagers sets in. As

parents we won't always get it right and it can get diffi-

cult to see the wonder and beauty in our child when we

are tired and worn out - even though we still love them

immensely.

So what is the trick to surviving this parenting thing? I think

staying positive and 'in love' with our children is vitally

important. Ann Voskamp also said "Life doesn't have to

be the good we expect it to be - for us to accept the

good that it is." Recently I was looking at some baby

photos of one of our children. I found then, as I have in

the past, that looking at baby photos takes me back to

that moment when I first met my baby and feel in love.

Seeing that innocent little child seems to help the muck

and struggle of the present day fall away, and allow love

and positivity to rise.

There is much more to parenting that we could discuss

but time and space prohibit, so for now I will leave you

with a thought from Parenting Coach Sue Atkins, "There

is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real

one." May you be Blessed as you continue to parent your

precious ones.

Rebecca Whillas

Pastoral Care Worker

Term 2 2019 Week HOST PRESENTING

5 5/6N 2WT

7 RV 3/4GH

9 7MC Choir Middle & Upper Primary Grandparents/Special

Person Day

ASSEMBLY CALENDAR

TERM 2 2019

Week Date Event Where

6 6th June SAPSASA Cross

Country Oakbank

8 17-21 June SAPSASA Football/

Netball Adelaide

10 1st July District Hockey

TERM 3 2019

2 2nd August District Soccer Carnival

3 9th August District Tag Rugby

5 22nd August District Basketball Berri

SPORTS CALENDAR

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Term Calendar

Lunches available on Monday, Wednesday

and Friday. Download the QKR app on your

phone and place your order before 8.30am.

Name: Tenaia

House Captain for:

(Go Maggies)

Favourite Colour? All the

pastels

Favourite Food? Nachos

Favourite Sports team? Port

Power/ Thunder birds

What are your hobbies? Netball/eating

What do you love about Loxton Primary school?

Being a Year 7

Why did you want to be a House Captain? Its

good leadership skills

What are you most looking forward to?

Graduation/LHS

What do you hope to achieve as a House Captain?

To change the Health Hustle/ to help

my team win Sports Day

Advice of the week for the students of LPS? Take

every opportunity you can

Magpies

BOOK FAIR 2019

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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