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Dear Families,
On November 16, the Commissioner of Police, acting in his role as the State Coordinator responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the Emergency Management (Education and Early Childhood Settings Vaccination) (COVID-19) Direction 2021.
Under this Direction, COVID-19 vaccinations will be mandatory for all people who work or volunteer at Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School, except those who have a medical exemption endorsed by the Chief Public Health Officer. This includes:
- All of our staff and contractors
- Anyone who visits our schools/preschool/children’s centre for work purposes
- Our Governing Council members
- All volunteers and parent helpers (people who assist with reading, camps, excursions, canteen, fundraising etc).
Under this Direction, all of the above-mentioned people must receive at least 1 dose of a Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) approved COVID-19 vaccination and a booking to receive a second dose by 11.59pm on 10 December 2021, which is the last day of term.
The Direction does not apply to students, parents dropping off or picking up children, attending parent teacher interviews, events or similar, as long as they are not working or volunteering at the event and COVID safe measures are followed.
More information about the Direction is available on The Department for Education website: education.sa.gov.au
Our number one priority is providing a safe environment for our students and for our staff, and this new measure aims to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
General News
It’s been a whirlwind of a term so far. I had the pleasure to visit the AFL MAX overnight camp with Rooms 3, 4 and 5. Thank you to the staff who supervised and to the students who demonstrated our values of Respect, Responsibility and Effort whilst away.
The students had a great time and developed their leadership skills.
The year 6/7’s attended their annual Aquatics Day at West lakes and our students have been busy learning their routines for the Footsteps Showcase. The prizes for the Colour Run have been ordered and we will be in touch with students when they arrive. Again, thank you to everyone who supported us with this fundraiser. We raised over $21,000.
Remembrance Day
Last week we acknowledged the end of WW1 with a school assembly. Thank you to the Young Leaders who coordinated the service at school.
Class Placements 2022
We are now completed our class placement process and are finalising staffing for 2022.
It may take several weeks until the staffing side of things is finalised but we hope to be able to send out all this information in the last week of school.
Reception Transition Visits
Our new Receptions for 2022 have now had two visits to the school and the feedback and observations have been excellent.
Our Year 4 mentors have done an outstanding job in supporting our new students.
It has been wonderful to see the efforts that they have put in and the positive relationships that they have already formed.
The final visit is planned for next Tuesday.
End of Year Event
Our Footsteps Showcase will occur on Tuesday 30th November starting at 6pm under the COLA. We do need to meet COVID-19 guidelines and will be asking that only 2 adult family members attend. 2 tickets will be issued per family and QR check-ins will be required at the gates. We will be asking families to socially distance and wear masks whilst on the school grounds. This is our first step back to normal school functions on our grounds. However, it will look a bit different to previous concerts. We won’t be hosting the traditional BBQ, so families will need to bring a picnic or eat before the event. Thank you for your support. Please note, this is subject to change in directions from the Government.
Week 6 Attendance Award
Congratulations to year 7 student Serina from Room 17 on winning our 100% attendance award for weeks 1-6.
Diary Dates
Wednesday 24th November - Year 7 Indonesian Dinner
Tuesday 30th November - Footsteps Showcase
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd December - Year 6/7 transition to Le Fevre High School, Oceanview College and Seaton High School.
Monday 6th December – Year 6 Graduation
Tuesday 7th December – Year 7 Graduation
Wednesday 8th December - Sports Assembly
Thursday 9th December – Reports and class placement letters go home
LAST DAY OF TERM
Friday 10th of December
2pm Dismissal
Regards,
Bob Bowden
All classes in Reception and Year 2 participated in the "Cook n Create" incursion where students made pizzas or sausage rolls as a part of their science topic of "Mixtures". They had a ball making dough and pastry from scratch, learning new cooking skills and techniques. The best part was being able to eat their creations for lunch!
In Week 4, fifty-seven of the students from rooms 3, 4 and 5 went on a one-night camp to AFL Max. The whole experience was about learning leadership skills and strategies through a variety of practical activities such as goal setting, understanding our strengths, problem-solving and interactive team challenges.
After the day at school we went home to get ready and by 4:30 pm we started arriving. Most of us were a bit nervous about being away from home. Our teachers and the AFL Max staff were there waiting to welcome us as we all arrived. We put our sleeping bag, pillow and overnight bag into a storage room and began to gather in the learn zone.
Sam, Aiden and the rest of the staff welcomed us, explained the rules and then off we went for a quick guided tour. It was huge! Apparently, the whole place had an area of over 5500 square metres! After the tour we split up into three separate groups and had free-time to try out some of the equipment.
At about 7pm we went upstairs to the cafeteria area for dinner. Lasagne was on the menu with salad, bread roll and a fruit-box, yum! Afterwards we had some more time to run, climb, jump, kick the footies and just hang out. At about 8:30 we got out the sleeping mats then went to get changed into a variety of PJ’s and Oneseys’s!
We spread ourselves out in front of the big screen to enjoy the movie with popcorn and a delicious doughnut! We began to wind down before sleeping. Some of us were beginning to run out of energy (especially the teachers!).
Eventually everyone fell asleep and before we knew it, 6am came around, some of kids were beginning to wriggle around in their sleeping bags and becoming restless. “Shhhhhhhh!” the teachers said (they needed more beauty sleep than us!)
We put our sleeping mattresses and bags away, got changed and went upstairs for breakfast at 7am. Coco pops or corn flakes, toast, yoghurt, fruit box and we were soon ready a full day of action. We were put into groups and went to different areas. We got to do lots of fun stuff like soccer and footy target kicks, wipeout, inflatables, interactive games, rock-climbing, and trampolining.
By the time 2:45 came around we were a bit exhausted. We slept well at home that night!
On the 1st of November Room 20 & 21 had a burger fundraiser to raise money for our year 6/7 graduation. We first started the idea in a maths lesson. During the maths lesson we looked at the prices of all the ingredients that we would need. We started to look at what shop was best to get them from to get the best price. We sent out a marketing group to advertise the burgers and to give out notes to the classes and even put up posters around the school. We chose Coles and a week later we went to the supermarket and got all the ingredients. The following week we prepared for the fundraiser. We had a crew to cook the burgers, a crew to prepare, a crew to pack, and a crew to take the burgers to all the classes. We had 4 options to choose from, the lot, plain, cheeseburger and the vegetarian burger. The lot burger included meat patties, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, hamburger rolls and tomato sauce. We also had a vegetarian option which had the same ingredients but a vegetarian patty instead. With all burgers everyone received a fruit box with their order. The cost for each burger was $6.50. Each burger cost us $3.00 roughly to make. From the burgers we made a $517.00 profit what went towards our graduation. We had lots of fun making the burgers and thank families for their support.
Lucas & Cooper
Room 20 & 21
We are in the final sprint to the finish.
What a wonderful year of learning and discovery many of us have had this year. Every month I appreciate the wonderful qualities and richness in this school community and am thankful that I am here.
What's the Buzz
We have wrapped up What’s the Buzz with most of the junior primary classes and as we farewelled Archie’s Journey through School, we had a reflection on the things we have learnt this year. Themes, of ‘how to share’, ‘taking turns’, ‘waiting respectfully’, ‘asking for help’ and ‘how to calm yourself when your brain is getting too fast to think clearly’ dominated most of these ‘take away’ messages. Rooms 11, 15 and 16, will finish their journey’s soon.
The trial we have been undertaking with empowering the students to take more ownership of their emotions and developing self regulation strategies using the 5 point scale model has shown some very rewarding and encouraging outcomes throughout this term. A huge thankyou to rooms 8 and 15 along with Miss Hayley and Miss Zuanic for coming on this exciting journey. We hope to expand this strategy in 2022.
Room 18 has been exploring the benefits of Mindfulness as a personal practice in terms of greater alertness to the present moment, discovering more enjoyment of the now, and how it when practised well can help us handle the ever-present stresses of modern life. They especially enjoyed the mindful eating task we tried this week.
Santa’s Sack is back!
It’s that time again to help pack Santa’s Sack!
We are inviting everyone in the community to help someone else enjoy the festivities at Christmas. So please look in your cupboards, or grab something with your regular shopping to place in the box in the front office. Items needed are non-perishable foodstuffs, any long-life non refrigerated items, such as milk or juice, disposable cutlery or plates, bonbons, serviettes and other Christmas items. We are collecting goods from now through to Wednesday the 8th December to ensure it gets to those in need through St Vincent De Pauls in time for Christmas Day.
Our new sign reminding us of our behaviour expectations on our oval is due to be installed in week 7 or 8. Look out for it!
Something to ponder;
“The road to freedom –here and everywhere on earth-– begins in the classroom.” – Hubert Humphrey
Tuesday Night the 9th November was a very special night for 22 of our fantastic students. Mr Bowden, Ms Leaney and Bronte travelled with them and a family member into the Historic Bonython Hall at The University of Adelaide on North Terrace in the city to attend their very first Graduation Ceremony. It was all very exciting and quite a formal occasion. To see their excited and proud faces cross the stage as they received their awards from the Vice Chancellor, was such a privilege and delight. They should be very proud of their achievements, we certainly are.
Ellia (R4) and Aimee (R14) along with their mum and close friends held their 4th annual Charity Bake Sale. This year raising money for The Royal Flying Doctors Service. It was their best year yet and managed to raise an amazing $2,035!
A big thanks to the teachers and many families who came along to help support the sale.
On the 22nd of October Miss Bowe’s and Mr McGorman’s classes walked to Semaphore beach. The weather was perfect! We played on the playground and some sport, we also had hot chips and a juice box. After that we packed up our bags and headed off to the sand. We did a fun challenge of who could build the tallest sand castle or the most decorative. Lila, Olive, Eliza, Aaliyah, Sarah and Stavroula all won the award of the most decorative sand castle. Jake, Lucas, Cooper and Lindsay won the award of the tallest sand castle. Lastly, we all had some free time on the sand playing in the sand dunes, making sand angels, playing cricket and we even buried Olive and Sarah in the sand. At the end of the day we all went back to the grass to wash our feet and put our shoes back on, ready to walk back. We had a really nice day together.
On Monday 15th November, Week 6 the year 6’s went to an Indonesian dinner at Hut and Soul in the City.
There was a lot of delicious food to eat. Some foods were different to what I usually would eat at other restaurants.
Dessert was green pancakes filled with sweet coconut, served with strawberries and ice cream. It was the best part of the meal.
It was good to be without parents and was a very fun night!
Tahlia
Room 17
Last Monday, all of the year 6 & 7 classes went on an excursion to West Lakes Aquatics Centre. We were organised into groups and given a safety talk, just in case. We all participated in multiple activities, including sailing, kayaking, surfing and canoeing. It was an extremely enjoyable day, and we can’t thank our teachers enough for allowing us such privileges. We raced in canoeing, capsized each other in kayaking and fell off many, many times during surfing! We all ended up a little burnt, yet contended none the less.
Lila
Room 21
On Friday, 12th November Bu Karen visited Forbes PS for their ‘Indonesia Comes To School‘ programme that was put together by Bu Lehmann (who often does TRT at LeFevre) and the Indonesian Community supported by the Indonesian Consulate, The School of Languages and Dignitaries of Premier Stephen Marshall’s office.
We hope to be having our own similar programme one day in the future.
As a result Bu Lehmann brought the Go Carts used on the day to LeFevre and some lucky students from Rooms 8, 11 and 16 had fun pushing each other under the COLA.
Organisation | Persistence | Resilience | Getting Along | Confidence |
Izayiah R21 Sasha R22 |
Bella R3 |
Selina R4 |
Ethan R5 |
Marlon R3 |