Dear Parents and Caregivers,

What an amazing Sports Day. It was fabulous to combine our Colour Run and Sports Day.

Congratulations to the RED team on winning our Sports Day.

Thank you to all of the team captains who did an amazing job organising the team chants and the warm up routines. I was impressed with their organisation and enthusiasm.

It was great to see some new activities during the tabloid events. The students were fantastic all day.

Thanks to Amanda Nelson and the Sports day committee who coordinated the event. Thanks to the teachers and SSO’s, and also to Wendy and the volunteers who managed the Sports Day lunches.

Ms Leah and the Parent group also added a splash of colour to the day by selling sports team coloured merchandise.

External School Review (ESR)

Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School recently completed the 2023 external review. The review is completed every 3 years with the purpose of supporting schools to raise achievement, sustain high performance and to provide quality assurance.

Special thanks to all of the staff, students and families who participated and provided feedback and contributed to the process.

Each ESR acknowledges the impact of directions from the previous External Review and will provide 3 new directions to each school for the next 3 years.

The outcome and review directions can be found on our website.

LPPS Directions August 2023

Direction 1

Strengthen learner agency through regular provision of targeted and timely feedback which supports students to reflect on and impact their learning.

Direction 2

Strengthen whole school processes to ensure staff receive regular feedback enabling them to refine practice and evaluate the impact of their changes on learning outcomes.

Direction 3

Revisit vision and values to develop a collective understanding of wellbeing and behaviour education aligned with the schools social and emotional programs.

2024 Classes

At the moment, we are beginning to look at numbers of children for 2024 so that we can begin the class placement process. It would help our planning if you know of any changes for next year (eg if you are moving etc and not planning on returning to Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School) if you could let the Front Office know as soon as possible.

Also, if you know of any families considering enrolling at Le Fevre Peninsula Primary School for next year, could you please let them know to contact us at their earliest convenience.

Finally, if you have any specific requests for the placement of your child, (friendships, etc) please put them in writing to me using the note recently sent home no later than Friday 20th October (Term 4, Week 1) or email me at bob.bowden832@schools.sa.edu.au.

Please note that while requests are taken into consideration, there are no guarantees that they can be acted upon.

Thank you for your support.

Colour Fun Run

We have currently raised $9,066 for last weeks Colour Fun Run. You can keep fundraising all the way up til the 16th of October (First Day of Term 1). To the students who have raised money, please remember to order your prizes! This must be done by the 16th of October otherwise you will miss out, which would be such a shame after all your hard work!

Special mention to our Top 10 fundraising students: 

Sports News

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those children that have been involved in weekend sports finals. It is a rare opportunity that we get to play in finals and is something they will remember for a long time.

Congratulations to our 35 students who competed in the District Cross Country trials at Semaphore last week and Ryker who competed in the SAPSASA Athletics Championships on Tuesday.

Special thanks to Amanda Nelson and Leah for selecting the cross country team and supervising on the day.

Aboriginal STEM Congress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fH0sUCQbFs

Staffing 

We wish to congratulate Kahlia who has received permanency in her position as ACEO and a special mention to Cheryl who received her 40 years of service to the Department for Education. Both fantastic achievements! 

Last Day of Term

First Day of Term 4

Regards,

Bob

Our Children's University Students were 1 of 4 schools selected to experience life at Adelaide University.

They were lucky enough to be taken on a tour of the fabulous campus and be involved in 3 hands on activities. Students learnt the ins and outs of what is involved in economics and had some inquisitive ideas into the world of fish farming. It was great to see! Rovers was definitely a crowd favourite, learning about space and controlling rovers that are taken to the Moon & Mars, to look into what life in the future up there would look like. We finished our day with the Oral Health Team learning the names of individual teeth and their formation, as well as learning what drinks contain the most acid. To our surprise Soda Water was quite high in acidity, being up there with energy and soft drinks.

The take home message is brush your teeth for two minutes twice a day!

It was a fantastic day, and we look forward to seeing our kids graduate next term.

From the 21st through to the 23rd of August, I competed in the girls sapsasa soccer carnival, My team was in division 2 which depended on last year's result. On the first day we played 2 games (each half goes for 20 mins) winning both, on the 2nd day we played 3 games, in which we won one, drew one and lost one. On the third day, we again played 3 games winning all 3. I was part of the Port District team with some really strong players, I took part as the goalkeeper full time. We ended up coming 1st, which was a great achievement. We all had the best time, and in between games we sat as a team and watched the other divisions play as well as gave our support to the Port Districts boy's team, It was a lot of fun and the best experience......I only wish I had tried it sooner.

I would encourage any girls out there that have a love for soccer like I do to give it a go......you won't be disappointed!

Indiana 
Room 21

Over the past 15 weeks some of our year 6 students have been part of the MALPA young doctors program with ACEO Kahia and AET Jess.

MALPA’s key themes are health literacy, well-being, identity, hygiene, nutrition, environmental health and leadership.

Throughout the program students have learnt about these key points through different excursions, guest speakers and activities. We congratulate the year 6 MALPA students on completing the 15 week course.

Last week a group of our students were involved in the Hub Band Concert in the foyer of the Festival Theatre.  They played a number of songs to a very appreciative crowd.

A big thank you to Helen Biar for supporting the musical talents of our students.

Check out our gorgeous produce from our very own garden! 

Students made Buffalo Cauliflower, it tasted as delicious as it looks. 

Thank you Ashley & Wendy for your dedicated volunteer work!