Our Newsletter

Principal Adrian Maywald

Deputy Principal Jane Gill

Governing Council Chair Eliza Handbury

Phone: 8766 2084 Email dl.0749.info@schools.sa.edu.au

From the Principal and Deputy Principal

This last fortnight has seen some fantastic movement towards getting back to our regular routines and tasks. This includes our Boarding Students being able to return to the Boarding House under Daniel Ryan’s expertise and guidance as the Boarding Manager.

We have been able to partially re-open our Community Library for our Community to access again.

Our Library is now open to the Community on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30pm till 4:30pm and again on Saturdays from 9am until 11:30am. We hope to continue to expand these offerings soon and extend it to other areas of our school and community.

Having recently congratulated Brooke and Mat on the arrival of their baby boy Darcy, we are excited to announce that Sarah and Goodie have welcomed Edwina Sophie Johanna Goode into the world this week and all are doing well.

Last Day of Term 2 and Reports: On Friday, 3rd

July, we will be dismissing all students from their classrooms at 2:10pm rather than our usual assembly in the Hall. Your child/children will be given their report to take home in the afternoon but if for some reason your child is away on this day, their report will be available at the Community Library for either collection after 2:10pm or it will be posted home over the Term 2 School Holidays.

While reading your child/ren’s reports with them, please take note that the 2020 first Semester has had a few interruptions for all of us but we look forward to the second half of the year being much more like a traditional school year. Early in Term 3 we will be conducting 3 Way Interviews, so while you read the reports please make a note of anything you would like to discuss with your child/ren’s teachers to further improve the partnership in learning and ultimately leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of personal bests each day.

Assets Update: We are in full swing with preparation for the building replacements for Term 4 this year. Hopefully in Term 3 (fingers crossed) we may be able to have some small group working bees to help fast track the dismantling of the Senior School Decking Area for repurposing and a few other jobs that will help to ensure we are ready for the improvements to our school. If you are interested in assisting and Covid-19 Restrictions continue to lift, please give Paul Pinchbeck a call to offer your support.

DIARY DATES

Thursday, 18th June Choir Rehearsal

2:00pm

Friday, 3rd July End of Term 2

2:10pm Dismissal

Monday, 20th July Student Free Day

Tuesday, 21st July

Term 3 Begins

STUDENT FREE DAY Monday, 20th July

Covid-19 Update: Having reviewed the latest Government updates, Department updates and our own School practices on Covid-19, it is pleasing to note we can start lifting some further restrictions in Term 3, 2020. So from the start of next term and so long as we can ensure social distancing (4m2), we will be able to start having volunteers, assemblies, school events and Hall Hires etc. Please keep an eye on our newsletters and Facebook page as we keep you updated or give us a call to clarify what we can and can’t do. We really appreciate the support and patience everyone has shown as we taken the advice of National and State Health experts to keep our students, staff and community as safe as possible.

General Capabilities Learning Focus for Year 3-7: Friday afternoons for the last few weeks has seen the Year 3 to 7 students in our school mixed into small groups to undertake a variety of learning tasks in cross year level groups aimed at ensuring the General Capabilities are our core learning focus rather than the traditional Subject areas which the General Capabilities underpin. From the feedback received thus far from students and staff, I believe we are likely to see the Friday Afternoons continue into the next Semester. Please refer to the 2 page flyer attached to the newsletter around General Capabilities or have a chat with some of our Year 3-7 students who have so far participated in 3 of the 6 learning opportunities.

Reminder re Closure Day and Governing Council Meeting: We have Governing Council in the School Community Library next week on Tuesday 23/6/2020 and the first day back of next term Monday the 20th of July 2020 is Student Free Day where education staff will continue to develop their skills and practices for formative assessment, Breakspear Teaching Sprints and ensuring that we are best placed to achieve our Site Plan Targets for Literacy and Numeracy student learning over the second half of the school year.

Regards Adrian and Jane

PCW NEWS - A Spark of Joy

What is something that makes you truly happy? Your friends, family, work (yes, work can make you happy)…

what aspects of your life make you exceedingly and abundantly joyful?

We are so often caught up in the moments that go wrong in our lives that we forget to look at all the good

things. This is actually not our fault because the human brain has a natural tendency to focus on and easily

remember negative experiences or interactions more so than positive ones. Negative memories and thoughts

stand out more, and what we think on and focus upon is often what comes out when we speak.

“The brain handles positive and negative information in different hemispheres” [of the brain], explains author and Stanford

professor Clifford Nass. “Negative emotions generally involve more thinking and the information is processed more thoroughly than

positive ones,” says a NY Times article. “Thus, we tend to ruminate more about unpleasant events—and use stronger words to

describe them—than happy ones.” Bad emotions, bad memories, bad feedback and bad impressions all have more impact.

Okay, so if we’re all prone to negativity, why do some people seem to see the bright side more easily? What are they doing differently?

And how can we learn to think this way?

Like all characteristic biases, it turns out that being conscious of our human tendency for negativity could possibly lead us to more

positive thinking and interactions. Because “the difficulty isn’t that we have negative thoughts; the problem comes when we believe

our thoughts are true” Psychology Today.

Let’s consider our thinking habits by paying close attention to our thoughts. Experts recommend not judging yourself while doing

this, but rather, notice your thinking patterns—looking at them objectively and openly. Labeling your thoughts may help, “When my

boss gives me corrective feedback, I feel less confident about my work.” Did she say your work was bad? No … just that there was a

more efficient way to do it. Noticing what you’re feeling and why is a great step toward letting go of needless worry and negativity.

Why not give this a go and actively try changing your thought patterns and maybe, just maybe you’ll stress less.

Till next time!

Kirstin Olivier

LAS Pastoral Care Worker

AGRICULTURE UPDATE

Term 2 is certainly progressing quickly with the

agriculture faculty and student programs in full swing! We are

incredibly fortunate to have such wonderful support from a

broad array of community members and businesses. This

fortnight we would like to thank Bob Crosby for rolling the 4

mile stretch that we will use for our hay program. Thank you

also to Landmark Lucindale for the use of their Snail Bait

Spreader so we could spread bait on our newly sown hay

paddocks and Castec Lucindale for donating a faecal egg

collection kit for senior students collect data and make

decisions for a drenching program. Many thanks also to Eoin

Southall of Animal Scanning Services for donating his

expertise and use of equipment to scan our White Suffolk

Stud ewes. Everyone's tremendous support assists us in

ensuring farming practices and student learning is at industry

standard therefore ensuring our students are equipped with

the best skills and learning resources possible.

This fortnight’s newsletter forms the first of three newsletters

where we are going to focus on our show program and

preparation of livestock. As previously announced, whilst

Covid-19 has impacted student participation at the Adelaide

Show, we are still equipping students with these highly

valuable skills.

Our year 8s have been very busy caring for 8 goats, teaching

them to lead and learning about the goat industry. It’s

fabulous to give our students this opportunity as an

introduction to showing animals, with goats being a smaller

frame and more easily handled. Students will progress on

these skills when they move onto sheep in Year 9 and cattle

in Years 10-12.

A huge thank you to Balmarden Boer Goat Stud for their

generosity and outstanding support supplying these goats for

our program. Students are thoroughly enjoying learning

these skills and are incredibly happy to have the opportunity

to partake in this program.

The Agriculture Faculty

Brad, Carol & Lucinda

REMINDER—Pork for sale

We still have some pigs for sale, which will be ready by the end of the term. If you would like to

order some pork from the school, please fill out the order form attached to this newsletter

or contact the school for more details.

~ FRIDAY ELECTIVES Week 6 ~ Our new Electives program started for Years 3-7 students in Week 6. We have

currently had two rotations through the various activities. It was wonderful to

see all of the students joining in, having fun and learning new skills. Thank you

to the 3/4 class for writing their thoughts and comments about the program.

Bottle Flipping with Mrs Jenke

I was flipping bottles really high. Hugh

I loved the bottle flipping because it gave me a bit of a challenge and that you can try new things.

Georgia

It was fun flipping bottles making

them land. Harry

Mr T’s

Ostinato

Machine

We made beats with our mouths like pop…. pop…. pop…

Vander

Miss Pietsch’s Mindfulness Elective It was fun to make a Dragon’s Eye and do yoga and relaxation with Miss Pietsch.

Seth

I enjoyed having fun and learning that some musical instruments repeat and bonding with new people I don’t play with often .

Ruby

I liked my Friday electives because we got to be with people you don’t usually be with. I was in Mr Taylor’s group and we had to repeat sounds over and over again. Lacey T

We did yoga, meditation and Dragon Eyes. I

enjoyed the Dragon Eye because we got to

do any pattern we wanted which was really

fun!

Charlotte

~ FRIDAY ELECTIVES Week 6 ~

Thoughts & comments by the Year 3/4 Class

Pop Stick Creations with Mr Maywald I liked the Friday Electives because you can go with teachers you haven't had. I did pop stick building with Mr Maywald. I enjoyed it because you can make what you want. Sammy

It was fun because I like to build things. Cody H

I liked decorating

the horse with Ms

Smith.

Mason

I really enjoyed and had fun with new people and working with the horse. I want to keep doing the Electives.

I liked horse riding because I learnt how to do a plait and I rode Thunder bare back and led him twice.

Darcy

It was awesome doing Friday electives. It was fun doing pop stick building. I feel this is good to try new things. Jake

Equine Elective with Ms Smith

Creative Drawing with Mr Stapleton Friday Electives was fun, exciting and cool! I was with Mr Stapleton and I drew cartoons. IT WAS MARVELLOUS!!! Amy

It was so much fun making cartoon characters especially the one we could draw on our own and I love drawing characters now. Noah

I think the comic drawing with Mr Stapleton was fun because he did it too. Lacey B

My Friday Elective was the best, it had all the things I like to do, draw and draw. Mr Stapleton has us drawing faces. Sid

PRIMARY ASSEMBLY AWARDS For English, Maths, Science, STAR and Teacher

YEAR 3/4

Jake (Science), Mason (Teacher),

Charlotte (Star)

YEAR 1/2

Amelia (Teacher), Anna (Star)

SCIENCE AWARD

Charles (1/2), Lincoln (R/1)

YEAR 5/6

Emily (Science), Finneaus (Star),

Layla (Teacher)

RECEPTION/YEAR 1

Jorja (Star), Gabriel (Teacher)

Rylan (Teacher)

YEAR 6/7

Alice (Star), Thomas (Science),

Jackson (Teacher)

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Pork Order Form

Name:………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…

Address:………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Phone:……………………………… Email:…………………………………..……………………………

How did you hear about us?..............................................................................

Price $12 per kg dressed weight (average weight per side 25kg - 30kg)

Orders to the Front Office. Meat will be ready for collection around the end of Term 2.

Email: dl.0749.info@schools.sa.edu.au or Fax 08 8766 2058

Please fill out below for your packaging options.

Please select only ONE option from each area.

Hocks – will come fresh with order

Leg

Cut in to 2 roasts

Cut in to 3 roasts

Shoulder - Rolled roast

Cut in to 2 roasts

Cut in to 3 roasts

Chops

2 chops per package

3 chops per package

4 chops per package

Belly

Spare ribs

4 spare ribs per package

6 spare ribs per package

8 spare ribs per package

OR

Slab of pork belly

Pick up location

Tender Cuts, Cedar Avenue, Naracoorte Lucindale Area School

We would like to order Whole Pig 1/2 Pig