Monday Memos Week 1 Term 1

Greetings Everyone,

 

The all important information you will need for Week 1 in the Senior Unit.

Uniform days: 

Monday          Formal

Tuesday         Formal

Wednesday    P.E.

Thursday        Formal

Friday             P.E.

 

iPads will be handed out on Monday.  These need to be charged overnight and brought back Tuesday.

 

If your child is bringing a mobile phone on Monday morning, it needs to be handed in at the front office before school starts.

 

When the music goes, students line up adjacent to the admin building with their school bag, which will have their books in it that were given out at the end of last year.

 

On Wednesday 1 February our year 5 and 6 students will be trained by SAPOL to act as traffic monitors for the Lyndoch Road Crossing.   Following this the students will be rostered on to help in the morning / afternoons.  An operoo consent form will be sent home next week.  Please respond promptly so the roster can be organised.   We trust you will allow your child to participate as a monitor because it ensures the safety of all students at Immanuel and that the workload is not left to a limited group of students.  

 

Kitchen starts this Thursday. If you are willing to help, your time will be greatly appreciated.

The times of the sessions are:

9.30 – 11am (German, Chinese,French) and

12.10 - 1.40pm (Polish, Italian, Greek)

 

Looking forward to seeing you all soon

 

Mrs Ange Eckermann and Mr Jared Semmler 

Year 6 Teachers

 

Email:    senior_unit@ilsg.sa.edu.au


Whole School Update…

 

Welcome

We welcome you all back to the 2023 School Year and hope that you have had a terrific Christmas and New Year period. 

We say a special welcome to our new students and families.

 

School starts Monday 30 January 2023

Students begin in class at 8.50am

(Classrooms will be open from 8.30am for you arrive and meet your teacher)

  • Recess is 11am to 11.40am
  • Lunch is 1.40pm to 2.10pm
  • End of Day is 3.25pm

 

What Uniform to wear on day 1

  • Foundations - Sport 
  • Year 1 – Sport
  • Year 2 – Sport
  • Year 3 – Sport
  • Year 4 – Formal
  • Year 5 – Formal
  • Year 6 – Formal 

 

New Staff

This year we welcome back:   

·         Tania Wain (in Year 1) following her time at Zion Preschool last year 

·         Heather Savage (as LSA in Foundation) 

 

Parent Information Night – Tuesday 31 January

Session 1:   6.45pm – 7.30pm  

Session 2:   7.30pm – 8.15pm

  • We have made a couple of changes to the format this year.  It will be slightly less formal and there will be opportunity for Questions and Answers
  • Both sessions will be held in your child’s classroom or the adjoining teachers class
  • This is an opportunity for parents/caregivers to meet staff members and parents/caregivers from the same year level
  • Students do not attend and there is no creche available.  However if you have no other care options we understand that there may be some children onsite
  • Session 2 will be a repeat of Session 1
  • Each year level will have a handbook that will be available to those who are unable to make it

 

Worship and Praise 

Our first W&P for Term 1 will be held Week 1: Friday 3 February, starting at 10.30am in Taikondi

W&P for Term 1 Week 2 is on Friday 10 February and will commence at 10.15am in Taikondi and will involve  

  • Staff & School Captains will be installed 
  • Year 2 students will receive their Bibles

Parents and friends are welcome to join us on any Friday for Worship & Praise.  

 

Coffee B4 Worship & Praise

·         This year Gawler Lutheran Church volunteers will be offering “Coffee B4 Worship & Praise” from 9.45amin Taikondi

·         We welcome any school parents, kindy parents and friends to join us for this prior to the Worship & Praise which starts at 10.30am

 

iGOSH

Thanks Katrina and her staff for a fun school holiday program.

If you need before or after school care during term 1 please book in via www.carebookings.com.au

 

Traffic Monitors on Lyndoch Road 

  • On Wednesday 1 February our year 5 and 6 students will be trained by SAPOL to act as traffic monitors.  Following this the students will be rostered on to help in the morning / afternoons
  • We are looking for some parents / grandparents / friends to volunteer as adult Traffic Monitors too.  SAPOL will offer training to any interested volunteers on Monday 6 February at 3.45pm  (takes about 30 mins)
  • Please consider helping so that our school families can cross the busy Lyndoch Road safely

 

Operoo – Information for new families to Immanuel

  • We use an online App called Operoo to manage excursions, camps, consent forms and other events.  Operoo is a paperless method of sharing information and parents/caregivers giving their consent. You can read about Operoo by clicking on this link.   www.operoo.com/intro-for-parents/
  • New families to Immanuel will receive a welcome email from Operoo on Monday or Tuesday.   Please follow the instructions and sign in via the website www.Operoo.com to activate your account
  • Also it is helpful to download the Operoo APP to your Phone in order to access the Operoo system easily and quickly. Please make sure all of your childs medical details and action plans are up to date as this system is used on school camps and excursions

 

ICT Acceptable Use Agreement 

  • In the past at the beginning of each school year every student has been provided with a hardcopy of an ICT Acceptable Use Agreement form which is both read and signed together with a parent/caregiver
  • This year’s ICT Agreement form will be emailed out as an Operoo Form in Week 1. We encourage families to complete as soon as possible a separate Agreement form for each child attending Immanuel. In the interim all 2022 enrolled students’ signed ICT Agreements will be considered sufficient
  • Keep an eye out for this Operoo Form in your emails
  • It’s important to know that the general content in the ICT Acceptable Use Agreement will be part of class discussions around class norms, expectations and routines at the start of this school year

 

Subway Lunches 

This will start in week 2.  Lunches in Weds 8 Feb for lunch on Fri 10 Feb.  Lunch order forms will be sent home next week.  

 

Music Tuition and Allied Health Consults 

These will start in week 2, allowing students to adjust to school routines in the first week

 

Enjoy the weekend and we will see you on Monday.  
Please ensure your child has their hat (and it is named) and a water bottle (named).

 

Regards

 

 

Immanuel School Gawler  

 

 

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