Monday Memos Week 2 Term 1

Week 1 done and out the road. As we progress through this week we start to get further into routines but also begin looking to go deeper in our learning. Here are some key points for the Senior Unit at the moment:

Camp

Please respond to the Operoo form for camp. To move forward, calculate cost and correspond with the venues, please see to this by the end of the week. 

Mathletics 

This last week, our class managed to finish 18 in the countries top 50. We encourage students to get 1000 points a week. Last week we averaged 1916 points with 17 students not getting 1000 points. Just imagine if everyone got 1000 and a bit more. 

Spelling

Looking into the prefixes meaning 2: bi (biceps), di (dilemma), du (duet)

Whole School Update…

 

Parents & Friends (P&F) 

The Immanuel P&F are a group working together for our school community to deliver experiences for students and their families outside of the classroom.  We work together to provide a friendly community that allows parents to be actively involved in the operation and culture of our school

• The first meeting for 2022 will be held tonight Monday 6 February starting at 7pm in the Admin building.   
• All parents (new and old) are welcome to come along to find out more / click here  

 

Subway Lunches 

·         Lunch orders start again this week.   Orders due into the office on a Wednesday by 3.30pm for lunch on a Friday. 

·         Please write clearly on the order form the student name and teacher name. 

·         Please place in a clear zip bag so we can see order form or insert money in an envelope and stick the order form on the front.  

·         Please have correct cash per student as this goes direct to Subway for counting.   

·         Order forms can be obtained in the office, on our website click here and some have been sent home today

 

Nut Aware

·         As a ‘Nut Aware’ school we do not prohibit ‘nuts’ across the school. However, when there is a student in a certain year level who has a nut (or another food) allergy, that classroom / cluster may become a ‘nut (etc) free zone’.  Classroom teachers will inform families on this.  

 

Worship and Praise 

Friday 10 February starting at 10.15am

• Year 6 Student Captains will be installed
• Staff will be installed
• Year 2 students will receive their Bibles  

Parents and friends are welcome to join us

W&P Friday 3 February 

• Please click here to watch last week’s W&P led by Daryl and John 

 

Coffee B4 Worship & Praise

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

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

 

Rhythm Kids 2023

• Starts next Monday 13 Feb 9am to 9.30am in Music Room with Mr Hueppauff
• For all 3-5 year old children and their parents.  Its free! 
• No need to register, just sign in at the office and go to the Music Room  click here

 

Scholastic Book Orders 

·         Issue 1 catalogues went home last week

·         Orders due back Friday 17 February (order and pay online or return the form and cash to the office)

 

Enrolments 2024

• If you have a sibling due to start in 2024 please ensure you have submitted an enrolment form to the office.  Letters of offer will be sent home soon 

 

Volunteer Training 

We really appreciate parents and caregivers helping at Immanuel, however people who volunteer in a school need to have 

1. ‘Valuing Safe Communities’ (VSC) training.  
   This will be held next week Wednesday 15 February 2022 at 2.30pm or at 6.30pm in the Admin Building with Daryl Trigg. 
   (Please RSVP by emailing jennyj@ilsg.sa.edu.au) 
2. Working with Children Check (WWCC)
   This can be obtained by contacting Jenny in the office. There is no charge if you are volunteering in a school. 

More info can be found at https://screening.sa.gov.au/

If you will have an interest to attend an excursion or camp, help in the classroom, kitchen or garden this year, please ensure you have the above paperwork in place.  

 

Lyndoch Road Crossing Monitors 

·         Lyndoch Rd is a busy road for children to cross, so we use our the lolly pop volunteers to help.  

·         The year 5 and 6 students were trained last Wednesday by SA Traffic Police Dept.  The students are then teamed up with an adult volunteer on a morning / afternoon roster

·         We are seeking some volunteers (parents, grandparents, local community people) to help with this, it’s  just one morning or afternoon each week or fortnight 

·         The roster will commence later this week, once complete.   

·         Please let the office know if you can help with this important role and we can arrange some training. 

 

School Uniform Shop Purchases

·         Please see the office staff for sales assistance and we can help you accordingly. 

 

Second Hand Uniform Shop Stall

·         The racks of second hand uniform are on display in the office this week.

·         Next week the stall will be open Monday mornings and Friday afternoons.  

 

School Uniform

• All items must be purchased through the school.  
• Hats are required to be worn by all students whilst outside during term 1.  Please ensure hats are clearly name labelled. 

 

School Day

• School Starts 8.50am

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

 

Absentees / Running Late / Picking up Early 

• If your child is absent, please send through the details via the new Operoo Form at this link https://groups.operoo.com/forms/962985/submissions/new or telephone the school absent line 85225740 (Option 2) by 9.30am.   Please do not email the class teacher or admin staff.  
• If you arrive late (after 8.50am), please remember your child needs to be signed in at the office 
• If you need to pick up early please report to the school office first and the student will be called to the office whilst you sign your child out 

 

Operoo – Reminders

• Operoo is an online App to manage excursions, camps, consent forms and other events.  It is helpful to download the Operoo APP to your Phone in order to access the Operoo system easily and quickly. We are using Operoo as a paperless method of sharing information and parents/caregivers giving their consent. 

• Please ensure sure all of your childs medical details and action plans are uploaded into Operoo and kept up to date as this system is used on school camps and excursions.  

 

Upcoming Events Term 1

• Open Morning – Thursday 16 Feb at 9.30am (for new families wanting to enrol) 
• Shrove Tuesday (pancakes for Brekky) Tuesday 21 February
• Swimming for Yr 2, 3 & 4 students (T1 W7)
• Naplan for Yr 3 and 5 students (March 15 to 24) 
• Camp for Yr 3 students (T1 W8 and 9) 
• Camp for Yr 5 students (T1 W10)

 

School Newsletter 

Will go home this Friday detailing lots of things 

 

Curriculum Information 

Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum

• Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) that your child/children will be learning throughout the year. Click the image below for more information.
  
  
  

ILP’S and Learning Conferences  

• This year both the PLP (Personal Learning Plan) and INS (Individual Needs Summary) which we have been using to support student learning will be replaced by one document called the ILP (Individual Learning Plan).  Meetings for students with ILPs will be taking place in Weeks 3 and 4 of this term.  
• Learning Conferences will be taking place in Weeks 5 and 6 or this term.
• Please stay tuned for more information on these and how to book a time.

Naplan

• There have been changes to NAPLAN testing this year, including the scheduling of the testing.  In the past NAPLAN has taken place in Term 2 however this year it will be take place in Term 1 Weeks 7 & 8.  
• Further information will also be sent shortly to Year 3 and 5 parents regards to NAPLAN testing.  

 

iGOSH

Vac Care

• Vac Care photos are on our photo wall in iGOSH. You are welcome to come in and have a look
• We also have our Day Book near front desk, that you may also want to have a look at
• Over the next few weeks we will have Parent Feedback questions on front desk. It would be great if you could spend time answering the questions posed each fortnight. Your feedback is very much appreciated 

Bags / Signing in

• A reminder that iGOSH children in the mornings need to hang their bags in the iGOSH area. Please don’t walk around the school and hang your bags near classrooms. We also require all children to be sighted on arrival in the mornings. Your help with this is appreciated.

Homework

• We offer Homework time from 3.45 to 4.15pm each afternoon. This is supervised by iGOSH staff. If you would like your child to be reminded and encouraged to do their homework during this time, please record their name and days required on the list at the iGOSH front desk. We will then remind children to do their homework, if they choose not too then we will let you know. Please have the conversations at home if you would like your children to do homework while at iGOSH.

Term 1 Bookings

• Bookings close 2pm each Friday for the week ahead
• Any bookings needed after this need to be emailed / text / phone call to Katrina. Please don’t make the bookings for the week of on carebookings as we won’t have them in our booking folder, which we download and print at 2pm each Friday.