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MISSION STATEMENT
To work under God in partnership with parents to provide an inclusive, nurturing and high quality education for every student.
VIsion
Flourishing through faith, belonging and the pursuit of excellence.
From The ACTING Principal
New Play Equipment is coming to the K-2 Play area!!
Exciting news!!
During the October school holidays, we will be removing the old K – 2 playground equipment and installing a new playground with softfall and synthetic turf.
Staff and students have been involved in the consultation process to select the various elements of play equipment to incorporate into a concept design.
Moduplay has been selected to manufacture and install the playground and we are looking forward to seeing the final product!
Book Week and Book Parade
We are excited to announce that our annual Book Week Parade is just around the corner! Next Thursday, August 22nd, during Book Week, we’ll gather in the Chapel at 9:15 am to celebrate our love for books and creativity and will hold our book parade for students. Each grade is invited to dress up following their classes book theme. I am looking forward to seeing a range of book character dress-ups. All parents and friends are invited to join us.
Student Success
In addition to very impressive Naplan results, over the past week there have been several student and team successes for Lutheran School Wagga in other areas of the curriculum. Congratulations go to the following for their accomplishments:
- Chess Team – Congratulations to our Chess Team who came out victorious against Holbrook school last week. They will now progress to the next stage.
- Todd Woodbridge Cup – Congratulations to our Stage 2 Tennis Teams who performed very well at the Todd Woodbridge Cup last Friday. See From The Sports Desk for more details.
Student Representative Council (SRC)
We held our first introductory SRC meeting two weeks ago and it was a great way to get to know each other. Our first formal meeting will be held this Friday at 1pm.
Kindergarten Bible presentation
On Friday 16 August during K-2 Chapel, kindergarten students will be presented with their Bibles.
Thank you to Bethlehem for helping with the purchase of these Bibles.
Canteen Price List
Please find below our current canteen price list.
Sharon Kotzur
Acting Principal
From The SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
Riding The Wave - A Note From The School Counsellor
Last term The Kidman Institute, UTS., offered a one-day “Anxiety”& Trauma” workshop in Wagga for school well-being staff. The Institute has a team of psychologists who are regularly deployed to support schools in regional areas due to the surge in mental health issues in recent years. I was fortunate enough to attend the workshop and found it really useful.
Something I learned is that anxiety is like a wave; it builds up, reaches a peak, and always dies down eventually.
The Worry Wave Diagram below shows how anxiety builds and wanes. For children riding this wave, their body and brain function will change depending on where they are in the wave.
In the green zone (baseline) they are calm and receptive to learning.
The orange zone is marked by increasing anxiety. The brain is less receptive to learning and communication; the body will respond to the anxiety with signals such as fluttering in the stomach, clenching in the chest, tight fists and jaws etc.
In the red zone, the peak of the wave, the rational brain doesn’t work. Children may not be able to think, talk or behave appropriately. The heart may be pounding and the breathing shallow and rapid. They need to ride out the wave in a calm, quiet place. Calming activities such as taking deep, slow breaths, walking, or the pressure of a weighted blanket can help to reduce the anxiety.
As the wave subsides the child again enters the orange zone, then reaches their baseline in the green zone. This is the time to talk about what triggers the anxiety and to come up with strategies for what to do/how to cope next time the anxiety wave hits.
We can help children to manage anxiety by helping them to understand their worry triggers, and to be aware of body signals that anxiety is increasing. Teaching them to ride it out like a wave, and having pre-planned strategies for how to manage the orange and red zones will also help.
You can find out more about anxiety in children by visiting:
Philippa Prenzler
Counsellor
Values Focus
This term’s value is “Justice,” it’s a value we’ll be exploring together in Chapel through worship, prayer, story and song. This week we read from the book of Micah, it’s one of the more well-known verses of the bible, it reads:
God has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
In the early days people would offer sacrifices to their Gods, and they believed what and when they sacrificed really mattered, if you didn’t sacrifice to the harvest god in time your harvest could fail, if you failed to sacrifice to the rain god then you’d suffer drought. Many communities believed their gods to be angry, vengeful, demanding, fearful.
Then, we read this from the book of Micah and are surprised to find the God of the Hebrew Scriptures to be one that you could walk with, rather than run or hide from and one who wasn’t demanding sacrifice of crops, livestock or human. This reading really grabs my imagination, how do I imagine God if “all” that is asked of us is to do justice and love mercy, what does this God value, and how does that shape my values?
Perhaps this fortnight is a good time to have conversations over your dinner table about how your family can live out justice and how you may be able to show compassion and mercy? Maybe you could help out a local charity, perhaps get involved in CareVan? Maybe you’d like to live out environmental justice and clean up your local park or the riverway? Maybe you’d like to get to know more about where your food comes from and have a conversation about how you might live out justice through what you eat and what you spend money on?
Shalom,
Darren Wright
Curriculum Matters
Book Week 2024
Our Book Week celebrations are fast approaching, and preparations are well underway. This is a great community event that helps to promote the love of books and literature.
Book Parade
The Book Parade will be held on Thursday 22nd August at 9.15am. Families are invited to attend the parade which is to be held in the Chapel. Each class has a unique theme this year. All parents and families have been informed via Seesaw of the year level themes.
Book Fair
The school library will host the Scholastic Book Fair in Week 5 as a part of our Book Week celebrations.
This week, all classes will visit the library with their teacher to explore the books and write a wish list based on the books that they like.
The wish list will go home with the students for parents to look at.
Book purchases can be made online following the instructions on the back of the wish list or in person at the Book Fair.
Parents are welcome to visit the Book Fair with children in Week 5.
Before school: 8.30 – 9.00am
After school: 3.00 – 3.30pm
Jane Antrim
Learning Innovation Coordinator
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P&F News
We are excited to see everyone at the Cocktail Party this Friday. If you would like to come we have a handful of tickets left.
Link to book
https://www.trybooking.com/CTRHC
See you there!
Father’s Day Stall
Wednesday 28 August. from 9:00am-2:00pm.
Gifts priced at $5 or $10
Next P&F meeting is on Tuesday 10 September at 7:00pm in the Library.
From The Sports Desk
Regional NSW Snowsport Championships
On Monday 29 July, our ski team travelled to Falls Creek for the Regional NSW Interschools Snowsport Championships. Our students performed extremely well, winning two gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
A big thank you to Naomi Stuart for managing our ski team and our parents for supporting the students at this event.
We wish Euan, Jack, Cara, Brodie, Callum and Clyde all the best at the NSW/ACT/QLD State Championships in Perisher next week.
RAS Athletics Carnival
On Friday 2 August, our Athletics team travelled to Albury for the RAS Athletics Carnival. There were over 400 students competing at this annual event.
Our Athletics team performed extremely well, placing first overall. Congratulations to our Age Champions, Ryan Jose, Rex Benecke and Sam Curry, the students who recorded personal best results and those who qualified for the CIS Athletics Championships. Everyone should be super proud of their achievements.
Thank you to the parents and grandparents who travelled to Albury and the staff who assisted on the day. Your support was greatly appreciated.
NSWPSSA Touch Football Championships
On Tuesday 6 August Rex Benecke and Tom Bull travelled to Wollongong for the NSWPSSA Touch Football Championships. Rex and Tom were representing CIS at this three-day event.
The CIS team performed very well, winning six games, including defeating the overall State Champions, Sydney East.
CIS defeated Mackillop (3-2), Polding (2-1), North West (7-1), North Coast (3-2), Sydney East (3-2) and Riverina (6-2).
Rex and Tom had lots of fun, made new friends and learnt a lot from this experience.
Thank you to Zoe and Kate for transporting and supporting the boys at this event. The school community is super proud of your 2024 Touch Football achievements.
Todd Woodbridge Cup – Stage 2
On Friday 9 August, our school participated in the Todd Woodbridge Cup (TWC) at the South Wagga Tennis Club. We entered four teams of 10 in this modified tennis event.
Our students played games of doubles against The Riverina Anglican College and Wagga Wagga Christian College. Our teams performed extremely well placing first and third in the competitive division and first and second in the non-competitive division.
Competitive Team One – Eddie Benecke, Joachim Freeburn, Kingsley Cheung, Jordan Tracey, Eli Poole (boys) Madeline Adams, Molly Nicholson, Sophia Lamont and Camille Harris (girls) were successful winning all games and advancing to the regional finals. They will play the winning schools from the local Catholic Schools and Public Schools Todd Woodbridge Cup Gala Days next term.
A big thank you to Mrs Robyn Richards and Mr Tristan Brown for assisting with the teams, Zac Burhop for coordinating this event and our parent spectators.
Caroline Stewart
PE Teacher/Sports Coordinator
OSHC WITH THEIRCARE
Other Information
Families leaving the school
Please note that one full term’s written notice is required if you are withdrawing your child from Lutheran School. We purchase learning materials based on projected enrolment numbers at least one term in advance. Hence, the enrolment contract you signed specifies that failure to provide a term’s notice will result in you being charged for the subsequent term.
Uniform Shop Orders
If you would like to purchase uniforms from the Uniform Shop, please email [email protected]
We will email you once the order is ready to be picked up from the office. Thank you.
