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As Term 1 2024 comes to a close, it is time to reflect on some substantial achievements and highlights.
We have been busy with a range of events and activities throughout the Term.
This has included:
- Acquaintance Night
- Governing Council AGM
- Semaphore Beach Clean Up
- Harmony Day
- SAPSASA District Athletics and Swimming Carnivals
- SAPSASA Softball Championships
- Shark Cup – Baseball and Softball – Congratulations to the Boys Baseball team who played in the grand final.
- Parent –Teacher interviews
- NAPLAN
- Mylor Camp
- Arbury Park Camp
- 'Closing the Gap' Day
We receive the most wonderful feedback from the community when our students go on excursions and camps. This time we received an email from the Arbury Park camp facilitators:
"Thank you team Le Fevre for a wonderful week of making memories.
It was a true pleasure to work with your lot, and to work alongside you all. There were lots of magic moments from our staff point of view, and the students rose to shine our values and become a really strong community.
I really appreciated all the feedback you individually gave to me along the way too, about Arbury Park and our pedagogy. Making camp the best experience as possible for every student is so important to us, so I appreciate the noticing of this.
I hope that students connections with self and nature continue to grow from this experience and if there is any way we can help you in the future to continue these connections, please reach out
Take care and enjoy week 11 and the holidays ahead.
Cheers Emma"
Thank you to the staff who attended the camp. Supervising and organising such a large group of students is both challenging and rewarding.
Students often shine in different learning environments and this is the case for our students. Providing this opportunity for our students to experience a learning environment such as Arbury Park is so valuable. Well done to every student who participated and demonstrated our school values throughout the 3 days.
Farewell
I would like to acknowledge Caitlin Carroll who accepted a new position at Immanuel College. Caitlin has been a respected member of our staff for over 5 years and has learned and demonstrated a varied skill set which has enabled herself to successfully win her new job. Caitlin has played a vital role in implementing many of our procedures and processes that ensure the safety and smooth running of Le Fevre Peninsula PS. I would personally like to thank her for the hard work and commitment in supporting our students, especially through some of our more difficult times such as COVID. We wish her well and know that Immanuel College will appreciate her skills and abilities.
We are currently in the process of appointing a new SSO to manage front office and administration, for the remainder of the year.
Welcome back
Kelly Jones returns from leave and will return to teaching in Room 10 (Receptions). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Nurisha Smith for all her hard work in starting the Reception class this term. She has done a great job in supporting the students in their first term of school. Nurisha will continue teaching 1 day per week with Kelly.
Outstanding Achievement Awards – Term 1
At the end of each term, two students from each class are selected by their teacher to receive the Principal’s Outstanding Achievement Award for demonstrating the school values of Respect, Responsibility and Effort. The recipients for this term are:
Room | Teacher | Name | Value |
4 | Peter Galanos | George | Responsibility |
4 | Peter Galanos | Addyson | Effort |
5 | Kate Newman | Alex | Effort, Responsibility and Respect |
5 | Kate Newman | Ivy | Effort, Responsibility and Respect |
8 | Hayley Peacock | Aidn | Responsibility |
8 | Hayley Peacock | Isaac | Effort |
9 | Bec Davidson/Alana Marchioretti | Bethan | Effort |
9 | Bec Davidson/Alana Marchioretti | Phoenix | Respect |
10 | Nurisha Smith | Kye | Responsibility |
10 | Nurisha Smith | Xavier | Effort |
11 | Skye Fletcher/Melissa Demasi | Monty | Responsibility |
11 | Skye Fletcher/Melissa Demasi | Eldana | Responsibility |
13 | Karen Leaney/ Toni Zuanic | Ethan | Effort |
13 | Karen Leaney/ Toni Zuanic | Olivia | Responsibility |
14 | Fiona Prentice | Isabella | Respect |
14 | Fiona Prentice | Archer | Responsibility |
15 | Annette Zuanic | Luke | Effort |
15 | Annette Zuanic | Dilreet | Respect |
16 | Abby Thomas | Victor | Effort |
16 | Abby Thomas | Poppy | Respect |
17 | Karen Butcher | Cheyenne | Responsibility |
17 | Karen Butcher | Lachlan | Effort |
20 | Alex Bowe | Maisie | Effort |
20 | Alex Bowe | Tyler | Respect |
21 | Brenton McGorman | Ryker | Effort |
21 | Brenton McGorman | Isabella | Effort |
Congratulations to all of them on such a successful term.
Attendance Award
Congratulations to Jason and Elisha who have had 100% attendance throughout the entire term and were randomly selected as our winners of the attendance award. We had 38 students who attended every day throughout term 1.
Along with all the staff, I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable 2 weeks with your children and we look forward to working with you next term.
Kind Regards,
Bob
Baseball & Softball Shark Cup
Congratulations to the two baseball teams that participated in the Shark Cup. It was a great day with all students improving over the day. The Magpies team made it to the grand final, however, did not come away with the win. All players displayed great sportsmanship and amazing teamwork.
The MVP for the Lions team was Tyreece, he received a signed team ball.
It was a tough decision for the coaches when choosing the MVP for the Magpies team. Bostyn displayed great team leadership and Lachie was fantastic at batting. The overall MVP for the day was Ryker.
Port SAPSASA Athletics Carnival
Congratulations to our year 6 students who participated in the Athletics carnival. Unfortunately the year 4’s and 5’s were on camp this year and will have to wait until next year.
We had some amazing results throughout the day.
Abiy finished 2nd in Shot Put
Alfie finished 2nd in Long Jump
Thomas finished 2nd in the 200 metres
Bostyn finished 3rd in the 1500 metres
Congratulations to all who participated.
Auskick
This term the whole school participated a program called 'Rock and Water'. The Rock and Water program engages students with skills for physical-social teaching with a focus on body awareness, emotional awareness and self-awareness. It is based on the ability to control one’s physical state through breathing and to assist the development of emotional awareness. The students were taught centring and grounding techniques, respect to self and others, and participated in exercises and activities to raise body awareness, emotional awareness and self-awareness to improve student’s confidence, emotional management and reflection skills. The concepts 'Rock' and 'Water' are used as a metaphor throughout the program for children to explore and choose different forms of communication for example 'does the situation require a Rock attitude or Water attitude'?
Here are some student’s thoughts about the Rock and Water program:
“I enjoyed playing the games to help us be calm and take deep breaths”- Jasmine
“When you're mad you use your words to become calm like water”- Benji
"I really liked going on the rocky hike because I thought I would never get to the end." Drake
"My favourite thing was meeting Barnaby the owl because he was so soft. Please make sure you give him a hug all the time from me." Alivia
"I loved the shelter building because I got sprayed in the face with water." Kase
"I like going to the pond and using the net to find creatures because it was so much fun and we found lots of cool stuff." Ayomides.
"I liked sleeping with all my friends in our dorms. All the activities were so much fun and we learnt so much." Reubin
"I loved using the microscopes and being able to see the microscopic creatures up close." Ethan
"I liked playing with Claude because he was always talking and playing with us. It was also nice coming home and seeing our families." Aaron
"I liked using the binoculars and finding all the different bird types in the trees. I can't wait till I get to come back to Arbury Park." Jaidyn
"I liked the huge hike that we went on up the mountain and all the amazing creatures we saw on the way." Nate
"I like seeing the needle bug as it was weird looking and I hadn't seen one before. I laughed when Claude grabbed my jumper." Billy
"I liked going on the night walk and we saw some kangaroos and a huge frog." Dana
"Arbury Park was a blast! My favourite part of it was the food! The fish and chips were so good! 10/10." Teagan
"It was really fun even though I smashed into a pole and the food was really yum!" Otis
"I have been telling mum all about the animals since I got home from camp. PS....I loved seeing the possum." Elsie
"The food was good, the fun staff were nice and the hike was fun." Leo
"I enjoyed all of the hikes and being able to go in a dorm with all of my friends and all of the staff were very funny and helpful." Lachie B
"I didn’t go but I loved hearing all of the stories and the photos I saw especially the ones where Otis ran into a pole." Bradlee
"I loved the Web of Life game and the food was very GOOD!" Jairese
"The food was really nice, the fish was so good. Thank you for having us 2 nights and 3 days. I loved it so much I really enjoyed Camp." Jackson D
"I really enjoyed the food and all the activities, especially the Web of Life game." Khloe
"Thank you for the exploring activities and games including the Shelter Building and the rewards of Medallions." James
"Thank you for having us. We were so grateful for the food and games/activities and the staff. My favourite game was the Web of Life." Noah
"Thank you so much for the really yum food and it was also really fun and cool views." Raph
"To all the staff at Arbury Park, Thank you so much for the really good food and all the long and fun bush walks and hikes. It was the best experience." Jess
Thank you for having us. I really liked the hike, it was so beautiful at the top, seeing the whole forest. Can you tell Claude, I miss him. Cheyenne