Today we celebrated all the volunteers that make a huge difference in our school.
We had a wonderful morning tea and each volunteer received a cute jar of Jelly Beans to say Thank You for all the hard work and support they do in the classrooms, on the sports fields and out at excursions.
You are appreciated by all staff and students!
Thank you to all staff for providing the morning tea and paying it forward, and also to Rozika and Michelle for the organisation behind the scenes.
This term we have been working towards the curriculum of 'Paying it Forward'. We had a visitor named Jill come into the combined classes of SD3 and SD4 to tell us about an organisation at the St. Bede’s Church, Semaphore called the St. Bede’s Drop-in Centre. The Drop-in Centre is an organisation that provides breakfast to those in need.
As a class, we have collected some non-perishable foods that we will donate for their breakfasts. For Health we were put in groups, and came up with a savoury breakfast muffin. As a class we voted on which muffins we would rather make and we ended up voting on a Raspberry, Greek Yoghurt and Oat flavoured muffin.
The next day Ms Litchfield, our teacher, was kind enough to take our muffins and a card, made by Ava and signed by SD3, to the Drop-in Centre.
Ms Litchfield reported back to our class and told us about how much they appreciated our donation and how each and every person had a different story to tell. She said that they wanted her to stay and have breakfast with them and so what did do? She had breakfast with them.
We had so much fun making the muffins and St. Bede’s loved them too.
It is very unfortunate that there are so many people without homes, food and families but it’s so nice to see that one person can make a difference to impact on someone’s life.
Ava T and Tahlia M from SD3
The West Lakes Shore School Choir invites all West Lakes Shore families to attend 'Carols by the Lake'. We will be singing and would love for you to attend what will be a wonderful festive evening. We hope to see you there.
Free to attend, however there will be a cost for food, refreshments, candles and programs.
For the past 3 years, we have been fortunate enough to receive sponsorship from the Rotary Club of West Lakes Inc. We thank them for their ongoing support for the West Lakes Shore School Choirs! Georgia Casbarra.
Continuing our theme of 'Paying it Forward', we will be collecting items for Container of Hope -an organisation that sends 40' shipping containers to schools, hospitals, orphanages and communities overseas, like India, Rwanda, Congo, Zambia etc and in Australia.
These containers are full of recycled and donated items that would normally end up in landfill - 'one mans trash is another mans treasure'.
We will be encouraging all classes to hold a stationary drive and gather unused or unwanted stationary for this cause. Have a look around at home and put some items into a bag for your child to bring to school - some ideas are: Rubbers, rulers, paper, pencil sharpeners, exercise books, calculators (no batteries), display folders, pencil cases, staplers, staples, pens, pencils (writing and colouring), marker pens and reading books.
We will also be collecting at the front office the following (please make sure all items are clean and in a plastic bag):
If you have any large bulky items that you would like to donate please contact admin@containerofhope.com.au and they can arrange to collect it.
The Vacswim season for 2019/2020 is fast approaching and we're so excited to once again be teaching South Aussie kids water skills, awareness, confidence and safety!
A reminder that online enrolments for our December programs close Monday the 2nd of December, while enrolments for January programs close Monday the 16th of December.
School Absentee Line - 8449 7574
Sentral Parent Portal: https://sentral.westlakes.sa.edu.au/portal/login
WLSS OSHC Phone Number: 8242 3141