From the Principal and Deputy Principal

It is great to see lots of students returning to school after their many absences last fortnight. We are still down significantly in numbers and ask that families please continue to let us know if your children are absent due to Covid. This allows the Department to provide support to us as needed.  

We have had a very busy couple of weeks and the cold wet weather has certainly hit. Could we please remind all families that there are plenty of uniform options in warm clothing and we encourage everyone to follow our uniform policy. Read on and see what we have been up to this fortnight!.  

Literacy focus: Our teachers have been focussing on literacy this term with our Primary staff looking at how they are using the Big Six of Reading in their Daily Literacy blocks and our Secondary staff targeting using quality pre-selected texts in their classes. 

Starting secondary school in 2023: If your child is moving into Secondary Schooling in 2023, please make sure that you check out the Department’s website here Information for students starting secondary school (education.sa.gov.au) For our Year 6 families, you don’t need to do anything if you are planning on being here for Year 7. Students will be automatically enrolled here for Secondary schooling. If your plans are different, please contact us and we can assist with any paperwork needed.  

Mid-year intake to school: The newly elected State Government has announced that a mid-year intake will be introduced for Receptions beginning school in 2024. We have attached a flier for your information and further details will come out closer to the time. If you have any questions, please call or email and we can assist or go to the Department for Education’s website Department for Education | South Australia 

Building update: We are still waiting for confirmation from the Department for a new handover date, after the building meeting on Monday May 30th found some items to be addressed. They have reassured us that they are working to get us in as soon as possible, so keep an eye out for updates. We even had a quick visit from the Minister for Education, Blair Boyer MP, on Thursday as he looked at how to assist us. Our captains showed him around the school and we also looked at the work still to be completed. We thank the Minister for coming to visit! 

Lion’s Mad Minute: Well done to the Year 5/6 class who participated in the Lion’s Mad Minute competition this week. Congratulations to Tom, Aden and Samantha who will go on to the Grand Challenge regional competition on June 29th here at Lucindale. Jess McKinnon did a great job preparing everyone for this, practicing weekly with Andrew Copping from the Lions. Great job by everyone involved. 

Industry Immersion Day: Well done to Carol Hille and her team who organised and ran the successful Agriculture Industry Day here at Lucindale this week. Secondary schools from across the South East sent Year 10 students who are interested in following an Agricultural pathway outside of school to investigate the fencing and meat industries. Please check out the photos and the write up of the day. 

Draft Bullying Support Policy: Staff have completed a first draft of a Bullying Support Policy and have provided this to Governing Council for feedback. Students are also considering this work and providing their perspective on this. If any families or community members would like to provide further feedback before the next draft, please send us an email or give us a call. The draft document is attached to his newsletter for your information. 

Bus Safety: Next week, on Tuesday June 14th, we have a bus safety presentation from Bus Safe SA for students from R-6. It will cover entering and exiting buses safely as well as safe travel. You can see what they do on their Facebook page (3) BusSafe | Facebook and talk with your children about what they do to be safe on the buses.  

Adrian and Jane 

Cows Create Careers

Over the past 3 weeks the Year 7 and 8 classes have been involved in the Cows Create Careers Program. Aims of the project are to: 

• Introduce the dairy industry to school students.
• Introduce students to pathways in the dairy industry and its many related career and educational opportunities.
• Give students a hands-on experience working with calves.
• Provide industry advocates and farmers to inform, encourage and support students interest and knowledge of the dairy industry. 

Students have taken part in many different learning tasks including watching video clips about the dairy industy, making a 3D model or Mootube movie, writing a letter to Jaydee Events Pty Ltd about their experience and creating a funny photo with the dairy calves.   Owen Rees from Total Result Ag Consulting – Senior Ruminant Productivity Consultant- also spoke to the Year 8 students over zoom about calf nutrition and ruminant health. The students were also responsible for checking their weights weekly and the general care and feeding responsibilities that go with keeping dairy calves.   We would like to thank the sponsors of this program; Dairy Australia, Kym Willsmore (dairy calves sponsor) Gardiner Foundation, MaxCare calf milk replacer.  

Boarding House Feast

This week the Boarding House students have been involved in creating and cooking a menu as part of building on life skills and meal planning. The students not only selected the produce but helped cook the three course menu with our SSO Tim Harrison. The students created the following menu;

Entre – Asian duck breast with crepes, spring onion, cucumber and hoisin sauce.

Main – Slow cooked beef cheeks with a red wine and tomato sauce with pappardelle pasta.

Salad – Pear & walnut salad, Fennel, orange and pine nut salad and finally roasted vegetables with fennel seed, rosemary, lemon zest and chili.

Dessert – Chocolate mousse with whipped cream, chocolate shards and praline.

Overall the students had a great time cooking and most of all eating the gourmet feast.

Daniel Ryan

Lucindale Area School – Bullying Prevention Policy and Plan (Draft) 2022

Please use the provided link to view our draft 2022 Bullying Prevention Policy and Plan.

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