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Our Newsletter From the Principal & Deputy Principal Diary Dates th SRC Induction Assembly: On Monday 18 March, we hosted our induction assembly 22nd March for our School Captains, SRC representatives and House Captains. We can be certain Easter SMG Presentation that our Athletics programs and Student Leadership are in great hands for 2019. The School Captains, Vice Captains and Senior Agricultural Leader spoke exceptionally 25th March well about their directions for the school in 2019 including continuing the upgrades of Governing Council AGM 6pm our facilities and working closely with the community to expand our partnerships in strengthening our school and community further. 26th to 29th March Year 11/12 Outdoor Ed We greatly appreciated having Mayor Erika Vickery and CEO Trevor Smart from the Naracoorte Lucindale Council attend and Trevor as our guest speaker. It was Canoe Camp wonderful to hear about Trevor’s youth leadership in Kimba, his passion for AFL 3rd April Umpiring and guidance around Leadership and leading by example along with hearing Year 10/11 Immunisations about his upcoming plans for Lucindale. We look forward to working with Council to include student voice in the Masterplan for Lucindale. 4th April Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for the ceremony and morning tea. Primary Assembly 10.50am Thank you also to our student leaders and people behind the scenes who have 5th April supported the induction ceremony and youth voice. SAPSASA Athletics Hay Carting: We thank Greg Ingham and Adam and Rachel Hill for their support with our students and staff over the last week in ensuring that the 600 odd bales of 9th and 10th April hay required for Field Days had been successfully delivered to the Field Day exhibitors Parent Teacher Interviews and returned to the hayshed in record time. 12th April Field Days: Lucindale Lions and its Field Days Committee are to be commended on End of Term 1 another successful and rewarding Field Days. Our Blue Yakka Trail was a sell out again Early Dismissal at 2.10pm this year along with some great support for our wine sales and the Ag program selling more than 130 Chooks. 29th April The support from parents and community members for gate and parking rosters, Student Free Day table cleaning, setup/pack up and general assistance is greatly appreciated and lets all look forward to another exceptional South East Field Days in 2020. Principal Adrian Maywald Deputy Principal Jane Gill Governing Council Chair Georgie McKay Phone: 8766 2084 Email [email protected] Portfolio Meeting sharing our PD processes: Our School has been identified to share its practices around using the Professional Standards and our Performance Development processes across the Wrattonbully and Blue Lake partnerships on Thursday 21st March. This is great recognition for more than 5 years of commitment to refining our processes to support all of our staff and students to receive professional, constructive feedback that informs practice and ensures that each staff member reaches their full potential to support students in learning. To find out more please have a chat to our staff at school or feel free to catch up with us for more detail including how we implement our training as Independent Observers of Professional Practice. Pool Update: As we move forward, the offers of sponsorship and support for fundraising and working bees is greatly appreciated. On Tuesday, we will be attending the Council meeting to seek their financial support in assisting with the project. We will also be establishing a focused fundraising committee and a pool management committee to ensure we establish simple ways and contacts for everyone to be involved in a targeted and professional manner. Keep an eye out for updates following the Governing Council AGM and Local Council Meeting. Interviews: In week 11 this term on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th of April we will be having our Parent/ Student/Teacher Interviews to ensure your child/children have achieved to the best of their ability across this term and to set agreed directions for the next three terms. Please note we hope every family can find the time to attend or make an alternative time if the allocated times are not suitable. This year we also actively encourage you to book appointments with us if you would like to discuss any ways in which we can continue to improve the school, work in partnership with parents/community or simply if you would like to ask any questions etc. Interschool Athletics at Kingston: Following our Sports Day and a few additional trainings we have reached our Interschool Athletics Competition against Kangaroo Inn, Allendale East and Kingston Area School. We know that each of our students have given their personal best and are to be commended on a some fantastic individual results along with achieving second overall. IT Cabling: Upgrading our ICT cabling across the school has been fast tracked with the amazing support of Scott Bayliss and his team from ICT Support. This will start on March 25th and should take around 7-10 days to be completed. This will see our school with improved Wireless access points and vastly improved connection and internet speeds in conjunction with our switch and server upgrades we have recently undertaken. Staffing News: We wish Pauline Rivett all the best for her operation while she is on leave and thank Kellie Huckin for filling in for her. We are also advertising the Farm Manager role this week and applicants will be able to apply over the next three weeks. If you are interested or would like more information please contact us at the school or look at the Department job adds. The job will be open for applications for approximately 3 weeks from Thursday. Lucindale Shears: We thank the Lucindale Shears for their generous support of 8 of our secondary students to attend the SA Sheep Expo in the upcoming school holidays. Max Jenke, Mary-ann Thompson, Georgina Thompson, Louise Staines, Harry Aldridge, Emilee Landers, Christie Bauer and Emily Brewster Strickland will be attending and we look forward to hearing about their adventures and learning at the expo. Governing Council AGM: Due to a large number of apologies, we have had to reschedule our Governing Council AGM to Monday March 25th at 6pm in the School Staff Room. There is still time to consider nominating for positions vacant. With a big year ahead and some dynamic sub committees, we would love to have you join us to help ensure that all students receive the best education possible at Lucindale. Thank you to those who have already shown willingness to join the Governing Council and or its sub committees. Yours sincerely Adrian Maywald and Jane Gill Student Representative Council School Captains: Jack Walker and Duncan Leake School Vice Captains: Toby Simpson and Angelique Dellaney Senior Leader of Agriculture: Brodie Dupree Class Representatives Reception/Year 1 Class:Harry Reynolds, Taylor England, Austin Hann, Anakie Gregory Year 2/3 Class: Amy Ewer, Mason Young, Madison Raedel, Darcy Clarke Year 4/5 Class: Finneaus Dennis, Mia Theron, Connor Thomson, Teagan Hocking Year 5/6 Class: Levi Jenke, Ava-Jane Snodgrass, James Corbin, Hannah Kiefel Year 7 Class: Jorja Watson, Abigail Treloar, Sophie Edmonds, Alexander Pitt Year 8 Class: Tessa Ingham, Rupert Fletcher Year 9 Class: Katie Fuller, Matt Gould Year 10 Class: Courtney Smith, Harry Aldridge, Shari Vickers House Captains Wanboo House Captains: Samuel Pitt (Vice Captain), Jack Walker (Captain), Taylor Ryan (Captain), Milly Walker (Vice Captain). Wanboo Junior Primary House Captains: Seth Trussell (Vice Captain), Cody Crocker (Captain), Georgia Eddy (Captain), Anna Theron (Vice Captain) Bundi House Captains: Georgina Thompson (Vice Captain), Christie Bauer (Captain), Toby Simpson (Captain), Duncan Leake (Vice Captain) Bundi Junior Primary House Captains: Thomas Handbury (Vice Captain), Sid Wilkin (Captain), Maggie Venables (Captain), Rebecca Clothier (Vice Captain) Kiama House Captains: Cody Clarke (Captain), Angelique Dellaney (Captain), Emilee Landers (Vice Captain) Jack Edmonds (Vice Captain) Kiama Junior Primary House Captains: Samantha Kiefel (Captain), Anneliese Seears (Vice Captain), Charles Bruce (Vice Captain), Hugh Seears (Captain) South East Field Days Field Days Metal Sculptures The Year 2/3 class worked on making Hairy Maclary to go into the Student Animal Metal Sculpture event at the Field Days on the weekend. They won second prize. Many people gave them compliments on their efforts. We would like to thank Ashley Reynolds and Skye Trott for coming into the school and helping us create and complete Hairy Maclary. Interschool 2019 On Wednesday 20th March, Lucindale students in the Interschool team travelled to Kingston Community School for the annual South Eastern Sports Association Interschool Athletics Carnival. It was a chilly morning but as the day went on, the sun came out and the competition really heated up. The staff at Lucindale Area School are incredibly proud of our students and were amazed with the determination and sportsmanship the students showed. Unfortunately we were unable to hold on to the championship trophy but there were some amazing achievements throughout the day. Thank you to all the parents for their support throughout the day and to the staff who assisted on events, with travel or in the tent. FINAL SCORES: Kingston: 1501 Lucindale : 1360.5 Kangaroo Inn: 877 Allendale East: 648.5 INDIVIDUAL TROPHY WINNERS: Sub Junior Boys Sub Junior Girls Junior Boys Junior Girls Intermediate Boys 4th Bailey Clarke 1st Corrie Taylor 1st Davey Gear 2nd Alice Rayner 1st Cameron Coutts 5th Teagan Hocking 2nd Riley Clarke 4th Dominic Carter Equal 4th Ollie Gear & James Corbin Intermediate Girls Senior Boys Senior Girls Open Boys Open Girls 3rd Sophie Edmonds 1st Jacob Thompson 3rd Taylor Ryan 5th Jack Walker 1st Christie Bauer 4th Milly Thompson 4th Cody Clarke 5th Kira Schubert AGE GROUP DIVISIONAL SHIELDS: Junior Championship Special mention to Davey Gear who equalled his own 80m Hurdle record with a time of 14.4 seconds.