Parent Information
School Hours of Operation and Supervision after school.
Dear Parents and families,
Please ensure you supervise your child after they are dismissed from school and make their way to you. We ask that you stay close by and encourage safe and appropriate play whilst on the school grounds.
A reminder that the Middle Primary Playground is not supervised after school, and is a space reserved for our OSHC student use only.
To ensure the safety of your child/children please note that as there are no staff on duty, no students are to be left unattended at the school before 8.15am or after 3.15pm.
If you are unable to stay with your child in the morning until 8.15am, or pick them up on time when school has finished, you must book them into our OSHC service. Any children left unattended outside of these times will be booked into OSHC and the cost charged to you through the 'Fully Booked' system.
Car Park
Speed
The school is a very busy place in the mornings and afternoons with many children walking alongside and through the carpark. Our carpark speed is walking pace only and vehicles should be driving no faster than 10km/h. Please drive carefully and thank you for keeping our children safe.
Kiss and Drop
Please ensure that you are moving forward as far as possible along the Kiss and Drop zone before collecting and dropping off your students.
Reverse Parking
When parking along the path near the oval please be aware how far your car is hanging into this walk space.
School Absences
Please don't forget, if your child is going to be absent from school you will need to notify both their classroom teacher and the front office. This can be done via email. The front office email is: admin@gspv.sa.edu.au
This helps us ensure that your child is safe and accounted for, and that we have the correct information regarding their absence.
School Photos
School Photos will be held next Tuesday 27th February 2024. Your child would have been given their personalised named envelope last week by their teacher. Please return these envelopes no later than tomorrow, Friday 23 February, with a record of your payment on the envelope.
It is ok if you do not wish to purchase any photos, we do ask that your envelope is still returned as your child needs this envelope on the day of the photo to record information for the School Photographer. If you lose your envelope, please contact the front office.
If you wish to have a sibling photo, please collect a Sibling Envelope from the front office and return by the due date. Sibling photos do not include children from the ELC or non-current students.
Students in Stage 3 and 4 are to wear their formal summer uniform, no jumpers.
Siblings
If you have not yet submitted an enrolment application for any siblings of current students, please do so as soon as possible to ensure a position is available, the sooner the better! Your prompt attention to this is greatly appreciated. Enrolment applications can be collected and returned to the front office.
School Fees
Thank you for your patience with the roll out of our new TASS system and the sending of account statements/invoices. Please note, this has changed our billing to show families their full year fees, rather than sending statements/invoices each term. The due date on the statement is only for families wanting to pay in full to receive the 10% discount on base tuition fees. If you have a direct debit in place, these will continue to be processed as agreed and you can ignore the due date on your statement. We offer multiple payment methods for your convenience, if you would like further information please contact the front office: 08 8264 7966
Acknowledging School Values
The students who were acknowledged by Ms Ingham at assembly this week, for fantastic demonstration of the school values of Love, Optimism and Creativity were: Shayla, Bridget and Jay.
Sports Vouchers from State Government
Save up to $100 per child, per calendar year on sports, dance, learn to swim and Scouts/Guides fees!
The Government of South Australia, Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing, Sports Voucher Program provides a discount of up to $100 on sport, dance, learn-to-swim or scouts/guides fees for children living in South Australia in Reception to Year 9, each calendar year. The aim is to increase the number of children participating in physical activity by helping to reduce cost as a barrier.
To redeem, download the voucher from the Sports Voucher website and provide the voucher information directly to the organisation you are registering your child with. (The hard copy voucher is not mandatory, as some providers have included this information in their online registration systems.)
Mother's Day Stall is back!
The Mother’s Day Stall planning has begun. A team of parents are working behind the scenes to prepare for this special event. If you're keen to help out we are looking for:
* Home Made donations to sell such as:
- Mini Succulent Plants
- Earrings
- Chocolate Jars
- Head Wraps (Please have these dropped off to school Wednesday week 11 and please communicate before then with what you hope to donate, to Alix Zeppel: info@alizefabrics.com.au
* People to be present at the stall to assist the children with sales.
The dates of the stall are: Tues May 7th
Wed May 8th
Thurs May 9th from 1.30-3pm (arrival at 1.15pm please) and
Friday 10th after school.
Save these dates to your diary now.
More details to come closer to the date.
* Raffle donations such as: (please be in touch with Lauren Davis on lauren@funkychickendesign.com.au for any raffle donations aside from money donations, see below for that)
- Massage Vouchers
- Chocolates
- Wine
- Nibbles
- Stationary / Pens
- Earrings
- Any type of Voucher
- Money donations to go towards vouchers (please email Jodi Quast - quast.jodi@gmail.com to contribute this way)
Thank you for assisting us. We look forward to celebrating together!
House Teams
The new school House Teams are go for 2024! Students recently received a badge letting them know which House Team they are in (which is also the theme of our Welcome to your house Party!). Attached below are the House Logos – feel free to save them and use at home with your children. You might want to create a sign or clothing for this year’s Sports Day on Thursday 28th March!
Volunteering at the school
Interested in contributing to the vibrant community at Good Shepherd Lutheran School Para Vista? We have plenty of volunteer opportunities within our school and your involvement is crucial in creating a nurturing environment for our students.
To learn more about the available opportunities and the application process, please take a moment to review the attached PDF document. We greatly appreciate your willingness to support our educational journey, and we look forward to welcoming you as valued members of our dedicated team.
Growing Faith Resources
Dear School Family,
One of the things that the Growing Faith Resource encourages is sharing your highs and lows as a family. Creating time to hear about your child’s highs and lows is an opportunity for your child to express themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Sharing both highs and lows helps them to keep life in perspective. Sharing your highs and lows, in a child friendly way, helps them to realise that we all have our ups and downs. You may also like to share the ways you like to celebrate your highs and helpful strategies you have discovered for dealing with your lows!
For this week’s Lenten activity, you might like to get creative and create a hessian bookmark! (See attachment provided.)
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Georgie
Seasons for Growth
Seasons for Growth is an 8- week program for children who have had changes occur in their families through death, separation, divorce or related circumstances. It has been run at Good Shepherd for many years now and each year we see the fruit of children having an opportunity to process change in a safe, supportive group. We have normally run groups for stages 2,3 and 4 in term two but are open to running one this term if the need is there. The groups run for 45 minutes once a week. Children join the group with parent permission, at the suggestion of a parent and/or their teacher.
If you think your children might benefit from this valuable program, or have more questions about it, please contact;
Renee Baker renee.baker@gspv.sa.edu.au
Sonia Hulme sonia.hulme@gspv.sa.edu.au
and we will be in touch.
More information on the program is available at https://www.mackillopseasons.org.au/programs/seasons-for-growth-children-and-young-people/
Enrolment for Endeavour College
Dear Connected Schools Families,
Endeavour College is excited to launch their new enrolment process via Digistorm.
Many families who have already submitted an application form or confirmed enrolled children for Year 7 2025, would have received an email from the college with a link to their new form. This will enable a smooth enrolment process with accurate and up-to-date information that will assist in the transition to High School.
If you have not received an email, please contact enrolments@endeavour.sa.edu.au.
For those who have not yet applied, please use the following link, Enrolment Inquiry - Endeavour College.
The application fee is waived for our Connected Schools community.
The Endeavour College enrolment process for Year 7 2026 will commence soon. Please ensure that your application is received before March 15th 2024, to ensure the priority enrolment is applied.