Around the School

Reminders 

Parent Lounge 

We would like to welcome you to our new School Management System, TASS.  The TASS Parent Lounge replaces our previous Edumate account and complements the items you can access on Toddle.

You should have received an email with login information, enabling you to log in and explore the TASS Parent Lounge. 

A simple overview of what can be accessed through TASS is below:

• Contact information – address, email and phone number
• Your child/ren’s medical information
• Attendance information – including the option to notify the School of your child/ren’s absences
• School calendar

Up to date contact Information

We are working to ensure that we have the most up to date contact information and medical details for families - as addresses, phone numbers, emails, medical details, allergies, medications and the like can often change over the years. 

Please log in to Parent Lounge to check that we have your current contact details and medical information as well as a small amount of information that we are required by the government to collect and update relating to language spoken at home, occupation and education level. If you are able to login to Parent Lounge and check these details by Friday 9 February, it would be much appreciated. 

Medical Information 

You are also most welcome to contact our office staff to pass on prescribed medication (with a health plan advising how often to administer and your child’s medication clearly labelled with their name) to be administered to your child at school as required, including asthma puffers and any asthma management or health care plans that your child may have. We ask that all medication is handed in to the office at the commencement of the day, and not be kept in your child’s bag.

Learning Through Music 

A reminder that if you would like your child to learn a musical instrument one on one with a tutor, that we are pleased to provide this service at school through partnering with Learning Through Music. We have qualified tutors in a range of instruments visit the school each week to work with students. Our instrumental tuition students also perform at school assemblies each term. If you would be interested in your child having individual tuition in a musical instrument, please contact the School Office for more details via office@goldengrove.sa.edu.a

Taking Action - Soccer Goal

‘Student initiated action is considered a dynamic outcome of agency’ - the learner in the enhanced pyp. 

Action is one of the most important parts of any inquiry- why? Because it’s encouraging our students to make a change or changes based on what they’ve learnt. These changes may not always be physical or visible changes but can also be about how we are feeling, what we are thinking, doing and saying. 

The IB suggests that Action can be taken in a variety of ways including: social justice, advocacy, social entrepreneurship, participation and lifestyle choices. 

Late last year is our How We Organise Ourselves unit of inquiry about Organisations, we explored how organisations are setup to meet the needs of communities. In exploring our school as an organisation Lucas and Nicholas proposed that our school would benefit from having a soccer goal, as a lot of our students from F-6 enjoy and play soccer at break times. 

The boys created a plan and put it into action, they created a petition for students and staff to sign, while at the same time they wrote a speech to present to Mr Wallace. 

By the end of Term 4 last year the boys had succeeded in their mission and had convinced Mr Wallace to action their idea. The new goal arrived earlier this year, and is now proudly setup and in use on our school oval. 

It is great to see our students here at GGLPS taking action through their learning. I can’t wait to see what other ideas our students have in store. 

Book Club

Welcome to GGLPS Scholastic Book Club for 2024!

All book list orders must be submitted electronically, cash orders NOT accepted.

To order, go to www.scholastic.com.au/loop

New families will need to register for online purchasing, by entering the following details:

School: Golden Grove Lutheran Primary

Year Level: select from drop down box

Child’s Class: Select from drop down box

Families who have ordered previously online, will be prompted to update their child’s information for 2024 when ordering.

Orders for Issue 1 will need to be submitted online by Sunday 18th February.

Uniform

Uniform can be ordered via Qkr!

All orders that are received before 10.00am will be placed in class trays and sent home that afternoon. Orders received after 10.00am will be processed the following school day.

The uniform shop will continue to be available each day before and after school. If the shop is unattended, please ask at the office for assistance.

Please check that your child's uniform is of the highest standard and reflective of our uniform policy, particularly in terms of avoiding the wearing of jewellery. 

Assembly and Chapel 

Roster - Term 1

Assemblies will take place each Monday, commencing at 2.30pm in the Worship Centre. 

Please note that Foundation Assembly has moved to Week 11 and we will advise the time and details for the Harmony Day Assembly in Week 9. 

Classes presenting at assembly this term are: 

Chapel will take place each Friday, commencing at 8.50am in the Worship Centre, commencing in Week 2 (from Friday 9 February). 

Class Carers 

Ignite Youth

Hello families. The Ignite Goldenfields trip is happening Friday 1 March for Foundation - Year 5s. We will be heading there on the school bus, playing on the playground and playing on the grassed area. We will have more leaders to help supervise this event, participants will be wearing bright vests and an area will be coned off for them to play in. Book your child in by this Thursday night to secure their spot. To book, head to bit.ly/GGLCIgnite. If you have any questions please contact Joel on 0411 084 071.

Reminder that Ignite & Arise Youth groups are underway for the year. Come along to find out about these groups and what is happening this year. For more information, please contact Joel Schiller.