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From the Principal 2 August 2012

Term 3 Issue 3

Newsletter

St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Principal: Mr Mark Rathjen

God in all things

Special points of interest:

• Tonight 2/8

School Council

Meeting—7pm

• Friday 3/8

Cake Stall (Room 1)

Toolbox Parenting Group—9.30am

• Tuesday 7/8

Musical Matinee— 1.45pm Evening Performance

—7pm

• Wednesday 8/8

SAPSASA 6/7 Girls Basketball

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

What is your goal in life?

I’m sure most you were up early on Saturday morning for the Opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London. Quite exciting wasn’t it but can you imagine how highly anticipated it has been for those who are competing? For four years and more, athletes have been dedicating hours upon hours to work and train to compete on an international scale with one goal: winning a gold medal.

As far back as 776BC, athletes have gone into strict training to gain the top prize. Today it’s a gold medal. For ancient Greek athletes it was a sacred olive tree wreath placed on their head in the vestibule of the temple of Zeus. The effort was immense, however the losers were many and the glory of the victor often short-lived.

While we admire the discipline and dedication of an Olympic athlete, the apostle Paul encourages the same dedication, discipline and determination in pursuing a life with the Lord Jesus. Life can easily become consumed with the temporary and transient. Perhaps today is an opportunity to ask, “What am I doing today to spend time and energy pursuing the one thing that will last forever—a close and growing relationship with Jesus Christ?”

Paul “beat his body” and made it his slave to proclaim Jesus to others and to grow in his personal walk with Jesus. To what do I have to say “No!” in order to have time each day to spend reading the Bible or in personal devotion and prayer? What disciplines do I need to practice to reflect the love of Jesus in my attitudes and actions each day? What priorities do I need to adjust to ensure that my family and I are intensely pursuing that which really matters—the love of the Lord Jesus and a life honoring him?

Today, with the Lord’s help, run in such a way to gain the prize that lasts forever! Tomorrow do the same…and the next day…and the next! Jesus says, “Be faithful to the point of death and I will give you the crown of life” (Revelation 2:10). Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank you for pursuing us with a focus and intensity that took you to the cross for each of us. Instill in us the discipline, determination and dedication to pursue a closer and growing relationship with you so that when our final day on this earth comes, we will enjoy standing in your temple receiving the crown of life you won for us. Amen.

Today's Devotion is brought to you by WELS and www.WhatAboutJesus.com

Inside this issue... Page

Parents & Friends....... 2 Illness............................. 2 Working Bee............... 2 PYP................................. 3 School Performance.. 4 Found (jacket)............. 4 Resource Centre ....... 4 Book Club Orders .... 4 Choir/Singing Notice 4 Parking Control.......... 4 Prayer Team................ 5 Chess............................. 5 Toolbox Parenting Hot Tip ...................... 5 Seasons for Growth.. 5 Basketball Trials ......... 6 Playgroup...................... 6 St Peters Sporting Super Stars............... 7 Church News.............. 8 Diary Dates ................. 8

Attached… City of Mitcham—Parking Control

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St Peters Cookbook Last chance to submit your family’s

favourite recipe for the 2012 St Peters cookbook by Friday 3 August. P l e a s e e m a i l y o u r r e c i p e t o [email protected] or drop off a copy to the front office. Please double check them as we won’t be able to test the recipes before we go to print! Also, if your recipe is ‘allergy friendly’ in any way, please make sure you indicate this on the recipe itself.

Cake Stall Tomorrow’s Cake Stall will be hosted by our Year 6/7 families from Miss Geue’s class (Room 1). As always, we look forward to seeing the fantastic array of sweet treats on offer for us to purchase.

Parents and Friends

St Peters Lutheran School Fete

WANTED! NEW FETE COORDINATOR

The P&F is seeking a Fete Coordinator to plan the St Petersfest to be held in March/April 2013. The role will come with lots of support and all the base documentation has been set up electronically from the last fete. If you are interested in taking over the Coordinator reins please call Penny Markham on 0414 401 469.

Please, please, please consider taking on this role. If we do not have a volunteer come forward soon, this fun and historically successful event will regrettably not be able to go ahead.

StPetersffffeeeesssstttt!!!!

Illness

Please note—there have been some confirmed cases of Influenza A this term in our school community. The following information has been taken from the Department of Health “You’ve got what? Prevention and control of notifiable and other infectious diseases in children and adults”. Seasonal Influenza; This is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by the influenza virus. Symptoms include sudden onset of fever, headache, runny nose, muscle aches, fatigue, sore throat and cough. The incubation period is 1-3 days (time between becoming infected and developing symptoms) The infectious period is 1 day before and up to 5 days after the onset of symptoms but can be longer in young children. Control of spread; A person with suspected or confirmed influenza should be excluded from child care, school or work until they are free of the above symptoms and they feel well. Wash hands after sneezing or coughing Wipe down all frequently touched surfaces with a cleaning cloth dampened with detergent. For more information you can phone Health Direct on 1800 022 222, go to the SA Health website: www.health.sa.gov.au or check with your doctor.

Working Bee

Thank you to those families who have returned their working bee slips advising of their ability to attend next Saturday’s working bee. Workers who are involved this time include families from Rooms 7, 8 and B. The usual tasks will be on the list to be done on the day and useful tools to bring along include forks, shovels, wheelbarrows, gardening gloves, pruners, rakes, yard brooms and cobweb brooms. Attendees on the day should make sure they sign in—which serves two purposes. The first is for insurance and the second is so that your name does not reappear on the working bee roster for next term.

2 August 2012

IB Learners

strive to

be

Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective

IB Learner

Profile

How we organise ourselves

Year 6/7 Elections Throughout term 2, the year 6/7 students were inquiring into the central idea “Governments are responsible for laws and keeping society functioning and in order”. In the Resource Centre, we decided to have an in-depth inquiry into one of the lines of inquiry, “the electoral process.” Our trip to Canberra was an excellent lead into our Unit, giving us an overview of the electoral process in Australia. Once we had found out what the students knew about the electoral process, students were placed into parties that emerged from their previous unit of inquiry into beliefs and actions.

From then on, the parties directed their own inquiry into the electoral process, with me as a guide and facilitator. Each lesson they were engaged with the task and learnt a lot from actually being involved in the process. With any inquiry, it’s great to include others and we decided we would include the whole school and teach them all about elections by allowing them to vote. Last Thursday, with the help of John from the Electoral Education Centre, the whole school used the preferential system to vote for the party they wanted to form

‘government’ here at St Peters. The successful party was Family Fun, with Rhiannon Evans as their candidate. The Family Fun party’s main platform was to organise more school events that include family including bouncy castles and cupcakes! Throughout the following weeks, I will be working not only with the winning team, but also the other parties to ensure their platforms will be addressed and that the voice of the students in year 6/7 will be part of future plans here at St Peters. Bronwyn Wilson RC Manager/PYP Coordinator

Primary Years Programme (PYP) Inquiry Learning

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School Performance Resource Centre News

There are many students borrowing each week from our Resource Centre, which is great to see! Please be aware that books taken from the Resource Centre need to be returned in the same condition. This being the case, library bags for borrowing are essential, especially for the JP's. If your child has an accident with a book, please bring the book to the Resource Centre and speak with myself or Mrs Smith. If neither of us are available, please leave the book on the counter with a little note attached. This stops the books from sitting in the return chute for longer than is necessary. Thank you for your support in this matter. It helps our books stay in good condition for as long as possible.

Bronwyn Wilson RC Manager

Excitement is building as we look forward to our three performances next week of The Rock Slinger and his Greatest Hit. The students and their teachers have been working very hard to prepare for this fantastic musical event on our school calendar.

Thank you for returning your ticket order forms. Tickets have been issued this week and we can advise that there are still tickets available for the matinee performance next Tuesday 7 August, and a small number for the evening performance next Thursday evening (9 August). Tickets for the evening performance on Tuesday 7 August have been fully allocated.

We won’t be issuing a second round order form. However, if you would like additional tickets for the Tuesday matinee performance or the Thursday evening performance, please contact the school office with your request.

As we can only comfortably hold 300 people in the hall, this is the maximum number of tickets we can allocate for each performance. Please understand that we will not be able to admit anyone to the performance without a ticket. For the matinee which begins at 1.45pm, the doors to the performance space will be locked until 1.30pm. Audience members will enter through the double doors in the foyer by the school reception desk. For the evening performances, which begin at 7pm, only one door to the facility will be open and that will be the front door, which will open at 6.30pm. Everyone will need to enter through that door, including the student performers and ticket holders.

Note—parents/caregivers collecting children from SPLOSHC next Tuesday and Thursday should also be mindful that the back gate will be locked at 6pm.

We trust that these procedures will ensure that we have a safe place in which to share the performance will you all.

Book Club Orders

Last call for Scholastic Book Orders—must be received by tomorrow Friday 3 August 2012.

Parking Control

City of Mitcham has forwarded to us some information regarding their enforcement of parking restrictions around schools and kindergartens.

To provide for student safety around roadways at school drop off and pick up times, any breaches of the Australian Road Rules observed by compliance officers may result in the issue of an expiation notice.

Attached to this newsletter is a brochure provided by the City of Mitcham regarding parking regulations.

Parents—please note: There will be NO school choir or Junior Primary singing group on Wednesday

morning next week, due to the late night concert on Tuesday night.

FOUND A grey ladies coat (Size 8) has been found in the Church kitchen. If this belongs to you,

please claim it from the Church office.

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Toolbox Parenting

Hot Tip Tips for teen boys

Every age and stage has its special challenges and rewards, without exception. Here are a couple of points to reflect on if you have a teenage boy in your family:

• Remember that a lot of his love and appreciation of you may not be expressed in ways you can detect. Trust that he loves you and you are still very important to him, even if he doesn't tell you as often, or as openly.

• Strive for a balance between support and space. Don’t ever back off completely or behave as though you don’t care what happens to him, but offer your assistance in a way that leaves him free to decide if he takes up the offer.

God bless your parenting, James Ziersch

Chess Coaching by David from ChessLife has recommenced in the Big Room from 1.05pm on Fridays. Students are to bring their lunch and will finish at 2pm. The Coach will not charge families ($5 a session) for a child who is away from school or is required by the school to do an alternative activity, but will charge the family if a child is at school and simply wants to play with friends instead. Registration for Chess coaching should be understood as a commitment to attend every session each term, rather than a casual arrangement when a child feels like attending when they have nothing better to do.

Thursday Lunch Chess Club Commencing today, there is an opportunity for casual playing of chess and friendly competition, and an opportunity for beginners to learn the basics of playing chess. To join in, students should meet with Mr Z by the Resource Centre after eating lunch.

Upcoming Chess Competitions Chess School SA Championship Adelaide Hills—Wednesday 5 September at St Mark’s Lutheran School, Hampden Road, Mount Barker 9am—2pm. Girls Only Chess School SA Championship—Wednesday 12 September at Loreto College, Portrush Road, Marryatville.

Registration forms are available at the school office.

Chess

Prayer Team Next week (Wk 4), St Peters’ Prayer Team will be praying for –

School staff: Bronwyn Wilson (PYP Coordinator), Deb Bahnisch (Enrolments Officer/Secretary), Helen Radford (Business Manager) and Claire England (R/1 teacher)

The following students from Room 7 and their families:

• Amelie & Lucas (Rm 8) Kingdon

• Joshua & Lachlan (ELC) Martin

• Tara & Nikolas (Rm 5) & Jessica (ELC) Gacic

• Jack & Georgia (Rm 9) Bishop

St Peters’ Prayer Team (James Ziersch, Cathy Tighe, Angela Graetz, Sam Smith, Liz Bird, Bronny Meynell, Paula Griffiths & Pastor Ben Pfeiffer.)

The Seasons for Growth Program (S4G) is being offered again for students in Year 4/5 to commence in Term 3. If you would like your child to take part in this program, please obtain a registration form from the school office, or request one via email: [email protected], complete the tear-off slip and return to the school office by Thursday 9 August.

S4G is specifically aimed at children who are experiencing unresolved grief due to a change or loss in their life, whether it be family breakdown, friendship changes, moving school, the death of a relative, friend or pet, serious illness or injury, imprisonment of a family member or some other significant change.

If your child has done the program last year, they may still be struggling with changes in his/her life or even be finding that there are different issues to be dealt with as he/she matures.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact me so we can talk about them.

James Ziersch (Mr Z) School Chaplain Ph: 8278 0800 (Available in Terms 3 & 4 on Thu & Fri each week) or mobile 0435 008 513

Seasons for Growth

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Sturt Sabres Basketball Club

External Trials Sunday 26 August 2012

Where: Pasadena Sports Stadium, Gate 1, Pasadena High School, Cnr Goodwood and Daws Road The new district season starts in Term 4, October 2012 and concludes in September 2013.

Trial times are as follows:

U/10’s Players Born 2004/2005/2006 8.30am—9.30am U/12’s Players Born 2002/2003 9.30am—10.30am U/14’s Players Born 2000/2001 10.30am—11.30am U/16’s Players Born 1998/1999 11.30am—12.30pm U/18’s Players Born 1996/1997 12.30pm—1.30pm

Please arrive 15 minutes before your session to register before the session. If you are unable to attend, or require more information, contact Paul Mesecke on 8177 0463.

St Peters

playgroup

Bring your babies, toddlers & pre-schoolers

for an hour or two of play

(plus a hot drink or two for you!)

Thursdays, 9am - 11am

St Peters Hall

Please bring shared fruit & gold coin donation

Sam Smith & Tanya Bingham

South Adelaide Basketball Club

Free Basketball Clinic Saturday 4 August 2012 12noon—2pm

Registration Day Boys—Sunday 12 August 2012 Girls—Sunday 19 August 2012

Where: Marion Basketball Stadium, Norfolk Road, Marion

Trial times are as follows:

Under 10 Boys & Girls Players Born 2004, 2005 & 2006 3.30pm—4.30pm Under 12 Boys & Girls Players Born 2002 & 2003 2.00pm—3.30pm Under 14 Boys & Girls Players Born 2000 & 2001 12.30pm—2.00pm Under 16 Boys & Girls Players Born 1998 & 1999 11.00am—12.30pm Under 18 Boys & Girls Players Born 1996 & 1997 9.30am—11.00am

Players are asked to arrive 15 minutes before scheduled start of session to register. For more information or if you are unable to attend on the day, please email [email protected]

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St Peters Sporting Super Stars

Yr 6 Basketball - White

Year 4/5 Football For the first two quarters we were a bit average and then in the third quarter we made a come back. In the fourth quarter they started coming back at us but then we just got a goal before the siren to win by 2 points. Some good players were Jordan, Joel and Eduard. William Hammerl

Year 4 Basketball We played against the top team and we lost by 10. I think that Ben P and Ashleigh played well. Lachlan Fleming

Year 4 Netball We played against Immanuel and we got 1 goal and Ella shot the first goal. They won by 14. Ella, Olivia and Holly played well. Mikayla and Ella

Year 2/3 Netball At the start we were really good but in the second half and the third half we went down a bit and we were in different spots with taller people. Both of the Emilys did a really good job. Amelia Hammerl

Soccer U11 We were playing against a really hard team and we were getting beaten in the first half. Then in the second half we tried to make a come back but the other team was too good. Our team had a really good and fun game. Kyle Gillies

We played against St Peters Blue and the score was 30-7. We all played well. Pax Masongele

Yr 6 Basketball - Navy

Volleyball We won 57-75. We played really well. Semi finals are coming up and we think we might be first on the ladder now, last time we looked we were second. The Volleyball team

Lacrosse WE played Glenelg and we lost by 18-7. I got nominated best players because I got a huge bruise and everyone thought I would stop playing but kept going. Cole Newman

We played against St Peters Navy. The score was 30-7 and we lost. Lewis did really well at getting the ball down to the other end and shooting. Cole Newman

Yr 6 Basketball - Blue

I think we played a brilliant game even though it was a very low scoring game. We played really well as a team, better than we ever have before. We won. Ben Hebdon

Year 5/6 Netball On Saturday we played netball and we won 20-4. All the team played well. Well done Clareece Varga

Soccer U10 This match we played against people who have only lost three times and it was really hard and we did lose. Because we only had 8 people on our team we got one of their players. The game was fun. The score was 0-9. Eben Bingham

Year 2/3 Football Our two best players at the end of the game it was Tyson and Ben. The score was 55-60. Lily marked the ball on her face after a person on the other team kicked the ball. We lost again like always. Lily and Tyson

Year 5/6 Netball team Please note your match this Saturday (4 August) IPS versus

St Peters Lutheran will be played in the Immanuel Sports Centre on the indoor court

(enter in the building past the swimming pool).

St Peters Lutheran Church

CONFIRMATION SERVICE 10AM

All are welcome to join us for our special Confirmation Service this Sunday, when the following young people will publicly ’confirm’ the faith of their baptism: Paris Smith, Jordan Tiekstra, Jordan Nunerley, Georgia Adams, Tim Quist, Lucy Rathjen and Bryce Puckridge. Aisha Gratez and Brooke Ellul will also take part in this service. Please remember these young people in your prayers.

Any enquiries please contact Pastor Ben: 82782322 or [email protected]

“Speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way

into Christ who is the head” (Eph 4:15)

St Peters Lutheran School, where the message of Jesus Christ is communicated and celebrated, is a caring, supportive learning

community that encourages global

consciousness, responsible action and life-long learning.

Diary Dates Term 3 (for your calendar!)

71 Cumming Street

BLACKWOOD SA 5051

St Peters Lutheran

School Blackwood

Phone: 8278 0800

Fax: 8370 0414 Email:

[email protected]

We’re on the web…

www.stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au

Week 3 (Monday 30/7)

Fri 3/8 Cake Stall and After Chapel Coffee

(Room 1—Miss Geue)


Week 4 (Monday 6/8)

Tue 7/8 Musical Matinee & Evening Performance

Wed 8/8 SAPSASA 6/7 Girls’ Basketball

Thu 9/8 Playgroup—9am

Prayer Group—9 to 10am (All welcome)

SAPSASA 6/7 Boys’ Basketball

Musical Evening Performance

Fri 10/8 After Chapel Coffee (Room B—Miss Davies)


Sat 11/8 Working Bee (Rooms 7/8/B)

Sun 12/8 Family Service (ELC)





(Room 2—Mr Eldridge)



Mon 20/8 Book Week (to Fri 24/8)



Fri 24/8 After Chapel Coffee

(Room 10—Miss Schutz)



Tue 28/8 Principal’s Tour—9 to 11am



Fri 31/8 Second Hand Uniform Shop Open—after

Chapel

Cake Stall and After Chapel Coffee (ELC)


Week 8 (Monday 3/9)

Wed 5/9 Chess School SA Championship Adelaide

Hills



School Council Meeting—7pm

Fri 7/9 Lutheran School Staff Conference

Sun 9/9 Family Service (Rooms 7 & 8)


Wed 12/9 Girls Only Chess School SA Championship




(Room 6—Miss Williams)



Thu 20/9 Last Day of Term 3

After Chapel Coffee (Room 9—Mrs Jakube)

Student Led Conferences

Fri 21/9 Student Led Conferences

These dates are subject to change so please make sure you check them each week.

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