From the Principal 8 November 2012

Term 4 Issue 5

Newsletter St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Principal: Mr Mark Rathjen

God in all things

Special points of interest:

• Tonight

School Council Meeting—7pm

• Tomorrow 9/11

Toolbox Parenting Group—9.30am

• Monday 12/11 to Friday 16/11

Swimming (Reception—Yr 2)

Inside this issue... Page

Parents & Friends ...... 2 Skipping Squad............ 2 Chapel Offering.......... 2 Learning Support Sessions...................... 2 Book Club.................... 2 Missing uniforms ........ 2 PYP Sharing the Planet Exhibition................... 3 Jars for the ELC.......... 3 Christmas Fair 2012.. 3 Student Drop Off ...... 4 Blackwood Christmas Parade......................... 4 Prayer Team................ 4 Novar Christmas Concert...................... 4 From the Chaplain Toolbox Parenting Hot Tips..................... 5 One Together Workshop................. 5 PE Week Skipping...... 6 St Peters Sporting Super Stars................ 3 Church News ............. 4 Diary Dates ................. 4

Attachment Rotary Christmas Fair 2012

A Healthy Learning Community “Collaboration & Cooperation”

Over the past two weeks we have been blessed through two significant events in our school community. Last Tuesday the Year 6 and 7s hosted their PYP Learning Exhibition and this week we have enjoyed PE Week. While very different activities, at the heart of their success was the collaboration and cooperation of staff, students and parents. I was impressed by the standard of work shown by our wonderful Year 6 and 7s at the exhibition. At the beginning of the exhibition process Year 7 students were matched up with staff mentors (parents for the year 6s). Mentors regularly met with students to discus their inquiry, help them over hurdles, encourage them and monitor their progress. Another key part of this project involves the students’ support of each other by providing ideas and feedback, sharing resources, setting up the displays and celebrating together when the job was done. I saw confident children passionately sharing their learning with anyone that would listen. During PE week students young and old have shared in a variety of activities (eg jump rope for heart, skating, dancing and skipping). Again I was so encouraged to see students looking out for each other as they skated like mad things around the hard play, organised themselves during the skipping activities, came prepared each day and danced for fun and joy at the disco. St Paul uses the analogy of a human body to show how (Christian) communities live and work together:

“For just as the body is one and has many members... And all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ….For the body does not consist of one member but of many… If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together...Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.“(1 Corinthians 12:12, 14, 26 and 27)

When everyone plays their part and supports each other (in big and small things) there are invariably fabulous outcomes, not only in the learning that occurs but also in the way we live together as a community. A big thank you to all members of this community for helping the St Peters’ body function in such healthy ways.

Mark Rathjen, Principal

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home made recipes from st peters lutheran school

community This beautiful and much anticipated publication is hot off the press! In full colour, professionally bound and with loads of great recipes, it will be a lovely keep sake for your child and would also make a great Christmas present for family or friends. But most importantly, it is filled with tried and tested family favourites from our very own school community so it’s bound to become a well used cookbook in your very own kitchen.

There are a limited number of copies available so be sure to fill out an order and return it with payment as soon as possible. Extra order forms and a copy of the book for you to look at are available at the front office.

Parents and Friends

A reminder that learning support sessions for 2012 will finish at the end of Week 6, as learning support staff will then be undertaking whole school reading assessments.

Attention Skipping Squad Members The skipping squad will not be performing at the Rotary Fair on Sunday 11 November. Skipping squad special interest group will meet for the last time for this year on Tuesday week 6. Thank you to all our fabulous skippers for a wonderful year.

Skipping Squad

Working Bee Thank you to those families who came along on Saturday for our working bee. All the jobs on the board were completed—and we very much appreciate your ongoing commitment to our school.

Kytons Christmas Fundraiser A reminder that order forms and money for the P&F’s Kytons 2012 Christmas Fundraiser need to be returned to school by Wednesday 28 November 2012. Pick-up of orders will be on Friday 7 December from the School. Any questions, please contact Emma Kilderry on 0430 339 743. If anyone is able to assist with packing and distributing orders on Friday 7 December between 11am and 3.30pm, please let Emma know. Last term our chapel offering of $267.20 and

casual clothes day $192.65 were donated to the Fight Cancer Foundation. Term 4 chapel offering will be donated to Lutheran Community Care.

Chapel Offering

The Parents and Friends AGM is on Monday 19 November at 7.00pm

in the chapel hall. Everyone is invited to come and hear about what’s been happening over the last year and to have a say in planning for next year’s events.

Book Club order forms were sent home today and are due back next Wednesday 14 November. This is the last Book Club order for 2012. Again, any parents wishing to order an item or two for Christmas are quite welcome to do so. Please make sure your name, contact phone number and "Front Office for collection" are clearly marked on the form.

Book Club

Missing...uniform items

Isaiah Caruso from Miss Williams’ class in Room 6 has lost his named Size 10 sports jacket. Rhiannon Evans from Mr Eldridge’s class in Room 2 has also lost her named sports jacket. Please check your child/ren’s bags to see if either of these items have inadvertently gone to the wrong home. If so, please return to the school office.

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IB Learners

strive to

be

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

IB Learner

Profile

It was great to see so many people attending this year’s ‘Sharing the planet’ exhibition. The students worked hard on presenting an engaging, collaborative inquiry identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues and problems.

Well done to all the students, teachers, mentors and families involved in this process.

Coming home this week to all families is a photo page with comments from the students about this year’s Exhibition. So, keep an eye out for this.

Bronwyn Wilson, PYP Coordinator

Primary Years Programme (PYP) Sharing the Planet Exhibition

The ELC staff and children are collecting small glass jars for their Christmas craft. If you have any at home that are the size of small baby food or vegemite jars – we would really appreciate your donation. Preferably clear glass and no taller than 10cm.

Thank you!

Jars for the ELC

Christmas Fair 2012 From 9am—3pm on Sunday 11 November, Blackwood Rotary Club are holding their Christmas Fair at Karinya Reserve, Shepherds Hill Road. A flyer containing details of the events on the day, including a colouring competition for primary school age children, is attached.

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Please note the following procedures we have in place for dropping off students at school in the mornings. In particular, we remind you that entering the school car park from Cumming Street and dropping off students at the front door is not allowed.

• Students are not to be dropped off prior to 8.30am, unless they are booked into Before School Care or attending a school sanctioned extra-curricular activity.

• The Trevor Terrace car park is the only area allowed by the Council for dropping off students in the morning. Cars must enter and exit from Trevor Terrace.

• Entering the school car park from Cumming Street and dropping off students at the front door is not allowed.

• The car park (when entering from Cumming Street and adjacent to the Church along Trevor Terrace) is for staff and visitors only (parents/guardians are not considered ‘visitors’ in this instance).

• The speed limit on the school/church property is 10kph.

Please remember—these procedures are in place to ensure our car park is as safe as possible for all of our children. Thank you for your understanding and adhering to these safety procedures.

Student Drop-Off

Next week (Wk 6), St Peters’ Prayer Team will be praying for –

School staff: Ros Green (SPLOSHC Director), Barbara Rohde (SPLOSHC accounts) and other SPLOSHC staff (Siobhan Allen, James Laughton, Jane Treloar, Sian Manship, Sheridan Eldridge, Tawny Keranovich & Natalie Rowe) and Trevor Burmeister (Year 4/5 teacher)

The following students from Room 5 and their families:

• Ben & Grace (Rm 10) Pruszinski

• Jaylia & Olivia (Rm 9) & Davina (ELC) Rowlands

• Mikayla & Sarah & Jack (Rm 7) Sharrad

• Ben & Amy-Lise (Rm 9) Hebdon

• Jordan & Hannah (Rm 9) Neal St Peters’ Prayer Team (James Ziersch, Cathy Tighe, Angela Graetz, Sam Smith, Liz Bird, Bronny Meynell, Ali Newman, Paula Griffiths & Pastor Ben Pfeiffer.)

Prayer Team

Christmas Concert Guitar, Piano, Voice

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Supper

Monday 12 November

6.30pm at St Peters Lutheran Church

All welcome

Adults $10

Visit us at

www.novarmusic.com

Blackwood Christmas Parade

The Blackwood Christmas Parade will this year be held on Friday 7 December. The Early Learning Centre are looking to borrow a suitable vehicle to transport their students in this parade (eg a truck). If you know of a suitable vehicle that may be available on 7 December, please contact our ELC Director, Diana Gaskell. Thank you!

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From the Chaplain

Toolbox Parenting Hot Tips

One Together is a workshop that aims to encourage and equip single parents to not only survive single parenting but to prosper and grow as a single parent. The focus will be on the one resource single parents will need to work on to parent well - and that is themselves. They have power over how they think and act. One parent. Their best.

One Together is a 2.5 hour workshop that consists of short DVD presentations, (similar to the Toolbox Parenting group sessions), group discussion, self reflection and group brainstorming for solutions. Group interaction is an important part of the workshop as it encourages a network of support. In addition participants realise they are not alone and others are going through or have gone through the same experiences. The group’s discussion builds problem solving skills and confidence in the participants’ ability to be able to handle some of the demanding aspects of single parenting. There is an easy to follow workbook to record answers and contains some of the material for later reference (cost $10).

Workshop Reviews "…very informative and gave useful ideas on how to better my relationship with my children and how to show them more love" single Dad age 43 "I found the topics and info covered in each topic was very helpful, relevant, practical and was very beneficial to become a confident single parent to be able to raise happy, well-adjusted children into adults." Single Mum age 39 "I found the course to be very useful, with many practical ideas and information, that could apply to single parents from a wide variety of backgrounds and circumstance" single Mum age 29 If you are interested and available to attend on Thursday or Friday mornings, please contact James Ziersch mobile: 0435008513

email: james.ziersch@stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au

One Together Workshop

Assertiveness game The best way for children to become confident in dealing with mean or bullying behaviour is to have lots of practice at how to respond. Even pre-schoolers can learn the difference between an aggressive, a passive, and an assertive response. Make it a role-play game with toys or dolls, or act out the characters yourselves. Goldilocks and the three bears provide a familiar template for this game. If one character reacts to bullying with "Hey back off!", one with “don’t.....please?”, and one with "I don’t like that and I want you to stop it", you can have lots of fun deciding together which response was "too hard", which one was "too soft", and which one was "just right." Children love the chance to pretend to be someone else and to learn something useful in a playful environment.

What makes Christmas an enjoyable experience in your

family? Every family has its own rituals and traditions that make the season special. (Although, families whose parents have separated may find Christmas a mix of positive and negative emotions). Do you know what each member of your family enjoys the most about Christmas? Before things start getting hectic, take the time to sit down and talk about what makes Christmas enjoyable for each of your children. Often the elaborate, expensive, or time-consuming things are not actually what our children treasure the most. It might be the stories you read, the baking you do together, putting up the lights or decorating the tree or putting the stamps on all the Christmas card envelopes, but you’ll do it with a new appreciation when you know it’s what makes Christmas enjoyable for your children. It’s also a good time to identify any new Christmas traditions that you’d like to introduce into your family life, especially if you are now a single parent family.

God bless your parenting, James Ziersch

Toolbox parenting group, with a focus on parenting the tween years, will have their final session tomorrow.

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The St Peters Skipping Squad kicked off PE week for us with a great performance.

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St Peters Sporting Super Stars

For more information on Out of School Sport and/or school holiday sport events, PLEASE see the noticeboard outside Room 2.

We won 75-48. we all played really well as a team. We were all encouraging each other to get the ball and hit it over the net. Lauren had a really good time. Taylor

C Grade Cricket We had a very cloase game on Saturday. Unfortunately we lost. Chris got 2 great wickets! I also got a wicket and Luke, Nick and Jacob played pretty well. Josh

Yr 6 Basketball We won 20-22. We all played really well as a team. I think it was our best defensive and offensive game we have ever had. Jonathon

Year 6 Netball We had a great game and every week we are definitely improving. We all played very well as a team and the encouragement helped a lot. Isabella

Year 4 Basketball Last week in year 4 basketball we played against Coromadel Valley. They were fast in the first half and we were only able to beat them by 2 points. Then in the second half we started to pick up our game a bit and we ended up beating them 30-12. I shot two goals and Lachie shot four, Luke shot three and Harry shot two. After the game we had snake shots. This is when you go on the other court and you shot from three point line and if you get it in you get a snake. I was soo close but I missed. Eduard

Year 2/3 Netball Cancelled due to thunderstorms.

Volleyball

Kanga Cricket We didn’t win. Fletcher, Connor, Alex, Seb and I played really well. Cam played well too. William

Year 5 Basketball No Game

VACSWIM 2013

3—11 January

The annual SA Water VACSWIM program will be

held between 3 and 11 January 2013.

VACSWIM is a water safety and swimming program for students aged 5-17 years and is

held at over 145 locations statewide including pools, beaches and lakes.

For more information, or to enrol, visit www.vacswimsa.com.au

A limited number of enrolment forms are available at the school office

St Peters Lutheran Church

Services each Sunday at 10.00am

ALL WELCOME

Coming up...

11/11 Worship at 10am followed by St Peters Youth at Kingston Beach from 2-5pm

12/11 ‘Spirituality of the Cross’ study 7:30pm

25/11 School Service 10am

Any enquiries please contact Pastor Ben: 82782322 or pfeiffer241@gmail.com

Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals in whom there is no help… Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob

(Psalm 146:3-5)

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 4 (for your calendar!)

71 Cumming Street

BLACKWOOD SA 5051

St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Phone: 8278 0800

Fax: 8370 0414 Email:

admin@stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au

We’re on the web…

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Week 5 (Monday 5/11) Thu 8/11 School Council Meeting—7pm

Fri 9/11 After Chapel Coffee

(Room 8—Mrs Rathjen)

Toolbox Parenting Group—9.30am

(last session)

Sun 11/11 ELC Working Bee—10am to 3pm

Week 6 (Monday 12/11) Mon 12/11 Swimming—Reception to Year 2 (to 16/11)

Novar Music Christmas Concert—6.30pm

Thu 15/11 Playgroup—9am

Prayer Group—9 to 10am (All welcome)

Fri 16/11 After Chapel Coffee

(Room B—Miss Davies)

Week 7 (Monday 19/11) Mon 19/11 Parents and Friends AGM—7pm

Tue 20/11 Principal’s Tour—9am

Thu 22/11 Playgroup—9am

Prayer Group—9 to 10am (All welcome)

Fri 23/11 After Chapel Coffee

(Room 10—Miss Schutz)

Sun 25/11 Family Service—Rooms 1, 2 and B

Week 8 (Monday 26/11) Wed 28/11 Volunteers Afternoon Tea

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

Week 8 (continued…) Thu 29/11 Playgroup—9am

Prayer Group—9 to 10am (All welcome)

Class-Support Coordinators Meeting—2pm

Fri 30/11 After Chapel Coffee

(Room 9—Mrs Jakube)

Second Hand Uniform Shop open—

after Chapel

Class-Support Coordinators Meeting—

9.30am

Week 9 (Monday 3/12) Thu 6/12 Playgroup—9am

Prayer Group—9 to 10am (All welcome)

School Council Meeting—7pm

Fri 7/12 After Chapel Coffee

(ELC—Mrs Gaskell)

Student reports go home

Kytons Christmas Orders ready for

collection

Blackwood Christmas Pageant

Sat 8/12 Year 7 Graduation Dinner

Week 10 (Monday 10/12) Mon 10/12 ELC End of Year Concert

Tue 11/12 Last day of term for school students

End of Year Service—7pm

ADVENT EVENING December 2nd at 6pm

Everyone is warmly invited to attend our Advent Evening service which celebrates the beginning of the Christmas Season with readings, candles and music on December 2nd at 6pm followed by a sausage sizzle BBQ. We would love to see you there

along with your family and friends!