BULLETIN Term 3 Week 7 Friday 6 September 2019

Big Mac

I remember hearing a song years ago that went along the lines of,

‘O Lord, its hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every

way....’. Some brief research reveals that the song was written by

Mac Davis in 1980. (It turns out he also wrote the Elvis Presley song

‘In the Ghetto’ which is one of my favourite songs.)

Humility is the theme of our bible focus story this week where Jesus

tells a parable about weddings and invitations and humility.

Luke 14 - 8

‘When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of

honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has

also been invited? The host will come and say, ‘Give this person

your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take

whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!

“Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when

your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better

place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other

guests. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those

who humble themselves will be exalted.”

(As someone who once started to head to a wedding reception

after only being invited to the ceremony, this story certainly rings a

wedding bell!)

In Jesus time there was a culture of hierarchy and people were

born into positions of stature. Lots of people were made to feel that

they were born into the spiritual ghettos of their society.

In typical Jesus fashion, he turned the cultural morays of the time

upside down and challenged people to see themselves and each

other in the same way that God see’s them. As loved and worthy

children of God.

Daryl

What’s on in Term 3 2019

Week 8

Mon 9 Sept 2.45pm Assembly

Weds 11 Sept Upper Primary

School Concert

Matinee 2pm

Thurs 12 Sept Upper Primary

School Concert Night

Fri 13 Sept Student Free Day

Week 9

Tues 17 Sept Parent / Teacher /

Student 3 way

conference

Wed 18 Sept Amazing Me

Education Seminar

Week 10

Tues 24 Thurs 26 Sept: Parent /

Teacher / Student 3

way conference

Friday 27 Sept Last day of Term 3

and SPORTS DAY

TERM 4 UPCOMING EVENTS

Week 1

Year 1 Sleepover

Week 2

Year 4 camp

Year 5 Camp

Week 3

Volunteer Training

Week 4

Year 6 Exhibition

Open Day

Grandparents Day

2019 Term Dates

Term 3: Monday 22 July to

Friday 27 September

Term 4: Monday 14 October to

Wednesday 11 December

2020 Term Dates

Term 1 Tuesday 28 January to

Thursday 9 April

Term 2: Monday 27 April to

Friday 26 June

Term 3: Monday 20 July to

Friday 25 September

Term 4: Monday 12 October to

Wednesday 9 December

11 Lyndoch Road Gawler East SA 5118

T: (08) 8522 5740

E: mail@ilsg.sa.edu.au

W: www.ilsg.sa.edu.au

WORSHIP & PRAISE

Fridays at 9am in Taikondi

Parents and friends

welcome to come along

too.

Stay for a cuppa and chat

afterwards.

Friday 13 September

Student Free Day

Friday 20 September

Julie Krause from

ALWS

Friday 27 September

Sports Day special

W&P

ASSEMBLY

2.45pm in Taikondi

Term 3 Week 8:

Monday 9 September

With the Foundation classes

All welcome!

JUNIOR YOUTH

NO JUNIOR YOUTH

NEXT THURSDAY

12 SEPTEMBER

(Due to concert evening

preparations)

RHYTHYM KIDS

NO RHYTHYM KIDS

NEXT WEEK MONDAY

9 SEPTEMBER

(Due to concert evening

preparations)

SUBWAY

NO SUBWAY

NEXT WEEK FRIDAY

13 SEPTEMBER

(Due to Student Free Day)

STRAW NEEDED

20 SMALL BALES OF STRAW

IS NEEDED FOR OUR

SCHOOLS STRAW BALE

GARDEN.

Is there any family who can

help supply this?

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SCHOOL CONCERT (Upper Primary Yr 4, 5 & 6’s performing)

“A Musical Therapy” - We’re all in this together

• Wednesday 11 September Matinee

Performance at 2pm No cost

• Thursday 12 September Evening

Performance at 7pm $5 per ticket

• Tickets still available

• All families and friends welcome

• Attached is another note with information

on student arrival times, costumes etc.

Tickets have been sent home today.

STUDENT FREE DAY

• Friday 13 September (following the concert) for the whole school

• iGOSH is available.

Casual bookings can still be made by contacting Katrina on 0447 661 555

AMAZING ME - “THE FACTS OF LIFE”

Education Seminar for Parents and Children (Yr 4,5,6,7)

Date: Wednesday 18 September

Time: 6.30pm to 8.15pm

Where: Taikondi area

School: Immanuel Lutheran School, 11 Lyndoch Road Gawler

To book: www.schoolinterviews.com.au

Enter code xpssg

Cost: $35

THREE WAY CONFERENCES between parent /

teacher and student

• Tuesday 17 & Tuesday 24 Sept

3.45pm to 8.05pm

• Thursday 26 Sept 3.45pm to 6.20pm

• Don’t forget to book a timeslot

• Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au

and enter the code FS69U

SPORTS DAY

• Friday 27 September - last day of Term 3.

• Schedule:

• 9.05am Devotion & Opening

• 9.20am Sprints

• 10.20am Class & Year Level events

• 1.20pm Conclusion and presentation of Awards

• 1.40pm students may go home with parents

• Alternate afternoon activities offered

• 3.25pm normal dismissal

• Go RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW! Wear your coloured

T-Shirt or cap.

• Another note will go home soon with extra details.

• Parents welcome to come and be involved with the

fun day

• Gawler Lutheran Church will be cooking a Sausage

Sizzle for students and parents and friends all day.

$2 / sausage

• Carers Group will have a tea, coffee and muffin stall.

ALWS FUNDRAISER

A group of Student Parliament girls have organised a

fundraiser during Week 9 (16-20 September) to raise money

for Australian Lutheran World Service ALWS.

Students can run or walk laps of the oval during their recess

time and ask their parents, family and friends to sponsor them

for every lap.

The goal is to complete 26 laps and earn $1 / lap and raise $26 / student.

This is the amount of money needed to send one child to school in a developing country.

A sponsorship form is going home soon.

We hope that every student will be able to participate.

CARERS GROUP INFO

FATHERS DAY STALL

Thanks for organising all the lovely gifts. Dad was spoilt!

SPORTS DAY

Carers Group will be providing COFFEE AND CAKE

on Sports Day!

Just what the adults need. All welcome!

P&F GROUP INFO

QUIZ NIGHT

Unfortunately we had to CANCEL this event

(on Friday 6 September), due to low attendance

numbers. Stay tuned for another date.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE FUNDRAISER AT BUNNINGS GAWLER

GREEN

Thanks to everyone who helped out and came and

visited us last Saturday 31 August.

P&F have made a good profit from the day.

GIANT WHEELBARROW RAFFLE

• The Wheelbarrow and its contents of prizes is on

display in the office.

Wow! What a GIANT prize to win! It is massive!

Thanks to many local Gawler business for donating to us,

including Bunnings, Mitre 10, Pure Bliss Spa & Beauty,

Sprint Auto Parts, Breretons Jewellers, Flip Out, Gawler Cinemas

Money raised is going towards a new sound desk for the Taikondi area.

• Tickets on sale from the school office $2 each or 3 for $5.

Got to be in it to win it!

FAMILY PHOTO FUNDRAISER

• Saturday 2 November 9am to 5pm at Immanuel

School

• $20 for a photo session and a 8x12 Print

• Bookings via www.inspiremephotography.com.au

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN DAYS

Monday at 8.30 to 9.15am

and

Friday at 3.00 to 3.45pm

Or by appt with the office

SECONDHAND UNIFORM

SHOP OPEN DAYS

Tuesday: 8.30 - 9.15am &

Wednesday: 3.00 - 3.30pm

OPEN DAYS 2019

Next date is:

Thursday 7 November 9.30am

For families looking to enrol at

Immanuel.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Issue 4 orders have been

submitted. Books will arrive

and be sent home before

the end of term.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK

2019/2020

• One book left in the office

for Sale $70

• More Books or digital

memberships can be

purchased via the office, or

go direct to

http://

www.entertainmentbook.com.a

u/orderbooks/16h6231

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MARRA DREAMING

Thanks to Raelene and Sam from Marra Dreaming for helping us to create a wonderful new mural for our new Indigenous Garden area

LOCAL COMPETITONS THE MAYORS CHRISTMAS CARD

COMPETITION 2019 is on again.

• It is open to Primary School students from

Foundation to Year 5 who live or attend

school within the Town of Gawler.

• First, second and third prizes will be

awarded in each group year level.

• The winning entry will be printed onto

Christmas Cards with the student’s name,

year and school.

• Entries will also be displayed at Council

sites and in main street shopfronts

throughout the Christmas season.

• Winning entrants, their parents/care

givers, and school representative will be

invited to a Mayoral Awards Ceremony to

receive their prize.

• Entries close Friday, 27 September 2019

M.O.T. PANCAKE BREKKY MORNING

Monday 26 August

Thanks Emma and her team of cooks.

Everyone enjoyed them !

ROTARY CLUB OF GAWLER ART COMPETITION

• 2019 Youth Art Exhibition will be displayed

at the Village Fair on Pioneer Park on

Saturday 2nd November, 2019.

• Open to all youth aged 5yrs to 18yrs

• Entry forms available in the school office

and on the website.

• Entries due 5pm Wednesday 23rd

October 2019

iGOSH INFO

STUDENT FREE DAY:

Friday 13 September

• Bookings have now closed.

However there are some

casual places still available.

• It is $47 for the full day

• Please contact Katrina direct

to book in now

TERM 3 HOLIDAY PROGRAM

• The PROGRAM was sent

home to families last Friday,

and can be found on the

schools website

• Online bookings are now

open but close 10am Friday

20 September.

• Some of the days are

capped so please get in

early

• Confirmation and Consent

forms will be sent home

Monday 23 September

(W10 T3)

• Accounts will need to be

below $500 to access the

holiday care, and the last

vac care account paid.

Your help with this is

appreciated.

All IGOSH online bookings are

via www.carebookings.com.au

– code number KTQQ3

END TERM 4

• iGOSH will be open on the

last 2 days of Term 4:

Thursday 12 and Friday 13

December.

You can book for these on

www.carebookings.com.au

CHRISTMAS / JANUARY

HOLIDAYS

• iGOSH will be open for the

Vacation Care Program from

16 to 20 December and then

6 January until school goes

back.

The program will come out

around week 5 of term 4

Coordinator: Katrina Ponte Contact: E: katrinap@ilsg.sa.edu.au T: 8522 5740 #3 M: 0447 661 555

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THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM

Natural Maths

This week we hosted a visit from Ann Baker, founder of Natural Maths. Ann spent some time during the school

holidays, working with our teachers on developing our maths teaching. Natural maths focuses on

developing depth of understanding of mathematical concepts and improved fluency with numbers and

operations. Natural maths involves some different thinking about maths too, with students involved with

visualising problems and working with different mental calculation and problem solving strategies.

Ann spent time in a number of our classrooms and worked with our teachers and LSOs during the day,

demonstrating how Natural Maths can be implemented. It was a great day of learning for students and

teachers alike.

Think U Know

Last week our Year 4, 5 and 6 students attended a Think U Know

session presented by SAPOL. The session took the students through

some very valuable and interesting information on cyber safety.

They had an opportunity to hear about current issues and things to

be aware of when it comes to staying safe online. This was a great

follow up to our iPad boot camp at the start of the year. A session

was also presented to parents in the evening.

Foundation Unit of Inquiry – Where we are in place and time

Our Foundation students have been working on a unit of inquiry based on the central idea:

“People have connections to special places.”

They have been looking at what makes places special and the different ways places are represented.

They took a day out to explore Gawler, stopping at some of the places that are significant in our town.

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THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM

Year 1 Unit of Inquiry – How we organise ourselves

The Year 1 classes have been looking at a unit of inquiry based on the

central idea: “Communities provide services to meet people’s needs.”

They have had the opportunity to hear from a lot of different people in our

community about their different roles and the services they help to provide

to our community. It has been great to

see our school parents coming in to

share about their work in the

community.

This week we also had a visit from some

local police officers, who told us about

their jobs.

Last week we had a visit from the local

Ambos.

Year 6 Exhibition

Our Year 6 classes have started planning for their Exhibition, which will be

happening in Term 4.

They are looking at the theme of Sharing the planet and will be identifying

issues of local and global significance to inquire into further. To start

students thinking they took a trip on Thursday 5 Sept to the Food Forest, a

permaculture farm and learning centre in Gawler which grows over 160

varieties of fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and timber.

The Food Forest shows how an ordinary family can grow its own food and

create a productive and diverse landscapes.

ZION PRESCHOOLERSVISIT IMMANUEL

Last Friday the 2nd group of Zion Preschool children visited Immanuel and

interacted with our Foundation classes. They enjoyed a music session, play

investigations and story time.

FRIDAY ELECTIVES

Electives have been held over the last 4 Friday afternoons. Its an

opportunity for students to break into small groups across the school and

be involved in an activity.

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Potential Bus Service 2020

In a recent School Survey, we asked the question, ‘Would you be interested in utilising a bus service if one was offered?’ 47 (anonymous) families responded that they have an interest and logged an address/location. As a school we have access to some very sophisticated geographical data which helps us pin point locations around Gawler for potential enrolment growth and when this data is matched to the survey responses it is clear that a service incorporates (in order and ap-proximately): Willaston / Hewett / Evanston Gardens / Evanston Park / Gawler South / Springwood / Gawler East is quite viable. This is effectively an anticlockwise circle around our school of the inner local areas. (This would mean that Willaston / Hewett would be the first ones picked up in the morning sometime soon after 8.00am and also the first ones dropped off in the afternoon soon af-ter 3.30pm etc) While it is not planned to be a ‘door to door’ service we do expect to devise a route that is a tailor made as much as possible to family locations. A schedule of fees will be developed but we are mindful of ensuring that it is affordable. So… the next step is to gather names and addresses so we can begin to shape this over the coming months and develop a service that works for our community. If you are interested in the concept of a bus service, we ask you to please complete the form attached and return it to school at your earliest convenience. We understand that circumstances change and we are not seeking a firm commitment – rather an indication of intention. When we have the information in the form attached our next step will be to develop a time table and schedule of charges. And when that is finalised and shared, we will then seek expressions of commitment. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to discuss this further. Daryl

Please return this form to the front office Att: Daryl

A Bus Service for Immanuel 2020

Name: _______________________________________________________________ Students likely to use the service: __________________________________________ Address for pick up/drop off: ______________________________________________ Please tick any of the following that apply to you Mostly our use would be:

Daily – AM and PM

Daily – AM

Daily – PM

Only a few specific days/times of the week, but generally the same days

Only casual – now and then when I need the support/help.

Comment: I would use the bus service if it:

Stopped within 100 meters of the place of pick up / drop off

Stopped within 250 meters of the place of pick up / drop off

Stopped within 500 meters of the place of pick up / drop off

Only if it was pretty much door to door

Comment: I would use the service if the costs were approximately:

Casual rate of $2.50 a trip

Weekly full-time rate of $15 a week (10 trips at $1.50 per trip)

Weekly part time rate of $10 a week (5 trips max at $2 per trip)

Comment: