St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood Newsletter...From the Principal 26 September 2013 Term 3 Issue...

From the Principal

26 September 2013

Term 3 Issue 10

Newsletter

St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Principal: Mr Mark Rathjen

God in all things

Special points

of interest:

Today and

Tomorrow

Student Led

Conferences

Monday 14/10

Term 4 commences in

the ELC

Tuesday 15/10

Term 4 commences

for students (R-7)

Inside this issue... Page StPetersfest .................. 2

PYP ................................. 3

NAPLAN ....................... 3

ICT Meeting ................. 4

School Fee Accounts . 4

Cake Stall ...................... 4

SPLOSHC News ......... 4

School Fees 2014 ........ 4 Visitor from

Australian Lutheran

College ........................ 4

Church Garage Sale ... 4

Swimming ...................... 5

Table Tennis ................ 5

Pedal Prix—24 hour

Race ............................. 6

Chess ............................. 7

St Peters Sporting

Super Stars ............... 7

Church News .............. 8

Diary Dates .................. 8

Attachments...

School Fees 2014

SPLOSHC & ELC Fees

2014

StPetersfest ‘Sponge

Toss’ sign-up form

Appreciation (Thanksgiving)

Our latest LQL value under discussion is Appreciation (or thanksgiving).

It is quite timely to have this as our value this week as we reflect on the term

just past.

It has been a busy term full of activities and great learning. I think back fondly

to our Musical, Book week, Music is Fun, Gallery walks, excursions, ICT info

night, report folders, planning for the fete, loads of after school sport, heaps of

learning etc etc etc. It is no wonder we are all exhausted.

I am so appreciative of our staff, parents and students who come together for

every event and activity and work so well together to make things happen.

At the end of hard work comes a rest. I hope everyone now can find time to

refresh, rejuvenate and recreate as we prepare for the last lap.

Appreciation - Appreciation is recognising and valuing highly the gifts

and blessings given to us and surrounding us. It is an attitude of gratitude

for learning, loving and being. It is a positive attitude that responds in

wonder and awe to, and with respect for, the created world - its fragility

and its potential. (A Vision for learners and Learning in Lutheran Schools)

Mark Rathjen

Principal

Let's make it happen! We are getting very close to our fete day. When we come back to school we

will only have 3 more weeks to prepare.

At the moment Nicky Hart and her team are working incredibly hard to put

things in place. To help their stress levels they now need lots of volunteers

to fill the spots on all the stalls and get those donations in.

Remember Target 200!

Please check the newsletter for details about how you can help.

Let's crank it up now and ALL get involved and make St Peters Fest a

really successful day.

Newsletter

Volunteers We are starting to get closer to our target of 200 volunteers (ie someone from every family in the

school) for the fete. Thanks to all of the people who have already volunteered, however we still need more

volunteers especially for the following stalls:

Indian & Thai food – Room 2

Cakes and Produce – Room 6

Café – Room 1

Handball target – Room 6

Plate breaking – Room 10

Showbags & Lucky dip – Room 5

You can volunteer by putting your name on the rosters up outside each classroom or if you can’t get to

school you can register your preferred time by text or email to Nicky Hart on 0402 422 832 or

[email protected]

Donations A big thank you to all of the families who have already contributed items to the boxes in each classroom.

Please keep them coming in!! Items we require are:

* tomato sauce * plastic utensils (knives, forks, spoons, teaspoons)

* salt & pepper * straws

* sugar or equal sachets * hand sanitiser

* serviettes * Lollies

If families could please also return the slip sent in the recent fete newsletter to assist with the purchase of

bowls, plates & cups for the fete and return to the office with the money as soon as possible.

Silent Auction Currently we are busy seeking donations from local businesses and families for our silent auction. If you or

your company are able to donate an item or items it would be greatly appreciated. Please email Monique at

[email protected]

Second hand items With the school holidays approaching now is the perfect time to clean out your cupboards and gather

unwanted items in need of a new home. We need donations of good quality, clean second hand items. Some

examples include books, dvds, cds, toys, kitchenware. Please NO clothing, shoes or broken items and if you're

thinking about donating furniture please make sure the items are small (ie lamps) as space in the marquee is

limited. You may bring your items to the storage room adjacent to Claire England's classroom during one of

the following times:

Wednesday 16 October - 8:30 - 9am

Friday 18 October - 8:30 - 9am

Saturday 19 October - 10am - 12pm (enter through gates near the blue hard court)

Thursday 24 October - 8:30 - 9am

For any further information or queries please contact Megan Wilson on 0422 422 011.

Happy Sorting!

Silent Auction This year we will be running a silent auction on the day of the fete and we have lots of great items up for

grabs! Our major item this year is a Residential 1.5KW AC Solar System, kindly donated by Tindo Solar and

valued at $4690.00.

To find out more about the system please refer to the Tindo Solar website at www.tindosolar.com.au

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tindosolar.com.au/

26 September 2013

IB Learners

strive to be

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

IB Learner Profile

Primary Years Programme (PYP)

Why do we use technology in our learning programme?

It was great to see so many people on Tuesday night at our Technology Information Night.

Thanks to all who came along. This term in the newsletter, I have been seeking to answer

some commonly asked questions about curriculum in general but also questions specific to

St Peters and why we do what we do in regards to curriculum. I thought it would be timely

to finish the series with a technology question.

The rise in sophisticated ICT’s has had a huge impact on society. The skills needed to cope

with these advances in technology are very different from what has been needed in the

past.

“The 21st Century is quite different from the 20th Century in regard to the skills people now need

for work, citizenship and self-actualisation.” (Dede, pg.51)

As the skills needed for life have changed due to the rapid expansion of ICT’s, so too have

the skills that we need to teach the children.

As a result of this expansion, the 21st Century skills for learning were created to help

educators get their heads around what is needed to teach the children to ensure they are

successful global citizens. Skills such as collaboration, communication, digital literacy and

citizenship, problem solving, critical thinking, creativity and productivity are becoming

increasingly important in the world we live in.

As these 21st Century skills were created to address the needs of changing technology, it

goes without saying that to teach them well, technology needs to be embedded in the

learning.

Technology within learning is already happening at St Peters. We have a strong belief that

all learning starts with the student and the big idea we want the children to inquire into.

We then embed technology as a tool in helping to achieve these outcomes.

Next term the year 3/4/5’s have the opportunity to bring their technology to school with

them and inquire into the “How we organise ourselves” theme under the central idea of

“Technological change has an impact on the way communities function.” They

will be learning about the concepts of responsibility and change and will have technology to

help them inquire and learn! Exciting time in Room 5 and 6 and for St Peters!

Bronwyn Wilson

PYP Coordinator

NAPLAN We have recently received official notification of a problem that occurred in the printing of

Year 5 and 7 NAPLAN Individual Student Reports. This error was identified by ACARA (the

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) and the decision has been

taken by the Chief Executive Officer of ACARA to re-print the student reports.

We have been advised that this was a printing error only, and there are no issues with actual

NAPLAN results for students and schools.

As a result, student reports for all year levels will not be received by the school until

Term 4.

We will inform you and send reports home as soon as possible.

Newsletter

Visitor from Australian

Lutheran College

This week we have hosted a first year student

from Australian Lutheran College (ALC). Joseph

Graham is a first year student at ALC studying

to be a Lutheran Pastor. He has spent time in all

the classes learning about how we live and learn

as a Lutheran School.

You might have seen Joseph at Friday night

youth group too as he is working with Ps Ben at

our church as his 1st year placement.

It's been terrific to have Joseph with us and we

wish him well in his studies.

Successful ICT Meeting

SPLOSHC News Vacation Care/Pupil Free Days

We are again looking forward to a fun-filled two

weeks at Vacation Care. Thank you to all those

families who have returned their forms and

booked their children in.

If you require bookings during the holidays, or

need to change your existing booking, this can be

done via email:

[email protected]

or phone 0450 499 550.

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who attended the recent

Information Night regarding new ICT initiatives

at St Peters. We had nearly 30 parents attend

which was really encouraging. Lots of great

discussion and lots of excellent questions.

Over the next weeks we hope to post a number

things to keep you up to date with what is

happening. Including, but not limited to:

the information shared on Tuesday night (inc

slide show and handouts);

a place where parents can ask questions and

have questions answered;

some examples of what our students are

doing;

links to places where you can read up on the

what is happening in other schools around this

sort of initiative.

Special thanks to Trevor, Heidi, Bronwyn and

Matt who put things together for Tuesday's

meeting.

Attached to this newsletter you will find the

School Fee Schedule for 2014, endorsed by the

members at a general meeting of the school held

on 22 September 2013.

Also attached is the 2014 Fee Schedule for

SPLOSHC and ELC.

School Fees 2014

St Peters Church

Garage Sale

Saturday 12 October

Please start getting together all your

odds and sods to donate to the

garage sale this year.

We will also need helpers to manage

the sale throughout the day and help

pack up in afternoon. Please see the

sign-up sheet in the church hall or

speak to Paul McLiesh ph: 82783203 or

email: [email protected]

Goods can be left at the church

from the previous Sunday

School Fee Accounts for Term 4 were sent out

this week to all families, either by email or post.

If you have any queries regarding your account,

or have not received it, please contact Helen

Radford, Business Manager (ph 8278-0800 or

email [email protected]).

Thank you.

School Fee Accounts

Thank you to our amazing bakers from Room 8

who hosted our final cake stall for 2013 last

Friday. A further $199 profit was generated from

last week’s stall—another incredible effort.

Thanks again to everyone for supporting these

fund-raising events for our school.

Cake Stall


Newsletter

Table Tennis Competition

Group 2:

Both Kaitlyn Millar & Mitch Masters were

undefeated and progress to the semi-finals with

Cooper Kilderry and Chris Evans putting in

valiant efforts to finish 3rd and 4th.

Group 3 results:

Holly and Ella were to play, but Holly resigned.

Ella was then defeated by Jacob. Ashleigh and

Jacob both undefeated will continue to the semi

final after Jacob won their match today.

Group 4 results:

Kyle defeated Sol, (but this was Sol's first loss

so he had another life to continue playing) Luke

defeated Kyle, and then played on to defeat

Sol. Henry the only undefeated player

remaining, met Luke again, (after defeating him

in round one.) Henry remained undefeated, and

both boys move into the semi finals.

Students have been asking if they can play again,

after missing out on the Semi Finals, and the

answer is yes. After playing this comp and the

beginners rounds, Mr Z will organise a doubles

competition. So—students should pick their

partner and be ready to play again half way

through T4.

Swimming As part of the Physical Education program at St

Peters we have added Aquatics education.

This began last year with the Junior Primary

participating in swimming lessons at the Marion

Aquatics and Leisure Centre. This was a great

experience and the students thoroughly enjoyed

the week while learning some valuable skills at

the same time.

This year we have decided to extend the

swimming program to two weeks. This will be

offered for Reception—Year 3 students in Term

4. The dates will be 18 November—

29 November.

The Year 4—7 students will be involved in

Beach safety courses at Brighton Beach. This

will be a two day intensive course where the

students will learn about how to keep

themselves safe at the beach. The Beach safety

course will run on Wednesday 4 December and

Thursday 5 December.

There are some costs involved in the programs:

The program for 4-7 costs approximately

$70 per child (for 2 days of instruction).

The program for R-3 costs approximately

$90 per child (for 10 swimming lessons).

Newsletter

Blue Saint Pedal Prix 24-hour Race

Wow what a great achievement! Rhiannon, Josh, Jackson, Zoe, Laina, Tasman, Maddy, Cooper and Lewis.

240 laps (494.40km) in 24 hours is a fantastic result from 9 of the most determined riders in the 2013 round 3

of the HPV pedal Prix event.

With one of the smallest teams in the category this meant the children needed to ride longer than any other

year we have entered a team.

Special mentions to Laina C who had 2 roll overs in one lap in the wee hours of 4am and still posted fast,

consistent times. Lewis W with a new Blue Saint lap record and Maddy G who beat her last year’s time by

over 1 minute—and 2 seconds shy of breaking the 4 minute barrier.

Also a big thank you to all the families who were all hands on throughout the weekend. Special mention to

Felicity Evans for the Friday night roast and Saturday night casserole which everyone enjoyed.

Looking forward to the 2014 HPV season with 4 rounds for the first time incorporating Loxton. If you are a

year 6 or 7 and wish to be part of the 2014 team, please contact Mark Whitcombe via

email [email protected]

Mark Whitcombe

Team Manager

I would like to add my thanks to the 'Blue Saints' parents who, once again, have done a marvellous job of

running another successful Pedal Prix campaign.

Thank you for your enthusiasm, organisation, training sessions and ability to stay up late into the night. You

do an incredible job and the children learn and grow so much through it because of you.

Thank you.

Mark R


Newsletter

St Peters Sporting Super Stars

Yr 6 Basketball We played Coro and we lost 32-18. I got a shot

at goal. Sol almost got a shot in from the three

point line.

Tasman

Yr 5 Basketball Bye

Year 3 Basketball We won 32-8. We played the mercy rule.

Ebonie played her first game after her holiday.

We all had lots of fun.

Heath

5/6/7 Girls Basketball We played Blackwood and we won by two goals.

Everyone did a good job.

Maggie

GRAND FINAL

Volleyball We won the semi final for our division. Eden

Hills beat us in the Grand Final. We got silver.

We kept on trying to return their serve so we

realized if we tried to dig the ball back instead of

set it then it works. The game went into extra

time but we lost. We all played awesome.

Jaylia

Boys from St Peters bravely competed against the top two SA State Chess Champion schools.

Felixtow Community school, the same school that won gold medals at

the Girls Only competition in the previous week, also attended this

comp with their boys. Together with Burnside Gold (2012 State

Champs), the Russian Ethnic School (2nd in 2012 state championship)

and the Burnside blue team (yes this school has 20 very good chess

players, who all attend coaching by Mato Jelic), Ben Pruszinski, Chris

Evans, Kyle Gillies and Sol Drozd stood their ground well.

In the end Burnside gold won Gold with their top 4 players winning 22

of their 28 games, the Russians came second with 20.5 wins, Burnside

blue received the bronze medals with 17 wins, and the top 4 players

from Felixtow Community School only managed 2 more wins than us.

Ben and Chris were our best players on the day with 3.5 wins each,

Kyle managed 3 wins and Sol received the Fair Player Award (a block of chocolate) with his single win.

(A team total of 11 wins)

Chess In term 4:

The State Finals Championship is held on Monday (week 3) 28 October, which we missed attending last

year after our Gold Medal win in Mt Barker. In previous years, we were given a wild card entry and joined

forces with Golden Grove Lutheran PS. This year Golden Grove Lutheran PS have won their first gold medal,

and they may need some help from St Peters to make up the team of 8.

The other interschool Chess event in T4 is the Blitz Chess Competition on Monday (week 7)

25 November. This game is quicker and more difficult to win, but is a good challenge for competent chess

players. Registration forms will be available in T4.

Chess

Sports Tops All sports tops will be required to be returned

to school by the end of next term. However, if

your child is no longer playing a sport and still

has their top, please return it to school as soon

as possible. Thanks to all the people who have

already returned their tops.

Good luck to Amitie Duval who will be

competing in the State Gymnastics

Championships on the weekend of

26 - 27 October

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.

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

St Peters Lutheran Church

Services each Sunday at 10.00am

ALL WELCOME

Coming up…

29/9 Baptism of Walker Whittaker

Sermon series on ‘the weird and wonderful

world of Lutheran worship’ continues

12/10 St Peters Garage Sale

Any enquiries please contact Pastor Ben:

82782322 or [email protected]

Paul writes, ‘Give thanks in all circumstances;

for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus’

(1 Thess 5:18)

Week 10 (Monday 23/9)

Thu 26/9 Last day of Term 3 (R-Yr 7)

Closing Chapel Service

After Chapel Coffee

(Room 1—Miss Geue)

Class Support Coordinators Meeting

(debrief and evaluation of cake

stalls)—2pm

Student Led Conferences (pm)

Fri 27/9 Student Led Conferences (am)

Last day of Term 3 for ELC students

Term 4


Mon 14/10 PD Day for Staff

First day of Term 4 for ELC students

Tue 15/10 First day of Term 4 (R-Yr 7)

Opening Chapel Service


Thu 24/10 Principal’s Tour—9.00am

Fri 25/10 After Chapel Coffee—

Room 2 (Mr Eldridge)

Diary Dates Terms 3&4

(for your calendar!)

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


Mon 28/10 Interschool Chess Final


Room 9 (Mrs Jakube/Mrs Holmes)

Sun 3/11 StPetersfest



Room 10 (Miss Davies)

Sat 9/11 Working Bee (Rooms 9 & 10)


Mon 11/11 PE Week - Fri 15/11


Room 5 (Mr Burmeister)

Term 4 begins on

Tuesday 15 October with

Chapel at 8.45am.

Please stay for a

chat and cuppa

in the hall afterwards.

Remember that Day 1 of Term 4 is the official

changeover to the summer uniform.

Please check the school’s Parent Information

Handbook for details.

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