From the Principal Term 2 Issue 8

Newsletter

St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Principal: Mr Mark Rathjen

God in all things

Gardeners for God

Jesus went on to say, 'The Kingdom of God is like this. A man

scatters seed in his paddock. He sleeps at night, is up and about

during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and

growing. Yet he does not know how it happens. The soil itself makes

the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then

the head, and finally the head full of grain. When the grain is ripe,

the man starts cutting it with his sickle, because harvest time has

come.' (verses 26-29)

(read Mark 4:26-34)

As a keen gardener I can really relate to this parable. I can prepare the soil and

plant the seeds. I can water them and fertilise them, but I cannot make them

grow. I can give the seeds all the care they need and make sure the conditions

for growing are right, but I cannot actually make my seeds germinate.

As spiritual gardeners we can spread the 'seed' of God's word. We can take as

much care as possible in preparing for the sowing of the 'seed', but we cannot

make the 'seed' germinate, take root and begin to grow. That is something we

must prayerfully leave to the Holy Spirit to attend to.

We are gardeners for God wherever we are in life. We can sow the seeds and

care for the plants as they grow, but we cannot take credit for the actual life of

the plant. The credit for that belongs to God.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will make many plants spring up and grow from the

seed that you sow in God's name.

Help me to be a conscientious gardener for you, Lord Jesus. Please send your Holy

Spirit to help the seed planted in your name to grow and flourish. Amen.

(adapted by Lutheran Media, from a devotion written by Grace Bock in the LCA book

“God’s Peace for each day”. LCA Devotions: http://www.lca.org.au/gardeners-for-god--

---mark-426-34.html )

Mark Rathjen, Principal

Inside this issue... Page

Parents and Friends ... 2

Rice and Rolls Special

Food Day................. 2

School Directory ..... 2

Staff News .................... 2

PYP Evaluation

Completed ................ 2

Indonesian .................... 2 Lost Property .............. 2

PYP—Evaluation ......... 3

Microcredit Market ... 3

SPLOSHC News ........ 4

Traffic Matters ............ 4

Novar Music—

Term 3 ........................ 4

Entertainment Books 4

Congratulations—

Baby News ................ 4

“Children of the World”

Painting ELC .............. 5

Sporting Schools ......... 6

SAPSASA News .......... 6

OSH Sport News ....... 7

Pedal Prix ..................... 7

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

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

The Inside Story ......... 8

Attachments

Taking Faith Home

(28 June 2015)

Special Food Day Order

Form

Special points of

interest:

Next week—recess

and lunch times

(from Mon 22 June)

Year 7’s Microcredit

Market (see page 3

for details)

Rice and Rolls Special Food Day

On Wednesday 1st July we are holding another special food day – Spring Rolls and Chinese Style Rice.

Complete your order form (copy sent home with all students this week—and attached to today’s newsletter)

and send via your child’s class box. We need some rice cookers for the day so if you have one we can borrow

please contact us. Also, if you are able to help on the day WE NEED YOU. Contact Narelle Adams at

stpeterslutheranpandf@gmail.com or on 0408089947 for any offers or queries.

School Directory

Just a reminder the whole school directory is still available upon request. Ask for yours now by emailing the

parents and friends association at stpeterslutheranpandf@gmail.com to get those all important contact

details for potential school holiday catch-ups and play-dates. If your details aren’t in the directory already but

you’d like them to be, please contact us. Our aim is to have the ‘whole school’ included in the directory.

Parents and Friends

We are excited for our new Business Manager,

Karen Noble who is to be married tomorrow.

Congratulations to her and Brenton as they begin

a new life together. Like a trooper, she will be

back at work on Monday!

Staff News

As highlighted over the past few weeks in the

newsletter, the school completed the PYP

evaluation process on Friday. I am pleased to

report that we received a very positive initial

report from the evaluators although we do not

get the written report for some months.

I would once again like to express my thanks to

everyone involved in the process. A special

shout out to Bronwyn Wilson, our PYP

Coordinator, who has diligently walked us

through the process with calmness, efficiency and

positivity. The significant amount of work

required behind the scenes is an additional

challenge which has required much of her time

outside of hours and during the holiday breaks. It

is no small thing to have someone look over your

shoulder for three days. Well done

Bronwyn. Indeed, thank you, well done and

congratulations to everyone.

PYP Evaluation Completed

It would appear that currently we cannot take a

trick with our Indonesian programme! As you

know Mrs Thomas is on maternity leave for the

remainder of the year. Mrs Sarah Crowder

kindly stepped in this term to keep things

going. Unfortunately, Sarah has now become ill

and is not able to continue her work with

us. Mrs Rebecca McClelland (who worked in

Rm 10 earlier this term) has agreed to complete

the term for us in this role although she will not

be teaching Indonesian as such. Rebecca will be

focusing on the transdisciplinary theme of 'Where

we are in Place and Time' and inquiring into the

world. How are we connected to the world in

time and place? What do we want to know

about the world? The children will be asking

questions and finding out answers to the

questions they have about our world. Have a

look at the display in the Resource Centre to see

how this mini inquiry is progressing! We will

make some decisions in the next weeks as to

how Indonesian will be covered for the

remainder for the year. We have advertised

extensively for a 6 month replacement but to no

avail at this point. On the bright side,

Mrs Thomas will return to St Peters in the new

year and we anticipate that Indonesian will have

some much needed stability hopefully for many

years ahead.

Indonesian

Argon Palmer from Room 7 (Mrs Derrington) has lost his sports jumper. It does have has his name in it.

Please check your child’s sports jumper in case it has been brought home inadvertently. Thank you.

Lost Property

Page 3

IB Learners strive to be Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective IB Learner Profile

Primary Years Programme (PYP)

St Peters Lutheran PYP Evaluation 2015

Last week we had our PYP Evaluation to review how learning happens here at St Peters.

The main purposes of the programme evaluation was:

to assess the implementation of the programme in our school;

to assist the school in developing and maintaining dynamic programmes that reflect the

philosophy and the programme standards and practices of the IBO.

The Evaluators met with council members, leadership, parents, staff and students. They also

had the opportunity to visit classrooms and be present at whole school meeting. In addition

to this they reviewed the documentation required of every PYP school.

Although the school won’t receive the official report until early August, the Evaluators were

very impressed with what we are doing here at St Peters in regards to the community we

have and the learning and teaching we provide.

The recommendations that will make up the majority of the written report will inform our

school’s action plan for the next 5 years.

A big thank you to all who were involved!

Bronwyn Wilson PYP Coordinator

The Year Sevens are learning about microcredit and how it is used as a highly successful form

of sustainable aid in helping people break out of the poverty cycle. Next week students will

be selling various products during recess and lunch times. After the Year Sevens have paid

back their loans (with interest), all profits will be funding real microcredit loans through

ALWS for people in need to start their own businesses.

Many of our products will be food items. Ingredients will be listed at the market stall. None

involve nuts or raw egg, but some will include gluten and dairy. In an effort to be ethical in

our business dealings, consumers will only be allowed to purchase one food item per play

time.

Products available: Marshmallow Slices and Mars Bar Slices 50c

Stress Balloons $1.00 and Fudge 50c

Chocolate Covered Pretzels 5 for 50c

'European' donuts with cream 50c

Funny Face Biscuits 50c

Gingerbread Minimen 50c

Cupcakes $1.00 and Hair Braiding with beads $1.00

Cake Pops 2 for 50c

Please bring some coinage along from next Monday and help support people in poverty as

well as financial literacy!

Thank you, the Year Sevens

Microcredit Market

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St Peters Lutheran Church are once again making

available the Entertainment Books for

purchase. Copies of the 2015/16

Entertainment Book are available now

from the School Office at a cost of $65.

If you would like an

APP-EntertainmentBook digitally (suitable for

A n d r o i d o r I P h o n e s ) , t h e n g o

online: www.entbook.com.au/161p031.

If you wish to pay by credit card but want to pick

up a hard copy of the book you can use the

above website as well for this purpose. Show

your receipt to the school receptionist for proof

of payment when collecting a book. Otherwise,

paying by cash or credit card the traditional

method is also acceptable.

Further queries: contact Olive Fairclough

0414794704 OR Liz Laynes 0417874632

SPLOSHC News SPLOSHC is again offering care on the pupil free days at the end of this term (Friday 3 July) and the beginning

of next term (Monday 20 July). Vacation care will also be available during the two-week holiday period, from

Monday 6 July—Friday 17 July. Programs and the booking grid were attached to last week’s newsletter.

Please complete and return the booking grid by Friday 26 June 2015.

Traffic Matters

There is some ongoing concern regarding traffic

speeds around the local area, particularly on

Brighton Parade and Cumming Street (and

especially on the steep downhill sections). The

council are monitoring it and we have previously

been advised that the police may be paying close

attention to this area also.

I would ask that we all keep within the 40km/h

limits in the area as we consider the local

residents and the safety of everyone as well as

avoiding a possible nasty fine.

A reminder also that the speed limit in all

driveways and car parking areas within the

church and school grounds is 10km/h.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Darcy (Room 5), Charlie

(Room 7), Amelie (ELC)

and Sally and Matt—on the safe arrival of your

baby brother and son,

Louis William (pronounced Lou-ee)

on Friday 12 June.

What wonderful news!

Entertainment Books

2015/16

St Peters Lutheran School

Enrol now Term 3!

Piano, Singing, Violin and Guitar lesson slots available!

Lessons available after-school and on-campus!

Lessons are for beginners through to advanced students and are available to

both students of St Peters and members of the St Peters community.

On-campus, convenient, individual music tuition.

To enquire contact Carly McDonald at enquiries@novarmusic.com

0413 853 490 Visit us at www.novarmusic.com

Page 5 Newsletter

Children of the World Painted by Mel Hawkins

Have you visited our ELC lately? You are welcome any time.

Come and view the latest addition to our outside play environment.

Mel Hawkins and her son Oliver (in Reception) attended our ELC last year...however, the bond and

connection is never lost.

As part of our outside learning environment, we have a creative play platform which is enjoyed by all

children attending. There are 3 panels which are interchangeable. Sometimes we display Noah’s Arc

(designed and painted by Mel Hawkins when Oliver attended our ELC) or maybe a fire engine

(designed and painted by Ruth Cameron-Kingdon when her children (Lucas and Amelie) were in the

ELC several years ago).

Currently displayed for all to enjoy is our third and newest addition, called “Children of the World”.

All children, parents and educators from the ELC would like to say a sincere THANK YOU to

Mel Hawkins for her kindness, generosity and spirit for gifting us our latest addition.

We also acknowledge and thank Ian and Oliver for supporting her.

We appreciate your talent, heart and all the time and efforts you put in on the project.

THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS….YOU ARE A TRUE TREASURE!

Page 6 Newsletter

Sporting Schools

It has been great to see so many students in Years R-2 participating each week in the Sporting Schools

Programme at St Peters. The final sessions are as follows:

Soccer (Wednesday 24th June – Week 9)

Hockey (Thursday 25th June)

Tennis (Monday 29th June – Week 10).

We hope students are enjoying these sessions and we look forward to providing students with more sporting

opportunities like these in the future.

In week 5 we participated in a SAPSASA footy carnival. We had

played 9 games and we won all of them.

So we won the carnival for 2015.

Henry Smith & Harrison Parsons (Year 7)

SAPSASA Football Carnival 2015

SAPSASA State Cross Country Championship

Congratulations to Lauren Gillies who competed in the 2015 State Cross Country Championships on

Thursday 4 June at Oakbank race course as part of the Southern Heights SAPSASA Team. It is a great

achievement to have been selected in the team. Well done Lauren!

On Friday 12 June the St Peters Girls Year 6/7

Knockout Netball Team played Blackwood Primary

School. The girls had been training hard over the past

few weeks and it was great to see them putting their

best efforts in on the day. Well done girls!

SAPSASA

Knockout Netball

Page 7 Newsletter

St Peters Out of School Hours Sport News

Overdue

OSH Sport Fees

All OSH Sport fees are now overdue.

Invoices were sent home last week.

Unfortunately we have had to proceed with

invoices as a significant amount was still

outstanding at the end of May.

NB: A further surcharge will be added at the end

of term if fees are not paid, and end-of-season

trophies will not be able to be purchased.

U9 Soccer

St Peters under 9s played St John the Baptist at

Cabra College. We lost 1-7. Our best players

were Oscar who scored our only goal and was

very fast in our game. Our other best players

were Benjamin who played really good defence

and goalkeepers Lucas, Josh M and Thomas. Ella

and Grace played really well . Nick did some

good kicks and Jacob did some good

crosses. Bryn and I did some awesome stops.

Even though we lost we played our best.

Patrick M

Blue Saint Pedal Prix Result—Round 2 Victoria Park What a fantastic effort for our first race (Round 2 – Vic Park).

I’m so proud of all the riders and the effort that they put in on race day, each and every one of them beat and

recorded a new Personal Best (PB) time for their fastest laps at Vic Park. I’m sure for Round 3, again at Vic Park

in July, should see us improve even more as the riders become stronger with training and are now also familiar

with race day “ADRENALIN” and the feel of race conditions.

I’m also extremely grateful for the efforts of all parents in supporting me and the team with set up for training

and race days. Thank you all for a fun day, I hope you all enjoyed it as much as the riders did.

Details for Race 1 below.

Congrats to Nikolas and Kyle in sharing joint honours for fastest lap.

Race 1 – Sunday 14th June 2015 (Lap Distance 1.354km)

Category 1 Position: 20 of 62

Overall Position: 125 of 183

Bo Gacic

Year 2/3 Netball On Saturday we played Bellevue Heights. We worked a lot better as a team.

I really had a lot of fun and enjoyed the game. Mia P-W

Rider Laps Distance Fastest Lap Ave Lap

Nik 18 24.372 2:35 2:47

Harry 3 4.062 2:40 2:54

Liam 14 18.956 3:05 3:35

Ben 7 9.478 3:05 3:24

Kyle 11 14.894 2:35 3:05

Issy 16 21.664 2:55 3:23

Will 11 14.894 2:59 3:11

Chris 11 14.894 3:23 3:46

Dustin 11 14.894 3:27 3:41

Total 102 138.108 2:35

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 2

(for your calendar!)

71 Cumming Street

BLACKWOOD SA 5051

St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood

Week 8 (Monday 15/6)

Thu 18/6 School Photos

Week 9 (Monday 22/6)

Thu 25/6 School Council Meeting—7pm

Fri 26/6 Cake Stall (Room 8)

Second Hand Uniform Shop Open—

after Chapel

Sun 28/6 Family Service (Rooms 5 & 6)

Week 10 (Monday 29/6)

Wed 1/7 Special Food Day

Thu 2/7 Last Day of Term for students

Fri 3/7 Staff PD

Phone: 8278 0800

Fax: 8370 0414

Email:

admin@stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au

We’re on the web… www.stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au

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

St Peters Lutheran Church

Services each Sunday at 10.00am

ALL WELCOME!

Coming up…

19-21/6 Church Camp Aldinga Holiday Park

22/6 God For Us 7:30pm

27/6 First Communion 3-5pm

Any enquiries please contact Pastor Ben:

82782322 or pfeiffer241@gmail.com

Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed,

which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all

the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and

becomes the greatest of all shrubs” (Mark 4:31-32)

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The Inside Story As you may already know, we have begun a new

communication to all families and friends of the

school. A weekly blog, titled 'The Inside Story',

will be used to highlight and celebrate some of

the activities and learning in our school. A big

thanks to our wonderful parent Felicity Evans

who has undertaken this project and will edit this

page. We plan to send this out in couple of ways:

by email, school Facebook page and Twitter

account. In the first instance I would of course

encourage you to read it but also to use the

social media options to like, share, favourite and

retweet so that we can let others know in our

wider community some of the fabulous learning

and activity occurring in our school. Any

feedback on this initiative would be gratefully

received.

If you missed this week’s blog, you can access it

via the following link:

http://www.stpeterslutheran.sa.edu.au/new/

singersongwriter-ms-vonda-last-performs-for-st-

peters-community/