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From the Principal Term 1 Issue 2
Newsletter
St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood
Principal: Mr Mark Rathjen
God in all things
Service
The Year 7s have been working on some specific activities around service as
they begin their roles as Senior Leaders in our school. The past two weeks we
have been taking on some tasks around the school where we can serve the
school in small but important ways. For example; sorting sporting equipment
for each class and SPLOSHC, scrubbing toys in the ELC, re-shelving library
books, organising the maths cupboards, helping Pastor Ben get ready
for Sunday, counting and accounting for chapel offering money, to name a few
of our tasks. After completing the little jobs, students reflected on the activity
to consider what service was done, who was served and how it helped our
school community.
It was interesting to hear how they felt the tasks of helping others can be quite
mundane, even boring, yet when it helps others the task itself is almost
forgotten when we learn and know that others are benefitted through our
actions.
Many students reflected that when initially given a task they felt annoyed or a
bit 'whingy' but once they were in the task and when it was done, they felt
satisfaction and knew it was worthwhile and others were appreciative. I
thought the Year 7s took on every task very graciously and did their best to
complete the task to the best of their ability. I am grateful to each one of them
for their acts of service and I’m sure they will grow in their understanding of
how and why we can serve each other.
It had me thinking about how Jesus looked at service. He never looked at it a
chore, he always showed that it was a way to show love. Jesus' life is full of
examples of service done in love for the people he encountered; feeding,
healing, teaching, washing their feet and ultimately dying. Jesus came to serve
and in response we too are called to serve. We are called to serve in the
mundane and everyday and wherever and with whomever we encounter.
There is a saying, ‘You can serve without loving but you can’t love without
serving”. May God bless our community this year as we seek to serve one
another in humility and love.
Just as the Son of Man did not come to
be served, but to serve, and to give
His life a ransom for many.” Matt 20:28
Mark Rathjen, Principal
Inside this issue... Page Installation Service Thanks ............................ 2
Principal’s LSL .................. 2 Orientation Night Thanks ............................ 2
Car Stickers ..................... 2 Chapel this week ............ 2 Special Interest Groups . 2
PYP .................................... 3 Student Support Plan Meetings ......................... 3 LLL Banking ...................... 3
Uniforms .......................... 3 Parents and Friends StPeters fest! ................. 4
Beachouse .................... 4 Kidz Biz Family Evening . 4
DCSI Screening Checks
(Volunteers) .................. 5 Premier’s Reading Challenge ....................... 5
Book Club ........................ 5 OSH Sport News ........... 6 Parking Control .............. 6 School Dental Service .... 6
Church News .................. 7 Diary Dates ...................... 7 Walking Home ................ 7
Attachments Twilight Tea Order
Form
City of Mitcham Brochure re Children,
Schools and Traffic
Special points of
interest: Tonight 16/2
P&F Beachouse Event
Friday 24/2 Twilight Tea—from 5pm
Reminder that
Twilight Tea Orders
are due to be
returned by Monday
20 February.
We had a very special event on Sunday here at
St Peters. Our new staff, new council members
and school leaders were installed into their
roles. We also had our Receptions receive their
bibles and the choir leading us in worship.
Nearly 200 people were in attendance. What a
fantastic way to formally begin our school year as
all members of our St Peters community came
together. A big thank you to Ps Ben and the
church folk for their welcome, food and on going
love and support for our school.
Installation Service
Thanks
I am informing you all that I will be taking some
Long Service Leave in a few weeks’ time. I will be
away from work from 6 March to mid-May (exact
date TBC).
While I am away, Miss Bronwyn Wilson will be
Acting-Principal. Bronwyn will work closely with
the Leadership Team (inc Rebecca Geue, Diana
Gaskell and Karen Howell) and all of you to ensure
a smooth time of it in my absence.
It seems that there is rarely a good time to be on
leave but sometimes you just gotta take it. At the
moment I am not quite sure what I plan to
do. Initially Andrea and I had planned to take some
LSL together in 2017 but then God had other plans
(and so did Andrea).
I might just watch the Autumn leaves fall. I know
that I leave a cohesive and committed staff, student
and parent community who will work well
together and will support Bronwyn and the
Leadership Team while I am away.
While I plan to take a complete break, I will
continue to pray for you all and the school.
Principal’s LSL
Thank you to those of you who have taken up the
Sticker challenge! For those who’ve missed it, we
have asked all families to kindly place a SPLS sticker
on their back window.
After you do, take a photo of it (with you or your
children) and post via the School Facebook page.
We have more stickers in the front office if you
have lots of cars (parents only to collect). This is a
small but important way to get our school ‘brand’
out and about.
Car Stickers
We were very happy to see so many parents come
out last Tuesday for our Classroom Orientation
Evening. It is a real encouragement to have so
many families come along.
We hope it was helpful and is the beginning of
excellent communication between us all to allow
for the best learning opportunities for our
students.
Orientation Night
Thanks
Special Interest Groups are ready to start for
another year. A letter is on its way to explain the
options available. We anticipate starting in
Week 5. I am very thankful for the willingness of
our staff to give of their time to provide a wide
range of extra-curricula opportunities once again
this year.
If any parents (or grandparents) would like to offer
some additional activity please let me know.
The more the merrier!
Special Interest Groups
This Friday we plan to present bibles to our Year 4
students and Receptions who were not able to
present on Sunday. Our Year 7s who were
absent on Sunday will also receive their formal
commissioning as school leaders.
Everyone is welcome (as always) to be part of our
special chapel on Friday. Stay for tea/coffee and a
chat afterwards.
Chapel this week
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)
Keeping Safe – Child Protection Curriculum
The Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) is a programme that your child/ren
will be learning throughout the year. All the teachers at St Peters Lutheran have received
explicit training in the Curriculum.
The KS:CPC is an evidence based, best practice curriculum developed collaboratively with
child protection specialists, teachers, educational leaders and other professionals. It covers a
range of topics including new additional material on current issues such as bullying and cyber
safety.
The KS:CPC is divided into 5 documents specific to the year level of the students. There are
2 main themes: We all have the right to be safe We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust
There are 4 focus areas: The right to be safe Relationships Recognising and reporting abuse Protective strategies
The KS:CPC fits primarily within the Health and Physical Education learning area of the
Australian Curriculum but can also be incorporated across other learning areas. Some of the
delivery will occur in Units of Inquiry and others as Stand-alone units. More specific year
level information on the Keeping Safe Curriculum in your child’s class will be outlined by the
class teacher.
If you have any questions, please feel free to talk to your classroom teacher or come and visit
me at a time that suits you.
Bronwyn Wilson, PYP Coordinator
As previously advised, we are conducting
Student Support Plan meetings for
students with identified learning
difficulties on Tuesday afternoons
between 3-5pm for the whole of
Term 1. Emails have been sent to families
with the scheduled time for their meeting.
If it is not possible for you to attend the
meeting time scheduled, please contact
Sarah Smith via email, at:
to arrange an alternative time.
Student Support
Plan Meetings
Uniforms A reminder that all students must be wearing the correct summer uniform in Term 1.
Where the forecast maximum temperature is 20 degrees or below, children may wear the winter
uniform. If your child is unable to wear the required uniform at any time, parents are requested to
notify the school.
Thank you for your support in ensuring all our students are in the prescribed school uniform.
LLL Banking
(Thursday)
School banking is operated through the
Lutheran Laypeople’s League (LLL).
Students can make deposits with the LLL
through the school. Banking day will be
THURSDAY in 2017, where you send
your child/ren’s passbook and money to
school via the class communication box
and it is returned the same day.
Please enquire at the school office if you
need any further information about this.
Parents and Friends
An information evening for all interested in helping
on the St Petersfest 2017 organising committee will
be held NEXT WEEK on Wednesday 22 February
2017 at 7pm at the School.
If you want to be a part of this amazing whole
school event, then come along and find out what is
involved. Please direct any enquires to
[email protected] or to
Sam Fletcher on 0400 835 070.
All Welcome
Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket for our
annual Beachouse ‘lock-in’ being held tonight,
Thursday 16 February 2017.
It’s wonderful to see this event, now in its 3rd year,
continually supported by the St Peters Lutheran
community.
Special thanks to Nicky Hart and the
Parents & Friends Association
for coordinating such a great event.
St Peters Lutheran School will be hosting a
Growth & Development Family Evening on
Thursday 2 March 2017
in the St Peters Lutheran School Chapel
The sessions are conducted by Kidz Biz
Education and are designed to be fun, informative
and easy to understand. These highly interactive
sessions will provide students and their parents/
care providers with an introduction to basic
personal and social development education;
traditionally known as the ‘facts of life’.
There will be two sessions run on the evening. The
duration of each session will be approximately
50 minutes. The topics covered in each are:
Session 1:
‘Where Did We Come From’ (suitable for
Reception to Year 4 students)
Commencing at 6.40pm and concluding at 7.30pm
Myths about where babies come from
Conception
The 9 months of foetal development
The birth process
Session 2:
‘What’s Happening To Us”
(suitable for Year 5 to 7 students)
Commencing at 7.40pm and concluding at 8.30pm
Puberty (physical and emotional)
Body image and media influences
Dealing with parent issues
At the end of each session, a list of recommended
and age–appropriate books for both students and
parents will be provided or, alternatively, they can
be downloaded from the Kidz Biz
website www.kidzbiz.edu.au
Page 5 Newsletter
DCSI Screening Checks (Volunteers)
In January 2016, changes were recommended for the replacement of SAPOL National Police Certificates
with DCSI Screening checks for all staff and volunteers not covered by teacher registration in South Australia.
This is the DECD benchmark and exemplifies our commitment to child protection.
Volunteer screening is required for:
people attending excursions;
volunteers working closely with children with disabilities;
sports coaches who are not parents or guardians of a child in the team;
parent volunteers if their own child is not involved in the service or activity;
people attending overnight camps and school sleepovers.
If you would like to take part in any of the above activities, the school can arrange for an online application to
be emailed to you for submission. The school will cover the cost of the screening.
To initiate the application, you will need to contact the school office by email to
and provide the following information:
your full name
date of birth
email address.
Once an application is initiated, you will receive an email containing the application and instructions etc.
ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE IN 2017?? If so, please ensure you fill in your student reading records as you read your books during 2017; get them
signed off by your parents or teacher as you go; and hand in to the school library by Friday 8 September.
All books read between 30 January and Friday 8 September 2017 are eligible.
The Challenge is to read 12 books in total.
8 books must come from the Challenge booklists, available on the Challenge website; current lists
will be made available in the library, in the coming weeks. PLEASE leave them in the library as they are
for everyone to use
Look for the Challenge stickers on the spine of books in the library
4 books can be of students own choice and these can include class novels and research texts.
Student reading record forms can be printed directly from the website.
Welcome to our first Book Club for 2017
Inside there are lots of great book bargains to choose from. A ll the students’ favourite series and some new ones can
be found inside. Catalogues were sent home with students yesterday.
The closing date for orders is Monday 20 February.
The LOOP will be open on the Scholastic website until Tuesday morning.
To use this option: Please follow the prompts in your catalogue.
If you wish your order to be kept as a “SURPRISE” please put your name (not your child's) and a contact number on
the top of the form and we will hold your order at school for collection. If you use the LOOP, please email Sharon and
she will hold your order for collection. [email protected]
St Peters Out of School Hours Sport News
PARENTS: Please email
with ANY OSH Sport questions, news items, etc.
Term 1 2017
OSH Sport Teams
The following teams are going ahead this term:
Kanga Cricket (R-2)
C Grade Cricket
Year 1/2 Basketball
Year 3 Basketball
Year 5/6 Basketball
and Year 5/6 Girls Basketball
All students of confirmed teams received their
information letters and consent forms last
Friday 10 February.
All competitions are starting this week (Week 3).
Game times will be emailed to parents as they
come to hand.
Cricket and Year 1/2 Basketball links have already
been forwarded on.
Game Information for
Teams can be found at... The Year 1/2 Basketball game information can
be found at the following link, supplied by
Basketball SA:
http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-
4398-0-435857-0&a=COMPS
Please look under Fixtures.
All Cricket information can be found at the
following link supplied by SACA:
http://spsc.sa.cricket.com.au
Please look under Fixtures.
Year 5/6 Girls Basketball
Team
looking for players... The 5/6 Girls basketball team is looking for a
couple of extra players. This team has been moved
to the Friday night competition at the Blackwood
Recreation Centre. As a result of this move, some
players may have difficulty playing every week and
would like a couple more Year 5 or 6 girls to join
them.
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.
Parking Control
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 1
(for your calendar!)
71 Cumming Street
BLACKWOOD SA 5051
St Peters Lutheran School Blackwood
Week 3 (Monday 13/2)
Thu 16/2 P&F Event: Beachouse
Week 4 (Monday 20/2)
Fri 24/2 Twilight Tea
Week 5 (Monday 27/2)
Thu 2/3 Kidz Biz Family Evening
Sat 4/3 Working Bee (Year 2/3)
Week 6 (Monday 6/3)
Week 7 (Monday 13/3)
Mon 13/3 Public Holiday
Week 8 (Monday 20/3)
Fri 24/3 Sports Day
Week 9 (Monday 27/3)
Wed 29/3 Principal’s Tour
Week 10 (Monday 3/4)
Wed 5/4 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Thu 6/4 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Sun 9/4 Community Worship (Year 6/7)
Week 11 (Monday 10/4)
Wed 12/4 Last Day of Term 1
Thu 13/4 Staff PD
Friday 14/4 Good Friday
Phone: 8278 0800
Fax: 8370 0414
Email:
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…
26/2 Half Yearly Meeting
1/3 Ash Wednesday Service 7:30pm
5/3 GIFT Night 5:00pm
Any enquiries please contact Pastor Ben:
82782322 or [email protected]
Jesus says, “Love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you”
(Matt 5)
Walking Home
A reminder that if your child/ren are
going to walk home from school this
year, we ask that you please discuss
the responsibilities associated with
walking home with them and
complete a walking home agreement
(as attached to the Week 1
newsletter). This not only helps to
educate your child about appropriate
behaviour when walking without an
adult, but also gives the school a list
of walkers to help us track the
students at pick up time. Walking
home agreements should be handed
in to the Front Office as soon as
possible.