TCS Newsletter Term 2 Wk 6.pub - Tyndale Christian School

Important Dates
June
Mon 4
Tues 5
Wed 6
Thurs 7
Fri 8
Mon 11
Tues 12
Wed 13
Thurs 14
Fri 15
Sat and
Sun
16
17
Cambodia Meeting
SACSA 8/9 Open Netball
ICAS Science Competition
SAPSASA 4/5 Touch
SAPSASA 6/7 Touch
Yr 12 Maths Apps exam
MS Civvies Day
Free Parenting Seminar - Sleep
and School Aged Children
Are you the parent of a school or
kindy-aged child?
Do you worry about how much sleep they
get?
Come and hear Dr Sarah Blunden, sleep
researcher, present:
Wed 20 June
Time: 7.15 - 9:00pm
Women’s and Children’s Hosptial OR
Tues 26 June
Time: 7.15 – 9:00pm
Catherine Community Centre, Findon
Book online, phone or email on
www.cyh.com, 8161 7777,
cywhs.healthpromotion@health.sa.gov.au
Canteen News
Queens Birthday Holiday
JS and Family photos
Opening of Art Exhibition
MS and SS Photos
Tyndale Art Exhibition -
John Harvey Gallery
Tyndale Art Exhibition -
John Harvey Gallery
SS Arts Night
Tyndale Art Exhibition -
John Harvey Gallery
This term the Canteen will be introducing
pizza subs - ham and pineapple or supreme
at a cost of $3.20 as well at chicken pies at
a cost of $3.50.
Newsletter
Term 2, Week 6 - 31 May 2012
What a weekend of very different experiences...
Simon Gill - Deputy Head Junior School
I had a great time out
with some old scholars at
the Crows game. Sadly,
“the pride of South
Australia” was far too obliging of
Collingwood as they showed us “how to
play the game”!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of driving
a Porsche Boxster S. Stark contrast!
When we returned from the drive there
was a fairly obvious smile on my face
that was hard to restrain. While driving
the Porsche felt fantastic, what spoke
even more volumes to me was the
generosity and open-heartedness of the
man who invited me to drive his sports
car!
60 Minutes highlighted the growing
trend of people my age and much older
as they take up exercise in a big way.
The shock of not being able to keep up
with his children at Auskick sessions
drove the couple in tonight’s story to set
the goal of competing in a triathlon.
Attempting to transform one’s self from
couch potato to triathlete is an
admirable physical goal. I found the
story of interest as only a few weeks
ago I also started running. The number
on the scales beginning to trend down, I
enjoy feeling fitter. This change has had
an effect on those around me too.
Walking as a family on Saturday, my
son reminded me as he jogged off into
the distance that he was, “Doing
exercise, Dad.”
“I really love you Dad! I love you very
much…” These are words without
prompting, they aren’t a response to
any particular thing I have said or done.
My son is at a beautiful stage where he
surprises me by telling me this when I’m
least expecting it. Whilst a huge
blessing, it also reminds me that I am
doing the right thing continuing to tell
him that I love him, over and over
again, even when he just replies with a
mere, “Ok.”
My weekend reminds me of the journey
our students are travelling. Some get
what we are seeking to model as
parents and teachers. Others reckon
they are doing really well (like the
Crows) until they are tested by
opposition of which they don’t have the
measure. In the short term at least they
taste defeat. Many students with
significant challenges press on with
endeavour day after day. A report card
or interview or a disappointment
re-focuses others to reset their goals
and aim for a change. Some may be
searching for a great experience, (or like
a runner) a landmark at which to aim,
something that will spur them on and
give them the lift they need as they
press forward.
Two things I take out of all this are
partnership and encouragement. One
blessing of school communities can be
that we seek and strive to do this
journey with your children together. The
benefit of the “together” is that we can
encourage each other as we help our
kids along the way. At Tyndale, we need
to keep finding ways of how best we
can honour and support each other as
we work at seeing our children learn
and grow.
By the way, my daughter came home
last week and has signed up for
Auskick! You may see me out there...
CLOSURE FOR PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN JUNE
Uniforms Plus
will not be open on Saturday 11 June long weekend.
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Junior School: 8282 5189
Middle School: 8282 5118
Senior School: 8282 5119
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FROM THE RESOURCE CENTRE
The last two weeks has been a celebration of
books, books, books.
National Simultaneous
Storytime designated day
was Wednesday 23 May, but to celebrate, the story and activity
were included in R-5 library lessons all week. Below are some of
the creative activities.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR!
Many thanks to all the families who supported this
fund-raising event towards the Tyndale Missions (Novita).
We sold books in excess of $5,000 from which we get at
least an amazing $1,000 in commission to support the
work of Novita.
DID YOU KNOW?
Last year the ABC conducted a survey of Australian
reading preferences, Jennifer Byrne revealed that you
voted The Lord of the Rings Australia's number one
favourite book. Find out more at:- www.abc.net.au/
myfavouritebook/kids
Almost all of Australia’s 10 Favourite Books are in our library!!:
1. The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. The Bible by Various Contributors
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
6. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) by J.K. Rowling
7. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
8. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
10. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
11. A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
The books below were in the Children’s Top 10 picks. We have copies of
these all waiting to be borrowed!
1. The Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
6. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
7. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
10. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
SURVIVING STEP FAMILIES
By Michael Carr-Gregg
This excellent book by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg gives lots of helpful
advice and shares encouraging stories to help you survive Step
families and even thrive.
‘As a step-parent, you can suddenly find yourself in a situation
where a child sees you as a walking ATM, an intruder, thief,
marriage wrecker or rank outsider, which leaves the child feeling anything from mild
unhappiness to such livid outrage that they develop homicidal fantasies about you.
This doesn’t mean that they won’t eventually come to love and accept you, just that
the transition requires great reserves of time and patience’. P 5/6
Chapter headings include; What is a step-family? How step-families are different,
Stages of transition, Put your relationships first, Get the parenting right, Look after
yourself and Keep it real with the ex.
The Aquarium counselling centre has a copy for borrowing should you wish to have a
look at this easy-to-read book.
Email Jan Lonsdale on janl@tyndale.sa.edu.au and we can pass it to you via your child
or purchase your own copy at a number of bookshops, Big W type shops or online for
between $16 - $20
VOLUNTEER POLICE CHECKS
Parents if you have a current police
check or an NPC issued in the last two
years through another organisation
[which the School will accept] and you
have not yet brought into the School for
Mrs Margaret Terbizan [situated in the
Junior School Office] to sight, can you
please do so at your earliest
convenience.
Your NPC certificate is sent to your
home, once receiving it the School
needs to sight the original and take a
copy. You will then be flagged in our
system and issued with a Tyndale
volunteer badge. This badge is proof of
approval to act as a volunteer.
If you would like to volunteer within the
school and have not yet applied for a
police check please visit our website
www.tyndale.sa.edu.au follow the link
to the NPC application form on the
volunteer’s page. On the NPC
application form please tick: Working
with Children/Vulnerable Groups and
VOAN Volunteer (VC). When completed,
present in person at a police station of
your choice. There will be no cost to
you. Please return the stamped
application for a NPC to the School for
further processing.
Volunteering Application and Agreement
– please complete this form (found on
our website at the bottom of the
volunteers page) and return to the
School along with the stamped
application for your NPC.
SUPPORT OUR
INSPIRATIONAL TEACHERS
Our School has been invited to submit
nominations for the NEiTA 2012 ASG
Inspirational Teaching Awards. This is
an opportunity for Tyndale to publicly
recognise and encourage our great
teachers, and give them a well-deserved
pat on the back. NEiTA is the only
independent national awards
programme where individual parents/
grandparents, parent associations,
school boards/councils and community
organisations can nominate teachers
and principals who contribute
excellence.
Nominated teachers receive a
congratulatory NEiTA Certificate of
Nomination and become eligible for
NEiTA State and National Awards. It’s
easy to nominate. Forms are available
from each sub-school office or can be
downloaded or completed online at:
www.neita.com.au or requested from
the NEiTA Secretariat by phoning free
call 1800 624 487.
CHEESECAKES FOR MISSIONS - raised over $700 for the Kenya and Cambodia Mission Trips – thank you for your support.

On Friday 1 June, the Junior School will be running its Arts Carnival for Years 2-5 starting at 5:30pm with a meal and 6:30-7:30pm
for the performance. The Arts Carnival is open to all families, not just those who have a child performing. It’s a great night of fun
and entertainment and an opportunity to see a wide range of performing arts. Each performance will be repeated three times so
that parents have the opportunity to see more than one type of performance.
The performance is free. If you would like to purchase tickets, please contact the Junior School Office.
We would love to see you all there.
Renée Swift
Junior School Performing Arts Carnival Coordinator
Bush Dance
Saturday 2 June 2012
7:00pm
Roy Magor Hall,
Tyndale Christian School
Entry off London Drive, Salisbury East
Join the Wild Matildas for a night of fun
as they lead us in the fine art of Bush
Dancing!
Tickets
Adults $15, Children and
Students $10 or
Family of Four $40
Purchase tickets prior to the event at Tyndale Christian School
Office.
Tickets also available at the door on the night.
All proceeds support Orphanages in both
Cambodia and Kenya.
Tyndale Christian School
50 Fern Grove Boulevard, Salisbury East
For further information please contact
the School on 8250 7655
This event is smoke and alcohol free

Middle School News Middle School 08 8282 5118
PREFECT’S PERSPECTIVE
The grace and love of Jesus Christ blows me away daily. The unending grace of God is a gift that God willingly gives and often we
take it for granted. The thing that blows me away the most is that no matter who it is, no matter what they’ve done, God is ready
to stretch out his hand of grace in the blink of an eye. Previously in my life I have felt the full extent of God’s grace and I am ever
thankful for his goodness.
In the past I strayed from God and I really lost myself for a while. I did some things I shouldn’t have and after I did them, instead
of repenting I just pushed them down deep within myself. I had convinced myself that I was no longer worthy enough to be called
His child and receive His forgiveness. I felt really alone in this period of my life even though God never left me. One day however,
sitting in church, the pastor delivered a sermon on Grace and during that 20 minute sermon God really changed my life and I could
feel His spirit really talking to me. I realized that even though I thought I was unworthy for God, God never left my side and He was
always ready to show me His hand of grace. All I had to do was repent and ask.
I want to encourage you today, no matter what you’ve done in the past, no matter where you are in your walk with God, He is
always ready to give you His gift of grace and this gift was only made possible by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who died on the
cross.
God bless
Lachlan Fietz
D-I-S-C-O!!!
On Friday evening (25 May), 202 students made a conscious choice to blame it
on the boogie by attending out annual Middle School Disco. It was a fantastic
night of moving and grooving
which resulted in close to $1,500
being raised for Novita. Thanks
to everyone who helped make a
good event great.
A VISIT TO THE MEDIEVAL FAIR
As part of the Year 8 SOSE programme studying Medieval History, it was thrilling to have the opportunity on Friday 4 May, to take
all 140 Year 8 students on an excursion to Gumeracha to visit the Medieval Fair. The organisers and participants at the fair set up
tents fashioned in the same way as an ancient Viking village. Students were able to watch as a Viking man made a table and to
touch hand woven cloth and handmade tools. Food was cooked in large iron pots hanging over a slow burning fire. The villagers
were all dressed in traditional Viking costume including handmade shoes (or no shoes!). Our students learned that carrots were
originally purple and have been bred to be orange for aesthetic purposes and were able to taste a piece of purple carrot…which
tasted identical to our more familiar orange carrots! A couple of Viking gentlemen visited and mingled with the students during
lunch break to answer any questions they might have. After lunch the students were enthralled to watch some large Viking men
engage in battle with their lances, swords and shields. In all it was a great day out; educational but lots of fun too.
Heather Restall
SOSE Curriculum Leader

Middle and Senior School News
POSTER COMPETITION AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION
NCPIC National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
The NCPIC’s mission is to reduce the use of cannabis in Australia by preventing uptake and
providing the community with evidence-based information and interventions.
Young people aged between 12 – 18 years are encouraged to submit entries by September
this year.
This year’s message is ‘deciding not to use cannabis impacts positively on young people’s lives’.
Poster prize money is $2,000 with the school also receiving $1,500.
Short film prize money is $5,000.
Go to ncpic.org.au to download an entry form and to get more information.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
On Saturday Michael Rowlands (Year 11) and Hannah Gardner (Year 9) competed in the semi-finals of the Rostrum Voice of Youth
competition. Both students came third in their heats out of seven students, which is wonderful, but only first and second from each
go through to the state finals, so we were that close! The comment was made by the previous national Rostrum president that
“Tyndale students are continuously good” which suggests to me that we have well and truly made a name for ourselves!
Senior School News Senior School 08 8282 5119
PREFECTS PERSPECTIVE
School has gone really fast, we are
already halfway through this term and
for Year 12s we’re already halfway
through the year! I know for me that it’s
starting to get harder to get all my work
done as I get more tired every day and
the assignments start getting harder.
But then I see God the god of all the
gods that created all of this Earth and
that never tires. It says in Isaiah 40:28
“Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He will
not grow tired or weary, and His
understanding no one can
fathom” (TNIV)
When I think of this I get a boost and it
really helps me with my confidence.
Jacob McIver
SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS
UPDATES
1. $2 Tuesday raised over $500 for the
Kenya and Cambodia Mission Trips –
thank you for your support.
2. Year 11 Food and
Hospitality – as a
part of the Year 11
Food and
Hospitality course
students are
required to perform
a group task. This
year the two class
groups held breakfasts for staff for
Week 2. Students planned, ordered,
budgeted and
reflected on work
within the Hospitality
Industry throughout
this task.
3. Tyndale Masterchef –
Year 12 students
Awa Balikubiri, Paige
Footner and Alan Cornthwaite
challenged six staff - Rachel Aroney,
Kirsty Glowacz-Robinson, Marni
Greenwood, Christina Kourouyianni,
Janet Fletcher and Natasha
Dahlenburg to cook the best dish
using the “Mystery Box” ingredients.
The judges included: John
Underwood (Chef from Regency
Tafe) and former students Gareth
Rowlands and Jenni Evans (O’Neil). I
am proud to announce that the
winner was Paige Footner taking the
perpetual challenge to 2/2. A special
thank you to Sandra Noon for all of
her hard work.
4. Year 12 Food and Hospitality
students have been running
Restaurants for their Group Task.
Students have run a Spanish Fiesta,
Asian Banquet and Murder Mystery
Dinner. All students excelled in their
approach to the task. The students
were required to plan, budget,
practice and assess prior to the
assessment moderation by our in
house food critic Chef Chris Bristow.
5. On Friday 18 May four students:
Lauren Luce, Sarah Hariz, Amy
Nyback and Bradley Warner
represented Tyndale Christian School
at the World Vision Global Leadership
Conference. They learnt about the
effects that the stock market and
global economy have on third world
poverty.
6. Quiz Night – Many thanks to all who
were involved or attended the Quiz
Night on Saturday 19 May. We were
able to raise over $4,277 for the
Kenya and Cambodia Mission Trips.
Spectrum
Pathways
Partners
An event for families of young people
with Autism and Asperger’s planning for
life after school. Year 9 and above.
When: Tuesday 12 June 2012
Where: Lecture Theatre
Adelaide City Campus of TAFE
Currie St and Morphett St
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Hear about:
Day Options
Supported Employment
Open Employment Services
Post-School Education and
Training
PLUS – how to develop a
transition plan
THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE
Refreshments provided.
The NDCO Programme acknowledges
the advice and support of Autism SA in
the development of this event. RSVP by
5 June 2012: email: ndcosa@gmail.com
telephone: Monica Leahy on 8207 8652
or SMS 0411440134