Newsletter - St Jakobi Lutheran School

Newsletter
Term 2, Week 7, 2012
Devotion
Offer yourselves as a living sacrifice to God, dedicated to his service
and pleasing to him. This is the true worship that you should offer.
Romans 12:1(GNT)
I remember once seeing an interview where people on the street
were asked what makes a person a Christian. Some of the answers
were interesting and some given by children were hilarious. But
what came through fairly consistently was the belief that what made
people Christians is that they go to church.
Sunday worship is certainly a privilege and a joyful way to start the week. But being a
Christian doesn’t begin when worship commences, or end once worship finishes on
Sunday. It continues all the rest of the weekly life. Paul refers to this in the following
verse, this time from the Message Bible:
1So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday,
ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—
and place it before God as an offering.
We find ourselves in so many settings during the week, and each of these is an
opportunity to worship God and to share God’s love. Whether we are working in a
factory, an office, in the vineyard, at home with small children, caring for aging parents
or parenting our children, each area of everyday life provides us with an opportunity to
be a living worship, to acknowledge there is a Creator bigger than ourselves, one who
loves us so much that he came to live amongst us in the ordinariness of everyday life.
When we start to see our everyday life and work as a source of worship to God, it
gives us the opportunity to be transformed by it. Our work becomes not just something
that we have to do to make ends meet and pay the bills (as vital as these are!) but adds
a deeper dimension by putting a whole new layer of joy and purpose behind what we
do. What a privilege to be able to grow in God’s love and share that love whilst we
go about our everyday activities!
Dates to remember:
Chapel
Every Friday
Assembly
(even weeks)
All welcome
UNSW Science
Test
Reception
Orientation
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday
P&F Baking Day
P&F Bake Stall
Day
Refugee Week
UNSW Writing
Test
Senior constable
to visit Year 5-7
Students
UNSW Spelling
Test
World Refugee
Day
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June 8 th
& 15 th
June
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June
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June
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June
17 th to
23 rd
June
18 th to
22 nd
June
18 th
June
19 th
June
20 th
June
20 th
May God bless you in your ―sleeping, eating, going to work and walking-around life‖ this
week.
Kathryn Krieg
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Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
Tuesdays
Fridays
Term Dates 2012
- Monday 30 th January to
Thursday 5 th April
- Monday 23 rd April to
Friday 29th June
- Tuesday 17 th July to
Friday 21 st September
- Monday 8 th October to
Friday 14 th December
Uniform Shop
Opening times
3:15 to 3:45pm
8:30 to 9:00am
Canteen Days
Monday and Fridays Only
[Use a white order bag if you have an allergy!]
Student Banking
Every Tuesday
Thoughts/ Prayers/ Thanks
Harry Skiparis
Any students who experience
discomfort, violence, or insecurity
Our great nation
The Receptions who are preparing to
join our school in Term 3
The care and professionalism of our
busy teachers
Casboult
Chamberlain
Curnow
Czanik
Dekker
Denherder
Dew
Drewett
Duggan
Dutschke
Prayer Families
Andrew
Ariana, Bethany
Thomas
Rikard, Stef
Elysha
Nastazia
Hannah, Louis
Samantha, Alexander
Alexaner, James,
Courtney
Jackson, Sami
Principal’s Page
GONSKI REVIEW
Perhaps you have heard of the Gonski Review in the media, and wondered
what it was all about. In education circles, the Review has loomed fairly
large on the horizon, as it holds huge implications for schools of every
sector, ie Government, Catholic and Independent, into the future. The
Gonski Review, named for the head of the review panel David Gonski, is
an analysis of the way schools are currently funded, including 26 findings,
and contains 41 recommendations for how schools should be funded in the
future. The aim is to make the provision of education as fair and equitable
as possible, to meet the needs of all children in Australia.
A major finding of the Gonski review is that children from a low socioeconomic,
disadvantaged and/or indigenous background continue to
experience an unacceptably low link with educational opportunities
compared with the rest of Australia’s children. The review cites that only
56% of students from these backgrounds completed Year 12 compared to
75% from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, and that Australia has a
significant gap between the highest and lowest achieving students
compared to other OECD nations. The reasons are complex, but the
Gonski Review is calling for funds to be made most available to the schools
and children who most need them. I believe that the majority of Australians
would see this as an imperative – all the children of our nation need to be
able to access an education that allows them to have the same life
opportunities as others, no matter what situation life has dealt them.
One of the recommendations for a new funding system is that it be built
around an SRS – Schools Resources Standard. This recommendation says
that each Australian student should be funded at a base rate, no matter
where or in what system they attend school. On top of this base rate
would be additional loadings, for instance if schools have a significant
proportion of students from lower socio economic backgrounds or
indigenous students.
Another area of additional loading is disability. It is recommended that
funds for disability now follow the student, no matter what educational
system they choose to attend. This is something for which the independent
sector has been lobbying for years and are cautiously pleased to see
included, although it remains unclear at this point in time the exact details
of what will be considered.
What does this potentially mean for us It is likely Independent schools
will, in the future, be given their funding using the SRS as a starting base.
The extra loading Independent schools receive will vary depending very
much on their socio economic location, number of indigenous students,
number of students with disability, students with English as a second
language, remoteness, whether Primary or Secondary school etc.
Cont. p.3…
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Cont. from p.2…
The Gonski Review supports the notion that all children,
no matter what sector they belong to, should have at
least a portion of their education supported by
Government funding. It continues to be clear that the
inclusion of Independent Schools in education is an
important tool in assisting the Government to meet the
needs of all Australian students.
The Gonski Review indicated that $5 billion would be
needed to meet the challenges of the new funding
agreement. To date neither federal nor state
governments have made a commitment to the massive
injection of extra funding that is required to bring in these
` changes, despite making the promise that no student or
family will be worse off because of changes in
Government funding. It is important that we continue to
lobby our local politicians to ensure that the voice of the
independent sector is heard and that choice in education
remains a reality.
AISSA (Association of Independent Schools of South
Australia) and LEA (Lutheran Education Australia) is
campaigning on our behalf on a variety of issues,
particularly that consistent and reliable methods of data
collection are used to gain family socioeconomic
background for the calculation of funding eg national
census data. This is to ensure that an accurate picture is
gained of the need of each school, as plenty of
Independent schools service areas of lower socio
economic need, whose students do not come from
wealthy backgrounds, but are sent by parents who are
making a sacrifice in order to have their children attend
an Independent school.
The Government is currently in a consultation phase with
each sector where the model of reformed funding
presented in the Gonski Review is being tested and
analysed against a selection of real school situations.
As this work progresses it will become clearer what the
implications are for individual schools such as St Jakobi.
I will keep the school community informed as details
become available.
May God bless your week,
Kathryn
Term
1,
2012
Term
3,
2012
Class Carer Roster
3/4 Miss
Nappa &
Mrs Pisano
6/7 Mr
Adler
2/3 Miss
Harding
6/7 Mr
Lange & Mrs
Ahrens
Term
2,
2012
Term
4,
2012
Rec/1 Miss
Berzins
1/2 Mrs
Schaefer
Rec Mrs
Nicholls
4/5 Mrs
Lowke
Art Workshops
Held at Barossa Regional Gallery
3 Basedow Road, Tanunda, 8563 8415
Kids After School Art – Drawing and
Illustration
Facilitator: Bianca Ottawa
Duration & Dates:
5–7 yr olds, 3x1 hour. 3.45–4.45pm
8–12 yr olds, 3x1.5 hours. 5–6.30pm
6, 13 & 20 June
Students learn basic drawing and illustration.
Cost: 5–7 yr olds - $25 including all
materials
8–12 yr olds - $30 including all materials
Painters Anonymous
Facilitator: Maxine Donald
Duration & Dates:
2hr, 2 nd & 4 th Thursday each month
commencing 14 th June. 6:30–8:30pm.
Suitable for amateur, hobby or professional.
Age: Adult (15+)
Cost: $10 per week. BYO painting supplies.
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Beyond PND
Fortnightly support group for mum’s with anxiety
or depression
Fridays 10:30am-12:30pm
Pfeiffer House, Tanunda
Contact Monique on 0458 520 591
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Please Return Your Student Banking Book
On the 31st of May interest
will be added to all deposit
books. If you have not already
returned your book please
send it to the front office so we
can forward it to the LLL. We
will distribute new passbooks via class trays.
CANTEEN
Canteen is on Tuesday (12 th
June) next week instead of
Monday due to Queen’s
Birthday public holiday!
Please remember that
children with allergies
should order from the white
bags – not brown!
You can access the new menu from our website:
www.stjakobi.sa.edu.au
Potty Talk Parent Workshop
Friday 22 nd & Friday 29 th June 2012
9:30am-12pm
Elsie Ey Children’s Centre, Kingfisher Drive,
Hewett
RSVP Monday 15 th June
to Marshel Taylor 8521 2080
LYNDOCH LUTHERAN PARISH
Pastor Paul Hannola : Phone 8524 5100
WORSHIP PROGRAM*
Lyndoch: St John Centre, Margaret Street Lyndoch
Trinity Church: Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat
JUNE 2012
Church Year Lyndoch Rowland Flat
Trinity Sunday
3 June
Pentecost 2
10 June
Pentecost 3
17 June
Pentecost 4
24 June
Pentecost 5
1 July
Pentecost 6
8 July
Come and see our display at
Southern Barossa
Community Child Care
(next door to St Jakobi)
VISIT INSTORE FOR OUR FULL RANGE
OF PRODUCTS:
83 Murray Street, Tanunda
Telephone: 08 8563 3748
Email: cchubtan@gmail.com
Morning Praise
10.30am
Spoken HC
9am
Family Service
10.30am
Traditional HC
9am
Lay Morning
Praise
10.30am
Parish Worship
10.30am
Morning Praise
9am
Spoken HC
10.30am
Worship
9am
Traditional HC
10.30am
Lay Morning
Praise
9am
*PLEASE NOTE: WORSHIP PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Please Note:
Sunday School @ Lyndoch will start @ 9.20am
every 1 st & 3 rd Sunday of the month
Label your child’s things
See www.identikid.com.au to
order labels. Quote school code
(1146) to support St jakobi.
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available soon…
New positions for
Christian Pastoral
Support Workers
TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR SISTER
For Certificate IV in Youth Work training
(cost $2100) please contact Deborah
Jeanes from Schools Ministry Group
Training Services by email:
Deborah@smg.asn.au
or phone: 8378 6815.
Applications open until 5 th July 2012.
Give your children the wonderful opportunity
to have an international big brother or big
sister by hosting one of our exceptional
international students arriving in Australia in
July 2012 for their 5 or 10 month programs.
Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email
scceaust@scce.com.au or call us toll free on
1800 500 501, request our little booklets of
international student profiles, and capture the
spirit of family and friendship!
Jog to London Olympics
We are making our way steadily across the
Middle East thanks to all the students’ efforts plus a
band of parents and friends who send their
walk/jog totals to Mr. Adler. There are approx..
50 days to go before the women’s Marathon takes
off. We might need an extra flight …..or two to
make it on time!
Paul Adler
Host an Exchange Student!
Each year there are hundreds of students
from around the world who choose to visit
Australia. To hear more about this
wonderful opportunity or our student
exchange programs out of Australia call
Student Exchange Australia New Zealand
on 1300 135 331 or visit
www.studentexchange.org.au
Archer’s Arcadia
An exhibition of automata by Dave Archer
Showing at
Barossa Regional Gallery
3 Basedow Road, Tanunda
From 24 th May – 24 th June
11am-4pm Tues to Sun
Please contact Maz McGann on 0438 807 973
www.barossagallery.com
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St JAKOBI PARENTS & FRIENDS CALENDAR
AS AT 6 JUNE 2012
DATE AND TIME EVENT/FUNDRAISER COORDINATOR/S HELP REQUIRED
Wed 13 June 2012
from 9:00am
Thur 14 June 2012
from approximately
9:00am – 1:00pm
Mon 24 June 2012
7:30pm
P & F Baking Day Kaylene Jaensch –
0401 122 160
Stall at Nuriootpa Foodland Kaylene Jaensch –
0401 122 160
St Jakobi P & F Committee
Meeting held in the Heloise
Meeting Room, St Jakobi
Fi Jones –
0419 853 846
Please come along for a fun day of
baking with a few laughs added in
for good measure. If baking is not
your ‘thing’ then come and stir, ice,
wrap, make coffee, chat or simply
wash dishes. Please contact Kaylene
with any queries. Your support is
greatly appreciated!!!!
The yummy items that will be baked
on Wednesday will be sold at a stall
outside Foodland at Nuriootpa. If
you are available to help out on the
day please contact Kaylene.
All welcome!!
New Families’ mid year orientation – Friday 25 May 2012
Thank you to everyone who donated yummy food to welcome the new St Jakobi families. We hope the families enjoyed their
morning tea and their children enjoy their time at St Jakobi. Thanks also to Kaylene and helpers who were there to set up, serve
and clean up on the day.
Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea – Friday 25 May 2012
Thank you so much to Kaylene Jaensch for once again coordinating this event. We raised $130 for the Cancer Council which is a
fantastic effort. Thank you to those people who contributed morning tea and to the families, friends and staff who donated their
money towards this fantastic cause.
Quite a few families are understandably asking where the monies that we fundraise are allocated. I am in the process of
compiling some information to inform the new St Jakobi families (and the not so new families) of how much money we made last
year and where the money was allocated. Please note that when I came on board as President 2½ years ago the committee and I
decided that we would fundraise for a new playground for our children. That is still in the pipeline, and whilst we cannot pay for
the whole playground, we intend to contribute as much as we can. In the meantime, we have purchased substantial items for the
benefit of our school and will continue to support the library, pastoral care, school support unit, class resources and Year 7
graduation, to name a few. We have some exciting ideas that will directly benefit our children and can’t wait to share them with
you once they are underway. Please understand that we are volunteers who are working together, with the help of St Jakobi
families and staff, for the benefit of our kids. Please be patient with us whilst we get some information regarding our fundraising
out to you.
Thank you so much to everyone who supports us in our fundraising endeavours.
Kind regards and blessings
Fi Jones
President,
St Jakobi P & F
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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
STALL HOLDERS
BAROSSA AIR SHOW ON
14TH APRIL 2013
Things to remember:
• Sites allocated on a first in basis, we are
not allowing two sites selling the same products.
• Sites will be advertised outside the school in
September – be sure to get your expression of
interest in as soon as possible.
• All associated paper work will be sent out
in September.
Contact: Bridgette Kies on 0408544209 or email
Bridgette@barossahelicopters.com.au
PLEASE NOTE: School parents are asked to do
one session for the Air show workforce. If parents
wish to have a stall could they please arrange
someone to cover either their workforce spot or
their stall during this time, as we need a full
workforce to run the Air Show successfully!
Centacare Parenting Courses:
Inside her head – understanding
Teen Girls. Centacare (33
Wakefield Street, Adelaide). No
cost. 6-9pm. 12 th , 19 th & 26 th June.
Bookings 8210 8200.
Mum’s house dad’s house –
dealing with change after
separation. Centacare (33
Wakefield Street, Adelaide). $5
cost. 20 th June (6-9pm). Bookings
8210 8200.
Inside his head – understanding
Teen Boys. Centacare (33
Wakefield Street, Adelaide). No
cost. 6-9pm. 31 st July, 7 th & 14 th
August. Bookings 8210 8200.
Group Boxing Sessions
Williamstown RSL Hall
6:30-7:30pm Tuesday nights
Dan 0402 462 789
Book Orders
Scholastic Issue 4 orders
due back at school by
Thursday 14th June.
Koorong orders due back at
school by Friday 8th June.
Royal Adelaide Show Cookery Section
The Royal Adelaide Show Entry Form and
Guidelines Booklet have arrived. If you are
interested in making something come in and
browse the booklet or request a photocopy. Entries
close 15 th June and must arrive by post!
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WHERE
St Jakobi
Lyndoch Valley Road, Lyndoch
QUIZ NIGHT
Come along and have a great night with friends and family. BYO drinks and
nibbles. All proceeds go to helping our Year 6/7 students pay for their camp to
Canberra later this year. Tables of 10 at $8 per person. Great prizes, silent
auction (opens Wed 20 th June – bid at the office) and games throughout the
evening. Register a table through the school office [8524 4137].
DATE
Saturday, June 23rd
TIME
7:00pm
RSVP
(08) 8524 4137
Hurry!
Only 6
Tables left!
Entertainment Book 2012/2013
Selling for only $65, the new 2012 | 2013 Adelaide Entertainment Book is packed with hundreds
of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers from the best restaurants, cafes, hotel accommodation, attractions
and activities.
Plus, $13 of your Book purchase goes towards our fund-raising for St Jakobi Lutheran School-- so
please forward this email, or tell your family and friends, as the more Books we sell, the more funds
we'll raise!
To preview the book visit http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/about/Tell-Me-More/Adelaide
To order contact:
St Jakobi Lutheran School
Contact: Fiona Jones
Phone: 0419 853 846
Email: fionajones7@bigpond.com
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LOST PROPERTY
The lost property box is currently
overflowing with St Jakobi jumpers! Please
check that your child has a jumper (with
correct name label). The lost property box
is at the office so you can come and check
for lost property any time. We will put the
box out under the verandah at the end of
term. Unclaimed items are then washed
and used for emergency or secondhand
uniform sales.
Woolworths Earn & Learn
Earn learning resources for our school. Collect
stickers at Woolworths and place them on your
Barossa Valley Little Athletics Cross Country
Sunday 17th June, Bethany Reserve
Students do not need to be registered with
Little Athletics to join in on the day, they need
just to pay a $3.00 come and try fee payed
on the day.
If you have any questions please don't
hesitate to contact me.
Joy Mills
Little Athletics
Ph: 8525 2008
Mob: 0419 815 789
Email: hadam2026@yahoo.com.au
sticker card. When your sticker card is full bring it
in to the office, pop it in the box, and pick up a
new sticker card! Program ends July 1 st .
Mobile Muster Recycling
Recycle old mobile phones, batteries,
chargers and accessories in the front office
at St Jakobi. Visit
www.mobilemuster.com.au for details!
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SAPSASA State Cross Country.
Last Thursday 31st May the annual State Cross Country day was held at Oakbank Race course
and 7 students from St Jakobi took part. Races are run in age groups with up to 300 runners per
age group. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend. Well done to Hector Mackenzie
61st, James Mattiske 71st, Lisa Pridham 69th, Arielle Fittes- Tarbard 70th, Peta Parker 105th, Jake
Herrmann 67th and Louis Dew 30th.
SAPSASA Netball
Congratulations to Lisa Pridham for a successful week in Adelaide with the B&L sapsasa netball
team. They were fortunate enough to also play indoors at ETSPark where the Adelaide
Thunderbirds play!
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Active After School Sports
[SAPSASA HOCKEY
Well done to Lily Melville for her selection in
this year’s Sapsasa Hockey team which
plays in Adelaide in week 9. We wish Lily
all the best for this. ]
Gymnastics spaces are all full but there is still space
in Soccer. Soccer is held Wednesdays and
Gymnastics Thursdays from 3:45-5pm after school,
concluding Week 8 of Term 2. Children meet at
Japanese/Science Room and can be picked up there
at the end of the session.
Regards Ian Lange AASC coordinator
[50KM AUSSIES
Last week at assembly we handed out the 1st
9, ‘Bronze Aussies’ for students reaching 50
km bench mark. Well done and next week a
new group will receive theirs at assembly.]
Name Year Month
Jade L 2 June
Arielle F 18 June
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Scrap Metal Fundraiser for
our Yr. 6/7 Canberra
Camp!
Have you any unwanted metal lying about you
would like to get rid of! There is a large blue skip
next to the tennis courts waiting to be filled and all
proceeds go towards this year’s Yr. 6/7 camp to
Canberra Oct.29th- Nov.3rd. Whatever you can
drop off will be greatly appreciated.
Please no:
Rubbish
Gas bottles (pressure vessels)
Asbestos
Flammables
Chemicals
School Day times:
Learning Session 1 - 8:50am to 10:50am
Supervised eating time – 10:50am to
11:00am
Recess Playtime – 11:00am to 11:15am
Learning Session 2 – 11:15am to 12:50pm
Supervised eating time – 12:50pm to 1:00pm
Lunch Play time – 1:00pm to 1:30pm
Learning Session 3 – 1:30pm to 3:25pm
We respectfully ask that students are in classes
ready to begin administration tasks at 8:50am
and lessons at 9:00am.
Students who arrive at or after 9am will need
to be signed in by parents at the office to
ensure that we are able to follow up absentees
accurately.
Two Large Turtles for Sale
Cabinet and full set-up
with aquarium. Call
Sheree on 0404 180 264.
Register at www.festofall.com.au
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