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Assembly Awards

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With Free will comes responsibility

"...but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from

the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and

you must not touch it, or you will die.'" - Genesis

3:3

One of the many great mysteries in the Bible is why God put that ONE tree in the Garden of Eden from which man was not to eat. Have you ever wondered why? God provided man plenty to eat, but He put that one tree in the middle of the garden and told Adam that he must not eat from it. God loves us and He created us to have fellowship with Him. There is not true love in a relationship unless we are free to reject that love. God gave man a free will to decide if we love Him enough to trust Him, and trust Him enough to obey Him. To love God is to obey Him. It’s a choice. If we have no choice, we have no opportunity to love. Instead, we’re robots or puppets. But, what is really amazing, God’s love is so great that even though we all choose to disobey Him more often than we’d like to admit, He gives us a way to be forgiven, changed, and empowered to love Him through Jesus Christ.

© 2017 Right From The Heart Ministries Let us use the gift of free will in a positive way to benefit the wider community. May God Bless you today and always. Georgia Papini

RICHARDSON DRIVE PARKING Quite a number of families park along Richardson Drive when arriving / departing school. This is causing a number of concerns with the school and the local community.

Unsafe road crossing practices – parents / students at times are crossing without due care and a number of ‘near misses’ are being reported.

Children are alighting from cars road side.

Doors are opening without regard for other road users.

Common courtesies appear to be lacking at times as well.

I would ask that you reflect on these concerns if you park along Richardson Drive. The local community does judge the school on how we present ourselves, so I would encourage you to ensure that interactions with community members over parking concerns which may come up are done positively.

FLAGS I am in the process of purchasing flags of countries from which our students come. These flags will be displayed permanently at the far end of the undercover area and are to acknowledge the rich and diverse nature of our community. Flags displayed will be for students from families who identify with another culture and this culture has a significant impact on their home life (language, customs etc). The countries which we have identified so far for this are below. If your country is not represented could you please let me know asap.

India Russia Egypt Taiwan Kazakhstan China Croatia Sudan Sri Lanka Cambodia Poland Vietnam Philippines Greece SYMPATHY Our thoughts and prayers are with the Young family (Aiden yr. 4S) on the death of Samantha early last week. May God comfort Aiden, partner Mark and the rest of the family as they grieve their loss. TERM 2 HOLIDAYS Just a reminder that this term is a nine week term and concludes on Friday 30th June (Endeavour concludes at the same time). Vac Care will be available during this week. Staff are present at school during this week and will be attending professional development sessions. In Christ,

Shane

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Our goal is that our students are engaged in learning

that is relevant, significant and challenging. Our

students are all on a learning journey and we aim to

provide opportunities for them to develop the

necessary skills and dispositions that will equip them

for their future.

Ruth Carter

Teaching and Learning Coordinator

CCs – ROLLER SKATING NIGHT – MAY 26TH

Arrive at 6.15pm to get skates on. 8pm Close Ingle Farm Rec Centre - $5 per child Registrations are capped at 50 The first 50 with an online registration and full payment made to front office in a clearly marked envelope will receive a ticket for the night. www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au Close off for registration May 24th at COB.

LEARNING AROUND THE SCHOOL

As I walked around the school last Friday I wandered through the classes to see the learning in action. It is a joy to see the faces of both students and teachers enjoying learning together. That prompted me to share with you the following snippets.

Year 4 students were right into their PE lesson with Mr Salisbury, with a focus on basketball skills. While Mrs Mitton and her group were exploring maths rules and patterns while playing a mental math game.

Yr5/6 students were busy investigating fractions.

Asking what the purpose of the line is when writing a

fraction. What does it mean?

Year 2 students have begun their new Christians

Studies unit, tuning in by investigating what worship

spaces are and what is needed in their classes worship

space and why.

I marvelled at how far our Receptions have come in

only 13 weeks of school as I watched them engage with

each other in group discussion about what tolerance is,

specifically what it looks like here at school. I look

forward to seeing how their communication and social

skills develop as they move through the years.

We are excited to again present our Scholastic Book Fair to raise money for school resources. The fair will be held every day at 8:30am-9am and 3pm-3:30pm on Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June, in our library. We look forward to seeing you at the fair!! Deirdre Fox & Jenny Canavese

DIARY DATES

Wednesday 17th May – Parent talk 7pm – 9pm

Friday 19th May – Walk Safely to School Day

Friday 26th May – CCs Roller Skating Night

Wednesday 31st May – MOT 7.45am – 8.30am

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Church this Sunday is in the Worship Centre at

Golden Grove Lutheran Church

9.30am with Pastor Greg sharing the message Children please join us for Kids at Heart children’s

ministry time. This Sunday’s Bible Song topic is

“Naaman ”.

Followed by tea/coffee and fellowship. 6.30pm Salt Factory SERVICE AT 6.30PM. You are welcome to come for a light meal at 5.45pm (gold coin donation).

It would be great to have your company.

Worship sermon series

Pastor Greg will be preaching a sermon series for

May dealing with the stress of modern life. The

themes are as follows;

21 May Guest preacher Kevin Wood TBA (day after

Synod)

28 May Seeing spiritual realities in daily life

2 Kings 6:8-23

Booking any travel? Make your booking through Amanda

at helloworld Port Adelaide and the school receives a

benefit through our ‘Corporate Sponsor’ relationship

(Amanda is the mum of Madison in 5/6N, Tyson in 3A and

Dylan Rec S). Just tell her you’re from GGLPS!

Shop 11C, Port Canal Shopping Centre 200 Commercial

Rd, Port Adelaide, S.A. 5015

Ph: (08) 8341 1200 Fax: (08) 8341 1277

Email: jetsetpa@internoYde.on.net

Need to buy new tyres or any form of tyre care? Speak to

the crew at ‘Cluse Brothers Tyrepower.’ Michael and his

team are ‘Corporate Sponsors’ of our school and in

supporting them you are supporting our school as well.

Tell them you are from GGLPS!

Unit 1 Commercial Estate/Main North Rd

Parafield SA - (08) 8182 3688

GOLDEN GROVE AMATEUR FISHING CADELL (MURRAY RIVER) FISHING TRIP Date: SUNDAY 21st May 2017 Time: 10.30 am Where: Meet at King’s Riverside Drive near the River. Fishing mainly for Callop and Carp. Suggested Bait: Tiger Worms, Shrimp and other Carp Baits (eg. Corn, Bread) Weigh In at 4:30 pm. For enquiries contact Graeme Hoklas on 0419828091 or School Reception

We begin Mainly Music/Playgroup at Golden Grove Lutheran Church Friday 26th May 9.30am after Chapel till 11am.

Please come and join us.

Mainly Music is a fun interactive music session for preschool children and their parents/caregivers.

Participate in a fun 30 minute music session, then afterwards children can enjoy a fruit snack followed by facilitated playgroup time.

Parents/caregivers can enjoy a coffee and morning tea in a relaxed setting.

Mainly Music/Playgroup is an activity both parents/caregivers and their children can enjoy together.

Any questions please contact Natasha Jaeschke 8282 6050.