Maitland Lutheran School

Enriching Education - Embracing Community

Term 3 Week 5, 2018

I am not a great swimmer. When I was at Teachers College I trained for 6 months to be able to swim 800m so I could compete in a ‘mini-triathlon’ in West Lakes. The swim leg was first and I made the 800m - just! I was second last out of the water and I think the guy behind me was about 95 years old! I am no expert when it comes to swimming but I do understand some of the concepts involved.

One is understanding the principle of how we float, (Incidentally when in Greece I found I could float much easier than when at the beach here in Australia. I put it down to the extra saltiness of the water - my son Brayden however seemed to think it may have been related to the beer in Germany I loved so much.) Anyway the correct position in the water assist the swimmer to stay on top - it does not however help them to move forward.

A good swimmer is able to find this key position and simultaneously use their arms and legs for maximum propulsion. Timing and precision of stroke are very important. In essence a good swimmer needs to combine the art of relaxing in harmony with the water to float with the discipline of a powerful stroke that does not interfere with this position.

God’s love is a bit like water. It is the medium in which we desire to live and move. This love upholds us like water does the swimmer and if we get our position correct it will support us so that we “float” in His love.

God has a purpose and plans for each of us and His desire is to see us reach our potential. We need to do our part in the scheme so that we move forward and don’t just float around. We need the discipline of the “strokes” of the Christian live - Loving God and Loving our neighbour. It is these actions that propel us forward in life. A swimmer needs to relax while moving in a purposeful way. We as Christians need to rest in God’s love while moving in a disciplined and purposeful way forward by loving God and our neighbour.

Sounds so simple.

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one sentence: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Galatians 5:14

A Swimming Lesson

  

 

 

 

 

 

        

Care Corner

We encourage you to include the items listed below in your own personal prayer time.

Thank God for the recent rain and keep in your prayers those farmers struggling with the drought

Pray for all those who are ill that they can recover soon.

Thank God for all our volunteers - our lunch helpers, our scorers/umpires/timers for our sporting competitions, our reading helpers, our excursion helpers - we thank you for continually giving your time to our school.

Please keep the following families in your prayers. This week we have been praying for Tom Robinson-Gourdie, Kate McMahon, Matilda Skinner and Cassidy & Cormac Pannell. Next week we pray for Ed & Will Miller, Tessa Moloney, Harrison Olive, Violet Cooper and Jordan Minks and their families.

Church Services All are welcome to attend

St Paul’s Maitland or St John’s South Kilkerran church

services.

26 August St Paul’s 9am HC

followed by Half yearly meeting St John’s 10am Lay reading

2 September St Paul’s 11am HC St John’s 9am HC

Happy Birthday

26 Aug Connor Banks 26 Aug Max Simmons 28 Aug Charlotte Liebelt 28 Aug Emily Donlevy 30 Aug Lily Grant 1 Sept Sian Herrmann 3 Sept Cassidy Pannell 5 Sept Harry Hollams 5 Sept Shannon Johnson 6 Sept Ryleigh Graham

Pupil free days

MLS 5th September CYS 5th September CYS 10th September

CHAPEL ROSTER

Week 2 Mr Field Week 3 Year 8 Week 4 Pastor Week 5 Pastor Week 6 Year 2 Week 7 Year 7 Week 8 Pastor

Week 9 Reception Week 10 1pm Year 5

Excursions / Events coming up Week 5 Friday 24th Aug - Book Week dress up day. Come as your favourite book character. Parade of all classes in the gym at 9:30am. All welcome

Week 6 Monday 27th Aug - Yr 8/9 Knockout Netball team - Finals at Priceline Stadium. Good luck for the finals girls.

Monday 27th Aug - PROJECT ROCKIT PARENT FORUM - ‘CYBER SAFE’ - Free Seminar 7pm at MLS Gym

Week 6 Tuesday 28th Aug - Yr 8/9 Knockout Basketball carnival at Kadina. Students will travel to and from Kadina by bus. Sports uniform is required and students will be given a basketball top.

Week 7 Thursday 6th Sept- MLS Open Day - we invite all families, friends and any one interested in seeing our school in action to attend our Open Morning. All classes will be open including Tech Studies, Science, and Home Ec demonstrations. Both bands will also be performing during the morning.

CALENDAR DATES

20 Aug Book Week

24 Aug Due date for extra Photo orders 24 Aug Book Character Dress Up day 24 Aug P&F Lunches 27 Aug 8/9 KO Netball final at Priceline Stadium

27 Aug Project Rockit Cyber Safe Seminar 7pm All Yorke Peninsula families welcome

28 Aug 8/9 KO Basketball 28 Aug Project Rockit sessions for MLS students

30 Aug Golf SA Championships

31 Aug P&F Lunches

31 Aug Casual Day ‘White Shirt’ Day donations to OCRF

5 Sept MLS Pupil Free Day

6 Sept MLS Open Day

7 Sept P&F Lunches

10 Sept Central Yorke School - pupil free day NO DECDs buses on this day

I would like to encourage our parent community to strongly consider attending Monday nights “Project Rockit” Parent Support Forum. Many of us are faced with the issue of children who are potentially more tech savvy than they are themselves (certainly the case in my household). As well as the many positives of interaction with technology there are many dangers which are not always completely understood by older generations. Monday night is aimed at providing creditable tips on how to support your child online and how to deal with problems if they arise.

There is significant time available to ask questions for those of us who are uncertain about how best to support our child in the context of our own family. This is a unique opportunity and it is my belief that all families will face issues in this area at some point in time. The forum has been opened up to all local schools so feel free to bring along friends who are also interested in learning how best to manage their child’s journey with technology.

We have 2 sporting teams that have made State finals and who will be competing in the coming weeks of this term. The Yr 8/9 girls netball team will compete at Priceline Stadium on Monday and the Yr 6/7 boys football team compete at Thebarton oval on 26th of September. Best wishes to all involved.

Our school will be holding OPEN DAY on Thursday 6th September from 9:15am to 11am, followed by morning tea. All classrooms are open for visitors, parents, grandparents and anyone interested in seeing our school in action. Please share the date with anyone you think might like to come along and walk through. Our School Captains will be running tours on the ‘Captains Trail’ for those who are interested which includes an activity trail for any pre-schoolers you have with you. See our choir and bands, and displays also in our Tech Shed, Home Ec and Science rooms.

David Field

From the Principal

If you wish to order any of the GROUP photos taken:- Junior Band, Senior Band, School Captains, House & Vice Captains or SRC, these photos can be viewed both online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au or at the school. Ordering can be done online with the order code 18S8019PRE37M or by completing the order envelope at school.

All orders to be made by 24th August - Tomorrow!

Extra Group - School Photos - orders due Maritime Museum

Maritime Museum The year 3’s & 4’s had a fantastic day visiting the Maritime Museum, climbing the Lighthouse and going on a cruise when they went to Port Adelaide earlier this week.

Jumping Jellybeans

 

 

Last week we welcomed lots of little treasures to the Nest. Children were busy looking for treasure, making treasure boxes, testing their skills with different locks and being creative with play dough. It was a great morning and we look forward to having some more fun in week 8.

Sports Update

MLS Netball and Football teams through to State Finals

Yr 8/9 Netball

Good luck for your finals on Monday at Priceline Stadium girls. The team has made it to the final 6 out of a 40 team competition. Round robin games and Grand final will be played on Monday.

Yr 6/7 Football

Successful in their game against Uraidla Primary School the boys now play in the State Grand Final game on 26th September.

Yr 8/9 Basketball

A boys and girls team will represent MLS on Tuesday in the Basketball Carnival at Kadina. Best of luck to both teams.

We congratulate Conrad Buckskin, Will Hickman & Harry Kakoschke for their achievements in being selected in the combined West Torrens/Woodville football team and Conrad for also being selected in the YP Soccer Country Champs team competing this weekend.

Mia, Josie & Tom (Year 9) would like to thank the Rotary Club of Maitland for the opportunity to attend the Science Experience at Flinders University in December. This is 3 days of information, activities and lectures for students interested in a Science career. The Rotary Club of Maitland are sponsoring all 3 students for this amazing opportunity. Thank you.

Maitland Rotary Sponsorship

Second Hand Uniform We currently have quite a large amount of second hand uniform items. We will be holding a ‘SALE’ on Friday 24th August (same time as the book week parade) in the gym. All items $5 or under. Come along to the parade and then grab a bargain!!

Book Week - Dress Up Day TOMORROW (Friday) is the final day of Book Week. Students may dress in the favourite book character and come along to school. A parade will take place in the gym straight after Chapel. Prizes will be awarded. If you do not wish to dress as a book character, school uniform is required to be worn. We look forward to a colourful display of costumes tomorrow.

A Day from the Past! All students Reception - Year 6 will be participating in ‘A Day from the Past’ as part of their IC studies - celebration of learning for “Stories from the Past” unit. This will be a fun filled day of activities and games ‘from the past’. We ask that students dress up for the day and have some ideas below. It will be held on Friday 21st September (wk 9).

Costume Ideas Long dresses/skirts Bonnets Suspenders Flat cap Waist coats Aprons/Pinafores

PROJECT ROCKIT has 10+ year evidence-based track record working with over 200,000 students in over 500 Australian schools. Support Parent Forum – Monday 27th August 7pm – MLS Gym The Parent and Educator Forum is an opportunity for the broader school community to come together and learn from our team of expert presenters about the strengths and challenges of navigating the online world as a young person. Our students will be involved in the following sessions on Monday & Tuesday. Year 3 & 4 – Belong: Building Friendships & Empathy

Year 5 & 6 - Unite: Standing together against bullying

Year 7 & 8 & 9 - Connect: Tackling (Cyber)bullying with empathy

Project Rockit

Feed My Lambs John 21:15

Enriching Education – Embracing Community

 

A  Christ  centred  school  Rec‐Yr9  offering co‐curricular  learning  opportuni es 

where  your  child  and  family  are  

welcomed & supported 

Buses servicing Edithburgh, Minlaton, 

Curramulka & Ardrossan 

Affordable fees & flexible payment  

op ons 

Transi on  program  for  all  pre‐schoolers 

prior  to  star ng  Recep on/Founda on, 

as well as intakes in term 2 & term 3 

Music & Performing Arts as well as plenty 

of spor ng opportuni es 

Digital  Technologies  programs,  Chrome‐

books, 3D Printer, V‐Carve machine, Lego 

Mindstorm,  WeDo  Robo cs  kits  and  

Bee‐Bots. 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

The school will be collecting items so that classes can pack ‘Shoe Boxes’ to send to less fortunate people later in the year for Christmas. Shoebox gift ideas are listed below. Students may place their items in the box in the front office during this term.

 

Community Notes

                          REGISTRATION  NIGHT 

                         28th August  6pm‐7pm 

                           Pt Vic Basketball Courts 

Compulsory Registra on 

We need as many people to come along  

to register with the club so we can  

nominate teams to the associa on. 

SUBS ‐ Payable at registra on 

Juniors $70 

Seniors $90 

Uniforms & merchandise can be  

ordered on the night. 

New members welcome. 

Disability support now in Kadina

South Australia’s largest disability support organisation is now in the Yorke Peninsula region, with Minda continuing

to expand its presence across the state. Minda’s Disability Choices office based in Kadina offers support to people with disability and their families in navigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), no matter where they are on their journey. A series of Disability Choices workbooks have been developed to help people get the most out of their NDIS experience. For more information, contact Disability Choices Coordinator, Nicole Harris on 0417953723, or visit www.mindainc.com.au

 

PINE  POINT  

JUNIOR   

TENNIS  

Pine Point Junior Tennis 

Club is looking for at least 2 

more players for the  

upcoming  

tennis season.  

Contact Brenda for more 

informa on on 0408813836 

Community Notes