Issue 11 / 24 August 2018
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Junior School Bulletin Issue 11 / 24 August 2018 BOOK WEEK What a great week we have had celebrating Book Week. It was an absolute pleasure to see the students all dressed up for the Book Character Parade this morning. Book Week is a great reminder for us all to value and importance of reading. Children of all ages should be reading every night – whether it be to themselves, to their parents or being read to. The foundational skills of reading are so important to all aspects of school and life after school. Junior School News ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVEL The College has engaged the services of the Gold Coast City Council on a project called “Active School Travel” where we will try and come up with solutions to try and assist with the congestion in the car park. The students have been conducting surveys in class. Observors have been in the car park to watch our traffic flow. It sounds obvious, but one way we can improve traffic flow is to have less cars coming into the College every day. Car pooling, riding your bike or parking off site and walking into the College are some ways that we can reduce the number of cars coming onsite and therefore improving congestion. CAR PARK We all want to pick up our children quickly and efficiently, but more importantly, safely. Our parent volunteers and staff do an amazing job in the car park to help get your children into the car safely and help the flow of traffic in the afternoons. To this end, I say thank you. While most parents are very respectful of the job that is done and often show their gratitude, there are times when drivers may lash out at a person for things that might have happened in the car park. GIVE CHILDREN PROBLEMS TO SOLVE This meme relates very closely to the Chinese proverb “Tell me and I forget; teach me and I may remember; involve me and I will learn.” As parents/teachers this is a great reminder for us to involve children in their learning rather than just give them the answer or ask them to remember a series of facts. Creating experiences in the classroom or home that engage the children in what they are doing has a far greater chance of the students retaining and understanding what they are doing. Darrin Schumacher Deputy Principal / Head of Junior School STUDENT LED CONFERENCES “Student Led Conferences involve the student and the parents. The students are responsible for leading the conference, and also take responsibility for their learning by sharing the process with their parents. The conference involves the student discussing and reflecting upon samples of work that they have chosen to share with their parents. These samples have been selected with guidance and support from the teacher, and could be from the student’s portfolio.” (Making the PYP Happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education, 2009) Just a reminder that the student Led Conferences will be held next Thursday 30 August. The whole day is devoted to the conferences and as such, there won’t be any classes on that day. If you require supervision for your children, the OSHC is available. This year, OSHC will be running out of the Worship Centre.
Transcript of Issue 11 / 24 August 2018
Junior School BulletinIssue 11 / 24 August 2018
BOOK WEEKWhat a great week we have had celebrating Book Week. It was an absolute pleasure to see the students all dressed up for the Book Character Parade this morning. Book Week is a great reminder for us all to value and importance of reading. Children of all ages should be reading every night – whether it be to themselves, to their parents or being read to. The foundational skills of reading are so important to all aspects of school and life after school.
Junior School News
ACTIVE SCHOOL TRAVELThe College has engaged the services of the Gold Coast City Council on a project called “Active School Travel” where we will try and come up with solutions to try and assist with the congestion in the car park. The students have been conducting surveys in class. Observors have been in the car park to watch our traffic flow. It sounds obvious, but one way we can improve traffic flow is to have less cars coming into the College every day. Car pooling, riding your bike or parking off site and walking into the College are some ways that we can reduce the number of cars coming onsite and therefore improving congestion.
CAR PARKWe all want to pick up our children quickly and efficiently, but more importantly, safely. Our parent volunteers and staff do an amazing job in the car park to help get your children into the car safely and help the flow of traffic in the afternoons. To this end, I say thank you. While most parents are very respectful of the job that is done and often show their gratitude, there are times when drivers may lash out at a person for things that might have happened in the car park.
GIVE CHILDREN PROBLEMS TO SOLVEThis meme relates very closely to the Chinese proverb “Tell me and I forget; teach me and I may remember; involve me and I will learn.” As parents/teachers this is a great reminder for us to involve children in their learning rather than just give them the answer or ask them to remember a series of facts. Creating experiences in the classroom or home that engage the children in what they are doing has a far greater chance of the students retaining and understanding what they are doing.
Darrin SchumacherDeputy Principal / Head of Junior School
STUDENT LED CONFERENCES“Student Led Conferences involve the student and the parents. The students are responsible for leading the conference, and also take responsibility for their learning by sharing the process with their parents. The conference involves the student discussing and reflecting upon samples of work that they have chosen to share with their parents. These samples have been selected with guidance and support from the teacher, and could be from the student’s portfolio.” (Making the PYP Happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education, 2009)
Just a reminder that the student Led Conferences will be held next Thursday 30 August. The whole day is devoted to the conferences and as such, there won’t be any classes on that day. If you require supervision for your children, the OSHC is available. This year, OSHC will be running out of the Worship Centre.
Languages NewsCongratulations to our Junior School students on their out-standing results at the MLTAQ Griffith University Speech Contest .
JAPANESE
Year 4Ashleigh Crawford 1stSeren Corfield 2ndMadison Tydd 4th
Year 5Eve Pattison 1stJack Mewing 5thBailey Hawkins Highly Commended
Year 6Scarlett Thorpe 2ndClaudia Mewing 5th Sam Butterworth Highly Commended
1st - 5th places were awarded.All Junior School students received a place!
Sharon TakiJunior School Japanese
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins.– Romans 3:23-24 (NLT)
Forgiveness is a central theme of the Christian message, as revealed in the Bible. Jesus spoke about forgiveness wherever He went and put forgiveness into action by dying on the cross on behalf of humankind. Yet, despite the centrality of forgiveness in the Christian message, how often do you put it into practice? How easily do you forgive others and do you, forgive yourself?
In a recent Middle and Senior school Chapel, I spoke about a connection between forgiving others and learning to forgive yourself. If you find it hard to forgive yourself, you are less likely, generally speaking, to forgive others. If you are able to forgive yourself, you are more likely to share a forgiving attitude toward others. So, if you are finding it hard to forgive your spouse, your children, a work colleague or friend, take a closer look at yourself before you look anywhere else.
As we stand before God, we must recognise that mistakes, errors of judgements, misplaced trust and hurtful words litter the landscape of our life. Some people readily acknowledge their failings while others find this admission difficult to make. Yet, this is the first step towards forgiving others – recognising that there is something in you that needs forgiveness from time-to-time. If you can cross this bridge then you are on the road to healing and wholeness for yourself and for others.
The second step is to recognise that God, through Jesus, is willing and able to forgive your sins. A lot of people pray to God seeking His forgiveness, other people visit a priest, pastor or trusted Christian friend – the method is not important, but what is important and true, if you come to God with a sincere heart, truly sorry for the things that you have done, He will forgive you and make you clean. Then, and only then, you will have what you need – a heart full of love toward others – a heart that is willing to forgive – a heart that knows the joy of being forgiven.
Nathan GloverCollege Pastor
Chaplains Chat
The GO Team worked hard to promote the Disco and encouraged students to have fun while raising money for a worthwhile cause. All proceeds from the two nights will be donated to the organisation, 100% Hope. This organisation provides education and housing to orphaned, abandoned and underprivileged children in Uganda. We will be donating $1514.28 to this organisation. The contribution from the St Andrews Community is very much appreciated.
The night was a lot of fun and the music appealed to all tastes. The Floss dance was very popular and got everyone up on the dance floor. The students commented that it was an awesome event and that they can’t wait to do it all again next year!
‘I loved getting a lolly as a prize for dancing, the games and dancing to the song, YMCA.’ Summer Johnston - Year 3.‘It was fun to dance along to all the 80’s songs and catch up with my friends.’ Ally Crawford - Year 6
‘It was fun to eat some lollies and dance and catch up with my friends.’ Jasmine Causer - Year 6.
Shelly PrattTeacher
Junior School Disco
Term 3 is always an exciting time of the school year as students in the Junior School anticipate the energetic school discos. During the month of August, students enjoyed the P-2 neon themed disco followed by the Years 3-6 80’s themed disco. Both discos provided an opportunity for students to socialise with their friends while channelling their inner Madonna, Angus Young and Michael Jackson.
Book Week News
CLUB TOUCHWe have sixteen Junior School students playing for St Andrews in the local club competition down at Mallawa on a Friday nights. This competition is an excellent experience for the high quality competitions to come in the future. Also a huge thank you to Mrs Pett for spending her Friday nights out at Mallawa with the students.
ST ANDREWS TOUCH 2018 A huge amount of boys and girls have been training for touch on a Friday morning. By the end of the Term, teams will be selected for the Queensland Primary Schools Tournament in Term 4. Any Years 4-6 boys interested in touch, this is your last opportunity to attend.
Sport News
BOOK FAIRThe Book Fair took place last week in the Junior School Library. Students and parents were excited to purchase some of their favourite books and stationary items. I want to thank the College community for the overwhelming support we received. Over $8000 worth of merchandise was sold and we will gain scholastic reward points that allow us to purchase more resources for our teachers and students. Thank you to Mrs Dalby and Mrs Harrington for their amazing work over the week.
Vikki ReesJunior School Librarian
Science News
SCIENCE NEWSAs a part of the National Science Week activities, some of our senior science students conducted some hands on practical experiences with our Pre-Prep students from the ELC. Students investigated the properties of static electricity. We
had balloons repelling each other and ‘sticking’ to students heads and to walls. Students were then delighted with how a Van de Graaff generator could make confetti fly into the air and make students hair stand on end.
I was delighted to see how our senior students enthusiastically approached this activity and engaged our Junior School students in a nurturing and caring way.
David WyattHead Of Department -Science.
DANCE EISTEDDFOD SUCCESSCongratulations to our Years 7 – 12 Dance Troupes who represented the College at the Gold Coast Eisteddfod last week. Once again, these troupes performed exceptionally well with Dansation placing 3rd with their 80s medley and Combined Intensity came 2nd with their powerful contemporary “Body Love”. Many thanks to the incomparable Paula Guild who works tirelessly to create such a thriving dance program here at St Andrews.
Cilla ScottHead of Arts
FUTSALNext week, six of our futsal teams will compete at the Primary Schools Cup in Brisbane. These teams have been training very hard for this competition and will verse students from Gold Coast and Brisbane schools. Good luck to all our teams.
UPCOMING DATES• Interschool Sport, Years 5 and 6
Games start Week 8, Friday 7 September.• Primary Schools Futsal Cup – Tuesday 28 August• SLAPS Athletics – Tuesday 4 September• Gold Coast Futsal Challenge (10 Year Girls) –
Thursday 6 September• South Coast Athletics – Tuesday 11 and Wednesday
12 September• Samsung Cup – Saturday 15 and Sunday16 September
Casey WestJunior School Sport Coordinator
Performing Arts NewsST ANDREWS AT THE GOLD COAST JAZZ CLUBLast Sunday The Saints, along with invited soloists entertained a packed crowd at the Gold Coast Jazz Club. This was a wonderful showcase of the musical talent here at the College. Many thanks to Paul Oakley-Grant, John Whyte, Andrew Hobbler and Anthony Simmonds for their support of The Saints and of the event.
Dates to Remember
AUGUST
Sunday 26
Prep Community Service, - Worship Centre – 9.00am
Year 1B Eco Explorers Family Day – 9.00am
Mon 27
Fathers’ Day Stall - 7.45 - 8.15am Bus Shelter
Year 3 Indigenous Incursion
Tues 28
Fathers’ Day Stall - 7.45 - 8.15am Bus Shelter
Gold Coast Eisteddfod – Primary Dance
Junior School Chapel, Worship Centre – 1.40pm
Thurs 30
P - 6 Student Led Conferences
Fri 31
Gold Coast Show Day Holiday
SEPTEMBER
Sun 2
Fathers’ Day
Tues 4
Years 4 - 6 SLAPS Athletics Carnival
Junior School Assembly, MPH – 1.40pm
Wed 5
Junior School Chess Competition, Carrara Stadium
Thurs 6
Regional Track and Field Day
Years 4 - 9 Futsal Challenge
P&F News
The Fathers’ Day stall will be held on Monday 27 August and Tuesday 28 August mornings and all gifts will be $5. The stall is open for all students to purchase gifts under the Junior School Bus Shelter. The Early Learning Centre will have gifts available from their Reception. A Father’s Day Raffle is also being held.1 ticket x $2 or 3 tickets x $5Prizes are: • 1st prize Father’s Day assorted gifts in a basket.• 2nd prize BWS $50 gift voucher kindly donated by the
team at Reedy Creek BWS.• 3rd prize Autobarn $50 gift voucher kindly donated by
the team at Autobarn.• 4th prize Ragdoll Bar & Dinner Lounge $50 gift voucher
kindly donated by Ragdoll Bar & Dinner Lounge.• 5th prize, A wonderful gift basket kindly donated by
Currumbin RSL. On Tuesday 11 September - P&F General Meeting at 7pm. If you would like to put anything on the agenda for this meeting, please email [email protected] SAVE THE DATE - On Saturday October 20, join us from 10am to 1pm to celebrate the College’s 25th Anniversary. Come and join the fun with fantastic entertainment and a lot of kids games. Enjoy your weekend and God Bless.
DATE INFORMATION CONTACT
Friday 24 August
Int Drama FestivalEyes to the FloorSt Andrews Lutheran College 6.00pm
Cilla [email protected]
Tuesday 28 August
Gold Coast Eisteddfod Dance Primary Dance2pm and 4pm sessionsJunior School Troupes and Animi
Paula GuildTina Tanguy (Animi)pau l ag@sa l c [email protected]
Saturday 8 September
Dance Night
Date Claimer
Paula GuildTina Tanguy [email protected]@salc.qld.edu.au
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