BULLETIN Term 3 Week 7 Friday 6 September 2019
Big Mac
I remember hearing a song years ago that went along the lines of,
‘O Lord, its hard to be humble, when you’re perfect in every
way....’. Some brief research reveals that the song was written by
Mac Davis in 1980. (It turns out he also wrote the Elvis Presley song
‘In the Ghetto’ which is one of my favourite songs.)
Humility is the theme of our bible focus story this week where Jesus
tells a parable about weddings and invitations and humility.
Luke 14 - 8
‘When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of
honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has
also been invited? The host will come and say, ‘Give this person
your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take
whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!
“Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when
your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better
place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other
guests. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those
who humble themselves will be exalted.”
(As someone who once started to head to a wedding reception
after only being invited to the ceremony, this story certainly rings a
wedding bell!)
In Jesus time there was a culture of hierarchy and people were
born into positions of stature. Lots of people were made to feel that
they were born into the spiritual ghettos of their society.
In typical Jesus fashion, he turned the cultural morays of the time
upside down and challenged people to see themselves and each
other in the same way that God see’s them. As loved and worthy
children of God.
Daryl
What’s on in Term 3 2019
Week 8
Mon 9 Sept 2.45pm Assembly
Weds 11 Sept Upper Primary
School Concert
Matinee 2pm
Thurs 12 Sept Upper Primary
School Concert Night
Fri 13 Sept Student Free Day
Week 9
Tues 17 Sept Parent / Teacher /
Student 3 way
conference
Wed 18 Sept Amazing Me
Education Seminar
Week 10
Tues 24 Thurs 26 Sept: Parent /
Teacher / Student 3
way conference
Friday 27 Sept Last day of Term 3
and SPORTS DAY
TERM 4 UPCOMING EVENTS
Week 1
Year 1 Sleepover
Week 2
Year 4 camp
Year 5 Camp
Week 3
Volunteer Training
Week 4
Year 6 Exhibition
Open Day
Grandparents Day
2019 Term Dates
Term 3: Monday 22 July to
Friday 27 September
Term 4: Monday 14 October to
Wednesday 11 December
2020 Term Dates
Term 1 Tuesday 28 January to
Thursday 9 April
Term 2: Monday 27 April to
Friday 26 June
Term 3: Monday 20 July to
Friday 25 September
Term 4: Monday 12 October to
Wednesday 9 December
11 Lyndoch Road Gawler East SA 5118
T: (08) 8522 5740
W: www.ilsg.sa.edu.au
WORSHIP & PRAISE
Fridays at 9am in Taikondi
Parents and friends
welcome to come along
too.
Stay for a cuppa and chat
afterwards.
Friday 13 September
Student Free Day
Friday 20 September
Julie Krause from
ALWS
Friday 27 September
Sports Day special
W&P
ASSEMBLY
2.45pm in Taikondi
Term 3 Week 8:
Monday 9 September
With the Foundation classes
All welcome!
JUNIOR YOUTH
NO JUNIOR YOUTH
NEXT THURSDAY
12 SEPTEMBER
(Due to concert evening
preparations)
RHYTHYM KIDS
NO RHYTHYM KIDS
NEXT WEEK MONDAY
9 SEPTEMBER
(Due to concert evening
preparations)
SUBWAY
NO SUBWAY
NEXT WEEK FRIDAY
13 SEPTEMBER
(Due to Student Free Day)
STRAW NEEDED
20 SMALL BALES OF STRAW
IS NEEDED FOR OUR
SCHOOLS STRAW BALE
GARDEN.
Is there any family who can
help supply this?
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SCHOOL CONCERT (Upper Primary Yr 4, 5 & 6’s performing)
“A Musical Therapy” - We’re all in this together
• Wednesday 11 September Matinee
Performance at 2pm No cost
• Thursday 12 September Evening
Performance at 7pm $5 per ticket
• Tickets still available
• All families and friends welcome
• Attached is another note with information
on student arrival times, costumes etc.
Tickets have been sent home today.
STUDENT FREE DAY
• Friday 13 September (following the concert) for the whole school
• iGOSH is available.
Casual bookings can still be made by contacting Katrina on 0447 661 555
AMAZING ME - “THE FACTS OF LIFE”
Education Seminar for Parents and Children (Yr 4,5,6,7)
Date: Wednesday 18 September
Time: 6.30pm to 8.15pm
Where: Taikondi area
School: Immanuel Lutheran School, 11 Lyndoch Road Gawler
To book: www.schoolinterviews.com.au
Enter code xpssg
Cost: $35
THREE WAY CONFERENCES between parent /
teacher and student
• Tuesday 17 & Tuesday 24 Sept
3.45pm to 8.05pm
• Thursday 26 Sept 3.45pm to 6.20pm
• Don’t forget to book a timeslot
• Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au
and enter the code FS69U
SPORTS DAY
• Friday 27 September - last day of Term 3.
• Schedule:
• 9.05am Devotion & Opening
• 9.20am Sprints
• 10.20am Class & Year Level events
• 1.20pm Conclusion and presentation of Awards
• 1.40pm students may go home with parents
• Alternate afternoon activities offered
• 3.25pm normal dismissal
• Go RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW! Wear your coloured
T-Shirt or cap.
• Another note will go home soon with extra details.
• Parents welcome to come and be involved with the
fun day
• Gawler Lutheran Church will be cooking a Sausage
Sizzle for students and parents and friends all day.
$2 / sausage
• Carers Group will have a tea, coffee and muffin stall.
ALWS FUNDRAISER
A group of Student Parliament girls have organised a
fundraiser during Week 9 (16-20 September) to raise money
for Australian Lutheran World Service ALWS.
Students can run or walk laps of the oval during their recess
time and ask their parents, family and friends to sponsor them
for every lap.
The goal is to complete 26 laps and earn $1 / lap and raise $26 / student.
This is the amount of money needed to send one child to school in a developing country.
A sponsorship form is going home soon.
We hope that every student will be able to participate.
CARERS GROUP INFO
FATHERS DAY STALL
Thanks for organising all the lovely gifts. Dad was spoilt!
SPORTS DAY
Carers Group will be providing COFFEE AND CAKE
on Sports Day!
Just what the adults need. All welcome!
P&F GROUP INFO
QUIZ NIGHT
Unfortunately we had to CANCEL this event
(on Friday 6 September), due to low attendance
numbers. Stay tuned for another date.
SAUSAGE SIZZLE FUNDRAISER AT BUNNINGS GAWLER
GREEN
Thanks to everyone who helped out and came and
visited us last Saturday 31 August.
P&F have made a good profit from the day.
GIANT WHEELBARROW RAFFLE
• The Wheelbarrow and its contents of prizes is on
display in the office.
Wow! What a GIANT prize to win! It is massive!
Thanks to many local Gawler business for donating to us,
including Bunnings, Mitre 10, Pure Bliss Spa & Beauty,
Sprint Auto Parts, Breretons Jewellers, Flip Out, Gawler Cinemas
Money raised is going towards a new sound desk for the Taikondi area.
• Tickets on sale from the school office $2 each or 3 for $5.
Got to be in it to win it!
FAMILY PHOTO FUNDRAISER
• Saturday 2 November 9am to 5pm at Immanuel
School
• $20 for a photo session and a 8x12 Print
• Bookings via www.inspiremephotography.com.au
UNIFORM SHOP OPEN DAYS
Monday at 8.30 to 9.15am
and
Friday at 3.00 to 3.45pm
Or by appt with the office
SECONDHAND UNIFORM
SHOP OPEN DAYS
Tuesday: 8.30 - 9.15am &
Wednesday: 3.00 - 3.30pm
OPEN DAYS 2019
Next date is:
Thursday 7 November 9.30am
For families looking to enrol at
Immanuel.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Issue 4 orders have been
submitted. Books will arrive
and be sent home before
the end of term.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK
2019/2020
• One book left in the office
for Sale $70
• More Books or digital
memberships can be
purchased via the office, or
go direct to
http://
www.entertainmentbook.com.a
u/orderbooks/16h6231
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MARRA DREAMING
Thanks to Raelene and Sam from Marra Dreaming for helping us to create a wonderful new mural for our new Indigenous Garden area
LOCAL COMPETITONS THE MAYORS CHRISTMAS CARD
COMPETITION 2019 is on again.
• It is open to Primary School students from
Foundation to Year 5 who live or attend
school within the Town of Gawler.
• First, second and third prizes will be
awarded in each group year level.
• The winning entry will be printed onto
Christmas Cards with the student’s name,
year and school.
• Entries will also be displayed at Council
sites and in main street shopfronts
throughout the Christmas season.
• Winning entrants, their parents/care
givers, and school representative will be
invited to a Mayoral Awards Ceremony to
receive their prize.
• Entries close Friday, 27 September 2019
M.O.T. PANCAKE BREKKY MORNING
Monday 26 August
Thanks Emma and her team of cooks.
Everyone enjoyed them !
ROTARY CLUB OF GAWLER ART COMPETITION
• 2019 Youth Art Exhibition will be displayed
at the Village Fair on Pioneer Park on
Saturday 2nd November, 2019.
• Open to all youth aged 5yrs to 18yrs
• Entry forms available in the school office
and on the website.
• Entries due 5pm Wednesday 23rd
October 2019
iGOSH INFO
STUDENT FREE DAY:
Friday 13 September
• Bookings have now closed.
However there are some
casual places still available.
• It is $47 for the full day
• Please contact Katrina direct
to book in now
TERM 3 HOLIDAY PROGRAM
• The PROGRAM was sent
home to families last Friday,
and can be found on the
schools website
• Online bookings are now
open but close 10am Friday
20 September.
• Some of the days are
capped so please get in
early
• Confirmation and Consent
forms will be sent home
Monday 23 September
(W10 T3)
• Accounts will need to be
below $500 to access the
holiday care, and the last
vac care account paid.
Your help with this is
appreciated.
All IGOSH online bookings are
via www.carebookings.com.au
– code number KTQQ3
END TERM 4
• iGOSH will be open on the
last 2 days of Term 4:
Thursday 12 and Friday 13
December.
You can book for these on
www.carebookings.com.au
CHRISTMAS / JANUARY
HOLIDAYS
• iGOSH will be open for the
Vacation Care Program from
16 to 20 December and then
6 January until school goes
back.
The program will come out
around week 5 of term 4
Coordinator: Katrina Ponte Contact: E: [email protected] T: 8522 5740 #3 M: 0447 661 555
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THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM
Natural Maths
This week we hosted a visit from Ann Baker, founder of Natural Maths. Ann spent some time during the school
holidays, working with our teachers on developing our maths teaching. Natural maths focuses on
developing depth of understanding of mathematical concepts and improved fluency with numbers and
operations. Natural maths involves some different thinking about maths too, with students involved with
visualising problems and working with different mental calculation and problem solving strategies.
Ann spent time in a number of our classrooms and worked with our teachers and LSOs during the day,
demonstrating how Natural Maths can be implemented. It was a great day of learning for students and
teachers alike.
Think U Know
Last week our Year 4, 5 and 6 students attended a Think U Know
session presented by SAPOL. The session took the students through
some very valuable and interesting information on cyber safety.
They had an opportunity to hear about current issues and things to
be aware of when it comes to staying safe online. This was a great
follow up to our iPad boot camp at the start of the year. A session
was also presented to parents in the evening.
Foundation Unit of Inquiry – Where we are in place and time
Our Foundation students have been working on a unit of inquiry based on the central idea:
“People have connections to special places.”
They have been looking at what makes places special and the different ways places are represented.
They took a day out to explore Gawler, stopping at some of the places that are significant in our town.
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THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM
Year 1 Unit of Inquiry – How we organise ourselves
The Year 1 classes have been looking at a unit of inquiry based on the
central idea: “Communities provide services to meet people’s needs.”
They have had the opportunity to hear from a lot of different people in our
community about their different roles and the services they help to provide
to our community. It has been great to
see our school parents coming in to
share about their work in the
community.
This week we also had a visit from some
local police officers, who told us about
their jobs.
Last week we had a visit from the local
Ambos.
Year 6 Exhibition
Our Year 6 classes have started planning for their Exhibition, which will be
happening in Term 4.
They are looking at the theme of Sharing the planet and will be identifying
issues of local and global significance to inquire into further. To start
students thinking they took a trip on Thursday 5 Sept to the Food Forest, a
permaculture farm and learning centre in Gawler which grows over 160
varieties of fruit, nuts, grains, vegetables and timber.
The Food Forest shows how an ordinary family can grow its own food and
create a productive and diverse landscapes.
ZION PRESCHOOLERSVISIT IMMANUEL
Last Friday the 2nd group of Zion Preschool children visited Immanuel and
interacted with our Foundation classes. They enjoyed a music session, play
investigations and story time.
FRIDAY ELECTIVES
Electives have been held over the last 4 Friday afternoons. Its an
opportunity for students to break into small groups across the school and
be involved in an activity.
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Potential Bus Service 2020
In a recent School Survey, we asked the question, ‘Would you be interested in utilising a bus service if one was offered?’ 47 (anonymous) families responded that they have an interest and logged an address/location. As a school we have access to some very sophisticated geographical data which helps us pin point locations around Gawler for potential enrolment growth and when this data is matched to the survey responses it is clear that a service incorporates (in order and ap-proximately): Willaston / Hewett / Evanston Gardens / Evanston Park / Gawler South / Springwood / Gawler East is quite viable. This is effectively an anticlockwise circle around our school of the inner local areas. (This would mean that Willaston / Hewett would be the first ones picked up in the morning sometime soon after 8.00am and also the first ones dropped off in the afternoon soon af-ter 3.30pm etc) While it is not planned to be a ‘door to door’ service we do expect to devise a route that is a tailor made as much as possible to family locations. A schedule of fees will be developed but we are mindful of ensuring that it is affordable. So… the next step is to gather names and addresses so we can begin to shape this over the coming months and develop a service that works for our community. If you are interested in the concept of a bus service, we ask you to please complete the form attached and return it to school at your earliest convenience. We understand that circumstances change and we are not seeking a firm commitment – rather an indication of intention. When we have the information in the form attached our next step will be to develop a time table and schedule of charges. And when that is finalised and shared, we will then seek expressions of commitment. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you would like to discuss this further. Daryl
Please return this form to the front office Att: Daryl
A Bus Service for Immanuel 2020
Name: _______________________________________________________________ Students likely to use the service: __________________________________________ Address for pick up/drop off: ______________________________________________ Please tick any of the following that apply to you Mostly our use would be:
Daily – AM and PM
Daily – AM
Daily – PM
Only a few specific days/times of the week, but generally the same days
Only casual – now and then when I need the support/help.
Comment: I would use the bus service if it:
Stopped within 100 meters of the place of pick up / drop off
Stopped within 250 meters of the place of pick up / drop off
Stopped within 500 meters of the place of pick up / drop off
Only if it was pretty much door to door
Comment: I would use the service if the costs were approximately:
Casual rate of $2.50 a trip
Weekly full-time rate of $15 a week (10 trips at $1.50 per trip)
Weekly part time rate of $10 a week (5 trips max at $2 per trip)
Comment: