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Information Night

National Lutheran

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UNSW Science

Competition

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Athletes foot visit

Public Holiday

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UNSW Writing

Competition

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Newsletter Term 2, Week 5, 2013

Dates to remember:

Bloom where you're planted!

Written by George Whitten

An ancient legend tells of a king who walked into his garden one day to find almost

everything withered and dying. After speaking to an oak near the gate, the king learned

that he was troubled because he was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine

overheard their conversation and added that she, too, was upset, for she could not bear

delicious fruit like the pear tree. The pear tree heard his name and began to complain

that he did not have the lovely odor of the spruce. And so it went throughout the entire

garden.

Near the very edge of the garden grew a little daisy. As the king approached, he

noticed her bright little face, full of life. "Well, little flower," said the monarch, "I'm glad to

find that there is at least one happy face in my garden."

"Oh king," she said, "I know I'm little, and not many people notice me, but one day I

realised that you if planted me here, you must have had a good reason. So, your

majesty, I've determined to be the best little flower I can be!"

Our King has planted a beautiful garden. Not one of us is greater than the next. It is His

perfection.

We must come to a place where we trust that God has a reason for creating us the way

He has and has planted us in just the place he desired. Comparing ourselves with one

another will only make us wither. When we become satisfied in His creation (that is us),

that's when we'll find true happiness and we will shine.

Let's give God our all our disappointments and be determined to be the best that we can

be for Him!

We’re not, understand, putting ourselves in a league with those who boast that they’re our superiors. We wouldn’t dare do that. But in all this comparing and grading and competing, they quite miss the point.

2 Corinthians 10:12 Shared by Megan Nappa, Year 2/3 Teacher

It’s a girl!

Congratulations to

Teena and Tim Nicholls

on the birth of their baby girl

on Monday.

Mila Elisea Nicholls

Weighing 3.2kgs

Mum and Mila are going

well.

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Thoughts/ Prayers/ Thanks

We pray for Alex Evans as he recovers from his

broken arm and look forward to him returning.

God be with those that are not well and help

them on the road to recovery.

Be with Teena and Tim Nicholls as they welcome

their Baby girl Mila.

Prayer Families

Somers Mikaela

Sosnowski Maximillion, Olivia

Stevens/Forman Zara, Adian

Strawbridge Austin, Spencer

Tappert Rhys, Liam

Teehan Brianna

Turner Aarie, Maya

Verrall Janelle

Walker-Mitchell Elliott

Wickman Jacob, Amber

Uniform Shop Opening times

Tuesdays 3:15 to 3:45pm

Fridays 8:30 to 9:00am

Student Banking Every Tuesday

Term Dates 2013

Term 2 - Tuesday 30th April to

Thursday 4th July

(Friday 5th July is a Pupil Free

Day)

Term 3 - Monday 22nd July to

Friday 27th Sep

Term 4 - Monday 14th Oct to

Wednesday 11th Dec

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Airshow Fundraiser

The school has now received the financial figures from our Airshow. We

will be able to share the news with school families, by letter, in the next

week, once the information has been shared with Campus Council. I can

let you know that it is an exciting amount which I can’t wait to share with

you!

The Committee has met and had a debrief of the event, recording things

that went well and things that need tweaking in 2015. If you have any

feedback that you would like to share that could be useful to add to our

reflections please drop me an email or catch me in the yard. Believe it or

not, initial planning will start shortly as we lock in the date and sponsors

for 2015!

Values for Lutheran Education

This term our Chapel is based on the

10 values that are the promoted and

lived in our Lutheran Schools across

Australia. All of the values come from a

Biblical principle. The over-arching

value, Love, is like an umbrella under

which all the other values sit. It is

based on God’s enormous love for

us…” “This is how much God loved the

world: He gave his Son, his one and

only Son. (John 3:16)

This week’s Chapel is presented by the Year F/1 Class, and they are

leading us in worship on the value “Compassion”. Next Friday we

welcome Year 1/2 to lead us in worship and the value will be “Hope”

We warmly invite any who can make it to join us for worship and a

chance to catch up over morning tea after Chapel.

Better Schools Survey

So far 13 of the 60 parent surveys sent out have been completed –

21.6%. We would love to get feedback from many to give a well-

rounded picture of where parents see our strengths, and define areas for

improvement. We really appreciate the time given to this. This Friday is

the final day that the survey will be on line, so let’s see if St Jakobi can

have a great return rate!

National Lutheran Schools Week

Next week the BARLE (Barossa and Region Lutheran Education) schools

will come together at Faith College to celebrate National Lutheran Schools

week.

Cont. page 3.

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JUNE 2013

June 2013

LYNDOCH LUTHERAN PARISH

Pastor Paul Hannola : Phone 8524 5100

Mobile: 0477033230

Lyndoch: Margaret Street Lyndoch

Trinity Church: Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat

Church Year Rowland Flat Lyndoch

Pentecost 2

2 June

Spoken HC

10.30am

HC

9am

Pentecost 3

9 June

Morning Praise

(layreading)

9am

Worship

(layreading)

10.30am

Pentecost 4

16 June

Traditional HC

10.30am

HC

9am

Pentecost 5

23 June

Worship

9am

Worship

10.30am

Pentecost 6

30 June

Worship

(layreading)

10.30am

Worship

(layreading)

9am

Term

1,

2013

3/4 Mrs Pisano/

Miss Juers

6/7 Mr Adler Term 2, 2013

F/1 Mrs Schultz

1/2 Mrs Schaefer

Term

3,

2013

2/3 Miss Nappa

6/7 Mr Lange &

Mrs Ahrens

Term 4, 2013

F Mrs Nicholls

4/5 Mrs Lowke

To ensure the school is abiding by school policy and

student safety we are implementing a procedure for

students that arrive late or leave early.

When a student is late (after 9am) they will need to see

the front office and notify them of their arrival. A yellow

card will then be given to the student to give to the class

teacher so the teacher knows administration have been

notified.

The parent/caregiver collecting a student early will need

to collect a red card from the office to give to each

child’s teacher they are collecting. This again ensures

administration are aware of who is leaving hence our

records show the students currently on premises in case

of an emergency etc.

Please also remember to notify the school when you

child/ren are absent. Please call the office on

8524 4137 or alternatively please email at us

admin@stjakobi.sa.du.au

Late arrival & early pickup

of students Our Year 6/7 students will attend to represent our school,

along with students from Vineyard (Clare), Loxton Lutheran

School, Waikerie Lutheran School, Tanunda Lutheran School,

Good Shepherd (Angaston), St John’s (Eudunda), Redeemer

(Nuriootpa), Immanuel (Gawler) and Faith College. The theme

is ‘Forgiveness: the door to peace’.

Forgiveness is as much about the future as it is the past. The

journey of forgiveness lies constantly before us. Lutheran

schools are places where the joy and practice of forgiveness

can be lived out on a daily basis, where the life-changing

effects of forgiveness can be experienced, and where

reconciliation, made possible by the love of God through the

cross of Jesus Christ, enables everyone to be a peacemaker.

Playground Safety

During Term 1 five of our staff, Mr Adler, Miss Nappa, Mrs

Schaefer, Mrs Rice and Mrs Hannola attended Positive

Partnerships professional development. Although mainly about

students with Autism, the strategies they encourage benefit

many children. At the end of the course, attendees are asked

to pick a project to assist students at school, and our staff

picked ‘positive play’. The aim is to make play happy, safe

and positive for all. In the next couple of weeks you will see

and hear of various strategies being rolled out to assist our

students in this area.

As a school we are taking some time with students to stop and

reflect on the quality of play during break times. The front

office is finding that many children are coming up with bumps

as a result of play. We have had a refocus on the rules that

we ask students to abide by to promote safety. Those that

keep those rules are commended for their wonderful efforts;

those that are making unsafe choices, eg running in the high

traffic areas, or tackling during games, are heading inside to

do a rethink sheet about safe play choices. The rate of

children to the office has reduced dramatically, so these

measures are having a positive effect on student safety. As

part of the ‘positive play’ initiative, the staff are working

towards tangible rewards for those children who are making

excellent choices. Stay tuned for more from the staff in the next

newsletter sharing progress!

May God bless your week, Kathryn

Please Note:

Sunday School @ Lyndoch 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month @

9.20am

Class Carer Meal Roster

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Run 4 Bibles

Thank you and well done to all the students for their terrific

efforts at our Run4Bibles Lapathon last Monday at School.

We had perfect weather and lots of parent helpers and staff to

encourage the students around the 400m track. To date we

have raised $522.00 for the International Bible League and

bet our goal of $500. Could all donations and funds raised be

brought to school by this Friday 31st May. Thank you again for

your support and great work on Monday. Mr Adler

SAPSASA news update Congratulations to James Mattiske and Ike Zerk for their efforts in Adelaide last week at

the state primary school football carnival.

Barossa& Light finished 3rd in Div.2. Both boys enjoyed the friendships they made and

the opportunities to play in a variety of positions as well as the new skills they learnt.

Also all the best to Skye Mackenzie ,Rohan Nelson and James Mattiske as they take part

in the state Cross Country at Oakbank this Thursday 30th May. GOOD LUCK!

Make – A – Wish Cheque presentation

Last Friday representatives from the Make – A – Wish foundation

joined us for chapel to accept their cheque from funds raised at

the Airshow. We were thrilled to give $1,150.00 to this

wonderful organisation.

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Woolworths Earn &

Learn

St Jakobi’s is participating in the Earn &

Learn Program to earn learning resources for

the school. Next time you go shopping at

Woolworths, collect the stickers and place

them on your stickercard. When your

stickercard is full bring it in to the office or

pop them in a box labelled St Jakobi at

Gawler Woolworths. Pop it in the box, and

pick up a new sticker card!

Canteen News

Add to your baked Potato:

Baked beans $0.80

Diced bacon $0.50

Please also note prices have changed for the following:

Cinnamon scrolls – NOW $0.30

Dried fruit pieces – NOW $0.10

Tubs of sauce – NOW $0.30

An updated menu will be distributed shortly.

Student Banking

Interest will again be added to all LLL accounts on 31st May. We

ask that you please send any LLL passbooks to the front office on

Tuesday 4th June.

If possible, could you please not send passbooks with covers on –

this allows LLL staff to update your passbooks quicker and therefore

return them to you faster. If you require replacement covers for any

books please let us know and we can request one for you.

Thank you

Regards Anna and Amanda

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Lyndoch & District Historical Society - Following in their Footsteps

People traveled great distances to join with the Lyndoch & District Historical Society to walk the former village of Hoffnungsthal

(Valley of Hope) on Sunday 19th May. Mrs Joan Haese (nee Zerk) led the group along what was the original street of

Hoffnungsthal from the site of the Church/School nearly 1 kilometre to the Cemetery.

The group of over 60, which included visitors with ages covering nine decades, shared stories as they saw the original village

well, grain thrashing floor, ruins of some stone dwellings and the site of the water tank. The village was settled in 1847,

primarily by a group of settlers from Posen in modern Germany who had arrived on the ship “Heloise”.

The village of Hoffnungsthal was abandoned 160 years ago when the area was inundated with up to 1.5 metres of water at

the end of a wet winter. Young and old hypothesized as to how, when and why the area fills with water. At present the area

is covered in lush pasture and even after healthy opening rains there is no surface water in sight.

At the end of the street, Mrs Haese was able to share stories of the Cemetery where 65 souls were interned over a 16 year

period. Little remains at the Cemetery but a good number of graves are marked with simple outlines using local stone. The

group found it interesting to see the remnants of the cellar cut into the hill side – it was used as a morgue!

After the devastating 1853 floods, most of the villagers moved over the hill into the Lyndoch Valley and formed a

congregation based at what is now St Jakobi Lutheran Primary School. Sunday’s gathering moved to the new “Valley of Hope

Centre” at St Jakobi where 5th generation descendant of an original Hoffnungsthal family, Rev Mike Semmler, facilitated

discussion over afternoon tea. He described the stories of Hoffnungsthal as part of the rich tapestry that binds together so

many people across Australia that have a Hoffnungsthal connection.

A number of stories were told including that of settlers from nearby Rosenthal (Rosedale) being fined for taking timber from

Hoffnungsthal. Those that grew up on neighboring properties reminisced of billycart races on the dry bed of the lagoon and

then swimming and diving from a rowboat when the lagoon was filled. Mr H.J. “Pete” Zerk told as sad story of a young

woman killed during a duck shooting expedition.

The Lyndoch & District Historical Society was overwhelmed by the numbers. Mr Kim Michelmore, Vice President, said “the

event was organized as part of History Month to promote living history – to get people involved and to discover the stories all

too often held in families” The proceedings of the day were recorded and will be edited to be part of the oral history

collection of the Society.

The Lyndoch & District Historical Society would like to thank the Kies and Haese families for access to the land together with

Grant Burge Wines (lessees of much of the land). A massive thanks to Kathryn Krieg, Principal of St Jakobi Lutheran Primary

School for use of the magnificent Valley of Hope Centre and providing afternoon tea.

Submitted by:

Kim Michelmore & Malinda Melbourne, Members of the Historical Society.

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DATE AND TIME EVENT/FUNDRAISER COORDINATOR/S HELP REQUIRED/ INFORMATION

Wed 5 Jun 2013 Lyndoch Lutheran Women’s Fellowship Annual Morning Tea

RSVP to Elizabeth Afford – 8524 4392

All St Jakobi parents and friends are invited to join the Lyndoch Women’s Fellowship for their annual morning tea. Devotion: Pastor Paul Hannola Guest Speaker: Mr Robert Brooks (‘Projects sponsored by Rotary’) $5.00 donation as admission

Fri 7 Jun 2013 New Family Orientation/Mid year intake

Kaylene Jaensch – 0401 122 160

P & F will provide plates of morning tea to share with the new families of St Jakobi.

Mon 24 June 2013 7:30pm

St Jakobi P & F Committee Meeting held in the Heloise Meeting Room, St Jakobi

Fi Jones – 0419 853 846

All welcome!!!

GENERAL NEWS Walk Safely to School – Friday 24 May 2013 What a great turn out we had for the walk last Friday – we believe around 50 students walked in the beautiful sunshine. HUGE THANKS to Kaylene Jaensch for purchasing the biscuits and heating up the Milo for the walkers. We hope the children enjoyed their little treats. HUGE THANKS also to kathy Saunders for helping me to set up and serve the refreshments to the walkers. It was great to see so many teachers and parents walking with the children to keep them safe – thank you for your enthusiasm!! Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea – Friday 24 May 2013 Thanks to Kaylene Jaensch for once again coordinating this morning tea. Donations towards the Cancer Council totalled around $40.00, but if you still wish to contribute there is a box in the front office. Every little bit helps towards this very worthy cause. THANK YOU. Entertainment Books

It’s not too late to order an Entertainment Book for 2013-2014. Please note that emails have previously been sent out to all families with a link to order online but if you have any queries about how to order, please contact Fi Jones on 0419 853 846. The books cost $65 and $13 from each book is ours to keep which is a fantastic profit!!!! There is a book on display in the office if you’d like to see what’s on offer this year.

Have a fantastic fortnight. Kind regards and blessings

Fi Jones and the P & F Committee

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COMMUNITY NEWS!

Violin/ Viola Lessons

Come and try the Violin/ Viola,

first lesson free. Experienced and qualified

teacher. Lessons for age 8 years to Adult.

For further information & to book your come and

tray please ph. 0437 304 723.

Tracey Walsh

Ph. 8568 1728, Springton

Remedial Massage Therapist

Trigger Point Therapy I Sport

Massage I Relaxation Massage I

Reflexology I Myofascial Release I

Acupressure For relief of

Stress I Depression I Headaches

I Pain I Muscle Fatigue I

Insomnia

SHED NIGHT

Men learn from Men, as iron sharpens iron.

Attention all blokes!

Lyndoch now has a men’s shed

night every month.

Next night: 17 June 2013

6.30pm to 8.30pm @ Fromm’s

Shed- 508 Lyndoch Road, Lyndoch

BBQ Tea and soft drinks provided

and donation appreciated.

Bring Deck Chair and warm gear

Contact Ian Lange 0406741151

or Graham Fromm 0427393008

for further details if required.