7 Neldner Avenue Angaston SA 5353 Ph: 8564 2396 Email: gsls@goodshepherd.sa.edu.au Website: www.goodshepherd.sa.edu.au

Act Camp

For Year 6/7’s 22—26th October

2017 Greeted by

Mr Tony Pasin MP

WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER? This week on October 31st we commemorated the 500th anniversary of the day in 1517 when a 33 year-old German monk named Martin Luther, upset with the Church leadership's departure from Biblical truths, tacked his "95 Theses" on the door of the Schlosskirche in Wittenburg. During the Middle Ages, few people other than monks and priests knew how to read and write. However, with the Renaissance, more and more people became educated and learned how to read. At the same time, the printing press was invented allowing for new ideas, as well as scriptures of the Bible, to be easily printed and distributed. People were able to read the Bible for themselves for the first time. As he studied the Bible, Martin Luther began to question the practices of the Catholic Church. He found many areas where he felt the Bible and the Catholic Church disagreed. So on October 31st, 1517 Luther took a list of 95 points where he thought the Church had gone wrong and nailed it to the door of a Catholic Church. He called his document the ‘95 Theses’. One practice that Luther disagreed with was the paying of indulgences. This practice made people think they could be forgiven of their sins if they paid the Church money. However, Luther knew that forgiveness could only come from God. After he nailed his list to the church, the Catholics began to make less money and this made them mad so they kicked Luther out of the Church and called him a heretic. In those days heretics were often put to death so Luther went into hiding. Many people agreed with Martin Luther that the Catholic Church had become corrupt and most of northern Europe began to separate from the Catholic Church. Several new churches were formed such as the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Church. This became known as the Protestant Reformation. Luther eventually returned to Germany and became a hymn writer, where he had significant influence on the development of Church music. Luther made music, both instrumental and vocal, an important part of the new Lutheran Church, and included musical training in the curricula of the Lutheran schools he established. Luther also became a preacher and worked tirelessly to translate the Bible into German so that more people could read it on their own. Look out this week across our school for a variety of activities and displays celebrating the 500 year anniversary and the significant impact Martin Luther had on The Reformation.

Tm 4 Wk 3 500 YEARS REFORMATION 2 November 2017

Page 2 PRAYER CORNER COMING EVENTS This fortnight staff & students pray for:

FAMILIES:

GASTON: Paul & Vanessa, Jack, Thomas & Max GRIPTON: Wade & Sarah, Zachary, Aimee & Holly GRUNDEL: Anthony & Selena, Tyson, Sharli & Jaslyn HEINRICH: Roger & Kylie, Erin & Brodie. STAFF & VOLUNTEERS Josie Wundersitz—Arts Teacher Deb Wilson—Chaplain John Morgan—Caretaker Helen Westermann—German

We pray for God’s guidance on the nominations and selection of School Council members at our upcoming AEM. May our 2018 School Council be a ‘good fit’ for the strategic planning and direction of the school.

May God bless all our Grandparents and Special Friends that support our students here at GSLS. We acknowledge your efforts in picking up grandchildren from school and the unseen of helping with homework and child minding. You are cherished !

Your Local Church Services Timetable

Date Angaston Gruenberg Gnadenberg Keyneton E/Valley Springton

5 Nov 8.45am HC —— 10.30am 10.00am LR 11.00am 9.15am HC All Saints Henschke Winery 12 Nov 8.45 trad HC 10.45am HC —— 11.00am 9.00am HC No Service Pent 23 5.30pm

NOVEMBER Fri 3 9.00 Chapel—2/3

GRANDPARENTS & FRIENDS DAY

Fri 3 4.00 Twilight on Magnolia—Faith College (See pg 10 for flyer) Week 4—BOOK FAIR

Mon 6 9.00 Assembly—2/3

Tues 7—9 Before & After School / Lunch Book Fair Purchases 7.00 AEM—Drink & Nibbles

7.30 ANNUAL ELECTION MEETING

Fri 10 9.00 Chapel—Yr 3/4

Sat 11 Remembrance Day

Week 5

Mon 13 9:00 Assembly—5/6

Mon 13—15 9.00 Yr 2,3,4 Camp to Elshaddi

Tues 14 9.00 Year 7 Faith Transition Day

Wed 15—17 9.00 Yr 5 Camp to Douglas Scrub

Thurs 16 2:30 Volunteers Afternoon Tea

9.00 Nuriootpa High School Transition Day– Yr 7’s

Fri 17 9.00 Chapel—Ps Graham

Week 6

Mon 20 9.00 Assembly—3/4

Tue 21 7.30 P&F AGM

Wed 22 3.00 CHAPEL (not on Friday)

7.00 New Parent Information Night

Fri 24 9.00 Faith Challenge

9.00 F/1 & 2/3 visit Tanunda Lutheran Home

9.00 Nuri High School Wellbeing Day—Yr 7’s

6.00 Angaston Christmas Parade

WE LOVE TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY

NOVEMBER 2nd Ziggy Frost 8th Kendra Petney 11th Joanna Linke 15th Thomas Porter 24th James Noack 26th Heath Atyeo 28th Jaslyn Grundel Erin Heinrich 29th Charlize Campbell

WE ALSO CELEBRATE YOUR BAPTISM

NOVEMBER 1st Sam Abdelmalek Annabel Lloyd Karlo Scholz Millie Scholz 6th Ava McGorman 8th Luke Scanlon Michael Scanlon 22nd Jemima Lloyd 27th Senspri Qualter

Good Shepherd Lutheran School Angaston Inc

ANNUAL ELECTION MEETING Will be held NEXT WEEK

TUESDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2017 IN THE LIBRARY

7.00pm Fellowship 7.30pm START

Please come along and help us achieve our quorum. All Welcome

The AEM Report Book is available at the school office. These are not automatically distributed to all families but are made available on request.

CHAPEL IN WEEK 6 WILL BE HELD ON

WEDNESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER at 3.00pm

and not on Friday 24th.

Tm 4 Wk 3 PRINCIPAL’S NEWS Thurs 2 November 2017

Dear Parents, This Tuesday, October 31st, marked a very important date as we celebrated 500 years of the Reformation. This was the date in 1517 when Martin Luther went to the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany and nailed his 95 theses to the door. This was a very significant action at the time as Luther boldly refuted many of the church teachings and customs which were not based on the Bible and did not reflect the Gospel message that God’s grace and forgiveness is a free gift to all. Under the Holy Spirit, Martin Luther helped people to see “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 For Lutherans this significant anniversary is being celebrated not only in Germany but world wide. Many Lutheran churches held special Reformation services last Sunday and some will be commemorating the day on this coming Sunday. Lutheran schools are also marking the event with special activities. At Good Shepherd we are holding special devotions throughout the week. Some classes will be displaying core truths/values (maybe not 95) on their doors, others are learning about Lutheran symbols such as Luther’s Rose and one class is using a comic strip designer app to create Martin Luther’s story as a comic. For our school it is a time to reflect on our past and celebrate God’s blessings in our present and His good intentions for our future. We will also come together as a school family with our Grandfriends and special friends on Friday to worship and celebrate together. This will start at 9 a.m. in the Shepherd’s Hub. Anyone is welcome to join us. Last week I was very privileged to join Mrs Hooker and the Year six/seven students (and teachers and students from Vineyard Lutheran School, Clare) on camp in Canberra. It was an exciting, jam packed week as they learned more about our national capital. The students all had a fantastic time as they participated in a variety of educational activities focused on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. They toured the Australian Institute of Sport, the National Dinosaur Museum, old and new Parliament Houses, Questacon, National Library of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Capital Exhibition Centre, the National Gallery, Telstra Tower, the Australian War Memorial, Cockington Green, the Australian Mint, the National Arboretum and finished with a final photo on top of Mount Ainslie. It was great to see their enthusiasm. Wherever we went we heard many positive comments about our students’ behaviour and general good manners. They were exemplary ambassadors for Good Shepherd and we were very proud of them. If you would like to see some of the places that our students visited there is a photo collage of their trip on display in the Learning Street. As mentioned, tomorrow is Grandfriends day. We are very much looking forward to welcoming our special visitors to Good Shepherd starting with worship in the Shepherd’s Hub at 9 a.m. Grandfriends can then wander up to the school where each of the classes have planned special activities to share with them. We thank our wonderful P and F who are providing a delicious morning tea for our visitors at recess. On Friday night we will be promoting Good Shepherd at Faith’s Magnolia Fair, held on the grounds of Faith Lutheran College. Why not come by and say hello? Better still come by and bring all your friends. We’d love to share the Good Shepherd story with them too. Remember, although we are keeping our classes small there is still room for new enrolments, especially in the Foundation class. Every new enrolment means we can provide more for all our children across the school—everybody benefits. Blessings, Anne Marschall Principal

Dear Parents

EXCITING NEWS ! Thanks to Tammy Leggett EDEN has been chosen to be nominated for a State Government ‘Fund my Neighbourhood’ project. Fund my Neighbourhood—EDEN successful for public voting stage. Please watch out for further information on voting for our EDEN submission which includes developing the car park near the hub and working on the areas in EDEN. This is a great opportunity to support this exciting nature play space. Please tell your family and friends who live in the neighbourhood to vote, as projects with the most votes gets the funding.

Our Small school doing BIG things - get voting Open now until 20th November.

https://fundmyneighbourhood.yoursay.sa.gov.au/rounds/

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VOTE FOR EDEN

BACK TO SCHOOL BOOKS 2018

It’s all work in progress but we are working with Office National again this year for your child’s stationery requirements for 2018. Parents will be advised next month of the online ordering & payment process, with pickup of books at the Office National Store in Nuriootpa in Dec/Jan.

L IBRARY NEWS

IT IS BOOK FAIR NEXT WEEK

7th – 9th November

Come and have a browse or do some Christmas shopping on

Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th &

Thursday 9th November.

The library will be open before and after school and 1st half of lunch. I look forward to seeing you then.

Credit card facilities will be available as well as cash.

Rhian Doecke Librarian

STUDENT AWARDS

Presented at Assemblies Monday 23rd & 30th October

Foundation / Year 1 Class—Mrs Melissa Emmett DEEGAN EVAN COMMITMENT Deegan showed commitment to his learning by always trying his hardest and willingly giving new things a go. His kindness and consideration of others is also appreciated. BRODIE HEINRICH CURIOSITY & INTEGRITY Awarded to Brodie for showing curiosity with his learning, especially when using technology and for showing integrity in every situation even if it impacts on you. Year 2 / 3 Class—Mr Dan Hausler / Mrs J Wundersitz EMMA SCHOLZ COMMITMENT Emma has shown a high level of commitment towards improving her reading ability and it was wonderful to see her pride at moving to the next level of readers last week. MAX GASTON CONFIDENCE & INDEPENDENCE Max consistently settles to work quickly and quietly. He always aims to produce work of a high standard. It was great to hear his thoughts about balanced lifestyles last week. Year 3 / 4 Class—Mrs Renae Ruediger ALANNAH TRINNE COMMUNICATOR & RISK TAKER Once again Alannah has been a communicator and risk taker. This time she introduced to the class a way to easily solve dividing by 5s. TILLY BARRETT CONFIDENCE Tilly shows confidence when she approaches maths problems. She enjoys giving herself a challenge. Year 5 / 6 Class—Mr Simon Herrmann GEORGIA RAYMOND ENTHUSIASTIC & COMMITTED Georgia has made a great start to term 4. She has been enthusiastic about her learning and committed to achieving her best by asking for further challenges and for different strategies to help her. Well done on such a great week, Georgia! LACHLAN MARSCHALL ENTHUSIASTIC & KNOWLEDGEABLE Lachlan was very enthusiastic about writing a campaign speech for his political party. He put in a wonderful effort to research and write his speech, in which he demonstrated a great understanding about the protection of marine animals and what his party would do to help. Well done, Lachlan! Year 6 / 7 Class—Mrs Mel Hooker / Mrs Mel Ryan COURTNEY TRENWITH COMMITMENT Courtney demonstrated commitment throughout her Canberra Camp experience. She demonstrated outstanding leadership towards her peers and members of the public at all times. Courtney used her initiative on numerous occasions and should be very proud. Congratulations Courtney!

Tm 4 Wk 3 CANBERRA CAMP 2017 Thurs 2 November 2017

Our Na onal Capital “Canberra Camp was amazing this year, all the activities were super fun and full of new knowledge I hadn't really learn’t. My highlight of camp this year was Parliament House, I really enjoyed being able to stand on the top of Parliament House and meeting Tony Pasin. Tony Pasin is the Representative of Barker and he was just like us and now he is representing Barker which I found pretty cool. I also really enjoyed going to Cockington Green Gardens. I was so fascinated by all the detail that was put into to Cockington Green throughout all the little people and buildings. Other things I enjoyed was Questacon. My most favourite thing was the 6 metre slide and I have to thank Mrs Hooker for telling me to take a risk and have a go because I loved it so much I went on it 4 more times. Telstra Tower was so amazing especially at night being able to see all the lights was beautiful and so incredible, you could walk around all of the outside of Telstra Tower and see all of Canberra it was truly amazing. Over all I found Canberra really amazing with all the awesome activities we did and I found it super helpful as we are learning about government, it was just an amazing experience.” By Courtney Trenwith “I, and everyone else who attended, I’m sure, had a fantastic time travelling to Canberra last week. A couple of my personal favourite activities was getting to see Parliament House and the Australian War Memorial. Parliament House was different than I expected, in a good way, and we all actually got to see some members of Parliament sitting in the House of Representatives while we were there, as well as meeting with Tony Pasin, the member for Barker, which is the division in which most of us live. The War memorial was also a highlight as it was great to see all of the artefacts from the War and seeing the big walls with all of the fallen soldiers from the 2 World Wars. Other highlights of the camp included Questacon, where we had lots of fun with all the interactive elements (especially the 6 metre free fall slide!) , Cockington Green, with all the miniature models, and Telstra Tower, with great views of Canberra. We got to see the National Library and the Royal Australian Mint. Finally, staying at the AIS was a great experience, and we got to try 3 different sports, Sock Wrestling, European Handball, and Basketball in their official venues. “ By Denver Marschall

Last week all students in Year 6 and 7 traveled to our national capital Canberra. We had a brilliant time and learnt so much about our government. Our school captains have reflected on their time in Canberra :

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL

P&F Nominations—Term 2018/19

The positions of VICE-PRESIDENT , SECRETARY & TREASURER will be vacant for election at the next P&F AGM on Tuesday 21st November at 7.30pm and nominations are now called for.

I……………………………………………………….. (Name) am willing to be nominated & serve as

…………………………………………………………. for a 2 year term.

Signed: …………………………………………………………………… Date: ……………………………….

Nominated by ___________________________ (Signature) Print name………………………………..

Seconded by ____________________________ (Signature) Print name ………………………………..

People are welcome to nominate on the night of the AGM.We encourage all members of our community to consider being a P&F member.

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL

SCHOOL COUNCIL—Nomination Form

2 year term 2018/19 Main items: 1. Report of school finances 2. Adopt budget for 2018- includes school fees 3. Election of councillors

The tenure for four councillors (2 yr term) & 1 councillor (1 yr term) is up and election for these 5 volunteer positions need to take place. We invite people to nominate on the official nomination form and to be returned to school by Friday 27th October 17.

If sufficient nominations are received none will be required from the floor of the meeting.

I………………………………………………….am willing to be nominated & serve on the GSLS Council for 2 year term 1 year term

DATE _______________ Signed ____________________

Nominated by ___________________________(Signature) Print name………………………………..

Seconded by ____________________________(Signature) Print name …………………………………

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL

Canteen Members—Application Form

We are seeking nominations for Volunteer Members (1 year term) to join the team to assist The Canteen Manager.

I ……………………………………………………(Name) am willing to assist as a Canteen Member for a one (1) year term

Signed: …………………………………………………………………………….. Date: ………….………

Contact Canteen Manager Jaymee Klose for more details on 0400 666 478 or gslscanteen@hotmail.com

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL

UNIFORM SHOP VOLUNTEER—Application Form

1 year term 2017

I………………………………am willing to serve in the Uniform Shop as sales assistant for a 1 year term.

Contact School Office for details. Volunteer on a day/time that suits you to help us cover the need!

DATE _______________ Signed ____________________

Annual Election Meeting (AEM) TUESDAY 7th NOVEMBER 2017 at 7.30pm

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOMINATION FORMS

CANTEEN NEWS

Drinks can be ordered on your Order Form/Brown Bag or Sold on the Day Fruit Box - Apple, Orange, Tropical, $1.50 Soda Water Cans $1.50 Apple/Blackcurrant Juice or Apple Raspberry Chocolate & Strawberry Milk $2.00

CHAPLAIN’S NEWS WHAT ARE YOUR CHILDREN REALLY FIGHTING ABOUT?

If you have more than one child, I bet you have yelled at your kids,

"Be nice to each other!"

But has that phrase ever worked in the history of humankind? Have any children suddenly stopped and thought, "You're right! I had forgotten to be nice to my brother. Thanks for the reminder, Mum."? Siblings fight. Even though they seem to be fighting over who holds the TV remote, who gets through a door first or who can play with an old toy that someone found in the basement that no one has been interested in for four years, very often they are really fighting over you. They want you to intervene in the situation and prove your love for them, preferably by annihilating their brother. If your kids know you love them equally and have no favourites, you will take away a lot of the fuel for sibling rivalry. Life isn't fair – but that doesn't let us off the hook. We should seek to be as fair as we can. A kitchen timer can be a wonderful independent referee for controlling turns on a game, trampoline or laptop. By John Cowan Visit theparentingplace.com for more parenting ideas.

Week 3

Friday, 3rd Nov GRAND FRIENDS DAY

RECESS: Cup Cakes; sponge cake filled with raspberry jam & cream LUNCH: Chicken Salad 2x Crumbed chicken tenders, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, capsicum & snow peas

$1.00ea

$4.00ea

Week 4

Friday, 10th Nov RECESS: Strawberries & Ice Cream LUNCH: Ham OR Chicken Roll White roll with Ham or Chicken, cheese, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrot and mayo. (Please specify ALL choices)

$1.50 $3.50

‘WORKING TOGETHER’

We encourage parents with young

children to come along Monday at 9.30am—11.15am for playgroup, coordinated by Rebecca Klemm & Jim McCarthy, to be held in the Shepherd's Hub. For further information contact: Rebecca Klemm on 0439 955 429

Monday 6 November Dressing Up

Monday 13 November Butterflies

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

PROGRAM

WHAT DID WE ACHIEVE?

THANK YOU to parents & friends who

collected 1680 stickers for Good Shepherd.

This enabled us to select from many

resources but we chose :

1. Ergerite Flexi Stool in Red - 45cm THIS IS A WOBBLE STOOL valued around $80.

2. Emotions Chart (approx. $15 value) Delivery will be in 2018.

Support the facility we have

right here at

GOOD SHEPHERD

After School Care Camp

Australia

Good Shepherd School has teamed up with Phil Hoffmann Travel Barossa Valley in a special promotion called Travel Bank. It means that every time a student, parent or employee of the school books travel arrangements with Phil Hoffman Travel, they will record your details and at the end of a specified period, they will make a special donation to our school.

Ph: 8562 3411 Email: barossavalley@pht.com.au

The Skoolbag App—FREE For quick notifications of alerts, newsletters, canteen & playgroup information directly to your phone– never lose that note! Advising school of your child’s absence is quick an easy with the e.form available.

COMMUNITY NEWS

CHRISTMAS CAROL CHOIR

Want to be part of a singing group? Are you 8-14 years of age? Then come Monday nights to the HUB Time 3.45pm to 4.30pm A snack will be available before hand at 3.30pm. Intend to sing on HUB steps during December and maybe a concert or two. For information please email Megan Isaacson on isaac.c.m@virginbroadband.com.au Please call 8563 3748 to register. Thank you Christian Community Hub 83 Murray Street Tanunda S.A. 5352 Telephone: 08 85633748

The Barossa will host the first ever Regional Bupa Mini Tour for Kids

on Tuesday, 16 January

As part of Stage 1 of the

2018 Santos Tour Down Under.

This is a great opportunity for our cycling stars of the future (aged 6-12) to be part of the action and ride part of the Stage 1 course before the professionals. It is also a fantastic pre-cursor to the big event – where the Barossa will be show. Stage 1 will again see cyclists complete three loops of the Southern Barossa before a stage finish in Lyndoch. It’s always a great day out for the family and a chance for the kids to get up close and personal to elite athletes. Parents are encouraged to register their children asap ($30 per rider - $25 if you are a BUPA member). Further information is available on Council’s website (see link below) https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/sections/council/news/be-part-of-the-action-santos-tour-down-under Contact Taryn Wills Barossa Council Communications and Marketing Officer - Thu/Fri T: 08 8563 8328