What’s ON!

Week 6 Term 1

Tuesday 6th March

Year 8 Immunisation - Dose 1

SAPSASA KO Cricket - Encounter Bay

Wednesday 7th March

Open Boys KO Tennis - McLaren Vale

Friday 9th March

SPORTS DAY - Port Elliot Oval

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Week 7 Term 1

Tuesday 13th March

Year 12 Christian Studies Seminar

Friday 16th March

Junior Shine - Year 5 Chesser

Dear Parents/Carers,

‘Keep moving forward in the kiss ‘n drop’, ‘please turn left’, ‘slow down to

avoid accidents and injuries’.

While these are common requests from staff and parents regarding

reminders for Encounter car park courtesy, my observation one

afternoon last week was of drivers being patient, accommodating,

friendly and appreciative.

I was overwhelmingly impressed that Encounter families recognise the

realities of 3:10-3:30pm each day, which is the funnel of congestion as

many cars leave via one exit in a short period of time.

With roadworks soon to commence on our doorstep, your patience,

courtesy and decency will be even more greatly appreciated as we grit

our teeth until it’s over. With or without intersection constructions, school

car parks are simply school car parks. We can be thankful for no parking

meters too, which some counterparts in Adelaide must endure.

I thank you for upholding student safety as a far greater priority than

leaving the grounds two minutes earlier. I also value the way in which it’s

being done with a gracious smile rather than having shades of ‘road

rage’ in the afternoon.

Many hands truly make light work and the tone of our car park is a small

yet significant example of Encounter families done what’s best for the

common good.

Thank you.

God’s Blessings

Kelvin

Hearts and MINDS

I Term 1IISSUE 3

I ELC I NEWSLETTER

From the PRINCIPAL

**DECS Bus Information**

Please Note – on Tuesday 13th March

there will be NO DECS Government

Connecting buses running on this day

due to all the local DECS schools

having a student free day – please

organise alternate transport to and

from the College on this day.

Dear Parents.

I thoroughly enjoyed my first Night on the Green. My

experience was further enhanced by finding out that

our guest performer was none other than the

legendary Peter Combe - a childhood hero of mine. As

anyone who was a child of the 80's would know, music

lessons at schools around Australia, consisted of the

class sitting in a circle on the floor, huddled around the

cassette player, ABC Song books open on laps, belting

out songs such as Toffee Apple, Juicy Juicy Green

Grass and Spaghetti Bolognaise. (If you were 'Star of

the Week' you even got to press the 'Stop' button on

the tape recorder, between songs - how times have

changed!)

Music lessons at Encounter look a lot different now than

they did in my formative years. However, one thing has

not changed. Music continues to be an important part

of the curriculum. As well as providing enjoyment to

many of our students and opportunities for creativity

and expression, research suggests that musical

experiences in childhood can actually accelerate

brain development (particularly in the areas of

language acquisition and reading skills). This is why our

students are given opportunities to join choirs, take up

instruments, and participate in music lessons as part of

the formal curriculum.

As those of us present at Night on the Green would

have experienced, music provided us with an

opportunity to enjoy time together as a community,

and celebrate the musical talents and creativity of our

students.

So last Friday it was Music. Next Friday… Sports Day.

How fortunate are our students to have opportunities to

experience and grow in both.

Blessings,

Tori Weiss

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

As I reflect on the community celebration that was Night

on the Green, I’m so very thankful that I was called to be

part of the Encounter family.

This was further evidenced this week, as I spent some time

compiling the ‘Affirmations’ written by our Year 12

students to each other. All too often, the media portrays

our young people in a negative light, however, I stand

firm in my belief that our Year 12 students are wonderful,

empathetic and caring young adults. It was a privilege to

read and share the affirmations they wrote to each other,

and it has been up there as one of the highlights of my

year so far.

Other happenings in the Middle and Senior School

include Year 7 camp in Robe this week, and the Personal

Project sessions for Year 10 students commencing. This

exciting initiative is a wonderful precursor to the Research

Project – a compulsory subject in the SACE.

Last week I attended a presentation at the New Venture

Institute at Flinders on Innovation and Commercialisation

for Start-ups. With entrepreneurship a focus for some of

our young people (we already have students who have

started their own businesses), Encounter is continuing to

make strong connections with universities and industries

to ensure our students have access to the most up to

date information as they move beyond schooling. As we

now are almost at the halfway point of the term, I wish

you a wonderful and restful weekend.

Blessings,

Penny McKenzie

From the Head of JUNIOR

From the Head of MIDDLE & SENIOR

INTRODUCING ……. STAFF DEVOTION by Narelle Camm

MRS MONIKA FOULKES

Year 3 Teacher

It has been a pleasure to experience the

rhythms and heart of Encounter in so many

ways already this year. I have been particularly

impressed with how truly and wholeheartedly

the staff, students and parents embrace and

embody the sense of ‘home’ which I heard

about long before arriving here!

I hail from the southern suburbs of Adelaide.

Each day, I enjoy the long drive, a glorious

sunrise and a hard-to-swallow sermon with my

first travel-mug of coffee. I am passionate

about attention to detail, going the extra mile,

the perfect burger, and all things creative – but

above and beyond, I am passionate about

Jesus. I have been involved in overseas mission

trips on almost every continent, leading teams

of teenagers to the far corners of a world in

need. I love the adventure of following Jesus,

and teaching – and look forward to the year

ahead, particularly exploring more of the

opportunities that Encounter has as a Lutheran

school.

Serving One Another

Last Friday night saw our community come together to

enjoy some time celebrating all things Encounter.

Being able to witness Encounter families, both new and

not so new, as well as families from the wider community,

eating, drinking, laughing, singing and even dancing

together reminded me how blessed we are to have our

College situated in such a wonderful region.

Whilst the support of this community was overwhelming,

so too were the tireless efforts of our staff in coming

together to organise, prepare, cook and serve food, pour

drinks and provide entertainment to all who attended -

all this after a full day at work! This was their contribution,

above the every day educating of our children, in serving

our families and friends and providing an event that

allowed us all to be together, enjoying each others’

company in a carnival atmosphere.

The next event on our busy College Calendar is Sports

Day and here we will not only witness the incredible

efforts of our staff, yet again, to ensure the success of this

event, but the service provided by our generous P&F and

our Year 12 Food Tech students, in catering for the event.

1 Peter 4:10

As each has received a gift, use it to serve one

another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.

Victor Harbor Lutheran Church

Sunday Services: 9.30am

Lenten Services leading up to Easter:

Wednesdays 7.00pm

College NEWS

2018 College and House Captains

Yilki House: Jake Ashcroft &

Zara Harrington

Granite House: Lily Baxter &

Jacob Moseley

Senior School

Rosetta House: Leila Britton &

Zach Martin

Coorong House: Valentina Plisko &

Bailey Torok

Junior School Captains:

Jonty Brunt & Harlie Smith

Coorong House: Chloe Mason &

Jaxon Morgan

Rosetta House: Sophie Stratfold &

Kate Lomman

Granite House: Alexandra McPhail &

Sam Baxter

Yilki House: Joshua Roberts &

Leon Phillips

Junior School

College Captains:

Angus Bruce & Lewis Ridley

Night On The Green

Around the COLLEGE

‘Les Mis’ gets the Encounter Touch!

You may have recently noticed some members of our

College community walking around school humming

tunes, or singing songs…. this is because a number of

staff, students, past students, and parents are currently in

rehearsals for this year’s South Coast Choral & Arts

Society’s production of Les Miserables. The musical,

based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel, follows the trials of

Jean Valjean as he is pursued relentlessly by Inspector

Javert. The story is set against a back drop of a

student led uprising in Paris.

Students involved are Alexis Bruce (Year 6), and

Jasmine Walter (Year 2) who are both sharing the roles

of young Cosette and young Eponine. Teachers Mr Tim

Wormald and Mr Jon Grear will both be seen on stage

playing a variety of roles. Past students Jack Doherty,

Minnie Broad, and Natalie Harding who will play the role

of Eponine will also grace the stage. Finally instrumental

teacher Guy Mansbridge, parents Derek Walter

(Musical Director), Deana Constable (Vocal Coach),

and Belinda Britton (Pianist) and College volunteer,

Serenity Ogilvy are also involved. It is great to see our

College community so involved with the Arts in Victor

Harbor.

Les Miserables will have 10 performances only, between

11-26 May. Tickets can be purchased through the

following link:www.trybooking.com/343422

Congratulations to our College Captain, Lewis

Ridley, who received the MVP (Most Valuable

Player) at the A Grade Senior Men's State

Championships for Basketball where he was

representing Great Southern in the Senior

Championships.

Lewis who is part of the Elite Basketball Program at

Encounter, has represented the State, and played

overseas in New Zealand. At 6'4, Lewis is aiming to

play College Basketball and study in the USA.

Lewis currently plays for the Southern Tigers where

he is fortunate enough to be under the direction of

coach Dean Nyberg who also provides coaching

to our Elite Program players and has had a huge

impact on Lewis’ abilities and successes.

Lewis also wished to acknowledge the support of

Great Southern Basketball and also local Ben

Basham for his defensive training and 3 on 3

practices.

Basketball Champ!

From the SPORTS DESK

Sapsasa Swimming Carnival

Last week our Encounter Swimming Team travelled to

Strathalbyn to compete in the SAPSASA Southern Fleurieu

Swimming Carnival. The students had a really successful

day resulting in Hanah Partridge, Finn Porteous, Bailey Torok, Mathys Moolman, Leo Torok and Angus Bruce

selected to represent the Southern Team at the State

Swimming Day on the 23rd March. Thank you also to Mikala Brider, Arley Partridge, Daniel Sue and Chantelle

Kearton for your contribution to the Encounter Team.

Rochelle Grenfell

SAPSASA Coordinator

Atomic Creativity

Mr Keough’s Year 9 Science classes have been

demonstrating their creativity by replicating the first 38

elements of the periodic table.

The students were required to inquire, design and

build a 3D model of an atom, ensuring they had the

correct atomic structure of each atom.

Each student’s work has a QR Code attached, which

can be scanned to a website that provides details of

the chosen element.

Scan these QR codes to see an example. If you don’t

have a QR code function on your device, you can

download a free app from the app store.

SPORTS DAY CATERING

Parents & Friends will be providing the following options on the day:

Cake Stall - any donations to sell at this stall would be greatly appreciated.

Sausage Sizzle & Burgers from the BBQ

Ham & Chees Danishes

Drinks including Mojo, Mountain Fresh Juice and water

Free instant coffee or tea refills with any ELC reusable cup purchased or

brought to the event.

Please note that there will also be a Coffee Van at the event serving

much needed coffees from 8.30am.

Community NEWS