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26th September 2017

DEVOTION IMPORTANT

DATES Through the Storms Term 3 Week 10

Loxton Lutheran School

Friday September 29 LAST DAY OF TERM 3 Whole School Assembly 9:30am in the LIFE Centre End of Term Chapel led by the Year 1/2 class -1:30pm in the LIFE Centre Early Dismissal - 2:15pm

Monday October 16

Term 4 Begins Opening Chapel - 9:15am in the LIFE Centre

Monday October 23

Year 4 camp—Narnu Farm Friday October 27th LLS Continental Wed. November 8th

First Reception transition visit—8:45am—11:00am

There has certainly been enough stormy weather recently with all of

the hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes and floods around the world.

The strong winds, in Murray Bridge, on the weekend even delayed

the start of the Pedal Prix race for four hours. Have you ever been

caught in a storm and felt scared about what might happen, or

experienced the damage and devastation that they can bring?

Jesus calms the storm (Mark 4: 35-41) was a timely message for

Chapel a few weeks ago, which the Year 4 class led and also shared

with the residents of Riverview Rest Home.

It had been a long day. Jesus and his

disciples sailed out onto the lake and

Jesus promptly fell asleep. A storm came

up bigger than they had ever experienced

and in fear they woke Jesus. "Don't you

care if we drown?" (v 38). Jesus got up,

told the storm to be still and it became

calm again. The disciples were left

wondering who is this Jesus that even the wind and waves obey him.

We often experience stormy times in our lives, when things go

wrong and seem a little out of control - illness, relationship issues,

financial difficulties, disappointments, etc. We are reassured by the

disciples’ experience, that we can be brave, even in troubled times,

because God does care and has promised to always be with us. He

doesn't always calm the storm, but he can keep us calm so that we

can be brave and find His peace.

Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

May God's peace and love bring you calm, today and always.

Submitted by

Leonie Sheffield

Year 4 Teacher

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A few words……… By Terry Sawade

26th September 2017

Footy Colours Day

To mark the occasion of a South Australian team being represented in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday, we are having a ‘Footy Colours’ day on Friday. Children who wish to, will be permitted to wear their favourite team’s footy colours. This does not have to be AFL or SANFL teams, but local or any other teams with which the children may associate.

Friday is still a formal school uniform day, but beanies, scarfs, footy jumpers etc can be worn with or over the formal uniform.

Please note, this is not a day for wearing casual clothes and there will not be a gold coin donation for charity fundraising.

Bus Notifications

Parents of children who normally travel on our Lutheran School buses as well as the DECD buses are reminded to contact the school office if there is a change to their child(ren)’s use of the bus for a day/week or longer.

The frequency of the departure of buses in the afternoons is becoming increasingly delayed as we try to locate children whose names remain on the list but who have made other travel arrangements for that day.

Your assistance in helping us to have the buses depart as punctually as possible is appreciated.

Dear Parents,

Pedal Prix

Congratulations to all involved with our “Divine Speed’ team’s involvement in the Pedal Prix 24 hour race held at Murray Bridge last weekend. In particular, well done to our team of students - Riley Grosse, Shaun Fulham, Cooper Morgan, Ashton Kershaw, Lucas Cockshell, Zane Sheffield, Sid Johnston, Bradley Rudiger, Sarah and Ruby Payne, Erin Battams, Hudson Eckermann (pit crew), Kye Fielke, Darcy Obst, Carter Wright and Braam and Francois Pauer,

Also thank you to all parents who were there during the weekend and provided such welcome support. To Brendan Cockshell (Team Manager) and Jill Obst (Catering Co-ordinator) thank you for the extensive time and effort spent planning and making sure that all ran well – and it certainly did.

Everyone is to be commended for the excellent result. The bike kept circulating consistently for the entire race, crossing the line in 22nd position out of 54 teams in the primary school category. The team completed 249 laps of the 1.73km circuit which translates to a distance of 430.77km for the entire race. Our overall position, in a field of 206 competitors, was 143rd. The fastest lap for the team was recorded on lap 226 at an average speed of 36.54km/h.

As a community building opportunity, this event ranks near the top. It is also important that we acknowledge and thank the Loxton High School, its staff, parents and students, who were so gracious with sharing resources and supporting our team.

All in all, the Pedal Prix weekend was certainly a wonderful experience and one which, for those thinking about being involved in the future, is highly recommended. Once again, well done to all!

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From the Principal……… By Terry Sawade

26th September 2017

summer uniform. Many children would have grown considerably in the 6 months since they last wore their summer uniform. Parents are advised to check this and avail themselves of the holiday uniform shop opening times (mentioned later in this newsletter) if they need to purchase new summer uniform items.

Thank-you

As I look towards starting my last term not only as Principal of this wonderful school, but as an educator of nearly 43 years, I continue to be amazed by the level of support our school community continues to provide for the teachers and administration of the school. It is this school community which underpins the positive environment in which we work, play and educate. Thank you for your continued support this term as we look forward to the rewards of what we hope will be an outstanding Term 4.

Enjoy the company of your child(ren) during the school holidays. Continue to love and cherish them as they are a blessing from God and your most precious gift.

Yours in Christ,

Terry Sawade

SAPSASA Athletics

Congratulations to the following students – Esther Falting (Under 13 Girls’ Discus); Ashton Kershaw (Under 12 Boys’ 800 metres); Lydia Amaechi (Under 11 Girls’ Relay); Ella Holman (Under 10 Girls’ Relay) – who were members in the Riverland SAPSASA Athletics team which yesterday competed in Adelaide at the State Championships, placing 2nd overall.

Special congratulations to

Lydia, whose Under 11 girls’ relay team was successful in claiming a Gold Medal

Esther, who was successful in winning a Silver Medal in the Under 13 girls’ discus event.

End Of Term Reminders

This Friday (September 29th) marks the last day of Term 3. Parents are reminded about the changes to the normal Friday routine.

9:30am Full School Assembly

12:30pm Early Lunch

1:30pm End of term Chapel Service

2.15pm School dismissal

Term 4 Commencement

School re-commences on Monday October 16th. As is normally the case at the beginning of each new school term, a chapel service will be conducted in the LIFE Centre starting at 9.15am, to which all parents and friends are welcome to attend.

Change-over from Winter to Summer Uniform

As mentioned several weeks ago, the arrival of Term 4 marks the change-over from winter to

Every Thursday

from 8:30 – 8:45 am

in the canteen

Toast with margarine, jam or

vegemite.

Fruit will be also available.

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SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

(Normally held twice per term)

NEXT WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Friday September 29th - 9:30am

School worship

Chapel or Worship services are

normally held at 9:15am, every Friday

in the LIFE Centre. ALL WELCOME. Chapel - Friday September 29th

Closing Chapel will be held 1:30pm in

the LIFE Centre. It will be led by Pastor

Darrin and the Year 1/2 Class. The

theme will be “Two Miracles”. Opening Chapel October 16th

Opening Chapel will be held 9.15am in

the LIFE Centre. It will be led by Pastor

Darrin. The theme will be “Fruit of the

Spirit—Faithfulness”.

Please join us for a cuppa and catch up

after the service.

Prayer Corner

This week we are praying for:-

· Isabella Santini

· Elise and Isaac Schaefer

· Claire, Leeroy and Noah Scholz

· Skyla Schulz

· Sarah and Charlie Setchell

and Ms. Trudy Battams

Canteen Manager & School Chaplain

Church Services

St Peter’s Lutheran Church

October 1 9:30am HC

(combined)

October 8 8:30am

10:30am

Concordia Lutheran Church

October 1 10:00am

October 8 10:00am HC

Wow, what a busy term, Term 3 has been! The children have

experienced so many wonderful planned and incidental

learning experiences. They have enjoyed exploring and learning

in the ELC environment and have loved the role-play corner that

is set up to meet the children's interests. This area enables the

children to further develop their imagination, social skills, oral language and with

lots of real and natural resources available, the children can use the space as

they wish, to learn and explore in their own time.

Creativity has been expressed through painting, playdough, pencils, the

construction corner, the use of loose parts and the resources available at the

making table. The musical instruments have been another way for the children to

express their creativity as well as dancing and singing.

This term we participated in Book Week, dressing up each day as a character

from a book, with the Friday children being involved in the schools Book Week

parade. We went on an excursions to the Loxton Public Library for a Book Week

activity and The Chaffey Theatre for a live performance called “Yo Diddle

Diddle.” We spent several weeks preparing for the concert and did an awesome

job performing our item on the stage on the concert night. We had some special

visitors from the Loxton Day Care who came to participate in some activities with

us. Also participating in the usual GMG, library borrowing, JP playground visit and

chapel we have certainly had a busy term of fun and learning.

The Children’s Voice- term highlights

“We went on the bus to watch the cow jump over

the moon” Owen

“We read stories and had a play and did puzzles

with old people” Kailey

“We went to the library and we made a bird” Jesse W

Reminders:

Toy catalogues – Just a reminder that the toy catalogue fundraiser is still taking

place. Order forms are to be returned to ELC or school by Friday 20th October.

Some of our favourite resources that we use at the Early Learning Centre include:

Hammer It Life $24.99 on page 6

Magnetic tile construction $79.99 on page 4 or the magnetic building set $119.99

on page 7

Artists Doodle Maker $24.99 on page 39

Shopping list game (ELC Favourite) $24.99 on page 11

Wheely Gig $34.99 on page 8

Mighty Metal Wheelbarrow $34.99 on page 18

Christmas is not too far away and this could be a good opportunity to purchase

quality educational toys.

Earn and Learn Stickers – If you have any Earn and Learn stickers please bring

them into the ELC or drop off at the front office.

Loxton Lutheran School Early Learning Centre

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UNIFORM SHOP

Our uniform shop is currently open on the following day:-

Friday 8:40 to 9:15am

Uniform order forms can be obtained from the school office or downloaded from our website or Skoolbag app.

BUSINESS MANAGER hours

Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

LLL SCHOOL BANKING

Every Tuesday

Canteen Roster Term 3

Please note change of time for

parent helpers: 10am – 2pm

29 Sept. Poppy Oldroyd

Fresh fruit would be gratefully received

Please sign in at the front office and be at

the canteen for a 10:00am start.

If you are unavailable at your rostered time

please arrange a swap with someone else.

Working bee - On Saturday the 14th of October at 9:00am the ELC will be

holding a working bee. The sand pit sand will be removed and refilled and

other smaller jobs will be completed to improve the children’s learning space.

We would really appreciate your time to help at this working bee. If you are

available please contact Renee by email or phone. ‘Many hands make light

work’.

Continental - The schools major fundraiser will be held on Friday 27th October.

We encourage ELC parents to come along and support the school. It is a

fantastic family friendly night with food, drinks and entertainment.

We hope you have a wonderful break and we

will see you back in 2 weeks (on the week

beginning Monday 15th October).

Renee, Dana, Emily and Nicole

ELC News cont’d…...

Special Friday

29 September Beef or Chicken

noodles in a cup

…..$3.00

I would like to set up a resource area where parents can borrow

books and take brochures and tract cards. I am asking, if

anyone has any parenting books or other resources that they no

longer need/use. Would you be willing to donate the items to

our school? Please contact me at school if you have any

questions.

Blessings to you,

Trudy Battams

School Chaplain

School Chaplain News

The uniform shop will be

open

Sat. 14th October

9:00 am - 12:00 pm during the school holidays

LOXTON SWIMMING CLUB INC WATER CONFIDENCE &

SWIMMING DEVELOPMENT

REGISTRATION DAY

Saturday 28th October.

9.30 – 10:30am at Loxton Swimming Clubrooms

Cost: $100 per child (cash to be paid at registration)

Water Confidence lessons-

available for 4 and a half to 6 year olds.

Swimming Development lessons-

limited places available.

A waiting list will apply once full. Attendance and payment at registration day is compulsory to secure a place.

Lessons commence week of 13th November.

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COMPETITOR REGISTRATION

Saturday 28TH October

10.30am to 12 noon at Loxton Swimming Clubrooms

Payment by credit card required

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Library and Choir News By Margaret Wormald

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR:

IT’S BACK! A Scholastic Book Fair is being held next term, beginning on the Continental night,

in our school library. Brochures will be sent home early next term to show just a few of the many items that will be available.

This is a great opportunity to purchase some books to

stock up on Christmas presents

indulge your children

encourage them to become enthusiastic readers!

Every purchase benefits the school.

Dates: Friday 27th October (at Continental) - Friday 4th November

Place: Library

Continental Night: The Book Fair will be in the LLS Library—do check it out!

If there are any parents who are available to volunteer for an ‘extra’ job on Continental night

and could assist with the Book Fair, please let me know via the school email or pop in and see me in the library on a Monday or Tuesday. Any help would be appreciated as it can get quite

busy.

Former Students’ Library

The Former Students’ Library is a program whereby the Year 7 students of our school are

given the opportunity to donate a book to the school library. These books are a reminder to the remaining students, of the Year 7s’ time at the school and the contribution they have

made.

The visit of the Scholastic Book Fair early next term is the perfect opportunity for Year 7 students to choose a book to donate. A note giving more details of how this program works

will be sent home to the Year 7 students this week, so that they are able to give it some

thought and discuss it with parents over the holidays.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

The student data has now been entered. Congratulations to all the students who completed this year’s challenge. 95% of our students completed the

Challenge this year which is a wonderful effort. Presentations of certificates

and medals will take place late in Term 4.

REFORMATION DAY SERVICE—CHOIR:

Students from our school have been asked to sing at the Reformation Day Service in the LIFE

Centre at 10am on Sunday 5th November. Our students will be joined by some students from other local schools. I spoke to classes yesterday and those students who indicated that they

were interested in being a part of this event were given

notes. If your child did not receive a note but would like one, extra notes are available at the front desk of

the library. Practices will begin next term.

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NEWS

FRIDAY 27th

OCTOBER

From

5:30pm

Raffle 2017

Raffle books are ready and will be distributed to families this week.

Prizes are: Apple Watch – donated by Office Everything $250 Voucher from Schwarz Motor Repairs $250 Voucher from Betta Home Living $250 Voucher from Loxton Home Hardware $250 Voucher from Riverland Pest Management $200 Voucher from Loxton Timber Mill.

We thank these businesses for their kind donations.

CLASS BASKETS DONATIONS

ELC Kids Play and Learning Rec Art and Craft Year 1/2 Let’s Party Year 2/3 Let’s Play Outside Year 4 Chocoholics Year 5/6 T Spoil Mum Year 5/6 HB Spoil Dad Year 7 Let’s Play Inside

We are encouraging you to donate to your child’s class baskets.

Donations can be taken to your child’s classroom.

SILENT AUCTION More donations received for our silent auction:

1 hr massage or Bowen session - donated by Bowen on

Bookpurnong Winery tour, tasting and platter for 6 people - donated by

Chateau 1847 Yaldara

Money box and candle holder - donated by Christian Family

Bookshop

Destiny Game - donated by EB Games

Large outdoor candle ornament - donated by Evolve on Terrace

Shampoo, cut & dry - donated by Jarrahs

Stirling silver earrings - donated by Leading Edge Jewellers

Gustav Klimt fine china mugs - donated by Loxton Post Office

Sidchrome 60pce metric toolkit - donated by OE Bradtke & Sons

1 plant - donated by P & L plants

1 plant - donated by Berri Earthworks

Jewellery - donated by Warners

We thank these businesses for their wonderful donations

More items will be listed in next fortnights Happenings

STALL DONATIONS

The following stalls are looking for the following donations:

Home Made Goodies

plants, cakes and produce

Darts at Balloons &

Knock Em Downs

lollies & chocolate bars

Face Painting

Photo booth

In It To Win It

Go Carts

Glitter Tattoos

Glow Sticks

Lucky Dips

Jumping Castles

Pop Up Playground

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6 Luther Road

LOXTON SA 5333

Phone: 08 8584 7496

Fax: 08 8584 5478

Principal:

Terry Sawade

Council Chairperson:

Rebecca Arnold

E-mail:

admin@loxton-lutheran.sa.edu.au

LOXTON

LUTHERAN

SCHOOL

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29th October 2017 2pm (movie starts 3pm)

Chaffey Theatre Renmark $12 adults

Youth U/17 $5

Family 2 Ad +2 Ch $30

Under 5 free

Reserve you tickets at the Lutheran

Ministry Centre 8584 5522