Wednesday 03 September 2014 - Term 3 Week 8

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 There has been much written of recent about our parenting of our children, their attendance at school and their resilience. Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a renowned Australian psychologist was reported as saying that he believed “today’s parents have a lot to answer for, and there may be consequences for Australia”. He further made the comment that we are raising a generation of spoilt brats by not setting boundaries. Dr Carr-Gregg attributes the rise of poorly-behaved children to some major parenting problems: too many parents being doormats for their kids - they have got what he called a vitamin N deficiency, which is a failure to say no; parents not setting limits and boundaries; the helicopter parent - where the parents constantly hover around their children, over protecting their children and failing to instil them with a sense of independence and a can-do attitude; the high-strung, control-freak parents that want to smother their kids with so much love and attention and monitoring and supervision that they never, ever develop any self-reliance (resilience) and can't solve their own problems later on. As a Christian community we desire to raise our children to be resilient and able to deal with situations (good and bad) that arise, to honour God and serve Him in all of life. Another article suggested the Six Best Practices to be: 1. Be a Parent, not a Friend. Unlike friends, parents

have to give tough love, provide boundaries and equip kids to face the world outside of the home. There will be lots of laughter and tears on this kind of journey.

2. Teach the value of money. Don’t provide everything for your children. Make them earn it and they will appreciate it more.

3. Everything our kids do is not amazing! If we praise everything our kids do, even poor or

mediocre performance, how will they gain perspective or achieve excellence? Encour-age them to do their best, show them how to get better and encourage practice. Don’t sugar-coat mediocre/poor efforts.

4. Don’t keep our kids in an ivory tower. Use discretion as to the right age for this, but talk to your kids about the real world. Treating kids like responsible members of the family will prepare them to better handle the challenges of being adults in society.

5. Teach selfless giving at a young age. Want your kids to appreciate what they have in life? Get them involved in non-profit volunteering and community service as soon as they are able. Plant a lesson about the blessings received by giving selflessly to others.

6. Be a family of faith. We need to be strong role models for our children. We have a responsibility to teach our kids to love Christ and serve God in all of life. They will be most likely to do these things if Mum and Dad set the right example. Equipping our kids with a strong faith will exponentially increase their ability to deal with adversity in the future when they know they are not alone and Christ is always with them. Looking for a teaching moment? Share with children the powerful example of God allowing Christ to die on the Cross for us. He didn’t intervene to spare His only son the Crucifixion so that we might have eternal life.

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Give thanks for the profitable and informative time and for those who attended the Association

Meeting last Thursday night. Give thanks for the ideas and strategies shared. Pray that more

members of the school community will consider becoming a member of the Association.

Pray for our Year 11 students as they finish their Preliminary exams on Friday. Pray for continued

diligence in their studies.

Pray for our Year 12 students as they complete their HSC assessments and approach the end of

their official schooling. Pray for our staff who are guiding them in their preparations for their HSC

exams.

Pray for those attending excursions and sport events over the last weeks of term.

Continue to pray for our Board and executive as they plan for 2015 and sort through the

applications for the Executive Principal and Campus Principal. Pray that God will direct.

Continue to pray for those who have been unwell or who have had family members struggling with

illness.

Pray for good weather for the Working Bee this Saturday. Pray that this will be a wonderful

community building event.

Pray for the busyness as we head towards the end of term.

Pray for safety and enjoyment for all of our Infants students as they attend their swimming and

gymnastics lessons.

Sept Week 8

Mon 1st - Fri 5th

Preliminary Final Exams

Mon 1st - Thu 4th

Infants’ Swimming Program

Fri 5th Yr 12 Hospitality Excursion

Sat 6th Working Bee - Yr 3 & 4 (8 - 11am)

Sept Week 9

Mon 8th - Thu 11th

Infants Swimming Program

Mon 8th - Tue 9th

Stage 5 Overnight Excursion to Sydney

Tue 9th HSC D&T Marking Prep & Kinder information evening

Wed 10th - Fri 12th

Stage 3 Camp at Attunga

Thu 11th Parent Prayer Meeting, 2.30pm

Sept Week 10

Mon 15th - Tue 16th

Yr 11 Study Retreat

Tue 16th Stage 5 Debating Training Day Prep attend "The Fabulosa Feast

of Fernanda" performance

Wed 17th CIS Athletics Tongarra Campus Committee

Meeting, 7.30pm

Thu 18th Yr 12 Farewell Assembly

Fri 19th City Vs Country Carnival Last Day of Term 3

Oct Week 1 (TERM 4)

Mon 6th Public Holiday

Tue 7th Staff Return to school

Wed 8th Students Return to school

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It's back to the old days in Year 6 as the class engages in a mapping

activity of Northern Australia as part of their work on the Stolen

Generation in the current Federation unit.

Using tracing paper the class

learnt how "we did it in the old

days" and had lots of fun in doing

so. The class also listened to

testimonies by members of the

Stolen Generation from a dedicated

website. The information was very

moving and our discussion focused

how we can respond in love as

Christian people.

CONGRATULATIONS!! Congratulations to the following Students who are

being awarded with Secondary Awards. Each student has

accumulated 10 merit points and handed it in to Mrs

Gillett for processing.

I am hoping to see more and more each month!

Year 7 Year 10 Year 12

Lydia Funcik Drusilla Moala Rebecca Jones x 2

Mikayla de Jong

Thomas Knight

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER

3.00—7.00pm

Look out for more details next

week, but plan to be there for a

wonderful day.

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News from ‘The Hub’. . . . .

Congratulations to the following 55 students who have

completed the 2014 Premier’s Reading Challenge:

Kindergarten Year 1 Year 2 Tyla Cook Lachlan De Jong Piper Barrington Abigail Gooch Jaxson Fleuren Rachel Beddoe Nathan Hang Samual Gray Chelsea Byron Jadon Hayman Ben Gregory Benjamin Cornford Annie Jeffery Noah Harvey Harmony Hall Noel Joseph Moriah Hayman Emily Hudson Lily Koster Brylee Koller Grace Jabbour Jonathon Monie James Lamanna Ruby Jeffery Peppa Steele Sketch McGuire Charlotte Kadwell Eli Williams Zoe Middleton Hannah Kramer Zara Mogensen Lilly Macpherson Harry Rogers Breigh Middleton Sienna Strecker Boaz Monie Izak Van Denmerwe Noah Newman Nicholas Stubbs Jack Tate Zachary Walker

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Montana Demsey GOLD Emily Battersby Jessica Stubbs Alexander Gregory GOLD George Johnson Anthony Hang Timothy Sheppard GOLD Charleigh Kirton Lucy Tate Andrew Newman GOLD Emily Strecker GOLD

The GOLD certificate requires the student to complete the Challenge for 4 years.

Year 6 Year 7 Melinda Pallas PLATINUM (7 years PRC) Caitlin Battersby Aimee Curran

Why not start reading for the 2015 Premier’s Reading Challenge!

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Book Week 16 - 22th August 2014

Answer to the guessing competition – ‘Animalia’ by Graeme Base

GUEST READER Our Guest Readers are back! When: Tuesday, 2

nd half of 1

st Break (11.30am)

Where: Learning Hub Who: ?????

Thank you Mr Bertram for being Guest Reader last week. Mr Bertram read

“Ferocious Wild Beasts!” by Chris Wormell.

ICS BUSINESS CENTRE

Contact Details:

(for Enrolment, School

Fees Enquiries,

Association Membership)

Phone: 4230 3777

Fax: 4257 2071

Address:

PO Box 80,

Albion Park 2527

The Uniform Shop ICS - Tongarra Campus

(02) 4230 3730 ictongarra@alinta.com.au

Uniform Shop opening hours during school terms are:

Monday 8.30am – 11.30am Wednesday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

The uniform shop can be contacted during

these hours by phone or email: ictongarra@alinta.com.au

Payments can be made direct to Alinta Ap-parel in the form of cash, credit card, or

debit credit card.

SAVE TIME – SHOP ONLINE!

www.alintaapparel.com.au

Second Hand Uniform Shop

The Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open in Term 3 on:

Tuesday and Thursday Mornings 9.00 - 11.30am

The shop will be closed this Thursday 4th September.

Please contact Sue for all enquiries. Her number is: 0403 376 514

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Thank you for supporting our school

community by selling chocolates.

All funds raised will be going towards

the provision of very funky furniture within the Learning Hub; this will be a

huge feature in our children’s lives daily as part of the Tongarra

community experience.

Please continue to send your money

in. All money must be returned no later than Friday 19th

September (Last day of term).

Tongarra Campus Committee, Fundraising Team

Active After School Sport

Wednesday Afternoons

The After School Sports Program is on this week, and will continue until Week 9 on

Wednesday 10 September 2014.

A reminder that the program is FREE, and is fully accredited and supervised. Begins at 3.25pm

and concludes at 4.30pm

For registration forms and more information see the school office or call 4230 3700.

THANK

YOU!

Funds raised

will go

towards

Please return

your money

Date Time Subjects

Thursday

4th

September

8:55 - 11:00 English Extension

8:55 - 11:00 Maths Extension

Friday

5th

September

8:55 - 11:00 Studies of Religion

8:55 - 12:00 Biology

8:55 - 12:00 Engineering Studies

SCHOOL PRAYER MEETING All Welcome

The School Prayer meeting is held at 2:30pm on Thursdays in the Meeting Room, Block E. These are times for parents, grandparents, school staff and any member of our school community to get together and pray.

You are also most welcome to leave particular

prayer requests with the school office or contact Merilyn on 0418 964 574 or

merilynmuscat @hotmail.com

We will meets next on Thursday 11th September

2014.

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TONGARRA TIMES ITEMS: Deadline: Monday 3.00pm

Email: please send items to tongarra@ics.nsw.edu.au

Primary Zone Athletics Report

Primary Zone Athletics was held on Monday the 11th

of

August at Beaton Park. The Tongarra students that

represented our school are to be commended for their

impressive effort, enthusiasm and behaviour on such a

cold and windy day.

There were a number of excellent results on the day with

numerous students making it through to the next level at

state. These students include Lara Barnett, Hannah

Cornale, Benjamin Cornford, Jeremy Cornford, Ayla

Hendriks, Emilia Kadwell, Patrick Schubert, Courtney

Smith and Kane Upton.

A big congratulation goes to both Courtney Smith and

Benjamin Cornford who were awarded with age

champion on the day.

Zone ribbons will be presented at the Primary Assembly on 5th September. Parents

and friends are welcome to attend. Zone Champion banners will be presented at

a Monday morning K-12 assembly once they are received from the Convenor.

Parents of the champions will be informed so that they may be in attendance.

Harry encourages Boaz!!

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Pie / Ice Block -

Thursdays

Pie & Sausage Roll Day will on again this

Thursday at first break (11.10am). K-3 parents

need to see their teacher with regard to the

pre-order process.

Pies : $2.50

Sausage Rolls : $2.00

Ice blocks : 30c to $3.00

Slinky Apples : 50c or 10c (BYO)

Cans of Nexba Ice Tea : $2.00

Sausage Sizzle

Tuesdays at First Break (11.10am).

Sausage sandwich $2.00

Hot dog $2.50

Cans/Iced Tea $2.00

Poppers $1.50

Onion/Sauce Free

K-3 parents need to see their teacher with

regard to the pre-order process.

Entertainment™ Memberships are packed with hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the best local restaurants, cafés, attractions, hotel accommodation, travel and much more!

See the sample copy in the School Office and purchase during Term 3!

Entertainment Book for the South Coast

PURCHASE ONLINE NOW:

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/28024p1

** money raised is going to support the Year 10, 2014 Service Trip to Fiji and other local service activities.

ONLY

$55

Melinda & Bernie Brown Adam & Michaela Cawley Anthony & Karen Fulton Adrian & Joanne Hendriks Criag & Jo-Ann Johnson Robert & Alison Shaw Dale & Simone Sheppard Mark & Christine Smith

Joe & Kylie Upton Adrian & Rowena Cornale Naomi Clarke-Pearce Garry & Rhianon Hol Brett & Donna Kirton David & Samantha Newman Greg & Lynne Schubert Jack & Roseanne Tannous

Other families rostered for this Working Bee: Tony & Merilyn Muscat David & Tania Dodds Ian & Julie Partridge Trevor & Sue Jenkins John & Debra Richardson Andrew & Louise Collingridge David & Carolyn White

This working bee will be in the morning 8am to 11am with a BBQ breakfast ready on arrival. We

appreciate your help and look forward to working with you.

A note will be sent home to the particular families involved this week with details of the tasks allocated and

equipment needed for the working bee. Please contact the school office to organise another date if you are

unable to attend your allocated roster day.

Please remember this commitment that you made when you signed the Conditions of Enrolment for our school.

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Plus special musical items

$8 donation includes afternoon tea

Large selection of ladies clothes and gifts for sale. Bring your cash and buy a bargain.

ALL PROCEEDS TO OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Enquiries: Lyn Brown 4256 1487 Robyn Johnson 4225 2798

A recent outbreak of graffiti around the Tongarra Campus has been nipped in the bud by the Year 6 teacher, and the culprits dealt with by commendations and early

marks

Sunday 14th September 2014 at 2pm Albion Park Uniting Church Cnr Terry & Russell Streets

Ross Johnson will be speaking on his recent trip to Cambodia to see God’s hand in

Samaritan’s Purse projects around the country

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AFS Open Night

Interested students and their families are invited to attend an AFS Student Exchange Open Night at the Wollongong Public Library to find out more about the different AFS exchange programs.

When: Thursday 4th September 2014, 6.30pm-8.30pm

Where: Wollongong Public Library, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong

Who: Interested students and families, past and present AFS host families and students, school representatives, and AFS volunteers

Why: Have fun and learn more about the world you live in!

To register your attendance visit www.afs.org.au/opendays

For more information on how to become an AFS Exchange student or for more information on the upcoming Open Night, please contact: Jason Heath 02 9215 0077 jason.heath@afs.org