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Liberton Christian School

5 Hillary Street

Pine Hill

Dunedin 9010

admin@libertonchristian.school.nz

Telephone: 473 7599 Fax: 473 7529

Term 3 Value focus: HONESTY AND TRUTHFULNESS

Love expressed through Honesty and Truthfulness – A willingness

not to steal, cheat, lie, or be unfair

Psalm 25:4-5 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your

paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my

Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.

A big welcome to our new student, Kayleigh Blair, who commenced in the Junior Class as new entrant student on

Monday 21 August 2017.

Persuasive

Writing (Room 5)

Room 5 were

asked to

persuade Mrs

Bennington to

make Instant

Banana Ice-cream. They were very persuasive and it was made

yesterday.

“Firstly, bananas are gross but banana ice-cream is tasty.

Ice-cream is a good way to get healthy because if you eat banana

ice-cream there are bananas in the ice-cream. Mrs Bennington

should make us ice-cream because it’s tasty and

good for us, it’s easy to make, we will learn skills,

and it will cool us down”

Grace Lee (Year 2)

Andrea McDowell, Schools Partnership Manager from World

Vision, came to school on Monday to thank the students for

their efforts in raising money to help children in need.

We have been glad to have warmer and drier weather lately! Our students love being more active and being able to utilise the outdoor play options. On Wednesday 13 September we are taking the whole school to Puketeraki Marae at Karitane. At the marae we will experience a powhiri (official welcome). We are learning three waiata (songs) and are all practising our individual pepeha (family story) to share at the powhiri. We are blessed to have Dean Fraser speaking (kaikorero) on our behalf. Parents are welcome to attend and will be able to indicate this intention on a form requesting parent help. We are organising a bus and parent cars to transport the students. It will be a special opportunity for us as a school community. Serving Christ together Ngā mihi nui Fiona Sizemore Principal

1 September 2017

Liberton Christian School now has 100 students on our school roll. This is a wonderful milestone for us to celebrate. We give thanks to God for His blessings and provision for us. We continue to ask God to help us as a school as we seek to have our Special Character impact all our students so they are learning with enthusiasm, growing in knowledge, developing abilities and desiring to serve God.

School Swimming @ Moana Pool

We are pleased to be heading back to the pool for our term 3 swimming lessons. If you have any questions please see your child’s teacher in the first instance. Mr Robertson is the teacher in charge. If you need to change your pick up arrangements please notify Karen in the office as early as possible.

2017 Great Kiwi Science, English and Mathematics Competition Results

Well done to all the students who participated in the competitions this year organized by the University of Canterbury. Students achieved the following: English: Ashwyn Storm - Excellence, Aila Pettigrew and Caleb McGuire - Merit, Nathan Shotbolt and Jaden Lynn - Achieved Maths: Connor Gray - Excellence, Ashwyn Storm, Paul Lee, Caleb & Nathan - Achieved, Science: Sean Jago and Zachary Schwenke - Merit, Nathan Shotbolt and Caleb McGuire - Achieved

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Issue 13

Our netball teams all enjoyed a great season. Liberton Green Year 3-4 Team photographed (right) with their coach Fulu Pantel. A big thank you to all our wonderful netball coaches including: Kim Park, Rochelle Wiseman, Jane Schwenke and Nicole Klemetson.

Sports

Year 5&6 inter-school soccer games are played fortnightly at lunch times and organized by Mr Robertson.

Badminton season has commenced with games played on Tuesdays after school. Mrs Bennington is the coach.

Rippa Rugby notices have been sent out. We hope to register teams next month.

Peanut and Tree Nut Free School We are a completely nut free school. This is to ensure all of our students are safe from potentially severe allergic reaction. This means no peanuts or tree nuts (or products) can be included in school lunch boxes or treats brought to school.

POP in and PRAY Tuesday mornings 9.00am – 9.20am in the staffroom

Whether you can give ten or twenty minutes, come and join us as we pray for our school as it seeks to live out its vision in our community and for the kids, families and staff that are part of it. We are very grateful to all those who uphold the school in prayer.

Prayer Points

Give thanks for: -

the warmer weather allowing for more outside play

each one of our students and families

our dedicated teachers, support staff and volunteers Please pray for:-

our school to glorify God in all ways and remain faithful to the vision set down by our founders

our proprietor the DCSA, as they plan for the next stage of our property development

families and staff suffering on-going colds and coughs this winter season

Stationery Please check that your child has two good quality HB pencils, a white rubber and a glue stick. Good quality HB pencils ($1) and glue sticks ($2) are available at the school office. School parking Please do not park on the yellow lines at the school gate as this can cause a hazard for our local Students who need to cross the road safely and walk home.

Lost Property We have an on-going issue with accumulating lost property. Please name clothing (especially the LCS hoodies!) and continue to encourage the children to take responsi-bility for their possessions.

2018 term dates

Term Term Start Date Term End Date Total: 384 half days 1

Monday 29 January Waitangi Day Monday 6 Feb Otago Anniversary Day Monday 26 March Good Friday 30 March Easter Monday 2 April Easter Tuesday 3 April

Friday 13 April (100 half-days) 11 weeks

2 Monday 30 April Queen’s Birthday Monday 4 June

Friday 6 July (98 half-days) 10 weeks

3 Monday 23 July Friday 28 September (100 half-days) 10 weeks

4 Monday 15 October Labour Day Monday 22 October

Thursday 13 December (86 half-days) 9 weeks

Ministry of Education web site for parents http://parents.education.govt.nz/primary-school/learning-and-development-at-home/ is the link to finding practical information for parents to support learning home.

Term 3 2017 Calendar

1 Sept Otago cross country Y5-8

7 Sept School swimming

13 Sept Whole school visit to Puketeraki Marae at Karitane

14 Sept School swimming

15 Sept CSN principal meeting in Chch

18 Sept Vision and Hearing checks

19 Sept Keep NZ Beautiful clean up day

19 Sept BoT meeting 7.30pm

20 Sept School photos 9.30am

21 Sept School swimming

22 Sept FMS sports Y1-3 11.30am @ FBS

28 Sept School swimming

29 Sept Last day of term

Term 4 Calendar

16 Oct First day of term 4

17 Oct LCS Athletics Day @ Caledonian Ground

23 Oct Labour Day – school closed

31 Oct Board of Trustees meeting 7.30pm

2 Nov No DNI technology

23 Nov GRIP Year 7 leadership conference

5 Dec Board of Trustees meeting 7.30pm

6 Dec Last DNI tech session

13 Dec Graduation assembly

14 Dec Last day of term 4

Library Each class visits the school library on Friday mornings. Students are able to withdraw two books at a time to enjoy at home. Books can be returned anytime into the class returns box so new books can be selected the following Friday. Mrs Van der Woude is our wonderful volunteer librarian who works faithfully to keep our library in excellent order for our students.

Needed

If you have spare trackpants, leggings or shorts that your child has outgrown we would appreciate updating our depleted supply at school. Especially sizes 5, 6 and 7. Thanks.

School Diary

Fundraising Team

A big thank you to everyone who helped with cheese roll making. A

$1,689.00 profit was raised to go towards the GRIP Leadership

Conference for our Year 7 Students and the School trip to the

Puketeraki Marae.