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ILLAWARRA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TONGARRA newsletter Key dates PRAYER & PRAISE Sunday, 23rd August Tournament of the Minds competition Tuesday, 25th August P-6 Book Week Parade, 9.00am - 11.10am Wednesday, 26th August Secondary State Athletics Carnival Stage 5 IST excursion Thursday, 27th August to Friday, 4th September Year 11 Preliminary Examinations Thursday, 27th August Prep Rural Fire Service visit Duke of Edinburgh Hike Friday, 28th August Duke of Edinburgh Hike Monday, 31st August Father's Day stall - wrapping (Kinder) Wednesday, 2nd September Father's Day stall - selling (Year 1) Infants Swimming Program Parent Prayer Meeting, 2.30pm Thursday, 3rd September Infants Swimming Program Association Meeting @ Tongarra, 7.30pm Friday, 4th September Infants Swimming Program Monday, 7th September Infants Swimming Program Tuesday, 8th September Infants Swimming Program HSC Design & Technology Marking Wednesday, 9th September Infants Swimming Program A message from Dr Bertram Celebrating Life – the way to thrive is to help others thrive God breathed life into humans and made us His extra special creation. God spread out before us the rest of His creation – Genesis 1:28-31 – to be cared for, to be enjoyed, to use as needed. This week, the thread is the celebration of this life. In the beginning, we were given the garden. A place created by God for his glory. A place where man and woman could walk with God. A place that provided everything that was needed. At the end of time, God will dwell again with His people in the holy city. Again it will be a place that will express creativity, ingenuity and His glory. It will be a place where God’s people will live eternally. It will be a place of complete joy and exuberant life. Between the beginning and the end, we are called to live a life that celebrates our God. A life that acknowledges our Lord as Saviour. A life that sees the blessings still present in this world. We are called to live life and live abundantly, but not with a shallow materialistic goal in mind. We should view prosperity as what we can give away to others and what we can nurture for the benefit of others. Our satisfaction is not in what we can take from this world, but what we should put back into it while we are here. “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. May the favour of the Lord our God rest us on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.” Psalm 90:14-17 Year 12 students help their Kindergarten buddies The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11 Give thanks for the Year 12 who have been able to manage their studies over the past few weeks as they sat their HSC Trials and completed Major Works. Pray for them as they receive their exam results and continue in preparation for their HSC. Pray for Year 11 as they prepare for their final Preliminary Exams, commencing next week. Pray for staff and students, who are unwell. There are quite a number on the sick list. Pray that they will make a speedy recovery and return quickly to school. Pray for the BOSTES School Registration visit next week. Give thanks for all the hard work done by all staff, particularly over the last 6 months, to have all documentation up to date. TERM 3 WEEK 6 • 21ST AUGUST 2015 Check your child's bag These things went home this week: • P-12 Earn & Learn Sheets • P-6 Book Week leer • Year 12 Final Days leer • Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN results • Infants Swimming note • Outstanding Absences notification leer
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ILLAWARRA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TONGARRAnewsletter
Key dates
PRAYER & PRAISE
Sunday, 23rd AugustTournament of the Minds competition
Tuesday, 25th AugustP-6 Book Week Parade, 9.00am - 11.10am
Wednesday, 26th August Secondary State Athletics CarnivalStage 5 IST excursion
Thursday, 27th August to Friday, 4th SeptemberYear 11 Preliminary Examinations
Thursday, 27th AugustPrep Rural Fire Service visitDuke of Edinburgh Hike
Friday, 28th AugustDuke of Edinburgh Hike
Monday, 31st AugustFather's Day stall - wrapping (Kinder)
Wednesday, 2nd SeptemberFather's Day stall - selling (Year 1)Infants Swimming ProgramParent Prayer Meeting, 2.30pm
Thursday, 3rd SeptemberInfants Swimming ProgramAssociation Meeting @ Tongarra, 7.30pm
Friday, 4th SeptemberInfants Swimming Program
Monday, 7th SeptemberInfants Swimming Program
Tuesday, 8th SeptemberInfants Swimming ProgramHSC Design & Technology Marking
Wednesday, 9th SeptemberInfants Swimming Program
A message from Dr Bertram
Celebrating Life – the way to thrive is to help others thrive
God breathed life into humans and made us His extra special creation. God spread out before us the rest of His creation – Genesis 1:28-31 – to be cared for, to be enjoyed, to use as needed. This week, the thread is the celebration of this life.
In the beginning, we were given the garden. A place created by God for his glory. A place where man and woman could walk with God. A place that provided everything that was needed. At the end of time, God will dwell again with His people in the holy city. Again it will be a place that will express creativity, ingenuity and His glory. It will be a place where God’s people will live eternally. It will be a place of complete joy and exuberant life.
Between the beginning and the end, we are called to live a life that celebrates our God. A life that acknowledges our Lord as Saviour. A life that sees the blessings still present in this world. We are called to live life and live abundantly, but not with a shallow materialistic goal in mind. We should view prosperity as what we can give away to others and what we can nurture for the benefit of others. Our satisfaction is not in what we can take from this world, but what we should put back into it while we are here.
“Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. May the favour of the Lord our God rest us on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.” Psalm 90:14-17
Year 12 students help their Kindergarten buddies
The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalm 29:11
Give thanks for the Year 12 who have been able to manage their studies over the past few weeks as they sat their HSC Trials and completed Major Works. Pray for them as they receive their exam results and continue in preparation for their HSC.Pray for Year 11 as they prepare for their final Preliminary Exams, commencing next week.Pray for staff and students, who are unwell. There are quite a number on the sick list. Pray that they will make a speedy recovery and return quickly to school.Pray for the BOSTES School Registration visit next week. Give thanks for all the hard work done by all staff, particularly over the last 6 months, to have all documentation up to date.
TERM 3 WEEK 6 • 21ST AUGUST 2015
Check your child's bagThese things went home this week:
• P-12 Earn & Learn Sheets• P-6 Book Week letter• Year 12 Final Days letter• Year 3, 5, 7 & 9 NAPLAN results• Infants Swimming note• Outstanding Absences notification letter
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Tournament of MindsThe 2015 Tournament of Minds challenge day is on this weekend at Mt Terry Public School. Our Stage 2/3 team has been working hard to develop their response to a fun social science challenge. Sabastian Vidler, Daniel Williams, George Johnson, Alexander Gregory, Oliver de Jong, Ellie Schubert and Harmony Hall have combined their individual strengths and gifts to work as a team to develop their response to the following challenge:-YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK - GOODBYE History defines who we are, where we have come from and affects the choices we make today. In the future, increased technology has led to a new conundrum. Encyclopaedias are full, Wikipedia is packed and apps are completely overloaded. Information overload means there is too much history for the storage/recording devices available. As a result some history will need to be removed. How to decide which history is needed and which can go? The answer is simple reality TV and the nation votes. CHALLENGE - Your team must select three historical characters (we chose Marie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Shakespeare). These characters from history have been selected to compete in a reality TV survivor-style challenge. Your team must outline each character’s contribution to society and the possible consequences of his/her deletion from history. You will also need to decide who will stay, who will be voted out and what will be the actual impact of their extraction from history?The team has prepared a humorous dramatic presentation and will use props and costumes they have made from a limited list of permitted items. Mrs Bell and Mrs Knight are very proud of the way the group has worked. The team will present their challenge response in a competition involving teams from 13 schools in the region. All the best to our Tournament of Minds team at your challenge day this weekend.
Association MeetingThursday, 3rd September at 7.30pm, Tongarra Learning Hub
Everyone welcome.Please bring a plate of food to share for supper if you plan to attend. Thank you.
Cyber Parenting SeminarSaturday, 12th September, 7.00 - 9.30pm
Please join us for a 2 hour seminar and workshop hosted by Authors of Cyber Parenting: Raising your Kids in an Online World, James and Simone Boswell.This is a strong recommendation to come along and learn about how important it is as parents to be aware of today’s technology and what our children are exposed to in an online world from a clear biblical perspective.James and Simone will help to give us the tools to be aware, set highly visible boundaries and empower us to make good decisions in regards to these clear social concerns.
Infants Swimming ProgramWednesday, 2nd September - Friday, 4th September (Wk 8)
Monday, 7th September - Friday, 11th September (Wk 9)
PLEASE NOTE: Girls will need to wear a one-piece swimming costume and boys will need to wear speedo underwear style swimmers or lycra shorts. All students will also need goggles.The permission slip and Swim Program questionnaire need to be returned by Monday, 24th August.
Community Notices • Singalong with your favourite Hymns,
Sunday, 23rd August at 2pm, Albion Park Uniting Church. $8 donation includes afternoon tea. All proceeds to Operation Christmas Child. Enquiries: Lyn Brown, 4256 1487 or Robyn Johnson, 4225 2798.
• Parkinson's NSW Unity Walk & Run. Sunday, 30th August, Stuart Park Wollongong. Register online now at: www.unitywalkandrun.com.au
• Try Baseball at Dapto Chiefs Junior Baseball Club. Saturday, 22nd & 29th August at Reed Park, 10am to 1pm. Contact: [email protected]
TERM 3 WEEK 6• 21ST AUGUST 2015
NAPLAN 2015 ResultsThis week, our students’ individual reports were sent home. Over the next few weeks, staff will be analysing the data and tracking progressing from previous years, so that we can identify areas for future development and formulate effective strategies for our students.
If your child received results, we encourage you to work through the report with your child. See how well your student is going compared to students in their school and nationally, how they are going compared to previous results, identify areas for development and celebrate achievements. Your child’s teacher is always available for follow-up discussion.
Book Week 2015Book Week Parade: Tuesday, 25th August
The students will be having a Book Week Parade from Period 1 onwards on Tuesday, 25th August. Students have been creating masks in class related to the Book Week theme ‘Books Light up our World’ or a Short Listed book covered in their library lesson or in class. Students do not require a costume to accompany their mask and must wear their regular school uniform (K-2 Sport and Yrs 3-6 Winter Uniform).If students have created a costume for the theme ‘Books Light up our World’ or a Short Listed book, then they may change into their costume for the parade. All students must be in their regular Tuesday school uniform for the remainder of the day. If in doubt, please speak to the class teacher.
Father's Day StallPlease mark the dates for this year’s stall: Wrapping: Monday, 31st August
Selling: Wednesday, 2nd September
Please start sending in your donations for the stall now. Gifts should be brought to your child’s classroom so that they can have their name marked off. The last day to accept items will be Friday, 28 August.Thank you for the donations already received.
