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Newsletter Term 3, Week 7, 2012 Newsletter Term 3, Week 7, 2012 Dates to remember: ‘Christ alone, Cornerstone, Father Day Stall Aug Weak made strong, in the Saviours love, Wednesday 29th Through the storm, He is Lord, School Photos Aug Lord of all.’ Thursday 30th - Lyrics to ‘Cornerstone’ by Hillsong Live 2012. Glee Club Sep Gawler Show 2nd ‘Christ alone, cornerstone.’ These are the powerful words that have stayed with me, and resonated within my spirit since attending the annual Hillsong Conference in Sydney, in the Koorong book Sep recent July holidays. ‘Christ as the cornerstone’ was a theme that encompassed the whole of orders due 6th the conference and my time there. Pupil Free Day Aug Friday 7th The Bible talks about Jesus as the cornerstone of the Church and our lives in Ephesians 2:19- 22.’19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with School Concert Sep Thursday 13th God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles 21 and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building Mango Order to Sep is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are be returned 19th being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Closing Worship 20th In 1 Peter 2 verse 5 the Bible talks about us as being living stones. ‘you also, like living Thursday Sep stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.’ Boat licence night 5th Nov When thinking about our school and its purpose in God’s household, we are reminded through these verses that we are a part of something much bigger than ourselves. The foundation of this school was built upon a vision that its German Lutheran founders had for education, but an education that was built primarily on Christ, and His message of hope and love. This foundation stretches right back to the apostles and the prophets and Christ Himself. Our school, built upon this sure and strong foundation, is not just made up of bricks and mortar, for each and every one of us comes together to form living stones, that form a household, a building, a dwelling place, a school community that God Himself is able to dwell in by His Spirit. As a school community, let’s not forget what we are about and whose foundation we are built upon and are building upon. My prayer is that as a community of living stones, that by building upon Christ’s foundation, we may be united in our cause and purpose and that each and every person that comes through our gates would come to know and experience the love and hope of Christ whether it be in their education, or just their everyday encounter with us and our community. May we always be a reflection of His love and forgiveness in our lives. Shared by Laura Harding, 2/3 Class Teacher 1 Welcome to our new Business Manager Term Dates 2012 We extend a warm welcome to the newest member of our administrative team, Mr Travis Saegenschnitter, who began as our Business Manager this week. th Term 1 - Monday 30 January to Travis comes from a strong background in finance, and is looking forward to th Thursday 5 April the being part of the team. Both Travis and I are excited about the opportunities and challenges that are coming up for St Jakobi as we work to rd Term 2 - Monday 23 April to provide the best opportunities for the students of the school. Welcome Travis, Friday 29th June and may you be blessed by your association with our community in the same way that you will be a blessing to us. Travis will be installed as Business th Term 3 - Tuesday 17 July to Manager during Chapel, this Friday, 31st August by Pastor Paul Hannola. If st Friday 21 September you would like to discuss any aspect of fee accounts, please don’t hesitate to contact Travis or make an appointment to catch up with him through the front Term 4 - Monday 8th October to th office. Friday 14 December Open Day Thank you to those parents who supplied morning tea through Parents and Uniform Shop Friends for our Open Day last Friday. Although we only had a small number of Opening times families attend, those that came enjoyed the opportunity to meet and chat with Tuesdays 3:15 to 3:45pm current parents over morning tea and have a look at the school in action. It was a wonderful way for them to experience first-hand the special community Fridays 8:30 to 9:00am that is St Jakobi! Social Media and Cyber Safety Canteen Days “Get with it, parentals!” is a phrase that has often been heard in the Krieg Monday and Fridays Only household over the years in relation to social media, sometimes said by my children with loving affection, at other times with complete exasperation! Perhaps because of working in schools and seeing students/families experience Student Banking the negative side of social media, I have been somewhat resistant in embracing things like Facebook, on-line chatrooms and Twitter. Every Tuesday However in the last 12 months I have had something of a turn around. (Yes, you can hear the audible sighs of relief from my two offspring!) Social media is Thoughts/ Prayers/ Thanks here to stay. Whether we agree or disagree with social media and its effects Thank you to the entire school community on human existence, there is no turning back from social media, and there is for all the work the volunteers are putting ` never again going to be a world without social media. For our children, who into the school concert. We are so blessed have never known a world before social media, social media is their reality, to have such a creative community willing and there isn’t a choice but to be part of it. to help. Please be with all the students in their sporting finals as the approach and give A fortnight ago I attended a conference in Melbourne run by Michael Grose from Parenting Ideas. The first day was for educators, and the second day for them the strength throughout the process parents. One of the main focuses of the forums was social media – for educators how to use social media effectively to keep parents up to date with Prayer Families the events of the school and best practice in teaching students about social Mitchell Olivia media etiquette and cyber safety. For parents, the forums centred around cyber Mundt Aiden safety, getting familiar with the various forms of social media and setting safe Nelson Rhys, Jordann, Rohan parameters and conditions for the use of social media within the family setting. Nolan Genevieve, Annabel Parker Peta, Ruby, Tegan Where does this leave us as parents? For many parents, they have embraced Pedrick Zara the many forms of social media that exist, and use them wisely to assist and Pridham Lisa, Stephanie, Riley enrich their lives. For others of us, we are lagging behind in understanding Pringle Harrison social media, and are therefore not in a position to guide and assist our Raines Caelen children through this aspect of life. Rehn Kurtis, Frankie Cont. Pg 3 2 We haven’t experienced it and don’t know enough about it, so are children are ‘flying solo’ in what is a potentially dangerous MANGOS aspect of life. We will once again be selling Mangos for $30 per box. Order forms will be sent home Friday via When you understand the enormous amount of people worldwide using the various forms of social media, you begin to class trays and must be return by no later than 19th understand that in the majority of cases its use is without September. Sorry, no orders will be accepted after problems. However it must be acknowledged that social media this date. does have inherent pitfalls and dangers, and at its worst can be used to harm others up to and including death. Children are SCHOOL FEES particularly vulnerable. So with this in mind, we as parents need to become familiar with, and partners in, social media with our Last instalment of school fees are due and payable children, to guide them and teach them both safe and respectful th 14 September 2012, copy of account statements use. went out 2 weeks ago. If you have any concerns or As parents, it’s no good burying our heads in the sand and inquiries please contact Travis Saegenschnitter, hoping social media will go away. ACMA believes that there are four key steps to cybersafe Business Manager practices in the home: Educate Crazy Camel – Last Days! Empower Please submit all crazy camel orders and art work by Make the technology safe Friday 31st August to the front office. Thank you for Supervise your support again this year These four work together towards positive and safe online use. The aim is not only to protect children, but to help them learn to 40hr Famine make good decisions. As a school, our aim is to back up and support parents in helping educate students in this important Can all students please submit the money raised for arena of life. the 40hr famine. ALL BOOKS MUST BE RETURNED th For a great website to assist you, go to by Wednesday 5 September even if they did not http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ participate.
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