Term 4 | Week 7 | Friday 27 November 2015

Term 4 | Week 7 | Friday 27 November 2015

fHromEthAe D OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

CLASS TEACHERS AND LIFE EDUCATION VISIT
CLASS LISTS
Last week, the Life Ed van visited us
The classroom teachers next year will and R -5 students attended a session.
be as follows: The topics covered ranged from healthy
eating to correct use of medication
Reception Mrs Gersch to the dangers of legal and illegal
Mrs Thelning substance use.
The material is well presented and
Year 1 Mrs Rouvray relevant to helping our students make
Miss Neumann good choices about their welfare.

Year 2 Mrs Dorling SWIMMING DATES 2016
Mrs Culliver
As has been the case in the last few
END OF YEAR Year 3 Mrs Schirmer/ Mrs Eves years, our Junior School will have
Miss Galdes Swimming lessons in different weeks in
The next week and a half, promises Term 1 for 2016. Years 3-5 Swimming
to be quite hectic as all of the end of Year 4 Mrs Corbett & Year 6 Aquatics will be in Week
year activities take place. Reports need and another teacher 3, beginning February 15th. The
to be completed, class teachers and yet to be confirmed Reception-Year 2 Swimming will be
class lists finalised, the final assembly in Week 11 of Term 1, beginning April
held, Year 6 Graduation Dinner, end of Year 5 Mrs Vile/ Mrs Leese 11th. Please add these important dates
year excursions, class parties and the Mr Squire to your calendar.
list goes on.
The Final Junior School Assembly and Year 6 Ms Schmidt BOOKLISTS 2016
Graduation will be held on Thursday, Mrs McAvaney.
3rd December at 2:15pm in the Gym. Each family should have received
The Year 6 cohort will have their Ms Tanya Joyce will be our teacher of information regarding the ordering
Graduation Dinner in the evening. Japanese. process of your child’s Stationery for
The R-9 final Assembly will take place 2016. Lighthouse Books offers an order,
on Wednesday, December 9th at 9am. There will be a mail out of class lists pay later option so it’s a good idea to
In the final week of school, Year 3 to 6 in the next few days and the Student order before the 23/12/2015 or you will
students will celebrate the end of the Progress Reports will be handed out on incur a late fee of $15.00. NB Payment
year with some leisure time activities the final day of term. is required of course prior to deliver.
at the Noarlunga pool (Yr 3-5) and Every blessing to you all
Greenhills Adventure Park. (Yr 6) Neil Borgas

aSlteCrnaHtiveOOLIES

The Schoolies Alternative was initiated by our Youth Worker, On Monday the group made its way to Melbourne for some
Sarah Lush in 2012, to provided an alternative to the shopping and well deserved relaxation.
Schoolies Festival held in Victor Harbor. The decision to be The final culmination of the trip being our 11 hour bus trip
apart of the Schoolies Alternative means Year 12 Students home. Instead of this being a daunting task we took the lead
invest their time, effort and finances in order to connect with a from our African friends and simply decided to enjoy the time
community of young African refugees from St Paul’s Lutheran and live in the moment.
Church in Shepparton, Victoria. Stopping at Horsham to throw the frisbee for a bit longer than
expected, and enjoying lots and lots of singing made the trip
This year, fifteen students made the decision to serve this so much more enjoyable.
community: Emily Armstrong, Emma Clarke, Letitia However, there is no way to do justice to all the memories
Downes, Glenn Dunbar, Sophia Flanagan-Sjoberg, made on this trip. Whether it was the two four-year-old
Stephan Harris, Matilda Harvey, James Kamp, Ross African boys dancing with a rhythm that would impress
Leader, Sam Low, Zannah Loxton, Calum McFadyen, Justin Timberlake, or the spontaneous international soccer
Ashleigh Sharrad, Jaime Thompson and Dayna Wilkins, match comprising of Australian, Congolese, Sundanese,
as well as being accompanied by Ms Meredy Archer, Mrs Iraqi, Afghani and Vietnamese young people, ultimately the
Kim Corbett and myself. Schoolies Alternative is definitely something we were glad to
be apart of.
We gathered at the school at 6am Friday morning, after a late Thank you to everyone who assisted in making this trip
night at the Valedictory service the night before and made possible and to our young people who decided to go on this
the 10 hour bus ride to the community. As a staff member trip I am proud of you all and wish you all the best for your
on previous trips, I was eagerly watching for the ease of future!
connection that comes when, as a College we reunite with In the words of Michael Leunig, who inspired us everyday
this community. The anxiety that our students face prior to through this experience:
meeting the Africans was quickly replaced by the warmth and We give thanks for singers.
love that the African’s embraced us with. Siyapata Kisimba is All types of singers.
one of the young Congolese girls, who, at only 14 years old, Popular, concert singers and
had the whole group laughing with her wit and humour. tuneless singers in the bath.
Whistlers, hummers and those
The Friday night is about our who sing while they work.
College connecting with their Singers of lullabies; singers of nonsense
community and we were apart of and small scraps of melody.
a whole bunch of spontaneous Singers on branches and rooftops.
games of charades, uno, spoons, Morning yodellers and evening warblers.
soccer and plenty of singing Singers in seedy nightclubs, singers in the street;
along the way. The craziness of Singers in cathedrals, school halls, grandstands,
it all leaves a surreal feeling of back yards, paddocks, bedrooms, corridors,
being completely exhausted and stairwells and places of echo and resonance.
fully recharged at the same time. We give praise to all those who give some small voice
To the everyday joy of the soul.
On Saturday, we served the Amen
community practically planting ten Mr Chris McElligott
Strelitzias plants (Bird of Paradise)
that compliment the previous
landscaping work. We prepared,
sanded and lacquered wood in preparation for bench seating
for the church and African community centre, and cleaned
the entire complex from top to bottom to allow the faithful
volunteers that normally do this to have the weekend off.

On Sunday we were part of the church service where
Jamie, Letitia and Zannah joined the choir and Sam and
Glenn performed a drama skit emphasising Jesus’ love
for all people. Although many aspects of the service were
memorable, we all reflected on the African choir singing in
Swahili as being the absolute highlight.

We then provided a community lunch where we were able to
meet and interact with the younger siblings and parents of the
youths.

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PAY IT FORWARD Dear Deborah,
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve finished assessing
While working in the College Library last year a book was the tailor’s album you so kindly sent for donation. It’s been
donated by an unknown person. Not an unusual event, as accepted into our Private Records Collection, with the
many books have been donated over the years for College identification number PR06236. The album will definitely be
use. used by staff, and other interested researchers and members
On inspection I noticed that the book didn’t have a title or of the public, once we have catalogued it and made it
author but rather was a portfolio (a book of notes & images) available to access in our on-site Reading Room.
relating to uniforms, created by an unknown tailor from a Many thanks again for thinking of the Memorial as an
business called Fancy Suiting around in 1938, who, made appropriate place for the album.
uniforms for service men and women of the World War II. Kind regards,
Although I was very excited of the multitude of reference use Jane Robertson
this book could be for the Library and the Performing Arts Assistant Curator Private Records
Costuming, I felt the book needed had greater significance. Australian War Memorial
To this end in August of this year after much communication
the book was sent to the Curator of the Australian War
Memorial Private Collections in Canberra for further analysis,
authenticity and relevance.
In November this year I was thrilled to receive an email to
notify the College that The Tailors Notebook now has a very
fitting and honourable home where it can be viewed as
part of our history and used for replications by the Military
Heraldry & Technology Section of the Memorial.

Deborah Kaye
Performing Arts Costumes & Wardrobe

pAerCsonHal IEVEMENTS

Congratulations to the following students on their recent Congratulations to Chloe
AMEB instrumental exam results: Bradford (Year 7) who
Olivia Nicol Achieved/completed P-Plate Piano Book 1 recently represented
Viktoria Hillen Achieved/completed P-Plate Piano Book 1 the Southern Academy
Jessica Hands Piano for Leisure Preliminary, High Distinction in the SA regional
Eliza Rowan Piano for Leisure Grade 3, Honours Championships at Netball
Jessica Bullock Piano for Leisure Grade 3, Credit and has just been picked
Lucy Newman Piano for Leisure Grade 2, Honours in the junior Thunderbirds
Holly Zadow Piano for Leisure Grade 2, Honours High Performance
Tahlia Zadow Piano for Leisure Grade 6, Honours Academy.
Mitchell McGarry Piano for Leisure Grade 4, Credit Congratulations to
Daisy Bright Piano Preliminary, Honours SAPSASA Onkaparinga
Chloe Cooper Piano Preliminary, Honours South District Cricket
Tess Newman Violin Preliminary, Honours Team 2016 members
Isla Viner Violin Preliminary, Honours Joshua van den Broeke
Lilah Bruce Violin Preliminary, Honours and captain Luke
Celia Bosworth Violin Grade 1, Pass Goodieson who won their
Georgia Warren Violin Grade 1, Credit pool. They were beaten
Kelly Ryan Violin Grade 5, Honours by just 6 runs in the Grand Final play off’s.
Charlotte Baker-Simpson Violin Grade 5, Honours Congratulations to SAPSASA Onkaparinga South
Thank you to their teachers, Laura-Ellen Runnalls, Anita District Tennis Team 2016 members Patrick Lange, Ella
Dunbar & Emily Dollman for their work in preparing the Christiansen and Millie Cross who were equal Runner Up in
students for their exams. their tennis competition.

LfromIBtheRARY

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE 2015

Congratulations to our students for fantastic results in the
Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2015.
The Junior School achieved an outstanding result of 100%
of students completing the challenge, for the second year
in a row. The Middle School achieved an excellent result of
94.5% completion, which is an increase of 12.5% from 2014.
This is by far our best result ever. The result for our Junior and
Middle School together was 97.25% completion.
Mrs McAvaney was delighted to bake 16 (out of a possible
20) chocolate cakes for classes in Years 4 to 9, where all
students in the class completed the challenge!
Premier’s Reading Challenge medals and certificates will
be presented to all students who completed the challenge
towards the end of November.

SSSSPSAORTS

ULTIMATE FRISBEE CHAMPIONS! Ultimate Frisbee is a unique game where there are no
external referees and players must ref themselves. It requires
For the second year the Secondary Schools Sports players to be honest, self-disciplined, and responsible and
South Australia, Southern Zone held the Ultimate Frisbee show excellent sportsmanship. Both teams did this and
Championships. This year was bigger than last, with more represented the school very well.
schools participating and many sending several teams. We look forward to next year’s competition where we will have
a chance to retain our title and perhaps enter a girls’ team for
It was a fantastic day, starting with coaching from the Flying the first time.
Disc Association followed by some fiercely competed games. Tess Gilbert

Within the two competitions the Tatachilla teams competed
against teams from Seaford College, Christies Beach HS,
Reynella East College and Woodcroft College.

It was a very successful day and both teams finished
victorious taking out the Championship in both the Year 8/9
and Year 10 competitions.

Congratulations to:

YEAR 9 TEAM: Sam Renney, Harry Field, Mac Mills,
Jack Brunton, Levi Deiveyne, Blaise Howard, Jack Burns,
Seb Koch, Jake Shirvington, Henry Matthews.

YEAR 10 TEAM: Lachie Forward, Todd Martin,
Jarrod Gale, Byron Goodrick, Matthieu Patton,
Blake Zettler, Sam Crowe, Brayden McKenzie,
Ben Hammond, Jackson Golding-Holbrook (yr8),
Jake Thysson (yr8).

UNIFORM SHOP

JANUARY OPENING HOURS
Thursday 21, Friday 22, Wed 27, Thursday 28 and Friday 29 - 8.30am – 4pm

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALES
There is a limited amount of Second Hand Uniform items for sale in the Uniform Shop and the Staff are happy to place items in the Shop on
your behalf to sell. Unfortunately due to the high demand in the Uniform Shop Second hand items will not be accepted during February 2016.

Please note that as of the beginning of 2016, all items of Uniform must have the Tatachilla Lutheran College Logo. Any items that you buy/sell
privately must be in accordance with the College’s Uniform Guidelines. We suggest that students try on any items before purchasing, as over
time, different manufacturers have been used to supply uniform items and there can be quite a significant variation in sizes.

DcaleAndTarES

Term 4 - Week 8 Term 4 - Week 9 COMMUNITY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
30 Nov - 4 Dec Monday 7 December
Australian Business Week MS Program CHRISTMAS EVE PLAY
St Paul’s Lutheran Church invites Junior
Monday 30 November Yr 7 Social School students who would like to
be involved in the annual Christmas
Receptions 2016 Transition #2 Tuesday 8 December Eve play to be held on Thursday 24th
Volunteers Worshop MS Program December, 7.00pm at the St Paul’s
JS Chapel MS Transition Day Lutheran Church, McLaren Vale.
MS Year Level Meetings For more information about the play,
Tuesday 1 December and rehearsals, please contact Pastor
MS Assembly Wednesday 9 December Andrew Dockerill on 0430 917 463 or
SS Year Level Meetings MS Program email [email protected]
R-9 Final Assembly
Wednesday 2 December Last Day of Term 4 TOUR DOWN UNDER- KIDS TOUR
7-10 Chapel Children aged 6-12 Years have the
opportunity to be involved in the Tour
Thursday 3 December Down Under, final day around the
Yr 6 Ritual & Dinner streets of Adelaide. A colouring in sheet
JS Assembly entry form is available at the Junior
School SSO.
Friday 4 December
Environmental & Wildlife Careers Expo
JS Assembly

Casual Day

Years R - 9
Friday 4th December 2015

Gold Donation
Proceeds to go to support the recent Bushfire relief Appeal

Wear something Green to symbolise growth and nurture

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