Week 7! This Term is flying past.

The last three weeks of a Term is

always busy as lots of assessments

need to be finalised and attendance

is crucial. Let’s (teachers and

parents) encourage our students to

attend every day to complete the

final assessment tasks due. As I

always say: “Attendance leads to

Success”.

Next week our Year 10 students are

out doing work experience with

various employers around town. Some in Health, Motor Mechan-

ic, Building, Child Care, Learning Support, Kindy, Vet Nursing etc.

I would like to thank all the employers in advance for taking in

our Crossways’ students. This is a great opportunity for students

to work in employment environments of their choice which will

assist them in subject selection next year which will in turn lead

them into the career pathways they wish to pursue.

Our students will be participating in the Tcharkulda Rock run

next week. The team will consist of students from year 4 – 9.

Students will be participating on Wednesday and we wish them

all the best. Mr. Rom Puccio and Ms. Amy Norsworthy will be

accompanying the team on the day.

Principal’s Word

Week 7 Year 3/4 camp (Streaky Bay)

Week 7 (Mon 11/6) Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Week 7 (Fri 15/6) School Performance

Week 9 (Wed 27/6) School Photo’s

Friday 29th June (wk9) Last Day Term 2

Crossways Calendar

Term 2, Week 7, 13 June 2018

CROSSWAYS LUTHERAN SCHOOL EARLY LEARNING

CENTRE - OPENING JANUARY 2019 !

PARENT / CAREGIVER REMINDER

Last day of Term 2 for students is

Friday 29th June (week 9)

Our Early Learning Centre is on schedule and we hope to start

the refurbishing process during week 10. This promises to be a

great facility for our ELC students in 2019. We have placed the

ELC enrolment documentation on our website to download for

your convenience. We have limited places available in our ELC

and I would encourage potential parents to enroll their children

as soon as possible.

Enrolments for 2019 - RECEPTION STUDENTS NOW OPEN. We

will be running a Transition Program during Term 3 and 4 as

well as Parent Information Evenings for parents of potential

Reception students starting in Jan 2019. I am encouraging all

parents in the Ceduna Community to consider enrolling your

children at Crossways Lutheran School as we believe in quality

teaching and learning by a team of highly qualified and skilled

teachers. We also have Learning Support Officers in every class

who are trained to run tutoring programs at different levels to

improve the Numeracy and Literacy skills of our students.

Something from the HEART: A Reason to Sing – Amy Peterson

Singing changes the brain! Some studies show that when we sing, our bodies release hormones that relieve anxiety and stress. Other re-search indicates that when a group of people sings together, their heartbeats actually synchronize with each other. The apostle Paul’s writing encourages the church to speak to one an-other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Eph. 5:19). And the Bible repeats, “Sing praise” more than fifty times. In 2 Chronicles 20, we read a story of God’s people demonstrating their trust in God by singing as they marched into battle. Enemies were heading toward the people of Judah. Alarmed, King Jehoshaphat called everyone together. He led the community in intense prayer. They did-n’t eat or drink, but only prayed, “We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (v. 12). The next day, they set out. They weren’t led by their fiercest warriors, but by their choir. They believed God’s promise that they would be delivered without having to fight at all (v. 17). While they sang and walked toward the conflict, their enemies fought each other! By the time God’s people reached the battlefield, the fighting had ended. God saved His people as they marched by faith toward the unknown, singing His praises. God encourages us to praise Him for good reasons. Whether or not we are marching into battle, praising God has power to change our thoughts, our hearts, and our lives. We only have ONE life, let’s treasure it. I know that all of us have our

own battles in life at times but God has the power to carry us through.

Let us sing and praise Him through these difficult times and we will

always be victorious.

Blessings, Francois Pienaar, Principal

…………………………………………….. Middle School Music

Last week we were lucky enough to have touring acoustic duo

Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley, along with their daugh-

ter Tigi, Manager Dan, and Adams parents, visit our school and

spend some time with the middle school music students. Brooke

and Adam explained a little about each of their solo and com-

bined music careers and what life is like as a professional musi-

cian. We were then treated to a life performance of their song

called ‘Glad’ off of their most recent album. Before they left our

upper school singing group performed a song for them that we

have been working on called ‘Free to Dance’ which we will also

perform at chapel soon. We were all both awed and inspired by

Brooke and Adam and sincerely appreciate the time they took

out of their very short stay in Ceduna to encourage and perform

for our students. We wish them all of God’s blessings and a safe

and successful tour.

Sara Veerhuis

Middle School Music Tutor

Last week I attended a conference at Encounter Lutheran School, Victor Habor. The conference was attended by nu-merous Primary leaders and the content for the day centred on Vocational Practices and Capabilities, Excellence in Out-comes and Our foundation and Culture. During the day we discussed in groups and as a whole, ‘Leadership and Wellbeing, Innovation in Education as well as Spiritual Development’. All the discussions and insights were able to be related back to our school, our staff and students. The conference provid-ed me with valuable knowledge on how to be a better leader and engage and grow other staff and students to develop leadership skills themselves. This week I will be away at camp with Miss. Bahr’s Class at Streaky Bay. Just a reminder again to students, the end of Term 2 is fast approaching so make sure your work is complete and that your assignments are in by the due dates.

Romolo Puccio - Whole School Co-ordinator

Whole School Co-ordinator

…………………………………………….. On Wednesday the 6th of June, the Reception class went on an

excursion to visit some local farms. Our first stop was at Warren

Beatie’s place, where we fed and were able to pat Humphrey the

camel. We also had a walk around his farm and heard about

what it is like to live on a farm and some of the things farmers

need to do. After that, we headed to Carmen Lambeff’s, and here

we saw some baby lambs that needed feeding. We took turns

feeding them their bottles. We also saw some tractors, sheds and

finally met Bella, the cheeky goat. We had a fantastic time and

hopefully get time to return in the future! Thanks for having us

Warren and Carmen!

Reception farm visit

…………………………………………….. Visit from Concordia

PARENT / CAREGIVER REMINDER

Please be aware that students are not to use the school telephones to call home to organize after school plays etc. This service is only for emergencies. Also can parents / caregivers please drop off recess and lunch food (if needed) before 10.30am as students are coming to the front office at recess time to call home as they have no recess or lunch. Thanks, FRONT OFFICE STAFF

On Friday the 8th of June Fiona McAuliffe visited our school. Fiona’s role is Head of Senior School at Concordia College in Adelaide and she has been helping some of our students get to Adelaide and visit their school. Jaziah Miller and Tyson Edwards were selected for this trip, which occurred in week 5. The boys stayed with a family who’s children attend Concordia and had a really great time. Concordia is another Lutheran School and Fiona informed me they offer 2 fully paid scholarships, each year, for year 10 indigenous students who apply. If you would like to know more about this please arrange a time to meet me. The year 9/10 girls enjoyed spending time getting to know Fiona and learn a bit more about the scholarships, Fiona also spent time with us at Woodwork and in a Maths lesson. Terena Evans Curriculum Coordinator

Tyson Edwards & Jaziah Miller

at Concordia College

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PROPOSED EARLY LEARNING CENTRE

DRAWINGS - F.Y.I.

Nature Play Area

The Building

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Happy Birthday to …...

Lenard Betts 15th June

Joshua Coleman 16th June

Blake Dunnett 16th June

Riley Mullen 18th June

Pearl Modi 20th June

Kael Coleman 23rd June

Raymond Paparoa 26th June

Church Services

CEDUNA - SUNDAY (10.30am) LUTHERAN CHURCH

The Human Pyramid

Playgroup is held every Friday morning

at Crossways Lutheran School

From 10am - 12noon

Community Notices

Attn: Parents / Caregivers

CEDUNA SCHOOL

DENTAL CLINIC

Next open

Mon 25th June to

Friday 29th June

Ph : 0434601394

LUNCH BOX PIKELETS

1 cup SR Flour, 1 tablespoon caster sugar, 1 pinch

salt, 1 egg (lightly beaten), 3/4 cup milk.

Mix the flour, sugar and salt together. Beat in the

egg and then the milk.

Heat butter in fry pan. Drop tablespoons full` into

pan and cook until bubbles appear on the surface.

Flip and cook the other side until golden.

RE: STUDENT ABSENCES

Our school STUDENT SERVICES OFFICER is

Anita Hoffrichter in the Front Office.

If your child / children are absent from school due to

illness or family reasons, a phone call to the front

office stating a reason is required.

If students are not present at school, Anita will call

families for a reason as to why they are not present

at school.

Please phone the school on 86252873.

A message can be left if the call is after hours.

Thankyou