I love Mother’s Day. It is a day set aside for me where my 3 children make me feel extra special and shower me with gifts, and well…. just to show how much they appreciate me and all I have done for them over the years. I get a chance to sit back (with a nice wine) and enjoy the day while they prepare the meal and provide the entertainment for the afternoon. I love this family time. My children have all grown up and no longer live at home and so these times are very precious and special. (To all you young mums out there, word of advice -…… one day your children are babies and then school children and ‘in the blink of the eye’ they are all grown up and no longer living at home with you! Trust me, it flies! Treasure and enjoy these precious young years.) I am not at all the perfect mum. There are no perfect mums, no perfect kids and no perfect homes. Perfection does not exist, however, we often waste a lot of time and energy pursuing that perfection. And in that pursuing we miss out on the most precious parts of life… the laughter of silliness, the joy of spontaneity, the lessons found in failure and the freedom found in grace.

The imperfect parts of our lives are counterbalanced with a Perfect God who longs to shine His light through the cracks in our lives. God is changing, molding, perfecting us to be more like Jesus every day.

Mum’s …. give ourselves the gift of grace to make mistakes. Let’s give ourselves the gift of realistic expectations and let’s give ourselves the gift of honesty about the good and the hard.

I began with saying I love Mother’s Day, but truthfully, it also holds much sadness for me. My mum passed away exactly 30 years ago this year. She never saw my children and my children have never known their Grandma. Not a day passes without a thought or memory of my mum. And so although my children have not known my mum, they have really, because my mum lives on through me. I thank God everyday for my mum and all she taught me to be. And…. ‘that we can’t be perfect mums, but we are the perfect mums for our kids’. By Karen Bampton

Term 2 week ending 19 May 2017

Two really significant celebrations over

the past fortnight. On Sunday the 7th we

celebrated the Foundation of Lobethal

175 years ago, we reflected upon not

only the impact of both our school and church since but

also the difficulties that they had to endure. It was

wonderful to have our church school campus host not

only our current community but also returning families

and dignitaries. I was incredibly proud of the sea of

maroon that was intertwined amongst the events.

Thankyou to all parents who allowed their children to

participate. It was an incredibly special day. Last we also

celebrated National Lutheran Schools week where we

acknowledged that we are part of a system of 83

schools. On page 11 of last week’s Courier we celebrated being part of something bigger by taking

out a joint advertisement with our friends at Open Arms, St Michael’s Hahndorf, St Mark’s Mount

Barker and Cornerstone to celebrate our network of schools in the Adelaide Hills. The following is in

our prospectus, authored by my past colleague Steve Gollasch from Portland. It still to me is one of

the best things I have read about Lutheran Schools.

‘ Being part of a Lutheran School means being part of a giant family. Over 40, 000 Aussie kids are in

Lutheran Schools- 83 schools all up. As a staff member I know I can travel to any state or territory and

find ‘family’- people I know, people who really care about kids. This family is ‘visionary’- we see an

Australia full of people who are educated, thoughtful, tolerant, loving, faithful and humble, and

together we walk towards that’

This is how we feel about what we do…like families we have our disagreements from time to time but

we all want the same things for our community. I thank all of you for being a part of our family here

at LLS be you people who have joined us just recently or have a link to Foundational families from

175 years ago. Our Mother’s Day High Tea was also a wonderful celebration. A quick scan of the

facebook photos of the day revealed a sea of happy smiles and wonderful moments.

Staffing News

We are blessed with a wonderful stable staff who have honoured this place with wonderful service.

One of the things that is important to do as Principal is to ensure that staff are supported in being the

best that they can be. This extends to protecting their entitlements to leave. Next term Chris

Ruediger will be enjoying a term of well deserved long service leave. We are in the process of

finding the best fit for that class so that Term 3 is another successful term for our middle primary

group.

Welcome to

This week we welcome Aaron Kirlew (Year 1) into Abbie’s class. It is fantastic to

have him, sister Jazintah, Jemma and Jeremy join us here at LLS.

Thursdays are also incredibly enjoyable days. The playgroup down in the basement has at its core

some younger families who will be joining us in future years. Another great thing is that the Open

Arms Community Childcare Kindy program is based with us every Thursday. While this is only a small

group we enjoy having Joshua, Jackson, Imogen, Leo and Alby with us and the way they interact

with our older students. It’s great to have an extended family here on our church-school campus.

Coming up

A number of key events coming up in future weeks now that the NAPLAN train has passed through.

There will be more information to come in future weeks on some of these.

Friday May 19- Interschool Cross Country at Woodside. This event will feature middle-senior students

selected on the basis of their performance on our school Cross Country this week.

Friday May 26- Student leaders day at Good Shepherd Angaston. I am looking forward to to taking our

school captains to this day giving them an opportunity to mix with leaders from other Lutheran Schools

June 2 and June 15- Senior students will be participating in days at Cornerstone and Faith to connect

with wider Lutheran communities

Monday June 5- This is the rescheduled date for our Class Carers family party. It is hoped that this is a

night that has a few less clashes.

End of term June 30: As communicated earlier in the year we will be concluding our term one week

earlier than the past. In 2017 Adelaide is holding a National Conference on Lutheran Education which is

held every 4 years. Local Lutheran schools have been asked to align their term times with bigger

Lutheran Schools to support an opportunity for all of our staff members to connect and work together.

As a result all terms will now begin on the first Monday of term rather than the Tuesday. If this presents

any issues at all please chat to me and we will look for ways that we can assist.

Thankyou again for being a member of our LLS family.

Mick

NEXT PFA Meeting - All welcome

Wednesday May 24th 2:30pm at the School

Wow! What a day! We were blessed with fantastic

weather and really enjoyed the challenge of the

courses. Steep Hills, open bush and creek crossings

were all negotiated successfully by our team of 23

students who competed with a sense of fun and

fair play. I was really proud of the persistence

students showed in locating all control points, in

order, no matter the time. Most pairs finished in the

top ten. Congratulations to Ashlee Tucker and

Mackenzie Hocking who finished 5th in their pairs

age group. Special congratulations to Samuel

Morley who finished first in his age group as a solo

and to Josh Bevan and Thomas Small who finished

1st in their pairs age group. Well done everyone!

Meredith Muster

Congratulations to our Year 3,5 and 7 students on their efforts in

NAPLAN. They are one test at one moment in time. They don't

show how unique and special you guys are. We are proud of

you all.

FAMILY AND STAFF PRAYERS

This fortnight in our devotions and Worship we have been

praying for the following families and staff members -

Charlie and Adam Foweraker, Fletcher and Cooper Fox,

Ashely and Clare Garvin, Hudson Glynn, Fleurette Goodwin,

Amelia and Tyler Hanson, Ava Harten, Carolyn Herrmann and

Mick Emmett.

NEW BABY!

Congratulations to

Colin, Michelle,

Emanuel and Violet

on the birth of their

daughter and new

baby sister 'Harriet

Grace'.

May God's blessings

and joy be with you

all!

ICE CREAM CONTAINERS

If anyone has any spare ice-cream containers

that they could donate to the school for care

meals, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

We remind all Casual Bus users of the SMS

messaging to Merridee, the LLS Transport Logistics

Co-ordinator (Bus Driver). This enables and assists in

collating the students that require bus transport, or

not. To the full time users please also use this service if

there is a change to your situation. We ask that all

messages are received before 7.15am and by

3pm. Mobile: 0413 025 689

Our Open Arms kindy group

spends every Thursday on our

campus. Welcome

Jackson, Imogen, Leo, Alby and

Joshua

STUDENT PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Our school families can access Student Personal Accident Cover that provides 24 Hour, 365 day

per year cover, provided the student is engaged in school or organised sporting activities (club

football, soccer, tennis, netball etc), including travel to and from such activities. (for example: pays

lump sums for broken bones and dislocations, financial support for tutoring should a student be

absent from school for a prolonged period plus other out-of-pocket expenses that relate to an

accident.)

Copies of the Student Accident Protection Plan or a Claim Form are available at the school office.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me for further information.

Uniform Shop - Sports Windcheater Size 12

We currently have no size 12 windcheaters in stock. If you have one at home that you no longer

require can you please consider donating it to the Uniform Shop. Thank you.

Skoolbag

Our School has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to

help us communicate more effectively with our Parent/Student

community. We are asking parents/students to install our

Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school

name Lobethal Lutheran School in either the Apple App

Store, or Google Play Store.

For Windows Phone, and Windows 8.1 or 10 users, search for

Skoolbag in the Windows store, and install the app and our school.

2016 School Magazine.

Available at the Office $15

Canteen Volunteers

Monday 22nd May - Tracy Juers, Jodie Mason

Wednesday 24th May - Wendy Foweraker

Monday 29th May - Nerissa, Billy-Jo

Wednesday 31st - Bernice, Elisa

Honey/Soy Chicken and Rice

Hot Ham and Cheese roll

Lutheran Church

Services

in Parishes that support

our School

Lobethal 50 Main St

8389 6069

8:45am Traditional Worship

10:30am Contemporary Worship

Woodside 137 Onkaparinga Valley Rd

8389 7357

Birdwood Church St Birdwood 9:30am

8568 5083

Issue 3

Due Friday May 19th

Term 1 Jan 30 - Apr 13

Term 2 May 1 - June 30

Term 3 July 24 - Sept 29

Term 4 Oct 16 - Dec 14

2017 Term Dates

May 2017

7 Week 2 Lobethal 175th Lutheran Schools Week

8

9 NAPLAN Language Conventions and Writing

10 NAPLAN Reading

11 NAPLAN Maths

12 Mother’s Day Stall

Cross Country from 9:10

2:20 Worship & High Tea

13

14 Week 3 Mother’s Day

15 SAPSASA Orienteering School Council

16 17

18 19 District Cross Country at Woodside Book Club due

20

21 Week 4 22 23 ICAS ICT

24 PFA Meeting 2.30pm at the school

25 26 27

28 Week 5 School AGM

29 30 ICAS Science

31 June 1 2 Yr 6-7 Cornerstone

3

4 Week 6 5 Class Carer’s Party

6 7 8 9 10

11 Week 7 12 Queen’s Birthday Holiday

13 ICAS Writing

14 PFA Meeting 7pm Staff Room

15 Yr 6-7 Faith visit

16 ALWS Awareness Day

17

18 Week 8 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 Week 9 Parent Teacher Interview

26 27 28 29 30 Last Day of Term 2

School Uniform Shop

Opening Hours :

Tues 8:45 am - 9:00 am

Friday 8:30 am - 9:00 am

NEXT PFA Meeting

Wednesday May 24th 2:30pm at the School