24 October 2014 Issue 17 School Newsletter Dear Parents/Caregivers Phone: 473 7599 Fax: 473 7529 www.libertonchristian.school.nz The term is well underway with a very busy first two weeks already behind us! A highlight of our year is always our school production and Cinderella received rave reviews and was a huge success. We really enjoy seeing the ‘dramatic’ development and progress in our students, not only during the rehearsal process, but also for many of our students over several years as they have moved through the school. As a learning opportunity the production brings many wider opportunities for growth and development, but most of all we love seeing it all happen with the shared vision of desiring to serve God. We were grateful to be able to secure a second date for our Athletics Day after having to postpone due to the wet and very cold weather last week. Whilst it did give us the blessing of a little more production rehearsal time, many of the students were anxious not to miss out on the opportunity to spend the day at the Caledonian Ground and use the full athletics equipment. Praise God the weather held out and a great day of track and field events was enjoyed! Thank you to all the parents who were able to come along to support and cheer. Information for students in years 5-8 who will attend the North Zone competition will follow. School Production—Cinderella Liberton Christian School 5 Hillary Street Pine Hill Dunedin 9011 [email protected] Serving Him together Fiona Sizemore (Principal) Term 4 Value Love expressed through Duty – a willingness to do what is right, what you ought to do. A brief overview of what we teach: God is faithful Duty is what we ought to do. We have a duty in what we ought to do before God. We have a duty in regard to what we ought to do before our earthly authorities (parents, leaders, governors …) We may even have a duty to be faithful to promises we have made – James 5:12 Duty is not easy. It takes diligence and hardwork. We will have success and failure. We will need the help of the Holy Spirit. Biblical illustrations around Duty: Daniel, Abraham, Ruth, Mary and Martha, Jesus is our ultimate example. The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made. Psalm 145:13 Board of Trustees News The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the permanent appointment of Miss Renee Cox and Mrs Bronwyn Bennington as teachers at Liberton Christian School. The Board appreciates their passion for teaching and love of the school and wishes them well as they serve as part of the Liberton teaching team. Congratulations to our participants in the University of New South Wales International Competitions and Assessments for Schools. The following students all received a Credit in the Mathematics exam: William Grounds, Jona Cooper, Jed Satterthwaite ChatBus Donations Thank you to all who donated to ChatBus whilst attending our school production of Cinderella. A wonderful $600 was collected! This will be a real blessing to the mobile youth counselling service. Crazy Hair Day on Friday 31 October As many of you will know, Kyla Smith’s guitar was accidently broken during the Cinderella matinee performance. It was a crazy thing to occur so we are holding a crazy hair day to help Kyla buy a new replacement guitar. Gold coin donations will be gratefully received at the office on the day! Library feature Since the building project from 2013, developments have quietly continued to bring the finishing touches to our library making it a modern and enjoyable reading space. This has been a collaborative effort by staff, students and our wonderful Liberton Fundraisers who have funded the latest funky furniture pieces. Mrs Van der Woude is our faithful and long-serving volunteer librarian, arriving at school each Friday morning to issue books to students and generally keep our library in order. She also cover seals all the new books and codes them ready for issuing. Mrs Van der Woude makes sure she knows new students as they enter the school and is often seen helping students locate a requested book. Mrs Van der Woude is a real blessing to Liberton. This year we have had senior students helping as librarians. Once a week they help in a lunch time to arrange book displays and tidy the shelves. They also read stories to junior children on inside play days. Recently the seniors have been using the library space to perform puppet shows to children at play times. The children are enjoying the new library space and furniture. New books are regularly added, and we appreciate recommendations that come from students and parents. The Scholastic Book club and Manna Book club purchases have also contributed to new books coming into the library. Our library is a multi-use space. First and foremost it is a library where books are always available to read and be enjoyed in a quiet (mostly!) place. It also serves as a space for students to work in small groups together or where teachers can bring one or two classes together to use the TV screen and watch a DVD or video clip. On Wednesdays rooms 1 and 2 have a buddy reading time in the library. It can be used for guest speakers, prayer meetings and even music group practices. Our library is a great space and we love being able to utilize it for many uses across the school. Prayer Points Give thanks for:  each one of our students and families  our dedicated teachers, support staff and volunteers  the success of our school production  a great term of teaching and learning ahead Please pray for: our school to glorify God in all ways  our students to have a response of awe and wonder towards God as they learn about His world  a blessed final term for our soon to be year 8 graduate students PRAYER GROUP Please keeping praying for us! The prayer group, led by Jessica Smith, would love you to join them for a time of prayer for our school and students from 2pm in the staffroom each Friday before assembly. We are very grateful to all those who uphold the school in prayer. “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 LCS Sun Hat Procedure terms 1 and 4 During terms 1 and 4 we require all students to wear a sun hat during morning tea and lunch breaks and for extended outdoor class activities to ensure students are safe from sun burn. Students without a hat will be required to play under the cover of the shed veranda on outside play days. Room 3 Summer Camp (years 6-8) Planning is now well underway for the room 3 summer activity camp at the end of November. Please keep an eye out for notices and information. It will be great fun! School parking Please do not park on the yellow lines at the school gate as this can cause a hazard for our local students who need to cross the road safely and walk home. Rippa Rugby Our four Rippa Teams enjoyed their first game of the season this week. There will be No Rippa Rugby this coming Monday (Labour Day—Public holiday). A big thanks to our volunteer coaches: Mark and Jessica Smith, Kate Cooper and Renee Cox School Photos on Thursday 30 October at 1.30pm. Term 4 Calendar Weeks 2-4 CHOICE and KOS programmes 24 Oct SI principals visiting LCS 27 Oct Labour Day 28 Oct Board of Trustees meeting 7.30pm 30 Oct School photos taken 31 Oct Band and choir recording session 4 Nov North Zone Athletics (postponement 6 Nov) 4 Nov Health Celebratory workshop 13 Nov Safe Kids programmes 13 Nov Science Road Show room 3 18 Nov Otago Athletics Champs (postponement 20 Nov) 24-28 Nov Room 3 camp all week 27 Nov FMS challenge @ Edgar Y1-3 9 Dec St Marks Christmas service 9 Dec Board of Trustees meeting 7.30pm 15 Dec Secret Santa and shared lunch 16 Dec Graduation assembly 17 Dec Last day of term 4 – clean up day!