NEWSLETTER
Term 1, Week 10 | Thursday 14 April 2016
IMPORTANT DATES
May - Term 2 Week 1
Mon 2
Pupil Free Day
Normanton Cultural Trip
Tue 3
Students return to school
Normanton Cultural Trip
Wed 4
Normanton Cultural Trip
2016 Kenya Information
Evening - Mask Theatre 7:00pm
Thur 5
Normanton Cultural Trip
Fri 6
Normanton Cultural Trip
SACSA Primary Athletics
6-9 Musical Sleepover 1 Auditorium
Sat 7
Normanton Cultural Trip
6-9 Musical Sleepover 1 Auditorium
2016 Missions Quiz Night Auditorium - 7:00pm
May - Term 2 Week 2
Mon 9
Normanton Cultural Trip
6-12 Parent Teacher
Interviews - Roy Magor Hall
- 4:00 - 9:00pm
AGM - MS Performing Arts
Centre - 7:30pm
Tue 10
6-12 Parent Teacher
Interviews - Roy Magor Hall
- 4:00 - 9:00pm
NAPLAN
Wed 11
NAPLAN
12 PE Camp
Thur 12
NAPLAN
12 PE Camp
Fri 13
NAPLAN - Catch-up
12 PE Camp
SACSA 8/9 Secondary
Netball Carnival
...it is a privilege
for us to work
with your child
and family
Your Mind Matters - Wendy Jolley - Middle
School Deputy Principal
An Action Team
has been formed
with staff from all
areas of the school
to lead the staff at
Salisbury East in beginning to look
at two online learning environments
called MINDMATTERS http://
www.mindmatters.edu.au/ and
KIDSMATTERS http://www.kidsmatter.
edu.au/ aimed to improve the mental
health and wellbeing of young people.
families and school staff. There are 4
components to the course
MindMatters is a national mental
health initiative for secondary schools
in Australia and KidsMatters is the
Primary School portion. Both promote
mental health and wellbeing of students
in schools through a flexible framework
that provides useful professional
learning, resources and support. It is
called a ‘framework’, in that it provides
structure, guidance and support while
enabling schools to build their own
mental health strategy to suit their
unique circumstances. It provides
school staff with blended professional
learning that includes online resources,
face-to-face events, webinars and
support. All content has been informed
by strong evidence in the area of school
mental health and wellbeing. The
use of comprehensive resources has
mental health benefits for the entire
school community – including students,
A survey, conducted in another school
after two years of the programme,
found that student mental health and
wellbeing improved throughout the
school community, students’ school
work had improved and parents,
carers and teachers were reported to
have greater capacity to help children
to withstand social and emotional
challenges.
C1 Positive school community
C2 Student skills for resilience
C3 Parents and families
C4 Support for students experiencing
mental health difficulties
Both programmes are sponsored by
Beyond Blue https://www.beyondblue.
org.au/ and are an initiative of the
Federal Government.
Please look through the websites and
contact our Sub School Action Team
members if you have any questions
or would like to provide input into the
school programme.
Junior School:
Ceri Stanley [email protected]
Middle School:
Wendy Jolley [email protected]
Senior School:
Ben Delaney [email protected]
LAST DAY OF TERM 1
FIRST DAY OF TERM 2
Normal Dismissal time of 3:15pm on
Friday 15 April
Monday 2 May is a Pupil Free Day
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GENERAL NEWS
UNIFORM SHOP
QUIZ NIGHT
One of the many items that will be up for auction at the Tyndale
Christian School Quiz Night –
The Electra Townie 700.
With the unisex frame, the comfortable, stylish and fast Electra Townie 700 is the
ideal transport for cruising around town. Kindly donated by Southcott Pty Ltd.
Book your seat at www.trybooking.com/KWPA
April Holidays
The Uniform Shop will be closed during
the April school holidays and on the
pupil free day. The Uniform Shop will
reopen on Tuesday 3 May from 8:00 to
4:30pm (First day of School).
Please refer to the website for further
information.
Old Tyndalians.
Where are they now?
Tyndale Christian School congratulates
Melad Ahmad on being selected for the
Football Federation Australia’s Centre
of Excellence (FFA CoE) Program. As a
scholarship holder, Melad is spending the
next two years in the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra with his cohort, training
to become a professional football player and completing Year 11 and 12.
Melad Ahmad and his team will be travelling to Malaysia for their first international
game in June or July. They may also travel to Cambodia and to the United States
of America this year. Training and competing this year will enable Melad to qualify
for 2016 AFC U-16 Championships and then hopefully qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17
World Cup. We wish Melad all the best in his journey at the Australian Institute of
Sport.
Image: FFA CoE – Melad Ahmad, front,
first from left (in green soccer boots).
Click below for more information.
http://www.socceroos.com.au/article/
youngsters-chosen-for-ffas-centre-of-exc
ellence/1fgg4a0pds37v1fuo08swvay7w
We pray God’s richest blessings over our Old Tyndalians as they embark on these
various chapters in their lives. We hope they will continue to keep in touch and send
us photos from time to time!
Do you have some exciting news you would like to share with the entire Tyndale
community?
If you answered yes to the above question please email
Fleur Smith at
[email protected]
or call the School Office on 8250 7655
Make this the year that you will remember for the rest of your life as the time
you really set yourself on the pathway to success. There are several sure-fire
ways to make this the best year so far.
TECHNOLOGY AND CHILDREN
Must-Knows from the experts
Monday 16 May 2016
Tyndale Christian School
Senior School Auditorium
50 Fern Grove Boulevard
Salisbury East SA 5109
Join us as we hear from experts:
Dr Kate Highfield
Ben Riley
7:00-8:30pm: Parents/Carers Session
(Gold coin donation)
Registration www.trybooking.com/KRLN
SAVE THE DATE!
This year’s Middle School
Musical is Beauty and the
Beast!
The brainy and beautiful Belle yearns
to escape her provincial life...and her
brute of a suitor, Gaston. However,
Belle gets more adventurous than she
wanted when she becomes a captive in
the Beast’s enchanted castle! Dancing
flatware, menacing wolves, and singing
furniture fill the stage with thrills in this
beloved fairy tale about very different
people finding strength in one another
and learning how to love.
Performances are in August so put them
in your diary now!
1) Do the most important things first
Get into the habit of being effective. Write a to-do list each week.
Thursday 18 August, 10:30 am
Thursday 18 August, 7:30 pm
Friday 19 August, 7:30 pm
Saturday 20 August, 7:30 pm
2) Use your time well
If you can focus and listen well while at school you can save yourself endless
hours.
For further information please contact
Mrs Dani Potter on danip@tyndale.
sa.edu.au
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GENERAL NEWS
RESOURCE CENTRE NEWS
School Holiday Programmes at local Libraries
With school holidays about to start, we have been busy checking out the Holiday
Programmes at several local libraries. Tea Tree Gully Library are holding several
interesting programmes including “Make a Butterfly Garden in a Pot” suitable
for children aged 2-10 years old and “Musical Instrument Workshop” suitable for
children 5-12 years old. Some of the courses are free and
some have a minimal cost. For more information about these
and more school holiday programmes please contact the Tea
Tree Gully Library on 83977444 or go to their website.
https://www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au/files/assets/public/
documents/
City of Salisbury’s Libraries also have school holiday programmes which look great
including “A Teddy Bear’s Picnic” for children under 8 years old and “Movie Mateship
– Oddball” a movie for all ages. For more information please
contact the City Of Salisbury on 84068222 or check out their
website.
http://www.salisbury.sa.gov.au/Learn/Libraries/Library_
Programs_and_Events/Free_Library_School_Holiday_
Programs
Parent Resources and Borrowing
We have a number of Parent Resources available for parents to borrow as well as
other books from our collection. Please note that parents are limited to borrowing
four books at a time to ensure that we have books for our students and staff to
borrow.
Reminder re: Resource Centre Opening Hours
Please note that the Resource Centre is open at the following times –
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 8am – 4.30pm
Tuesday and Friday 8am – 3.30pm
We encourage Middle School and Senior School students to use the Resource Centre
for after school study purposes but we do ask that you please make alternative
childcare arrangements for any of your children that are in Junior School.
SPORTS CORNER
For Weekly Sports results click here.
Congratulations to our weekly basketball teams that made it into their Grand Finals
and wishing you all the best in your respective games on Saturday, and great work by
the rest of our teams as we come to the end of the current season.
From the School Sports Captain
Hi I’m Bailey B and I’ve been given the role of Head Sports Captain for 2016.
I’m a soccer player and am currently playing for Eastern United Seniors in
Athelstone. Playing soccer is not the only sport I enjoy, Tyndale have a variety
of excellent sports that I always love playing. I want to encourage fellow Tyndalians to
try out for sports so we can put forward our best teams and perform to the highest
possible standard. The main event that everyone gets excited for (including me)
is Heathdale. This year I plan to help out the younger kids in finding sports for
them to play.
FIFTH BUSINESS THEATRE
COMPANY
Our focus in Term 2 and 3 will be a
devised piece workshopped in a similar
way to our Summer Stage School
programs with a performance on Friday
23 September. In 2012 we began with
‘A Night On Broadway’ and then our
second adventure in 2013, ‘Revolution’.
In 2014 we looked at the influence of
technology in our lives and in 2015
our theme “Break Out!” explored new
ways of expressing ideas in a variety
of art forms. 2016 will bring a new,
vibrant theme that will allow students
to develop skills, explore ideas and
present their creation in an exciting
performance!
Following on from the outstanding
success of “!3 – the musical” performed
in January this year, the Fifth Business
Theatre Company Youth team will once
again present a musical in the summer.
Our Term 4 and Summer Season focus
will be the creation and production of
another vibrant musical. Auditions will
be held on Saturday 24 September and
the first workshop Saturday 1 October.
Term 4 will start on Saturday 22 October
and conclude on Saturday 17 December.
Summer Production Week will be
Monday January 9 to Sunday 14 January
2017. We will run 9am to 5pm rehearsals
Monday to Saturday with performances
in the evenings of both Saturday 13 and
Sunday 14.
FBTC is flourishing and we invite you to
be a part of this growing, vibrant theatre
community. For further information
send an email to info.fbtc@
tyndale.sa.edu.au .
Dani Potter
Theatre Company
Coordinator
SACSA Secondary Athletics
Well done to our SACSA Secondary Athletics team who finished 3rd in division 1
at SANTOS stadium.
Our students competed with a lot of heart and did our school proud. Some
great individual efforts particularly from our year 8s this year.
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GENERAL NEWS
Sports Coordinator Matt Howard interview with Lachlan P
Lachlan P played his first senior game for the SANFL on Thursday 24 March for the Norwood Redlegs. Following is an
interview that took place at Senior School Assembly on 7 April 2016 between Matt Howard (Sports Coordinator) and
Lachlan P.
How did you find out that you were going to be playing your first senior game?
Lachlan: I was at the club prior to Round 1 doing extra skills sessions with the Senior Coach and he called me aside and said “have you told your parents you’re playing yet” and I had no idea and it was only a week before the first game and I
couldn’t tell anyone before the game due to the code of silence.
What did it feel like just before the siren went to start the game?
Lachlan: It was pretty daunting, there were 5500 people there - I just tried to focus and get an early touch and play the game.
You’re one of the youngest players to debut for the Norwood football club. Is this true?
Lachlan: There are a very small number to have debuted at 16, not sure of the exact number.
How many games have you played now and against who?
Lachlan: I played Port first - they’re our arch rivals and I hate them even more now! Then we played North Adelaide and got
thrashed by 10 goals so I won’t talk about that!
How many games are you expecting to play this season in the senior competition?
Lachlan: Hard to say - I’ll play as many as possible, I’ll play like my life depends on it and give it my all.
Are you looking to get drafted to the AFL?
Lachlan: I’m a mad Crows supporter so Crows, or maybe Collingwood, or anywhere in Melbourne or any of the big teams.
How do you balance playing football and doing well at school?
Lachlan: It’s not an easy job when everyone else is mucking around in class and you gotta put that aside and get the work done,
and I stay back after school sometimes and smash out a couple hours homework after training, It’s not easy but it’s
gotta be done.
What can we do to support you?
Lachlan: You guys do enough to support me and my family and friends are great too.
JUNIOR SCHOOL
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YEAR 2 EXCURSION
In Week 8 the Year 2 classes visited the
Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum. In
History this term, we have been learning
about how changes in technology have
changed daily life. It was interesting to
see some of the things we have been
learning about, in real life! Students
were able to play some old fashioned
games, use a washing board to wash
clothes, and have a look at how
people lived over 100 years ago.
It was a really great morning!
Denise Lediaev
Year 2 Teacher
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JUNIOR SCHOOL
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YEAR 4 SLEEPOVER
“On the Friday of Week 8 all of the Year 4 classes gathered together
in the Roy Magor Hall for our annual sleepover. Parents dropped
off many excited students ready for a night filled with fun, games
and laughter. After setting up their beds and going through some
housekeeping, students rotated through activities including
spotlight on the oval, photo booth fun and Lego creations. We
enjoyed tiny teddies and apples for supper, followed by a hilarious
bedtime story read by Mr Holmes. This year students (at least
the ones who hadn’t already fallen asleep) watched the movie
“Paper Planes” into the late evening. This helped set up our paper
plane flying competition in the morning after breakfast. Parents
picked up students still buzzing with excitement at a wonderful
experience had by all. A huge thankyou to all staff involved. Each year it feels like the sleepover
keeps getting better and better.”
Tim Wilson
Year 4 Classroom Teacher and
Curriculum Coordinator
YEAR 5 CAMP
On Wednesday 6 April, 85 very excited Year 5 students
arrived at school ready to go to camp. They were loaded
on the bus and travelled to El Shaddai camping centre in
Wellington on the Murray River.
The students rotated through a number of activities
including raft making and canoeing on the river.
They were challenged on the giant swing, the vertical
challenge and rock climbing. Students enjoyed trying
to shoot targets and soft toys with a bow and arrow and
working together as a team to complete challenges. They
braved the cold to have free time in the pool, met some
friendly reptiles and played space ball.
At night the students participated in Minute to Win It
activities. This included the ultimate grand final where
students found jelly beans in a bowl of baked beans
without using their hands; and get an Oreo from their
forehead to their mouth by only using the muscles in their
faces. The students and teachers did not go hungry with
delicious food being served six times each day.
Everyone had a great time and the students have
memories that will last a lifetime!
Naomi Smith
Year 5 Teacher
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
PREFECT PERSPECTIVE
by Jacob K
Throughout Term 1 the Middle School
has gone through and discovered more
about God and His Grace through the
Bible Bites devotions. Having Easter
a few weeks ago has made me think
more and more about God’s grace.
Mercy alone is difficult enough for me
to get my head around but grace goes
above that. The definition of grace
alone is very remarkable. Grace goes
above mercy, above being pardoned for
one’s wrong doing, above clemency. I
like to picture grace by thinking about
someone who is in debt and the judge
comes along and says you deserve to be
put in prison unless you pay your debt
but Jesus not only pays your debt but
gives you more. Jesus took our pain and
bore our sufferings so we could have a
relationship with him. I can’t understand
why some people decide to refuse that.
2 Corinthians 12:9 says “And he said to
me, My Grace is sufficient for you, for My
strength is made perfect in weakness”.
Mercy alone we do not deserve, but
Grace is more than we could have ever
needed. On top of giving us a second
chance He calls us into a relationship
with Him.
PROBLEM SOLVING IS A
LIFELONG STRATEGY
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MIDDLE SCHOOL PURPLE
PICNIC AND SPECIAL
ASSEMBLY
to support and promote Autism
Awareness during the month of
April.
We were very privileged to
participate in an Autism Awareness
event and to raise $410 dollars to
donate to Autism SA. Middle
School students joined
in a picnic with a purple
theme during lunchtime
and afterwards at assembly
heard from Peta and David
- speakers from Autism SA.
Mr Jones interviewed Tim,
who very bravely shared
about his journey when
he was first told about
his autism diagnosis.
Each of our Year 6 and
7 classes prepared and
presented an artefact
that helped explain an aspect of
autism. These artefacts will
be on display in school foyers over the
next few school weeks and will then
be donated to Autism SA.
Middle School staff would like to
thank the Year 6 and 7 teachers for
their artefacts, the canteen and
Café for opening early and the Zone
staff and students
Many a former student will know that I
for our picnic
love posing riddles or problem solving
decorations.
questions. Now the easy answer to
Most importantly thank you to our
why is that they are fun time-fillers.
school families for their kind donations
But I see them play a more significant
and to all the students who organised
role in a child’s development. Neil
such great picnic lunches - purple
deGrasse Tyson once spoke on the topic
cupcakes, rugs, cushions, champagne
of problem solving and said “the act of
glasses - as some very
learning how to do the math establishes
extravagant picnics were
a new kind of brain wiring in your mind,
organised.
a kind of problem solving brain wiring.
Wendy Jolley
So it’s not about what you learn, it’s
Deputy Principal Middle School
about what methods, tools, and tactics
you have to develop in order to solve the
problem that you may never see again for the rest of your life. But you will see other problems where these methods and tools
will become immensely valuable to you.”
So while the problem itself may never ‘be of use’, the skills learnt in solving that question are such that can be applied elsewhere
and are lifelong strategies for other problems. To demonstrate this, I leave posing this question that could be
discussed with your family: At a party, everyone shook hands with everybody else. There were 66 handshakes. How
many people were at the party?
Ken Abdy
Mathematics Curriculum Leader
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SENIOR SCHOOL
PREFECT PERSPECTIVE
by Sara C
The 2015 Kenya mission trip changed
my life. For those who are planning to
go this year, next year or anytime in your
life I strongly encourage you not to think
twice about going and just go because
trust me you will come back feeling
inspired. Not only do you get to create
the best bond between your teachers
and classmates but you also get to grow
friendships with the beautiful African
people that you meet. When the last day
came I began to get emotional because
I knew that my adventure was sadly
coming to an end. It was not until this
moment that I realised making a change
in someone else’s life can have an
impact on them massively. Every Kenyan
person I met, was not just occasionally
happy but they were internally joyful for
who they were and what God had given
them in life. I have everything and still
complain but for those Kenyans even
though they may have little they still
gave you a reason to smile, which was
why this trip changed my life and it is
why it can change yours.
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CONGRATUALTIONS
“We want to celebrate the achievement of Matthew J
(Year 11), who was recently awarded the position of Youth
Ambassador for the Friends of Australian Ballet (SA).
Matthew has been part of the elite Australian Ballet School
interstate programme for a number of years, as well as
recently being awarded the Kathleen Short Memorial Cup at
the Royal Academy of Dance Awards. Congratulations on your success Matthew!”
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