Thought to ponder …….
A Child's Prayer for Grandparents
Dear God, please bless my grandparents.
Thank you for the life they gave my parents
and for the life they give to me.
Let them be healed of every sickness and pain.
And let them see with their own eyes
the glory of your Son, Jesus,
in the love of their children and grandchildren.
Copyright © 2005, Diana Macalintal
For the ways they helped me and made me strong,
I give thanks.
For the ways they love me no matter what, I rejoice.
For the ways they have paved the road
that leads me here, I am grateful.
Let them grow in wisdom and joy in life.
Let them find peace and rest from their work.
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Welcome back to term 4! I still find it hard to
believe we are starting the final term of 2014 and
out of all the terms this one seems to speed along
the quickest.
The final term of the year means that we are
preparing to farewell our senior class GTK. On
speaking with several of the students yesterday
there is a range of emotions from sadness to
excitement to trepidation at what lies ahead in
2015. I’d like to wish GTK the very best as they
start their final term and pray that this will be a
wonderful time spent with their friends and
teachers.
I’d also like to reflect back to the end of last term
which finished with the junior sports carnival. This
was such a great day with lots of fun, good
competition and great sportsmanship. Thank you
to our preps to year 2’s for the way they
conducted themselves during the carnival and the
fantastic encouragement they gave to each other.
Thank you also to Mr Sutherland who did a
fantastic job in organising such a fun event.
Where else but Bethania Lutheran School would
you see a gumboot throwing competition and a
chase the monkey obstacle course and yes there
was a monkey. It was also wonderful to have the
kindy boys and girls come over to join in. We love
having them along as part of our community.
Once again our senior Captains did a great job in
assisting Mr Sutherland and working with all the
children. It makes me very proud to see our
youngest and oldest students creating such a
friendly atmosphere together. To complete the
day all the children were provided with a sausage
sizzle and drink. Thank you to the P and F for
organising the food, coffee van and delicious
treats for all the parents and friends. It was very
much appreciated!
This week ends with Grandparents and Special
Friends Day which is another highlight on the
school’s calendar. The children love being able to
show their grandparents or special friend around
their school and I hope that all who visit us will
leave with some special memories.
Catherine Eyers
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SCHOOL NEWS
Grandparent’s Day
This Friday 10th October we invite our special
visitors to our school to join in Chapel and activities
in the classroom. Visitors can meet at the Chapel
at 8:45am and walk back with their class. Morning
tea will be held on the courts at 10:30am.
Book Club
Scholastic Book Club orders are due back by 23rd
October.
Monday Assembly
Mr Bert van Manen (Federal Member for Forde)
will be visiting with us at our Assembly next
Monday afternoon to present certificates to our
Year 6/7 students as a record of their visit to
Parliament House Canberra. All parents are
welcome to attend.
Walk for Cambodia
An amazing total of $ 5011.50 was raised through
the walkathon to raise money for the building of a
road in a Cambodian village. A mammoth effort
and thank you to Year 5’s for the organisation.
POSITIVE PARENTING
ING
The Strong Willed Child
Every child brings with them their own unique joys and challenges. It can often be frustrating to try
strategies for relating to your child that you have seen work with others but just don’t work for yours. It is
not all that unusual to find that even in the same family, tried and true methods might have little to no
effect on one child but work wonders with another. This term we are going to have a look at various
personality types and give you a few tips that might work for these uniquely
individual children.
To start off the term we are going to talk about possibly one of the most challenging
personality types - the strong willed child. While these children can be a challenge
when they are young, strong willed children often grow to be very self-motivated,
inner directed young people who seem almost impervious to peer pressure.
Sensitively parented, these children can grow to be the leaders of the next
generation. A strong willed child is often described as ‘stubborn’ or ‘difficult’ but the
truth is, they are just the kind of people who want to learn things for themselves
rather than just accepting what others accept. It is precisely this quality that
enables them to grow to be people of integrity, not easily swayed by popular
opinion. Strong-willed kids have big, passionate feelings and live at full throttle.
The most dangerous temptation of parents of these children is to “break their will” as they are constantly
testing the limits over and over. It is important to note that it takes two to have a power struggle. You
don't have to attend every argument to which you're invited! Parents who pay attention can avoid power
struggles, even with strong-willed kids, by empathizing as they set limits, giving choices, and
understanding that respect goes both ways.
Looking for win/win solutions and understanding their perspective, rather than just laying down the law,
keeps strong-willed children from becoming explosive and teaches them essential skills of negotiation
and compromise. You want to raise a child who has self-discipline, takes responsibility, and is
considerate -- and most important, has the discernment to figure out who to trust and when to be
influenced by someone else. That discernment only comes when kids are taught to think for themselves,
rather than simply obeying authority. Remember that strong-willed kids are experiential learners. That
means they have to see for themselves that the swing is too high. So unless you're worried about
serious injury, it's more effective to let them learn through experience, instead of trying to control them.
Suzanne Jessen
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Class
5TP
Amount
1019.00
through extension—Mrs Douglas
PAH
794.70
Logical Thinking Challenge
PST
554.00
3JW
459.55
Kindy
403.80
Staff & Extra's
356.00
1JL
249.30
2BV
232.70
2EJ
222.00
GTK
215.45
3JA
204.40
1NK
152.95
147.65
5011.50
ENRICHMENT
Extremely difficult online challenge
August 18-21 (week 6)
Extension maths students involvement
Year 3-7
30% and higher was above the national average
Our Top 5 achievers
Kai Smith (Yr 6) – 69.5%
George Rosales (Yr 6) – 62.54%
Allyson Armstrong (Yr 3) - 61.75%
Liam Simpkins (Yr 5) and Ayden
Bellamy (Yr 5) – 59.66%
4KS
PUPIL FREE DAY October 20th – OSHC will be operating with a full day of fun for the children… Giant
weaving. nature crafts and more….Please email the service to make your booking …… This is the best way
Personal information – Please ensure that your contact information is up to date. This is extremely important
especially in the case of any
emergency…..
Sandra Gibson - Service Leader
Outside School Hours Care
Uniform Shop
Opening hours Monday to Friday 8.20 am to 9.20am
Term 4 means the start of stock arriving for the start of the 2015 school year. We also have the many
questions relating to the purchasing of uniforms and making appointments for fittings. During the term I will
answer some of these questions. When do we make appointments and when are the appointment times?
Appointment notices will be sent out around Week 7-8 of this term. We ask you to return these as soon as
possible. The appointment times will be during the week prior to school commencing on January 27th 2015.
Swimming Year 2 to 7 Class swimming lessons start on the 17th of October. Swimming Uniform
Requirements: Female students require a full piece swimsuit with a rash shirt. Male students require
speedo style swimmers with a rash shirt. All students require a swimming cap in their House colors, goggles
and a towel. The school prefers the students to wear royal blue swim wear which is available from the
Uniform Shop.
Music Lessons: Term four music lessons are able to be paid on line or directly at the Uniform Shop. When
paying online please select the correct instrument and teacher for each individual child.
Just Arrived: School bags, Sport polo shirts in all sizes.
Lost property: The lost property box was left overflowing with lost items at the end of last term. Lost items
from Term 3 are now located in the Uniform Shop. Term 4 lost property will be in the lost property box located
at the office. Please clearly name all your child’s belongings.
Name label’s : Today in the newsletter you will receive an order form for Oz label’s. The school is an agent
for Oz labels. All orders placed under the school’s code FRS1367 will enable the school to receive a sales
commission that is used to purchase resources for all students.
Have a nice week Lee-Anne Brooks uniform Coordinator
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Swimming lessons 2014
In the Sport Light
This term we will be starting our swimming lessons for Years 2 to
7. The lessons begin next week on Friday the 17th of October and
run for five weeks. Our school bus will transport the students to
and from their swimming lessons held at the Beenleigh Pool.
Parents are welcome to attend and observe the compulsory
lessons. Students will be getting changed before and after their
lessons at school only. Students will wear on the bus their
swimmers, cap, goggles, towel and thongs or crocs. This is to
preserve time at the pool so the students will get their full 30
minutes of lesson as soon as they arrive. Please see the uniform
shop for information on the compulsory uniforms for swimming
lessons. A timetable of classes and lesson start times are as
follows.
2EJ
2BV
3SL
3JW
4KS
5TP
6/7GTK
@ 9.45am start
@ 10.15am start
@ 10.45am start
@ 11.15am start
@ 11.45am start
@ 12.15pm start
@ 12.45pm start
In the Sport Light this week is Ayden
Bellamy who has continued on the path
to greatness in his wakeboarding career. Over the holidays Ayden moved
up the Australian rankings with a 3rd
placing in the ‘Bli Bli Wake Festival’ Rail
Jam competition. Ayden is now in
negotiations to set up his first
sponsorship with a water sports shop.
He is already back in training for his
next competition, ‘Board Stocks’, held in
December on the Sunshine Coast at
Bli
Bli.
Elite habits will
get you there.
T.Sutherland
Tri Sports Shield
The much anticipated cricket game between LORDS and BLS is still in negotiations for a rescheduled date.
The match last term was postponed due to the LORDS HPE teacher falling ill a day before the scheduled
start; this was a blessing for Bethania as three of the starting line-up was nursing injuries that would have put
them out of the game. Although the injuries are now mended we are still awaiting a new date for the match.
Special Guests at Bethania Lutheran Worship this
Sunday 12th October will be Rev Reid and
Christine Matthias from the Lockyer Valley Parish
who form the Apostle 13 Ministry. 9:00 am All
welcome.
CALE NDAR
October 10
Grandparents Day
October 17
Yr 2-7 Swimming Commences
October 20
Pupil Free Day
DIRECTORY
School
Phone 3200 5363
Email [email protected]
Website www.bethania.qld.edu.au
Worship
Pastor Mike Neldner
Phone 3200 5357
Sunday Worship 9:00am
All welcome
OSHC
Phone 3805 3666
Email [email protected]
Kindergarten Phone 3200 5829
Bus Drivers Mr Leo Pereira 0417 415 521
Logan Coaches 5546 3077
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