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The LORDS VoiceLutheran Ormeau Rivers District School Newsletter

Devotion ThoughtWhen you show compassion for someone you show empathy. God has compassion on us. God has shown compassion to us through sending Jesus to die on a cross. Because of this we continue to experience grace in our lives. As an expression of His love, we can continue to show compassion to others.

How can we put compassion into practice? Do you have a friend going through a tough time? Let them know you care and that you will listen to them. No judgment or advice needs to be given.

We often say we are too busy or we don’t have time today or we’ll do it next week. Don’t wait. The time to show compassion is now.

This is what the Lord says: Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.

Zechariah 7:9

Welcome to 2021

Welcome back to LORDS! A special welcome to the new students and their families who have joined the LORDS community this year. We hope and pray that your time with us will be a blessing.

February 5 2021

Term Dates for 2020Term 1: Wednesday, January 27 to Thursday, April 1Term 2: Monday, April 19 to Friday, June 18Term 3: Monday, July 12 to Friday, September 17Term 4: Tuesday, October 5 to Friday, December 3(Year 12 finishes on Friday, November 19)UniformJust a few reminders about the LORDS uniform:

• School shoes are to be black leather lace ups. Black shoes that look like sneakers or skate shoes are not permitted. Vans and shoes with buckles (lady janes) are not appropriate.

• Sport shoes are to be black runners / cross trainers (not basketball shoes, Dunlop volleys or similar ‘court’ shoes).

• Hair – no extreme hair colouring (including streaks) or haircuts. Hair is to be off the collar and out of eyes, no severe undercuts (nothing less than a 3-blade).

• Piercings – the only piercings that are appropriate are single ear lobe piercings for girls only. Any other facial piercings are NOT acceptable. Clear studs are also not acceptable as they still can be seen.

• Sport & Formal Hats – label clearly inside the hats.Just a reminder that during Terms 1 & 4, boys (Year 1-6) may wear their short sports socks rather than the long formal socks. Long socks must still be worn with formal uniform during Terms 2 & 3. All other uniform requirements remain the same.

A BLESSING

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all, enabling us to grow in courage and empathy facing each day with hope and imagination.Amen.

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Welcome to 2021 everyone.

There is a lot of optimism and opportunity when it comes to sport and physical education at our school this year as we look to start new initiatives.

Netball

Netball recommences in 2021 catering for students from years 2 to 12. Senior School (7 – 12) will operate on a Tuesday after school and Junior School (2 – 6) will operate on a Thursday after school. Both days will run from 3:15 to 4:15.

Futsal

For the first time this year, Futsal will be open for all grades (P – 12). P – 6 will run on a Tuesday afternoon from 3:15 – 4:15 and 7 – 12 will operate on a Thursday morning from 7:15 – 8:15.

Running Club

Thursday mornings will be busy at LORDS as we kick off our running club. This is open to anyone from grades 3 – 12 who want to get active and get some exercise before school on Thursday morning from 7:30 - 8:15.

Kokoda

LORDS will represent at KOKODA again in 2021. The first information session for students will be Tuesday at lunch of week 2. If students wish to participate in KOKODA this year, they must come to the information on that Tuesday. More information will follow.

Touch

LORDS will be looking to kickstart a touch football development program similar to our futsal and netball programs. Stay tuned as a community survey will come out soon to gauge interest.

AGCC

AGCC training will commence in week 3 with our interschool games beginning in week 6 of this term.

Junior School Sport

Junior School Interschool Sport will begin in week 5 vs Livingstone. Students will select their sports in week 1.

Swimming

The Beenleigh Zone swimming carnival for Junior School will be held at Canterbury College on February 8th. Districts will be held on February 15th for all students 10 – 19 who qualify.

The LORDS Sport ReportBeach Safety Day

Our grade 5/6 students will participate in a beach safety day at Burleigh Heads on Monday, March 8th. More information will come for these students.

It will be a busy start to the 2021 calendar and that is good as we look to engage our students in many different sporting opportunities.

Mr Brandon Bull

The Return of Futsal

Junior school futsal will resume in Week 3 (Tuesday 9th Feb) and will run from 3.15-4.15pm. Please meet on the oval. We are not too far off of being able to enter a girls only team in some of the age groups. It would be great to have a couple more young ladies to join us so that we can make this happen.

Great news! Futsal is expanding!

All students in the Middle and senior school are invited to join. Middle and Senior school sessions will begin on Thursday 11th Feb and will run each Thursday morning from 7.15am-8.15am in the COLA. Grab your mates and come for a kick.

Futsal is free and non-committal, come and go as you please. As a school we also enter a variety of tournaments throughout the year.

Get your boots ready! We look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.

Mrs Belinda Steinhardt

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Junior School Music

Monday

8am JS SING Choir G1

Year 2 – 6, all welcome.

A more ‘free’ choir – come and sing, not too tricky, we don’t sing in lines, we might move, hopefully being more fun and ‘fun song’ based.

12:45 MUSICAL G1

Starting date TBA – core cast and dancers for 2021 Musical

3:15pm MUSICAL (6A Classroom)

Starting Date TBA – core cast and dancers.

3:15pm DANCE G1

Private Dance, run by external Dance Teacher Lauren Buhner discretion.

Tuesday

8am Junior Orchestra I 12

Open for Year 3+, students will be established with their teacher if they are to attend this group. Currently some students from Yr 3 – 11 attending. Attendance at Music Teacher’s discretion.

Period One:

Year Three Strings Program – attending with Arabella Fraser. G1.

Period Two:

Year Four Strings Program – attending with Nicole Fry. G1.

12:45pm JS String Ensemble G1

Any Junior School strings students can be involved (including private lesson students) but at Mel Coles (String’s Teacher)’s discretion.

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Junior School MusicWednesday

8am Junior Orchestra I 12

8am JS Bel Canto Choir G1

A more serious choir, for Year 3+. Students should attend Monday 8- 8:25 as well, to be eligible for this choir.

Students MUST attend 8 – 8:50am for Bel Canto Choir.

12:45pm JS Percussion Ensemble G1

Come and play! Designed for students to play instruments in a group, mostly by ear, and mostly using the instruments in the music room (Ukuleles, xylophones, etc).

Thursday

Period Five:

Year Five Concert Band - attending with Year Five teacher. I 12 (downstairs senior music room)

Period Six:

Year Six Concert Band – attending with Year Six teacher. I 12

Guitar Lessonswith

Michael SmithAll Ages

FREE TRIAL LESSON

0412 773 758

Year 6 is off to a fabulous musical start to 2021!

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COMING 2021LAP IT UP.......

Mr Bull’s Funtastic Thursday mornings are BACK in 2021…with a TWISTWho: Anyone in Grades 3- 12When: Thursday Mornings (7:30 – 8:15) Starting Week 3

Every 3rd, 6th and 9th week will be a LAP IT UP challenge week, where every lap is counted to try and receive running badges, with the ultimate goal of running a marathon – 42km!

To celebrate student’s achievements along the way Bronze, Silver & Gold Badges will be received when:

Grades Bronze Badge Silver Badge Gold Badge3 & 4 10km 20km 30km5 & 6 15km 25km 35km7 - 12 20km 30km 42km

On the alternate weeks Mr Bull will continue funtastic fitness training with the 3-6 students while Mr Hadley will work with the High School Students to maintain running fitness levels.

To register or for information please To register or for information please contact Mrs Carlson :contact Mrs Carlson :[email protected]@lords.qld.edu.au

Junior School Lunchtime Clubs Term 1 2021 (Starting Week 2)

JS Lunchtime Clubs Term 1 2021 Day Staff MemberArt Club (Year 3-6) Wednesday Miss Schutt (F3)Anime Club (3-6) Wednesday Miss Hoile (I4)Board games (3-6) Monday Miss Allan (H3)Creative Writing / Illustrating Club (1-6)

Monday Mrs Ludcke (Library)

Lego Club (Prep) Wednesday Mrs Gray & Mrs PennisiStudent Council (Semester 1 reps)

Monday Miss Smith & Mrs Hardke

Indoor Games (1-6) Tuesday & Thursday Mrs Alcock (JS LE Hub)Dance (P-3) Friday Miss Humphrey & Mrs NairPercussion Ensemble Wednesday Mrs Vezos (G1)STEM Club (3-6) Max 16 students (start date TBA)

Thursday Mrs Andersson

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From the Junior SchoolClass Carers

Class Carers are a group of parents who volunteer to take on a role of service to both the families and the teachers of Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School (LORDS).

AIMS

• To care for the students and families of our school.

• To provide channels of communication between families and between families and the school.

• To assist teachers in the care and support of the students and families of their class.

• To develop further our sense of community.

1. Role of Class Carers

• Support and assist families of the class.

• Support and assist the class teacher.

• Promote positive relations between parents and the teacher.

• Maintain confidentiality of all involved, while passing on relevant information to the Class teacher, Head of Junior School or Principal if deemed appropriate.

• To model Christ in all situations.

• The role of Class Carer is NOT to act as a ‘go-between’ to resolve conflicts between parents/teacher(s) or parent/parent. It is expected that the Grievance Policy and Procedure / Round Table Policy will be adhered to if difficulties arise.

2. Selection of Class Carers

• Candidates can self-nominate, or be nominated by teachers or previous Class Carers.

• Self- Nominated or Nominated Class Carers will be approached by the Head of Junior School or Principal.

• One or two people will act as Class Carer at any one time for each class, forming a Learning Community Team with preferably at least one of the team members being an active Christian.

3. Class Carers Meetings

• Class Carers meetings will be held at the beginning of each term.

• Class Carers are asked to be present at each meeting.

4. Communicating Information

• Class Carers will communicate any significant information (e.g. births, bereavements, sickness, family crisis) to the Head of Junior School, who will in turn convey such information to the Principal if necessary.

• It is expected that sensitivity and discretion will be exercised by Class Carers when dealing with personal information whilst serving in this role, taking particular note of the Privacy Policy.

• Further information regarding specific tasks for class carers can be found in the Class Carers’ Handbook. (Available from your classroom teacher) Please let your classroom teacher know – via email if you might be interested in taking on this important role for 2021. We would like to finalise our class carers no later than Monday 15 Feb 2021.

We will be highlighting our students by year groups throughout 2021. We've kicked off February with the youngest students in our school, Prep and Year 1.

This month, the Prep and Year 1 students can enter a drawing competition depicting their first week at school. The teachers have the forms so please encourage your little ones to enter. We will be giving the best 3 drawings an art prize for their efforts. Visit our web site in the coming weeks to see their artwork. There's more to come so watch Facebook and our web site!

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From the Senior SchoolCongratulations

Congratulations to Brady W on his school based traineeship with Narellan Pools. Brady will be

working one day per week with the Narellan team while completing his certificate III in Business

Administration.

Year 12 - 2021

Last school photo for our Year 12s! We are very proud of these young people and look forward to watching them serve and lead the community this year. Straight after this photo, our student leaders

handed out “Week 1 - Done Zooper Doopers” to students in a young grades. These students are

ready and keen to do great things in 2021!

Year 12s have been planning a Thursday afternoon program, which will take place every week during sport time. Their thinking reflects their understanding of the importance of balance, study, wellbeing and connection. They began their planning last year and have refined their thinking today - before launching the program. We are keen to work alongside these young people to hear their thinking and put in place great things for their final year.

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT MEET CHLOE - YEAR 9

Year 9 student, Chloe is a high level eventer, competing in dressage, show jumping and cross country, with her horse Waterlily.

Chloe travels all over Queensland competing in 3 day events to win points towards the under 18 Queensland eventing competition. With Chloe's dedication and hard work throughout the season last year she came first in Queensland!

Congratulations Chloe!

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Outside School Hours & Vacation CareBefore and After School Care is available on site at LORDS Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays. Please contact the coordinator Lorrae Gascoyne at [email protected] for details. For change of bookings please text 0437 519 754.

Uniform Purchases at The School LockerLORDS uniforms are available at The School Locker, 3892 Pacific Highway, Loganholme Phone 3440 9701.

On Campus Uniform ShopThe Uniform Shop at LORDS is located between the COLA and Administration Building. It is open on Mondays between 7.45am and 10.15am and on Wednesdays and Fridays between 1pm and 3.45pm.

Second Hand LORDS Uniforms Sustainable School Shop enables parents to buy and sell second-hand LORDS uniform items online. To search for items in the Sustainable School Shop go to:http://www.sustainableschoolshop.com.au/stocktake/lutheran-ormeau-rivers-district-school

School Office Our office hours are between 8.00am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday with the exception of Public Holidays.

What You need to Know UPCOMING EVENTS

• Monday 8th February: Prep, Year 1, 2, 8, 9, 12 Parent Connection Evening 7pm

• Wednesday 10th February: Year 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 Parent Connection Evening 7pm

• Friday 12th February: LORDS Youth Group (6-8pm Year 7-12 students)

• Monday 15th February: District Swimming Carnival, Year 7-9 Cyberia Production (incursion)

• Tuesday 16th February: SEQ Water Year 7 Incursion

• Thursday 18th February: Rosies Volunteering (Staff & Year 12 students)

• Friday 12th March: Year 7 Immunisations: Human papillomavirus (HPV), Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough)

Save the Date

Parents check your email for

how to register

New Co-curr icular

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Prayer Corner• This year we will be praying for families in our

community and their needs: Abel, Acton, Adami, Adams, Adams-Jones, and Aglio

• Give thanks for the rain• That new staff and students feel welcome

and settle in to the LORDS Community• Give thanks that our new building

projects are underway• Blessings for the LORDS Youth Group

starting soon

SUNDAY PARISH WORSHIPS

Alberton Lutheran ParishPastor Geoff Johnston Phone: (07) 3287 2084 St Peters (Alberton, Alberton Rd): 8.00am Bethlehem (Stapylton-Jacobs Well Rd, Woongoolba): 9.30am

Bethesda Lutheran Church Divine Service Phone: (07) 3807 6600

(81 City Rd, Beenleigh) 8:30am HC every Sunday Pastor David Haak

Bethania Lutheran Church Phone: (07) 3200 5357 (5-17 Church Rd, Bethania): 9am

Jodie Hoff (Principal) “We are the Lord’s.”

Romans 14:8

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