Emmanuel Christian School Newsletter 25th August 2015 Principal: Mr Scott Winkler Email: admin@emmanuel.tas.edu.au Phone: 6247 8476 A Word from the Principal I am the Lord your God... Exodus 20:2a When Scottish theologian John Baillie taught at Edinburgh University, he made it a practice to open his course on the doctrine of God with these words: "We must remember, in discussing God, that we cannot talk about Him without His hearing every word we say. We may be able to talk about others behind their backs, but God is everywhere, yes, even in this classroom. Therefore, in all our discussions we must be aware of His infinite presence, and talk about Him, as it were, before His face." 1 More and more we live in a world who doesn't believe God exists. This, for the here and now, is quite a comforting thought because we would not need to be worried about what we say or how we act. We can continue to live lives that centre on us. The thought of an all-knowing God watching our every move and judging every thought is one that people choose to ignore. This illustration of an ostrich with its head in the sand 2 is a perfect image of people who choose to ignore God. They cannot see God is at work all around them. They certainly don t have to acknowledge God as Lord. Acknowledging God as Lord magnifies God and minimises us. It say God is in charge, not me. It means we serve God as infinitely superior and more important than us. He is also vastly more caring and protective. Praise God for Christian education at Emmanuel. We can freely acknowledge Jesus as Lord and bring our students before our Lord God. The picture here from The Life Coach website doesn t have to be that of one of our children because we can open God s word with them and show them the truth. 1 http://www.sermonillustrations.com/a-z/g/god.htm 2 http://www.thelifecoach.co.nz/is-your-head-in-the-sand/ Sincerely, Scott Winkler Principal For the diary: Fri 28th Aug Grade 9 Excursion - Woodbridge Wed 2nd Sept Immunisation Wed 9th-10 Sept Whole Primary School Performance Rehearsal Thurs 18th Sept Footy Colours Day ( Primary only) Fri 25th Sept Last Day of Term 3 Mon 12th Oct First Day of Term 4 NO School Banking School Banking will not be available for this - Friday 28th August as Mr Faulkner is away. Banking will resume on Friday 4th September.
2015 Primary Production News Hi Parents, Your children have now all been given parts in our production and are busy rehearsing lines, singing songs and dancing. You should have also received a costume notice with your child s costume requirements. Please send all clothes and accessories in a named bag to school by the end of next week. Most of your children are Wemmicks and require braces of some sort. We have found braces for just over $3 at Shiploads which would be perfect. Tickets are now available at the School Office for $5 each. Blessings, Mrs AJ Crane FUTSAL The Hobart Youth Futsal competition will run from 11 September till 19th December (Friday nights) and is open to children aged 6 to 15. We are looking to organise teams from Emmanuel. The cost is $7 per week per child and each team will need an adult co -ordinator. If your children are interested please register your interest at the school office. Forms have been sent home For more information please call Marietta and Jonathon on 0427540021 or email sangows@gmail.com. A reminder that the Primary School has introduced Crunch & Sip Break during your child s daily PE time. Please ensure that they bring a piece of fruit or vegetable to have during this time as well as a bottle of water. 'My kids won't eat vegetables!'...'how can I get my toddler to eat new foods?' Do the above phrases sound familiar to you? Do you have kids that are fussy, or unwilling to try new foods? Try the following tips to help keep you sane and your kids healthy. Surround them with healthy food messages Books: read books that convey healthy food messages. Some classics are: Jasper Mcflea will Not Eat his Tea by Lee Fox; Vegetable Glue by Susan Chandler; Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss and; The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Activities: provide healthy art and craft activities e.g. look for healthy food colour-in pages or books; get children to cut out fruit and veg pictures from the supermarket brochures. They can then paste these in a food scrapbook. Songs: some classics are Hot Potato by The Wiggles, Watermelon by Justine Clarke. Pictures: hang up bright healthy food pictures in the kitchen. Fruit bowl: always have a readily supplied fruit bowl in easy view and within reach on the kitchen table or bench. Put the cookie jar out of sight! Have only healthy choices available in the fridge and pantry. Strategically place healthiest choices within eye view. Uniform News 20% SALE All new items are 20% off for the next 2 weeks. 31st August till 11th September. Opening hours during the sale are: Tuesday 8.30-10am and Friday 8.30-10am. If you can not make it to the shop then please fill out an order form in the office
Secondary News We have a lot to celebrate this week. Firstly, I would like to congratulate the following students who took part in the 40 Hour Famine for 2015: Charlie Roberts Ella Stagg Stephanie King Ella Zieserl Zane Bennis Noah Bennis Ellie Shields Georgia Wilson Ella Newman Ella Hodge Amy Hodge Alana Langlois Daniel Langlois Oliver Nillsen Mitchell Woods Mikayla Eduljee Eli Eduljee Kaitelyn Eduljee Micah Roberts Evangeline Roberts Christian Roberts Keziah Sansom-Gower Jemima Sansom-Gower Malachi Sansom-Gower Jarvis Kelly Felix Kelly Scarlett Kelly Hannah Denman Caleb Denman Joel Hill Molly Galbraith Mia Galbraith Jamie-Lee Hazel Robert Hazel Anaeya Meaklim Jeriah Meaklim Tarrin Meaklim Lucy King Ebony Young Connor McMiles Shayla Nowakowski Tye Nowakowski Tynan Green Tiarni Fox Shakira Fox Naomi Try Emily Whitehouse Lydia Panne Zali Pattison Thomas Dorsett Namaya Lenartowicz-Winder Zachary Leece Bobby Gregory Poppy Mansbridge Apologies to anyone else missed from this list! The Emmanuel Team had over 50 members and has raised $3112. Please bring in any remaining donations so that we can reach our target by the end of the week. Donations can still be made at https://40hf2015.everydayhero.com/au/emmanuel-christian-school Last Sunday Emmanuel students took part in the Mathematical Association of Tasmania Maths Relay. Micah Roberts, Daniel Langlois, Thomas Dorsett and Edward Nillsen from Years 7 & 8 formed the team which represented Emmanuel for the first time. The boys participated well in the event and answered 16 of the 20 questions (passing on a few). Our results for Secondary students in the Big Science Competition were very pleasing. Emmanuel had fifteen students participate, with the following results: $ 4000 Credit Awards Distinction Awards High Distinction Award Daniel Langlois Tynan Green Edward Nillsen Matthew Neville Luke Simpson Micah Roberts Corey Eduljee Abigail Neville Jessica Stringer Well done on some fantastic achievements. It is good to see students using their talents in so many areas and to be able to celebrate with them too. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 Luke Roberts, Secondary Coordinator
No Little Learners 25th August School Dates For 2016 Term 1 Commences: Monday1st Feb Easter: Friday 25th - Monday 28th Mar Term 1 Concludes: Friday 8th April Term 2 Commences: Tuesday 26th April Term 2 Concludes: Friday 1st July Term 3 Commences: Monday 25th July Term 3 Concludes: Friday 23rd Sept Term 4 Commences: Monday 10th Oct Term 4 Concludes: Thursday 15th Dec The Emmanuel Christian School Blog: http://emmanuelchristianschool.blogspot.com.au/ Comments can be left. They will be moderated before being put up but would be welcome.