Gala Day Sport
Approximately 60 of wonderful Year 4, 5 and 6 students set off last Friday to brave the wilds of the District Touch, AFL (girls) and Cricket (boys) fields.
As we are accustomed too, exemplary behaviour from our amazing students, fine support and direction from our wonderful teaching staff and inspired efforts from the novice to the seasoned campaigner, meant a wonderful, fulfilling and successful day all around.
Our touch teams (1 Yr6 team and 1 Yr4/5 team) played a combined 10 games, winning 5, drawing 3 and loosing 2 to leave the Seniors outright second on the ladder and the Juniors equal 3rd.
The AFL girls performed admirably, but were somewhat under strength, a player or 2 down for each game. They fought hard and developed with each outing, however found the oppositions superior, size, numbers and experience very challenging.
The cricketers (2 Senior and 2 Junior teams) all performed wonderfully, coordinating fielding, batting and bowling duties with great teamwork as competition conditions required each team to vary players and roles within each game. Many extravagant shots were played, dispatching wayward deliveries to all corners of the cricketing sphere, routine acts of fielding quickly became majestic, then legendary, then outrageous acts of superhuman coordination and dexterity, while not 1, but several dozen “balls of the century” were delivered from our budding Tiger’s, Clarie’s, Richie’s and Warnie’s.
A magnificent day in somewhat bleak conditions ensured that too much sport is never enough and that respectively, Touch, AFL and Cricket were undoubtedly the winners on the day.
The final instalment of this epic sport-a-thon takes place this Friday 19 August, at the same venues.
District Cricket
Two of our outstanding cricketers, Lucas and Shahdin from Year 6, wowed selectors at the recently (often postponed and rescheduled) completed District trial. Both boys will participate in the Regional Cricket carnival coming up later in the term. Congratulations and we pray God’s provision and protection over you both as you follow your dreams.
Green is for GROW.
Maybe you are a fan of Kermit. This picture might just help you appreciate the following idea: Kermit is all green.
In Chapel, you may have noticed that there is quite a splash of green around the place (Parents, you are always welcome, on Friday mornings, to hang around after school drop off, and come along to Chapel at 8.30am). That’s because it’s the season of GREEN!!! Anything that is green is growing. So, green can stand for the way God’s Words are planted in our lives and Grow into something amazing. So, enjoy this verse by Paul (Colossians 2:6-10)
6 You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. Now keep on following him. 7 Plant your roots in Christ and let him be the foundation for your life. Be strong in your faith, just as you were taught. And be grateful. 9 God lives fully in Christ. 10 And you are fully grown because you belong to Christ, who is over every power and authority.
And while we’re at it, Green is for GO … that’s what traffic lights tell us.
Prayer: Jesus, thanks for your Words, planted in our life, and your Promise that they will Grow into an amazing Life.
Pastor Mike
Library Monitors play a very important role in the community of our Library at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School.
The Library Monitors support the Library and provide service in many ways:
- they shelve books,
- help create displays,
- assist in the selection of books for the Library ‘s collection,
- support younger students to locate books,
- and help run the lunch time library activities.
They provide a valuable service to the Library. To thank these students, the Library hosted a tea party at lunch time. There were donuts, macaroons, home baked cakes and of course tea! The students were very excited to be celebrated and we thank the Library Monitors for their service and dedication this year!
Mrs Stephens
Teacher Librarian
Tuckshop wishes to thank everybody for the amazing response to the EKKA Special Lunch held on 10 August. A special thank you to all of the parent, grandparent and staff volunteers. Without you, Wednesday would not have been such a success. A big shout out to students as well, who showed such wonderful manners.
We were blown away with the response to this day, with almost 2/3 of the school participating. We can’t wait to offer more special Tuckshop days in the future.
Rebecca Ulrich
Tuckshop Convenor
This year, we at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary & Kindy are partnering with Grace Lutheran College Caboolture, St Paul’s Aged Care, Intercept, Infinity Youth, and St Paul’s Church to help raise funds for Walk My Way event coming up on Sunday 11 September. Each $26 that we raise will help send a refugee child to school for a whole year.
All you need to do is register through the link or QR code to be a part of the Lutheran Ministries Caboolture team!
Date: 11 September 2022
Time: 3:00pm arrive, for a 3:15pm opening.
Finishes: The walk will finish back at the church for a brief celebration service and a BBQ dinner.
Cost: It’s free to register, just send your link out to friends and family to help raise funds. Shirts cost $15 from the online t-shirt shop.
Looking forward to walking along side you this 11 September!
Blessings
Chappy Teneille
This week at St Paul’s, we have been focussing on Joy and the power of laughter in our lives and the lives of those around us. Mrs Jealous has been asking students to fill her mailbox (which sits outside her office) with ‘Dad Jokes’ that we can share with the community. This got me thinking about the power of joy (and laughter) in our lives.
Engineers Without Borders
Last Monday, students in Years 5 and 6 were visited by Engineers Without Borders. They learnt about the many and varied engineering roles, what an engineer does, and they were given an engineering problem to solve. To solve the engineering problem, students were given a real-life context, where they learnt about the seasonal conditions in Cambodia and the implications for residents in the houses that they live in. Students were given a minimal budget and a small number of materials to buy within this budget and they were tasked with constructing a floating house.
Our students were deeply engaged in this task and the Engineers visiting our school were so impressed with their curiosity, deep engagement, and the questions they asked both about the cultural and geographic context within Cambodia and in their inquiry into what materials would help their house to float.
Students then tested their design and adjusted as needed. Once their floating house was stable enough to float, they tested their design further to see the weight it could carry by using a range of small weights that they placed on one at a time.
Our students absolutely loved having the Engineers Without Borders’ volunteers visit us and I am sure we have more than a few budding engineers in our midst!
We have also been presenting our plasticine models of the life cycle of mealworms as a conclusion to our recent Science Unit. These will be displayed at the Learning Expo.
When God Says “No”
Maybe you’ve prayed and petitioned for God to open doors in your life, just to feel the breeze of door after door swinging shut. Maybe you’ve prayed for the healing of a loved one, just to see him or her pass away. Or perhaps, you prayed for a new job and never got it.
When We Hear “No”
When we pray for something and it doesn’t happen, it is easy to believe God hasn’t answered our prayers. We begin to think that God has forgotten us or was too busy dealing with something bigger or better. No prayer prayed goes unanswered. The answer just might not be what we expected. Sometimes God says “yes,” while other times His answer is “not yet” or even “no.”
If you’ve ever felt God saying “no,” you’re in good company. David, one of Israel’s kings and a man after God’s own heart, asked God to build a temple and God said no (1 Chronicles 28). Paul, author of most of the New Testament, begged God three times to remove a thorn piercing into him and God said no (2 Corinthians 12:7-10). Jesus even petitioned for God to rid Him of His suffering the night before He died on the cross and God said no (Mark 14:32-42).
No prayer prayed goes unanswered. The answer just might not be what we expected.
God tells us no because He knows that there is something better for us. In Isaiah 55, God makes a comforting statement to His people, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:9). If God is telling you no, don’t lose hope! Trust that God knows what He is doing and has something better than what we wanted.
Sometimes “No” is “Yes”
It is hard to accept “no” for an answer and easy to believe that God’s decline is a sign of His rejection. But God never says “no” to mock or mame us. His “no” is to make room for a better “yes” for our lives. After all, if God hadn’t told Jesus no, we would have never had the opportunity of salvation!
The Best is Yet To Come
God knows what’s best for our lives, and sometimes what’s best involves saying no. When God says no, take hope – He is making room in your life to move in ways that you cannot even imagine.
Romans 8:28 is a great reminder for everyone that has accepted Christ into their lives that, “…in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
God promises that He will work together everything we experience even the hard and painful stuff–for our good in ways that are better than we could ever imagine. (https://newspring.cc/articles/when-god-says-no)
