Year 6 & 7 Ankara Trip

Woolworths and Landcare Australia Grant

Prescott Primary Northern received some exciting news this week! Woolworths and Landcare Australia have offered our school a grant for  $918.00, to go towards our ‘Composting and Waste Management’ project. 

 

As a whole school, we will be growing the next generation of environmental champions by introducing composting at our school next year. Each class will be supplied with a small compost bin where they can collect their brain food scraps each day. Larger compost bins will be situated next to our Kitchen Garden in the Nature Playground. All of the compost will go towards adding vital nutrients to our Kitchen Garden which will be tended to by all classes throughout the year.

 

Thank you to Woolworths and Landcare Australia for supporting our school in this vision.

4x4 Challenge- STEM Yr 6/7

Throughout the year, some Year 6/7 students were involved in a STEM club that participated in the Land Rover 4x4 challenge. Their task was to design, build and test a 4x4 car and eventually drive it on a specially designed track. The students all worked cooperatively and last week, presented their cars to their parents and friends. We had 2 special judges (Mr Borresen and Miss Bernoth) and after a lengthy presentation process, the judges decided that Team Meridian were able to tick a lot of the criteria off that they were required to. A huge thank you to Mr Koczwara for helping throughout the year, the students and the parents who supported us as we trialled this in 2019.
Mr Davis

Our Graduating Students led out in WOW

On Thursday and Friday last week, our Year 6 and 7 classes led out in WOW programs. These students put the program together, led out in worship, wrote scripts, created videos, presented plays, painted, led out in ice-breakers, and paid tribute to the teachers who have taught them throughout their primary school years. What a wonderful time we shared together with our graduating classes.

Science Week Competition Winners

During Science Week, a competition was held where students were required to invent either a space ship or a space contraption. The five winners of this competition received the privilege of naming their own star. Each student received a personalised certificate listing the coordinates and name of their very own star! Congratulations to the winners.

Tomorrow night marks the end of an era for many students and families in our school. I spoke to a parent yesterday who has had children at our school for almost 20 years. I know there is another family in a similar boat, and mum said to me that Prescott Primary Northern is such a part of her life she is sure she will turn into the driveway as she is going past out of sheer habit. I feel very honoured by our families and how they entrust their children to our school. It is both a challenge and a privilege to give our students the foundation they need for their lives in both this world, and the world to come. Thank you for trusting us with your kids.

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our Year 6 and 7 students who are graduating tomorrow night. This is a time of great celebration for us as a school. Our senior students have completed their final year of Primary School and are now ready to move forward to the next part of their schooling life. I spoke with our whole school Chapel last Friday and I was able to share with all of our students how proud we are of our Year 6 and 7 students. We certainly are proud of them and their accomplishments and I can’t wait to see what God has in store for each of them in the years to come. A huge thank you must go to the teachers and staff who have supported the students on their learning journey over the years.

I would like to wish all of our families a blessed Christmas. It is so easy for me to get caught up in the hype and commercialisation, but I am grateful for those moments when I take the time to realise that all the gifts and celebrations should not be about a marketing machine or feeling an obligation to friends and family, they are about remembering how the powerful designer and creator of the universe was so interested in you and me, that He was willing to change the course of history and bridge the gap between failing humanity and Divinity by taking on human form. What a gift! Imagine giving a gift to someone, that changes you forever. I am overwhelmed, silenced, amazed and so grateful, that the God of heaven would do that for me. I hope this Christmas you are able to say as Paul does in 2 Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” It is important the we not just say it, however, we must also show it. God’s gift of love and grace should be something we share with those around. Maybe the best give you can give this Christmas is not one that is wrapped and placed under a tree. Maybe you and I can be the gift of God’s love and grace to those around. I love the way C.S .Lewis put it when he wrote, “We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.” (Lewis)

Have a great week, a blessed and happy Christmas and holiday break with our kids,

Mark B

Lost & Found

The Year 6 and 7 camp at Ankara was in full swing. The floating obstacle course was testing my resolve to prove once and for all that I was still good enough, and young enough, to make it to the other side without losing my balance and falling off in a less than graceful fashion! What made it worse was the fact that many of the students had fleetfooted it through the maze and now stood victorious at the finish line having conquered the course. I handed over my glasses and hat and took my place at the start of the inflatable floating challenge.

With a rush of blood, I launched myself at the floating castle and jumped towards the narrow hole you have to crawl through. The momentum caused me to crash into the sides, instead of climbing through it. In slow motion, I lost my grip and rolled off into the water, much to the delight of the onlooking students.

My second attempt was just as clumsy! I ended running straight off the side of the castle. As I struggled to beat the challenge on the third attempt, I was interrupted by one of the students. He said, “Mr. L, I think someone just knocked your glasses off the chair and they fell into the river.”

I’m sure I had given my glasses to a friend to look after, but I thought I should check just in case. They had put my glasses on a chair on the edge of the river, but they were no longer there. The water was murky and about 1 metre deep. The search area was large with no visibility. After about ten minutes of searching, I thought, what am I doing? God will provide. I prayed, 'Lord, I need my glasses to see, please help me find them'. We continued to search with our feet and hands and then one of the boys who was helping asked, “Mr L, are these your glasses?" What a relief. It was a good reminder that God cares about the little things just as much as He cares about the big things. You just have to ask.

We thanked God in prayer right there in the mighty Murray River for the simple miracle He performed.

Thank you, students, parents and staff, for the great year and we look forward to serving you all again next year.

Chaplain Phil

Our Front Office will be open until Friday 20 December 2019 (Monday – Thursday 8.30-3.30 and 8.30-3.00 Friday)

We re-open on Monday 13 January 2020 (Monday – Thursday 8.30-3.30 and 8.30-3.00 Friday)

Please note:  Not all staff will be available during these times. Teaching staff will be available after 20 January 2020.

Graduation and Awards Evening

The Graduation and Awards Evening is a time of celebration for our graduating Year 6 and 7 classes, as well as students receiving significant awards and for our school community to celebrate and reflect on the year that has been.

When: Wednesday, 11th December

Time: 7pm

Where: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Hall. Von Braun Crescent, Modbury North.

Students are to wear their school uniform, and our Year 6's and 7's are to wear their full winter uniform. Choir members, Year 6 and 7 students, and students who will be receiving an award are to arrive at the venue by 6:30pm.

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Christmas Nativity Service

Saturday, 21st December, 10:00am
Para Vista Church, Nelson Rd, Para Vista

For our Nativity Service we would like to invite all the children and young at heart to come dressed as angels, shepherds, sheep and/or wise people. This program will be a family Christmas where we would like everyone involved, be it as part of the story or singing along to the carols. There is no practice involved, the program will be more or less spontaneous. Looking forward to celebrating with you!

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