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Newsletter – 16 June 2020

A Word from Kae McCaull

Primary Teacher, Year 2

Tell me something good about today…

In Year 2 we end our day by taking a few moments to reflect on and respond to this request.  Answers often relate to lessons they have enjoyed, people they have had fun playing with or special events that made the day memorable.  We then take time to thank God for those parts of our day that have been a blessing. You see, no matter what happens, there is always something to be grateful for. It is important to remember where all these good things come from. Without our God ordaining it, not one of us would take a breath, have a heartbeat or be able to exist.

One of the best things about thankfulness is that the more you choose it, the easier it gets. The more you profess gratitude, the more you notice things to be grateful for. The thankful muscle responds to exercise.

Katie Taylor, World Vision

Here at Kuyper, God has given us many things to be thankful for. 

Lately in my class we have been going a little deeper than just being thankful for the things that we liked. We go on to consider the things that have challenged us and then taught us or helped us grow. It is in the waiting that we learn to be patient. Not giving up when something is hard to learn or master teaches perseverance (as well as the concept that we were struggling with).  By withholding a sharp answer, we practise our self-control. These things are not fun or enjoyable but they help us learn and grow, they are definitely blessings. They are things to be thankful for. 

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

In Colossians 3:15-17 we read “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 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 (emphasis mine). Without a doubt, what I am most grateful for is Jesus Christ and all that He has done for me (and everyone else) through his death and resurrection. If that was all He ever did, then I would still have reason to be grateful. It is absolutely amazing that God still adds more things every day to my list of things to be grateful for. When we have the peace of Jesus in our lives, thankfulness overflows. Even when life is not as we would have it, or it feels out of control, we can still praise God for hope, freedom and forgiveness. We can be grateful for God’s sovereignty and His promise to never leave us.

Gratitude is something God would have us practise so that we become the people He wants us to be.  

So I encourage you to take a moment or two to reflect and ask “What was good about today?“

Reminders

Keep up to date with important information for this week.

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  • Staff at Kuyper Christian School will not be striking on Thursday. It will be business as usual. Don’t forget, it will also be non-uniform day, raising money for CBM!
  • We would still like some help with morning tea on Friday 1 July for the 40 Year Celebration Service. Please email admin@kuyper.nsw.edu.au if you can assist.
  • We have oodles of lost property here in the Office. Unclaimed lost property will be discarded or re-sold as secondhand uniform at the end of term.
  • Reminder about masks in school, from the NSW Government Website: Masks continue to be mandatory on public transport. This applies to students aged 12 years and older, and staff when travelling to and from school and during school excursions by public transport or by chartered transport services.  In line with the latest advice from NSW Health, masks are recommended for students and staff who have recovered from COVID-19, completed their 7-day isolation period and are no longer showing symptoms for an additional 3 days (from days 8 – 10 after receiving a positive COVID-19 result). Additionally, mask wearing is mandatory for staff and high school students returning to school as close contacts for 5 school days and recommended for primary school students returning to school as close contacts for 5 school days.
  • Families are reminded to ensure that at least half of your school fees for the year are paid by the end of June. If you need to discuss this, please contact Tina in the Office Monday – Thursday.
  • Reminder to all parents, not to use the Bus Bay to drop off or pick up your children as it hinders bus movements and is unsafe.
  • Eczema Support Australia has recently released a new video series with Dr Justin Coulson on Practical Parenting for Eczema Families. The video resource provides an insight into the daily challenges faced by families with eczema. It also provides strategies to help develop positive coping mechanisms and reduce feelings of isolation for the family unit. Please use this link to view the video series.

Prayer & Praise

Please join us in bringing our community before our great God.

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  • Praise God that he continues in his sovereignty through all circumstances. Praise God for His grace towards us through Jesus Christ. He is worthy of all of our love and devotion. Worship and thank Him for His sacrifice that rescued us from death.
  • Give thanks for our staff. Pray that the Lord would restore us all to full health and strength over the holidays.
  • Give thanks for all our students and their families. Pray for the ministry of the Holy Spirit through those who know Him, to lead us in prayer, words and deeds to encourage and exhort each other and find our health, peace and direction in the Lord. Pray for protection over the hearts and minds of our children and young people.
  • Pray for the Aoun family, whose father Joseph is unwell in hospital. Pray for the Allen family, whose father Geoff is also unwell. Pray for the Thompson family, struggling to fully recover from COVID. Pray for the Vincenti family, for a way forward with Kyden’s injury.
  • Pray for our 40 year celebrations; that we would be truly thankful and joyful for what God has provided and achieved for us and through us. Pray that we would continue in the spirit we began with in 1982.
  • Give thanks for our Kuyper families. Pray for all students and carers as they receive their academic reports this week. Pray for staff as they complete them.
  • Give thanks for our Government and those in authority. Pray that they would be led in wisdom and truth to lead our country for the future good of all. Pray that “every person be subject to the governing authorities.” Give thanks that our government has been “instituted by God” (Romans 13:1).
  • Praise God for the faithful Pioneers of Kuyper Christian School. Give thanks for those who have continued to nurture and grow those beginnings. Give thanks for Abraham Kuyper, his vision and his teachings. Give thanks that our foundations are in Christ, who is the source of all Truth. Give thanks that we are in partnership with each other – staff, parents and carers – as we serve the Lord by nurturing children in the knowledge and love of Him. Thank Him for each individual who makes up the Kuyper Community and lead us to value the whole person, so that each one may be encouraged in their relationship with God. Thank God for the students he has entrusted to our care, made in His image, to glorify Him. Worship Him because He is holy. Thank Him for His love and faithfulness towards His creation. Praise Him as Creator God, from whom we inherit our creativity. Give abundant thanks for his mercy and grace, without which we would be lost indeed. Give thanks also for His justice, that will not fail, and His forgiveness which is freely extended to all who would accept it. Give thanks for our God and his omnipotence; his power and influence is unlimited! Give thanks for our God and his omniscience; his universal understanding and complete knowledge. Give thanks for our God and his omnipresence; he is present everywhere at the same time. Worship the Trinity; Father, Son & Holy Spirit.
  • Give thanks for our Board and Executive teams. Pray for one-ness of purpose for our staff, Board, Executive team, and Association.

News & Notices

Hot Lunch Day - Order Now!

We will welcome Term 3 with a Hot Lunch Day on Monday 26 July but you will need to get your order in before the end of this term. Download the order form here now!

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We will welcome Term 3 with a Hot Lunch Day on Monday 26 July. Download the order form below and return it to the Office, with the correct money, by this Thursday 24 June (last Thursday of Term 2), then look forward to your hot lunch!

Download Order Form

Seussical Fashion

If you are a Seussical cast or crew member and would like to strut your stuff in a Kuyper Seussical shirt or hoodie, download the order form below and return it to the Office, with payment, during the first week of Term 2.

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If you are a Seussical cast or crew member and would like to strut your stuff in a Kuyper Seussical shirt or hoodie, download the order form below and return it to the Office, this week.

Seussical Fashion Order Form

What Absorbs My Heart and Imagination

What has COVID-19 taught you about your heart? Don't miss this last biblical reflection in the COVID-19 series with Michelle Dempsey, CEO, Christian Education National (CEN).

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As we start to re-emerge…it’s good to think about what we have learned and what we are going to pick up again, or not pick up again.

Don’t miss this last biblical reflection in the COVID-19 series with Michelle Dempsey, CEO, Christian Education National (CEN).

Christian Education National (CEN), a community of school communities unified around the common goal of authentic, Bible-based, Christ-centred education.

In This Issue

Calendar

June 2022

  • Tues 28: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Thur 30: Non-Uniform Crazy Glasses Day for CBM

July 2022

  • Friday 1: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 1: 40 Year Celebration Assembly, 9am, Hall
  • Friday 1: Last Day Term 2
  • Sat 2: 40 Year Anniversary Dinner, 5pm, Hall
  • Mon 18: Curriculum Week begins (staff only)
  • Mon 25: First Day Term 3
  • Thur 28: K – 10 Parent/Teacher Interviews, Library, from 4pm
  • Friday 29: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 29: CSSA Secondary Zone Athletics Carnival

August 2022

  • Mon 1: Seussical Rehearsal Week begins
  • Tues 2: K – 10 Parent/Teacher Interviews, Library, from 4pm
  • Sat 6: Working Bee, 8am – 12noon
  • Sat 6: Seussical Full Day Rehearsal, 9am
  • Mon 8: Seussical Production Week begins
  • Tues 9: CSSA Primary Zone Athletics Carnival
  • Tues 9: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Wed 10: Seussical Performance #1, 7:30pm, Hall
  • Thur 11: Seussical Performance #2, 7:30pm, Hall
  • Friday 12: Seussical Performance #3, 7:30pm, Hall
  • Sat 13: Seussical Matinee, 2pm, Hall
  • Sat 13: Seussical Final Night, 7:30pm, Hall
  • Mon 15: Seussical Production Week concludes
  • Wed 17: Kuyper Community Prayer meeting, Library, 7 – 7:30pm
  • Wed 17: Kuyper Board Meeting, Library, 7:30pm
  • Thur 18: CSSA Secondary State Athletics Carnival
  • Friday 19: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Mon 22: Trial HSC Exams begin
  • Tues 23: 9/10 Dubbo campers depart
  • Thur 25: Vaccination Clinic for Years 7, 8, 10, 9:30am
  • Friday 26: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 26: K/1 Transport Excursion
  • Friday 26: 9/10 Dubbo campers return
  • Wed 31: Year 4 CARES Bike Safety excursion

September 2022

  • Friday 2: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 2: CSSA Primary State Athletics Carnival
  • Tues 6: Prep – Year 6 Book Week Parade, Hall, 9:15 – 10:30am, Parents welcome!
  • Tues 6: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Wed 7: State 6 Parent/Teacher Interviews, Library, from 4pm
  • Friday 9: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Wed 14: Elective PASS campers depart
  • Friday 16: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 16: Elective PASS campers return
  • Tues 20: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Wed 21: Dream Cricket excursion for selected Primary & Secondary students
  • Wed 21: Kuyper Community Prayer meeting, Library, 7 – 7:30pm
  • Wed 21: Kuyper Board Meeting, Library, 7:30pm
  • Friday 23: Kuyper Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 23: Celebration Assembly, 2:30pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Friday 23: Last Day Term 3

October 2022

  • Mon 10: First Day Term 4
  • Wed 12: HSC exam period begins
  • Thurs 13: 9/10 Elective Art Blue Mountains excursion
  • Friday 14: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 14: Stage 2 Elizabeth Farm excursion
  • Sat 15: Working Bee, 8am – 12pm
  • Sat 15: School Tour morning, 9:30am – 1pm
  • Wed 19: Kuyper Community Prayer meeting, Library, 7 – 7:30pm
  • Wed 19: Kuyper Board Meeting, Library, 7:30pm
  • Thurs 20: Primary & Secondary CSSA Biathlon
  • Friday 21: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 21: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 21: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Tues 25: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Wed 26: Year 5/6 campers depart
  • Wed 26: Year 7/8 campers depart
  • Friday 28: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 28: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 28: Year 5/6 campers return
  • Friday 28: Year 7/8 campers return

November 2022

  • Wed 2: Secondary exam period begins
  • Friday 4: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 4: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 4: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Mon 7: Year 10 campers depart
  • Wed 9: Year 10 campers return
  • Thurs 10: Year 12 Graduation Assembly, 9am
  • Thurs 10: Year 12 Graduation Dinner, 6pm
  • Friday 11: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 11: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 11: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Mon 14: K/1 Sydney Aquarium excursion
  • Wed 16: Kuyper Community Prayer meeting, Library, 7 – 7:30pm
  • Wed 16: Kuyper Board Meeting, Library, 7:30pm
  • Friday 18: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 18: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 18: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Tues 22: Primary Assembly, 2:50pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Wed 23: Kuyper Association EGM, 7:30pm, Library
  • Friday 25: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 25: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 25: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Mon 28: Stage 2 camp begins
  • Tues 29: Stage 2 camp concludes

December 2022

  • Thurs 1: Year 8 Japanese Tanken Centre excursion
  • Friday 2: Concert Band Rehearsal, 8am, Hall
  • Friday 2: Year 7 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Friday 2: Year 9 Swimming program, Richmond
  • Tues 6: Limelight!
  • Thurs 8: Celebration Assembly, 2:30pm, Hall. Parents welcome!
  • Thurs 8: Last Day Term 4

January 2023

  • Mon 23: Curriculum Week begins (staff only)
  • Mon 30: First Day Term 1 for Years 1 – 12
  • Tues 31: First Day Term 1 for Prep & Kindy
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