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6 October 2011 Volume 27 Issue 30
A Busy Term
Welcome to Term 4, the term of
celebration! After five weeks of leave, it
is a pleasure to be back, refreshed and
ready to continue serving the Redeemer
community. Many thanks to Miss Rosilyn
Frieberg (Deputy Principal) who fulfilled
the role of Acting Principal in my
absence.
The joys of this busy term begin with the
Year 12 Formal, with other highlights
such as Springboard and Redeemer Fair
to be experienced by the whole
community in the next few weeks.
While I was away, our first group
(Year 9.3) spent four weeks at the
Tuchekoi Outdoor Centre near Gympie
(the new location for our Year 9 Outdoor
Education program). I have been very
pleased to hear the many positive reports
from students, parents and staff covering
all facets of their experience, including
the programming, the environment, the
Blog initiative and the first Open Day.
The success of the program is a credit to
the hard work of many people, including
Mrs Catherine Andress (Outdoor
Education Coordinator), Ms Jodie Hauser
(Assistant Outdoor Education
Coordinator), Mrs Anastasia Strong (Head
of Senior School) and the Tuchekoi staff.
Please encourage these people as you
cross their paths.
From time to time, I take the opportunity
to remind the Redeemer community of
our steady growth and development
which is a great blessing. Evidence of
RLC’s steady growth is the addition of a
Year 7 class for 2012 meaning that there
will be four Year 7 classes rather than the
usual three. A further blessing to
Redeemer comes from our Parents and
Friends Association who have generously
funded the air-conditioning of the
remaining Middle School classrooms
(not specialty rooms) during the
September holidays. Again, this is
thanks to many people.
In closing, I wish all families the very best
for Term 4 and I look forward to
celebrating the term with you.
Mr David Radke (Principal)
Staffing
We welcome back Mrs Jane Gado
(Drama, English) who has returned from
Maternity Leave. As a result, we fondly
farewelled Ms Kellie Benard at the end
of Term 3.
Mrs Catherine Andress (Maths) will be
on leave for Term 4. Her classes will be
covered by Mr Ian Luxford.
� Our first Tuchekoi group, Year 9.3 at the Open Day on Saturday 17 September 2011
News from Camp Tuchekoi
“Camp Tuchekoi was great because it was
an amazing experience. All the
instructors were awesome - they were
nice, helpful, and just good to talk to.
They teach you a lot of new things that
you would not know, like mountain
biking, rock climbing, abseiling, canoeing
and hiking. You learn to cook your own
food and put up your own tents. When
you do your two day or four day hikes,
the instructors teach you how to be a
leader and how to navigate. My time at
Camp Tuchekoi was unreal. There is no
word to describe how great it was!”
Ryan Hull (9.3)
“Tuchekoi, where do I start? Hiking,
canoeing, camping, rock climbing,
mountain bike riding? I don’t know. But
what I do know is everything was
spectacular: the landscapes, the activities,
the leaders, everything, it was absolutely
spectacular. Personally, I learnt heaps
about teamwork, friendship, pushing
through hard things and something about
laziness (I think I forgot about that one).
But I’ll tell you something I didn’t forget,
something I can never forget, the
experience. I’ve had the time of my life,
and I think I can speak for everyone else
in saying that. Everyone had their
strengths and their weaknesses, but I will
never forget that feeling I had when I
came out at the end. Tuchekoi has been
the best thing for me, and I think, it was
brilliant!”
Josh Moore (9.3)
Remember to follow the Tuchekoi journey
of Years 9.1 and 9.4 online with the
Tuchekoi Blog. Parents can log in at:
redeemerlutherancollege.wordpress.com

Alcohol and Parties
Recently, some parents have voiced their
concerns in relation to students and
parties. As we approach the end of the
year and the celebrations that inevitably
occur, especially for Year 12s, the college,
along with many parents, experience
some apprehension about the potential
dangers of such activities, especially
where alcohol is involved. The college, of
course, does not promote, organise,
supervise or sponsor any parties outside
of the formal events of the official school
calendar, even though there may be a
suggestion, quite false, that we give our
blessing. Parents who host parties or
have children attending celebrations
would be well advised to check on their
legal obligations. Above all, the welfare
of our students is our major priority so
we need to take heed of our
responsibilities in this area.
In the event that a Redeemer student
who is affected by alcohol arrives at a
school activity or co-curricular activity like
a sports match, the student will not be
permitted to play in the match or
participate in the activity, even if this
causes the forfeit of the match or
activity.
We need to remind our children that
experimentation with alcohol is not safe
or legal. Alcohol consumption impacts on
a person's perception of reality and
ability to make good decisions. This can
be hazardous for teenagers who have
less problem-solving and decision-making
experience. I encourage all families to
take the time to have conversations with
their children about responsible party
behaviour.
You might find it useful to check out the
following website and associated links:
www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/cscp/
personalSafety/youth/
partySafe.htm#parents
Parents Council
The Parents Council is an informal advisory
body of parents assisting the Principal by
providing feedback on matters which are
brought to them for advice. It acts as a
channel of communication to the Principal
for parents who have concerns or
questions which they prefer to have
handled in this forum and which are of
relevance to the wider college community.
It maintains no formal minutes, and its
discussions are confidential.
Parents are invited to direct any discussion
items for the next meeting on 11 October,
to the following 2011 P & F Executive
Parents Council members:
Caroline Ryan ......................... 0438 743 445
Peter Grant ...... peter@orthodontist.net.au
Natalie O’Brien....... natsandoo@gmail.com
Skye Naismith ...... skye@mtgcoach.com.au
Georgina Lynch . maglyn1@optusnet.com.au
Natalie Pashen ....................... 0418 875 395
Year 12 Formal
Saturday 8 October 2011
The Year 12 Formal is an important
college event. The details for Year 12
students, parents, family and friends are
outlined below:
Student Arrivals
Time: 5.00pm - 5.30pm
Venue: Sebel & Citigate Hotel
Roma Street entrance and foyer
Cost: No cost
Pre-Formal Function
Time: 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Venue: King George Room
Cost: Tickets available for purchase.
Year 12 Formal
Time: 7.20pm - 11.20pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom
An official photographer is organised to
take photos of the students at the Formal.
Families are responsible for their own
photography.
Students are to ensure they have their
transport home well organised and not
rely on taxis.
Students will not be permitted to leave
the function early without parental
permission.
Please contact Mrs Jenny Ludwig or
Mr Javier Sanchez if you have further
questions or concerns. We look forward to
an enjoyable evening of celebration with
our 2011 Year 12 students.
Co-curricular Photos
Order forms for the co-curricular photos
are now available online. There are some
forms available at the sub-school offices,
but parents are able to download the
order forms from the Silver Rose website
www.silverrose.com.au/schools using the
following details:
Username (case sensitive): ............ Groups
Password: ...................................... 285023
Silver Rose cards with these details are
available at each of the sub-school offices.
Copies of the co-curricular photos are also
available for viewing at each of the
sub-school offices. Students have until
Friday 14 October to place an order with
Silver Rose. The cost is $15 per photo.
After downloading the form and selecting
the photos, students/parents should post
their order with payment directly to
Silver Rose. Payment is to be made by
credit card, cheque or money order only.
Address .... PO Box 1407, New Farm, 4005
Telephone ................................ 3262 5788
Facsimile ................................... 3262 1244
Email ............... schools@silverrose.com.au
Year 12 Core Group Photos
Year 12 core group photos were
distributed to students on Friday
16 September by their Christian Studies
teachers.
Enrolment Strength
Redeemer is experiencing strong interest
for enrolment in Year 7 next year. The
demand for enrolment at this year level
has exceeded the three classes currently
offered.
There are varying factors for this demand
including the State Government’s
announcement to move Year 7 into High
school in the coming years, with many
families making the move to Redeemer
earlier than they originally planned.
In order to cater for this trend, Redeemer
Lutheran College Council has decided to
add an extra Year 7 class next year,
resulting in four classes of Year 7 for 2012.
A suitable classroom will be provided for
the extra class within the Middle School
precinct.
Due to the extra class, there are now some
vacancies for Year 7 in 2012. There are
also enrolment vacancies across a number
of other year levels. If you are aware of
families interested in enrolling their
children in any year level for 2012, please
encourage them to contact our
Enrolments Officer, Mrs Cathy Mostert on
3340 8807 or via email:
enrolments@redeemer.com.au.
Bus Fare Assistance
and Students with Disabilities
Semester 2, 2011, online applications for
the Bus Fare Assistance Program and the
Students with Disabilities Scheme will be
accepted from 1 October until 31 October
2011. Online applications for both of these
programs can be accessed via
www.schooltransport.com.au.
Further enquiries to 3336 9192 or
schooltransport@qcec.catholic.edu.au.
Applications received after 31 October
2011 cannot be processed.
2012 Term Dates
Term 1
� Years 6-9 and 12:
Commences Tuesday 24 January
� Prep-Years 5, 10 and 11:
Commences Wednesday 25 January
� Concludes Friday 30 March, 2012
Term 2
� Commences Monday 16 April
� Concludes Friday 22 June, 2012
Term 3
� Commences Tuesday 17 July
� Concludes Friday 21 September, 2012
Term 4
� Commences Monday 8 October
� Concludes Tuesday 4 December, 2012
For further details, log onto:
www.redeemer.com.au/events/calendar

Safety in Cyberspace
Parent Education Night
Redeemer Chapel, Tuesday 18 October, 7.00pm
When I was young, there was one family TV set with four channels
in our household and people questioned the value of television
and the impact television was having on children. Monitoring
television viewing was relatively easy for a parent in those days.
Rapid changes in technology have seen the modern household
connected to iPods, iPads, iPhones, T-Hubs, personal computers,
laptops, and gaming devices.
Today’s youth are more likely to clock up many hours in
cyberspace, chatting online, writing status updates on Facebook,
commenting on posts, sharing photos and videos, sending texts
and playing games with all the other friends who are supposed to
be doing their homework. Whilst we can’t always look over the
shoulders of our children, we need to as parents and educators
ensure that they are aware of the dangers online and to teach
them to use technology in a responsible manner.
One of the important things for teenagers is to be accepted by
their peers. Social media and mobile phones allow them to connect
with their friends, but due to the absence of adults or authority
figures, dangerous or harmful interactions can occur. Many
students are unaware of the legal implications of their behaviour
and in some cases, that their behaviour violates child protection
laws.
In school, if students are using technology inappropriately and
their actions are harmful to other students, consequences are
serious. In the case of cyber-bullying, students are made aware
that engaging in this sort of behaviour out of school hours is not
acceptable. Due to the fact that this impacts on students and their
relationships, this becomes a school matter.
Teachers and House Leaders have been educating students about
these issues and in the coming weeks, representatives from the
Queensland Police will be addressing Senior School students in
assembly this term. The talk will include topics such as cyber
bullying, ‘sexting’, predatory behaviour, security and privacy
online.
A parent education night ‘Safety in Cyberspace’ will be held at
Redeemer Chapel on Tuesday 18 October at 7.00pm for parents of
all year levels. Senior Constable Ricki Brudenall, District Crime
Prevention Coordinator and Sergeant Michelle Mullen will be
presenting information about how we can assist our children to be
safe and responsible. All parents are encouraged to attend.
Mrs Anastasia Strong, Head of Senior School
John Howard Interview
If you happened to miss the interview with John Howard by
Redeemer students which went to air on the ABC on 22 September,
you can listen to it online from the ABC website via the Redeemer
website: www.redeemer.com.au/newsletter/news/john-howard
Outside School Hours Care
Vacation Care
Student Free Day: Monday 17 October 2011
OSHC is currently accepting bookings for the upcoming Student
Free Da on Monday 17 October.
The cost is $38.00 per day (incursions/excursion extra). Students
will need to provide their own morning tea, lunch and afternoon
tea. Booking forms and programs are available from the OSHC
office .
If you require any additional information, please do not hesitate
to contact the centre on 3340 8899, oshc@redeemer.com.au or
www.redeemer.com.au/oshc.
Spiritual Anorexia
“Never before have young people been told so much, and
never before have they known so little. Under the impact of
marketers, they have become greedy little adults…In contrast
to the young people of the Middle Ages - who knew they
had an immortal soul in the shell of a mortal body,
surrounded by the daily evidence of death and dying -
stripped of community, tradition and shared meaning, many
of our young people are spiritual anorexics, empty selves…
and so they feel this urge to fill the void, soothed and made
coherent by consumer products, celebrity news, and neverending
quests for physical perfection.”.
These words of Dr Michael Carr-Greg, the well-known
Australian adolescent psychologist, summarise very
poignantly the feelings many have about the spiritual
bankruptcy increasingly evident in Australian culture. It
would be unfair, however, to restrict this to adolescents. They
are merely consuming the products and moral bankruptcy
which the adult world is handing down to them. So don’t
blame the kids! There’s just too much money for adults to
make!
What so many people are missing, in so many cases unawares,
is the consciousness of being part of a bigger story. Postmodernism,
so-called, has done everything it can to convince
us that there are no big stories to be told, no arch-narratives,
and that whatever meaning we find in life is whatever we
make for ourselves. Morality is what we make it. Who is up to
such a task?? No wonder it’s just easier to opt out and
consume.
The Christian faith is, in this context, completely countercultural.
It tells a big story of God acting in history, of a past,
present and future that is enacted by Jesus of Nazareth.
Taking the call to follow Jesus seriously does two vital things:
it hardwires us to the most significant, fundamental and
challenging moral teaching in human history, and it opens us
to a spiritual transcendence completely lacking in modern
consumerism.
Redeemer will no longer be Redeemer if it gives up on this
message. It’s at our heart. People can challenge it, question it,
even complain about it, but the message stays. Any other
message would make Redeemer’s existence pointless.
Pastor Paul Thiele, Chaplain
Prayer Thoughts
• Pray for all students and staff at the beginning of a new
Term.
• Pray for Year 9.1 and 9.4 who have commenced their
outdoor education adventures at Camp Tuchekoi.
• Pray for all members of the Redeemer community dealing
with grief.
• Pray for Redeemer to always remain true to its core values.
Middle School Prayers
Henry Liao 8TR, Kaniza Kim 8FF, Harrison Lodge 6LK,
Luke Owens 6VF, Rylee Reihana-Laison 8JH,
Sheu-Shiuan Tan 7RM, Suyash Vasist 8KS, James Wissler 6DL.
Senior School Prayers
W04: Nyssa Bowerman 11, Patrick Call 9, Alexander Cawte
10, Ian Chen 9, Githain Gunasekera 11, Michael Himona 12,
Eden Howe 9, Peter Katsanevas 11, James Kaye 12, Nicole
Kelaidis 12, Calvin Lee 11, Jessica Linde 9, Claudia Perdrau 9,
Joel Woodward 10, Jess Worrall 11.
Senior School Prayer Group: www.rlcprayer.net23.net

Tuckshop Roster
New Helpers Required this Term
If you would like to help out in Tuckshop, please call in and see us or call
3340 8854, at home on 3423 3351 or via email on tgrandin@redeemer.com.au.
Mrs Teri Grandin, Tuckshop Coordinator
Mon 10 Oct Help Needed! Michelle Bowden.
Tue 11 Oct Samantha Jacobsen, Janelle Rech, Kath Ramsay.
Wed 12 Oct Help Needed!!
Thu 13 Oct Stephanie Ellis, Sarah Batt.
Fri 14 Oct Margaret Squires, Carol Scothern, Daniela Hawley.
Tuckshop Specials & Menu 10 - 14 October
Monday: Sushi (per stick) .......................................................... $2.20
Macaroni Cheese (second break only) ...................... $3.00
Tuesday: Green Thai Chicken Curry & Rice - Lge: $4.50 .... Sm: $3.00
Wednesday: Sushi....... $2.20 per stick, and Fried Rice .................. $3.00
Thursday: Black Bean Beef & Rice - Large: $4.50 ............ Small: $3.00
Friday: Taco Sub OR Baked Chicken and Cheese Roll ........... $3.50
Hokkien Beef Noodles ............................................... $3.50
Hot Chocolate is now available before school and during breaks . .$2.50
Coffee is also available to parents before school ............................... $2.50
Tuckshop is now open until 3.45pm on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Tuckshop Volunteers Dinner 2011
If you have volunteered in Tuckshop this year, we would like
to invite you to attend our Volunteers Dinner, to be held on
Friday 28 October 2011 at the Redeemer Lutheran College.
6.30pm Pre-dinner drinks in the Tuckshop undercover area.
7.00pm Two course alternate drop dinner in the Home Ec building.
Come and enjoy a delicious two course meal prepared by our Year 12
Hospitality students. (Special dietary requirements can only be catered for
if advance notice is given to jludwig@redeemer.com.au by 21 October.)
Cost: Free for Tuckshop Volunteers. Partners: $20. BYO Alcohol.
RSVP by Friday 21 October to Teri Grandin on 3340 8854 or email:
tgrandin@redeemer.com.au. (Cost for partners to be paid directly
to the Business Office by Friday 21 October.)
This Sunday at Our Saviour
8.30am & 6.00pm:
‘Will You Come Near?’
(Philippians 4:4–13; Matthew 22:1-10)
9.15am: Under 5’s Singing
9.30am: Kids for Christ Club (Junior School age)
Friday:
3.45pm Lazer (Junior Youth for Years 6-8)
7.00pm: OSSY (Senior Youth for Year 9-12)
Find us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/OurSaviour
www.facebook.com/oslc.SNL
Coming Events: October
Thursday 6 Redeemer Music Concert Series #5,
7.00pm (SA31, P & F Meeting Room).
Saturday 8 Year 12 Pre-Formal Student Arrivals,
5.00pm-5.30pm (Sebel & Citigate).
Saturday 8 Year 12 Pre-Formal Function,
5.30pm-6.30pm (Sebel & Citigate).
Saturday 8 Year 12 Formal, 7.20pm-11.20pm
(Sebel & Citigate, King George Square).
Tuesday 11 Year 11 Leadership Day.
Tuesday 11 Parents Council Meeting.
Wednesday 12 Music Supporters Group Meeting,
7.30pm (KC1).
Saturday 15 Testing of new Years 6 and 8
students for 2012 (Redeemer Chapel).
Monday 17 Student Free Day
Wednesday 19 Twilight Tour, 5.00pm-6.00pm.
Wednesday 19 Springboard Student Exhibition 2011,
6.00pm-8.00pm (MPC).
Saturday 22 Redeemer Fair, 12.00pm-8.00pm.
Saturday 29 Year 9.1 & 9.4 Tuchekoi Open Day
and student pick-up, 9.30am-4.30pm
(Tuchekoi Outdoor Centre, Gympie).
Monday 31 Year 9.2 & 9.5 depart for Camp
Tuchekoi Outdoor Education
Program, 7.00am.
Coming Events: November
Thursday 17 Year 12 Valedictory Service, 7.30pm.
Tuesday 29 Term 4 Concludes.
2011 College Calendar
The complete College Calendar for 2011 and 2012
Term dates can be downloaded from our website:
www.redeemer.com.au/events/calendar
2012 Redeemer Term Dates
The term dates, student free days and public holiday
dates for 2012 are available from our website at:
www.redeemer.com.au/events/calendar
Did You Know? This newsletter can also be accessed
online from our website every Thursday at:
www.redeemer.com.au/newsletter