As the 2022 year is drawing to a close, I acknowledge and thank the LESNW Regional Office staff team for the amazing contributions individually and collectively made to enable the LESNW community of communities to flourish despite the myriad of challenges that have arisen throughout 2022. As Roger Anderson is retiring at the end of
Many Lutheran Educational Adventurers dug deeply to contribute, collaborate, learn, and scheme on this tour to enable a contemporary learning transformation in their own learning setting. Some of the many rich comments: “The Brisbane Tour was a wonderful opportunity to engage with schools trying to allow children to reclaim power of their own education. It reflected
With the release of the policy and implementation guideline for Respecting and valuing gender diverse, intersex and sexually diverse students in Lutheran Learning Communities, the LESNW regional office committed to sourcing appropriate staff PD and leadership consultancy. We embarked on a three-way collaboration between the regional office, Lucy Hackworth (Upstream Projects and old scholar of
13 My friends, the Lord loves you, and it is only natural for us to thank God for you… His Spirit made you holy, and you put your faith in the truth. …16 God our Father loves us. He treats us with undeserved grace and has given us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope. We pray that our
The presentation of Bibles to students at various year levels has been an important ritual for many of our learning communities. We pass on to you information that has been supplied to us for providing Bibles for such rituals for your consideration. This information is not an endorsement, but simply a passing on of information
Last term we had the privilege of hosting the very first contemporary learning tour to New Zealand. We spent our time visiting 8 schools and early learning across Auckland, Hamilton and New Plymouth. One of the standout experiences for many of us was how genuinely we were welcomed into each community, it was an uplifting
One of the many highlights of the recent LESNW women in leadership retreat was exploring “Our identity in Christ” through meditation on the book of Psalms. One of the three sections focused on “Pilgrim Paths”. The pilgrim Psalms (120-134) can help us to focus on walking daily with Christ. Some of the elements of the
What a blessing it was to be part of the inaugural LESNW Women in Leadership Retreat! The time spent in connection with God and each other provided rejuvenation and empowerment to return to our school sites with energy for the remainder of this term. The retreat involved time to reflect on our leadership practice, along
First Contemporary Learning Adelaide Tour Recently we held the first contemporary learning tour in Adelaide. It was well attended with 35 people from across all three regions coming together in Adelaide for the event. We began the tour with an immersion at Redeemer Lutheran School in Nuriootpa. Redeemer is a primary school and has developed
This practice is all about soaking in a short passage of scripture, slowly reading it and re-reading it a few times, and inviting the Holy Spirit to speak. When we meditate upon God’s word in this practice, we don’t just “think” and only use our intellect or our mind. Rather, we bring our whole selves
