From golden anniversaries to new beginnings, last month, three of our learning communities marked major milestones in just one weekend. Concordia Kindergarten and Salisbury Kindergarten each celebrated 50 years, while Immanuel Gawler officially opened the new Zion Preschool Building— also celebrating their 40th birthday. Scroll down to view the Facebook posts and photos shared by
We had a wonderful time celebrating Book Week 2025 at St Paul Lutheran School. The children enjoyed exploring the theme ‘Book an Adventure’ with a walk through space, finding items for their luggage in our Library airport and some travel in a hot air balloon. It was a full week of activities based on the
Update!!Attention all Lutheran Schools – bower(schools) is excited to announce that we have been invited to join the LPA sponsorship team. We’re proud to support Lutheran Education Principals across Australia. And yes – bower(schools) will also be at ACLE!Join us on Thursday for our presentation and visit us at booth 26 to discover how our
Bower(schools) Term 4 Professional Development: Click here to view all PD pages on the Bower website. Free Schools Support Assessment Meeting Free | 30-minute session Book a free 30-minute session with the team to discuss with bower(schools) the complexities you are currently addressing and inquire into how bower(schools) can help you. Book Your Free Session
This year’s Into to Governance workshops were well attended and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from new and experienced board members and executive staff. Renamed Governance 101 in LESNW & LEVNT, these online workshops are available again in 2026 on the following evenings. – Tuesday 24 February– Wednesday 25 February– Thursday 26 February– Monday 10 August– Tuesday 11
Completing Equip provides teaching staff who teach Christian Studies with their Accreditation as a Christian Studies teacher (Ac). The remaining Equip dates for 2025 are: Equip 1 – Term 4 Day 1 – Friday 24 October Day 2 – Monday 3 November Day 3 – Tuesday 4 November Equip 2 – Term 4 Day 1 – Thursday 30 October Day
Last week, we had the incredible honor of welcoming our OWLS group (Once Were Leaders in Lutheran Schools) – the retired principals, educational leaders, and their partners who helped shape many of our Lutheran learning communities across Australia, including our second Principal at Golden Grove Lutheran, Rainer Mayer (1995-2007) and teacher Brian Wilson (1995-1997). These
On 1st September, Leaders in Lutheran Learning Communities (LILLC) were fortunate to visit Ngutu College. Ngutu’s Head of College, Andrew spoke with conviction about the vision that inspired the founding of the school. He shared his desire to create a learning community that lives and learns through culture, rather than simply learning about culture. At
This month, the LESNW board welcomes its newest member, Rebecca McConnell. Rebecca hails from Bethany Lutheran Primary School in Raceview, Queensland, but has a great understanding of the LESNW region. Her wish to join the LESNW Board comes from a desire to see Lutheran Education flourish across all regions, and to see collaboration across the
Friday 12th of September was the final day of our Lab 1.0, where participants from a wide range of our Lutheran learning communities have been exploring ways of growing leadership capabilities in themselves, and the teams and systems they lead. Feedback for the 4 days included the following: “I have valued the opportunity to pause
