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Sign-up for Code Camp these School Holidays

16.08.18

These school holidays we are hosting a very special school holiday program called Code Camp where your child can learn to code and build their very own iPhone or Android app!

Thank you to our Competition Dance Team sponsors

09.08.18

We wish to thank the following businesses who have kindly made donations towards our Competition Dance Team as they travel to the Dance Star National Competition on the Gold Coast.

Tickets on sale now for the Junior School Musical, 'Right as Rain'

03.08.18

Tatachilla Lutheran College is proud to present the 2018 Junior School Musical, 'Right as Rain'.

Celebrate Dad at our Father's Day Breakfast

02.08.18

Tatachilla Lutheran College warmly invites you to join us for a Father’s Day Breakfast on Friday 31 August.

Parent Seminar: Teens, Parties and Alcohol - A practical guide to keeping them safe

03.07.18

Listen to Paul Dillon, Director and Founder of Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia, on Thursday 23 August at 7pm. 

Executive function and student agency

22.06.18

Imagine the picture-perfect classroom. Children are engrossed in their learning, working independently or collaboratively, with the teacher assisting individuals and small groups of students. 

Capri Theatre Fundraiser: Ocean’s 8

07.06.18

All proceeds are directly supporting locals in Krux village, a remote village in Southern Cambodia, as well as a number of other NGOs.

Lighting the spark within our learners at the start of the middle years

25.05.18

We believe at Tatachilla that we provide the best transition for young people from a primary to secondary setting through our middle years program. The middle years begin at Year 7 which is our major ...

Look up. Look beyond.

11.05.18

This week I was fortunate to be able to gather with colleagues in Hobart for our National Lutheran Principal’s Conference. Getting to and from Hobart required two flights, via Melbourne. Tr...

Fundraising pavers campaign re-opened!

10.05.18

We have re-opened our fundraising paver campaign! We are raising funds for new outdoor furniture surrounding the new STEM Centre and need your support! If you would like to purchase a paver to b...

Create, make and innovate in Tatachilla’s new STEM Centre

09.05.18

Create, make and innovate in our state-of-the-art STEM Centre, offering a new world of opportunities for your child.

Building Community : Enriching Lives

13.04.18

Our College Vision Statement speaks into the broad experiences available for students as they progress through the College in having their lives enriched through a dynamic and connected community.

Making children happy and good

29.03.18

Children cannot be made good by making them happy, but they can be made happy by making them good.

Order your NEW Entertainment Book to support Tatachilla

20.03.18

Tatachilla is once again offering the Entertainment Book for sale this year and you can order your new 2018/2019 Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership now. 

The Advertiser’s ‘Meet the Teacher’ with Mrs Ali Thacker

15.03.18

Meet Mrs Ali Thacker, Tatachilla’s Assistant Head of Junior School: Teaching and Learning.

Welcome to Week 6

09.03.18

We are officially over the half way point of the busy first term. At this point in the longest term of the academic year, pressures of summative assessment can mount for students, especially if organi...

Look up and beyond in the Middle School in 2018

01.03.18

The final year of Middle School in Year 9 provides many rich and deep experiences that challenge our young people to ‘look up and beyond’ themselves to use their strengths, beliefs and gif...

Tatachilla’s resident artist

01.02.18

Meet Ms Skye McVicar, Tatachilla’s Visual Arts Teacher.

Double Blue’s Delight

01.02.18

Meet Mr Tom Harms, Tatachilla’s Year 7 Teacher & Ruby House Coordinator.

Congratulations to the Class of 2017 on their excellent results

19.12.17

We congratulate all of our Year 12 students on their wonderful results which displays their individual pursuit of personal excellence.  

“I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year”. (Charles Dickens)

08.12.17

Our Final Chapel for 2017 drew together multiple Christmas stories from around the world – Babushka, Ebenezer Scrooge, the Three Wise Men and Santa Claus. All have special elements of Christmas ...

Share the Love of Christ as your Christmas gift to others

27.11.17

Every day is a gift from God and we have the opportunity to use this gift to better the lives of others. We are blessed within our country with the supply of food, education, safe homes to live in and...

Celebrating All Saints Day

10.11.17

Last Sunday at church, we celebrated All Saints Day. It seems a bit of a funny thing to do – to remember and venerate those that have died. Saints are generally considered to be a person wh...

Showcasing our irresistible food and wine region at the inaugural Winemakers of Tatachilla

03.11.17

On Friday 3 November Tatachilla hosted the inaugural Winemakers of Tatachilla celebrating our delicious food and wine region. 

‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’. (Abraham Lincoln)

26.10.17

Year 12 students conclude their formal schooling this week after 13 years of education - what a significant achievement to be recognised and celebrated. 

Seek Fresh Horizons at Tatachilla Lutheran College

29.09.17

Tatachilla Lutheran College has a rich and proud history, even before the time of our school being born on this site. 

Evidence of Learning

15.09.17

There is no greater privilege than being able to see learning occur and I am blessed to be in a position to observe this – in formal, informal and incidental ways throughout the College day. Lea...

FLM Feature: The changing nature of play

08.09.17

I am standing in one of Tatachilla Lutheran College’s newest ‘classrooms’. The space is light-filled and airy, the temperature perfect and the setting designed to accommodate the var...

Three times the opportunity

18.08.17

Three distinct types of learning spaces will be created in the renovated and revitalised Reception Learning Centre; new classrooms, with interconnecting doors to allow closer collaboration between stu...

Konichiwa!

04.08.17

Throughout the course of this week, the College is hosting 22 students and two staff from our sister school in Japan, Toryo High School. Our warmest greetings are extended to them, including Vice Prin...

People. Planet. Purpose.

03.07.17

This week all College staff will attend the 5th Australian Conference on Lutheran Education, to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 5-7 July. This conference, held once every four...

Why do we still have examinations?

23.06.17

Week 8 is examination week for students in Years 10 and 11. Students’ study in subjects culminates in examinations assessing topics and skills taught in Semester 1.

New Year 7 STEM Centre opening in 2018

26.05.17

Year 7 learning spaces at Tatachilla Lutheran College will have a significant upgrade when $1.2million is invested over the next 6 months in preparation for the 2018 academic year.

Things that come in threes

26.05.17

In addition to the three wise men and the three little pigs, Reception classes at Tatachilla Lutheran College will also come in threes from next year. 

Three times the opportunity

25.05.17

What comes in threes? Three Reception classes at Tatachilla! Watch our Reception students deliver the exciting news of an additional Reception class opening in 2018.

Relive the joy, love and laughter from our Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day

19.05.17

Grandparents were warmly welcomed to visit their loved ones for our 2017 Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day. 

Anything can happen

12.05.17

An outstanding portrayal and recreation of Disney’s beautiful story of Mary Poppins, saw our students and staff bring this to life at Hopgood Theatre last week to sold out audiences.

Light = Hope

13.04.17

As we break for our first term holidays, we do so on the eve of the Easter weekend. At our whole College Chapel on Wednesday morning, the hope of the Easter message was shared with us as we come to ex...

Doing diversity and doing it well

03.04.17

The senior years of education can seem complex and, for some students and caregivers, also feel overwhelming in their importance. 

Relive the joy, action and triumphs from our 2017 Sports Day

31.03.17

Brought to you by Year 10 Media students, Will Layton and Lindsay Clifton. 

The most delightful ways of Mia Reschke

09.03.17

For this issue of Feurieu Living Magazine they asked 2015 Tatachilla Lutheran College graduate, Annabel Bowles, to interview and write a story about a talented fellow student. 

Live. Love. Learn.

10.02.17

Welcome to the new school year, and particularly to our new students, families and staff that join our wonderful community. We have been blessed with an energetic and positive beginning to the ye...

Happy New Year from the Tatachilla Staff

04.01.17

We decided to bring a special New Year’s message to you and your family and wish you every blessing for 2017. 

May the peace of Christ be amongst us all these holidays

08.12.16

“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more”. The Grinch  The lights are on the houses, the Christmas tree...