In Focus - 2011 Term 4

Term Magazine

NOVEMBER, 2011

Christian College, Geelong www.christiancollege.vic.edu.au

New Facilities - 3 Q’ed Exhibition - 4 Music Report - 6 Around the Campuses - 9

Front Cover - College flautists Georgia Williams A.Mus.A , Year 12 and Emily Williams, Year 2 Junior School Belmont both aspiring to great success in music

From the Principal

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Art Technology and Design Mrs. Merinda Kelly and the Director of Teaching and Learning Systems, Mrs. Roselyn Smith for the dedication, leadership and commitment they have provided to launch this program after many months of planning during 2010. I anticipate this program expanding further in 2012. An in-service presentation to all teaching staff at the commencement of this term will also see features of this program benefiting all classes throughout the College over time. This addition to the College program is aimed to increase the capacity for each of our students to learn.

Visual and Performing Arts Festival.

Completion and Planning Term Four is always a challenging and exciting time for schools.

Much of the focus is on finishing off the year well for students with many showcase events and celebrations. Preparation and planning that is undertaken for the following year and into the future is of equal importance.

Over recent months we have seen evidence of both of these.

Last term the exciting inaugural Exhibition of the Q’ed program was an outstanding success.

The collaborative efforts of the students selected to participate in this program for gifted and talented learners, along with those of a number of senior staff during Terms two and three were to be celebrated. I am most grateful to our Director of

This term commenced with our musicians showcasing their talents to over 1000 people for The Annual Christian College Music evening at Costa Hall. The ensemble performances from each campus demonstrated the incredible depth of talent that exists throughout our community. The highlight for me was the finale featuring the College Senior Symphony Orchestra. This year this event combines with other artistic areas of the program to form the Christian College Visual and Performing Arts Festival. This will include the Art, Technology and Design Extravaganza as well as Drama and Dance Performances.

I wish to thank the many families and friends of the College who have sponsored and supported this festival. It is a wonderful opportunity for our students to share their talents with appreciative audiences.

2001 Graduates, Felicity, Nathan and Elise ‘catch up’ at the 10 year Reunion

Christian College …Moving and Improving.

I wish to advise all families that the College has recently updated and launched a new promotional website. This exciting and informative feature of our improved communication aims to share the achievements and important information sources with our families and mes the wider community. It becomes the ‘front door’ to Christian College and as we introduce additional aspects to improve our electronic communication, I feel confident that all families will find this service useful and of interest. I am grateful to Mrs. Gwen Prosser and Mr. Scott Elliss for leading this initiative.

I encourage you to take time to have a look for yourselves.

2001 Graduates’ Reunion It was a joy to share with a number of the Graduates from the class of 2001, who recently returned to the College for their 10 Year Reunion. This tradition has grown to become a feature on the annual College calendar and with plans to further develop the Alumni group in the future, it is wonderful to be able to stay in touch and to celebrate the achievements of our former students. Past students wanting to register to stay in touch with the College and their past school friends can register on the College website. www.christiancollege.vic.edu.au/ Get_In_Touch_contact

‘Seek ye first the Kingdom of God’ Matthew 6:33 It is ‘that’ time of the year when we prepare to farewell our Year 12 students. Each year as we look back over the journey with these students, as part of their end of year celebrations and share formal ceremonial traditions, I remind them of the plan that God has for each of their lives and the purpose he has laid for them.

Our College strives to make a real difference for these young people beyond teaching and knowledge. It is my prayer that each of these students also leave knowing God’s love for them and understanding what a relationship with him through our Lord Jesus offers.

I wish to farewell our Year 12

New Facilities at Middle School N

The Home Page of the new College Website

students and to thank them for their contribution to our College community.

I am grateful to the staff for the way they have invested so much into the lives of these young people over their time with us. It is the combined efforts of teachers, administration staff, bus drivers, grounds and maintenance staff and others that weave the fabric of the educational 'tapestry'. I pray that God will bless our Year 12 students as they prepare to sit their final exams and plan for the next phase of their lives.

In our endeavour to continually reflect upon what we do and to improve, I appreciate those families that have taken time to complete the ISV online parents survey. Together with the responses from students at various levels of the College and all our staff, this data is used to assist us in determining areas that we need to focus upon or address.

It has also been pleasing and rewarding to receive communication from a number of our families expressing their gratitude or some positive affirmation regarding a variety of aspects of the College program. It has been wonderful to hear about good teaching, student progress, students settling into new campuses or a new school and praise for the students in our College.

Glen McKeeman PRINCIPAL

The last two weeks have been T e exciting experience for many of the s staff and students at Highton Middle S School as they begin using the new S Sports and Aquatic Centre, which o officially received its Certificate of O Occupancy in mid-September.

T The Centre became a reality with tthe financial assistance of the F Federal Government’s ‘Building E Education Revolution’ grants c combined with loans procured from tthe Bendigo Bank. Architect and B Building Manager, Paul Brewster w was given the task of designing and c constructing a suite of buildings that would fit sympathetically into what was a very austere and traditional building setting. The colours, the heights of the buildings, the overall ‘footprint’ included the renovation and building over of the existing pool, two distinct levels of operations, basketball, netball, volley ball, classrooms, lift, and gymnasium; the task was immense.

Recently I was on hand to watch the faces of a number of students who walked through the new centre; their faces were a mixture of both surprise and bewilderment as they roamed through the new indoor pool area, basketball and netball courts.

The Director of Sport, Jonathon Ryan said ‘The opening of the Christian College Sports and Aquatic Centre brings with it a new direction and opportunity within the Physical Education, Health & Sport departments.

The Centre will impact significantly on the delivery of programs to Highton campus students. The Circuit room, Aquatic area, Gallery space and Gym floor allows the Physical Education teachers to

offer programs that are varied, challenging and cover all aspects of physical endeavours within the one Centre. More specifically students will undertake a combination of Fitness, Aquatic and Sport specific learning within the lessons they attend.

Belmont Junior School students will attend swimming classes at the Centre; Senior School students will use the Circuit Room and Aquatic Centre as a part of their learning and Geelong based sport teams will use the Centre as part of preparation for scheduled events.

The Centre will become the home of the Christian College Eagles Basketball Club and the Christian College Netball teams. Drop down basketball and netball rings will allow younger players the opportunity to gain regular success in training and match play.

During Term 4 2011 much trialling, discussion and reflection will take place to develop a comprehensive range of programs that will be implemented within and out of school hours in 2012.’

I wish to congratulate Paul Brewster and members of the College Board who made the visionary decision to apply for the funds and give the initial support for these projects.

Chris Maddock and the finance team have spent many extra hours in the financial administration of the projects. I also wish to thank the many members of staff and students who have been patient and encouraging in their waiting. I can assure you all; it will be worth the wait.

Daryl C Riddle OAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr Hines shows visitors around the new Aquatic Centre

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Q’ED Exhibition 2011 As any good gardener would know it takes time, research, immense effort and care to take a seed from its rudimentary state and grow it into something amazing in Spring. This is exactly what the Christian College Community have experienced this year as they have watched the Q’ed program grow from its germination in 2010 through to the recently celebrated, inaugural Exhibition at Senior Campus on the 6th September.

Q’ed is an innovative, broadly researched program for gifted and talented students developed as part of the wider Strategic Plan for Teaching and Learning at Christian College Geelong.

This year the middle years students in the Q’ed program explored the central question of relevance to real life, ‘How can I improve my world?’ through a guided process of inquiry.

As the students engaged with this question they participated in a journey of self discovery as well as an exploration of complex concepts, ideologies and realities.

The focus throughout this journey was on the process rather than the product. Gifted and talented students will often learn despite us but do they know themselves as learners? Do they know how they learn best? Do they learn to their fullest potential? Do they know about or desire to learn about the world beyond their own?

In wrestling with the ‘Big’ Question’ the Q’ed students discovered answers to questions they were not asking; they

developed in ways they were not expecting and, as a bonus, they developed a passion for a wide variety of concepts such as poverty, homelessness, endangered species, mental illness and the quest for human happiness.

The exhibition provided students with an opportunity to showcase their diverse range of practical responses to the ‘Big Question’ but also offered a powerful learning opportunity. Over a day and a half the students assembled their individual exhibitions, presented tirelessly to rotational groups of students from Junior, Bellarine and Middle campuses and then, in a wonderful celebratory manner, presented to their parents, friends, staff and interested visitors Tuesday evening prior to dismantling their exhibitions.

Throughout the exhibition the students were provided with feedback from their visitors which they used to refine their presentations, to enrich their ongoing conversations and to deepen their understanding of themselves, their topic and their world.

The Q’ed Exhibition 2011 was not the culmination of a journey for the 2011 Q’ed students but a ‘fuel stop’ along the road to individual empowerment and fulfillment as a gifted and talented learner at Christian College Geelong.

Roselyn Smith Director of Teaching and Learning -Systems

Feedback from the Principal and fellow students for Darcy Ryan (seated)

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School Start Bonus and the Educational Maintenance Allowance The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), has combined the 2012 family assistance application process for the School Start Bonus (SSB) and the Educational Maintenance Allowances (EMA) into one application form.

On the new Christian College website under Parent Services/Forms parents are able to download an Application Form for one or both on the same form. Hard copies of the Application Forms are also available at each of the Campuses.

Applications Deadline It is critical that parents lodge their application form with Christian College by the 9 December 2011.

Although the advertised date of lodgement by DEECD is the 15 December 2011, this date will be too late for Christian College parents a s t h e A d m i n i s t ra t i o n Office will be closing on 15 December 2011 for the Christmas/New Year break and staff will not be able to process applications after 9 December.

Pa y m e n t o f t h e $ 3 0 0 SSB is payable to eligible families. Payment will commence on 20 January 2012 and will be paid into the account nominated by parents on the Application Form. Failure to lodge applications on time will result in payments being made much later in 2012.

There will be no changes to the EMA processing timelines or payment methods. Parents will still have the option to receive their EMA payment by electronic funds transfer or by cheque.

Chris Maddock Business Manager

Communication Connects Communities On Thursday 15th September, Christian College again adopted a proactive and whole school approach to mental health issues by conducting R U OK? Day which was instigated by headspace Barwon. The purpose of R U O K? Day is to increase community awareness of the prevalence and the positive support available to those who may experience a mental health issue, in particular anxiety and depression.

The focus of this year’s event was JUST ASK…the important question. Asking does not put ideas in their heads!…it is, in fact, a great way to help.

It was encouraging to see students, teachers, ancillary and administration staff from all campuses embrace this event by dressing up in something green.

Students and staff were provided with information about mental health issues, the importance of seeking help and where to go to get help. In other words caring for each other, looking out for each other and being aware.

Thank you Mr. Glynn Harvey from Harvey’s Fruiterers Highton for again generously donating 2,100 green apples which were distributed to every student and staff member as a tangible symbol of R U OK? Day. Here are some of the cross campus activities held on the day:

Mr Trevaskis with his Bellarine Year 6 class ‘go green’ for RU Ok? Day

• Linking of arms to demonstrate we are part of a caring and connected community • Speciality presentations on ‘Caring Enough to Connect’, ‘Difficult Emotions’ and ‘Resiliency’ • Combined Staff Morning Tea of delicious apple slices!

• Uplifting popular music played during lunch time to create a fun atmosphere

• Head and shoulder massages for staff • Bollywood Dance Sessions • Mexican Wave and Hokey Pokey This fun, but also meaningful day serves as a catalyst to remind ourselves of our desire to provide a supportive and caring environment for all students, staff and community on a daily basis.

The College Chaplaincy Team

Year 9 Changes at Highton Facilities The completion of the Highton Middle School Sports and Aquatic Centre is a great blessing that will lead to improved outcomes for students right across Middle School. The centre will also allow students from other campuses various opportunities to make use of the new facilities.

Year 9 Structure at Highton In 2012 we will introduce an additional Year 9 class at Highton Middle School. The farm experience for Year 9’s at ‘Back Creek’ is now well recognised for the unique way in which students are able to grow and learn.

However the administration from the school end is quite often difficult. Students changing classes and having different teachers has been seen as a necessary compromise to allow

students their time at the farm.

The extra Year 9 class next year will allow the excellent work at the farm to continue while the academic rigour of Year 9 will be able to flourish and grow. There will be no need for class changes or staff changes. Units will not need to conform to rural dates but will rather be scheduled according to need. The opportunity will be available to offer team teaching and streaming across the study areas.

This improved continuity is certain to reduce stress levels associated with rural changeover times whilst encouraging students to work well with greater accountability.

The expectation is that this new model will also allow the student leaders within the school to exercise their gifts more freely and help their fellow students

with more day to day needs.

Bellarine families should note that no changes to class structures are necessary at the Bellarine Campus.

As the Pathways at Senior Campus continue to evolve, the Year 9 program at our Middle Schools will be well placed to assist in preparing students for their senior studies as well as providing a breadth of subject choice and quality pastoral care.

The visible improvements to our campus are very exciting with wonderful new learning opportunities to follow but we must never overlook the less obvious improvements that are designed to aid students learning, the pursuit of excellence and ease of transition to the next level of education.

Wayne Hines Head of Middle School Highton

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Music Report This year has seen around 650 students electing to study instrumental music with weekly lessons happening across the Campuses and 48 instrumental staff giving specialist tutorage.

This has meant a fantastic level of involvement in the extra curricula ensemble program offered at Christian College with over 30 regularly rehearsing ensembles making music weekly and taking part in camps, tours, competitions, and performances both within the College and in the wider community. As well regular solo performance recitals have been held across all campuses providing the opportunity for students to perform for family and friends.

The Bands, Choirs, String Orchestras and instrumentalists have played an active role in supporting events in the life of the College including Services, Ceremonies and celebrations.

Many student soloists have completed examinations with the Australian Music Examinations Board from Preliminary Grade through to the Associate of Music Performance Diploma.

Students have also competed in scholarship competitions and Rotary Club talent competitions with many winning prizes and recognition for their great musicianship.

The classroom music program has seen a very comprehensive offering of core and elective classes across the College. We have had accelerated classes of VCE in Years 10 and 11 as well as a class completing the new ‘Music Investigation’ VCE study in Year 12. The VCE Unit ¾ classes have had class recital nights in the Chapel at the Highton Middle School where they have shared a small part of their program with family and friends.

Music Camps In September, the Combined Middle Schools Music Camp involved 165 students from the Bellarine and Highton Campuses in choirs, strings and bands. Held at Camp Wilkin and Burnside in Anglesea, the students rehearsed new material in preparation for their end of year performances.

At this camp the Highton and Bellarine Middle School groups combined to form one large Concert Band, Choir and String Orchestra as well as a Guitar Ensemble. This event is not just a music camp; it is also a fantastic way for students to make friendships across different Campuses and Year levels. The students enjoyed a variety of recreational activities as well deserved breaks from music making; these included a sand sculpture competition at the beach and games nights.

Senior Rehearsal Camp sees the most senior ensembles at Christian College depart from their Campus environs for intensive tutorials and rehearsals in late June. This year the Senior Wind Symphony, Strings, Choir and Stage Bands travelled to Rutherford Park near Daylesford for a six day camp where the students played for an average of five hours a day. The students relish the opportunity to be away and immerse themselves in their chosen pieces for the forth coming competitions. The games challenge night is always a definite highlight of this annual event with students learning more about themselves and band friends through team games and challenges.

Both the Middle School and Senior Music Camps see the Music Department engage not only our regular staff but also

The combined Middle School trombones with their tutors at camp

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the services of professional performing musicians from places such as Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Victorian Opera and various tertiary institutions to tutor and motivate the students. Both staff and students find it inspiring to have the opportunity to work with people with such fantastic expertise from ‘outside’ our program.

College Ensemble Competitions and Festivals The Melbourne School Bands and Strings Festival is held at Monash University each year.

Bands and orchestras play for an adjudication panel and are rated against set criteria for an award; they also take part in a tutorial and workshop. The Christian College ensembles find this experience a great opportunity to develop and refine their musicianship. Many of our groups received the highest rating possible from the panel as well as recordings of their performance for review. The Bellarine Concert Band, Senior Wind Symphony and Senior String Orchestra all achieved Gold awards at the Festival.

During August the Junior School Strings, Choir and Dancers performed at the Geelong Schools’ Music and Movement Festival in the Ford Theatre. For many of the students it was their first public performance and was a tremendous experience being in a professional theatre.

Royal South Street Competition in Ballarat provides our College ensembles and soloists with the most prestigious eisteddfod environment in which to compete. We have had a fantastic year at Royal South

Street this year with many students and groups gaining places in hotly contested sections.

Performance highlights are many including the following First Places being awarded– Jamie Parker Yr 11 - First place in 3 solo sections U18 String Solo, VCE String Solo & Open Age String Solo Georgia Williams Yr 12 – First Place in VCE Woodwind Solo & Open Age Woodwind Solo Clare Duck Yr 12 – First Place in U18 Woodwind Solo Bella Winter Yr 8 – First Place in U13 Woodwind Solo Alex Jeantou Yr 8 – First Place in the U13 & U 15 Brass Solo Will Crowther Yr 8 – First Place in the U 18 Brass Solo Katelyn Shirley Yr 11 – First Place in the VCE Brass Solo Jordan Antonelli Yr 12 – First Place in the Open Percussion Solo Ella Rowsthorn Yr 8 – First Place U14 Piano Solo Chelsea Jones & Grace Law Yr 6 – First Place U12 Piano Duet Courtney Miller, Aiden Hodge & David De Vlugt Yr 11 – First Place VCE Classical Ensemble Kosta Karatenislis & Lachlan Smith – First Place U 18 Instrumental Duet Stacey Harwood, Laura Pelchen & Rhiannon Irving Yr 11– First Place in U20 Small Instrumental Group.

Our Senior Wind Symphony also won the very prestigious advanced Concert Band Section to cap off a great month of competition.

Community Performance The Senior Choir and their Director Ms. Barnett have represented the College on a number of occasions at significant events such as the Vietnam Veteran’s service, the Geelong Schools ANZAC service at the Johnstone Park Memorial and a Geelong Australian Citizenship Ceremony at the Council Offices.

The Highton Middle School choir performed at Federation Square’s BMW Edge at the Melbourne Festival of Choirs and had the opportunity to work with Dr Jonathan Welch and the Australian Voices with Gordon Hamilton. As well they

Madison Oflus, Year 1 ‘a study of concentration’ in the Junior Strings performance

have performed at the Belmont Elderly Citizen Centre providing entertainment for the Senior Citizens.

Junior School Choirs and Strings have experienced community performances at the Drysdale Kindergarten and Marysville nursing home.

The Senior School has been represented by soloists and chamber ensembles thoughout the year at a huge range of events; these have provided the students with valuable performance experience but also allowed them to share their gifts with others in the community and experience the satisfaction of providing service to others, particularly in being able to support charity fundraising events.

James Morrison Workshop We were fortunate to have the opportunity to host Australia’s most prominent jazz artist James Morrison in the Middle School Highton Chapel for a jazz/ brass demonstration and workshop.

Students from schools throughout our region visited and took part in a great afternoon of music as well as having the opportunity to meet James Morrison and be amazed at his incredible performance technique.

House Music Performances Deakin University’s Costa Hall was the venue for this year’s Senior School House Music Competition. The Senior School became a frenzy of House choir and ensemble practices leading up to the hotly contested House Music Competition. This event sees the entire Senior School Student body perform as a part of their respective House Choirs.

Each House also provided a soloist and two ensembles.

Burrows House was victorious in 2011 winning Best House Choir with their rendition of the ABBA

chart ‘Voulez Vous’ and as well overall House Music Champions. Flynn House small ensemble won the Principal’s Award with an outstanding rendition of the ‘Four Chord Song’ featuring the talents of Ben McCarthy Year 11 and Charlie Mackie Year 11. Alex Spicer Year 12 of Burrows House was awarded Champion House Soloist with his entertaining drum solo.

The Annual Music Evening An outstanding night of performances was held at Costa Hall on Thursday October 13th.

It gave over 400 of Christian College’s student musicians the opportunity to perform for a large audience in a world class concert hall style venue. The acoustics of Costa Hall allowed all bands, string groups and choral performers to showcase the best of their performance pieces learnt throughout the year. The concert featured a consistently outstanding level of student musicianship.

For the first time the Concert Finale was a College Symphony Orchestra conducted by College Strings Teacher, Mr Ben Castle.

The orchestra gave our string, wind and percussion players the chance to shine while performing Danse Bacchanale from the opera “Samson and Delilah” by Camille Saint Saëns. The music staff would like to congratulate all students involved for their contribution and commitment to the College Ensemble Program throughout 2011.

Fiona Gardner Director of Music – teaching and learning

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The L.O.T.E Report We have enjoyed a range of activities in the Christian College Languages program in 2011 which have provided our students with many opportunities to develop not only their language skills but also to broaden their understanding of Japanese and Indonesian people, culture and customs.

The focus of our faculty is on the teaching and learning of Japanese and Indonesian and also helping our students to develop an appreciation of and respect for social, cultural and religious diversity as well as a sense of global citizenship.

Our exchange program is a foundation of the Languages program and next year is the 20th year of our exchange with Naga Senior High School in Japan and the 16th year of our exchange with SMA Negeri 2 in Mataram, Indonesia.

Study Tours This year our Senior students and parents participated in a study tour to Lombok in April and the group was able to experience the lifestyle of Indonesia through a cultural program in Bali and Ubud and visiting our Twin School in Lombok. The students were able to practise speaking Indonesian every day and they also gained valuable insights into Indonesian family and school life. In the future we hope to further develop our exchange program to Indonesia by offering an assistant program for Christian College graduates at SMA Negeri 2 Mataram.

Senior School Indonesian students also participated in a two week study tour to Malaysia in June and July and were able to experience city and rural life in Malaysia including visits to schools, National Parks, an Orangutan conservation centre and an Iban tribe longhouse. The students and staff homestayed in a traditional Malay village. The students were able to learn about Malay culture and also had many opportunities to speak Indonesian.

Student Exchanges

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We had a visit from our Japanese Sister School Naga High School in July and August and the 14 students and 2 staff enjoyed their 2 weeks based at the Senior School. The Japanese students studied English everyday and greatly enjoyed visits to the farm, Bellarine, Middle and Junior School campuses. They also visited Narana Aboriginal Centre and joined some Senior

Year 8 Boys learning Japanese calligraphy with Takaya Hirakawa

School classes. Some long lasting friendships were made between the Japanese students and their host families.

We welcomed Bronte Alexander home from 6 months long term exchange to Japan in June and we are currently hosting a long term exchange student from Naga High School, Ruka Iwawaki.

We will be sending 2 students, Benjamin Stewart and Darcy Whitworth to Naga High School in January next year for the 2012 long term exchange.

Seven Year 9 and two Year 10 Japanese students were selected for interviews for the JENESYS exchange program to Japan.

Winners of this prestigious scholarship participate in a 2 week study tour to Japan in December. Also Jacob Petkovic in Year 12 was shortlisted for the Indonesian Independence Day scholarship. He completed an interview in Indonesian and wrote an essay in Indonesian about Australian Indonesian relations.

Three years ago we commenced a new assistant program for Christian College and Naga High school graduates. Natsumi Yamamoto has been our language assistant this year. Natsumi has assisted with the Japanese program at Junior and Middle School. Takaya Hirakawa has also been a volunteer assistant with the Japanese program this year.

Language Speech Contests As part of our teaching and learning focus we have been encouraging students to participate in Christian College and State level speech contests. We were delighted with the excellent

standard and enthusiasm of our students who participated in the different campus speech contests.

We selected students to participate in the JLTAV and VILTA state wide Japanese and Indonesian speech contests and our students received impressive results. From Junior School Tess O’ Neil and Darcy Aylen won 1st prize in the Years 4 to 6 Open Japanese division and Lin Nakayama won the 3rd prize in the Primary Open division. In the Geelong region Indonesian speech contest Christopher Bottrell and Lydia Mackie both won 1st prizes and Lydia Mackie won 3rd prize in the Victorian State final.

‘Languages Matter’ Forum We held a ‘Languages Matter’ forum on Tuesday 16th August in the Middle School Chapel. This forum highlighted the educational and vocational benefits of Language study and fourteen Christian College Graduates spoke about their LOTE journeys.

The forum provided parents and students with information about University courses which include LOTE studies and also exchange, study and employment opportunities.

Juniors Japanese Day On September 21st a Japanese day was held at Bellarine Campus Junior School for Prep to Year 4. The day featured a Japanese Kendo demonstration and the students also participated in a variety of activities including Japanese cooking, origami, calligraphy and Japanese games.

In addition the ICT and LOTE faculty worked together to provide a Japanese ICT activity on the day.

Carol Milton-Garner Director of L.O.T.E.

Around the Campuses - Senior School Arriving in style for the Debutante Ball

Proud families admire the Debs as they take to the dance floor

Penman House - winners of the 2011 Wearable Art Competition

Mr Richardson is presented with his Award from the Geelong and District Coaches Association

Youth Coach of the Year The College congratulates Head of Physical Education & Sport at Senior School, Mr Andrew Richardson, on winning the Geelong & District AFL Youth Coach of the Year Award.

Andrew has coached the Senior Christian College football team with distinction for the past 9 years and it was his excellent service, quality coaching and team achievements that led to his nomination for the Award.

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Bellarine Campus Montana, Olivia and Erin enjoying Crazy Hair Day at Bellarine

Ruby Lockman and her Dad proud of their ‘vegie person’ on Father’s Night

Crowded shelters for Year 6 on Refugee Day

Daniel Elstone checks the calves at ‘Back Creek’ on the Prep. Farm visit Book Week goes together with book character dress-ups for Preps

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Middle School Highton

Year 8’s getting to know the ‘locals’ at ‘Back Creek’ prior to their Year 9 farm experience in 2012

Mrs Smith gives advice in the Year 9 challenge to design a passive recreation area in the school grounds

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day Service was held in the Middle School Chapel

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Visiting author Ms Sue Lawson shares her expertise with Year 9 English students

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Junior School Uniform Shop News Summer Hats The College Uniform Shop now has stocks of a new navy College wide brimmed microfiber hat that will provide good protection from the summer sun whilst being flexible enough to fold into College bags if necessary. Price $20.00

Girls in Junior School or Years 5 and 6 also have the option to purchase a cream ‘polyester straw’ College hat instead of the navy one. Limited stocks of these are now in the Uniform Shop at $55.00 Year 2 Boys’ Dance Group ready to perform at the GPAC Music and Movement Festival Will Bourke, Year 2 and Nanna Shirley enjoying Grandparents’ Day

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Junior School Show Day festivities in progress

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Uniform Shop Hours December 2011/January 2012 The Uniform Shop at Middle School will be open on Mondays 10.00am to 6.00pm throughout this Term. In a addition, to facilitate families who w wish to purchase items for 2012 early, th the shop will be open on Wednesday 3 30 November, Friday 2 December a and Monday 5th December before c closing for stocktake. Parents wishing to avoid the January rush in hot w weather are urged to take advantage o these additional opening days. of In January 2012 the Uniform Shop w re-open on Monday 23 January will a and be open each day that week e except for the Australia Day Public H Holiday on Thursday 26 January.

T The shop will also be open from 1 10.00am to 6.00pm on Monday 3 Tuesday 31 January and 30, W Wednesday 1 February – the first d day of Term 1, 2012 V Volunteers Needed The prices for College uniform are kept as low as possible for quality garments by the fact that College parents are prepared to give 2 or 3 hours of their time once a month to assist in the shop. This is rostered according to parents’ availability. If you are able to assist now or next year, please contact the Manager, Mrs Jeannette Casey through Reception at Middle School Highton.

Parents who volunteer are given priority for any paid work in the Uniform Shop’s busy times in January each year.