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EDITION 1 2019
Growing God’s Kingdom through Excellence in Education
Faces of CCC
CONTENT Faces of CCC, pg 1 From the Principal, pg 3 Staff Retirement, pg 4 Feature Articles, pg 5 Term in Review, pg 13 ELC News, pg 16 Service Learning, pg 17 Community, pg 19 The Arts, pg 21 Sports, pg 22 Alumni, pg 23 Lunchtime Activities, pg 24 Events, pg 25 Associated Churches, pg 26
TEAM Natalie Cocks, Creator Melita Whittle, Co-ordinator Minette Engelbrecht, Editor Staff, Students & Alumni, Content & Photos
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A message From the Principal
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
BEST POSSIBLE
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR LEARNING
At Cooloola Christian College our focus is always on our students. We want to give every student the best possible opportunities for learning. As you are already aware, our school has a new leadership structure that is aimed specifically at improving outcomes for students. Our Deputy Principal, Ross Waltisbuhl, is working with an excellent team of Year Coordinators who are committed to helping every young person achieve school success. They are also passionate about providing a safe and collaborative learning environment for students as they develop a deep sense of connection with the school, their teachers and peers. We know that when students have positive feelings about school, they are much more likely to engage in, and take responsibility for, their learning. Our Director of Teaching and Learning, Sue Waltisbuhl, is also working with an outstanding team of Curriculum and Faculty Leaders. This team focuses on the most important work we do every day; high quality teaching, assessment
and reporting. This is the team behind the scenes that ensures we are continually improving our teaching and learning practices, so that our students have the best possible learning opportunities every day. CCC is building a great reputation for being a caring, supportive and safe school. We currently have 440 students enrolled in our College, and almost every new student who has joined us, mentions that the reason for enrolling at CCC is because it’s known in the community for being such a great school.
Thank you for continuing to share this positive message in our community with your family, friends and other networks.
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Mrs Shirley McDonald’s Staff Retirement
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION
After 24 years of continuous teaching service at CCC, Shirley leaves a tremendous legacy of love, faith and quiet service. She has touched the lives of hundreds of students through her warmth and diligence as a teacher, and encouraged parents with biblical wisdom and personal experience. Shirley’s reflection:
Thank you for the opportunity to write a few lines about my teaching career over the past twenty four years at Cooloola Christian College. It has been a pleasure to have taught so many children. I have benefitted from knowing the staff as well. I have watched the progress of the growing children with keen interest. There have been many conversations with the children about the value of spiritual matters and Jesus in their lives. There have been changes that have occurred throughout the years – increased number of students and staff, campus buildings, different styles of teaching and many other changes. I feel that overall, there will be betterment for the future. I have been grateful for the freedom to talk about our Heavenly Father and to their prayers. I was able to share Jesus with the children in my care. He has and will stay constant.
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Sixth annual
GYMPIE PRIMARY LEADERS DAY
GPLD 2019
“The future is within our hands and if we can make an effort, we can change people’s lives if we continue to be the best that we can be.” - Participant
The sixth annual Gympie Primary Leaders Day (GPLD) was hosted again by CCC in late February. It continues to be an extremely successful event, with over 240 students attending from 14 schools. We also had representation from Riverside Christian College in Maryborough for the first time. The students and teachers from this school really enjoyed themselves and hopefully they will ‘spread the word’ beyond the Gympie region. The keynote speaker, Megan Dredge, brought a lot of energy and passion to her inspirational presentation for the students. She spoke on the theme of ‘No Limits’ and encouraged students to challenge the limits they place on their own thoughts and beliefs. The event, which is held on two days, benefits students and schools as it’s an opportunity to get hands-on, practical learning around what it means to be a leader in your family, school and community, what it means to part of a team, how to communicate well and how to set goals without giving up. Popular interactive activities included the climbing wall, art and obstacle challenge. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped out and especially to our sponsors - Gympie Regional Council, Ag Solutions, Ellingsen Partners, Advice Partners and Polleys Coaches.
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Serving those who serve us ES Coffee Day
EMERGENCY SERVICES COFFEE “I believe it is important to offer acts of service where we are able to, for those who continually work in situations that may be confronting and even dangerous for the benefit of our community. They selflessly commit their time and efforts in order to make Gympie a better place, and I feel it is important that we try to do the same”. - Dané Lamprecht (Year 11 Student)
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Getting our kids outoors NATURE PLAY QLD
Nature Play
At CCC we believe that unstructured, outdoor play is essential for the healthy development of children. Nature Play QLD is a fantastic government initiative encouraging families and kids to get outdoors! We have included a fun list to provide some outdoor play ideas these holidays. Go outside and have fun!
10 THINGS
to create your ow n outdoor adventure
the hill first, the Find a tyre, find some friends, find a hill…..who will make it down tyre, you or your friends? you could 2. Fill some buckets or wheelbarrows with topsoil, add water and then make mud pies, or...…wouldn’t a mud fight be much more fun? 1.
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old pipes, rope, Everywhere you go, look for things you can collect……planks of wood, need to make the branches, leaves. Before you know it you’ll have everything you perfect cubby house to hide away in. rial 4. Protect your den with a giant slingshot. Tie a stretchy piece of mate who e anyon at ows between two trees then fire foam balls or marshmall tries to come near. containers and old pipes 5. Tape or tie thick cardboard tubes, plastic drink water makes together. Pour a bucket of water in one end and see how much it to the empty bucket at the other end. to make a Practice tying all different sorts of knots. Now, use your skills climbing rope, rope net or a tyre swing. shells. Take your boat to the 7. Make boats out of paper, grass, twigs or walnut g with water. local creek or wait till a rainy day when the gutters are racin See whose boat can travel the furthest before capsizing.
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if you can hit it. Learn how to skim a rock and then decide on a target and see t? Different targets earn different points. Who will score the highes 9. Use a bucket and rope to make a pulley. You could pull water out of a creek or pull ? lunch up to your treehouse. Where else could you use your pulley can in a tree. How long can you stay 10. Camouflage yourself then climb as high as you there before someone spots you?
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PARENTING UNPACKED
be eSAFE
At CCC, we recognise the importance of our partnership with parents in providing the very best educational opportunities for students learning and growth, and to do so in a safe environment. We are all acutely aware of the significant impact technology has on our everyday lives and the way in which we learn and communicate. CCC is hosting a series of four parenting information workshops (one each term this year) focussing on a range of topics. The first workshop in this series entitled ‘Be eSmart’ unpacked how to keep our families safe online in a rapidly changing technological world. The workshop was conducted by Andrew Smith. Andrew is a Christian, father, teacher and IT professional currently working as a full time web developer. Below are 5 key points from his workshop. The full workshop, including technological safety information, is available to view on Facebook. 1. COMMUNICATION
4. RECOGNISE THE SIGNS
Communication is key. We should want open dialogue and conversations with our children about their use of technology. We want to teach them to be open and honest and not to hide things from us. Through open communication we can teach them healthy habits and responsibility of their technology usage.
Be aware of the signs of an unhealthy dependency and addiction on technology. How do your children respond when you take it off them? Are they being honest with their usage? Is there open communication? Is it hindering their relationships and other responsibilities? Is it distracting them from other work?
2. FEED THE GOOD WOLF
5. REAL LIFE vs ONLINE
See video of workshop for full anaology. What habits we spend the most time ‘feeding’ will be the ones that define and consume us. Don’t let technology addiction consume our children. Encourage them to balance screen time with green time. Set healthy limits and guidelines.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
3. BE PROACTIVE It’s hard to undo habits after they are established. It is better to set healthy family expectations and guidelines around technology usage in the beginning.
- John 10:10
The key to a real, full life is through a relationship with Jesus. Time spent online (gaming, YouTube, etc) takes away from time spent building a relationship with Jesus and a relationship with others.
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Health
& HAPPINESS
Well-being
JOY
IS
BETTER
BY ROSS WALTISBUHL If asked, most people would say they want to be happier and healthier and that they want to live longer. Someone once put it this way - “I want to die young, but live long.” And in most cases, we are well aware that eating healthy food, exercising, avoiding unhealthy habits like smoking and too much alcohol are key contributors to our good health.
“The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health,” said Robert Waldinger, director of the study, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. “Taking care of your body is important, but tending to your relationships is a form of self-care too. That, I think, is the revelation.”
But there is a much more important predictor to happiness and health that doesn’t get the same air time as government advertising or social media commentary.
“The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health.”
Harvard University has been conducting a longitudinal study for the last 75 years on this very topic. They began with 268 young men back in 1938 and they have been studying their health, habits, relationships, careers and fortunes ever since. Most of these men are now in their 90’s but are still participating every two years. The study now includes their wives and children as well.
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Genes are nice, but joy is better. It seems that regardless of class, wealth, diet, exercise or genetic pre-disposition, the evidence shows that positive, healthy relationships are the secret to health and happiness.
“….we found a strong correlation between men’s flourishing lives and their relationships with family, friends, and community. Several studies found that people’s level of satisfaction with their relationships at age 50 was a better predictor of physical health than their cholesterol levels were.”
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Health
& HAPPINESS
Well-being
If you want to hear more about this fascinating study, check out: https://youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI So what is the take away for us? Investing in healthy positive relationships is worth the effort. Enjoying time with family and friends is important. Even with the business of work, parenting, school and life, make time to create special memories and enjoy the blessing of shared experiences. Find opportunities to serve in your local community and connect with sporting or social groups. Connect in with a church on a regular basis. Turn off the smart phone, TV or iPad and write a letter, invite people for morning tea, or organise an outing. Our Heavenly Father created us to function in relationship. He wants us to have a relationship with Him, and he designed us to function best in relationship with others. It fascinates me that science is catching up with the life lessons we find in the scripture.
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgave you.” Quotes from: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-beenshowing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/
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Welcome
NEW STAFF MEMBERS
New Faces
SCOTT LITURI I am a Primary Teacher at CCC. I am a single man without children. Before working at CCC I was working as a relief teacher on the Sunshine Coast. I enjoy playing the drums, fellowshipping and reading the Bible.
STARH GAGE I’m a Secondary teacher here at CCC, teaching mostly junior English. I am a first year teacher this year. I lived in Brisbane and was studying at Christian Heritage College. I’m a drama enthusiast and specialised in drama at university. I love sport, often hiking on the weekends. I’ve just moved onto acreage, so I look forward to gardening veggies and getting some farm animals to look after.
LYNDA DOWNING Executive Assistant (to Principal and Deputy Principal). I started this year in January after working 20 years in local government, with 10 years in Corporate Communications and Marketing. I’m currently studying a degree in Public Relations and Human Resource Management. I have two girls at CCC – Ashlee (who is in Grade 7) and Sienna (who is in Grade 5). I enjoy reading, photography, and outdoor activities. I’m really excited to be part of the CCC community - in an environment where Christian values and beliefs are supported.
AARON RODRIQUES Music / History Teacher. Currently single. I don’t have any pets although I am a dog lover and intend on getting one in the near future. I am originally from NSW and the rest of my family live in Port Macquarie. I was teaching at a Christian school for two years in Emerald, central QLD. I enjoy exercising and usually in my spare time I will be practising saxophone or piano. I enjoy getting lost in my music.
PETER & LAUREN DEAGON Peter - IT Technician. Before joining CCC, I worked for two different software companies that made software for schools. Last year I also worked in Central Asia helping to manage the IT needs of a non-profit relief and development organisation there. Enjoys photography, cars, technology Lauren - Year 3 Primary teacher. Pete and I have been married for four years and we are expecting our first child in August. I have worked at CCC for four years but last year we left Gympie and worked overseas in Central Asia for a year doing community development work with Operation Mercy. I love drawing and love going out in God’s creation and painting landscapes. SELWYN GILMORE Secondary English/History teacher. Married, with 2 adult children. Been employed in a number of schools over an extended period of time. Most recently in Gympie, Toowoomba and the Northern Territory. Finding old ‘stuff’ – have enjoyed collecting for over 25 years. Also enjoy gardening, fishing and spending time with family and friends.
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What’s on MONDAY 22ND APRIL
Term 2 Prayer Meeting
WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL
ANZAC Service @ CCC
THURSDAY 25TH APRIL
ANZAC DAY holiday
MONDAY 6TH MAY
Labour Day Holiday
WEDNESDAY 8TH FRIDAY 10TH MAY
Year 7 Camp
FRIDAY 10TH MAY
P&F Meeting @ Solid Grounds
MONDAY 13TH MAY
Premier’s Reading Challenge begins
MONDAY 13TH WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY
Year 6 Camp
THURSDAY 17TH MAY
Gympie Show Holiday
He left his father and his throne and came to live with us. And showed us what love was really like.
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY
National Simultaneous Storytime
Because, you see, Love isn’t mostly a list.
FRIDAY 24TH MAY
CCC Open Day
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE
Retirement Celebration for Mrs McDonald
FRIDAY 21ST JUNE
Term 2 Concludes
MONDAY 15TH JULY
Term 3 Commences
What is love? Is it a feeling in your heart? The Bible says Love is much more: it is patient and kind, never bears a grudge, doesn’t demand its own way, always wants the best for someone else, never puts itself first, never gets jealous, isn’t proud, doesn’t boast, isn’t rude, always hopes, never stops. Oh dear, that’s quite a list. Who can love like that? Only one.
It’s a Person.
“For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son.” JOHN 3:16 https://www.sallylloyd-jones.com/
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Date Claimers
TERM 2
What’s happening AROUND CCC
Term in Review
2019 Commencement Service
Year 6 Science Experiments
What’s happening Term in Review
AROUND CCC
Year 7 Home Economics Clean Up Australia Day Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures. - Lovelle Drachman
WOW, what an incredible first term of school Prep A & B have had! Their creativity and curiosity has been contagious through their inquiry learning and investigation time. From the outside, it may come across as play, but step inside and see the learning journey. Each week they have begun or continued an interest that was sparked from one little one or a group. Developing a love for exploring, investigating and seeking their learning further, Prep A & B have been digging deeper into new knowledge and skills with hands-on activities and real-life situations. Their sounds have been explored each day, setting the foundational skills for them to read and write as well as learning about God and His creation, constructing, crafting and experimenting. These experiences have not only been building their academic minds but also life skills, their emotions, actions and reactions, social situations and problem-solving skills. We are so excited to see their next level of learning.
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What’s happening OUTSIDE CCC
Term in Review
Year 12 Roadcraft Gympie Science & Engineering Day “On March 11th we attended the Gympie Science and Engineering Day at the Pavilion. We were spilt into 7 coloured groups, and I was green. My group were put in the section to make a moving hand that could pick up a handball and some straws. At first my group struggled building it but in the end we got something together and it managed to pick up a handball. - Lucy Sadler-Bridge (Year 6)
Recently the Year 12s spent two days out at Roadcraft honing their driving skills whilst learning more about road safety. Students learnt that by looking ahead and putting space between themselves and the vehicles in front of them, they will have a much better chance of avoiding a crash. It was fantastic to see students’ confidence in their driving ability improve and the buzz of excitement as they returned from their time driving the Roadcraft cars. Hopefully the skills learnt will stay with them for a long time to come.
What an incredible opportunity students at CCC have for experiential learning! Outdoor Education and Recreation Studies students were blessed with fine (though rather warm) weather for their experience of climbing on natural surfaces out at Brooyar State Forest in Week 7 of term. Students demonstrated risk management in the cliff environment as they belayed and climbed. John Monssen, Samuel Kropp and Amos Bradbury were among the accomplished climbers who looked right at home on the clifflines. In Recreation Studies, skills extend from managing safety at the base of the cliffline to accessing the top, setting up safety and the anchor points which bear the climbing rope. In Term 2, families and Primary students will have opportunity to climb the indoor wall at CCC, with Social Climbers Club and Primary Climbing Breaks coming up.
What’s happening ELC Update
AROUND CCC
Connecting to the Community It has been a busy start to the Year for the ELC as we have focused on Connecting to the Community. The children have enjoyed story time with the Year Six students, Music with Mrs Dean and incursions to Chapel and the Primary Oval as we have connected with the College Community. While a Family Information Evening provided opportunity for the children, educators and families to connect with each other. We are looking forward to making many more connections as the year continues.
Learn to Serve
SERVE TO LEARN
Service Learning
FAB
YEAR 6 BUDDIES
FAB is a place were we come together as a group to fellowship with each other, to provide service when the opportunity arises and take active roles in each other’s lives by prayer and understanding. It is a great way to socialize and share in some laughter.
Year 6 have been visiting the ELC students on Fridays to read and play games. The students love learning to serve and serving to learn.
For Term 1 and 2, we are organising a Primary Show were the girls can showcase their many talents while raising money for the Year 6 graduation night celebrations. Last year as part of service, the FAB girls decorated calico bags for the students going to the Solomon Islands to present them as gifts to the locals.
The weekly visits will continue in Term 2 with the focus being on number recognition and counting.
“It’s fun to see the younger children and get to play with them and read them stories each week.” - Miah Birt (student)
Learn to Serve Service Learning
SERVE TO LEARN
PREP B & YR 11 BUDDIES
CHAPLAINCY OUTREACH
A highlight of this term has been visits from the Year 11 Buddies who come to visit the Prep B classroom every Friday morning. The students greatly anticipate their visits and enjoy spending time with them participating in a range of activities such as writing, reading or puzzle work.
Our Chaplaincy Outreach Team visited Gympie South State School this week and shared a program about Easter and Agape Love.
We are excited for all the learning that will take place in the Prep B classroom this year! We Iook forward to each student learning more about who God made them to be and for them to discover more about the gifts and talents that God has given them!
Agape in the New Testament is the form of love that is immeasurable, incomparable love for humankind. Agape love is perfect, unconditional, sacrificial, and pure. Jesus displayed Agape when He went to the cross to take what should have been our punishment for our sins. Thank you Jesus! Our team was able to share what Easter means to them, they facilitated the rotations and the overall running of the program.
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Welcome to our
COMMUNITY
Community
Principal’s Morning Tea
P&F Welcome BBQ
Did you know at CCC we have our very own coffee cart? Solid Grounds Coffee @CCC (SGC) is open from 8.00am to 1.30pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week during the school term and is located near the Stan Baker Hall. We serve Kai coffee, a quality product roasted on the Sunshine Coast by a company who share our values. Kai coffee donate a portion of the proceeds of every bag of coffee sold to providing meals for children in need in Uganda. Not only is it an amazing coffee, every cup is doing good. Cold brew coffee, a new addition to our menu, has been a hit during the warmer weather. Try our cold brew coffee served as either an iced latte, affogato or long black, or try your own variation (an iced mocha, dirty chai, caramel latte or more). Our ‘Homemade Sweet Treats’, a variety of slices, bliss balls and other baking, are also available each day. The focus of Solid Grounds Coffee is community. It was established as a way to catch up, to connect, to care, a way to develop community within our college and beyond. To this end, we have been working with the P&F to organise opportunities for parents to meet together. For example, each week a class does a presentation on primary assembly, the P&F together with SGC, invite parents to come along to assembly and then join together for a coffee afterward to catch up and get to know the other parents in your child’s class. Plans are underway to build a permanent structure for Solid Grounds Coffee to call home, including a fenced seating area for parents with young children to relax with a coffee while the children run and play. Until that plan comes to fruition, our mobile coffee cart located near the SBH, can service your coffee needs. Whether it’s to grab your morning coffee to go or to catch up with other parents…we look forward to serving you with heart and a smile.
Faith in Action P&F
P&F ASSOCIATION
Faith in Action is an initiative of the Cooloola Christian College Parents & Friends Association with the goal to support and encourage our college community.
“Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.” James 2:18
Our faith in God manifests itself in love and care for others. The Faith in Action P&F initiative provides an opportunity for us to be Jesus’ hands and feet by welcoming, caring for, supporting and building up our fellow Cooloola Christian College families (including students, parents and staff). The Faith in Action initiative offer support through practical means such as meals, baking, ironing, gifting of cards or flowers etc. A kind conversation or word of encouragement in a card accompany this practical help. Support may be offered to a family experiencing illness or grieving the loss of a loved one, at the birth of a child, or simply as an encouragement or gesture of appreciation to a deserving staff member, for example. Several classes within CCC cook meals and baking as part of their Service Learning to be used by Faith in Action. How can you be involved? • If you become aware of a need within the school community or of someone you feel would benefit as a recipient of Faith in Action please communicate that with your class representative or the Faith in Action co-ordinator; • By contributing ingredients for our CCC classes to use in their cooking and baking; • If you would be willing to contribute to Faith in Action by purchasing flowers, a coffee voucher or small gift please let the FIA co-ordinator know. The current P&F Faith in Action Co-ordinator is Kaitlyn Hughes. Kaitlyn can be contacted on 0407 753 222 or see her at the Solid Grounds Coffee cart Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8am to 1.30pm.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” CCC CONNECT | Term 1 | 2019
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Creative Arts PRIMARY
The Arts Term One started with a bang, quite literally, with Lower Primary students using tuned percussion instruments as they learned about pitch and rhythm. ‘Boom whackers’, chime bars, tone bells and xylophones were played with great enthusiasm. To celebrate their learning Lower Primary presented an end-of-term concert for parents, staff, upper primary students and ELC to enjoy. Meanwhile, Upper Primary explored music composition. Students utilised iPads and the GarageBand app to create songs about music in the lives of young Australians. Singer-songwriter Nicole Kate (Webster) visited the Upper Primary classes to share her talents and tips. Some competitions were promoted for entry, including the Music Count Us In Song writing Competition and the Pizza Hut Australia jingle competition, to provide opportunity for students to share their songs with wider audiences. All primary students also contributed towards the Visual Arts Moth Migration Project which will be displaying at the Gympie Regional Art Gallery from 26 April to 22 June 2019. Primary classes plan to visit this exhibition during Term 2.
Visual Arts
SECONDARY
Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts students have been experimenting with media and ways of seeing everyday objects this term. Easing into a new Senior Curriculum has it’s share of challenges and there are many good times when the music is playing and everyone is engaged in developing their ideas and skills. You can look forward to seeing some of the resolved art-making of all of Primary and Secondary students during Collide-O-Scope, coming up before we know it!
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Secondary Sports
SWIMMING CARNIVAL
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Age Champions Age Girls Boys 12yrs Mia Walsh 13yrs Esther Davies 14yrs Jenna Williams 15yrs Savannah Sutton 16yrs Anna Bradbury 17yrs Emily Williams 18yrs Eden Bradbury
Caleb Collins William Bambling Xavier Gomes Samuel Kropp Joel Harris Mackenzie Bunter Tom Pienaar Isaac Harris
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AFL
BRISBANE LIONS VISIT
Brisbane Lions players Cam Rayner and Lewis Taylor, dropped in for a visit as part of their Community Camp week. Students really enjoyed the time they spent with the players, asking some great questions and learning some new skills. Our younger footy fans made sure they popped in to meet some of their footy heroes too! Thanks Brisbane Lions and AFL Queensland for the great opportunity!
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Where are they now?
OUR CCC ALUMNI
Alumni
CLAIRE VOGLER - GRADUATED 2017 Hello, my name is Claire and I am a former student of Cooloola Christian College. I attended CCC from 4th grade and graduated in 2017. I truly loved my time at CCC and how blessed I was to attend a Christian school works to share and show the love of Jesus Christ. Going through school surround by Christian student’s and staff was a real help when making decisions on what to do outside of school. Seeing the teachers show honest love and care for their students was the best example of living a life following God. The friendships that I made at school are ones that, I hope, will stick with me forever. Spending so much time with peers that are going through the same problems and changes that life throws at you is the best time to establish solid friendships, and CCC was a place that allowed that to happen easily as most students shared the belief that God is the creator,
ruler and saviour of the world and we should be living each day in response to that. So now I am attending The University of Queensland studying Education with the hope that I can be teaching and showing students what it means to not live life for ourselves but for God. I am a part of a Christian group on campus callers Evangelical Student that centres on proclaiming Christ Jesus and live lives transformed by God’s Grace at University. Evangelical Students has helped me grow from being a Christian in school to living out my faith in the much bigger and crazier environment of the real world.
“The decision my parents made to send me and my sister to CCC was one of the best decisions they ever made.”
I believe that the decision my parents made to send me and my sister to CCC was one of the best decisions they ever made. CCC is a loving, caring, fun and safe place for children and teenagers to learn about God, themselves and what life is really all about.
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Lunchtime Activities
LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES
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Events
Associated Looking for a church?
CHURCHES
SERVICES & MINISTRIES Gympie Baptist (133 Corella Road, Gympie)
Gympie Wesleyan Methodist (70 Exhibition Road, Gympie)
Pastor: Tony Roberts Assoc. Pastor: Ben Cumerford Church Office: 5482 8525 Mobile: 0402 562 006 Web: www.gympie-baptist-church.com
Pastor: Gary McClintock Church office: 5482 3618 Mobile: 0412 688 353 Web: www.gympie.wesleyan.org.au
Sunday Worship: Sunday school: Playgroup: Youth Group:
9.30am 10am Friday 9:30am Friday 7pm
Sunday Worship: 9.00am Sunday School: 9.00am Mainly Music: Friday 10am Atomic (Kids Club): Friday 4pm JaM Youth: Friday 7pm
Presbyterian Church (11 Crown Road, Gympie)
Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist (198 Amamoor-Dagun Road, Amamoor)
Pastor: Church office: Mobile:
Pastor: Church office: Mobile:
Daniel Saunders 5482 7629 0409 574 398
Sunday Worship service: 9.30am Sunday School: 9.45am Youth & Young Adults: Friday 6.30pm Church of Christ (57 Horseshoe Bend, Gympie) Pastor: Church office: Mobile:
Kevin Dunn 5482 6331 0452 282 931
Worship & Communion: 9.30am KIDZ CHURCH ‘J’ TEAM: 10.10am
Brendan Edwards 5484 3687 0417 757 397
Sunday Prayer: 8.30am Sunday Worship: 9.30am Sunday School: 10.00am
CCC CHAPEL Every Wednesday (SBH) Primary 8:45am Secondary 10:15am
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