Learning for life!
2011 has been a memorable year – perhaps even a historical year in the life of Thornlie Christian College. This year has seen the College reach a number of significant milestones in its development. For the first time in its twenty seven years of existence it finally has a place where the whole College community can meet under one roof; it finally has a place where winter sports activities can continue irrespective of the weather; it finally has a place where the entire College can meet for assemblies and gatherings. In addition the College now has, for the first time in its history, a purpose‐ built library suitable to meet the needs of all of its students, irrespective of year or age‐group and designed to grow as a technology‐rich resource for learning in the twenty first century. The College has, for the first time in its history embraced the philosophy of learning through technology through the purchase and utilisation of over one hundred and twenty student laptops that have been deployed throughout the College via mobile laptop trolleys. (These laptops are in addition to the over 150 desktop machines spread throughout the campus.) The College has embraced the philosophy of teaching through technology by providing all of its teachers with a personal laptop that will enable them to prepare and present technology‐rich lessons as required within the parameters of the new Australian Curriculum. The College has reached a milestone in student numbers with a campus of over seven hundred and fifty students from Kindergarten to Year Twelve. As we approach full capacity within our current infrastructure (we have just little over one hundred places yet to fill) we are very happy with the size of our campus – a campus that allows us to teach within a strong framework of relationships that are nurtured between our teachers and their students. Academically our constant drive to provide better learning outcomes for our students has manifested in our improved NAPLAN scores. All of our teachers have been engaging in extensive Professional Development this year, particularly in the areas of literacy and numeracy. Their efforts reflect TCC’s commitment to continuous improvement in all areas of College life and also mesh tightly with our theme, this year, of ‘Excellence.’
This year the College Board of Directors has undergone significant change with the addition of a number of new and well‐qualified members, each providing expertise in specialist areas of Governance. The strong mix of established and new members promises excellent outcomes for the Governance of the College. The Board has initiated a new process of Strategic Planning this year and this will continue into 2012 and beyond as we plan for a great future for our College. Parent involvement is at its strongest in many years at TCC. This is due in large part to the efforts of our ever‐growing and popular Parents‐In‐Action committee (PIA) who have been involved throughout the year in providing a number of community‐focussed and fund‐raising activities for the College. The personalised brick paving in front of our new Library is evidence of just one of the PIA’s successful projects this year. This year has also seen a strengthening of the relationship that exists between the College and our founding church, Thornlie Church of Christ. With the exciting news of a possible church‐plant at the College next year, we look forward to the start of a new and exciting chapter in the life of the College and the Church. I count it an honour and a blessing to be a part of the team at Thornlie Christian College. We read in the Bible that the body is made up of many parts and each part has its own unique place and function. Just so the body of Christ is made up of many individuals all working together for good. TCC is a part of the body of Christ and together we strive to prepare young people for a great life founded in Christ. What an awesome purpose in life! Bill Innes
What Happens in Kindy?
We're so small... we can fit into anything
We like to help our friends…. “I can tie up shoe laces” says Tosin as she attempts to do Kiriana’s.
This is what they look like after Tosin has tied them……
Sometimes we’re stubborn and we want to keep our dress ups on…even if it means we’re uncomfortable!
We’re still learning how to draw people… but we give it a go!
And because we’re so cute we get away with it!
We make fashion statements.
We don’t always like having our photo taken.
But most importantly we love to have fun and that’s what happens in Kindy!
And we are curious about our world.
I have been blessed to teach a wonderful class of Pre‐Primaries this year. Each student has brought their own talents and joy to our class, we have had a fun filled year and learnt a lot. In first term we learnt about our bodies and our families. We had a girls pyjama night where we painted our nails and ate pizza, and a boys fishing night where we enjoyed a barbeque on Shelly foreshore and caught lots of fish. During second term we discovered the amazing wonders of the bug world, we watched butterflies go through their life cycle. We had Spineless Wonders come out to show us lots of different kinds of insects. We got to hold the insects, some of them were awesome and some were disgusting like the giant cockroach! This term was thoroughly enjoyed by the boys who took great pleasure in collecting as many insects as they could during play time and spreading them throughout the class. In third term we took a trip around the world. We learnt about many different countries and how people live in those countries. We sent Flat Stanley on a trip around Europe and enjoyed following his blog and seeing what he was up to each day. The highlight of the term was playing in the travel agent and the plane which were in our class. It was a great term where we learnt many interesting things about other countries. In fourth term we learnt about the amazing creatures that live in the sea. We had a fantastic excursion to Aqwa, where we got to see and touch many of the wonderful sea creatures that live just off the beaches of Western Australia. We also celebrated the birth of Jesus by doing many Christmas activities and making our amazing Jesse trees. Through the grace of God we have had a great year this year in Pre‐ Primary, each student has grown in maturity, excelled academically and developed great friendships. Miss van Duren
2011 has been a wonderful year filled with much learning, laughter and love. It has been an incredible journey and each child has grown in leaps and bounds over the year. Highlights of the year include Father’s Night, AQWA excursion, Open Day and who could forget our assembly performance! Father’s night was definitely one of the highlights of this year, as we gave our dad’s a little taste of what it takes to be a pre‐primary student. We guided them around our classroom and coached them on how to paint, colour, build towers and use recyclables to create masterpieces. We even gave our dad’s a shave, using popsicle sticks of course! It was an enjoyable night and memorable night for many. Going to AQWA was a fantastic experience, we saw many incredible sea creatures and we all left amazed at God’s beautiful creations! We did many exciting activities such as; travelling along an underwater conveyer belt, touching sea animals and observing tiny sea urchins with giant magnifying glasses. In term 3 we took a trip around the world. We visited China, Italy, Africa and the rest of the states in Australia. We baked pizzas, learnt to write our names in Chinese and even made our own Australian snake. On Open Day we displayed our beautiful work around the classroom and everyone from the school came to see! Last but not least, we were the final class to host an assembly. We dressed up as superheroes and boy did we look fantastic! Many of us dressed up as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and some of us created our very own superhero costumes. We had a great time performing to the primary school and most of all we enjoyed sharing about why Jesus is our superhero. We have had a fantastic year in Pre‐Primary and we have grown together as a class and as individuals! May you continue to shine God’s love to all those you meet. Miss Lim
Our class has had an energetic, constructive and enjoyable Year. In Term One we were nervous and excited to be starting as Year Ones. We got to play on the big playground, eat with other classes and use the sports shed. The excitement continued as we had a ‘Lap‐a‐thon’ to raise funds to adopt an endangered animal. We were very pleased to adopt a Tasmanian Devil. Our Term One excursion to Perth Zoo to learn about habitats and threatened or endangered species was a wonderful day for both classes. Our theme for Term Two was Fairy Tales and we had a great time reading and writing about the many wonderful stories. Our end‐of‐term excursion to Mundaring was the highlight. We got to complete a blindfolded nature walk and we learnt many wonderful things about habitats and animals. Term Three was very busy with swimming lessons, our Class Assembly and Open Day. We went to Riverton Leisure Centre for our first swimming lessons. Our swimming instructors were very kind and after two weeks we had all achieved a pass level or more. Our theme for the term was ‘Dinosaurs’ and we decided to share with the primary school how awesome God is for creating such amazing animals at our Class Assembly. We were a little nervous about performing. Towards the end of term our Open Day was held. It was a very proud day to show family and friends the many things we have learnt. Our last term of the year and we focussed on learning about the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We had a great time reading about these wonderful events and completing numerous art projects. The Christmas Concert was an amazing night and we were very blessed to perform in front of our family and friends. With the term nearing an end we had a Primary Awards Assembly and we were very proud of Ijeroluwa, Lauryn, Kavya and Kiki for receiving awards. 2011 was definitely a fantastic year for all students. We leave for the holidays with the fondest of memories and an excitement of Grade Two on the horizon. Mr Caporn
As the end of the school year approaches and the children are on the countdown until Christmas, I sit and reflect upon this year with my class. The group of students that I have come to know as a community and with whom I have spent eight hours a day with for the past ten months will be moving on. We have worked tirelessly learning many new things. We have built our relationships and made new friends. We have climbed many mountains and built endurance as we have tried to gain skills that were hard to master. The children in my class all came with their different talents, personalities, learning styles and temperaments. We have covered many themes from fairy tales to medieval castles, the environment and sustainability, dinosaurs and prehistoric times as well as many other studies throughout the year. We have visited Perth Zoo, Perth Hills Centre and Landsdale Farm. We celebrated our Mums with a special day just for them. We have worked on our swimming skills and moved our little legs as fast as we could in cross country and running races. Some of us learned to read and write sentences for the first time while others learned how to write better by using better strategies. We discovered that maths can be lots of fun as we tried to measure endless objects for our learning journey and worked with numbers in hundreds of ways. Science, Design and Technology and History opened up many possibilities for us to discover God’s gorgeous and amazing world. We learned that we were part of a diverse group and that each person in our class was designed by God for a particular purpose. We learned how to show kindness and respect. We celebrated our achievements together. We also discovered our friends could help us learn new things that they were good at while we could also help others learn things that we were good at too. Some of us were fabulous readers while others could draw amazing diagrams. We found out some of us had creative minds and made incredible things. Some of us were good at computing and we had many technicians who were willing to help. We had Lego creators who could build amazing worlds. We also discovered we had people in our class who always showed kindness to friends who were sad or lonely on a certain day. We have laughed lots and cried sometimes too.
We have spent hours praying to a God that loves us and we shared our ups and downs with him in our devotion times. We sang a whole heap and learnt many stories about people who lived before us who loved to praise God. We discovered the miracles of Jesus and how they are important for us today. As I say goodbye to another class of Year Ones my prayer for you is this: That you will know you are precious, beautiful and so unique in every way. There is no one like you. Remember that God is always there listening and has a party every time you think of Him. Always try your best. Never give up. You will get there in the end! I have loved teaching you! Make sure you come and say hello next year or I will miss you! Mrs Summerfield
We were all buzzing bees in Year 2B. We started the year as busy buzzing bees. Psalm 19:7 tells us that the Lord’s teachings are perfect making people wise. We began the year by asking God to give us the desire to learn his ways and the power to obey them. We began our studies as a “God‐Scholar”. Students were introduced to WALT (What are we Learning Today) the ‘Wise Owl’. We learnt about the different aspects that make our beautiful country what it is. We ended the term with a combined Year 2 excursion to the zoo. We had a fabulous time together looking at the animals followed by a picnic lunch. In Term Two our theme was “In the Olden Days”. Students brought to school interesting family heir looms from the past. We learnt and appreciated the important roles grandparents play in teaching us all about the past. The classroom was created into a mini museum with labels and displays of different family treasures. Students went on an excursion to the West Australian Museum. They were given the opportunity to get dressed up as children from the past, as well as, act and play with toys from the past. Winter term was an exciting term, as the busy bees began preparing for Open Day. We learnt all about Gods amazing mini beasts. Millipedes, beetles and caterpillars were being rescued during recess and lunch and placed in our classroom bug barn. We built an ant farm and observed ant behaviour. We researched and wrote an insect report. The class got together and created an artistic insect mural display. They then wrote interesting facts about the insects. We wrote and illustrated our own class book; titled “Speckles the Spider”. During devotion we reflected on all God’s amazing creatures. Students thoroughly enjoyed learning all about Moses and the plagues. We ended the term with our class assembly, “Webster the Preacher Duck”. In Term Four the little bees buzzed into the spirit of Christmas and yummy food. We all put on our aprons and began to learn about food. As little ‘Junior Master Chefs,” we cooked, baked and tasted different foods. We loved tasting food, but found the task of judging different foods daunting, as everything just tasted delicious – yum! We had fun on our excursion to Kings Park. All in all we have been so blessed with a year filled with fun learning. We took time to talk about God. We looked around us and admired His handiwork and appreciated at how amazing God is. Mrs Burton
Our class has enjoyed a wonderful year together in 2011. As the pictures illustrate, you can clearly see us working hard in our classroom. Some special highlights of the year were our excursions to the ZOO, The Museum of WA and Kings Park. We also enjoyed presenting our assembly on Psalm 139 in which we focused on the fact that God has created us all and that we are all ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’. We also enjoyed the learning journeys. For the ‘Oceans Alive’ learning Journey, we made dioramas on the Bible story ‘Fishers of men’. For our Math learning journey, we learned about money. ‘Professor Maths’ came to teach us about many interesting Mathematics topics. With lots of love from Anu, Jarred, Joel, Lee, Charlie, Alex, Celeston, Rhiannon, Dorne, Hannah Joy, Taj, Emily, Alexis, Hannah K., Nicole, Tofe, Esther, Sophia, Samara, Zander, Isaac, Micaela, Charlotte, Hunter, Keeleigh, Rebekah, Zoe, Isaiha, Isabel, Blake. Please click this picture to watch our slideshow
An Excellent and Exciting Year for 3C Year 3C has had a busy year filled with lots of interesting and fun activities! Here is a short summary of the year we’ve had. Term 1 Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” It was this verse which inspired our theme for the term, “All about Me”. We talked about ourselves, wrote reports about ourselves and drew pictures of ourselves too! We learnt that each one of us is made in God’s image, special and different and that God loves us just the way we are. We also took part in our Oceans Learning Journey where we created dioramas about Pollution in the Ocean and wrote persuasive paragraphs trying to convince people not to pollute the world’s oceans. Term 2 In Term 2 our theme was China. We learnt about the different aspects of Chinese culture and also created some beautiful Chinese art works. Term 2 was also the term of our NAPLAN testing! We worked really hard to prepare ourselves for our tests and as a special treat the two Year 3 classes combined together and went on an excursion to Heathcote and Jungle Gym. We had such an awesome time just relaxing and having fun together. We ended the term with our second learning journey about Mathematics. The Year 3 classes presented a great display about how multiplication is used in real life situations. Term 3 Term 3 was a very exciting term because it was Open Day! Our theme for the term was Sport. We each had to complete a researched report about an Australian sportsperson which we thoroughly enjoyed. We also learnt the rules of many different sports and each wrote our own explanation about how to play a sport of our choice. This was also the last term before Miss Kwang got married and became Mrs Chiew! Term 4 The last term of the year! We’ve had a busy year and have enjoyed every moment! At the moment we are working hard and trying to get all our work finished so that we are ready for Year 4 next year. Christmas is just around the corner so we have set up our own class Christmas tree and decorated it with ornaments we have made. We have also been busy practising “Angels Singing Glory” for the end of year Primary School Christmas Concert. We have also gone on our end of year excursion to Kings Park and SciTech which we thoroughly enjoyed! We’ve had a hardworking and wonderful year and cannot wait for our well deserved end of year break! Mrs Chiew
Term 1 In Term 1 our class looked at The Bible: Verse 1 Corinthians 12:12‐27. We learnt about the Body of Christ and how we all fit into it and have a role to play. We learnt that we are all different and that God made us unique to serve different purposes. We watched a different Vegetales show each week that focused on a ‘hero’ of The Bible. We had a great term! Term 2 In Term 2 our theme was ‘Africa’. We painted African animals and read many African stories. In Term Two we also completed our NAPLAN testing. This was a great challenge. As a reward we went on an excursion to Heathcote and then Jungle Gym, which was very enjoyable. Term 3 Term 3 was a very exciting term because it contained the lead‐up to Open Day! Our theme for the term was ‘Sport’. Some of the things we accomplished were: a sport person report, a sport explanation, designed a sport jersey, made a 3D sport field, wrote reviews on the sport movie ‘Champions’ and much more! Open Day was a great success. Term 4 Our theme for Term Four was ‘Christmas’. We made Christmas cards, tree decorations, 3D trees, wrote a Christmas tradition report and watched different Christmas films. We focused on the real meaning of Christmas… Jesus’ birth. It was great to be reminded just before the holidays that Christmas is about Jesus and that it is a chance for us to show love to other people! Miss Harris
Exciting Term one in year 4F At the beginning of term one we were very anxious to know what the term was going to be about. Then our very lovely Indian teacher Ms Fuller told us that our theme was FRESH WATER! We then wrote our names down on coloured paper and decorated the paper with water colours. While learning about water we stumbled across an educational lesson on the incredible works of the water cycle. We learnt so much about water and the water cycle we all agreed that one day one of us might become a scientist. On a warm summer’s day Ms Fuller suggested that we make smoothies, we made them so many scrumsious fruits like Berries, Bananas and tropical flavour and it was delicious too. We found out that Year 4 were going on our first excursion, our very lovely teacher told us that we were going to the Mundaring Weir. Year 4 went on a giant and cold bus, while on the bus we were singing bus songs and talking to our friends. When we arrived at Mundaring Weir we slowly moved of the bus to go to get our morning snack. After we had eaten we split up into two groups and headed of around Mundaring Weir. We learnt so much and we also played some games. We heard some funny stories too. I wish we could visit there again. Term one experiences are events we are going to remember when we think about the fun year of 4F. By Kriya, Laura, Tori, Audrey and Kay‐Lee On the 2nd of February we had seven new students come to study at Thornlie Christian College in 4F. They’re names were Ellis, Shin, Donovan, Abraham, Laura, Ifeoluwa and Hayley. Our first day was exciting receiving our stationery for the start of the new year. We enjoyed all the cooking and experiments for Science, Health and Art that included a stir fry, smoothies and Copper sulphate crystals. We experimented and learned about evaporation and the water cycle with jars and plants in the sun outside because of our theme water. Year 4F and 4H went for an excursion to Mundaring Weir. It was an exciting excursion. We walked over the top of the dam, the sight was outstanding. We realised how precious water is. We watched a model of a river flow and it was exciting to see the way water carries everything in its path. We invited a special member from the Water Corporation to tell us more about their work. It was scary to see the change in the rainfall over the years and to see the graph of the decline in water levels in our dams. Our Learning Journey dioramas were fun to make. It was scenes of the coastline of Western Australia and it opened our eyes to the beauty of God’s creation. We learned how the rivers change the coastline and how man has made a living on the coast near the rivers. Term 1 was exciting overall and we had fun learning through real life experiences and hands on experiments. Written by: Ellis, Joel, Caleb, Christopher and Josiah. We would like to share with you what we did in Term Two. Our topic was about oceans and what lives in the ocean then as a result of that we learnt all about the five oceans. Because we learnt so much about oceans Ms Fuller said we can go for an excursion to Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre. We learnt about plants that live in the ocean at our excursion. For literacy we did poems. Although we all did it, Laura and Ellis got to do theirs at our assembly because they were the best and they were interesting. Our assembly was about the Child of God. We did such a great job and we were asked to repeat it for the whole school because it also included our School theme for the year which was “Excellence”. Mr Innis said our class raised the bar for all future assemblies and now every class speaks at the assembly without reading from a paper. The songs and dances that we performed had some of the parents in the audience in tears because they were so moved and touched by the spirit of God that was present in the room. For our assignment we did dioramas, our topic was West Coast beaches. Before we did our assignment we learnt all about the coast. It was exciting because Ms Fuller explained to us about the beaches and how it works. For English we learnt persuasive writing, we learnt how to persuade each other to accept our point of view. It was fun to persuade one another to agree with what we’re thinking. There has been a real need for persuasive writing because if you want to become a president one day you need to know how to persuade the nation to accept you as their leader. By Carissa Antonello, Mikaela Lee, Paige Bradley and Ife Mejiuni.
In term 3 we did all sorts of things. Like Open day , cooking dhal, wrote Biographies and we will share more with you about term 3. Our theme for term three was culture. We read about a famous person from our culture and wrote a biography on our someone in the class. For Art Miss Fuller cooked dhal for us. The class did living eggs for two weeks. After that Kaelan and Miss Fuller took some chicks home to keep. We had 8 eggs and 7 hatched. It was really fun and how they grew so fast. In term 3 our class did homework every week. In our homework we did Spelling, reading, Revise our time tables, Maths worksheet and mathematics. On our homework at the bottom it would say important thing that our parents need to know. We watched Jimmy Neutron and it was an amazing movie. After we watched the movie we had to write a recount on it. On Saturday the 17 September 2011 we had our school Open Day. There were all sorts of different things to do like rock climbing and all different foods. Every one looked like they had great fun. We got our new laptops in term 3 and they are really cool to use when we need to use them. In Maths we learned about nets, number story’s, number line, square root and square numbers. It was good learning Maths because we learnt different things. Term 3 was a great term and we learnt lots of things. Our favourite part was when we had the chick and learning about god. We all hope term four is like that great term we just had. By Donovan Heath, Hayley Bowling, Jannett Roy, Tejinder Mohar and Kaelan Oxby.
Hans This year I enjoyed going to the Naturalist Marine Biology Centre. I had fun there. We had to get into groups to work out answers.
Tegan I thing I enjoyed most of all, was going to the Naturalist Marine Biology Centre and touching a shark in the touch pool.
We began the year with 30 students in Year 4H. Out of these 30 students, eleven different nationalities were represented. Multiculturalism alive and well in the classroom. Our year has been split into themes with God at the centre of our learning. We have learnt that God is: • Loving • Generous • And a Provider The year began with a games day with the rest of the primary school. It was a chance to get to know other students and enjoy playing in co‐operative ways. In the classroom, we learnt about ‘Water’ and how we need water to live. We looked at the Water Cycle and ‘Where our water comes from?’. As part of our Christian Living, we looked at the ‘Creation’ of water and how water plays a major part in biblical stories i.e. Jonah and the Whale, Moses, turning water into wine and Baptism. Our Water unit culminated in a visit to Mundaring Weir where we took part in an education program learning about how the dam and pipeline was constructed and how it worked. The students enjoyed walking over the dam and participating in pumping water in sections as how the pipeline works. Term two started with a flourish in preparing for our class assembly. We began learning songs from the New Zealand band Parachute and plays with a definite New Zealand flavour based on Bible stories. The Hapuka (giant fish) was a success when the story of Jonah was told. We also participated in a small theme of ‘ANZAC’. This helped the students learn about why we celebrate ANZAC. Our theme for term two was ‘Oceans’ and we learnt about the oceans around Australia and how they affect our coastline. Students made Dioramas by choosing a coastline of Western Australia and the Indian Ocean joining. Other Oceans and Seas of the World were studied as well as learning about parts of ‘The Sea Floor’. Excursions for the term were to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre and Curullos Seafood Store in The Vale. Students enjoyed these excursions as they learnt more about the waters around Western Australia and the seafood that is available. We also experienced watching Mr Splatt dissect a fish in class. Students were most impressed to see the various parts of a fish. This session ended by cooking New Zealand Blue Cod and eating it. Term Three and Four’s focus was on ‘Multiculturism in the Classroom’. We looked at all countries represented by students in the class. It was a time of learning about different cultures and how each culture is unique in every way. We learnt how God made us unique and why there are so many different cultures in the world. Due to Western Australia being privileged in hosting C.H.O.G.M. in October, the class began looking at the Commonwealth and what C.H.O.G.M. meant to us. The students were very interested in learning about more countries and especially why we have the Commonwealth. Our excursion to the Western Australia Museum was enjoyed especially looking at artefacts from Commonwealth Countries. Students have become to realise there is more beyond Western Australia and that God has given us a world of wonders at our feet. It is up to us to take God’s message to all corners of the globe. The final message we took on board was that we need to ‘LOVE OUR NEIGHBOURS AS OURSELVES’. – Mrs Harrex
Kezia I enjoyed going to the Museum. I loved looking at the animals.
Blake On our excursion to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre, I got seaweed put on my head.
Hope My favourite moment was meeting people who are now my friends.
Beth My favourite part about TCC is making friends with God‐filled people.
Enrique My favourite moments at TCC are going on excursions especially to the Marine Discovery Centre where I touched the leopard shark and the sea urchin.
Lily I enjoyed visiting the WA Museum because Rosa and I were looking at the bird exhibition.My best memory in Year 4H was when we made spring rolls. They tasted delicious.
Kaylan My favourite subject is PE. It is awesome. My best game is Four Square.
Ben This year, the most memorable thing I remember was when we went to the Marine Biology Centre and the man put sea urchin poo on Yemi.
Franki My most favourite moment was making friends. I enjoyed going to the Museum. I loved looking at the dinosaurs too.
Thomas One day someone brought their ball and a whole process of four square appeared, so nearly the whole class played.
Tyler Throughout the year, some really funny things happened. At the Naturalist Marine Discovery Centre, I got seaweed all over my hair.
Kayde One of my favourite memories is when Michael put seaweed in Blake’s hair and shook him around.
Carmen This year, I enjoyed English, Math and Science but my favourite was Science.
David My favourite moment was when Lachlan spotted a tranchler on my head while we were on the bus going to Mundaring Weir.
Talishya One of the things I’ll remember in Year 4 is having giggles with the teacher.
Emily I enjoyed visiting the Naturalist Marine Discovery Centre where Blake got seaweed on his head and Yemi got Sea Urchin poo on his hand.
Lachlan My favourite time in 4H was going to the Dome to have fish and chips.
Rosa This year I really enjoyed Year 4. We did heaps of fun things and my favourite part of the year was doing writing, art and drawing pictures for Open Day.
Abbey One of the things I will remember is all the laughs we all have had this year.
Ebanie I really enjoyed going to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre.
Yemi I enjoyed making the spring rolls and eating them. They were yummy.
Matt This year I enjoyed going to the Inter‐School Cross Country and Athletics. It was a great experience going to AK Stadium.
Courtney This year, I enjoyed going to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre. I liked the touch pool.
Danielle Going to the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre was the best part of this year because I got to touch a shark in the touch pool.
Tiger I enjoyed making spring rolls and writing out the recipe for Open Day.
Talia I liked it when we got to touch the shark in the touch pool and touch the starfish at the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre.
This has been a wonderful year. Time really flies when you are having fun. I thank the Almighty God for giving me the chance to teach and guide this awesome bunch. Year 5H, you have all worked so well this year and I have thoroughly enjoyed being with you on your journey through this year. May God be with you as you face new challenges and help you overcome every obstacle that may come your way. God bless you all. Mr Donald Holloway
In Mr Holloway’s Year 5H, I had some cool, awesome, emotional and memorable moments. Going on camp to Point Peron was one of them, being away from home for the first time was kind of scary but I had so much fun that I did not have time to be scared. I loved the class parties that we had at the end of each semester. Mr Holloway permitted us to bring our gadgets to school. It was more like a ‘Tech Party’. Breeanna Bilich
Being away from home for nearly three days having fun at the Point Peron camp will certainly be one of my most memorable moments. Gabrielle Jones
When we played the Tenniquoit Tournament and my team remained undefeated. When we had our class party and had lots of fun and lots of food. Our excursion to Fremantle Prison was great; we learned more about the convicts of the past. Visiting the Ship wreck Gallery, having lunch at Hungry Jacks and playing soccer on the oval was so much fun. Caleb Spencer
First day of school was pretty awesome to see all my friends again. The Swimming Carnival – because last year I barely did anything. Excursion to Scitech was pretty fun because it had cool stuff to look at and amazing shows. Cameron Bailey
Daily Fitness, the class parties and the camp to Point Peron were moments I will remember for a long time. Haritha Ranaweera
My most memorable moment in year 5H was our excursion to Fremantle. We went to the old Fremantle prison and most of us got freaked out. Then the tour leader told us to go the night tour because they have people dressed up as prisoners in the cells making it even scarier. Then we went to the ship wreak museum and saw the Dutch ship’s and the sailor’s properties. We ordered lunch from Hungry Jacks. We all pigged out on the food. We went back to the oval and played soccer. Ciara Kinsella
Fruit Salad Day; we ate so much custard that we couldn’t eat the fruit. When we made rafts at Point Peron, my team and I kept falling off the raft. When we won the Tennikoit Tournament, it was team work that ensured our success. Ellen Murphy
I loved being at camp because of all the games we played in the dark. Owen Palmer
When we had a Spring Roll Day because we learned how to make spring rolls and learned where they originated from. We also got to make one spring roll each. My favourite part of this day was when we got to eat them. I don’t normally like spicy food; however, these where really tasty. When we went to Point Perron and played adventurous games in the dark on the oval [spotlight, gold rush, etc.] It was really fun I nearly made it into the checkpoint in both games. They also had a giant chess board and Haritha and I were the first ones on most of the time. When Mr Holloway taught us how to write Calligraphy, to begin with it was really hard but now I find it easy. I am really good at it. I write in Calligraphy whenever I have to make an invitation or write a card. Ethan Tyrer
My most memorable moment in year 5H was the year 5 camp, it was loads of fun. Learning calligraphy and being told by Mr Holloway that my writing was as good as his, made me feel so proud. I intend to keep writing and one day I will be able to write better that my teacher. Justina Crowder
It is difficult to pin point any particular moment, as I thoroughly enjoyed being in Mr Holloway’s class. The camp at Point Peron will be something I will never forget. Kaleb Ruri
Having my friends Gabbi and Breezy in the same class and the awesome Mr Holloway as my teacher was the high light of Year 5H. Mr Holloway gave us too much work but I now know that it was worth it. Grace Caspersz
Going to SciTech because there were a lot of cool things to do and the Science shows were great too. Making fruit salad in our class because we got to eat a lot of fruit like watermelon apple, banana, orange, pineapple, grapes, kiwi fruit, mango etc and we had it with custard. Playing night games like Spotlight and Gold Rush at the camp. Mathew Pipes
Playing Spot Light at Point Peron was my most memorable moment. Liam Moffat
One of my most memorable moments was when Mr Holloway taught us calligraphy. I am pretty good at it now as I had put in a lot of practice writing each letter and trying to match up to my teacher’s writing. Another memorable moment was when Mr Holloway taught us how to play tennicoit. Hayley Newman
One of the worst moments in year 5 was saying good bye to my BFFE Jourdyn who left in Term III. Going to Scitech for our class excursion on my birthday was very special. Megan Morrell
My time in year 5H has been fun time especially on camp at Point Perron. Playing night games was fun. I had a great time building rafts with my team and then trying to ensure that it stayed afloat. I also loved playing volley ball with the teachers. Rhys Prince
I enjoyed our excursion to Scitech and learning about light. Singing ‘Heal the World’ by Michael Jackson and reciting ‘Television’ by Roald Dahl for our class assembly was really enjoyable. Paige Golding
Point Peron because that was my first time camping without my parents. We had lots of fun and I had heaps of memorable moments. Fruit Salad Day was the yummiest day for me. I’m sure that all that fruit salad made my tummy very full. The fruit we had in the fruit salad were Pears, Oranges, Apples, Bananas and Mangoes. Scitech was my first excursion in Year 5. We learned lots of scientific things at Scitech. Calligraphy Writing was great fun because I had never seen that type of writing. Sarah Christopher
Even though the thought of being away from my parent for two nights was daunting, I really enjoyed myself at camp. Daily Fitness was fun too because my team won most of the tennikoit matches. Samuel Waters
I loved learning new things throughout the year that I didn’t know like the Dutch and British explorers, plant and animal adaptation and new concepts in Mathematics and parts of speech in English. I loved daily fitness, it was fun playing ‘Tennikoit’ with friends. I learned that playing as a team we could win the game. Sarah Pillinger
One of my many great times I had in year 5H was when we went to Point Peron for three days. I enjoyed all the activities like raft building, archery and many more. I made many friends and I really enjoyed my time there. My favourite time was when Mr Holloway took us for daily fitness to play tennikoit. My team was the best at it and we usually came first. I love playing tennikoit. Learning Calligraphy was certainly an advantage in this class. Mr Holloway taught us how to write Calligraphy. We wrote cards for father’s/mother’s day. I love writing calligraphy and I am going to continue writing it when I grow older. Shalom Kee
I have enjoyed the time in Mr Holloway’s class. The best thing of all was when we played tennikoit and all the other games during daily fitness. I loved everything we did in class. One of the best things was that Mr Holloway gave us a lot of class work and home work. I enjoyed when my mum came in to make spring rolls in class. Learning how to write in calligraphy was awesome too. Yogananda Velayutham
My favourite excursion this year was the year 5’s Camp to Point Peron. We played all sorts of games and I loved building the rafts. This year has been joyous and happy and I’m sad to be going to another class because I had some awesome class mates. I hope they are in Year six with me. Sophie Filgate
The 5W Characters of 2011 This year 5W was made up of 28 uniquely gifted and talented individuals. Each of them added value to the class through their personality and character. It has been wonderful journey watching each of these precious people develop from day one to the very end. I have loved teaching this energetic bunch very much this year. If my students could be superhero’s each with their own unique ability, then after watching them for a year, this would be their power according to their some of their character traits. The Giggler and The Comedian (aka Hannah Baverstock and Sophie Wilson) This crime fighting, teacher assisting duo are known for their regular comedic routines and scheming for fun. Angel Eyes (aka Ruby Caspersz) Watch out for this character, she has the ability to disarm any teacher with her big innocent looking eyes. She has a deep love for God and others. The Play Team (aka Caleb Crowe, Travis Garrett and Joshua Stevenson) This trio have an uncanny ability to turn any piece of stationary into a toy or weapon. Beware; leave nothing in their line of sight! The Loud Twins‐ Giggle Pot and Decibel (aka Jayda Dewee and Femi Oyeniyi.) This pair are notoriously known for their inability to whisper, desperate need for conversation and constant laughter. Captain Ants in his Pants (aka Pieter Jacobz) and his sidekick It wasn’t me! (aka Lleyton Edwards)‐ This inseparable duo are known for leaping across a room just to turn the light off, creating unending excuses for not working, and can generate enough power from their fidgeting to power a small city. Extra Mile Man (aka Timothy Higgins) This lovable hero comes certainly knows look after his teacher and fellow students. He will contribute 110% to any task given to his with a cheerful attitude. The Quiet‐when‐ the‐teacher‐is‐around‐ Girls (aka Michelle Ivantry, Shemariah Kwan, Agatha Mutemachani) this group of girls are not what they seem, at least when the teacher is present. Their misleading persona is of a quiet and well‐mannered group of girls, however they are known to be loud, talkative and musically talented. The Professor and Mr Know it all (aka Benjamin Jones and Dani John Cherian) This knowledgeable pair are known for their wisdom and ability to share it with the class, willingly or otherwise. They are versatile in providing insight into a variety of situations. Team Trouble (aka Denver LaBrooy ,Cyrus Wuest‐ Lawrance and Elliott Theunissen) This Stylish trio, with perfectly coiffed hair, are mild mannered singly, but when their forces combine they become the terror of the playground and to each other! Be on the alert when a flying fox is in close proximity. You have been warned. The Artist (aka Xanthia Lee) ‐Our artist in residence has the creative powers to draw and write with great skill and imagination. Keep your eyes on this hero as her powers develop further! Glitter Girl and Party Princess(aka Aimee Littlefair and Shannon Smith) These super‐chicks are known for their superb attention to detail relating to fashion, Justin Bieber and anything that is shiny. Sporty Spice (aka Keely Macarrol) This hero chick will always give the boys a run for their money, regardless of the game. She has an innate need to always needs to have the last word in any class discussion. The Invisible Girl (aka Montanna Melville) This hero is known for avoiding all forms of public display and performance. She will seek out all available avenues to not have to speak or perform in front of an audience. The Invisible Boy (aka Zachary Halse) This popular hero disappeared from the TCC metropolis half way through the year. Although gone, he is not forgotten. Copycat (aka Dylan Scaddan)‐ This young rascal is known for attempts to transform himself, through haircut, into a fellow student, hoping to trick unsuspecting teachers. The Organiser (aka Ellesha Thrift) If you take your eyes off this character, even for a second, she will have organised the storeroom, arranged a dance group or will be off helping some student in distress. Newbie (aka Megan Vardy) This newcomer has shown outward signs of being a friendly giggler. It is too early to tell what her main powers will be.
from the Queen Bee (aka Miss Williams) The students can explain this one
This year I have been blessed to teach such a wonderful class. They were very hardworking, dedicated, caring and were enthusiastic learners. I have been excited about how much the students have learnt. This year has been a busy one. Some highlights were the excursions we went on‐ Remida, WA Art museum, Kalamumda History Village, WA Parliament House and Electrol Education Centre, and to finish off the year a trip to Adventure World. The trip to Sydney and Canberra was fantastic and really fitted in well with what the students were learning about Government. There were so many opportunities to explore Australian History in Canberra through all the museums and centres set up particularly for school aged children. The students really enjoyed visiting the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House in Sydney. For some students this was the first time. Towards the start of term two the year 6’s visited Kalamunda History Village. This was an amazing experience for all the students as they saw how pioneers lived in the old days. It really made them grateful for the blessings that they have today that we all take for granted (dishwashers, washing machines, microwaves, even and inside toilet!). During term three we were able to run group debates on various topics which were a lot of fun, especially when arguing was actually allowed. Adventure World is an annual celebration for year 6’s as a farewell from the primary school. The students had a ball going on all the rides and enjoying the company of their friends. We also made muppet puppets. The students could choose what kind of character their puppet would be, and they were able to decorate their puppets accordingly. They were then put into groups of 3 or 4 and wrote puppet shows which (after a lot of time and practice) they were able to perform to years K‐5. The performers and the audience enjoyed it immensely and it was great to see the year 6’s shine as each day their shows got better and better. The year 6 graduation symbolised their final days in Primary school. It was lovely to see all the students dressed to their best and handed presents as they entered the stage. We were able to go out to Kelly’s café after to continue on with the celebration. This too was a huge highlight for the students. I have really enjoyed teaching this class this year. They are all lovely individuals with a love for God and each other. I have valued all their hard work and enthusiasm, and I wish them all the best as they enter high school. They have been an absolute pleasure to teach. Mrs Coetzer
Kalamunda History Village
Sydney Opera House
This year has been a very full year. This is the year that students learn all about our Federal Government and, to a lesser extent, our State and Local government. We went on an excursion to our Parliament house and the Electoral commission. This year, parliament wasn’t ‘sitting’ so the students didn’t get to see our politicians in action, as it were. We did get to see the Lower and Upper houses though. The students were excited to see where Colin Barnett sits and some enjoyed sitting in his seat. The Electoral commission officers took our students through the voting process and taught them everything about voting in our state and at a federal level. It was very ‘hands‐on’ and the students really enjoyed the day. Of course, the big event of the year was our Sydney/Canberra trip. For the first time, we experienced flight delays with Qantas. This was just a sign of what was coming. Luckily, we missed the baggage handlers strike by 1 day. Our wait on the tarmac meant a late arrival in Sydney. Once there we went to see the Aquarium and did a Sydney Harbour Bridge walk over the bridge and down through ‘The Rocks’ to the steps of the Opera house. Many group photos were taken. One highlight was a boat cruise around the harbour. In Canberra, we visited many sights. The two highlights were probably Parliament house and the War memorial. The memorial includes how war affects children and this had a sobering effect on our students. The memorial does a great job at making our war history interesting and interactive but the students come out with a sense that war is not fun but really awful. Coming home, we were all very tired and worn out and looking forward to our flight back home. We had belted up and were ready for takeoff, then just sat there. The captain told us that they had technical delays to do with the fuel contamination detection equipment. We sat on the tarmac for an hour. Seriously, who cares about a little fuel contamination? Let’s just takeoff. We’ll be fine. Problem fixed, we arrived an hour late. Overall, we had a wonderful year together. This class was well behaved and worked hard. Finishing our year together at Adventure World was a great way to relax and unwind. Mr Kennedy
Mt Ainslie
War Memorial Canberra
Inter‐house Swimming The 2011 Inter‐house Swimming Carnival was a great day for all those involved. The students were well behaved and gave their all for their house. The teachers were amazing in keeping the children enthusiastic and organised. Our House Captains worked tirelessly making sure everyone made it to their race and our parent volunteers did a wonderful job making sure all the places were correctly allocated. A special thanks to Mrs Kim Scadden for her role as Starter and to Mr Frigredo who generously supplied the parent volunteers and teachers with lunch, it certainly allowed us to make it through the day. The day started with the Year Threes swimming the freestyle and we saw some excellent swimming and promises us so much for future interschool events. Judah quickly moved in to first place and then stayed there for the rest of the day. With three of the four Year Five champions coming from Judah they were always going to be hard to beat. Levi finished second, Reuben third and Joseph fourth, with only 44 points separating second to fourth. Again we sincerely thanks all the parents for their support of the Primary Physical Education program, and to the students, you truly displayed excellence across the entire event in many different ways. Inter‐school Athletics We were extremely proud to be represented by a very talented and enthusiastic group of athletes on Friday 4th November at the A.K. Stadium in Floreat. The competition was intense and our students held their own in a very competitive field. We finished fifth, only missed out on fourth place by eight points. Congratulations to all those who took part and to the following three students for achieving a medal placing: Hannah Baverstock 5W Runner up Year 5 girl Pieter Jacobsz 5W Runner up Year 5 boy Joshua Smith 6K Runner up Year 6 boy
Interschool Cross Country Many of the students had been putting in extra hours of training outside of school and this made our team extremely competitive this year. Despite many of them falling on the slippery course they all finished bravely. Some of our students received medallions for finishing in the top three which is truly a huge achievement. We are proud of all those who competed and represented the school so well. We look forward to improving even more next year. Congratulations to Joel Baverstock who received a silver medal for Runner up Year 2 Boy. Mr Splatt
Education Support in 2011 was available in numeracy and literacy. Students were withdrawn from class in small groups or as individuals for short periods of time in order to keep their time from the classroom to a minimum. Every effort was made to provide programmes that were purposeful, engaging and interesting whilst meeting the needs of the students. Sessions consisted of direct teaching, teaching at a student’s point of error and activities to reinforce learning. Various games and computer software such as Word Shark and Jolly Phonics for literacy and Number Shark for numeracy are examples of the latter. As children achieved the set goals in their area of tuition, they were no longer required to attend sessions. Literacy Literacy tuition was provided for Pre‐primary to Year Six students by Mrs. Lindley Thompson and Mrs. Erica Shanhun as teachers and Mrs. Sue Palmer, Mrs. Rima Proctor and Mrs. Victoria Tan as education assistants. We were further blessed to have several parents assist throughout the year. They were Mrs. P. Davis, Mrs. S. Doss and Mrs. T. Mol Roberts. In Pre‐primary an early intervention programme based on age appropriate picture books was conducted to support the development of comprehension. Over a period of several days, children listened to and responded to questions about the selected story, engaged in shared retell activities before finally retelling the story on their own and in their own words. In Year One the programme was used to support learning at year level. Sessions focussed on alphabet sounds and improving student phonemic awareness as a precursor to word recognition and spelling. Programmes from Year Two to Year Six concentrated on developing phonemic awareness, learning and consolidating alphabet and letter pattern knowledge and using that knowledge to advance accurate spelling and word recognition. Fitzroy Readers were used to encourage reading practice and improvement in fluency. Numeracy Mrs. Carol O’Sullivan provided numeracy instruction for Year One to Year Three students. With Year One students, the focus was on counting skills and simple addition and subtraction using various concrete materials. Year Two and Year Three children were involved in activities which built on skills already learned and consolidated the concepts being covered in the class mathematics program. We have had a blessed year with all students making gains in their learning and a number returning to work full time in the classroom. Mrs. Lindley Thompson and Mrs. Carol O’Sullivan
Another year gone……………….. where ? It has been wonderful working with an enthusiastic and happy lot of students !! Once again I asked students what they liked about learning Indonesian. Here are some answers……………… . I like Indonesian, because Indonesian is not boring, not like Maths, which lets me sleep. . We get exposed to a different and unique culture during Indonesian. . It’s a good language to learn as Indonesian is a popular holiday spot. . I like Indonesian because sometimes you get funny answers and it is a fun language. While I tell students that, yes, learning another language is sometimes difficult, but there are many advantages too. Two of them are: it gives us a better understanding of other individuals, and it teaches us to be more tolerant of other cultures, faiths and way of life. This was evident when we celebrated Harmony Day. It was fantastic to see so many children dressed up in costumes from different cultures. We have many nationalities and cultures represented here at TCC, and Harmony Day is our way of recognising our differences . I have been teaching Indonesian at TCC for four years now, and in that time I have seen many children making fantastic progress in learning to read and write in Indonesian. Some students in the Upper Primary are now able to write sentences about different topics, and some are able to hold basic conversations in Indonesian. I am IMPRESSED !! However, if your child is new to Indonesian or has difficulty in this subject area, please come and see me. Early intervention means that students can be helped at home by parents, and they need not feel overwhelmed by it all !! One fun way parents can help their child is by doing some activities on this website www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline. There are many fun games that students can play that will help them with the language. Thank you for the privilege of working with your child, and being able to introduce them to another language and other cultures. Ibu Pitts
From the Math Coordinator‐ Primary 2011 has been a busy year due to having more and more a whole school approach in Mathematics. We have been working on unity in the Mathematical language we use throughout our primary school. We also have developed a scope and sequence for Mental Math. In Term Two, all our classes joined in on a learning journey. We all worked on a different Math topic. At the end of the two‐week period, all work was on display for all other classes. Some topics that were investigated by classes were: money, 3D shapes, symmetry, graphs, telling the time and multiplication. We have also started to implement the new Australian Curriculum. In 2012, we will be using the Stepping Stones program from Origo. This program is delivered online and it provides for playing games and using interactive resources on our new Interactive Whiteboards. We reflect with thankfulness on a blessed year in which we were able to teach our children Mathematics. With kind regards, Andrea Flipse Math Coordinator Primary
PPAV Christian Character: Outstanding Effort: Most Improved:
Samuel Dean Viktoria Vranyak Natalia Fisher
PPL Christian Character: Outstanding Effort: Most Improved:
Noa Chelliah Efe Osaghae Nenyasha Manzvera
Y1C Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Lauryn Heath Ijerioluwa Mejiuni Kiki Graham Kavya Ranaweera
Y1S Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Sarah Warren Nikiel Govender Chanelle Piipponnen Kierenson Doss
Y2F Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Celeston Fuller Joel Baverstock Anuoluwa Adebayo Charlie Cox
Y2B Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Declan Cawthorn Kaliyah Storey Lianda Du Toit Paige Withnell
Y3C Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Shelby Wensley Matthew Connan Amber‐Rose Baker Faith Kee
Y3H Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Ineke Greyling Ben Seow Mya Green Kaytlin Charushenko
Y4H Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Blake Weckman Kayde Smith Lily Smith Carmen Coules
Y4F Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Ifeoluwa Mejiuni Olaoluwa Adesanya Laura Delalande Jordan‐Ashleigh Prosser
Y5W Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Shemariah Kwan Sophie Wilson Jayda Dewee Benjamin Jones
Y5H Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Paige Golding Shalom Kee Ellen Murphy Owen Palmer
Y6C Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Keira Oxby Beane’ De’Wet Blake Joyce‐Lewis Isobel Baverstock
Y6K Christian Character: Academic Excellence: Most Improved: Outstanding Effort:
Harrison Cambourakis Abigail Wong Akash Parattuparambil Natalie Grasso
PE Outstanding Effort: Outstanding Effort:
Joshua Smith Pieter Jacobsz
IT Academic Excellence: Academic Excellence:
Natalie Grasso Nathan Née
Learning Support (Literacy) Encouragement: Elijah Crowe 6K Christian Character: Owen Palmer 5H Learning Support (Numeracy) Encouragement: Emily Jovel 2F Most Improved: Micheal Glisenti 3C LOTE Most Improved: Most Improved:
Brianna Lampard 6K Cody Peters 6K
2011 was my first year as a Form Teacher here at Thornlie Christian College and with it came some very smartly dressed, timid and overwhelmed Year 7’s! They were bombarded with a whole heap of information within the first few weeks, most of which was new to them, including different and additional rules from Primary School. One of the biggest changes saw them being issued with lockers for the first time and not being able to store all their books with them on their desk for the whole day. This meant the students needed to be much more organised! Next came travelling around the school to their various classes and meeting all their new teachers, remembering certain equipment for each class and trying to avoid PMI’s and blue slips. As the terms went by the students were getting more used to being in Middle School and they started come out of their shells allowing their personalities to start shining through. This then allowed me to get to know each one of them better. For our Form time devotions each morning we studied an overview of the gospel, this followed the same book, chapter and verse that the students were studying in their Bible class. During Term 1 we covered the broad themes of creation, sin and God’s promises. In Term 2 we discussed Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, term 3 we covered the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Early Church, Jesus’ Second Coming and Heaven and Hell. These were big topics that resulted in heaps of questions from the students! During the final term we discussed ‘Answers to questions about Christianity’. The mornings spent together gave us time to reflect on the verses we read and apply it to our lives today and it gave us opportunity to think about the changes we needed to make in our lives. Looking back now the year has seemed to have flown by, the end of the year suddenly creeping up on us and we were suddenly spending our last day together. We prayed together for the last time as a Form, the students cleaned out their lockers finding ‘lost’ books and a few mouldy sandwiches along the way. The day finished with Mr Eikelboom and I presenting awards to them at Awards Night. I can honestly say that I was sad to say goodbye to them and that I am proud of how far each of them have come during Year 7. Throughout the year there has been much discussion concerning becoming part of the Kingdom of God. I now encourage all the students to continue to thank God for his grace in sending Jesus to die for us, paying a price we couldn’t pay, so we could be offered forgiveness and eternal life. I encourage them all to continue on their journey with God, drawing closer to Him in order to remember the true value of being part of His Kingdom. Miss Fensom
Form time can be a bit chaotic at the best of times! 15 minutes to complete devotions, prayer and give details as to what is happening during the week and you are quickly running out of time. Add in 26 soon‐to‐be teenagers who have never experienced Middle School and you need to include discussions on what a PMI is, what to do when you are late and how to wear uniform correctly. Add in reminders about putting your hand up before speaking and bringing the correct things to class and Year 7 Form classes can be an interesting and busy time. And yet, it was also a very productive year for Form 7E. There was plenty of evidence to see that over the course of the year, there was lots of maturing and understanding of what was needed to succeed in Middle School. Going through an overview of the Bible during devotion times also brought about many interesting discussions and gave students time to think about the God that we worship. And there was also room for plenty of fun! See if you can pick the students from our Form class using the class photo and crossword below. Mr Eikleboom
The 8F Form began 2011 with a large group of students (lots of boys it seemed!) excited about moving up to Year 8 together. After learning to line up and getting to know each other (as we had a number of new students), we began our daily devotions, looking at various topics like the importance of quiet times, prayer, encouraging and loving one another, having positive attitudes and avoiding peer pressure. Each day we read from the Bible and shared prayer points together. Quite often we would be singing happy birthday, but even when we weren’t celebrating, Braydon Beckley often felt the need to start the morning off by singing a bit of Justin Bieber or Celine Dion (with gusto!). Our elected student councilors; Chelsea Francis and Liam Kennington, had the opportunity to participate in the running of some of the Middle School Assemblies each fortnight, and these councilors also attended meetings with representatives across the senior school, bringing student issues and ideas to the table. Being the 8F Form Teacher this year has been a challenging and encouraging experience. It is always rewarding getting to know a group of students, sharing in God’s Word with them, praying with them, and seeing them to ask questions and spiritually grow. My prayer is that every student in 8F will develop a real and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ and will have the courage and conviction to make a stand and shine his light in their world. Enjoy your summer holidays, 8F. Mrs Florisson
Form 8G consisted of 34 members who were a bunch of highly motivated, hardworking and talented students who cared about friendships and the importance of doing the right thing by each other. Though they were a chatty class but yet every one of them was willing to assist with form duties; cleaning rubbish around the school, taking part in fundraising initiatives as well as doing daily devotions and prayer points. I have certainly been privileged to be their form teacher this year. Our main activity as a year group in form was making pancakes which were enjoyed thoroughly by all the Year 8 students. It was hectic but deliciously fun, as the pancakes were cooked to perfection by Lee Spence, Cameron Flood, Kirah Jones, Brooke van der Westhuizen, Elisa Lian, Kylie Ling, and assembled efficiently with yummy toppings of cream, strawberries, maple syrup and ice cream by Chante van der Berg, Chelsea Francis, Ella Strong and Mary Atieh. Thank you to those who have helped as well but not mentioned. This form activity was enjoyed thoroughly by all and would certainly be something worthwhile to consider for next year. Both Mrs Florisson and I, though totally exhausted, have enjoyed it too. Congratulations to Andrew Broedelet and Chante van der Berg for receiving the school awards at the Middle School Award night – for Community and Leadership Award and Attitude and Effort Award respectively, amongst the Year 8 students in 2011 The student councillors have served the form with integrity and good standing; they were in semester one, Chelsea Bradford and Stephen Matthews and in semester two, Andrew Broedelet and Ella Strong. They have performed their duties admirably, displaying great initiatives. Andrew Broedelet, Ella Strong and Chante van der Berg have been scribing reminders, devotions as well as detentions on the whiteboard without fail on a daily basis. Excellent work team! Yes, we were a great team, Form 8G of 2011. I thank each one of you individually for making every morning a great start to my teaching day this year and I wish you all the best as you move up to Year 9 next year. God bless. Mrs (Ibu) Eliza Ghani
2011 has been a great year filled with activities that have challenged the students to mature – physically, emotionally and spiritually. Devotions were aimed to motivate the students. They included stories of the lives of Biblical characters and how God used their simple obedience and willingness to serve Him to accomplish great things. Team building and collaboration was the focus of their Personal Development days held in Term 1. Two days of problem solving and team games stretched their lateral thinking abilities and relationship skills as they worked together to win the events. Term 2 began with NAPLAN preparation and cross‐country training. While the running was often done in the mud and sometimes the rain, our Form produced several talented long distance runners. Open Day activities were the focus for Term 3 involving several of the musical students, along with training for the Athletics Carnivals. Many of the students were involved in these College activities displaying their talents to serve the community and glorify God. Finally, one Thursday morning we managed to find time to prepare a yummy pancake brunch as a treat for all the students’ hard work. The berries and cream piled on the warm pancakes were so tasty and the students were very enthusiastic in helping to get ready to indulge! In Term 4 the Drama students took to the stage and gave a wonderful performance for the TCC Community. It is so good to see Year 9 students having a legitimate reason to be so dramatic and put on a real performance! As the year came to a close the Year 9’s celebrated the end of their Middle School journey by sharing lunch together at Sizzlers. It has been a wonderful year together and I am proud to be able to say I was a part of the Year 9M 2011 FORM class. I wish each and every student God’s blessing for the future, wherever that be in 2012. Mrs Munyard
I wish to acknowledge the good work and cooperation we received from you, the Year 9 Class of 2011 and surely this would not have been any easier without the parents’ support, so that is much appreciated. Your growth and maturity is highly recognised and, most of all, your positive response to the word of God and prayer. This is a challenge we throw to the completing Year 8’s: to emulate this Year 9 groups. I’d like to leave you with a Scripture: Hebrews 12:11‐The Discipline of God even (Parents/Teachers)...Verse 11‐ “No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it”… In other words; for whom the Lord loves (Parents/Teachers), they will be rebuked as way of correcting and restoring them. Wise Sayings of Solomon: Proverbs 10:1‐ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. Proverbs 12: 1‐ Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid. I would encourage all students to read Proverbs 13 over the school holidays. Verse 18‐ Poverty and shame will come to him who disregards correction, but he who honours a rebuke will be honoured. After all these wise sayings please Meditate on Phil 4:8. It says: Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy‐meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw, these do, and the God of peace will be with you… Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2012. Mr Majinda
The Year 8 girl’s health class spent a fun packed lesson making a model of a human digestive system. They were given various items to “create” their model . Balloons, plastic bags, loads of blue tack and creativity were put into the project. Student’s hand on experience really helped them to learn the names in a fun and practical way. As you can see by the look on their faces by the end of the lesson they’d had a stomach full. Mrs Shannon
YEAR 7 AWARDS 2011 STUDENT
HIGHEST ACHIEVER
Michael Baker Bailey Barnes Samuel Broughton Celeste DeBruin Thomas Delalande Samadhi Fernando Georgia Franco
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY HEALTH EDUCATION Boy INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Taranjitt Gill Janine Jacobsz Shaylen Mackay Brendan McCamley Toshan Mohabeer Samuel Nee
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 1 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl HOME ECONOMICS PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy LOTE Class 1 ART
James Olsen Brittany Prosser Alyssa Seow Noel Shin Yee Siau
SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1
Sarah Smith
ENGLISH Class 1 HEALTH EDUCATION Girl MUSIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2
Caitlyn Smith
Brennan Steven Skye Watson Honour Award Y7 Academic Excellence Award Y7 Community Service & Leadership Award Attitude & Effort Award
BIBLICAL STUDIES MATHEMATICS Class 1 SCIENCE Class 1
Sarah Smith Noel Shin Yee Siau Thomas Delalande Giordie Palmer
COMMENDATION ENGLISH Class 3 MATHEMATICS Class 3 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2 ENGLISH Class 1 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy ENGLISH Class 2 HOME ECONOMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 2 LOTE Class 1 MATHEMATICS Class 1
ENGLISH Class 1 ENGLISH Class 2 MUSIC MATHEMATICS Class 2 LOTE Class 1 ART HEALTH EDUCATION Boy LOTE Class 2
SCIENCE Class 1
BIBLICAL STUDIES HEALTH EDUCATION Girl LOTE Class 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 2 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1
YEAR 8 AWARDS 2011 STUDENT
HIGHEST ACHIEVER
COMMENDATION
Steffi‐Amber Altmann
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl
Mary Atieh
SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 3
Joshua Bandi Braydon Beckley Zachary Caspersz Brianah Flynn Chelsea Francis Julian Harmawan Anabelle Harwood Kirah Jones
ART PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy
LOTE MUSIC
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HOME ECONOMICS LOTE
BIBLICAL STUDIES ENGLISH Class 3 MATHEMATICS Class 2 BIBLICAL STUDIES ENGLISH Class 1 MATHEMATICS Class 1 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1
Liam Kennington Aiden Kwan
MUSIC
Stephan Lemmer Elisa Lian
HEALTH EDUCATION Boy BIBLICAL STUDIES ENGLISH Class 1 HEALTH EDUCATION Girls LOTE MATHEMATICS Class 1 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 1 SCIENCE Class 1
Kylie Ling Kieren Littlefair Shanis Lovin
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MATHEMATICS Class 2 SCIENCE Class 2 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy
SCIENCE Class 1 LOTE ENGLISH Class 2 LOTE ENGLISH Class 2
Meighan Matras
SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 2 Ethan Peters Madonna Salem
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY LOTE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2
Chante` van den Berg
DRAMA PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 3 PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl
Brooke van der Westhuizen
ART HOME ECONOMICS MATHEMATICS Class 3 SCIENCE Class 3 DRAMA HEALTH EDUCATION Girl PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 1
Honour Award Y8 Academic Excellence Y8 Community Service & Leadership Award Attitude & Effort Award
Kirah Jones Elisa Lian Chante Van den Berg Chante Van den Berg
YEAR 9 AWARDS 2011 STUDENT Hayley Cammiade
HIGHEST ACHIEVER DRAMA ENGLISH Class 1 HOME ECONOMICS
COMMENDATION ART HEALTH EDUCATION Girl LOTE Class 1
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 1 Masie Dodd Kiante` Felix Aaron Figredo Brendan Higgins Chris Jordaan
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HOME ECONOMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MUSIC HEALTH EDUCATION Boy PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy
Anandi Labuschagne
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2
James Ledbury Mei Ling Lim Melissa Lubbe Amber Mellor
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl LOTE Class 1
Jaycob Moylan Aimee Munyard Joshua Nieves Sharon Ruto
BIBLICAL STUDIES PHYSICAL EDUCATION Girl PHYSICAL EDUCATION Boy INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ART
Erana Steven
Storm Whittaker Adela Widjanarko
Honour Award Academic Excellence Award
DRAMA ENGLISH Class 2 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 2 LOTE Class 2 MATHEMATICS Class 2 MATHEMATICS Class 1 MUSIC PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 1 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Class 2
Jarred Shipton
Oliver Swarbrick Benjamin Wallis John Weckman Georgia Wallis
SCIENCE Class 2 LOTE Class 1
DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY HEALTH EDUCATION Boy HEALTH EDUCATION Girl
ART BIBLICAL STUDIES MATHEMATICS Class 1 SCIENCE Class 1 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1 Georgia Wallis Adela Widjanarko
Community Service & Leadership Award
Erana Steven
Attitude & Effort Award
Georgia Wallis
SCIENCE Class 1 SOCIETY & ENVIRONMENT Class 1 MATHEMATICS Class 3 ENGLISH Class 1
TERM 1 Harmony Day Celebrations I don't know about anyone else but I had a splendid time at the Harmony Day food buffet! We celebrated many cultures in this world coming together as one great country, Australia! We got served food fit for a king from many different nations and traditions, including: Australia, South Africa, England and many more. Everyone had a good time enjoying themselves whilst eating and socialising: someone by the name of Joshua Bracegirdle even rocked up covered in the national flag of Australia! I think everyone had a great time and can't wait for next terms form time events. By William Jacobsz Quote: “The Harmony Day Celebrations we had together was spectacular.” by Rachel Murphy and Dharshini Sugumaran Quiz Challenge Not many people consider quizzes a highlight of their day, I’d say it’s more than a highlight. I’d say the little bit of intellectual challenge between the two form classes helps to solidify, what already our teachers teach, and further upholds the core value “learn for eternity”. I would like to thank Mr Soo and Mrs Stryder, our two form teachers, who, like us, strive for excellence in all that they do every day! Cody Ryce Quote: “It was a test against time and knowledge, although I think we had more fun yelling out answers than actually getting it right” by Tayla Sutton Captains Ball Who knew that such a simple game could be so much fun? Captains Ball, two forms… Mr.Soo’s and Mrs.Stryder’s… head to head, face to face, each with the same strategy… to get the ball and get as many goals as possible. Wherever the ball went, everyone was sure to follow. Never to forget the legendary passes and catches made by Mitchell.C, Donnah.H and Kirsty.I. Joshua B’s incredible enthusiasm. My incredibly ridiculous attempts to get the ball from pretty much anyone, especially Joshua.N… pretty much pointless but it did make for good entertainment, and not to forget Jordan.S’s eye‐catching ballet on the chair!! But put us all together, both forms and we are one team, a team of friends and we can all hold our heads up high and look back on the day we played Captains Ball and laugh…REALLY HARD!!! By Katrina‐Jayne Quote: “It was really exciting and a good way for our classes to bond. We had lots of fun getting sweaty and breaking all the rules. It was a great way to get to know people from a whole new perspective.” By Donnah Holloway TERM 2 Easter Egg Hunt The Easter egg to me, represents the life that we have as a result of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. So, as a joint form activity, Mr Soo and I hid Easter eggs in amongst the bushes out the front of the school and our merry band of foragers, 10S and 10S0, had great fun finding them and gobbling them up. By Mrs Stryder TERM 3 Pancake Breakfast On one of the Thursday mornings both Mrs Stryder and Mrs Soo’s form classes joined together and decided to have a Pancake Breakfast. Many of the students volunteered to cook the pancakes. They had very creative ideas and mixed pancakes with either blueberries or chocolate chips – yummeeeee!! The pancakes were so delicious and that was evident in the long queue. This was my favourite form activity of the year. By Kirsty Isaacs Aussie Challenge: Well, the Aussie Challenge was about to begin. All the challenges were set up and the contestants ready to go! We had the Water Wise challenge, Thong Throwing and Footy handball competition! This is how the day began one very average day began to change, very quickly… We embarked on our journey past the lockers to the grassed area in between the ‘B Block’ and the ‘C Block’, we honestly had no idea what we were getting ourselves into as we wearily raised our hands to say we wanted to play. The first challenge we were to embrace was the Water Wise Challenge; racers were to run to the end of a 30 metre track to a bucket of water, only to submerge our hand and the plastic cup we were holding, in order to fill it up and race back to an empty bucket, tip the water in and pass the cup to the next person in line and they were to do the same. Mrs. Stryder and Mr. Soo’s form classes were going head‐to‐head. But Mr. Soo’s form won that game! Thong Throwing was next, Mrs. Stryder’s form won, to my disappointment, but that made the score even. Contestants had to throw a green or pink thong as far as they possibly could. We started with four thongs and we wound up with two. I’m absolutely positive the cleaners did not appreciate having to pick a green and pink thong from the B block gutters (where they landed) after a month of being there! After that challenge, I think we lost interest as we moved to the oval to play footy handball and see how many people could get the footy in between the bins. Only a few of the boys decided to play. Over all the morning was great! By Katrina‐Jayne Culling
TERM 4 Christmas Brunch Celebration On Thursday the 10th of November, both year 10 forms got together in the first module and had a class Christmas party. We first listened to a reading from Mrs Stryder, then we prayed and digged into the various food on the table. We ate chocolate cake, lollies, popcorn and every other yummy food you could think of. We then played Secret Santa; whoever had put a gift on the table was allowed to choose a gift. The Secret Santa was definitely the best part because many people got funny gifts and if they didn’t like it they could swap it. One person got an apple, another a swashed avocado and another got a hard drive. Some nice gifts that regularly got swapped was chocolate and a white teddy. The Christmas party was a great morning of fun and fellowship.By Jorgia Wilcox
Throughout the annuals of History, the human race has always created monuments for different purposes. These ranged from commemorating an occasion of great historical significance (9/11 Memorial), honouring the accomplishments of a national hero/icon (Lincoln Memorial), remembering the service and sacrifice of ordinary citizens (Anzac Memorial) to the capturing of our childhood years with simple photographs. On a more widespread and personal level, mementos have become quite an industry in themselves, in diverse areas as tourism, entertainment and sports. Tourists, fans and collectors would happily fork out money to bring back souvenirs, photographs, miniatures and memorabilia. The 2011 class of 10SO certainly has established their very own memory keepsakes. This will surely be remembered as an eventful year of combined form activities, ranging from the multicultural and pancakes breakfast, Aussie outdoor challenge, captain’s ball, inter‐form quizzes to incursions where we listened to the sharing of a missionary. And who can forget the wonderful times of fellowship around the tables of pizzas and sharing of personal testimonies in the class. The year was also crowned by the sterling class achievement of raising the most amount of money in the entire secondary school for the Compassions project. As we close the chapter on 2011, may the following photographs and praise reports fill your hearts with laughter and joy as you reminisce the landmark year that has proven to be monumental and memorable for every one of us. Allan Soo Form teacher 2011 At the start of the year, I prayed that going into Senior School would not be too stressful. Although at times, it has been hard (different play on the go at one time), with God’s help, I’ve been able to power through it and get fairly good results on my tests and assignments. All Glory to God. Emily Olsen One time I prayed to the Lord that the conflict between my friend and I would come to an end. Eventually the problems were resolved and we resumed the usual relationship we had with each other. Praise the Lord! Kylie Choong I studied very hard for a big test and then prayed that God will help me to remember everything I studied and that the test would go well. I finished the test and achieved a high result which I was aiming for. Thanks to God. William Jacobsz I thank God for blessing me every time we have a sports day because He helped me to push myself and achieve my goals. Kirsty Isaacs I prayed for guidance and patience in my various exams and tests and God delivered. Mitchell Crisp This year, I prayed that God would give me the wisdom and strength to get an A for Science so that I can get into Human Bio next year. I achieved this grade in the first semester and I am hoping to achieve the same grade in semester two. I thank God for giving me the wisdom and strength to believe in myself that I can achieve such a grade. Jaimee Bianca Hoskins I prayed for God to show me He exists and thank God that He has been so real to me through the year. Joshua Bracegirdle Thank God this year has gone immensely well in school as He leads me to the right ways. Samuel Indrawan This has been a great year for me due to my achievements in the inter‐house and inter‐school Athletics meet. Not only was I able to come in first, I was also able to break the 100m record. All thanks to God. Jordan Pryor I want to give praise to God for blessing me with an amazing school like TCC. I was from a public school and was unhappy there and ended up crying on many days. I prayed to God for help. God answered my prayer through the help of Mr Innes who not only prayed for my mum and I but also found a vacancy at this college for me. Jolene Kruger
Walking into our Form room we didn’t know what to expect. Everyone was excited for the new year and it was one step closer to finishing High School for us all. As the term went on with Mr B and his lame jokes, we became a close knot class. There were the occasional arguments and discussion about our winter uniform, ties and Oh yeah not to mention the singing of the National Anthem every day in Form for about 3 weeks, without music. We had many adventures, such as our Easter Egg Hunt, roasting marshmallows, bacon & egg or pancake breakfast and a hamburger lunch. If it were not for Mr B none of this would have been possible. As the year came to an end we were no longer those young, unsure teens stepping into Mr B’s Form class not knowing what was going to happen through the year; but rather expectant and ready to say goodbye to 2011 and hello to our last months of school in 2012. Reflections of an 11B Form Student
11 P started the year welcoming al new class member to the college who was warmly received and coming to grips with the fact that Mr Peek was now their Form Teacher. With many of the formalities out of the way we were able to establish our class routine of a daily bible reading and devotion. Our devotional inspiration from the year was taken from ‘Our Daily Bread’ by RBC Ministries online. Most members of the Form have participated in the delivery of our morning bible reading and it is good to see how this has helped to develop their confidence. As a form group I have been proud to watch each student mature and cope with the stresses associated with the final couple of years of their education. It is also t to see that a number of students in 11 P have weighed up all the issues and have nominated to become Prefects next year. It has not all been hard work and no fun. During the year we were able to combine with 11 B and enjoyed a couple of meals together. Early in the year we all enjoyed a hearty breakfast of Bacon & Eggs, toast and pancakes. Later in the year we enjoyed a lunch together. Michael Long was head chef and organised the team of cooks to prepare the food for our Hamburger lunch. With the majority of students returning next I pray for a safe holiday break and look forward to seeing them next year. Mr Peek
In all my life, I have never seen Australia celebrate harder than at every New Year’s Day. But when January 1, 2011, ticked into existence, I sat amidst the fireworks chewing on my fingernails in dismay. For my friends and me, 2011 heralded a year of stress like never before, and upping the number of annual examinations from two sets to three. 2011 was the year that I had awaited with eager anticipation, and yet also the year I wished would never come. 2011 was the year that saw me in Year 12. Senior Year meant getting serious, as they say. For those who had survived high school by adopting the mantra: ‘I’ll study hard when I get to Year 12’, well, it was time to walk the talk. If Rome was built one brick at a time, then our journey through Year 12 was conquered one day at a time. Trying to fit four terms’ worth of learning into three was like blowing another breath of air into a balloon of already gargantuan proportions, in the attempt to make it just that bit bigger. We struggled not to burst, but the mounting pressure left little room for concern over anything except what lay directly ahead tomorrow. Many acquaintances left during the transition from Year 11 to Year 12, with our class dwindling from over sixty to a mere forty students in 2011. Inevitably, unshakable friendships formed between those of us remaining, if only because no one could meet the demands of the year alone. The bond between each of us only grew stronger throughout the course of 2011, bolstered by shared experiences, laughter, and tears. More than anything, we learned to cherish every moment together, for we knew it would soon be our last. Our last sports event; our last module; our last assignment; our last assembly. The memories are bittersweet. The one thing I can guarantee was the last of our worries was perhaps the most significant of all: –WACE examinations. At the start of first term, it seemed too distant to be worth losing any sleep over (which I’ll be the first to admit I gladly didn’t!). So we put it to the back of our minds, as if by not dwelling on it there was some futile hope that it would never come. But come it did, creeping slowly at first, and then roaring down on us by storm. Before we knew it, we were sitting in a room full of strangers at Carey Baptist College, behind coloured A4 booklets that would influence the paths we were to take for the rest of our lives. By the time I dotted the last full stop on my final (Chemistry) paper and put my pen down, I could scarcely believe it. Had it really been a year?
The answer was, of course, that it had. But it was something that I was unable to – that I refused to– comprehend. As I was whisked away to the Leavers’ Retreat, I looked around at the faces that surrounded me –faces of some people whom I realised I might never see again come 2012. The thought was like a raincloud over a bed of roses; the only downside to a weekend of companionship and fun. That, and U2’s ‘Beautiful Day’ on constant replay. But while Year 12 was a year of ‘lasts’, it was also a year of ‘firsts’. The first seeds of preparation for a future in the wide, open world. The first beginnings of lifelong friendships. The first blossoming of new romances! (No names mentioned; you know who you are.) And on a more personal note, it was also the first time I got a job. Now, as I sit at my laptop typing this piece for the yearbook after having been approached by five times ex‐form teacher Mr Chan on facebook (which was never allowed whilst we were students at TCC!), I realise that things have changed. In retrospect of the twelve years I spent at school, I am proud of the memories I collected, the friends I know, the mistakes I made and the experiences I gained. We have been taught that the future is up to us as individuals, and I have but one thing to say to mine. Hit me with your best shot! By Levin Lian
The year began like any other year, a group of excited young people each with their own personality and ideas. We had three new students join us this year: Fabian D’Agnone, Edward Koh and Kevin Sam, who returned after a year of absence from the College. They all settled in very well and were soon part of the group. Once again the Years 12’s were allowed to use the Common Room during lunchtime and Kevin asked if he could bring in some toys. The next morning when we arrived at form, we saw a beautiful table tennis table in front of the Common room. I heard later that Kevin and Marcus decided to wheel the Table Tennis table all the way from Kevin’s house and up Furley road to the College, because they didn’t have any other way of transporting it. The arrival of the Table Tennis soon saw the beginning of a very tough competition amongst a bunch of very competitive boys, and also a few girls, fighting it out to be the champion Table Tennis player. After a while even Mr Innes and Mrs Balding joined in during lunchbreaks to show ‘them how it’s done’. One Thursday morning, when we had no assembly, our class had our very own big Aussie breakfast. Ariana offered to go food shopping and the boys organised the barbeque. They also cooked all the sausages, egg, bacon and hash browns. That was certainly one of the best breakfasts I had in a long time and what made it even more perfect was the fact that everyone assisted in cleaning up afterwards. All in all, we had a fantastic year in Form. Last but not least, I have to mention Sam Leong and the rest of the committee who designed quite an exceptional Leavers’ Jacket. You made it so much easier for me to mark the roll during our Chapel services. All I had to look for was a sea of red and white. Mrs Jacobsz
2011 has been a great year in the Art Department. We welcomed Mrs. Roxanne van Leen, who took over the year seven Art classes, where students were inspired by Pop Artist Claes Oldenberg’s food sculptures in creating their own ceramic food. We also welcomed Mrs. Olwen Raynor, as she shared her wealth of painting knowledge and experience with our year eight Art classes. These students looked at Aboriginal artwork for inspiration for their “skins and scales” textured paintings. The year ten Art class began the year with inspiration from artist M.C. Escher and the famous European architect Antoni Gaudi. Students designed and created their own ‘bulging building’ in clay. The rest of the year was spent painting like the Pop Artists, and looking at contemporary illustration and design. Students transferred illustrations on to canvas shoes, before extending their designs to suit a screen‐printed tee shirt. Sculpture by the Sea provided our Stage One Visual Art classes with a new sculpture experience, as they viewed various large and smaller scale sculptures installed within the environment at Cottesloe Beach. Back at school, the year eleven classes looked at portraiture and Ceramics, and then Painting within the theme of “My Space”. Our year twelve class looked at Andy Goldsworthy’s installations in nature and produced sculptures of their own, and then allowed words (poetry, Scripture, song lyrics etc.) to generate ideas for paintings. Our Stage Two & Three Senior School classes began the year viewing the 2010 Year 12 Perspectives Exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA. The Stage Two (year eleven) class looked at the theme of ‘Differences’ in the context of Nature vs. Man‐Made, and ‘Identity’. Some excellent paintings and sculptures were created within the theme. Artists like Jeffrey Smart, Fiona Hall and Gordon Bennett were studied, and students worked hard to understand symbolism and how to analyse and interpret various artworks. The Stage Three year twelve class began the year looking at the theme of “Injustice”, and finished semester two exploring the theme of “Body Image”. Artists like Banksy, Julie Rrap and Patricia Piccinini were discussed and analysed. Students again participated in the annual Outside the Frame Exhibition & Competition in Armadale, which was a great opportunity for students to see the work of their peers from other schools. A special mention must go to Breanne Carter, who received a Highly Commended award for her piece “Injustice” in the drawing category, Samuel Leong, who received 3rd place for his “Injustice League” in the Digital Media category, and Nathania Widjanarko, who received 2nd place for her lino block piece “My Place” in the print category. Lisa Hill (year twelve) and Talitha Stephens (year eleven) also had their work selected to be a part of the exhibition. It was very encouraging to see our students again representing the school so positively within the wider community. We rounded off 2011 with our own Senior School Art Exhibition, and this year we had the privilege of setting up in the new Multi Purpose Hall, and displaying the work through until our College Open Day. Works were also selected from Design & Technology Textiles and Woodwork departments for exhibition, and I would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. Stephen Peek and Mrs. Del Shannon for coming on board this year. Mr. Peter Abetz officially opened our evening, with lots of parents, friends and ex‐students in attendance. Congratulations to those students who had their work selected for our exhibition, as the standard of work was very high this year. I must also extend a big thank‐you to Mrs. Christine Fogarty for all the work she has put into this year, especially for helping with various exhibitions throughout the year. As 2011 draws to a close, I want to thank students for joining me on our journey of imagination and creativity, often starting out a little cautious, but always ending with enthusiasm and some interesting Art pieces. I look forward to seeing you all in 2012! – Mrs Florisson
This year the Grade Seven students were involved in a seven week introduction to the Design and Technology classroom. Students were able to acquaint themselves to less formal surroundings and the very student centred nature of the class. With the majority of students having very limited experience with hand tools we began by emphasising the importance of correct use of the most basic of tools such as the ruler and the try square. As the course progressed students began to realise the importance of the age old saying,”measure twice, cut once”. It was very satisfying to watch the Grade Seven’s enthusiasm as they practiced their new found skills of marking and sawing wood. Many students were challenged by the requirements for accuracy and discovered that hammering in a nail is not quite as simple as it appears. Everyone completed the set tasks to the best of their ability and was able to leave Design and Technology with a sense of achievement and a Pencil Box for their efforts. Year Eight students started the course by jumping straight into the construction of their Letter Box. A big focus of this task is developing confidence with the Tenon Saw and learning how to use a Plane. Accuracy was required to ensure that the Letter Box fitted together correctly and just when they thought they had conquered nailing they were asked to nail timber on an angle. Year Nine students made a collapsible Beach Chair. This has been a long time favourite project of many Year Nine students. This year’s students were put under pressure due to the limited timeframe available to them, six weeks was all the time made available for this project. I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with the effort and application to the challenge that was displayed by all the Year Nine students. Each of them can be proud of the way they rose to meet the deadline that was placed on them. Year Ten is always an exciting year in Design and Technology, with students being instructed on how to use the power tools. The first project we do is constructing a DVD rack, which allows students to gain valuable practice with the Mitre Saw, Biscuit Cutter and Router Table. Term Two provided students with an introduction to the challenges of Year 11 and 12. Many of the Boys found it difficult to adjust to lots of research and writing with the added responsibility of organising their own time and materials. During Term Three students split into three groups and disassemble a four cylinder engine. Gaining an insight into how an engine works and experiencing what it would be like to be an apprentice mechanic. After the engines were pulled apart, a series of inspections were done to determine the engines condition they were put back together simulating the engine reconditioning process. Grade Eleven and Twelve students were in a combined class again this year. The first unit of study required students to produce some type of “storage” unit. The items chosen by the students were very diverse, such things as timber tool boxes, and book cases. All students faced a variety of challenges when undertaking their project, with no two problems being the same. All the students are to be commended for the way they overcame the challenges they faced. The second unit of study asked the students Design and build a Coffee Table. This was interpreted in a variety of shapes and table heights. Using some of the “joints” that had been practiced in class the students were able to construct some very solid and stable tables. Mr Peek
Childcare students enjoyed interacting with very happy babies. The class was very privileges to have new mum and baby come to school for a lesson. Baby stories, lots of giggles and bath time were all part of the routine for the day.
The 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was held in Perth, Western Australia. The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia very kindly organised a Student CHOGM This served as a forerunner of the actual October event and Thornlie Christian College was privileged to be selected as a participant. Representing the State of Brunei Darussalam and along with 52 other schools representing different countries in the Commonwealth, we discussed debated and formed recommendations for various issues. These issues included the achievement of universal primary education, the fight against communicable and non‐communicable diseases as well as the challenges confronting the Commonwealth in the future. We were able to acquire a deeper appreciation and insight into the purpose of the Commonwealth as well as its international collaborations. It has been an honour to attend this special event and was definitely an inspiring and enriching experience. Kylie Choong The Student CHOGM had a total of 212 pupils attend over 2 days to give their opinions and views on the issues that were scheduled to be discussed at the official meet held in late October. It was a really enjoyable and eye‐opening experience. Having to represent a different country in the State of Brunei Darussalam gave me a different perspective on the issues of education, communicable and non‐communicable diseases and problems that the Commonwealth may face in the future. It was interesting to also see all the different perspectives of the other delegates on these issues. I was re‐ acquainted with a few old friends whom I had not seen for a while, and also met some great people with whom I hope to keep in touch. Matthew Wilson
The Social and Environmental Concerns Committee launched some significant initiatives at Thornlie Christian College in Term One to coincide with the following national and international events: Clean up Australia Day; Earth Hour and Make Poverty History (Compassion Australia) For Clean‐up Australia day, the anti‐litter campaign was re‐introduced. Each Form was allocated a designated spot to keep clean and litter‐picking devices were provided. The majority of students are embracing the anti‐litter message; however we do have a small minority who refuse to comply. We hope that the message would ‘sink in’ and that putting litter in bins would become a natural action. Earth Hour was another event. We called on all students to voluntarily participate. On the night itself, a reminder was sent to students via Facebook regarding the importance of this event. Although we do not have the figures of the number of students who participated, we know that those who supported this initiative made a difference to the environment. Lastly, partnering with Compassions Australia to raise money for children living in poverty was our biggest project for the term. After guest speaker, Az Hamilton, poignantly addressed the issue of Poverty during a school assembly, we decided that something needed to be done as a school. Donation tins and a chart on potential items to be purchased were made available to all classes. I am happy to report that all classes have been generously donating to this worthwhile cause on a weekly basis. Edwina Leung Harmony Day 2011 Thornlie Christian College celebrated Harmony Day on the 22 of March with the theme of cultural diversity and unity in mind. The Primary School students celebrated the day by wearing clothing, which reflected their cultural heritage. The Canteen staff graciously supported the occasion by providing a special International menu of a variety of cultural foods. Staff members also took the opportunity to come dressed in shades of orange, the chosen colour for Harmony Day, and some were more game, by adorning clothing reflective of the rich cultural heritage in found in Perth. At the end of the day, everyone within the community was not only reminded of the multicultural nature of our society but, more importantly, the message that Everyone Belongs.
Year 10 Digital Media The Year 10 Digital Media classes started the year learning about the History of Animation from the invention of Zoetropes up to modern day CGI. Their first project was to create their own Stop Frame animation using Lego and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro. Taking 24 photos for each second of a minimum of a 1‐minute clip proved to not only to be a time consuming activity to get right, but a huge test of patience for some of the students! The students did very well, learning quickly that it wasn’t as easy as it first seemed, with external factors such as natural light causing all sorts of problems to the outcome of their photos. Staying with the animation theme they then moved on to using Adobe Flash. This software allowed the students to create frame‐by‐frame animation using a combination of hand drawn vectors graphics and bitmaps collected from the Internet. I was very impressed with their commitment and outcome of these animations. Semester two started with some Advanced Photoshop work, this was building upon the basic skills they acquired during Year 9. It mostly involved the combination of filters and layer types. Students created a lady out of fire, an Avatar of themselves and Dark Art. The Dark Art pieces created some particularly interesting results! They combined a photo of themselves with a skull and using masks, filters and tools produced an effect simular to a look used near the end of the movie, ‘The Dark Knight’. The final project of the year saw the two groups venture into the world of Final Cut Pro and movie making using our HD JVC cameras. One of the groups had the opportunity of working with the Drama class. The students planned out all their camera angles and locations, recorded the shots taking on various roles (Director, Cameraman, Audio Technician and Clapperboard Operator) and then edited the final movie together. The students were able to develop many new skills, not only new software application skills, but how important it is to work effectively together in short timeframes to ‘get the job done’. Y11 and 12 IT The Certificate II in Information Technology course has been redesigned and was taught very differently this year with a much more hand on approach to in class activities and assessments. The students started the year by designing organisational documents for a new company; this started with a logo for the company and progressed to creating a stocktake system using MS Access. The students then began to learn more about computer operating systems across the two different platforms. They had opportunity to install various operating systems on a PC from scratch, how to install and uninstall software applications correctly and how to use Command Prompt and Terminal to search for various files. The students created an interactive Keynote designed to teach Year 6 students all about operating systems as one of their assessment task. The students learnt more about various peripheral devices when they tested out the new Graphics Tablets and even had full classes only using the tablet. This took them a bit of practice not being able to rely on the mouse anymore!
Drama at Thornlie Christian College took a giant leap forward in 2011 with massive increases in students electing to take the course in years 10, 11 and 12. The number of students in Year 10 increased from ten in 2010 to 29 in 2011. In Year 11 we had 11 students taking Stage 3 (up from 2 in 2010) and in year 12 we had 5 Stage 3 students and 5 taking Stage 1 (WSA). The year got off to a flying start with all classes switched on and ready for a big year. It wasn’t long before the School Production “Is There a Doctor in the House?” was underway and the department moved into top gear. In Term 2 “Is There a Doctor in the House?” had its season at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre, which proved to be a great success. In Term 3 the Year 10 students were given their time to shine holding their very own Drama Evening. Some of the 10s also performed at Open Day in the Drama Room for other students and members of the public, For Open Day, the Drama Room was in full use throughout the day getting through a packed program. The morning proved especially popular as the students and audience alike enjoyed the inaugural inter‐class Theatresports challenge. Well done to The Night on their hard fought victory. The marquee event for term 4 was the Middle School Drama Production of Beauty IS a Beast. The young cast performed exceptionally well in front of near capacity audiences on both nights. And finally I would like to congratulate all the Drama prize winners for 2011. It was especially pleasing to be able to present the inaugural Best Actor/Actress Award to Clare Lange, for her roles in Sinbad the Sailor (the play), Salt, Chloe’s Journal, Is There a Doctor in the House and Valerie. Well done Claire. Awards: Drama, 2011 *Best Actor or Actress – Claire Lange Drama Stage 3 Highest Achiever – Claire Lange Drama Stage 3 Commendation – Ben Gray Drama Stage 2 Highest Achiever – Jacobus Lemmer Drama Stage 2 Commendation – Matthew Halliday Drama Stage 1 Highest Achiever – Michele Riley Drama Stage 1 Commendation – Chelsea Oost Year 10 Highest Achiever Class 1 – Rachel Murphy Year 10 Highest Achiever Class 2 – Emily Olsen Year 9 Highest Achiever – Hayley Cammiade Year 9 Commendation – Aimee Munyard Year 8 Highest Achiever – Chante Van den Berg Year 8 Commendation – Brooke Van der Westhuizen *Thornlie Christian College Award for Best Actor or Actress The award for best actor or actress is given to the student who has produced the highest quality acting throughout their time at the Thornlie Christian College. The award is given for performances above and beyond the normal classroom environment.
The English Learning Area is continually looking for ways to extend and challenge students in their language and communication skills. Working as a team, we have endeavoured to implement best teaching practices to ensure our students received the best opportunities for learning. English Week has evolved to become one of the highlights of the academic year for our Middle School students. Among the different activities, the spell‐a‐thon has become a fiercely contested competition where students battled it out to be crowned the champion speller of Middle School. The winner for 2011 is Elisa Lian, Year 8. To extend our students further, we have encouraged them to participate in the various competitions organised by different government and private organisations. Emily Olsen, Year 10, was a preliminary finalist in the Premier’s ANZAC Student Tour 2012; Elisa Lian, Year 8, participated in the Public Transport Authority Creative Writing Competition and won 2nd prize for her entry. Kirah Jones, Elisa Lian and Kylie Ling, all from Year 8, are finalists in the Make it With Newspaper contest organised by The West Australian newspaper and the winners are yet to be announced at the time of this writing. With our NAPLAN 2011 results, I am pleased that our students from Years 7 and 9 have achieved above the state mean in the different areas of assessments for English. The English staff has worked hard to ensure our students were well‐prepared for this test despite the full programme we have had this year. The introduction of the National Curriculum means that as a College, we will be implementing it in Years 7 & 8 for 2012 and for Years 9 and 10 in the subsequent years. Again, the English staff has undergone many hours of professional learning to prepare well for this task of implementation. As a Learning Area Coordinator, I am proud of what we have achieved in 2011 and this would not have been possible without the support and dedication of the English staff. To them I offer my sincere thanks and appreciation. We look forward to more successes in the learning area in 2012 as we partner with you, the parents, in the education of your children. God is an integral part of what we do in the College and all the thanks goes to our God who has been our strong help this year and I am confident He will continue to be so in the new year. Mrs Joan Lee Learning Area Coordinator‐ English
Malaysian Cultural Tour – July 9 to July 17, 2011. This year has been an eventful year for LOTE – Indonesian Second Language. Nine students of Indonesian in Years 10 and 11 participated in the Malaysian Cultural Tour, a first for LOTE and for The College. Mrs Helen Balding and I were privileged to take these students; Chontelle Wharton, Rebecca Moore, Parvan Gill, Zachary Seow, Marc Fritzsch and Bryan Kwok from Year 11 and Andrea Antonello, Kirsty Isaacs and Matthew Wilson from Year 10. We also had a parent, Mr Kenny Seow a parent who had helped organising the trip accompanying us as well. It was a memorable experience for all the students and something that will be with them for the rest of their lives. The benefits of such a tour for the students have been an invaluable learning time as they get to know the different cultures, lifestyles and schooling in the different places we visited. The students did TCC proud with their exemplary behaviour during our school visits to Punggol Secondary School in Singapore and Shamsuddim Nain Secondary School in Seremban, Malaysia, particularly when this school hosted its first international school visit from us. The following comments from students on the tour: The trip to Malaysia and Singapore was an amazing experience. I met some great people over there as well as getting to further know the other students on the trip. The food over there was great especially the Chicken Rice. There were many great moments on the trip so many that I could not name them all. Our mascot Boston the lobster popped up at every opportunity, whether it be while people were sleeping, in people’s food and even breaking his leg and getting it sown back on. It was a trip that I will remember for the rest of my life. Matt Wilson Touring around Singapore and Malaysia whilst sharing my cultural heritage with friends and teachers has been an absolute thrill for me, not only due to the amusing effects of culture shock but also because my dad had tagged along with us (whom I am also extremely proud and thankful of for helping organise and consolidate the whole trip). Every single one of us had great fun everywhere we went, whether it was threading through Singapore's busy streets, having a feast with my family, riding on the backs of Asian elephants or exploring the crowded night markets of Melaka. Visiting the Singaporean and Malaysian schools were great experiences too in the sense that it gave us a chance to get a feel and understand the everyday lives of other teens around the world. Although I could not pin‐point my favourite experience during the trip, I must say that the day at the Universal Studio theme park and our time in Kuala Lumpur had to be the most memorable, mainly because we had so much fun exploring. Overall, the trip had been a great success for us...I only wished it lasted longer! Zachary Seow The Malaysian tour of 2011 was one of the best experiences in my life so far. The things we saw on the tour and the people we met were just amazing, everyone and everything that we did on the trip will be in my memory for the rest of my life. The trip was filled with fun activities and also educational activities (even though they were always interesting as well) ... we went to visit schools in Singapore and Malaysia, both schools were very different to the schools here in Australia, and yet they were both also completely different from each other. No matter where we went, we could use some of the language skills that we have learnt to this point to try and make conversation with the people we met over there (even if it was simple, short words/sentences). My favourite part of the trip was not only the theme parks, caves or markets, but it was the way I got to know the other members of the trip. I can definitely say that I have made some lifelong friends on this trip, I was able to be myself with all of them. And this was what made the trip so enjoyable, because everything and every experience we had there, we would make it one to remember and to enjoy with each other. I would like to take this time to thank everyone who made this trip possible, Mrs Balding and Ibu G and Mr. Kenny Seow, and my parents of course. Andrea Antonello Singapore was the cleanest country I have ever seen, it was beautiful and the people were so friendly, we made many friends everywhere we went especially at the school Punggol. The local food in Singapore and Malaysia was delicious and so different from anything I eat at home but after a while we all missed western food. Malaysia’s streets were very busy with traffic especially motorcycles. When we went to Chinatown it was such a great experience to try to bargain, everyone was so good at it but it was a bit difficult to get the hang of it, it was very crowded and there were stalls everywhere, especially when all the shop keepers tried to get us to go into their stalls. My favourite thing about going to Malaysia and Singapore, apart from the shopping, would have to be being amongst different cultures and religions, I met Indians, Malays, Sikhs and many more people from different cultures, where I learnt a lot of interesting things about them. My other favourite experience was going to the elephant sanctuary and feeding the elephants and riding them. It was awesome and I would not forget it. I encourage all students to go on the Malaysian Cultural tour in the future because it will be an unforgettable experience. Kirsty Isaacs
Shadow Puppeteer performance in the Middle School The year began for us with an incursion of a shadow puppeteer, known as Dalang from Java who performed his craft for the middle school students in the drama room. This performance was in March and the master shadow puppeteer called Sumardi was on a national tour this year, performing in various schools in Western Australia. His performance was organised by Cultural Infusion an educational organisation based in Melbourne and responsible for injecting cross curricular themes through multicultural performances. The students enjoyed the show and asked questions as they were curious about Sumardi’s skills in manipulating the puppets and speaking in so many different voices. They were also enthralled by his costume, particularly the kris he was wearing on his back. Some students examined the finely crafted puppets made from buffalo skin.
Year 10 – Language Summit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel The Year 10 students of Indonesian from TCC were privileged to attend the following summit organised by AISWA and funded by grants from the NALSSP. It was a whole day seminar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel where our students interacted with their peers from many other schools. They have to complete a variety of tasks and posted these on the wiki site as well as initiate a project, taking into account the following aims of the language summit. Their project will be realised in 2012. “1.The aim of the NALSSP is to increase opportunities for school students to become familiar with the languages and cultures of Australia’s key regional neighbours, namely China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. 2.The Summit goals are for students to develop: • An awareness of their Australasian identity; • An awareness that by being more Asia literate they can transform their community, their region, themselves and the world; • An understanding that cultural intelligence is now the key to working globally; and • To collaborate with peers and leaders to investigate opportunities for engagement with Asia.” From Kirsty Isaacs, On the 23 of April, Monday I attended the W.A Language Summit at the Hyatt Hotel. It was a great day and it was also exciting to learn about Asian countries. My favourite speaker of the day was Alice Pung who was a 22 year old writer and lawyer who spoke to us about her experiences being a migrant from Cambodia and about being an Asian living in Australia. My favourite part of the day was meeting different students from other schools in Western Australia. I made many new friends. While I was at the summit I tried some new Asian dishes that I have never tried before like tofu. It was an interesting experience for me. Year 10 students who attended the Language Summit – from left Kirsty Isaacs, Jaimee Hoskins, Kylie Choong and Matthew Wilson with Indonesian language teacher Ibu E Ghani. They are committing to their project by painting an eye on the Korean doll presented to them at the Summit. We will be looking forward to more productive and exciting things happening in LOTE – Indonesian Second Language at TCC for the New Year in 2012 when the preparations will begin for our second cultural tour to Malaysia in 2013 and the realisation of the Summit project by the students in Term 1. Additionally there will also be excursions and incursions planned for the middle school and senior secondary school students who are learning about the Indonesian language and culture. Mrs (Ibu) Eliza Ghani
We had another very busy year in the Mathematics Learning Area. Although the Australian Mathematics Competition wasn’t until August 4 this year, registrations had to be in by May. Notes were therefore sent home during Term One. In the Primary School 69 students participated and 82 in Secondary School. One student, Jake Lemmer in Year 11, received a High Distinction and Elisa Lian in Year 8 received the Prudency Award. Once again our College participated in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiad (APSMO), which involved five Olympiads over the period from May to September. Students were selected by their Mathematics teachers to participate in this prestigious competition and our students did very well. In the Senior Olympiad, 13 students from years eight and nine participated and Elisa Lian (Year 8) received the Highest Achiever Trophy. She also scored in the top 10% overall and received an APSMO Metal Pin as well as a Cloth Patch. Aiden Kwan (Year 8) and Adela Widjanarko (Year 9) scored in the top 25% overall and both received a Cloth Patch to sow onto their uniform. In the Junior Olympiad we had 20 students from Year’s 6 and 7 participating. Chloe Murray received the Highest Achiever Trophy in this division and also received an APSMO Cloth Patch for being in the top 25%. Mrs Jacobsz Learning Area Coordinator ‐ Mathematics
2011 saw another see‐sawing struggle for supremacy in the College between the four house factions. The annual Inter‐house Swimming Carnival was held in Term 1 on a warm day, which saw plenty of crucial battles, and once again the students beat the teachers in the final race. Students were presented with trophies and medallions for their individual efforts, and Judah were crowned overall champions. The Interschool Carnival was held again at Challenge stadium, with the College finishing in a creditable 4th place. At the end of Term 2, all students participated in the Inter‐house Cross Country, running a gruelling 3.5km track through soft sand and over towering logs. Once again Judah were our overall champions. Our Secondary School students performed particularly well at the Interschool Cross Country held near the end of Term 3, finishing as the overall champions for the day. As always, Term 3 saw the students sweat it out at the Inter‐house Athletics Carnival. After weeks of running, throwing and jumping, the carnival was held, with some great individual results! Taking out the Triple Crown was Judah, winning the Athletics as well! After again organising the Interschool Athletics Carnival, the College representatives showed true grit and determination to almost defend last year’s crown, finishing narrowly in second place. As well as the 3 carnivals, there were also 2 other competitions taken into account. Firstly, there were points given for every student who were awarded a Highest Achiever or Commendation prize. Well done to those students. Secondly, a new initiative this year meant that each house was given their own rubbish bin, with points given to houses depending on how often it needed to be emptied. All of these points were added together to come up with the final results as follows: Judah Reuben Levi Joseph
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At the Senior School Awards night, Judah house captains Jeffrey Bandi and Patricia Anderson accepted the Thornlie Christian College Champion House Trophy. Thank you to all students for their participation and for making it another great competition this year.
Wednesday the 1st of July saw 21 Middle School boys make their way in some wet and wooly weather up to Ellenbrook to compete in the 2011 WACSSA AFL Lightning Carnival. The selected squad was made up of year 7, 8 and 9 boys who had shown the required skills necessary to play. While warming up, a huge storm cloud in the distance indicated this was not going to be a day for silky skills, but rather wet, messy football. And indeed the rain came, during our first game against Mundaring. After a slow start, the TCC boys began to dominate the game and overcame the team from the hills by 29 points. Our second game against a big‐bodied Ellenbrook was a close tussle with Ellenbrook leading by less than a goal with 5 minutes to go. But 2 late goals by Jarred Shipton (thanks to some fantastic team play from Cameron Flood) and Jai McCamley earned a hard fought 9 point win. That meant that TCC ventured into a middle school grand final for the first time against Swan. And again the rain poured. Obviously Swan enjoyed the puddles more as they as they opened up a handy lead early. A final quarter fight back saw TCC draw closer, but in the end it was not close enough as Swan won by 22 points. Captain Harry Byrne led from the front and kicked 3 goals for the day while swapping with Braydon Beckley (who was also very good except for when there were dogs barking) between Half Back and the Midfield. Jarred Shipton became the swingman for the day, starting up forward and kicking goals, and then moving back in the final to thwart the Swan advances. The midfield was well served by Jaycob Moylan and Jai McCamley, with Jai our leading goal‐kicker (4 goals) and constantly putting his head over the ball no matter who many times it nearly got knocked off! Steve Lemmer also proved to be a strong target up forward, kicking 2 crucial goals against Ellenbrook. Congratulations to all of the boys who pulled on the jumper to represent TCC for the day – you did the school proud! Also a huge thank you to Mrs Barnes for taking photos for the day and assisting the coach with whatever was needed, and to Connor Marshall and Josiah Laloh for their help umpiring.
2011 was another busy year in the Science Department. It was a year of further development of our resources and for, each of our students, in their Science studies. While each year has its similarities, as a new band of students reaches a new level there is the wonder of discovery and of trying out new things, or of seeing something new in what was already familiar. Our teachers continued on from last year and so we had the consistency to be able to build on previous developments. Thanks to Mr Chan, Mr Berkelaar, Mr Dutt, and Mrs Jacobsz for all you do. The Practical classes in the Science labs were always welcomed. From motion studies to growing creatures on agar plates, ecological events to electrical enquiries, they all at least tried to give a glimpse into the way our world works. Excursions were a highlight, with Year 7s exploring the zoo to extend their education in classification. Year 8s were excited by Scitech, especially the interactive displays, and Year 9s advanced their ecology studies at AQWA. Human Biological Studies 12 returned to the zoo for more advanced studies in primates. Senior School had to take their work more seriously and this year we had the largest Year 12 Physics and Chemistry classes in the College’s history (they weren’t large by other schools’ measures, but for us, a big advancement). Amongst the hard work getting the Questions done and assessments completed there were the joys of the various practicals, some of which succeeded, and a few like the rockets in Year 10 and Integrated Science were even spectacular. Overall, students have had the opportunity to add to their knowledge of many aspects of God’s creation and we look forward to building even further in 2012. Mrs Olwen Raynor Learning Area Coordinator, Science
Year Eights were pretty happy with their accomplishments in the 6 week sewing course. They made a pair of pants for themselves and then spent the remainder of the time sewing for those who have very little. As you can see by the look on their faces they had a feel good sense of achievement at the end of the time. Mrs Shannon
Politics and Law It has been an exciting year for the S&E department with the beginning of some long term projects to boost Civics and Citizenship education in the Secondary College. We began by entering the Mock Trials competition with a team of Year 10 to 12 students eager to defeat other schools by showing that they were the superior barristers, witnesses and solicitors. As if that experience wasn’t enough we followed it with a trip to Canberra for the Year 11 and 12 Politics and Law Students where the students visited just to name a few Parliament House, Old Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial, the CSIRO discovery centre, Questacon and Governor’s House. These fortunate students also got to spend a day on the snow fields learning how to ski and throw snow balls. Upon our return from Canberra it was the Year 9 students turn to experience educational opportunities available in Perth with a whole day excursion to Parliament, the Supreme and District Courts and the Electoral centre. These students got to take part in a prepared mock trial and observe a case about asylum seekers. Economics This was also our first year with Year 12 Economics being offered in the College and the first year our students took part in the ASX share market game. I have never seen students more competitive in the S&E classroom. In Year 11 it was a tight race to be the ultimate trader, first Jake was set to conquer but then the market crashed and Brian took over having only invested in one stock. This was short lived because Zach overcame the slump in the market and it looked like no one would beat him until at the eleventh hour Joel took out the ultimate title as King of the TCC stock market. The students also had an opportunity to go Canning River Eco Education Centre to study market failure and were able to alleviate their confusion over the significance of the environmental issues relevance to economics. Year 12 Geography: Year 12 Geography is not only a course of study enabling students’ tertiary entry but an insight for day to day life issues and challenges. This enables students to see the relationships between many fields of knowledge (Ford & Snell, 2009). With the current issues on climate change and city planning; Challenges exist in designing cities to be more productive, vibrant and sustainable. Urban planning involves a range of stakeholders that contribute to decision‐making and the planning process. The present and future needs of society are addressed by the allocation and reallocation of land uses, improving infrastructure and transport systems and enhancing amenities to meet the different perspectives of stakeholders. Year 11 and 12 History One favourite question students like to ask is which course of study they should pursue in year 11, 12, university, TAFE or other higher institutions of learning. My answer has always been the same, study the subject that you have the most interest in, not the one your parents wish you to enrol in not the one the majority of your friends are going for not the one which you think offers the best pay after you graduate The reason for this is simple. Study the course you have the most passion for because it is precisely passion that will carry you through your studies and passion that will cause you to excel in your chosen field when you work. One reason why we study and remember historical personalities like Alexander, Xerxes, Hitler, Roosevelt, Capone, Sun, Mao, Whitlam is in no small way due to their passionate approach to life and leadership. It is our desire that students upon completion of the course will be able to approach and tackle life with the same level of gusto and commitment as these prominent historical figures have done.
Year 10 P&L and Economics This year we rotated the Year 10 classes around so that learnt from the specialist teacher in all of the subjects they could study in Year 11 S&E. We tried to give them a taste of what these subjects would be like by debating and performing mock trials and parliaments in P&L and by exploring economics through educational games. I think the students really enjoyed this process because we had our biggest intake for year 11 economics and Politics and Law ever. Year 10 History The year 10 History syllabus stretches between 1918‐1962. Students will read topics like the treaty of Versailles, reasons for the rise of Nazi Germany and Japan and concluding with the Cuban Missile Crisis as part of a case study on the Cold War. With International conflict as the underlying theme, students will not only be able to appreciate and understand the various reasons that leads to International conflict during the 20th century, but the various initiatives to bridge the divide and bring ‘peace for our time’. Year 10 Geography: This is the final elementary stage where most students recognise, discover and ultimately decide their pathways to upper school subjects. Geography being one of the upper school subjects that are integral to Society and Environment based disciplines; students are therefore introduced to Environmental Issues (Environments at Risk) as a way of not only sensitising them to the real world but also to prepare to make sound decisions in spatial understanding. Year 9 S&E As mentioned earlier our Year 9’s had their first all day excursion, but they had a very eventful year beyond this excursion. Each student created their own financial plan to prepare for the next 10 years of their life. It is always exciting to see the horror on these students faces when they realise how much in costs to live when they move out of home. They also had the chance to look at Australia History debating whether or not Ned Kelly was a Hero or Villain and pretending to be Gold miners during the Gold rushes. Year 8 S&E: This has been an exciting year in teaching this group. It was an initially an overwhelming feeling in hearing that I will be teaching the whole year 8 cohort. However, they all made a good start from the beginning of the year and most of them produced fine Aboriginal artwork, research (investigations) presentations and fantastic essays. The classroom participation was marvellous and most students took part and contributed enlightening ideas and thoughts. One of the highlights of the year was the “Space Exploration” Debate and PowerPoint presentations in Western Australia’s history. There was great passion and innovation that brought the best in students’ competitiveness in writing and oral skills. Overall, this group have demonstrated a fabulous approach to work, attitude and willingness to achieve in their learning pursuits.
Workplace learning provides opportunities for students to develop skills in the workplace and obtain credit towards the WACE. Students are placed in an appropriate work situation and required to maintain a formal record of workplace learning. Workplace learning The placement of a student in a work environment as part of a Work Experience, accredited Workplace Learning, School Based Traineeship or Apprenticeship program, or some School Apprenticeship Link programs. The course aims to provide students with the knowledge, workplace skills and attitudes valued within work environments, as a preparation for employment. This year 17 students from across Year 11 and Year 12 participated in the programme. The Year 11s were enrolled in Units 1A/B and the Year 12s in Units 1C/D. The number of students enrolled in the course has declined due to more students pursuing a university pathway. Students went out to work in two blocks, in Terms Two and Four. Students chose various industries such as Information Technology, Business and Clerical, Hospitality, Community Service, Sales and Personal Services, Carpentry and Bricklaying. The workplace environment can be quite challenging and demanding in comparison to school life; however, the majority of the students adjusted well and were keen to learn. The employers were most impressed by the employability attributes and work ethic demonstrated by our students. Some students have ‘scored’ part‐time jobs and others have traineeships and apprenticeships placements in the future. All 17 students have passed the Course with good grades. Overall, the course has proven to be a great success for all parties involved. I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the employers who support the Workplace Learning Programme. Mrs David Workplace Learning Coordinator YEAR 11 &12 CAREER AND ENTERPRISE 1A/B & 1C/D Career education has moved towards learning to manage and take responsibility for personal career development before even leaving school. The Career and Enterprise Course equips students with the tools to head confidently into an uncertain future. It begins with recognising individual skills and talents, and moves on to using this understanding to find work and keep it. All aspects of work and workplaces are explored, from entry level to working globally. Changing technology, employment patterns and economic restructuring are realities of the rapidly changing world of work students will be entering. Learning to deal with constant change through adaptability, enterprise and lifelong learning are vital elements of the course, along with exploration of social, cultural and environmental issues. This year 18 students enrolled in the subject. Students have found the Course to be very practical, functional and engaging and have displayed great enthusiasm for the subject. It is an excellent subject in tandem with Workplace Learning. Mrs David
The Year 12 Creative Industries Media class explore the world of digital story telling, through the student produced TV show, SWITCH. All members of the class are involved in every stage of the production process, utilising the latest in editing, lighting and green screen effects, with the TV show being treated like a ‘real world’ experience. The students plan, produce, edit and broadcast the stories, latest news and upcoming events held at Thornlie Christian College Season 2
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News & Views is a magazine produced by the student Publications Committee. It provides a students‐eye‐view of life within the College. One magazine is normally produced per school term.
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Newsletters 2011
2011 YEAR 10 HIGHEST ACHIEVERS Kirrilie Braun Melissa Broughton Kylie Choong
Katrina‐Jayne Culling Melissa D'Arrigo Joanna Delalande Jaimee Hoskins Nico Kelder Bailey Kirkby Josiah Laloh Marco Lombard Anita‐Marie Marbeck
Connor Marshall Rachel Murphy Emily Olsen
Shenoah Penny Cody Ryce Timothy Tate Abbey Williams
Art Class 2 Sport & Recreation Girl Mathematics Intermediate Career Education Class 2 Digital Media Class 1 Health Education Girl Indonesian 1AB Society & Environment Advanced Hospitality Class 2 Society & Environment Elementary Art Class 1 English Advanced English Intermediate Science Intermediate Class 1 English Preliminary Units PA/B Society & Environment Intermediate Design & Technology Society & Environment Intermediate Biblical Studies Class 1 Career Education Class 1 Mathematics Advanced Science Advanced Sport & Recreation Boy Drama Class 1 Biblical Studies Class 2 Digital Media Class 2 Drama Class 2 Hospitality Class 1 Mathematics 1A Health Education Boy Science Intermediate Class 2 Music 1A/B
DUX & HONOUR AWARDS Honour Cert for Excellence
Anita‐Marie Marbeck
Dux Year 10 2011
Kylie Choong
YEAR 11 HIGHEST ACHIEVER AWARDS Stephanie Broedelet
Amy Commons Jason Earle Amberlie Evans Daniel Fleay Mackenzie Flood Siobhan Hair Matthew Halliday Bryan Kwok Jacobus Lemmer
Michael Long Denika Marciano Emily Palmer Lauren Quinn Zachary Seow Joel Smith Talitha Stephens Courtney Wallis Chontelle Wharton
Ancient History 1AB Sport & Recreation Girl Visual Arts 1AB Health Studies 1AB Mathematics 1BC Career & Enterprise 1AB Sport & Recreation Girl Mathematics 2AB Visual Arts 2AB Politics & Law 1AB Politics & Law 2AB Modern History 2AB Chemistry 2AB Biblical Studies Class 2 Drama 2AB Economics 2AB English 2AB Human Biological Science 2AB Mathematics 3AB Physical Ed Studies 1AB Materials, D & T: Wood 1CD Physics 2AB Materials, D & T: Textiles 1AB Information Technology Materials, D & T: Textiles 1AB Workplace Learning 1AB Biblical Studies Class 1 Indonesian 2AB Sport & Recreation Boy English 1AB Visual Arts 2AB Children, Family & Community 1AB Food Science & Technology 1AB Creative Industries: Media Indonesian 1AB
DUX & HONOUR AWARDS Honour Certificate for Academic Excellence Vocational Pathway Vocational Dux of the College 2011 Honour Certificate for Academic Excellence Tertiary Pathway Tertiary Pathway Dux 2011
Amy Grasso Amberlie Evans Talitha Stephens Amy Commons Jacobus Lemmer
YEAR 12 AWARDS 2011 NAME
HIGHEST ACHIEVER
Patricia Anderson Jeffrey Bandi Breanne Carter
Lindsay Carter Fabian D'Agnone Catherine Dewar Benjamin Gray
Karl Halliday
Biblical Studies Sport & Recreation Girls Indonesian 2AB English 1CD Health Studies 2AB Mathematics 1DE Food Science & Tech 2AB Materials, D&T: Wood 1CD Career & Enterprise 1CD Workplace Learning 1CD Physical Ed Studies 2AB
Mathematics 2CD Modern History 3AB Visual Arts 3AB
Mitchell Higgins Lisa Hill
Career & Enterprise 1CD Mathematics 3CD Mathematics 1DE Drama 3AB Mathematics 2CD Sport & Recreation Boys English 3AB
Human Biological Science 3AB Sport & Recreation Girls
Joshua Klenner Clare Lange Bertram Lee Leona Leslie
Creative Industries: Media Drama 3AB Geography 3AB
Edwina Leung Levin Lian
Politics & Law 3AB Biblical Studies Class 1 Chemistry 3AB Economics 3AB English 3AB Mathematics 3CD Mathematics Specialist 3CD Physics 3AB
Jonathan Narayanan
Visual Arts 3AB
Creative Industries: Media Integrated Science 1CD
Marthinus Jacobsz
Taylah Marshall Justin Mazzotti Stephen McLeod
COMMENDATION
Mathematics Specialist 3CD Drama 3AB
Health Studies 2AB Politics & Law 3AB
Information Technology
English 1CD Materials, D&T: Wood 1CD Workplace Learning 1CD Human Biological Science 3AB Physical Ed Studies 2AB
Isaac Nieves Chelsea Oost Aaron Rebeiro Michele Riley
Mathematics 3CD Drama 1AB Mathematics 2CD Modern History 3AB English 2BC Information Technology Food Science & Tech 2AB Indonesian 2AB Geography 3AB Physical Ed Studies 2AB Chemistry 3AB Physics 3AB Human Biological Science 3AB Visual Arts 1CD Mathematics 1DE
Drama 1AB
Kevin Sam Jadon Steven Benjamin Tucker Nathania Widjanarko
Sport & Recreation Boys Biblical Studies Class 2 Visual Arts 1CD
Kezia Wojcik
English 2BC
Ariana Yardley Luke Younger
Integrated Science 1CD
DUX & HONOUR AWARDS Honour Cert for Academic Excellence Vocational Dux of the College 2011
Michele Riley Breanne Carter
Honour Cert for Academic Excellence
Karl Halliday
Tertiary Dux of the College 2011
Levin Lian
2011 OTHER AWARDS OTHER AWARDS
RECIPIENT
CITY OF GOSNELLS SCHOLARSHIP AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AWARD YEAR 10 AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AWARD YEAR 11 AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AWARD YEAR 12
ANITA‐MARIE MARBECK DHARSHINI SUGUMARAN JACOBUS LEMMER BREANNE CARTER Anita-Marie Marbeck, Dhashini Sugumaran, Matthew Wilson EMILY OLSEN JAKE LEMMER/MICHAEL LONG KEZIA WOJCIK MARTIN JACOBSZ BAILEY KIRKBY/JOANNA DELALANDE
ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHERN DISTRICTS "THE RON SLOAN ENDEAVOUR SCHOLARSHIP" CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP YEAR 10 CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP YEAR 11 FOUNDERS AWARD CSA / CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP AWARD PETER ABETZ ATTITUDE & EFFORT YEAR 10 PETER ABETZ ATTITUDE & EFFORT YEAR 11 PETER ABETZ ATTITUDE & EFFORT YEAR 12
CALTEX ALL ROUNDER WESTCHEME DIVISION OF AUSTRALIANSUPER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY DRAMA AWARD ("The Best Actor") FORMER STUDENTS AWARD SPORTS AWARD PRINCIPAL'S AWARD
COURTNEY WALLIS NATHANIA WIDJANARKO BREANNE CARTER CATHERINE DEWAR LEVIN LIAN MARTIN JACOBSZ STEPHEN McLEOD MEGAN JOHNSON ARIANA YARDLEY CLARE LANGE JOSHUA KLENNER MARTIN JACOBSZ ARIANA YARDLEY