Connect @ BalCC Edition 1 2022

CONNECT @ BalCC

Edition One Every learner reaching their God-given potential

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Principal A note from the

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t is now two years since the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically re-shaped our lives. We are about to go into our third winter season living with COVID-19, but figuratively at least, we find ourselves emerging from a winter of isolation and confinement into a new Spring of hope as we increasingly participate in activities and rituals that were largely on hold over the past two years.

several camps and excursions.

A new way of flourishing for our College in 2022 is the establishment of a new program designed to extended gifted and talented students, called ‘Elev8’.

This initiative is led Mrs Emily Westblade, supported by Miss Beth Simonis, and their first task was to identify students who fit the criteria of ‘gifted’ or ‘talented’.

Having identified students who would benefit from extension learning support, The imagery of emerging from a winter the next step is the development of into spring brings to mind the new birth suitable activities for these students and (or rebirth) and flourishing of life after to provide support for teachers as they in the darkness and isolation of winter turn plan extension learning activities. It is season. A parallel can be drawn with our belief that this initiative will be another our experience of College life these last way that Ballarat Christian College can two years, as we hopefully leave behind assist students to flourish and thus achieve periods of remote learning and isolation, their God-given potential. and resume the face-to-face classes, excursions and College events that we I trust that all staff, students and families will expect of normal, flourishing school life. enjoy a safe and happy holiday during Of course, the road back is not all smooth the Term 1 break. Most importantly, and straightforward. We continue to be may the commemoration of Easter bring challenged by high numbers of positive into focus once again God’s love and cases and close contacts of positive grace for each and every person, giving cases, amongst both students and staff. us hope and assurance for the future.

Concerns over staffing levels was the May we never forget or take for granted primary reason for the cancellation of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, ending the the BalCC Swimming Carnival earlier in separation between us and our God. the term, but I am pleased that we were Ken Nuridin - Principal able to hold a successful BalCC Athletics Carnival at the end of term, along with

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vine; you are the branches. If you remain me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:5 NIV

contents

14 8 Living off the land 10 Practice makes perfect 12 Sail away

14 Alumni News - Lachlan & Paige

16 Be my Buddy 18 Student Achievement

24 23 College Value

24 Multicultural Day 26 28 30 32

New Staff Profiles Job Camp My Place Women's Day

34 33 New Devices

34 Cloud Formation 36 38 40 42

Primary Sporting School Alumni News - Mr Walker Board Chairman Message Tutu Tuesday

44 44 Built for play 46 48 49 50 56

In the Box Improvements Volunteer @BalCC Colour Theory Mustard Group

LIVING OFF THE LAND T his term the Upper Primary A and B students were planting seeds and making fruit kebabs as part of their ‘Living off the land’ Science unit.

The students investigated how and why food and fibre are produced in managed environments, using sustainable methods. They also explored how people in design and technologies occupations address competing considerations, including sustainability, in the design of solutions for current and future use.

The unit culminated in students following the design and production process by designing, preparing and producing a healthy dish, considering safety, nutrition and sustainability.

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

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tudents in Year 7 and Year 8 have an exciting opportunity this year to learn an instrument in Performing Arts class. It will form the centrepiece of the music curriculum within this subject.

As this is a core component of our music curriculum, all students will need to bring their instruments home to practice. Most written work will be completed within our class time, so the majority of students' homework will be to practice their instrument. This is a key advantage of our focus on instrumental learning, which allows for significantly improved student achievement, compared to only playing once per week in class.

Ballarat Christian College is supporting this program by covering the full cost of hire and normal servicing of instruments, as well as tuition, which will occur during Performing Arts class time. This significant investment by the College enables all students to take up this opportunity.

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All Year 7 students will learn a brass or woodwind instrument, and all Year 8 students will learn a string instrument. When the current Year 7 students progress to Year 8 in 2023, they will have the opportunity to learn a string instrument and to continue their 2021 instrument in private lessons.

The distribution of instrumental options amongst Year 7s considers a desire to group together compatible instruments for whole-class ensemble playing, which is an important part of instrumental learning.

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SAIL AWAY T

his term the Lower Primary classes participated in some beach-themed literacy and numeracy activities at the College. This was part of their integrated unit “Sail away”. The students enjoyed fishing for spelling words, relaxing on a boat reading and playing ‘Go Fish’ with high frequency words. During Maths they looked at fractions using water and created some tunes before making place value ice creams. They finished the activities with a refreshing icy pole. It was a perfect day of learning for “A day at the beach”.

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ongratulations to Lachie and Paige on their recent engagement!

Lachie and Paige both graduated Ballarat Christian College in 2017.

Lachie began attending the College in Year 2, while Paige joined in Year 7, and both were middle school Captains during 2014.

In 2016, Lachie became very ill with a rare kidney disease and was put into intensive care and told he needed a kidney transplant. He went on the transplant waiting list while undergoing nightly dialysis for 10 hours a night every night. During this time, he attended school during the day and completed his VCAL, even though he was quite sick. Paige, while supporting Lachie, underwent her VCE and successfully completed with scores that led her to a Bachelor of Nursing at ACU. In early 2018, Lachie received the call to receive a kidney and after recovery, undertook a Certificate IV in Community and Human Services, starting weeks late. After completing this, he applied for the Bachelor of Community and Human Services at Federation University.

Paige graduated from her Bachelor of Nursing in 2020 and was successful throughout her degree in creating her own business called ‘Peas and Jays’, specialising in sewing gifts and homewares.

It was her kind generosity that used this skill to sew

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bibs that looked like clothing from shirts, to return dignity to patients in nursing homes and specialist schools. Paige set a goal to make 1,000 bibs from her own time and donations to reach this target, landing her in ‘The Courier’, which helped draw attention to this need. Paige went on to do a Master of Teaching, specialising in health and science and will graduate in the middle of 2022 with goals to teach these VCE subjects.

Lachie also started his own business during his degree as a self-employed support carer for clients in NDIS. Lachie has completed his degree, all except his 500 hours of placement which was interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is currently doing placement in a local high school, working as part of the wellbeing team organising programmes and doing counselling work. After completion of his placement he will graduate mid 2022 as a social worker.

Both Paige and Lachie also spent two years volunteering as leaders on the ‘Christians at Uni’ group for both Federation University and Australian Catholic University. They also dedicated their time to serving while at university, often taking part in community events during this time, including several trips to Canberra and Children’s Mission in Ararat We wish them well in their life together and their future careers as a teacher and social worker.

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BE MY BUDDY T hroughout the year the Prep and Year 12 students meet during homeroom to chat, play games and read stories. On their first catch up this year the Preps and Year 12s enjoyed some time chatting and going for a walk around the College.

At the start of each school year our Year 12 students are paired with a Prep student. The buddy system has been going for several years and sees the Year 12s show the Preps around the College on their first few days, and on the Year 12s last day of school the Preps walk the Year 12s into their final assembly.

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Student Achievement BalCC

SHAKIRA C UPPER PRIMARY A

ongratulations to Shakira in Upper Primary A on winning the 200m Girls U11 and 400m Girls U11 track races at the Little Athletics Victoria-Western Country Region Track and Field Carnival. The carnival was held at Llanberris Athletics Reserve, with Shakira also placing third in the 100m Girls U11 track race.

Shakira’s win in the 400m race was made all the more special when she broke the current Girls U11 record for the Western region by running 1.07.02. The previous record set in 1998 was 1.08.91.

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ear 9A student, Gibson recently opened the batting for East Ballarat Cricket Club Senior Thirds and scored over a 100. Gibson was partnered with his father, Craig, with their partnership reaching a score of 206. Gibson and his dad have been playing senior cricket together at East Ballarat for the past four years. While their team didn’t take home the win on the day they had a great time on the pitch.

The East Ballarat Cricket Club were very excited about the partnership score saying “Saturday was a fantastic day for the East Ballarat Cricket Club. A day like no other. For the first time in the club’s history, a father and son have achieved a huge batting partnership of 205. Father Craig Paxman 102 and son Gibson Paxman 104. It was a fantastic innings to watch and what a moment in both their lives achieving a century together and enjoying quality father and son time in the middle. We couldn’t be more proud of the pair, it was a fantastic reward for a lot of hard work put in throughout the year.”

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NYAJIMA YEAR 10B

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ongratulations to Year 10B student, Nyajima on being presented with the Baden-Powell award (BPA), the highest award given out by the Girl Guides movement. Nyajima attends the 11th Ballarat Girl Guides and received the BPA at a presentation evening recently.

The BPA is one of Guiding’s peak achievement awards and is named after the founder, Robert Baden-Powell. The award requirements are that each girl completes three challenges in each of six of the seven fundamentals of the Australian Guide Program - Promise and Law, Service, Guiding Traditions, World Guiding, Outdoors and Patrol System. The seventh fundamental is Leadership which is integral to all of the other areas.

Completing BPA during the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for Nyajima, but she forged ahead and undertook many activities and learnt many new skills. Some of her achievements were to lead a real campfire experience for her fellow Girl Guides, demonstrate how to make a light-weight ballista from bamboo stakes and rubber-band lashings on GGTV (the Girl Guides YouTube channel), going abseiling, sailing and gaining her Boating 2 badge in canoeing.

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She also organised a night where her mother and auntie demonstrated the cooking of African food. The Guides enjoyed making yot-yot, a flat bread and making couscous the traditional way, not out of a packet. During Zoom meetings Nyajima demonstrated how to make sushi from Japan and used a PowerPoint presentation to teach the Guides something about ‘Our Cabana’, the Guide World Centre in Mexico and Mexican traditions.

During another Zoom session, Nyajima met with a large group of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from the Asia Pacific Region. This was organised by a leader from Malaya and at least fifteen different countries were represented.

Nyajima is a Patrol Leader and represents her patrol well at Patrol Leaders’ Council.

She has led her Patrol to build a ballista from poles, ropes and lashings to fire water bombs at our local Scouts and organised a successful indoor rock-climbing activity for her unit. This involved booking the venue (and changing the date many times due to COVID-19 restrictions), preparing the risk assessment and completing the correct paperwork. With the other BPA Guides, Nyajima planned and enjoyed a special Girls’ Day Out – something they had not done before.

Nyajima began Guides as a seven year old with Eureka Butterfly Guides. Since then, she has grown in confidence and consciously developed her leadership skills.

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. Psalm 92:12-13

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College Value

Commitment

“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this."

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MULTICULTURAL DAY

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uring Term 1the whole College celebrated Multicultural Harmony Day. Students from Prep to Year 12 will be permitted to dress in a traditional national costume or in orange. Traditionally, orange signifies social communication, meaningful conversations, and encouragement of mutual respect.

Thanks you to all the visitors, parents and families who came in to speak to classes about their various cultures.

Multicultural Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, based on the successful integration of migrants into our community. The day is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.

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NEW STAFF PROFILES

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Simon Lewis

imon completed his Bachelor of Health and Physical Education at Deakin University in 2014.

He taught Maths and Health and Physical Education at Stawell Secondary College before returning to study, graduating with a Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) in 2020.

Simon has a broad range of experience, having worked as a sound technician, personal trainer, drum teacher, youth pastor, physiotherapist, and in retail.

This breadth of knowledge helps Simon to connect learning to student’s interests and make the content relevant and engaging.

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Growing up in Melbourne, Simon lived in Stawell and Ararat before moving to Ballarat in 2017, where he currently lives with his wife Amy and two daughters Evie and Sophie. He enjoys hiking, sport, hitting the gym or the drums, completing research, and being creative in the kitchen. Simon joined Ballarat Christian College this year and is teaching Year 7 Maths and continues to treat local Ballarat patients as a physiotherapist.

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n 2022 we welcomed Mrs Bethany Ballinger, Mr Simon Lewis, Mrs Briony Kenneth and Mrs Priscilla Samuels. We formally welcomed onto staff Mrs Emma Willis, who is already familiar to some of our College community as she joined our bank of casual relief teachers and was involved in co-teaching and supporting our senior English students and provided tutorial support in

Secondary. We also welcome back Mrs Nicki Laursen who returns to our teaching staff after a 5-year absence. and Mrs Amelia Weir following maternity leave in 2021. Finally, we welcome Mrs Tricia Peart, who will deliver the VET Fashion Design & Technology course hosted by Ballarat Christian College to students from our own College and from Ballarat area VET cluster schools.

To read more Staff Profiles head to the Our Team page of our website

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icki is teaching Year 12 History Revolutions and Year 11 English this year. As a previous Ballarat Christian College teacher, she has also taught at Melton Christian College, Olivet Christian College and Loreto Ballarat. She has a Bachelor of Arts and several post graduate qualifications, including History Curriculum from the University of New England and English Literature and Creative Writing from Deakin University.

More importantly, her relationship with God is at the centre of who she is and as an Enjoyer, she lives by Ecclesiastes 8:15,’I commend the enjoyment of life’. She also enjoys reading (still unashamedly a Jane Austen fan) and writing her own stories. She hopes to impart some of that love of literature and writing to those she teaches.

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JOB CAMP O

ur Year 9 students took part in a three day job camp as part of their Micah 6:8 program. The job camp enables the Year 9 students to receive training from Short Courses Australia in Food Safety, First Aid, Resume and Cover letter creation, Job Application and Interview skills, and Barista and Café skills.

Alongside the core curriculum students participate in Micah 6:8, a program that is designed to build resilience and life skills, and encompasses subjects such as Careers and HPE, as well as tying in with the requirements for the bronze level of The Duke of Edinburgh Award. During the program students will focus on areas such as resilience, mental health, life skills, voluntary service, physical recreation and skills.

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MY PLACE O

ur Middle Primary students headed to our Trade Training Centre to build birdhouses, as part of the 'My Place' theme. The students learnt about different forms of materials and made a special ‘my place’ for the birds in their gardens at home.

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INTERNATIONAL

WOMEN’S DAY

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n March 8th we celebrated International Women’s Day with a special morning tea for our staff. International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in all their diversities. It is also a day to raise awareness about the inequalities girls and women face around the world.

Thank you to the BalCC Social Club team for putting the lovely morning tea and gifts together for our staff to enjoy.

Thank you to the Year 9 Micah 6:8 students who used their recently obtained barista skills and made hot drinks for all the female staff.

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OUR NEW

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ll students in Years Prep to 10 have received new devices this year – in line with our 3-year cycle of devices. All Prep, Lower Primary (Years 1-2) and Middle Primary (Years 3-4) students have been allocated a new iPad; students in Years 5 – 10 have been issued new Lenovo laptops.

Students in Years 11 and 12 retain their devices from the previous year/s, again within a constant 3-year cycle.

This system ensures that all students have access to contemporary devices, with all the necessary software and access to online platforms and learning tools appropriate to their curriculum needs. It also provides for every student to have the same device as their peers - which helps to keep classes focussed on learning, not on solving workaround issues for differing machines, operating systems, and licence arrangements.

Our in-house ICT team is on hand to solve any teething problems, fix connectivity issues, and handle the daily password, charging, and reset challenges that inevitably arise; altogether providing as close to a seamless rollout as could be expected. The Team – Trevor, Tim and Isaac – has done a great job making sure every student has the right device and access to all their required learning tools.

Additionally, this year we have purchased and installed 65-inch Interactive Screens in all classes from Prep to Year-8; these screens have replaced some well-loved and long-used smartboards in the Primary classrooms and short-throw projectors in the Year 7 and 8 classrooms and the Art & Science rooms. The other secondary classrooms all are equipped with large LCD screens to which teachers can easily connect their laptops to present material according to the subjects being taught.

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CLOUD FORMATION I n Science our Year 7 students used steaming hot water and ice to investigate cloud formation. This was part of the topic on natural resources. Students enjoyed their first use of the Bunsen burners in the Science Lab for this experiment.

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Athletics

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rimary students participated in an Athletics program during Physical Education classes in Term 1. The Upper Primary classes enjoyed and benefitted from expert coaching by Emma from Athletics Australia, who was assisted by Miss Melissa O'Hara for four sessions to improve student's skills. Funding for these sessions along with extra equipment to run similar sessions with the Prep and Middle and Lower Primary classes is provided by the Australian Sporting Schools program.

Sporting Schools is a $320 million Australian Government initiative designed to help schools increase children's participation in sport and connect them with community sport opportunities. Research shows that quality sport and physical activity in schools has a positive influence on children’s confidence, competence and motivation to be active at school and throughout their life.

The objectives of Sporting Schools are to: • improve children’s fundamental movement skills to encourage lifelong participation in physical activity • increase the awareness of the value of sport in schools • engage children in high quality sporting programs • connect children with sport in their local communities • develop the capability and capacity of sport to drive nationwide participation growth.

To learn more about Sporting Schools head to: www.sportaus.gov.au/schools

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Nathaniel Walker Class of 2021

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ongratulations to Nathaniel Walker on winning the School-based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year at the 2021 Victorian Apprenticeship Awards, presented by the Apprenticeship Employment Network (AEN) and the Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN).

Nathaniel was presented the award at a ‘catch up’ gala dinner at The Pavilion, Arts Centre Melbourne, on Wednesday 16 February. The ‘catch-up’ awards dinner, rescheduled due to the pandemic, celebrated the dedication and achievements of apprentices and trainees, GTOs and businesses committed to the development of apprentices and trainees. The night represented eleven group training organisations (GTOs) and was attended by thirty-nine finalists, industry leaders and special guests from Department of Education and Skills, Apprenticeships Victoria, Jobs Victoria, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, WorldSkills Australia and the Victorian TAFE Association.

The awards span from outstanding commitments to studies at school and in the workplace to the significant contribution and performance of women, Indigenous representatives, people with a disability in trades, and the achievement of overcoming challenges to the contribution of making the workplace a safer environment.

These awards celebrate the ways that all apprenticeships and traineeships develop the work-ready skills needed to pursue professional, rewarding careers.

In response to the short-term impacts of COVID-19 in 2021, guests commended all finalists of the 2021 apprenticeship awards, and their employers who have shown great resilience, initiative, and ability to thrive in their industries, with support of their local group training organisations.

Nathaniel was selected from the thousands of trainees and apprentices across Victoria and was nominated by his group training, BGT Jobs & Training. Nathaniel completed a Certificate II in Landscaping school-based traineeship program in 2021. BGT Employment Services Manager, Troy Westblade said “We had nominated Nathaniel for the school-based trainee of the year, and we were very pleased that on the night he was announced to have won that category. Nathaniel gave an amazing speech on the night, in which he thanks both BGT and Ballarat Christian College for the opportunity”.

During his time at Ballarat Christian College Nathaniel completed units in the Certificate II in Building & Construction before graduating Year 12. Congratulations Nathaniel on such a wonderful achievement and for recognition of all your hard work.

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MESSAGE

Board Chairman FROM THE

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ecently I was able to reflect on the history of the Ballarat Christian College and its humble beginnings.

In 1985 22 children commenced school in Sebastopol in grades ranging from Prep to Year 5, the school was then known as Carmel Christian Community School.

available to the families of Ballarat. We thank God for His provision, protection and guidance for the College over the last 37 years.

The BalCC Board is focused this year on the development of the strategic plan for the next three years of the The school at the time was located at Carmel Welsh College’s future. Generally, our strategic plan is divided Presbyterian church in Albert Street Sebastopol. The into different areas of the College that we focus on. These school was governed by a Board chaired by Mr Neville areas are ‘Our Direction’, ‘Our Students’, ‘Our Staff’, ‘Our Hawkins and also included Mr Chris Duke, a past Board Community’, ‘Our Wellbeing’ and ‘Our Business Practices’.

Chairman and current Board member.

In each of these areas we will set goals and objectives that we believe will further the aims of the College to help The school was relocated in 1990 to the current site on each student reach their God-given potential. the corner of Vickers Street and Yarrowee Street, with the funding for the purchase and buildings provided by three This process will commence in June this year with a planning school families. day and we will continue to refine the plan with the aim to publish in early 2023. Part of the strategic planning In 1999 a separate school, Ballarat Christian College, process is to set the vision for the College over the next five opened its doors as a Secondary School located not to ten years. far from the Primary School, which had by then been renamed as Sebastopol Christian Community School. It has been particularly pleasing this year to see the The Secondary School had limited facilities at this stage continuation of student led prayer, praise and worship and used facilities at Sebastopol Secondary College for groups, and the Secondary Mustard Bible study, as well subjects such as Woodwork and Home Economics. as Staff and Parent led prayer groups. The past two years have been particularly difficult for the community In 2001 Ballarat Christian College leased land from the in general and to see us putting our faith in the Lord and Primary School to locate a portable building to house thanking Him for the provision He has given us is such a the Year 9 and 10 students. In February 2002 Ballarat positive message to all of us.

Christian College moved all classes to the leased land.

Although we have seen the continuing impact of At the end of 2006 the Primary and Secondary Schools COVID-19 on student numbers in the classroom and to the were merged to create a Prep to Year 12 school known teaching staff, it is pleasing to see that College has been as Ballarat Christian College. In 2007 the ‘new school’ able to adapt and manage through this. A lot of planning had 160 students and 20 teachers. Since that time the has gone into ensuring we have relief teachers and other College has doubled in size and added many purpose staff available to fill in the gaps ensure that there is minimal built buildings to replace the original portable classrooms. interruption to our education program.

Looking back it really was an amazing testament to the Ross Coventry - Board Chairman faith of those original families and board members and their commitment to seeing Christian Schooling made

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Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

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UESDAY + TUTU TUESDAY + To recognise the Tuesday date of 22.2.2022, our Primary teachers, Administration staff and a few students headed to school in tutus! Primary classes had a focus on two, as the special number for the day.

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BUILT FOR PLAY T

he Certificate II Building & Construction team (Years 10-12) have assisted the College maintenance team in Term 1 to erect new playground equipment for the Primary students to enjoy. At the completion of the project the students were treated to pizza

by Mr Solomano and Mr McInerney, to celebrate the completion of the new Primary playground.

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IN THE BOX T

he elective Year 9/10 Digital Technology class have been looking at what is inside a computer. As part of this, they were challenged with the task of dismantling and then reassembling an old PC.

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IMPROVEMENTS Around BalCC

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ver the January holidays further concreting works were conducted to progress the eradication of gravel from the College campus. A new playground area has been established and the Certificate II Building & Construction team (Years 10-12) have been assisting the College maintenance team to plan and erect this equipment, for the Primary students to enjoy.

Work continues with the lower creek area which is being developed as a practical horticulture learning space – as well as generally cleaning up an underutilised area of the campus. Gradually, but surely, we are replacing old, rough fencing with a clean, contemporary look to match the external fences around the property. This has included the finalisation of the new bridge across the creek to ensure student safety around this water feature.

Further works are planned for the rest of this year to continue providing a safe, clean, and pleasant learning environment for all students.

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VOLUNTEER @BALCC Are you looking for an opportunity to engage with the College community? We welcome your time, skills and talents.

To learn about how you can volunteer and make a difference contact the College Administration Office.

• Pick up a volunteer pack from the office • Read the documents in the pack (Staff are available to help explain these documents) • Apply for National Police check and Working with Children check • Meet with our Child Safety Officer • Receive further training At BalCC we have a variety of opportunities for volunteers and are currently looking for volunteers to help in our College Canteen on Wednesdays and Fridays. The hours would be between 11:00am2:00pm.

To learn about how you can volunteer and make a difference contact our College Administration Office for a volunteer’s pack. Our staff are available to help explain the documents contained in the Volunteers information packs.

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COLOUR THEORY O

ur Prep students first Visual Arts lesson was about colour theory. The Preps used playdough on a colour wheel to identify the primary colours and then mixed the playdough to create secondary colours. It is lovely watching our Preps settle in to school life and discover and learn new skills.

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Prep - Year 12

Enrolments

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DOes Hudson Senior Constable

ur Years 5-12 students participated in presentations from Leading Senior Constable Des Hudson, a Youth Resource Officer with Victoria Police. Each year level attended a 45 minute session aimed to educate and assist students as they navigate different stages of their adolescence and journey into adulthood.

The presentations were designed to be interactive and age appropriate. Students were able to ask questions anonymously via a safe webpage with teachers monitoring and sending appropriate questions to Leading Senior Constable Des Hudson to answer. The sessions also had a focus on topics such as decision making, conflict resolution, Ballarat Police Party Safe Reminder (Secondary only), appropriate phone usage (Secondary only), being a responsible citizen and the law.

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SRC 2022

Student Representative Council

Middle Primary A

Captains

Sean Robinson

Vice Captains

Dakota Cabigao

Captains

Vice Captains

Isobel Johnson

Upper Primary A

Nathan Fisk

Emma McKenzie Vice Captains

Lily Miller

Kieren Fulcher Vice Captains

Ruby Johnson

Cam Downie

Alexandra Mitchell

Melody Samuels

Upper Primary B

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Ezekiel Fleay

Captains

Captains

Ethan Pearce

Elodie McGrath-Fry

Middle Primary B

Kane Skewes

Eli Skewes

Senate 2022

Bethany Perrin

Samuel Fulcher

Bethany Hobbelen

Kate O’Neill

Nyadoar Moses

Captains

Year 12

Leslie Tole

Year 11

Charlize McGilligan

Codey Farquhar

Year 9B

Zia Westblade

Alexia Stanton

Year 10B

Year 10A

Darcy Farquhar

Daniel Rankin

Alice McIntosh

Year 8B

Year 8A Year 9A

Rebecca Lowen

Makayla Liszyk

Year 7B

Year 7A

Trisha Kaura

Vice Captain

Brielle Hogan

Harry McGilligan

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MUSTARD BIBLE STUDY A

t the end of Term1 the Mustard Bible Study group organised a lunchtime game of dodgeball for all students to take part in.

Mustard is a student led Bible study that is held once a week during lunch for interested Years 7-12 students every Wednesday during Lunch 1. The students access resources provided by Mustard, a Christian ministry who exist to empower young people to be fully alive forever. The lunchtime gatherings are an opportunity for students to gather together for support and connection, to explore the ideas that shape their thinking, and to consider what it means to live as a young person of faith.

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

Matthew 13:31-32 To learn more about Mustard head to: https://mustard.org.au/

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CONNECT @ BalCC

If you’ve enjoyed reading our yearbook, you might also like to read our digital flip boo k publication, Connect@BalCC , which features news, photos and videos from Ballar at Christian College. Along wit h stories about the happening s in our Primary and Secondar y, as well as BalCC Alumni and general information.

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Connect Publication Team Ruth Orr & Tim Weatherstone.

Disclaimer: The Connect@BalCC publication is a depiction of Term 1, 2022 and is not a detailed record of all events at the College during that term.

If a person has been omitted or errors have been included, please do accept our apologies.

03 5337 5900 bcc@balcc.vic.edu.au www.balcc.vic.edu.au Ballarat Christian College P-12 Cnr Yarrowee & Vickers Streets, Sebastopol, Victoria 3356

Every learner reaching their God-given potential