CCC Connect Edition 2 2018

COOLOOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE EDITION 2 2018

CONNECT

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.

PROVERBS 16:24

FACES OF CCC CONTENT Faces of CCC, pg 1 From the Principal, pg 4 Feature Articles, pg 5 Staying In, pg 19 Going Out, pg 22 Community, pg 25 ELC News, pg 29 Serve to Learn, pg 31 Equestrian, pg 35 Sport, pg 38 Our Alumni, pg 39 Associated Churches, pg 42

TEAM Natalie Cocks, Designer Melita Whittle, Co-ordinator Minette Engelbrecht, Editor Staff, Students & Alumni, Content & Photos

FACES OF CCC

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FACES OF CCC

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Growing God's Kingdom through Excellence in Education During Term Two, our Secondary Creative and Performing Arts students were able to showcase their skills and talents at Collide-O-Scope

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness”.

Genesis 1:26

Our Visual Art students displayed their paintings,

sculptures and photographic work giving an insight into the work that has been completed so far this year. We certainly have some creative artists amongst our students. Media Art students displayed some of their photographic talents.

Music students entertained us with a range of performances including the old classics and modern praise and worship. Whilst, our Drama students performed a humorous collection of hairbrain sketches followed by excerpts from our Senior Drama students of Brecht’s provocative and didactic Marxist classic, The Caucasian Chalk Circle: ‘what there is shall belong to those who are good for it’.

At the Open Day this term, I was delighted by the performance of our Primary Choir; they sang some beautiful songs and impressed us with their ability to perform as an ensemble.

Cooloola Christian College has many fine students whose talents are being developed by highly committed Arts teachers in both Primary and Secondary. Well done to all who have performed or displayed their work recently; you are a credit to our school, yourself and the community.

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NEWS & EVENTS

MORE THAN A CUP OF COFFEE...

At Solid Grounds, there are three things we are certain of: People love community People love connection People love coffee When we conceived the idea of owning our own coffee cart, it was purposed to build relationships – to connect with people in our community. What better way to develop deep community, than over a great coffee (or chai, hot chocolate or tea!).

Solid Grounds Coffee will be available at selected community events, but more importantly it will be grounded at CCC as a service to the wider community.

Our plan is to soon have a safe and secure undercover space for folks with young families to enjoy a great coffee (or beverage).

Solid Grounds Coffee beans are ethically sourced internationally and is roasted and supplied by KAI Coffee based on the Sunshine coast – a great alignment of values and mission!

Until that plan comes to fruition, we are certain that our mobile coffee cart will be more than able to service all your caffeine related needs!

In essence, our ultimate aim is to provide excellent service and great coffee to all of our customers - you, in a safe, clean and comfortable environment.

Experience KAI Coffee with us at Solid Grounds Coffee @ CCC.

Let’s connect… let’s develop deep community… and let’s drink some truly excellent coffee!

Open Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays www.solidgrounds.cafe

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OPEN DAY 2018

Congratulations on a successful Open Day 2018!

As you know this year was a little different. We tried to approach the day with a focus on developing and building relationships with the prospective parents and students. To this end, we created a space in the Admin Staffroom for teachers, parents and Year 12 students to connect and chat before or after the dedicated tours. These ran during school hours to encourage families who are interested in specific year levels to “look, see and discover� the classrooms their students may be enrolled into. The dedicated Principal, Head of Secondary and Head of Primary tours through the school were engaging and relational. The Senior Secondary students served professionally and were a real blessing on the day! Home Economics treats, BBQ, fairy floss and popcorn led to the finale which was our night time movie. It was a wonderful day that was enjoyed by all!

Thank you to all the staff, students and parents that made the day memorable!

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ANZAC DAY 2018

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NATURE PLAY

NATUREPLAYQLD.ORG.AU

At CCC we believe that unstructured, outdoor play is essential for the healthy development of children.

Nature Play QLD is a fantastic government initiative encouraging families and kids to get outdoors! We have included a fun list to provide some outdoor play ideas these holidays. Go outside and have fun!

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to create your ow n outdoor adventure

the hill first, the Find a tyre, find some friends, find a hill…..who will make it down tyre, you or your friends? you could 2. Fill some buckets or wheelbarrows with topsoil, add water and then make mud pies, or...…wouldn’t a mud fight be much more fun?

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old pipes, rope, Everywhere you go, look for things you can collect……planks of wood, need to make the branches, leaves. Before you know it you’ll have everything you perfect cubby house to hide away in. rial 4. Protect your den with a giant slingshot. Tie a stretchy piece of mate who e anyon at ows between two trees then fire foam balls or marshmall tries to come near. containers and old pipes 5. Tape or tie thick cardboard tubes, plastic drink water makes together. Pour a bucket of water in one end and see how much it to the empty bucket at the other end. to make a Practice tying all different sorts of knots. Now, use your skills climbing rope, rope net or a tyre swing. shells. Take your boat to the 7. Make boats out of paper, grass, twigs or walnut g with water. local creek or wait till a rainy day when the gutters are racin See whose boat can travel the furthest before capsizing.

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if you can hit it.

Learn how to skim a rock and then decide on a target and see t?

Different targets earn different points. Who will score the highes 9. Use a bucket and rope to make a pulley. You could pull water out of a creek or pull ? lunch up to your treehouse. Where else could you use your pulley can in a tree. How long can you stay 10. Camouflage yourself then climb as high as you there before someone spots you?

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Check out www.natureplayqld.org.au for more outdoor activities, things to do & places to go

ESMART It is important to talk with youth about what they are doing and seeing online. Most of the time, they are using technology safely and responsibly, but sometimes they run into trouble. As a parent, you want to establish an open line of communication so that they are comfortable turning to you in times of crisis, whether perceived or actual, and whether online or off.

General Tech Use What is your favourite website? What do you do on these sites?

What websites are your friends into these days?

Are you ever contacted by someone online that you don’t know? If yes, what did they want? What did you do? How did you respond?

Have you ever received a text message from someone that made you upset? How did you respond?

How do you keep yourself safe online?

Do you get concerned that people will read what others have written about you online that is not true but think it’s true?

Do you ever talk to anyone online that isn’t in your school?

Cyberbullying Do you ever argue or post hurtful updates on your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or other social media site? Why?

cyber-threat? If so, did they do something about it and did it help?

Does your school have a way to anonymously report bullying and cyberbullying?

Do you feel like your friends would be supportive of you if you told them you were being cyberbullied?

Do you ever get verbally attacked during online games?

Have you ever had to leave an online game because someone was bothering you online?

Have rumours ever started about you in school, based on something said online?

Did you ever find out who started the rumour?

What did you do when you found out?

Have you ever had to delete a post or comment on your page that was written by someone else?

Have you ever blocked somebody online because you felt harassed? If so, did that make it stop ?

Does cyberbullying happen a lot? Would you feel comfortable telling me if you were being cyberbullied?

Cyberbullying Prevention Questions Parents Should Ask Their Children About Technology Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.

Do you think your school takes cyberbullying seriously?

Have you ever had to contact a teacher or someone else at school because of a

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IT UPDATE

LAUNCH OF TASS PARENT LOUNGE

WELCOME TO VIVI The College has been using a device called “vivi” for some time as a classroom tool for both staff and students.

Vivi enables a user or presenter to access a TV screen or projector to visually display their current screen or to show educational videos, plus a whole lot more.

The vivi device is accessible by Apple, Windows, Android or Chromebook devices and automatically recognises the various types of device.

As a recent addition, the College has also started to use the device to stream daily notices and other information to Teachers and Students.

A student can “request” that a teacher allows access to the TV screen so that the individual can present their work or other information that may be relevant to the class and current subject.

Previously, the College had a number of devices that allowed teachers to project images onto a TV screen or whiteboard via a projector and each one had its own login system. This meant that teachers had to remember each protocol and know the type of device that was in-use in the classroom.

Fortunately, we now have a standard system throughout the majority of the College, which makes life and teaching a little bit easier.

Some rooms still await the new device and we are getting to each one as soon as we can.

CCC is pleased to announce the launch of our TASS Parent Lounge. By accessing this online tool you will be able to: • View details of your child’s learning journey including academic reports and current homework or assignments; • View and update parent’s and children’s details; • Update medical information; • Receive notifications, view the calendar, daily notices and student diaries; • Book parent teacher interviews; • Provide digital consent for excursions and camps.

Letters were sent home to families in week 8 outlining how they can register and begin using this facility. Each family will have a unique username and password as outlined in the letter.

ACCESS PARENT LOUNGE HERE

We do hope that this application will help you to stay in touch with your child’s learning journey at CCC.

EVENTS COMING UP Put them on your calendar today and plan to join us for some great events celebrating life at Cooloola Christian College!

9-13 July

Student Free DAY / Staff PD

15 July

Term 3 Prayer Meeting

16 July

Term 3 Commences

18 July

Winter Trees on Mary

23 July

Primary Parent Teacher Interviews

31 July

P & F Meeting @ 6.30pm

1 August

Prep Open Morning @ 9am

8 August

Sean W Smith Primary Performance

10 August

Make a Stand, Destiny Rescue

11 August

Cooloola Berries Pancake Breakfast

14 August

Yr 10 & 11 Information Night @ 7pm

17 August

Bushdance Community Event

21 August

School photos with Silver Rose

29 August Solomon Islands Team Commissioning 30 August 2019 Yr 9 Information Night 1 Sept

Little Kids Day Out Community Event

11 Sept

P & F Meeting @ 6.30pm

15-29 Sept Solomon Islands Ministry Trip 17–21 Sept

Yr 10 Work Experience

21 Sept End of Term Pizza Day

Term 3 Concludes

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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY RAISING DREAM CHASERS

BY VANCE FRY

I remember when my daughter Mikayla first answered that age-old question: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” She hadn’t quite grasped the traditional parameters of the exchange, how she was to respond with a specific dream that would point her toward the sort of bright, shining future that every parent wants for his or her child.

I want to be an astronaut. An actress!

A fighter pilot!

Instead, Mikayla, who was maybe 7 at the time, responded with a colourful, complex mixture of seemingly unrelated ambitions: “I want to be an artist and an explorer, and a basketball player and good singer like Mommy. I want to be a rancher like Aunt Jaime and have pet snakes like Uncle Jeremy. I want to …”

And on it went, a heaping plateful of selections taken from her thus far limited experience at the buffet of life.

There are thousands of factors that may affect a child’s future. Dreams change, for one thing, usually gravitating toward a child’s developing strengths and abilities, unique personality, even genetic traits. And life itself has a way of narrowing options. Competition builds.

Children make choices that have consequences — or they are affected by others’ choices. Some doors slam shut, while others swing wide open.

And parents add decisions to the mix, as well.

It’s part of our job, really, to help kids weigh possibilities against practicalities.

With the future so full of unforeseeable possibilities, we shouldn’t let our children get overly focused on specific goals. Instead, we can focus on the fundamental character qualities they must develop to help them be successful on whatever path they find themselves on. At some point, our kids will be out there, on their own, chasing their ambitions. And, as parents, we can do little more than equip them for this adventure.

Are you raising a future doctor, or a good worker who sees the value of education and wants to help people who are hurting? A concert pianist, or a person who can tackle something new and stick with the practice even when it becomes difficult? A professional athlete, or a healthy, well-adjusted adult who understands the dedication it takes to always do your best, even when no one is watching?

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5 Traits of a Dream Chaser As parents, we help our children develop goals and attain them through helping them work hard in school and at their different activities. And it’s even fine to label specific ambitions.

Children should aim for something. But there are no guarantees, and our job as parents isn’t so much to help our children realize their goals as it is to help them build the traits needed to pursue a goal, and recover and refocus when that first plan doesn’t work out.

Here are five traits that every dream chaser needs: You can teach this quality to your children in little ways. Have them practice a skill every day or press on to finish a difficult school assignment. By doing this, you help your child recognize that success is almost always built on smaller steps that are done on a consistent basis.

Perseverance.

The road to any dream is strewn with times of failure. And while failure sometimes necessitates a change of plans, it usually indicates that it’s simply time to get back up and try again. Remind your kids that the journey isn’t over. There is always another test, another recital, another ball game, another chance to say the right thing.

Resilience.

Flipping burgers, washing dishes and raking and mowing lawns aren’t jobs beneath anyone’s self-respect. Help your kids see how skills and ambition can be developed as they begin taking responsibility for whatever task they have at hand. Asking children to complete their ongoing chores well and efficiently is good training.

Responsibility.

Goal-setting teaches kids to aim for a specific outcome and to measure their time, talents and resources against a target. Practice this skill by setting monthly or yearly goals for your children’s progress in school or in different activities. Teach them to develop a plan — breaking the big goal down into small chunks to work at every day.

Vision for the next step.

The ability to work with others, for the good of the team as a whole, is an important skill to instil in children. Help your kids learn how to cooperate with others and see the value of friendships in achieving goals and dreams.

A team player.

“Friendship is the best investment,” says Pastor Ray Johnston, author of The Hope Quotient. “Friendships provide encouragement, support during tough times and healthy accountability. . . . God didn’t design us to win alone.”

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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Balancing dreams with reality In addition to encouraging these traits and skills, parents have one more essential task to help their children become successful dream chasers. We must aim to raise children who truly know themselves “and can live honestly from that knowledge,” says Vicki Caruana, author of Giving Your Child the Excellence Edge.

Vicki tells the story of her son Charlie’s first weeks in fifth grade. His teacher had moved his desk up next to hers because he was always talking with friends during instruction time. The new location improved his behaviour, so after a few days, his teacher gave him the opportunity to sit with his friends again. To his teacher’s (and mom’s) amazement, Charlie said that since he was so easily distracted, he probably should stay put. “I’ll work much better alone,” he said.

As a fifth-grader, Charlie had already demonstrated a remarkable trait: The ability to evaluate life and adapt to it in light of his strengths and weaknesses. It’s an essential skill for people who are able to pursue their dreams. And it’s a trait that we can help our kids develop, Vicki says.

One of the constant goals of parents should be “to help kids discover the things that are both helping and hindering their progress,” she says.

As our kids face various challenges and opportunities, we can help them practice assessing each situation by considering their individual learning styles, natural abilities and personality traits. We can help them consider how strengths and resources can be capitalized on and how weaknesses can be minimized. This ongoing process of reflection helps kids chart a clearer path toward their future. They can learn how to identify and avoid major obstacles and determine how to overcome the rest.

And as kids get older and begin to fine-tune their dreams, this ability to keep an honest eye on reality becomes one of their greatest assets in understanding who they are, where they are going and how they might get there.

STAFF PROFILES

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STAYING IN Year 8 had Aunty Dot, a local Indigenous Elder, visit them to talk about Aboriginal culture in the local area as part of their civics and citizenship unit. The students enjoyed the visit and learning about reconciliation and the recognition of Aboriginal Australians

Explore STEM! The Barn Owl, Tytoa alba, is found all over the world, including Australia, and can be recognised by its flat heart-shaped face. Owls, like all raptors, tend to swallow their prey whole, or, if it is too large for that, they will tear it into large chunks. The indigestible parts of their food such as bones, claws, teeth, feathers and fur are periodically regurgitated in the form of compressed pellets. Usually these pellets quickly disintegrate when exposed to the elements but in the case of the Barn Owl the pellets are more long-lasting and can be collected from the environment for study. Owl pellets are quite abundant in many parts of the US which is where these samples were obtained. Bones found in the pellets were that of rodents, shrew and a bird.

Gardening Club News Our first magnificent Sunflower is out!

God’s work is grand!! We harvested the seeds from old sunflowers in first term and planted them. Now we are watching the cycle happen once again.

STAYING IN Preppies learnt about ANZAC Day! They have been listening to the story ‘ANZAC Ted’ and have created their own ANZAC Teds with their very first pieces of writing. The letter ‘T’ was the focus for the beginning of the week so ‘Ted’ was the perfect fit!

They also baked ANZAC biscuits as they told Mrs Chapman their Teds love ANZAC Biscuits.

Mother’s Day Morning

SPANISH NEWS This term in primary Spanish we have been learning about the four Seasons and how the northern hemisphere doesn’t have invierno (Winter), primavera (Spring), verano (Summer) or otoño (Autumn), at the same time we do. We also learned that the names of the Seasons are not capitalised when written in Spanish. Secondary students in Yr 7 have been learning about the months of the year and various festivals which occur in each month. Yr 8 students have been attempting to master the two tricky Spanish verbs, SER and ESTAR, which both mean ‘to be’, but are used in different contexts. This year´s CCC Open Day also had some Spanish flavour, with maracas made and decorated with amarillo and rojo (yellow and red; the colours of the Spanish flag), and also Spanish balloon animals handed out. Clever staff from the ELC made jirafas (giraffes), serpientes (snakes), perros (dogs) and cisnes (swans).

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STAYING IN Year 9 in class experiment – 8th May

science

Showing effects of concentrated sulfuric acid (e.g. battery acid) and a caustic soda (used in dishwasher and drain cleaner sometimes).

Caustic soda or strongly alkaline substances (e.g. the chemicals in alkaline batteries) will result in much worse burns than acids, particularly if swallowed as on top of everything else, it will react vigorously with stomach acid.

CHEEP CHEEP! Year 1 enjoyed learning about God’s Creation this term.

The class garden is abloom and will soon produce a fruitful harvest of strawberries, tomatoes and herbs.

Mr Matthew Harris lent the class some fertilised eggs, an incubator and a brooder box. The students have fallen in love with the newest classroom members! They have read books to them, played shops with them and even published books about them.

Hugh – “Chickens cheep in the cheep shops!”

Tiana – “Everything in our class shop went ‘cheep cheep cheep!’”

Imogen – “Chickens go cheep, chickens go bok!”

More PREP News In Discovery Learning the Preps learnt about living and non-living things by creating gardens. Connecting with nature was also part of their learning journey in the Nature Space. Prep love exploring outdoors!

GOING OUT Thirty-one of our top mathematical students recently travelled to Hamilton Hall to compete at the Maths Team Challenge. Our students represented our school with honour, competing against the best of the best. All teams did a great job! A special congratulations to our Year 10 team, Tommie, Mathias, Kate, Talisa, Danè and Michael, who placed second in their division.

Duke of Ed (Bronze & Silver Awards) On the 26th & 27th April a group of students went on their first 2-day practice adventure journey; hiking and canoeing up the Noosa River. A big thank you to Mrs Hodgson, Mr & Mrs Walt and Mr Stephens for your leadership, encouragement and making the journey great!

“This was my first DoE adventure journey and I thought it was amazing! I got to experience so many things I haven’t done before and honed my outdoor skills further. Let’s just forget about the late night canoeing capsize!” Hailey B The Duke of Ed is an internationally recognised program for young people, building their skills to equip them for life and work. A bonus for participants is that the final qualification is a great additional to their CV, and is recognised across all Commonwealth countries.

The Award shows prospective employers that the student has competently demonstrated skills in using their initiative, is community service oriented and can effectively work within a team. If you would like more information about the Duke of Ed Awards please visit https://www.dukeofed.com.au or see Mrs Hodgson or Mr Waltisbuhl.

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GOING OUT Year 7 turns into ARCHAEOLOGISTS! (for a day) On March 27th, the Year 7s at CCC turned into archaeologists, and went on a magnificent trip to The Abbey Museum! They were split into two groups and rotated throughout the day. One of the activities there was the museum itself. In the museum were lots of artefacts, but what the Yr7s did there for most of the time was not looking at the artefacts but talking about the Egyptians mummifying their Pharaohs. While the staff member was talking with the Yr7s, he asked the class, “Who wants to be mummified?”. Suddenly, half the groups’ hands went up, but the lucky, or should we say UN-lucky one was chosen. Chris was mummified and forgotten... Just kidding the class unwrapped him afterwards. The other activity at The Abbey Museum was the Archaeology dig! At the archaeology dig there was a 4x4 grid and it was filled up with a lot of sand, and replicas of ancient artefacts.

- By Nathan M Recently the Yr7s took a long bus trip to Caboolture to the Abbey Museum.

The Yr7s became archaeologists and used their amazing archaeological skills to find buried artefacts from ancient Egypt. The artefacts ranged in colour and size. The tools the Yr7s used were brushes, pans, a trowel and buckets. The Yr7 team had a wonderful time at the Abbey Museum.

- By Jessica R

Prep visit the Show “The Year 6 Luther Heights camp was really fun. The first day we went to the beach and learnt how to surf. The second day we went to the beach and had a sand castle competition. On the same day we also had a scavenger hunt. Then on the last day we did the medium ropes course and the flying fox. The flying fox was the best one there.

I went down the flying fox with Mrs Cooke. It was super fun. The food was very yummy and I had lots of fun”. Zara Studt-Hancock

GOING OUT Towards the end of Term 1 and early Term 2, year 12 students were fortunate to participate in Driver Education Training at Roadcraft in Gympie. This program is designed to teach year 12 students about the dangers of driving on P plates as well as good strategies to improve their driving. The students spent part of their time in the classroom learning about what can go wrong in a car, how to avoid these errors as well as stories from other young people who were seriously impacted from road traffic crashes.

Once they had some theory under their belts, the students hit the skid pan with an instructor to put into practice what they had learned.

Some of the skills each student learned were: - where to look when driving, - the push pull steering method - the importance of stopping distance between cars - emergency braking manoeuvre’s - importance of avoiding distractions in the car Overall the program was fantastic and the new awareness and training that each student now has will help them to become safe drivers.

The USC Experience Day was a great day of hands on activities and information on an array of subjects on offer at USC. The year 10’s enjoyed up to 3 workshops and the great facilities at University of the Sunshine Coast. Students picked between 10 different streams offering a taste from Midwifery, Game Design, Criminology and Exercise Science, just to name a few.

‘The South Burnett Rail Trail is an 87km long journey which travels through the peanut fields of Kingaroy through to Kilkivan. On 7th and 8th June, 13 Year 9 and 10 Outdoor Education students took on the challenge of endurance ride. Here are some images from our adventures. Well done to Xanthia Warner, Charlee Griffiths, Kimberley Martin, Sharnee Leech, Hailey Belling, Danè Lamprecht, Tiffany Flenady, Haelee Welch, Josiah Shelley, Sam Tooley, Ella Norman, Anna Bradbury, Madelyn Hyett and Chappy for the amazing job they did of cycling. Anna, Maddy, Josiah and Chappy completed the full Rail Trail. Sam Tooley was 1.8km out when he suffered an infuriating puncture to his tyre. I count him a victor too.’

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PLAY SAFE & STAY SAFE Accidents happen. But we can all do things to minimize the risks of injury at school.

This week sees the launch of our Play Safe, Stay Safe campaign in Primary. We are asking children to think about how they play during breaks and assess the risk of injury for themselves and for others. We believe that even young children can make good choices when it comes to playing safely, so instead of a big list of rules, we are focused on making safe decisions. Our school mascot, Zeke the Eagle will be flying around over the next week or so to help reinforce the message.

CCC works hard to eliminate preventable injuries at school. Regular inspections and maintenance of playgrounds and general facilities ensure that the built environment is safe. We have well established routines and procedures in place for supervision before school and during breaks. There are specific playground rules posted to prompt students and parents. Additionally, we have secondary play pals rostered to help our little ones learn to socialize and play well. These volunteers do a wonderful job.

The opening of our Nature Space during breaks has provided a new opportunity for students to find adventure and learn wise risk-taking skills in a less formal setting. In recent weeks we’ve seen increased numbers taking this option to run, jump, create, explore, imagine, collaborate and problem solve in a natural setting. As a result, we have less children wanting to run on the paths around the buildings and fewer disagreements or incidents between students.

Our long-standing strategy, “I Can Solve Problems” is reinforced regularly to help students make good choices in resolving social issues in the playground, and along with our embedded anti-bullying curriculum, we believe this helps to keep issues to a minimum.

Obviously, our sun smart policy and wet/extreme hot weather alternatives are a part of the picture as well. Importantly, this new Play Safe, Stay Safe campaign reminds children that they should stop to think and make good play choices because safety is everyone’s responsibility.

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COMMUNITY

UNDER 8’S @ CCC EXPLORING LANGUAGE & CULTURE The Under 8’s celebration that coincided with Open Day provided an opportunity for students to do what they do best; play and be creative.

The theme for celebrations was ‘Exploring Language and Culture’. Many of the activities had some element of Spanish influence to celebrate the learning experiences that students have in specialist Spanish lessons here at CCC. ELC staff made balloon animals and referred to the animals with their Spanish name. Some students asked for a Perro (dog), some walked away with a Serpiente (snake) and others had a Jirafa (giraffe). At our craft station children made Spanish maracas using paper plates and pasta. The biggest (and most messy) activity of them all was the tub of blue limo

(slime) that many students delighted in sinking their hands into.

Following the fun, many children stayed on to watch “Ferdinand”, which had a taste of Spanish culture as well.

It was a wonderful celebration of the exposure we offer to a culture that differs to our own.

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SUSTAINABILITY STEWARDS Altogether, 11 bins in Secondary generated over one full bin that could have gone to compost (with whole foods even thrown out), 1 and a half bins of landfill from soft plastics, and 1 full bin that could have been sent for recycling. Whilst primary produced only half a bin for each of these categories. A special thanks to Elli Webb, Simone Diefenbach and HOP Mr. Walt, and our sustainability stewards from Years 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 who got their hands dirty saving our planet one step at a time! ‘We believe … CCC can be landfill free by 2023!’

Elaine from Bunnings visited the Year 6 and 2 students on Thursday 7th June.

Bunnings kindly donated a worm farm and compost bin to the Sustainability Students. She spoke to students about the kinds of scraps etc that can be composted in the worm farm and discussed those which can’t. Elaine got the students involved in putting together and setting up their worm farm.

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WE BELIEVE...CCC CAN BE LANDFILL FREE BY 2023!

“We believe CCC will be landfill free by 2023. This year has been very productive for Sustainability Stewards, so far as we have achieved a lot more than we ever expected. Here are some of our achievements: primary and high school bin audit, Sylo bin for styro foam recycling, getting a worm farm and classroom compost bins donated from Bunnings. Mr Walt is looking forward to the construction of the chicken coops in the near future and Mrs King is coming from Bunnings to give an educational talk to year 6’s to share the message about caring for our worms. We have had Elli Webb from Cleanaway and Mr Walt helpings us and Mrs Cooke this year whilst Mrs Owen came and helped us out at Open Day. Mrs Jenkin donated some ‘Boomerang Bags’ as well. Together, we can achieve more”.

- Mackenzie Williams

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SOLOMON ISLANDS MOTU Thank you to everyone who helped and attended the successful Solomon Motu Feast. It takes a team to put on an event like that.

The biannual Motu serves many purposes, such as bringing the team together, bringing our community together, promoting CCC, raising funds for our trip, all the while serving and honouring the Lord (shining the light of Christ). I believe we achieved all of these. It was a fantastic night and I have had some great feedback from people who attended. Once I have finalised the budget I will let you know how much money we raised on the night. At the moment it looks like we were blessed with about $7000. My highlight was being on stage with past and present team members singing and dancing to a Solomon favourite.

- Todd Vogler (Team Leader)

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CHAPLAINCY OUTREACH We are thankful that our Chaplaincy Outreach team had the opportunity to visit Gympie South State School again this term.

Our theme was “ What’s in your soil/heart? ” The team shared on the Parable of the Sower through verse, games, crafts and activities.

Joel Edwards was our guest speaker. He shared on good soil, healthy relationships and related it back to how he looks after his own ginger farm. Thank you to everyone who participated and thanks Gympie South for having us!

Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”

Mark 4:8

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EQUESTRIAN

Congratulations to Taylor and Sophia for their efforts at the Gympie Show.

Taylor won her rider class in quite a big group in the hacking, and did extremely well in the sporting events, winning several ribbons (the purple one being her favourite!).

Sophia rode a borrowed pinto pony, and won Reserve Champion ridden Colourama in the hacking, and many placings in the sporting events. She also competed in the 70cm show jumping and stockman’s challenge.

Well done girls! You both did a great job!

EQUESTRIAN Introducing Equestrian team member Sophia Choveaux!

This is Sophia’s second year at CCC, a school she really loves. She is in Year 7. Sophie represented CCC at FCIEC in 2017, and was the first/only equestrian team member last year. This year will be her 4th FCIEC. She is very excited that the team is growing! Sophia is a member of Gympie Pony Club, and her horse’s name is Star. They are a wonderful team, and do well in many events together. Sophia also rode Pilgrim (bay) last year when Star was injured, and qualified him for the State Equitation & Show Jumping Championships in Nambour this year.

Introducing Equestrian team member Aleisha Manthey!

Aleisha is in year 2 at CCC, and her horse’s name is Surprise. They are members of the Kia Ora Pony Club, where they hold a J level Certificate. This will be the first time Aleisha has ridden at Fraser Coast Interschool Equestrian Competition. Her favourite events are Bending and Show Jumping.

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EQUESTRIAN Introducing Equestrian team member Ella Vizer!

Ella is in Year 4 at CCC, and started school here.

Ella is riding a wonderful horse called Loopy, and their favourite events are Barrel racing and sporting. Ella has also competed successfully in team penning and Campdraft cut out. This will be Ella’s first FCIEC, and she is excited to try as many events as possible.

Introducing Equestrian team member Max Choveaux!

Max joined CCC this year and is in Year 6. He loves his pony Rahane Bell, he has owned her for 8 years, and they are members of the Gympie Pony Club. This will be Max and Belle’s 4th year at FCIEC. They like sporting events, and their favourites are Keyhole and Bending.

Introducing Equestrian team member Taylor Grogan!

Taylor is in Prep at CCC, and has been riding since she was born. Her family are heavily into Endurance riding, and breed and train their own horses. Taylor has completed several 5km and 10km rides, and one 20km ride on her horse Dee Dee. They may even try a 40km by the end of the year! Quite amazing for such a young rider. Dee Dee has won at State Show Jumping with her previous owner 2 years ago. They have been members of the Gympie & District Pony Club for 3 years now. This year will be Taylors first time at FCIEC.

CROSS COUNTRY 2018 CROSS COUNTRY Shadrach 103 Abednego 106 Meshach 128 Age Champions Age Girls Boys 5yrs Lily Neale Noah Chapman 6yrs Imogen Bramley Zac Stiller 7yrs Naomi Pascoe Hugh Robbins 8yrs Olivia Alford Matthew Stiller 9yrs Sienna Downing Daniel Ellingsen 10yrs Charlett Ost Joseph Hodgson 11yrs Caitlin Nahrung Cohen Webster 12yrs Isabelle Ellingsen Calum Hehir 13yrs Jenna Williams Bodhi Webster 14yrs Molly Hodgson Stefan Bailey 15yrs Jazmin Krutsinger Mackenzie Bunter 16yrs Kate Davis Jack Hodgson 17yrs Isaac Harris

OUR ALUMNI

GERRIT ENGELBRECHT My name is Gerrit and CCC was my home for most of my schooling. I arrived in Gympie in August of 2007 and graduated Year 12 in November 2018.

Throughout my schooling I never much liked repetition, which is counter intuitive for a swimmer I know, but that’s what led me to where I am now. Only half a year on I’ve experienced so many different things and grown through it all. Transitioning from a small town and an even smaller school into the Navy was … an experience.

My time at Cooloola Christian College (CCC) did a lot to shape me and teach me some of the more abstract concepts and ideals of life. However, nothing can compare to the first-hand experiences and lessons from the wider world. Knowing what is “right” can be portrayed as fairly monochromatic especially in a small Christian school, however through the many theoretical and practical leadership lessons I’ve gone through, it’s become more and more clear that there’s blacks, whites, greys and also every colour of the rainbow in this spectrum.

Straight out of year twelve I joined the Navy as an Engineering Officer trainee. This is a structured career path that is clearly set out for the next six years. It includes my Engineering Degree and all other training needed to be an effective member of the fleet. Five months on, I’ve graduated the New Entry Officers Course (NEOC). Through this course, I’ve been taught so much and have been exposed to so much more. Some of the lessons I’ve been taught include Naval History, fire fighting, flood fighting, Radiological, Biological, Chemical and Nuclear (RBCN) threat training, seamanship, sailing and F88 rifle training, to name some of the flashier ones. Probably the most beneficial lessons were the leadership, power of command and divisional systems training.

The leadership training was very interesting as through it the instructors gave personal real-world applications of the often fabricated scenarios we were put in. We were expected to quickly prioritise the different aspects of the mission and deliver an effective brief.

Then through the mission, maintain control of the situation, always knowing what your team

is doing even if you aren’t directly working with that aspect. After the completion of the mission, we were required to critically analyse our performance and make changes from others constructive feedback.

the course. This is someone I am proud of, however not without faults, like everyone.

Knowing where I came from and what I had outside the Navy, was a huge motivator and morale booster throughout the course.

This year I also had my first ANZAC Day in uniform and this was a very powerful experience for me. I had people coming up to me while in uniform thanking me for my service. I was still so new to the Defence Force and had only done basic training but was still being thanked for my service. Later that day I met an ex-sailor who explained that we were being thanked for our pledge of service, rather than for what we had already done. This was a real eye-opening moment where the gravity of my choices started showing. Partaking in the old naval traditions of ANZAC Day, like a Gunfire Breakfast, being a part of the ANZAC marches and actively participating in the service all brought a lot of pride to what I was doing.

In the near future I’m getting ready to travel from east to west, visiting different bases and gaining experience and exposure in the Navy, then jumping on a ship where hopefully I’ll be able to go abroad and expand my horizons even further. After this I will be settling down in Canberra for my studies before I get thrown out into the fleet. The future is looking exciting and I’m keen on tackling it head on.

My time at CCC was what built the foundations I’ve since built upon. Having a solid base from the beginning, heavily influenced the decision making and problem-solving processes I went through. It is what has made me the person I am now, and who I was able to be through

ASSOCIATED CHURCHES SERVICES & MINISTRIES Gympie Baptist (133 Corella Road, Gympie)

Gympie Wesleyan Methodist (70 Exhibition Road, Gympie)

Pastor: Tony Roberts Assoc. Pastor: Ben Cumerford Church Office: 5482 8525 Mobile: 0402 562 006 Web: www.gympie-baptist-church.com

Pastor: Gary McClintock Church office: 5482 3618 Mobile: 0412 688 353 Web: www.gympie.wesleyan.org.au

Sunday Worship: Sunday school: Playgroup: Youth Group:

9.30am 10am Friday 9:30am Friday 7pm

Sunday Worship: 9.00am Sunday School: 9.00am Mainly Music: Friday 10am Atomic (Kids Club): Friday 4pm JaM Youth: Friday 7pm

Presbyterian Church (11 Crown Road, Gympie)

Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist (198 Amamoor-Dagun Road, Amamoor)

Pastor: Church office: Mobile:

Pastor: Church office: Mobile:

Daniel Saunders 5482 7629 0409 574 398

Sunday Worship service: 9.30am Sunday School: 9.45am Youth & Young Adults: Friday 6.30pm

Church of Christ (57 Horseshoe Bend, Gympie) Pastor: Church office: Mobile:

Kevin Dunn 5482 6331 0466 679 759

Worship & Communion: 9.30am KIDZ CHURCH ‘J’ TEAM: 10.10am

Brendan Edwards 5484 3687 0417 757 397

Sunday Prayer: 8.30am Sunday Worship: 9.30am Sunday School: 10.00am

CCC CHAPEL

Every Wednesday (SBH) Primary 10:50am Secondary 11:40am

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