CCC Connect Edition 3 2017

COOLOOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE EDITION 3 2017

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 3 News & Events, pg 5 Feature Articles, pg 8 Staying In, pg 21 Going Out, pg 23 Community, pg 24 ELC News, pg 25 Serve to Learn, pg 27 The Arts, pg 29 Sport, pg 31 Our Alumni, pg 35 Churches, pg 38

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

FACES OF CCC

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

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During Term 3 we will be joining with over 2000 schools across Australia who are celebrating

eSmart Week As an accredited eSmart school, we are committed to helping all of our students engage in smart, safe and responsible relationships both online and offline. We are committed to reducing bullying in all forms and teaching all young people the skills they need to enjoy positive, healthy relationships.

These skills are foundational to two of our school values; Character and Community. Jesus has called us to be part of a loving and caring community and we are pleased to be able to celebrate this with our students and families. Many families have joined us this year specifically because they have heard of the caring community that CCC is. This is largely thanks to the character that our students are developing. Our students want to help others, they want to support others and there are very few instances of students who deliberately try to cause upset to others. When it does happen, we are quick to work with both parties to restore relationships and promote excellent social skills. It is the character of our students, staff and families that is creating a genuinely caring community at CCC. We encourage all of our families to continue to talk about the characteristics of healthy relationships, no student is too young to hear these messages and no student is too old to learn new social skills. We hope that every one of our students will graduate with the character required to bring about a caring community wherever they work, play and socialise.

- Trevor Norman

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NEWS & EVENTS OUR 2017

SPRING FAIR Jesus said,

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16 NKJV) Our 2017 Spring Fair was an opportunity to let our light shine. Literally as well as figuratively.

As the students, parents and staff of Cooloola Christian College, we are always looking for ways to develop “community”. One of the ways we achieved this in 2017 was through our Spring Fair. It was a great opportunity to build a closer relationship between staff, parents and students

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– to do something together. The Parents and Friends Association worked together with staff to produce a remarkable event – day of community – where we could not only interact with each other within the College family, but we could invite the broader community to come and join in. To this end, over 40 stallholders joined us for the evening with fun activities and of course food.

The carnival atmosphere was enhanced by the wonderful performances of our students and the lively contributions made by some of our Alumni.

After a big day, the laser light show finished off the evening with great effect.

So, Cooloola Christian College DID let our light shine. Over 1000 folks attended the afternoon and evening, and I am sure would all agree that it was a great job well done, and that we Glorified our Father in Heaven.

Thank you to all of the parents and staff that worked tirelessly to make our Spring Fair a truly illuminating event!

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PREP OPEN MORNING

Families enjoyed a day exploring our Prep facilities and playing with new friends. Join us for Prep 2018! Enrolments open now!

OUR ENTREPRENEURS Business Studies Market Day As part of the senior Business Studies class the students had to work on making a business plan and seeing if they could make a profit from the goods that they sold for their assessment. Stalls were set up in the hall and they had an hour to sell their products.

Most groups made a profit. Thanks to the many students, teachers and staff who came and supported the students.

YEAR 5 Cupcake Business Venture This term, Year 5 students have been learning about business entrepreneur skills. Students had to make an informed decision about the best product option to sell at the CCC Spring Fair event which was ‘design your own cupcake’. In small groups, students created posters with their own brand names, logos and slogans. They also investigated how much it cost to make each cupcake (expenses) and how the money was made on selling each cupcake (income) to work out their profit or loss. This stall was popular at the Spring Fair with both children and adults enjoyed designing their own cupcakes using lots of yummy sweets on top!

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NATURE PLAY OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY CCC Primary students participated in Outdoor Classroom Day QLD with over 59,541 other children across a wide variety of schools, kindergartens and early learning centres in Queensland. This initiative celebrated the power of outdoor learning for young minds.

Students loved finding new and creative places to read and write. Arts and HPE lessons were also inspired by nature. Each class enjoyed tree planting in our beautiful Nature Space as well. Students were reminded that we are to enjoy and care for God’s marvellous creation.

Let’s work together to get our kids outdoors!

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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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THINGDSO TO 1

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3 Sea Turtle Race

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Take photos and or videos of your activities and tag Art’s Sake #SOS and #NaturePlayQLD These types of Eco Seaside activities and more are facilitated by Sandy of The Sea (Art’s Sake), Mackay Content supplied by Art’s Sake - EcoArt Pop-Up Studio, an official Nature Play QLD Activity Provider Check out www.natureplayqld.org.au for more outdoor activities, things to do & places to go

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LEADERS OF LEARNING Staff at CCC recognise that learning is not only for students each day, our staff are dedicated learners also. Each of our teachers is involved in a professional Learning Team which meets weekly to identify curriculum targets and explore the best methods to develop their teaching practices, with the goal of enhancing student learning every term.

Through Term 3, secondary teachers have been preparing for the roll-out of new senior syllabus documents in 2019. Meanwhile, our primary teachers have continued to explore collaborative teaching practices and the use of our Nature Space to strengthen learning experiences for students.

Across the college, digital technologies and STEM have also been focus areas for professional learning and exciting student activity.

Working beside a talented and passionate group of teacher aides, our teachers continue to reflect daily on methods to ‘make the learning sticky’ – exploring strategies which will help all our students grasp new understandings and develop effective learning behaviours.

Thank you to all our Teaching and Learning teams – your passion and dedication ensures our school is a great place to learn.

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Through the month of October our Primary College will be involved in a reading challenge as we adventure to places we can imagine when we enjoy reading daily. Great stories give us the opportunity to explore ‘Anywhere in 10’ minutes. Students and staff will be encouraged to record their reading daily throughout the month of October.

Terrific adventurous prizes and awards will be available for everyone who completes the daily 10 minute reading challenge.

Students will also have opportunity to escape in a reading adventure at lunchtime each day.

A group of Reading Champions (staff and senior students) will read aloud each day, leading us through the pages of a great adventure story. Students and staff are encouraged to join the fun each break time at The Learning Hub. Keep watching for more information of various activities through the month of October.

Through this holiday break find the perfect book for your ‘Anywhere in 10’ reading adventure during October.

ANYWHERE IN 10 OCTOBER READING CHALLENGE

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EVENTS COMING UP...

Put them on your calendar today and plan to join us for some great events celebrating life at CCC!

2nd October

Queen’s Birthday Holiday Term 4 Prayer Meeting @ 5.30pm 3rd October Term 4 Commences 4th October Primary Swimming Commences 10th October P & F Meeting @ 6.30pm 14th October Yr 12 Fundraiser – Sausage Sizzle @ Bunnings 15th October Year 9/10 Fraser Island Expedition 16th October Student Free Day / Staff PD 17th-20th October Book Fair @ The Learning Hub 26th October ENCORE 2nd November Music Count Us In 14th November Year 12 Graduation Dinner 15-17th November Year 4 Camp @ Mapleton 16th November Secondary Presentation Night 17th November Final Day – Year 12 21st November P & F Meeting @ 6.30pm 24th November Final Day – Year 10 & 11 Year 10 & 11 Big Day Out Primary Swimming Carnival 28th November Primary Presentation Evening 30th November Final Day – Prep to Year 9 UNIFORM SHOP TIMES

MONDAY 8.30AM TO 10.30AM WEDNESDAYS 2.00PM TO 3.30PM

SPANISH NEWS Buenos días!

For part of Term 2 and all of Term 3, CCC has been very fortunate to have a special Wednesday afternoon visitor. Mrs Celmida Gutierrez, a resident of Oxford Crest, has joined in with the Spanish classes of Year 2A, 2B and Year 3. Mrs Gutierrez asked that the children call her “Nanny’, and they do so with much affection.

Nanny was born in Uruguay, however she has lived in Australia for almost 40 years. Nanny has been such a great helper in the Spanish classroom; working with students one-on-one and sharing some of her cultural experiences with us. The students have benefited greatly by interacting with a truly bilingual, native Spanish speaker.

Unfortunately, Nanny has to return to Uruguay during Term 4 due to the needs of her siblings, who still live there. We pray that Nanny will have safe travel back to her home country and that her time spent with family over there is a blessing to them all.

I’m so grateful for Mrs Gutierrez’s involvement in our Spanish program at CCC and we look forward to seeing her back in the classroom in 2018. ¡Hasta luego!

Señora Oliver

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NEW FACES @ CCC Sam Downing I am currently working part-time as a Teacher Aide at CCC whilst studying my Bachelor of Education full time. I am specializing in Design Technology and HPE and have previously worked in the Cabinetmaking and Shed construction industries.

I am blessed to have a wife who supports me whilst I focus on my studies and I have two daughters at CCC in Year 3 and 5.

As a family we love to get out and enjoy God’s great outdoors by camping, surfing, jet skiing and spending time with family and friends.

Clinton Reid I am 38 years old and from Smithton, Tasmania (far north west coast). I am married with 4 children. My wife’s name is Monique. My children are: Kynan 12, Stephanie 11, Nixon 6 and Skyla 11 months I am teaching Prep to Year 7 and Year 9 HPE and am looking forward to bringing some different sports and activities to the students here at CCC. My interests are: AFL (Essendon are my team), cycling (both road and mountain biking), soccer (Liverpool are my team), basketball (Boston Celtics are my NBA team). These are my sporting hobbies both watching and participating in.

I enjoy spending time with my family, especially holidaying to various different places here in Australia and overseas.

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NEW FACES @ CCC Alisha Mallett My Position at the college is an Enrichment Unit Teacher Aide.

My family consists of my husband Andrew (Chappy), Miss lovely Lily and Miss lovely Mia. Interests and hobbies include: Christianity, gardening, volleyball, opshopping and just hanging out with my beloveds.

Teresa McGill Hi, I’m Teresa McGill and I began work with CCC in May this year as a part-time Teacher Aide.

My husband John and I have three daughters - two who have graduated from CCC. Our family enjoys 4WD, and I also indulge in my other passion which is horse riding.

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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY 6 Ways to Effectively Lead Young Children

BY TRICIA GOYER

What does it mean for a parent to effectively lead a family with young children?

The answer to that question has come to me through years of trial and error (mostly error).

As a young mum, I didn’t give leadership much thought — I was just trying to get through the day. But as my kids grew beyond the toddler years, I realized something important: Kids do what they see. They believe what is prioritised at home. That meant I was a leader whether I liked it or not.

do what we say, the more our children become willing to follow. Also, trust built in the early years forms a strong connection that will help kids to turn to you in the tumultuous teen years.

Belonging

My leadership grew right along with our three kids. Then, when those kids became teens and young adults, my husband, John, and I adopted seven children and started all over again.

Seeing what worked — and what didn’t — the first time around made me more confident as a leader the second time. Also, seeing my older kids as adults confirmed what we did right.

What is your family about? What makes you a special group of people? Let your kids know they are an important part of your family. Be sure to point out their best qualities, and let them see how you need them and they need you. Of course, words are not enough. Make your child a part of the team by giving her simple chores, such as setting the table, sorting the laundry and pulling weeds in your yard. Point out how her small efforts benefit the family as a whole.

Setting Family Priorities

Focus

The values and priorities you model in good times and bad are likely to become the values and priorities your kids adopt as adults. These are the things they will pass down to their kids, too. So we want to make sure they pick up the right things! Here are six ways I have found to effectively lead little ones:

Where you place your focus will direct how your family spends their days. John and I worked together to determine what things were important for our children’s futures. Then we decided how to make those things important now. Because we want our children to have a relationship with God as teens and adults, we have a time of daily Bible reading and prayer with our kids now. We attend church and serve other Christians by volunteering in children’s church. We collect baby items for our local teen-mom support group to model helping those in need. These small but consistent acts demonstrate that we put God first as a family and build a strong foundation for our children’s future faith.

Trust Yes, it really does matter if you go out for ice cream after naptime if that’s what you promised.

It’s easy to follow a leader we trust. Kids are quick to follow when they know you care about them, consistently meet their needs and keep your promises. The more instances where we

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Flexibility As children grow, priorities change. It’s important to set routines, but it’s also important to be flexible. Nobody enjoys being around a rigid leader. If something you did last year doesn’t work this year, be willing to try something new. Different strategies may work with different personalities of children, so be prepared to change things up.

Boundaries Leadership isn’t just about where you go, but also what you protect. I’ve learned to say no to a lot of good things to protect the best things. For us, we value family dinners, evening togetherness and reading together. To do these things, we’ve had to say no to a lot of outside activities. We believe that, at some point in the future, it will be more important for us to have a family bond than for each of our kids to be part of a different activity that fills up our evenings. There is plenty of time in our children’s future for them to pursue leisure activities, but these childhood years — with everyone together — are fleeting.

Perspective Finally, as parents, it’s up to us to create a vision for the type of family we want to be. That’s why my husband and I explain to our kids that the things our family focuses on may look different from what other families are emphasizing. This also provides us with opportunities to talk to them about how the priorities of those who follow God should look different from those of people who don’t.

Maybe your focus is on debt-free living rather than extravagant vacations. Perhaps you choose to give to your church instead of buying brand-name clothes. Use these practices to talk to your children about the charge to believers found in Romans 12:2: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Ask your children to join you in making these decisions, teaching them what God’s Word says.

Start Strong Being a family leader means choosing where you want to lead; once you make good choices, you’ve already done half the work. There are so many decisions we have to make on a daily basis as parents, but when you make solid decisions based on God’s Word while your children are young, it will be easier to lead well in the seasons to come.

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YEAR 6 CCC FFF SOLAR BOA paper clips and lengths of fishing line! However, a rescue was required to save a craft that broke free from its moorings. Many thanks to the creative, hands-on problem solvers who displayed sustained team camaraderie until the solar boat was rescued.

Friday the 1st of September heralded CCC’s inaugural Year 6 FFF (Fathers, Family & Friends) Solar Boat Challenge Day down at the Nature Space. It was an opportunity to showcase what students have been working on in class. Lots of people gathered around the lake from 2pm to watch multiple teams place their creations in the water, ready for racing- only to feel the effects of real-life solar energy problems such as cloud cover. Unfortunately, only four teams were able to compete with any success on the day, so a re-match ensued the following week to make sure all competitors were able to compete fairly. It was fascinating to see the various boat designs making their way across the lake with varying rates of success largely dependent on wave size and wind strength.

Thankfully, Mrs. Cooke was no longer required to return the crafts to their owners from within the lake, thanks to some basic ingenuity,

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For the past term, Year 6 students have been developing their understanding of solar energy and how it can be transformed to create electrical energy that is useful for everyday use.

As part of their team’s solar boat challenge, students were required to plan, research, design and construct their solar powered boat with specific criteria and materials in mind. The criteria for our own solar boat challenge day, was chosen to align with the criteria required for entry into the inter-school Maryborough Solar Boat Challenge the following weekend.

The most successful teams chosen from this culminating Father’s Day experience, would then be able to compete against others in the junior division to represent CCC for the first time. Two successful teams were chosen based on these criteria, as well as other important 21st century life skills, including team work, problem solving, collaboration/interpersonal skills, oral communication, listening skills, and creative thinking. Congratulations to the two teams, (and a huge thank-you to their families) for representing CCC for the first time. Well done!

AT CHALLENGE DAY

MARYBOROUGH SOLAR BOAT CHALLENGE Wil Tooley and Malachi Davidson came 3rd overall (out of 15 teams) with their fastest time of 14.16 seconds, and also took out the prize for best boat design.

Jessie Voss and Tianna Gignac came 9th overall with their fastest time of 28 seconds, also taking out the prize for best use of recycled materials.

The students came up against some stiff competition and tricky challenges, but managed to overcome these successfully. We are extremely proud of all their accomplishments, and thank them and their families for giving up their weekend to represent CCC.

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STAYING IN Antiques Afternoon is a special event that Year 1s and 2s have held for the past three years during their study of History. This year the focus was on changes to ‘communication’.

Prior to this, Year 1s and 2s visited the Noosa Historical Museum at Pomona to create interest and gain a wealth of knowledge about communication devices from the past. The students saw old phones, cameras, computers, radios, printers, gramophones, writing implements, morse code transmitters etc.

As a follow up, Antiques Afternoon provided the children with a closer, hands on experience with many artefacts similar to those they saw at the museum, plus many new items of interest.

Parents and families were invited to bring along their old communication devices. Once the students explored the objects and spoke to parents about them, they then had to write an inquiry question about that artefact. “What does it do?” “What is it made from?” “How is it different from today’s model?” “Did everybody use these?” “Was it useful?”

Both students and parents alike were fascinated by some of the extremely interesting objects on display. A 101-year-old Easter card, an animal horn for sounding across the meadows, antique writing desk, Egyptian papyrus, and a gramophone that you could spin the record on, were just a few of the items on display.

Hands on learning with real artefacts is the best way to learn about History and the students have enjoyed the journey.

Our STEM Academy students are learning about the science of flight with some very hands on experiments including a Rocket launch. The launch was so fast our camera only caught the water trail left by the soft-drink bottle.

We also launched mini rockets made from Alka-Seltzer tablets and water which produced a chemical reaction letting off CO2 used to propel our little plastic rockets.

The 6-week intensive course is for Year 4 to 6 students nominated by their teachers for their aptitude in Science and Maths.

STAYING IN Year 1 and Year 2 A&B had a fantastic time for Father’s Night.

The students created special super hero costumes for their dads, grandads and uncles. They enjoyed eating a sausage sizzle and ice creams. Everyone played fun games of freeze and sang super hero songs. Thank you to everyone who came along!

Over the last 6 weeks or so, senior Biology students have been studying a unit on Genetics, which includes topics such as DNA replication, protein synthesis, Punnett squares and X-linked characteristics and diseases. As part of this, the Year 11s and 12s have had the opportunity to complete a number of practical activities.

These activities not only help to cement their understanding of concepts, but are quite enjoyable – as evidenced by students’ faces! My thanks to Mr Venz for the time and energy he puts in behind the scenes to make these experiments possible.

This term, the Year 10 students have been preparing their resume and cover letters and later in the term took part in a mock interview.

The interviewers were able to provide the students with helpful feedback which will be useful in their future career endeavours.

A very big thank you to our guest interviewers from Ag Solutions, Dominos, Gympie Regional Council, Polleys Coaches and Woolworths Southside.

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GOING OUT Here’s to the six Duke of Edinburgh students who travelled the Cooloola Wilderness Trail earlier this term, accompanied by Ross and Sue Waltisbuhl and Tiffany Hodgson. The weekend featured generally straightforward navigation, confronting conversations, sunny (if chilly) weather, incredible serene waterholes and the odd toilet hole.

Well done to Joel Sheehan, Emily Williams, Kate Davis, Tom Pienaar, DanĂŠ Lamprecht and Jack Hodgson.

Mrs Cooke and Mrs Hall had the privilege of accompanying four Year 6 students and four Year 7 students to Jones Hill State School on Wednesday 2nd August for a Scratch Programing and Robotic Challenge Day. Everyone had a great day designing and developing animations in Scratch as well as working collaboratively to problem solve and write code to program the Robots. The day finished off with Sumo robotic challenges and we had mixed results with both Hayden and Samuel winning their heats.

The Jazz Band seranaded the audience at Winter Trees on Mary in July. It was wonderful to have an opportunity to share their talents with the wider Gympie community.

A tree was creatively decorated to showcase our College.

CCC loves to support and be involved in wider Gympie community activities and events.

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Using cutting edge music and life experience as a parent and teacher, Sean connects powerfully with children, adults and teenagers through his dynamic and incredibly unique itinerant ministry!!

Sean speaks into the hearts of primary schoolers, church congregations & conferences, equipping and empowering them with practical keys to help the next gen win!

Sean has spent eight months each year for the past seven years travelling around Australia and the rest of the world determined to help build children and their families up and teach them how to make Jesus their ‘number one’! Through his music, he leads the way in a new generation of praise and worship that powerfully connects with children of all ages and backgrounds. From rockin’ praise anthems to fun songs packed with catchy, easy-to-sing melodies, his music can be heard blasting from radio stations, classrooms, churches and families’ cars around the globe.

Thank you Sean for visiting CCC!

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Nature play encourages children to use their senses to explore, interpret and make discoveries relating to the natural environment, themselves, God and others.

The children from the Early Learning Centre have been visiting and exploring the College’s Nature Space area once a week. During this outdoor learning experience, the children engage in God’s creation through nature walks, dicoveries of living and non-living things and their favourite activity, nature play.

This exciting adventure has become their weekly highlight as it provides a variety of opportunities that enrich and inspire their knowledge and understanding of this wonderful world. The children are forever in awe and wonder as their journeys continue each week, stimulating them both physically and mentally.

Interviews from the children took place in order to find out what the children really thought about their weekly nature experience. Abigail stated “because I like balancing on the rocks and logs”, Noah said “because there is lots of hide outs and I like to see the horses over the fence” and Tate added “because there is sticks down there and to look out for crocodiles”. It surely is a fantastic experience for the children to let their imaginations run wild and to have the freedom to learn through play.

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PEER LEADERSHIP 2017 Our amazing Year 6 leaders have been teaching and supporting our classes from Year 1 to Year 5 in learning how to be resilient.

After a nervous start, our leaders have shown that, with two together, they can manage up to 9 students - quite a feat for ones so young themselves!

As Peer Leaders, they are breaking down the skills needed to develop resilience - building confidence through small successes, sharing thoughts, feelings and asking for help when needed, and persevering when times get tough. They teach the students in their groups using careful planning and preparation, trying to make their lessons fun and adapting them for the different age groups.

The Year 6s are modelling resilience themselves,

in the way they come to school each week with a positive attitude and willing to keep going even after challenges. They are learning to monitor their own skills in behaviour and time management, organisation, collaborative teaching, showing patience and persevering when the going gets tough.

Thank you to all the supervising teachers for your feedback. This helps us as we debrief after each session, to develop and refine our skills.

Well done Year 6s of 2017 what awesome servant leaders you are becoming!

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YR 12 MENTORING PROGRAM This year, Cooloola Christian College has introduced a Year 12 Mentoring Program as part of its ongoing commitment to Pastoral Care. This initiative endeavours to support Year 12 students in their final year of schooling as they navigate their way through the many decisions and trials that are experienced as they transition to a post-secondary landscape. Students in this program will be suitably matched with a staff member and will meet weekly at school. The staff appointed mentor will support your child through listening, guiding, advocacy and prayer.

HOPE REINS VISIT “We recently had this amazing group from Cooloola Christian College join us for a day of pooper scooping! We can’t thank them enough for all they achieved! You were such a blessing to us here. Thank you for your hard work with such a servant and joyful attitude. I think we all enjoyed our day, and our horses are grateful for their fresh paddocks”.

- Kylie

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THE ARTS

In the first week of August, the CCC Primary Choir placed 2nd in the Sacred Section of the Eisteddfod. Choir members performed the delightful song ‘Get on Board this Train’ which included a spoken section which was well received by the audience.

Thank you to those parents who helped to transport students to and from the venue and Mrs Irene Halliday who was our piano accompanist.

Keep up your great work choir students – you are amazing!

Nambour Christian COLLEGE Choir & CONCERT BAND CCC had the pleasure of having the Nambour Christian College Choir and Concert Band visit to share their gifts and talents with Primary students. The two choirs were able to blend their talents together to perform ‘The Lord is My Shepherd’ for students.

Choirs and bands from both schools practised during their lunch break to share tips and skills.

This successful collaborative performance was a first for both schools and was absolutely enjoyed by everyone.

“COME, LET US SING FOR JOY TO THE LORD...”

PSALM 95:1

Primary Choir competes at Eisteddfod

THE ARTS The CCC music department has been very busy this term performing at a number of community events.

Vocal group, Jazz Band and Concert Band each competed at their respective Eisteddfod events each receiving places. Our Jazz Band was honoured to receive 1st place in their category. A vast number of students from our College also participated in the competition, each of them did so well.

The Jazz Band also played on the main stage during the Winter Tree/ Smithfield Street Opening Event in Mary street in late July. Large crowds gathered to hear their melodious tunes and grooving beats.

Jazz Band and a handful of secondary music students played at the Spring Fair.

Collide-O-Scope saw music students from Years 9-12 display their various giftings in a colour-filled night alive with music, drama and visual art. It was another wonderful event, a celebration of the diverse talent within our College.

CCC music will cap-off the year with a crescendo with the annual ‘Encore’ event, a celebration of our Instrumental Music Programme – hope to see you there.

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SPORT 2017 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Abednego 1341 Meshach 1413 Shadrach 1455

Age Champions Age Girls Boys 8yrs Sienna Downing William Alford 9yrs Sienna Watson Mavrik Hammond 10yrs Bethany Herrington Logan Robbins 11yrs Melissa Monssen Brayden Bainbridge 12yrs Ariel Bunter Bodhi Webster 13yrs Molly Hodgson Ethan Bainbridge 14yrs Haylee Keep Mackenzie Bunter 15yrs Kate Davis Noah Collins 16yrs Gema Smoothey Will Gaze/Daniel Ngaira 17yrs Sophie Collins Matthew James 19 Under Elise Dahl/Millie Burns Joel Sheehan

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SPORT GYMPIE DISTRICT ATHLETICS 2017 60 students from Primary and Secondary competed in the two-day event at Albert Park on the 10th and 11th of August.

Congratulations to Hannah Pamuk, Molly Hodgson and Morgan Finlayson-Browne who were Gympie District Age Champions on the day.

WIDE BAY TOUCH SELECTIONS

Congratulations to Jenna Williams who competed at the State Trials in the Wide Bay Touch team.

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SPORT OTHER GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS STATE CROSS COUNTRY

Lachlan Seed

GYMPIE DISTRICT CRICKET Lily Mallett 10-12yrs selections Ariel Bunter

Jenna Williams

Finlay Franz STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

STATE RUGBY UNION CHAMPIONSHIPS 15YR OLD BOYS

Alex Wheatley Mathias Martin

CCC EQUESTRIAN Congratulations to Sophie Choveaux who competed at Equestrian School Trials. Join our Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/cccequestrian/ to stay up-to-date with current competitions, school representation and training opportunities.

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SPORT WIDE BAY ATHLETICS 10 – 18 YEARS KARATE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

30 students were selected to compete at the Wide Bay Trials.

Xavier Gnomes has just returned from Athens. He has won 2 world championship titles in BethanyHe Herrington, Liezl Schreuder, Bunter, Monssen, Lillian Diefenbach, Karate. has been doing Karate for Rhian 7 ½ years (he’sMelissa in year 6!)

Lilly Shearer, Logan Robbins, Brayden Bainbridge, Tyler Verkerk, Bodhi Webster, Cooper Robbins, Ethan Molly Hodgson, Harrison Lenz, Darcey Oliver, Ryan Smoothey, Location: AthensBainbridge, (24hrs by plane) Mitchell Mountfort, Mackenzie Bunter, Adam Hof, Noah Collins, Samuel Diefenbach, Jack Martial Arts: Freestyle/ Mixed Martial Arts Hodgson, Samuel Roberts, Daniel Ngaira, Marc Schreuder, Lachlan Seed, Sophie Collins, Michaela Mountfort, Morgan Finlayson-Browne and Hannah Pamuk.

World championships

1st Traditional forms – Hard-style Congratulations to Brayden Bainbridge, Rhian Bunter and Lilly Shearer who were selected 1st Traditional forms – Soft-style to compete at State Trials in Term 4 as part of the Wide Bay team for the 10-12 years athletics.

1st Traditional Weapons 3rd Showmanship

CCC B GRADE VOLLEYBALL TEAM

WON FINALS

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OUR ALUMNI

JEMMIMA SHELLEY 2017: a fresh year of brand new beginnings.

The year that I pledged I was going to embrace a life outside of high-school and to look towards God’s purpose for my life. Somehow, in the blink of an eye it is September of 2017 and nine months have passed since I graduated from Grade 12 at CCC in November 2016.

Since then I have begun the crazy journey of being a first year’s student at the University of the Sunshine Coast studying a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education. My first semester flew bye in an excited haze, filled with early morning bus catching, lots of coffee runs and even more study sessions. I’m now in the thick of my second semester and I have so much to say in this article. God has been working in some incredible ways in my life and I’m honoured to share my journey so far.

To begin university well, I knew that I needed to keep being organised, planning my every move. Last semester I made a lot of lists.

I thrived on them, writing it all down and checking the list to see if any of the points had run away or disappeared into thin air – and when I saw that they never did, I always found

something new to add to the list instead. I also have this amazing opportunity to create art & design for my own small online business, and when a new project arose it would go straight onto the list. It worked in 2016 / Grade 12 / starting up my own business so surely it would work for Year 1 Uni and continuing my creative outlet? Yes, it was exhausting keeping up with my lists but it was working so I continued living this way.

This second semester I still have a lot of lists.

Dot points in my diary, shopping lists and assessment charts. However, these lists don’t feel the same, they don’t hold as much weight as they did before. In the first semester of university (I’m still shocked whenever I say or write that), every time I added something to one of my daily to-do lists it would instantly press on my heart and that heavy feeling wouldn’t leave…ever…. not even when the day was finished and I was relaxing at home, not even when I shipped off a creative project for my business. It was like I picked up another heavy, huge rock in my arms for no apparent reason and carried them all wherever I went.

When I crossed off the things in my list it was

for simplicity and rest in your everyday life.

Maybe you have just entered into a time of extreme change, where everything is shifting before your eyes. Maybe you are trying to balance two very important things in your life just like I juggle uni and my creativity.

Whatever is weighing heavily on your heart just know that God is able to carry your burden and lift it off your shoulders. like I threw that rock into the ocean, hitting the water with a “kaplunk” and sinking to the ocean floor. It wasn’t even satisfying throwing those rocks into the water! Completing a list didn’t always mean I was empty handed, it just meant I had a new list and whole lot more burdens to carry.

Something has definitely changed within me.

It’s God starting a demolition process inside me where He is ripping out walls I never knew existed and old cupboards holding a lot of junk. While there are heaps of internal work and struggles, I’m slowly finding so much more quietness, stillness, simplicity and the pure love of God that I know dwells within me (2 Corinthians 3:18 “transformed”). To be completely honest with you dear reader, I still cry and stress and fear and I’ll probably end up with a large rock collection at the bottom of the ocean inside me, but throughout it all I know that God is in control. He will constantly forgive me and help me to start again.

I know that in some way you can also relate to my story. Maybe you see yourself as a listloving, organised person; so organised that there is no more space in your life for God to move and breathe. Maybe you are in a place of stress and exhaustion and are crying out

“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved” (Psalm 55:22).

Once you surrender your heart over to Him you will find a renewed strength, a passionate purpose and a relighted fire inside of you. You will have the energy to create, the strength to give others grace and to find that quiet place of rest in seasons of life where you need stillness.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit” (Psalm 51:10-12).

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ESPRESSO XO With such a strong emphasis on community it is little surprise that Espresso XO source their products from local businesses - Kai Coffee, a Sunshine Coast Coffee Roaster and Maleny Dairies. By purchasing a coffee from Espresso XO local businesses benefit and global causes are supported. Their coffee supplier Kai Coffee for example, donates $2 on every kilogram of coffee sold towards “Compassion Children”, “World Vision” and orphans in developing countries.

At CCC, we strive for excellence in Education and place great emphasis on providing opportunities for our students throughout their learning journey to nurture ‘a servant’s heart’ and engage in practical ways of building ‘community’. It is always with great eagerness to learn how past students have continued to foster these values in the way they live and work.

One such student is PJ Morrison. Together with his wife Jodie, they (both lovers of coffee as much as people) have established Espresso XO Mobile Café; an independent mobile family business that embraces a strong communitybased ethos. These young entrepreneurs wanted something that would encompass their hearts behind the business – the value of ‘Community’. Espresso XO Mobile Cafe are coffee baristas who, very charmingly, literally wear their hearts on their sleeves!

In PJ’s opinion: “Coffee has become such an integral part of culture in the way that people meet, do business, date, celebrate - coffee provides a way that people can do life and communicate with each other - over a good ole cuppa”.

Espresso XO Mobile Cafe are only too happy to assist you with your next social event, be it for a school function, Uni function, corporate, wedding or even a birthday party!

THANK YOU AMAZING SPONSORS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT.

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: 9am Sunday School: 9am 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) Church office: Mobile:

5482 6331 0466 679 759

Sunday Worship: KIDZ CHURCH ‘J’ TEAM:

9.30am 10.10am

Brendan Edwards 5484 3687 0417 757 397

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

CCC CHAPEL

Every Wednesday (SBH) Primary 8:50 - 9:45am Secondary 10:25 - 11:05am

All Welcome

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