Issue 13 / 01 November 2013
From the Head of Junior School Last week we had the Year 6 students demonstrate their knowledge and report on their actions at the PYP Exhibition. One of the major aims for the PYP Exhibition is for the students to have the opportunity to engage in an in-depth, collaborative inquiry that demonstrates their independence and responsibility for their own learning. They are also asked to take action as a result of this learning. I was very proud of the topics that they chose to study and the way they presented their new found knowledge. I was also very impressed with the level of understanding of their topics. It just goes to show what students, as young as 11 and 12, are capable of if you engage them in an inquiry. Congratulations to all the teachers, staff, parents and everyone who helped to support the students in their inquiry. It was truly a community event that enabled the students to demonstrate their progression throughout primary school.
Today the students had the opportunity to experience what life will be like next year when they graduate into the next year level. It was also great having our brand new Prep students visit. There are a couple of teacher changes next year. Mrs Lyn Anderson and Ms Wendy Pearson will be teaching Prep. Ms Gloria Chan will be teaching Year 1 and Ms Tamara Shead will be teaching Year 2. Another one of the changes for next year is the introduction of a compulsory BYO iPad for Year 6 students. While we look forward and ahead to next year we also realize that there is still a lot to do this year. One of the greatest privileges of being the Head of Junior School was interviewing the Year 5 students who applied for a position of Junior School Captain, House Captain and Cultural Captain. Those students also had the opportunity to present a short speech to the students in Years 4-6 outlining why they should be elected into one of these roles. They are an amazing group of students and they will do an excellent job of representing the students next year. Just a reminder that the annual presentation night will be held on the 12th of November at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. It is a compulsory event for all students in Years 4 – 12. Students need to be seated by 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start. It promises to be a wonderful night. Darrin Schumacher Deputy Principal/Head of Junior School
From the Deputy Head of Junior School (P - 3) YR 6 Exhibition Congratulations to our wonderful Year 6 students and their amazing teachers for the outstanding PYP Exhibition held in the MPH last week. The night began with an energetic South African Gumboot dance that was a surprise for “most” parents!! Many parents and visitors alike commented on the depth of understanding students demonstrated about their chosen area of investigation, their enthusiasm and their creativity.
Thank you, Prep Parents: In the recent Prep Unit of Inquiry about people in the community who help us, many Prep parents volunteered their time to share insights into the wide variety of jobs they have. Our youngest students really appreciated asking questions about the different roles and then playing at being doctors, police officers, paramedics, builders, hairdressers etc. We really appreciate the time given by these parents to make this unit so authentic for the children. It’s always so special when Mum or Dad comes to talk about their work!!
It was a night for us all to be justifiably proud of the learning journey our Yr 6 students have been engaged in since beginning the Primary Years Program (PYP) at St Andrews. Thank you to all staff members who acted as mentors to each small group of students, to all who helped behind the scenes, and to the parents who offered support and assistance at home …. yet another wonderful example of how our community at St Andrews works together to support our students. Amazing Opportunity for some of our Net-Set-Go and Netball Players : Thanks to our PSPE teacher, Cath Walker, some of our girls had the privilege of participating in the Opening Ceremony for the recent Netball Test between The Australian Diamonds and the Malawi Netball team at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. The girls marched onto the court and stood in front of the players from both teams for the National Anthems and then formed a cheers squad for the match that followed. It was hard to tell, sometimes, whether the girls or their mothers were the most excited!! It was a very special night all round.
“God will generously provide all you need.” 2 Cor 9:8 Joy Schloss Deputy Head of Junior School P-3
Counselling Update Positive Psychology at St Andrews Throughout the coming bulletins and newsletters I am going to introduce concepts of “positive psychology” education that St Andrews is continuing to work toward with students. The underlying principles of positive psychology are manifested through the following acronym. Each of these elements is essential to our well-being and satisfaction with life. Together, they form the solid foundation upon which we can build a happy and flourishing life.
Chess News On the 23rd of October, 15 students from the St Andrews Chess Club took part in the Gold Coast Individual Age Championships at Emmanuel College. The players experienced varying degrees of success but all players managed to take out several of their opponents throughout the day. Two of the outstanding performances for the day were achieved by Aiden Campbell in the 2003 division and Ethan Chant in the 2004 age group. Both boys were in contention for the overall win but were just pipped at the post. However, 5 wins out of 7 saw both students finish inside the top ten – Well done Boys! Thanks to all of the players who represented the College with pride. We look forward to many more commendable achievements in 2014.
Positive Emotion When someone asks you whether you are satisfied with your life, your answer depends heavily on the mood you are in. When you are feeling positive, you can look back on the past with gladness; look into the future with hope; and enjoy and cherish the present. Engagement We don’t thrive when we are doing nothing. We get bored and feel useless. But when we engage with our life and work, we become absorbed. We gain momentum and focus, and we can enter the state of being known as ‘flow’. In Positive Psychology, ‘flow’ describes a state of utter, blissful immersion in the present moment. Relationships Humans are social animals. We have a need for connection, love, physical and emotional contact with others. We enhance our own well-being by building strong networks of relationships around us, with family, friends, coworkers, neighbours and all the other people in our lives. Meaning We are at our best when we dedicate our time to something greater than ourselves. This could be religious faith, community work, family, a political cause, a charity, a professional or creative goal. Accomplishment We have all been taught that ‘winning isn’t everything’. Yes, we should strive for success, but it’s more important to enjoy the game. However, people need to win sometimes. What use are goals and ambitions if we never reach them? To achieve well-being and happiness, we must look back on our lives with a sense of accomplishment: ‘I did it, and I did it well’. Like any learning journey at school, skills in developing and enhancing wellbeing take time. I look forward to sharing more insight on these topics and helping find ways to support the wellbeing and happiness of our children for the future. Mardi Frost School Counselling Team
Phil Buddee Year 4 Teacher
Congratulations to Capricornia Region who won A Division beating Metropolitan West Region 18-0 in a great Grand Final.
Art News Mini Musos Recruitment 2014 Last Thursday our Year 4’s participated in the Mini Musos Recruitment Process. Each child had the opportunity to try out on an instrument of their choice as part of the audition process for Mini Musos.
Gold Coast District won B Division beating Hervey Bay Zone 20-0 in the Final. The scores: Round 1- Gold Coast District Vs South Burnett Zone, 42 0 to Gold Coast Round 2- Gold Coast District Vs Hervey Bay Zone, 24 - 4 to Gold Coast Round 3- Gold Coast District Vs Toowoomba city district, 36 - 0 to Gold Coast Semi Final- Gold Coast District Vs NRL all-stars 2, 12 – 12 Draw Final- Gold Coast District Vs Hervey Bay Zone, 20 - 0 to Gold Coast
The program offers Year 5 students free group tuition and hire of an instrument for a year, with the opportunity to play in the Mini Musos Ensemble. Those current Year 4’s who demonstrated potential on an instrument will be offered a position in the coming weeks and will need to confirm their placement by the end of Term 4. Enquirires regarding this process can be emailed to performingarts@salc.qld.edu.au or to paulo@salc.qld.edu.au Priscilla Scott Head of Arts priscillas@salc.qld.edu.au
Sport News 12 Years and Under Girls Rugby League Invitational Carnival 14 teams from across Queensland competed at the 2013, 12 Years and Under Girls Rugby League Invitational Carnival in Hervey Bay from Saturday 21st September to Monday 23rd September. The competition comprised of Regional, Zone, District and Invitational teams who played in two Divisions. St Andrews had 3 girls play for the Gold Coast team and they were Mackenzie Bru, Mollie Hobbs and Ellie Foster. The team was coached by Mrs Leanne Pett and managed by Ms Carmel McHenry.
Student Sport Achievements After competing in the U10 St Andrew Futsal team earlier this year, Matthew Gabriel (4B) was selected for the QLD City team, to participate in the National School Championships in Sydney. The U10 team went through undefeated. A wonderful achievement for the U10 team. Matthew has been selected from this to participate in the Australian U11 boys Futsal USA tour in 2014. NetSetGO! Well done to the students who participated in our NetSetGO! Junior Netball program and then went to the Australian Diamonds v Malawi game at the Convention Centre last week. The netballers got to go on court, AND television and looked like they all had such a great time. Thanks to Mrs Cath Walker for organising the NetSetGO! and the Game attendance. Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding sporting achievements; Student Sport Achievements Congratulations to the following students on their outstanding sporting achievements; Millisen Nyssen recently competed at the AASCF ( Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation) National Championships in Sydney. Her team, the Currumbin Cheetahs Club came 2nd in Australia, an outstanding achievement indeed.
Jessica Palfreyman has been selected in the Queensland team for ice skating and is going to Nationals in December. Will Atkinson and Max Indriawan have been nominated for the Future State Great Sporting Awards. Mikayla Van Kampen was awarded champion rider for the 12 years and under at the Queensland Equestrian State Championships, and is now on her way to represent Queensland at the Nationals in December. Ben Castle went to Darwin to compete in the Northern Territory State BMX Titles. Ben won every heat, the semi-final and came second in the final by four tenths of a second. He now races with the 2NT plate on the bike. Kye Wylde has been selected into the Triathlon Queensland Junior Talent Squad Team 16-19 years for the 2013/2014 season. This squad is the Junior Performance Pathway Program that assists athletes develop to the National Talent Academy, QAS/Elite teams. Kye will be attending the ITU Australian Junior Triathlon series this year and next. Fraser Eller was selected in the Queensland Soccer team to compete at the National carnival. The boys finished 4th out of 7 state teams and Fraser’s coach was extremely pleased with his performance.
Finn Hazir & Angus Renneberg Year 6 played in the U11 boys futsal team were successful in the finals. They played fantastically in an great final. Andrew Manion Head of Sport andrewm@salc.qld.edu.au
Operation Christmas Operation Christmas child was a bit hit in 4J! Students in 4J decided to rally behind the Christmas child appeal after seeing a video highlighting the wonderful outcomes that receiving these gifts had on the lives of both the children and families in overseas communities. The boys and girls in the class collaborated to decide who could bring which items to create two shoe boxes, and individual students and families contributed additional shoe box gifts. One particular point that impressed the children was how the international organisation of these gifts was responsible for bringing the Gospel message to many people and how this had changed their lives.
Brooke Chown was selected in the U16 Queensland Rep team for Queensland Touch. Brooke will be competing in Melbourne in December. Max Indriawan came 3rd in his Individual Medley event at the National Swimming Championships in Adelaide. Max was extremely happy with his bronze medal. He swam the freestyle leg and was competing in the age group up. Brady Bastin, Connor Dougherty, Tia Faulkner, Lachlan Irvine, Isabella Leary and Natalie Roberts are all representing South Coast at the State Track and Field Championships from 24th to 27th October. Abbie Hawkins has made the Gold Coast u/13s Tennis team. She will compete at the Queensland Junior Teams Carnival in December. Angus Renneberg, Finn Hazir and Matthew Gabriel have been offered selection in the Futsal Australia teams to tour Malaysia and the USA. These boys performed exceptionally well at the recent National Schools Futsal Championships in Sydney. Ben Castle went to Darwin to compete in the Northern Territory State BMX Titles. Ben won every heat, the semi-final and came second in the final by four tenths of a second. He now races with the 2NT plate on the bike. Matthew Gabriel (4B) was selected for the Futsal QLD City team, to participate in the National School Championships in Sydney. The U10 team went through undefeated. A wonderful achievement for the U10 team. Matthew has been selected from this to participate in the Australian U11 boys Futsal USA tour in 2014.
Tuckshop News We are looking for volunteers to help out in the Tuckshop on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. If you can help out please contact me on tuckshop@salc.qld.edu.au Friday’s see’s the Junior School ice block stall re open! This is only for years Prep – 3. Ice blocks are either 50c or $1. This will be available until end of term. Trina van der Kamp Tuckshop Manager tuckshop@salc.qld.edu.au
Uniformshop News
Dates to remember November
St Andrews 20th Anniversary Drink Bottles now available at the Uniform Shop, 750ml Stainless Steel in Red or Blue. Only $8 each (while stocks last) Volunteers Thank you Libbey Nussey for volunteering to help out on Thursday mornings (as well as your usual Monday). We are still desperately seeking a volunteer for Friday mornings from 8am to 9am. No experience is necessary but you must love helping people. Please contact Jacqui or Fiona during shop hours on 5568 5933 or drop in and see us. If you have any questions please email us at uniformshop@ salc.qld.edu.au
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 Qld Primary All School Touch, Cleveland Showgrounds Wednesday 6 Year 1 Parents’ Coffee Morning – Side Walk Café – after drop off P & F AGM – CRC – 7.00pm Friday 8 Year 1 Bazil Grumble Incursion – 9.00am Tuesday 12 Assembly Presentation Night Rehearsals Presentation Night – Gold Coast Convention Centre – 6.45pm Wednesday 13 Prep Excursion to Tani Tei En Garden – 8.30 to 11.30am
Second Hand Clothing Please submit your second hand uniforms before the end of term if you wish to use your credit in January. Sorry, but all items received in January will not be processed until after the back to school rush. All items must be freshly laundered and ironed. Blazers must be dry cleaned and the receipt shown. (Please note that the proceeds from the sale of blazers will now be credited only after the blazer is sold).
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Little ones like Baby Jeanette from Burundi urgently need the healthy food you can help families grow!
Wild after School Art Classes Denise, from Burundi, is very excited. “Before we had this kitchen garden, we did not eat carrots. It is only after being taught the importance of using vegetables as food that we started this… We can grow cabbage, tomatoes and egg-plant too… I want my daughter to finish school and have further education.” Help teach families to grow vegetables for their children.
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If you’re a farmer, you can donate grain to directly help farmers with support like the hand tractor or storage silos. As you manage your grain in your bulk handler, simply transfer an amount to ALWS. You can do this at the silo using the ALWS NGR # 13363329 (Buyer Name – ALWS) OR on-line using a ‘Warehouse to Warehouse’ grain transfer form. Call ALWS – 1300 763 407 – to find out more!
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Parents and Friends Association
St Andrews P & F News This term is certainly flying and my son kindly reminded me last week there is only 2 months until Christmas. The final meeting of the P & F for 2013 will be the AGM which will be held on Wednesday 6th November at 7pm, so mark it in your calendar. All positions will be open for nomination, so if you need any information on any of the roles, please contact one of the members of the current P & F, details are available on the website. Please come along, as we require a quorum for the AGM and it is important for us to have as many as possible involved for next year. Funding and Projects There have been many happenings in the school which the P & F has funded recently The AFL posts should be installed as we speak. The P & F is looking to fund high jump mats and other sports equipment for next year. Hopefully everyone has noticed the extension to the school bus shelter, which was built during the recent school holidays. The P & F has fully funded this project which hopefully will make more room for pickups when the weather is not good to us. The Year 12 common room has a new kitchen and glass doors to make it a dedicated area. These are only a few examples of suggestions from parents attending P & F meetings which have come to fruition. Another important reason why you should get involved and have input into how the funds you help raise are put towards projects within the school. Further information on the Grandstand should be available at the AGM, plans have been prepared, and the school is awaiting quotes to determine the cost. Approval for the expenditure will be sought at future P & F meetings. Pink Ribbon Morning Tea The COLA provided the venue for the start of our event where market stalls were set up. Guests then entered the pink decorated theatre, greeted with a glass of Sirromet “Love” to commence morning tea which was provided by Subway Coolangatta and Fentons Coolangatta Bakery. Mr Kotzur, Mr Schumacher and Ms Warner joined around 60 ladies to be entertained throughout the morning by talented Middle/Senior students. A big thanks to Nathan
Lindsay, Natalie Roberts and Yasmin Morrison, Vocalist: Sam Grantelli, Pianist: Ali Petschler, Trio: Kelsey Caruana, Nikita Stokes and Lindsay Jones and from the Junior School Susie Cox and Grace Catherwood. A fashion parade provided more entertainment and our MC’s for the day Karen Martin and Sandy Gooley. However the most inspirational highlight came from our two guest speakers, our intrepid and brave crossing lady Charmaine and a confident and passionate former student Isabella who shared with us their very personal experiences with breast cancer.
It was a great morning and I thank all those who supported the event as well as those who helped with the organisation leading up to it in particular - Karen English, Sharon McVay, Krissie Butler, Jane Chant, Karen Martin and Sandy Gooley and my fellow P&F ladies Nicole Ainger and Julieanne Andrews. We are proud to say we raised about $1,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. We hope to host a similar event next year and be joined by even more ladies from the College as everyone is always welcome at the P & F functions. Michelle Brown Sponsors The P & F would like to thank the following sponsors for their continued support of our school. Please show your support for these businesses.
by Michael Grose - No. 1 parenting educator
Parenting when you don’t see instant results The results of your parenting often don’t come until adulthood but you’ve got to keep doing your best in the meantime. That’s one of the great frustrations of being a parent. There aren’t too many activities you do where it can take years to see the results.
She knew that but, like her son, she needed some encouragement to keep going.
Parenting is one of them.
We all do from time to time.
As your kids grow up, you put in a lot of groundwork teaching them how to behave, how to be confident, how to treat others well and so on. But you don’t always see the REAL results of all that effort until your kids are adults.
That’s why it useful to remind yourself that parenting is a long-term activity.
Nevertheless, you’ve got to keep doing the right thing regardless, even though it takes a lot of faith. I was reminded about this when speaking to a mother recently whose son had struggled at school all his life. She’d put so much of her emotional and physical energy into helping him learn, jollying him along and nursing him through the many ups and downs that only struggling kids seem to experience. Her son, now a teenager, was about to give up trying. And I could see that his mother felt like giving up too! She asked: “When do you stop being a child’s coach and cheer leader?” The answer, of course, is that you can’t!
The Einstein Factor All parents should be aware of the Einstein Factor. Albert Einstein was one of the preeminent scientists and thinkers of the 20th century, yet he maintained that he was no smarter than anyone else. He believed he just stayed on problems longer than most people. In the same way, there are some children with whom you just have to stay on the job longer than you would with others. If you have a shy or socially-challenged child you might have to stay on the job until adulthood, when she finally finds her own way of building a network of friends and colleagues. Until then, it’s all about supporting, coaching and cajoling. If you have an ADHD-type child you might have to keep on the job longer to keep him out of trouble. You may not see the results until his mid-20s when all that energy goes into starting up his own business or doing something absolutely amazing. In the meantime, explain, teach and be firm! If you have a late bloomer you probably have to keep him interested in learning until he learns the practical skills needed to succeed in the workplace or in business, just as many kids who struggle at school end up doing. In the meantime, encourage, scaffold and model learning. We all want instant results in whatever we do. Parenting is no different, except that instant results are rare! Page 1 of 2
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That doesn’t make it any easier when you don’t see results for the effort you put in. But you’ve got to keep on doing the right things, and making the best choices for your kids. In other words, you need to bring the Einstein Factor into your parenting. To help do this:
Small hinges swing big doors
1. Get support and feedback from your partner, or a colleague. Feedback fires you up.
You’ve just got to choose the right actions and keep doing them ... day after day. Have faith that the results will come ... eventually!
2. Keep building the skills and knowledge that will help your kids be successful or overcome individual challenges. Kids get lifelong learning from parents more than school. 3. Be around people who fire you up and energise you. It’s no coincidence that great parents hang out together. Support keeps you grounded.
A former parenting mentor used to say, “Small hinges swing big doors”. He meant that it’s the little things done by parents on a regular basis that make the biggest difference to kids.
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