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Calendar of EventsApril 8 Free Dress Day, MorningTeaApril 8 Last Day of Term 1April 26Anzac Day public holidayApril 29 Primary District CrossCountryMay 2 Labour Day HolidayMay 6Mother’s Day StallAdvance NoticeCBCC Athletic Carnival27th MayOur 2011 Primary Swimming Agechampions. Missing from this picture isBrooke Murphy the girls 10 Year OldAge Champion who unfortunately wasabsent on the day the medals weregiven out.Year 3 boys line up for their big event atthis year’s Cross Country Carnival.Page 2Cross Country CarnivalLast Friday we held our annual Cross Country Carnival. Thankfully, thetrack was finished in time and the weather held off beautifully. As thePrimary students were in Chapel, the day started with the 12, 13 and 14year old events. At 10:00am the younger groups arrived and the Prep toYear 6 events were run. Lastly, the students aged 15 and above ran andpushed themselves hard. Any groups running more than one kilometerwere able to choose between their full race and a one kilometer fun run.Many chose the full race.The day was punctuated by many examples of students supporting andencouraging each other to excel. Results were as follows (in order ofplace):Prep: Girls: Hayley Parlane, Evie Marshall, Arden Cleal. Boys: NicholasHead, TajRyan, Seth PiddingtonYear One: Girls: Isabella Leslie, Amelia Sonter. Boys: Adam Senekal,Joshua Riddiford, Aaron BarnardYear Two: Girls: Hannah Parlane, Lucy Sill, Tayla Cleal; Boys: CorbanMcColl, Isaac Jones, Patrick AscottYear Three: Girls: Chelsea Wilkinson, Marley Macklin-Rice, Molly Lewis;Boys: Nathan Hall, Ethan Fielding, James Farmer9 Year Olds: Girls: Shakira Greasley; Boys: Kaden Thorne, SamuelSundstrom, Jesse Nichol10 Year Olds: Girls: Elen Acland, Mahlia Senaratne, Lillian Keating; Boys:Peter Senekal, Nathanael Parlane, Riley Mansfield11 Year Olds: Girls:Chantelle Chigwidden, Krystal Sidaway, Bailey Ward;Boys: Ben Murdoch, Matthew King, JG Noeth12 Year Olds: Girls: Eden Zerk, Riley Smith, Brielle Le Compte; Boys:Caenaan Parlane, Joshua Turley, Kurtis McCarthy13 Year Olds: Girls: Jessica Holt, Hayley Holt, Mikaela Turley; Boys:Jesse Piddington, Cooper Davison, Liam Barnard14 Year Olds: Girls: Cassidy Lennon, Katija Easton; Boys: CallumDavison, Isaac Nichol, Samuel Lewis (tie for second place)15 Year Olds: Amy Acland, Leah Holcroft; Boys: Izrael Naiker, LeviPiddington16 Year Olds: Kirralee Shanahan; Matthew BriggsThese and the other students who participated need to be commendedfor their great efforts.Student AchievementsOn Sunday 27 th March 2011 Peregian Beach Surf Life Saving Club hadtheir 2010/2011 Nippers Presentation. Michael Ascott was presentedwith the Under 10 Most Improved Award, whilst Caenaan Parlane waspresented with the Under 11 Most Improved Award. Congratulations toboth of the boys.If your child has achieved anything outside of school we would love tocelebrate their success with them and invite you to forward anyinformation to Mr Andrews via principal@cbcc.qld.edu.au.ANZAC Day ArrangementsThe 2011 ANZAC Day Holiday falls on Monday the 25th of April which isalso Easter Monday. As in previous years our school will be participatingin the Coolum-Peregian RSL events including the march and ceremony.Any students wishing to participate in this community event need to meetMr Andrews between 5:00am and 5:10am at Sea Cove resort. The marchcommences at 5:20am. Please send students in their formal uniform.Wreaths will be laid by this year’s Primary School Captains.The College ANZAC Ceremony will be on the first day back next term,Wednesday the 27th of April. The ceremony will commence at 9am in ourANZAC Garden, or in the Multi-Purpose Hall if it is raining. Arepresentative from the Coolum-Peregian RSL will be our guest speaker.All members of our school community are invited to attend, and studentsare asked to please bring flowers to use as part of their class wreath.
P&F NewsHi. Thank you to everyone for your support of CBCC P&F. We reallyappreciate you and appreciate the way you have already supported thefundraising events that we have had this Term. All funds raised go into our P&F and help fund events and muchneeded items around the college. We are currently raising funds to pay for – a freezer for the Tuckshop, Hot Water inthe Home Economics room, blackout curtains in the Science Lab and we also need a computer in the Library.We have a couple of events this week and more events that are coming up in next term and later this year.Entertainment Books: Thank you to everyone who has purchased or returned a 2011-2012 Entertainment Book.Just a quick reminder to anyone that still has an Entertainment Book - If you are not wanting to purchase the book,please return the book to school or if you are purchasing the book you have received please send your payment intoschool this week.Free Dress Day: This Friday, we are having a Gold Coin Free Dress Day. It is important that students in Free Dresswear appropriate attire that is within the school’s Free Dress Policy.Parent Morning Tea: We are having a morning tea this Friday starting at 9.45am and finishing before the Easter HatParade at 11.10am. Please come and enjoy a tea or coffee and cake for only $4.00. Looking forward to seeing youthere!Mother’s Day Stall: On Friday, the 6 th May, we are having our annual Mother’s Day Stall. We are in urgent need ofdonations of gifts for the Mother’s Day Stall eg: vouchers, beauty products, things that mothers love. We also needhelpers on the stall to help serve the children as they come to buy an item/s for their mum or grandmother. If youwould like to help on the stall please contact either Melinda Thorne on 0403 835 900 or Sue Andrews on 0411 752055.Car Boot Sale: On Saturday, the 14 th May, we are having our first Car Boot Sale. Stalls are available for $10.00 eachand the P&F will be manning a jumping castle and a sausage sizzle and cold drink stall to raise extra funds for theP&F. If you would like to book a stall or are able to help out on the day, please give either Melinda Thorne on 0403835 900, Sue Andrews on 0411 752 055 or Vanessa Barker on 0431 231 670.Bush Dance: On Friday the 27 th May, we are having our first Bush Dance. We are really looking forward to this eventas we will be using our new Multi-Purpose Hall. We have a Bush Band booked for the event and it should be lots offun for the whole family. To help cover costs we are charging $10.00 per adult and $5.00 per child. For a family of 2adults and 2 children, it will cost $25.00. We also will have a Hamburger Stall to raise much needed funds and we’rein need of people to volunteer on this stall. If you would like to help out please contact either Melinda Thorne on 0403835 900 or Sue Andrews on 0411 752 055.Family Fun Day Fete: The Family Fun Day is on Saturday 20 th August in Third Term this year. We are in need ofpeople who would like to sponsor this event either by donating goods or cash to help support the P&F. If you have anyquestions regarding this please contact eitherMelinda Thorne on 0403 835 900 or Sue Andrewson 0411 752 055.Thank you again for all of your supportCBCC P&F CommitteeStaff ChangesThis term we have a few staff changes to inform you of.Firstly, we welcome our first Business Manager, MrDavid Reed. David and his wife have just returned froma period working in the United States and we lookforward to him taking on the management of all of thebusiness areas of the College. We thank Lynette Holtfor her many years of service as Finance Officer andwish her God’s blessings in her new endeavors.We also say farewell this week to Mrs Stephanie Nealand Mrs Kirsty Hannah. Both have taken someextended leave, Mrs Neal to attend to her growingfamily and personal business and Miss Kirsty, as she isaffectionately known to our Prep community, is taking ayear’s maternity leave. Both have served the Collegefaithfully and we pray that the next twelve monthsbrings them all that they expect from it.Replacing Mrs Neal is Mrs Hiroko Morohashi whocurrently also teaches Japanese at Caloundra ChristianCollege. Miss Kirsty will be replaced by Miss JoanneMiles. Miss Joanne has already spent a number of daysbecoming familiar with the Prep students and theirroutine and will be in Prep on Wednesday to meet anyparents who have not met her already.Page 3School of Thought - Our CurriculumJourneyThis term our teaching staff has been involved in a newcurriculum journey, that is in part a response to thedirections provided by the new Australian curriculum andin part the next stage in our development as a growingschool.The initial stages of the journey have involved collectinginformation about our students that we then used toprovide information to a Whole school data bank,engaging with the Australian curriculum documents andinvestigating innovative teaching strategies to incorporatein our school documents and practices. We have beenable to secure funding from Independent SchoolQueensland that will enable us to work on our developingcurriculum.Our intention is to create a challenging and rigorousschool curriculum that reflects our Christian world view .Itwill encompass the aims as set out in the MelbourneDeclaration of Schooling that curriculums enable alllearners to become:• Successful learners, who enjoy learning, makeprogress and achieve• Confident individuals who are able to live safehealthily and fulfilling lives• Responsible citizens who can make a positivecontribution to society.We are excited about the positive contributions that thesecurriculum changes will make to an already great school.Feel free to discuss these developments with your child’steachers or contact me at the Independent LearningCenter.Blessing Tracey Shields
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