Edition 3 - The Springfield Anglican College

Term Four Commences: Kindergarten .......................... Monday October 8
Term Four Commences: Prep to Year Twelve ............Tuesday October 9
Year Eleven Biology Camp ............................................ Thursday October 11 to
Friday October 12
Book Fair .................................Wednesday October 17 to Tuesday October 23
Brisbane Bands Festival
(Primary and Secondary) .......................................................Friday October 19 to
Sunday October 21
Prep Orientation ............... Monday October 22 and Thursday October 25
Be COOOL in an Emergency (Prep to Year Two) ....Tuesday October 23
Extra Curricular Photo Day ........................................... Wednesday October 24
Chess Tournament ........................................................................Tuesday October 30
Year Two Excursion .............................................................. Wednesday October 31
Music – Count Us In .................................................................Thursday November 1
Sports Presentation Evening ..........................................Thursday November 1
Twilight Markets .........................................................................Saturday November 3
Year Twelve Exam Block and Final Week ......... Monday November 5 to
Friday November 9
Valedictory Dinner ......................................................................... Friday November 9
Night of Celebration, Year Four to Twelve .........Monday November 12
Year Twelve Last Day .................................................................. Friday November 16
Kindergarten Graduation Services ................Tuesday November 20 and
Friday November 23
Night of Celebration, Prep to Year Three .......Wednesday November 21
Year Six Orientation .............................................................Thursday November 22
Creative Arts Christmas Carol Evening .................Tuesday November 27
Activities Day.......................................................................Wednesday November 28
Term Four Concludes................................................................. Friday November 30
College Christmas Shutdown ...................................... Friday December 21 to
Tuesday January 1
ASSN Conference
Ipswich Cares Fundraiser
This year the College’s Student Representative
Council chose Ipswich Cares as our charity to
support.
IPSWICH CARES is an initiative in partnership with COMPASSION AUSTRALIA
to challenge the City of Ipswich to give $1 per person in the month of
September to help fulfil a humanitarian need. The 2012 project is to provide
water filters for families in need. Contaminated water kills 3.3 million people
each year. Every 15 seconds, a child dies from water related illness. For every
$55 raised they will be able to provide one family with a water filter.
Students on the Senior Campus took this to the next level and aimed to raise
$1000 in one day. Every student was invited to take part in a free dress day and
then each year group competed against each other to raise extra money
through a series of activities.
The Year Seven students set up a water balloon contest, the Year Eight’s had a
massive bake sale, the Year Nine’s had a water pistol contest. The Year Ten
students had a sausage sizzle and the Year Eleven’s had a doughnut stand.
All the staff and students got involved and
gave generously and the Senior Campus
raised over $1500.
Students on the Primary Campus raised
$634.10 from their free dress day.
Students from Years Ten and Eleven, along with Mr McPherson attended the inaugural ASSN
Conference from August 1-3. It was a spectacular experience with a whole range of Anglican Schools
attending, helping us not only learn more about God and the Anglican Church, but also make a whole
bunch of new friends.
There were various guest speakers such as Sam Clear and Bishop Geoff Smith. Out of the whole
experience, it was Sam’s story that was the most touching; talking about his walk around the world to
spread the word of Christian Unity, which nearly resulted in his death numerous times. It challenged
the students to look at how one man can make such a huge impact and how each of us could make
a difference too. Some of the people he met were deeply impoverished, living in wooden huts without
a door, not getting to eat dinner every night, and kids having only one toy to play with.
Students also got to take part in various workshops and games. The workshops discussed areas such as
how God is portrayed in the movies and other media – where we got to watch parts of Indiana Jones,
Spiderman and explore the biblical references in them. Art workshops, music workshops and a workshop
about what Refugees have to go through were also part of the conference.
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