Celebration Evening

It is with great excitement that we invite all parents and families to the upcoming annual Junior school and Middle school Celebration evenings.  These will be our first live Celebration Evenings for a number of years.  Please see the details below. 

Highton Carpark – Celebration Events

Preps Go Wild at Werribee Zoo 

This term the Prep students are studying ‘Animals around the World’ during Integrated Studies. To reinforce their rich learning they visited Werribee Zoo and saw the wild animals up-close and in-person. The Safari Bus tour was a hit, with the children excited to see zebras, giraffes, rhinos and many more along the way. Next up it was time to venture into the outdoor classroom where the children became ‘Habitat Heroes’. They were able to explore a wallaby’s habitat firsthand, use magnifying glasses to look closely at different creatures’ exoskeletons, and solve puzzles about many other animals. The Prep students enjoyed walking around the ‘African Trail’ to observe monkeys, hippos, cheetahs, and their favourite of course, the king of the jungle, the lion! 

Victoria Police Visit

The Year 1 and 2 students were very excited to have another community visit to support their learning in their Integrated Studies topic, My Local Community. This time it was Victoria Police!

The students enjoyed learning about what police do to both protect and support everyone in the community. They also learned about many of the different responsibilities and roles that police members have in their daily jobs. The students asked lots of questions and were able to gain a much better understanding of the role of police in the community. A special highlight for the students was getting to have a look inside the police car and see and hear the lights and sirens. A special thanks to Leading Senior Constable Tom Holmes and Geelong Community Engagement Officer, Senior Constable Karina Richmond.

Inter-Campus Chess Trophy

On Monday 21^st November, the Bellarine Campus Chess Team hosted the Highton Campus Chess Team to play for the inaugural Inter-Campus Chess Trophy. Each campus was represented by a team of six students. The students had practised their Chess skills throughout the year at lunchtimes.

 All students played four rounds of Chess according to competition rules with clocks. The students displayed great Chess etiquette and played with the correct spirit. Highton Campus won by 15 points to 9.

 Both campuses are looking forward to more Chess action and new players come 2023.

Semester 2 Weekly Maths Challenge Number 18 

Welcome to the seventeen edition of the weekly mathematics conundrums and logical questions. Each week a different maths question is posed to share the fun of mathematical trivia. Share the delight with your family and friends and amaze them with your maths skills!  

Did you get last week’s answer? Check out the solution below. 

Challenge Number 17 solution 

Mr Sculley has 53 socks in his drawer: 21 identical blue, 15 identical black and 17 identical red. The lights are out and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make 100 percent certain he has at least one pair of black socks? 

Answer: 40 socks. If he takes out 38 socks (adding the two biggest amounts, 21 and 17), although it is very unlikely, it is possible they could all be blue and red. To make 100 percent certain that he also has a pair of black socks he must take out a further two socks. 

Challenge Number 18 question 

Everyone loves unicorns… 

A girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days of the week he speaks the truth. “Yesterday I was lying,” the lion told the girl. “So was I,” said the unicorn. What day is it? 

Remember no Googling allowed. Answer in next week’s edition of The Vine. Enjoy! 

A Sustainable Future in Year 7!

Term 4 in Year 7 Humanities and English has seen students involved in an interdisciplinary unit where they have investigated themselves as Global Citizens inquiring into the big idea: Innovation plays an essential role if we are to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

The G.A.T.EWAYS Challenge

On November 23 and 24, seven Bellarine Year 3-6 students competed in The G.A.T.EWAYS Challenge, an exciting team-based competition for students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6. They worked in teams with other students from the Highton, Belmont and Surf Coast campuses.

Each challenge had a different focus and required the team to use their various strengths to support each other in finding solutions. Each student soon learnt each other’s strengths and relied on their remarkable team work to tackle each challenge. The challenges for this year were:

Sustainability Initiatives and Updates

At Christian College Bellarine we are working hard to minimise our waste to landfill in any way possible. There has been an update to our Soft Plastics Recycling. Unfortunately, REDcycle is currently not taking soft plastics so we have put a hold on these bins until further notice. We are running a Middle School competition called ‘Reduce the Wrap’ with Bean Break drinks as the prize for the class with the least waste. Classes will gain points for using recyclable packaging such as reusable containers/ beeswax wraps in their lunchbox or for using no single use plastic at all.

Year 8 Drama Elective: A Pig, a Kookaburra and a Highway Rat

This week, the Year 8s performed their adaptations of picture story books to classes from Years 1, 2 and 3.

Using vocal and physical conventions including tableau (freeze frame), narration, chorus and distortion, students worked to take well-known stories like Peppa Pig and The Highway Rat from page to stage.

It has been an absolute pleasure working with these students this semester. They should all take a well-deserved bow.

The Beautiful and Unpredictable Marine Environment

“For all of nature’s wonder and beauty, it is also hostile and unpredictable.”

— Liam Neeson

This term has been the term of ‘Adaptations’. Whilst we modify our program to suit the unpredictable outdoor classroom, students have enjoyed snorkels at Clifton Springs, Point Lonsdale, and rain and weather permitting they will finish the program with their last snorkel next week. Poor water quality due to the floods has meant snorkel sessions shift to include a variety of other medium to engage in the marine world. These adjustments are now being seen as a blessing in disguise as we explore activities that we would not otherwise have engaged with.

Picnic at Hanging Rock- 2023 Senior School Production 

Preparations are underway for auditions for the 2023 college play Picnic at Hanging Rock. Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, the play tells the story of a group of schoolgirls in 1900 who go on a picnic to the Hanging Rock, an excursion from which several do not return. This well known and iconic story has had a few stage iterations but is best known for the 1975 movie starring Anne Lambert and featuring many haunting melodies and images. 

The Santos Science Experience ‘ Where Science Meets Fun’

The Santos Science Experience is a fun 1 or 3 days of science activities for 2022 Year 9 and 10 students run by University and Tertiary Institutions.  

Broadcast From Camp Australia OSHC

This year students will finish their academic studies on Friday December 9. Camp Australia will continue to provide their program to students of CCG parent users until Thursday December 15, at the Junior School-Belmont gym, 39 Broughton Drive Belmont. 

Canteen not Open on Last day of Term 

Please note that on the last day of Term 4, Friday December 9, the canteen will not be open. 

Thank you to all volunteers for your fantastic help during the course of this term, and throughout 2022.  

Recycling Uniform Items 

As part of the transition to our new College wardrobe it was important that we consider the environmental impact of clothing items no longer required. Whilst it is still possible for students to wear items from the traditional uniform, when items are no longer able to be worn, they can be recycled. 

Any such items can be dropped off and placed in recycling bins at each campus. We are working with our wardrobe manufacturer to ensure that these can be recycled as part of the introduction of our new wardrobe over the next 18 months. 

A MYTERN Thought for This Week 

Things can get hectic at this time of the year, often throwing a random curve ball, making you skid out of control. At first your reaction will be extreme. That's ok. Once the panic is over, stop and breathe. Regain control. Don't judge it. Give it space to unfold... and then inspire you 👍😊

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