Middle School Term 3 Week 2

What’s Happening at Middle School

Week 3

• Mon 29 Jul – Senior Ensembles Performance Tour
• Wed 31 Jul – AMEB Exams – Piano
• Wed 31 Jul – Year 7 Author Visit – Maxine Beneba Clarke
• Thurs 1 Aug – Victorian Schools Music Festival – Senior Stage Band
• Fri 2 Aug – RoboCup Junior Geelong Regional
• Fri 2 Aug – Year 5/6 Robbie Noggler Visit

Week 4

• Tues 6 Aug – Subject Information Evening
• Thurs 8 Aug – AMEB Exams – Strings
• Fri 9 Aug – AMEB Exams – Voice

Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee

Registrations are open for the fourth annual PM’s Spelling Bee. This is a free competition open to students in the following categories:

Years 5 and 6

Years 7 and 8

If your young person is keen to participate in this competition, please inform their English teacher by Friday August 2 at the latest. All entries must be completed by 5pm AEST on August 23, 2024, when the School Round closes. The students will be able to complete the competition on a nominated day and  time at school.

For more information including spelling rules and prizes please visit the website:

Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee (spelling-bee.com.au)

Year 5 Update

We have started the term sinking our teeth into early settlement of Australia. The students have been immersing themselves in documentaries, interactive games and picture story books to spark their creativity and understanding of Australian history.

Excitement has been building among this fantastic cohort about our English assessment that requires them to create a historical narrative picture story book. Their ideas have been bouncing around the room as they have developed skills around different sentence types and ways to showcase their imagination in a creative, yet structured manner.

Finally, with the Olympics kicking off today, we have wrapped the unit in the green and gold through our reading challenge, developed by our amazing library staff, and our chance and data unit. Looking at probability, chance and data, we look forward to weaving in some national pride as we utilise the data from the Olympics to develop our knowledge.

Also coming up for our 5s is Book Week and the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee, later this term, as well as many more learning opportunities inside and out of the classroom!

Victorian School Netball Championship

The Christian College Year 7 and 8 Junior Netball team had a very successful day at Kardinia Park on Tuesday 22 July. The 11 girls who represented our school from both Bellarine and Highton put on an excellent display of strong, competitive highly skilled netball. The girls won all their eight games to progress through to the Victorian School Girls Final to be held in Melbourne at the State Netball Centre on Tuesday 27 August. We will face tough competition, but we have excellent depth in our team and our players continually encourage and back each other up.

GISSA and Interschool Sport Opportunities in Term 3

Students in Year 7 to 9 will again have a range of opportunities to represent the College in interschool sport this term. The dates of each competition are posted on the Sports and Aquatic Centre display board for students, and they are contacted via email to express their interest in competing.

In our Year 7 and 8 Interschool Sport Elective, students will compete against other schools in the GISSA competition on a Wednesday afternoon. This term we will be hosting and heading off campus to compete in basketball, Gaelic football, badminton and table tennis. Students are currently in a training block to prepare for the competition. Students will compete for six weeks, commencing in Week 4.

The Year 9 students have the opportunity to compete in our Inter GISSA competitions. In Term 3, there is a GISSA Boys and Girls Soccer Championship and GISSA Boys and Girls Basketball Championships.

If students have any questions about the upcoming competitions, they can email Mrs Garing – r.garing@ccg.vic.edu.au

Qustodio Parent App

Supervise and Support Your Children on Digital Devices

This week we have communicated with all families who have a child who enrolled with us as a new student in 2024. These parents have received an email invitation and guide to activate their Qustodio parent account as part of our school program. For families who have been with us through Semester 1 this was a follow-up invitation.

A reminder to parents that the Qustodio Parent App is available to all our parents to help them supervise and support their children with their online and digital interactions at home, on the school device and on personal devices.

While parents of new students to the College have received an email invitation to activate their Qustodio parent account, any parents in our community who have not yet done so can activate their account at any time if they wish. This help document will guide you in getting started.

In addition, these short video guides may be helpful:

• Creating a Qustodio parent account to connect to a child’s school account

• How to invite an additional parent/carer to join your Qustodio family account

• How parents can get help with Qustodio

• Getting started with your Qustodio parent account

I hope that parents will value and benefit from this tool available through our school program, and to regularly explore our Online Safety Hub for support articles and resources intended especially for parents.

Important VET and Subject Selection Information for 2025

Vocational Education Training (VET) is offered as a subject in Year 10, 11 and 12 at CCG Senior Campus. Students travel off campus to either The Gordon or a Government or Catholic school (non-Gordon) that offer the courses one afternoon a week. Year 10 students who select VET also study VCE VM Unit 1 Work Related Skills over the whole year and complete one week of work experience. VET is mandatory for students studying VCE Vocational Major (VM) and optional for VCE (ATAR) students. More information can be found in the subject selection booklets and VET tab located in the Senior School Hub on SEQTA.

VET Course Information, Application Process and Dates

1. SELECT VET AS A CCG SUBJECT.
2. Create a Unique Student Identifier at https://www.usi.gov.au/
3. Choose your VET course from either The Gordon or Non-Gordon supplier.
4. APPLY FOR YOUR VET COURSE. Choose PM classes only.

Scholarship Applications Now Open!

Scholarship applications for Year 5, 7 and 10 entry to Christian College in 2026 are now open. You can access all the information you need, and apply, by visiting our website. There is a hotlink at the top of our homepage that takes you there, or just click here.

The scholarship testing date is Saturday October 12 and all applications must be received no later than close of business on Thursday October 3.

Save the Date – East Timor Trivia Night

The annual East Timor Trivia Night is always a great night of fun that supports Christian College’s work in Viqueque, and 2024’s event is on Friday August 9. This year the venue is the Sport and Aquatic Centre at the Middle School-Highton. It’s $10 per head, with each table seating 10 people. Get your friends and families involved, put together as many people as you can and don’t miss it! Call the Senior School Campus on 5241 1577 to book.

Seeking Support for Work Placements

Students studying the VCE Vocational Major (VM) are timetabled to work with an employer related to their VET course all day on Fridays. This is called Structured Workplace Learning (SWL). There are some prefilled forms to sign and there is a minimal cost of $5.00 a day to the employer. We are seeking workplace opportunities in the Plumbing, Building and Electrical trades. If you or someone you know are willing to help these students, to get a start in their chosen careers please contact myself k.fearnsides@ccg.vic.edu.au or Mary Higgins m.higgins@ccg.vic.edu.au  at Senior Campus. Thank you in anticipation of some support.

Seeking Christian College Company Members

Christian College Geelong is seeking expressions of interest from any parent or guardian interested in becoming a new Company Member.

Company Members play an important part in the governance structure and protection of the College. A number of positions on the Christian College Board are filled by company members, depending on the skillset required when vacancies arise, and it is the company members who have the responsibility of voting to pass any amendments to the Christian College constitution. Company members may also be eligible to sit on various committees involved in the governance of the College.

Whilst participating as a company member is not overly onerous, it needs to be pointed out that the position is voluntary and not remunerated in any way. Also, please understand an expression of interest does not guarantee automatic membership of the company.

If you have a heart for the College, and feel you would have the time to dedicate and an interest in this role, please contact the Company Secretary, Bernard Nicholls at b.nicholls@ccg.vic.edu.au. All expressions of interest must be submitted by COB Friday, August 2.

National Collection of Data on Students With a Disability

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). With data collected on the first Friday in August (August 5 this year), the NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability.

These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD Guidelines.

Please see the attached NCCD Fact Sheet for more information.

NCCD Parent Fact Sheet

Golf Tournament 

Join the Christian College Foundation for an exciting four-person Ambrose Golf Day, including a $30,000 hole in one prize on Thursday, 24th of October at 13th Beach Golf Links, Barwon Heads.

Set on the stunning Bellarine Peninsula, the day provides an opportunity to enjoy the award-winning creek course, known for its undulating couch fairways, deep bunkers and interesting swales and hollows.

You will be treated to a scrumptious breakfast on arrival and an opportunity to participate in several fun activities including the longest drive, nearest to the pin etc.

There is plenty of prizes up for grabs, including a cash prize of $30,000. Score a Hole in One on the 12th Hole and you can win. *

You will also be treated to a delicious buffet lunch and learn more about the incredible work of the foundation. Every dollar raised will be dollar matched!