What’s Happening at Surf Coast?
Is an up to date list of planned activities at Surf Coast Campus that you can use for planning purposes. Please be aware that these dates are set early in the term and occasionally items may need to be cancelled or dates/times altered. This itinerary is altered each week to reflect any changes – please check this list of events EVERY WEEK carefully when you read the weekly VINE newsletter.
TERM 3 2022
Week 5
Monday 8th Aug Father Day Stall – Gift Wrapping (9am-Multipurpose room)
Tuesday 9th Aug Hoop time – Year 3 and 4
Wednesday 10th Aug Prep 100 days at school
Thursday 11th Aug Japanese Day – Japanese Themed Dress/Casual Dress
Friday 12th Aug Assembly
Friday 12th Aug Year2 swimming
Week 6
Tuesday 16th Aug National Science Week
Tuesday 16th Aug RSPCA week
Tuesday 16th Aug Bush Prep
Thursday 18th Aug Werribee Zoo – Whole School
Friday 19th Aug BLP Clubs
Friday 19th Aug Year 2 swimming
Week 7
Tuesday 23rd Aug Beach Prep
Tuesday 23rd Aug Clean the beach visit (Front beach) – Year 1
Friday 26th Aug Book week parade – All Years
Friday 26th Aug Year 2 swimming
Friday 26th Aug East Timor Trivia Night – 6.30pm Geelong
Week 8
Tuesday 30th Aug William Buckley – Year 2 excursion
Tuesday 30th Aug Bush Prep
Tuesday 30th Aug “See Week” – Year 1
Thursday 01st Sept Footy Colors Day
Thursday 01st Sept Father’s Night
Friday 02nd Sept Father’s Day Stall
Friday 02nd Sept BLS Clubs
Friday 02nd Sept Year 2 swimming
Week 9
Wednesday 06th Sept Indigenous Literacy Day – All Year Levels
Thursday 8th Sept RUOK Day
Friday 09th Sept Assembly
Friday 09th Sept Year 2 swimming
Week 10
Tuesday 13th Sept Science Expo – All Year Levels
Thursday 15th Sept Visit to Spring Creek for 2nd Observations – Year 1
Friday 16th Sept BLPS Clubs
Friday 16th Sept Year 2 swimming
Reserve Your Place!
Wellbeing Evening and Cyber Safe Schools Program Launch
We enjoyed a fantastic night with the parents, families, students and staff attending the first Digital Wellbeing Evening held at our Senior School Campus last night, Thursday 1st September. If you have not yet taken the opportunity to reserve your place at the second and final of our two nights, please save the date and reserve your place now! We would love to see you there. We encourage you to take a few minutes to view the video below to find out more about this important event. The evening will be presented at our Bellarine Campus next Thursday 8th September starting at 7pm. We expect to run for about 45 minutes, finishing with time for questions and a cuppa together.
We ask all Parents and Families to share their attending intentions with us via our online RSVP Response Form. Please access the form by clicking the image or link below.
https://forms.office.com/r/QwN6TXBE41
Cybersafety Resources for Parents from eSafety
Parents are encouraged to explore and make use of these recently released resources from eSafety.
Media Release: Parents urged to watch out for signs of cyberbullying
This recent media release from eSafety provides parents with a contemporary context, guidance and advice regarding cyberbullying, signs that suggest a child is the target of cyberbullying and protective strategies parents can support their child with.
Webinars for parents and carers
These webinars for parents and carers provide parents with expert support, advice and guidance when navigating technology with their young person. Click the links below to learn more about specific webinars occurring soon.
- Popular Apps
Learn about TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube and help your children stay safe online. This webinar is designed for parents and carers of young people aged 8 to 13.
- Online sexual harassment and image-based abuse
Help your teens stay safe by learning how to deal with online sexual harassment and image-based abuse. This webinar is designed for parents and carers of young people aged 13 to 18.
Parents interested in either of these, or any of eSafety’s other webinars, can learn more and register via this link: http://esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars
I hope these resources and support materials from eSafety are helpful to all parents in our College community.
Preps Learn Location
In our mathematical learning this week, the Surf Coast Preps were introduced to location and transformation.
The Preppies interpreted the everyday language of location and direction, such as between, near, next to, forward, toward, left, and right.
They created their very own treasure map and used it to follow and give simple directions to guide their friends around the school yard to find the buried treasure!
All Things Living!
At Surf Coast the whole school has been learning about biological science – all things living!
We brought this concept into the Art room where the students were able to create different artworks based on different insects/animals. The students started this Painting unit by experimenting with watercolour paints, mixing colours and applying paint to create different effects.
Preps and Year 1s based their artwork off Eric Carle, creating a Hungry Caterpillar and Beautiful Butterfly. The Year 2s created birds based on Pete Cromer’s artworks. The Year 3s created jellyfish based on Tamara Young’s artwork and the Year 4s created seahorses based on the artwork of Gabrielle Young.
Year 1s Head to Camp Wilkin
Last Sunday night the Year 1 children waited in anticipation, with a few excited nerves, for their first ever… sleepover camp! Teachers were also up late cross-checking if they had everything… I think a pillow was forgotten to be included on the equipment list. Aaah! Last-minute emails were flying everywhere.
Bright and early Monday morning, bags were unloaded, and pillows were arriving – phew!
We were lucky to be waved goodbye by our parents, siblings and the Preps. Let us get this party started!
Our first destination was an excursion to Point Addis to be involved in a Koori cultural experience. We met Annie and Regina, who helped us learn and engage with bushtucker, native animals, ochre painting, and story.
The next bus ride got us to Camp Wilkin. YEAH!
The remaining day was jam-packed with challenges on the flying fox, scooting around and across the low ropes course, roasting marshmallows at the campfire and a glowing disco. We even fitted in gourmet schnitzels and ice cream between all of that. Bedtime was even fun.
The next day we had a gourmet breakfast and headed to the beach for sand creations, team-building games, and delicious cupcake morning tea.
The teachers could not be prouder of the amazing young ones in Year 1. They displayed love and affection for their peers, courage, collaboration, resilience, growth mindset and perseverance. We cannot wait for camp in 2023! 😊
Camp Wilkin Memories
My favourite camp memory:
… I loved the flying fox; even though I was nervous, it turned out to be so much fun!
– Isla Newton
… was the campfire because it lit up so pretty, and the marshmallows tasted so yummy.
– Anabelle
… was the ropes course because it was fun to balance.
-Sunny
… was the zipline because it started scarily, but when I got on, I found out it was fun!
–Edwina
… was going on the monkey bars in the playground because when I tried to reach them, it was hard to get up, but I tried again, and I got it!
–Isla
… was the flying fox because it was a big one!
–Tomas
… was the flying fox because I had lots of fun, and when they pulled me up, I felt like a king! -Sebastian
… was the zipline because I thought it would be very scary and I would hit my head, but it did not do that because of the tyres at the end of the line.
-Paige
… was the flying fox because even though I cried, I saw Anabelle have so much fun, so I thought I would give it a go, and it was so much fun!
-Cailin
… was the disco because I loved the glowsticks and I had my favourite song – PARTY ROCKERS!
-Jimmy
… was the zipline because it goes very fast!
-Harvey
… was the zipline because I liked how it was very fast and when I bounced off the tyres at the end.
-Freddie B
… all of it because it was ALL fun!
-Jasmine
… was going on the flying fox because it was fun!
-Clancy
… was breakfast because it was yummy!
-Toby
… was the obstacle course because it was challenging!
–James
… was the flying fox because it was so fast!
-Oli
… was going on the low ropes because they were challenging, and I liked the different obstacles.
-Daniel
… was the flying fox because it went so fast.
-Freddie V
… was playing on two lots of monkey bars- I went across all the way!
-Lachlan
Year 2 – A Great Week of Learning
Year 2s have had a fabulous week at Surf Coast. We are learning so many important concepts in class, such as quarter to and quarter past the hour in Maths and researching living things in English and Integrated Studies, to write an Information Report.
In Christian Ed, the Year 2s have been learning about the amazing work of Moses in leading God’s people out of slavery in Egypt, into the promised land. This week we learnt about the time that God rescued the Israelites when they were trapped at the Red Sea. The Egyptian army was chasing close behind and the sea was ahead of them. It seemed like certain death and the end of the road for them.
In Exodus 14:14, Moses told the people, ‘The Lord will fight for you. You need only to be still.’ Moses encouraged them to remain calm and let God do the fighting for them. Sometimes we are called to action and at other times, we need to be still and let God fight for us and answer our prayers. God saved the Israelites by parting the Red Sea and they passed through on dry ground. We love that God only wants good things for his children.
Year 4 – What a Wonderful Week
It has been a week of getting down to business this week. We have started our projects on an Australian endangered animal. This will be amazing to show our parents later this term. We have looked at time, reading the time, elapsed time and 24-hour time. We have also worked on area and perimeter in Maths. This was all following our fun ‘crazy hair day’ on Friday. I love seeing my class get dressed up and get involved in our special days.
Japanese Day – Thursday 11th August 2022
Hello Surf Coast Families
We would love for students to come dressed up in a Japanese theme.
Please refer to the email sent out last Friday
Please note: that students are not required to wear their school uniform on this day.
Casual clothes are acceptable, red and white to represent the Japanese Flag would be ideal
Book Week Celebration and the Great Book Swap
It’s that time of the year again, when the school comes alive with our favourite book characters! Our annual Book Week celebration is a fun-filled day where the joy of books and reading is celebrated.
On Friday 26th August, we will be holding our annual Book Week parade, with students encouraged to dress up as a favourite book character. This year’s Book Week theme is ‘Dreaming with eyes open.’
As a part of our Book Week parade day celebrations, we will also be holding a ‘Great Book Swap’ to help raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF).
The ILF is a charity that work to promote literacy in remote communities across Australia by providing culturally relevant books and learning resources to children and families. The ILF also works to support communities to write, illustrate and publish books in First Languages.
To participate in the Great Book Swap, students can:
- Choose a great book/s in excellent condition to donate to the Book Swap.
- Bring a book/s to school by Wednesday 24th August.
- On our Book Week celebration day, bring a gold coin donation and choose a new book from the swap to take home!
You can learn more about the ILF and their work or make a donation to our Great Book Swap event at https://edu.greatbookswap.org.au/ccgsurfcoast
We are looking forward to seeing our students dressed up for this fun-filled day!
Father Day Stall Gift Wrapping – Help Needed
This year our Surf Coast Campus Fathers’ Day stall, where students can purchase a special gift for their dad/grandpa/pop/or even uncle, will be held on Friday 2nd Sept.
This event is such an exciting time for students as they ponder over the gifts to purchase. However, as our campus grows, so too do the number of gifts that need to be wrapped.
On Monday August 8 at 9:00am, straight after drop off, we will be wrapping presents. Anyone who can offer an hour of their time please let Liz or Stacey at reception know via email at surfcoast@ccg.vic.edu.au
This normally doesn’t take very long – many hands make light work!
Thank you in anticipation!
Scholarship Applications for 2024 Entry now Open!
Each year we offer Academic Excellence Scholarships for entry at Year 5 (Middle School-Highton, Bellarine and Surf Coast campuses); Year 7 (Middle School-Highton and Bellarine); and Year 10 (Senior School-Waurn Ponds).
These scholarships have been designed primarily to encourage and support new and current students who wish to attend Christian College and who demonstrate high levels of academic excellence.
We are now seeking scholarship applications for entry at any of those year levels in 2024.
For more information, and to apply, please see our website. Use the hotlink from our homepage or click here
Applications close on Thursday September 29. The examination date is Saturday October 8.
East Timor Trivia Night
Golf Tournament
The Foundation Golf Tournament is set for Thursday, 27 October 2022. Join us at 13th Beach Golf Links from 8:00am for a shotgun start. Tickets are $190 each ($150 for members) or $750 for a group of four. RSVPs close on Thursday, 6 October 2022 at 5:00pm.
Funds raised from this event will be allocated to our Foundation Scholarship Fund, supporting current students who are in need of financial assistance.
Book online at: The Foundation Golf Tournament
A MYTERN thought for this week
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