Surf Coast Term 4 Week 2

Annual Music Evening – A Whole School Community in Song!

Congratulations to the nearly 450 students from across the Christian College Campuses from Prep to Year 12 who performed on the Costa Hall stage last night in the Christian College Geelong Annual Music Evening.

It was a fantastic night of celebration, culminating in a very colourful finale! The Hall was filled with over 800 family, friends and College staff, enjoying the outstanding musicianship and skills of the choirs, bands and string orchestras.

We cannot measure the positive impact of such a significant experience for our students and community …. however we can be confident that it runs deep and lifelong. We are so blessed to have highly skilled, generous, caring and invested music staff. Teachers who establish wonderful relationships with their charges, which in turn provide the impetus for students to grow in their confidence to ‘take a risk’ to perform! These relationships also make it possible for us to foster and nurture the students in their musicianship and character growth, putting them in good stead for things to come.

Congratulations and thank you to the College staff from across the campuses who supported the event in so many ways. Thanks also to the music families and friends who attended, and for their ongoing investment in their students’ music lessons, camps, tours,  instruments, attending rehearsals, and encouragement of regular home practise! These elements all work together to result in the tremendous program we witnessed last night!

Congratulations also to the graduating Year 12 musicians,  we would like to acknowledge and thank them for years of commitment and musicianship, it has been a privilege to have seen them ‘grow up’ in the program. We send them on their way with hope, that they will continue to enjoy music in their lives, and to play, sing and give joy to others their musical gifts.

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 4 2023

Week 3 

Tuesday 17 October Discovery Learning – Preps – Cosy Corner 

Thursday 19 October Bike Ed Week 2 – Year 4 & 5 

Friday 20 October Geelong Show Day – Pupil Free Day 

Prep Play Time Fun 

Our Preps have worked so hard academically in the classroom this year and it is incredible to witness the growth that each child has made since walking through the doors at the beginning of the year. What is equally delightful to witness is the friendships the children have made this year and the growth in their social skills, particularly in the playground. We have been noticing our Preppies developing their creative skills and physical abilities in the innovative games they create and participate in. They have been building trenches, complete with irrigation systems, not unlike the trenches they are seeing the builders create for our wonderful new stadium. There have also been a few budding architects in the mix, designing buildings in our block building area with many friends helping them to build structures to use as props for play.  

Oh I’m a Gummy Bear 

The Year 1s started Week 2 with an incredible gummy bear experiment. Some gummy bears took a swim in regular water, while others had a nice saltwater bath. We checked on them every day and noticed something amazing… the gummy bears in the saltwater didn’t grow at all! We wondered why that would happen and had an amazing time learning all about the changes that occurred.  

Later in the week, we continued our exploration by creating sugar crystals. We used mason jars, water and sugar to get them started. The sugar crystals started really small, and we watched as they grew into beautiful, sparkly crystals. It was like making our own treasures! 

Fun at Year 2 Camp! 

Year 2 students headed down the coast to Aireys Inlet for their annual camp at Angahook Holiday Camp. On the way, they stopped off at the historic Bark Hut playground to stretch their legs and walk along the coastline to see the Split Point Lighthouse.  

Everyone arrived at Angahook Camp eager to explore their new environment. On the first day the students challenged themselves with a low ropes course, archery and hut building in the bush. During their free time, Year 2s searched for the perfect stick to toast marshmallows later that evening and played an assortment of indoor and outdoor games. After dinner the students made their way to the campfire and toasted marshmallows in the cool evening air.  

The next day the students worked together to solve the problems presented in an initiative course, encouraging and supporting each other to do their best and try their hardest to overcome some challenging obstacles. This was followed by a bush walk in the nearby Great Otway National Park. The children were amazed by the many different bird calls and the different plants, fungi and evidence of wildlife as they wandered along the meandering path.  

It was an absolute pleasure spending time with the Year 2 students and sharing in their excitement and wonder, as well as witnessing their collaboration and enthusiasm to try new and challenging activities.   

What’s the Capacity? 

The students of Year 4T have been sharpening their capacity measuring skills while watering the garden. They were given a large collection of containers that usually contain some type of liquid, and asked to measure the number of litres and millilitres there were in each container. Then the garden benefitted from the water that was used. We are now learning how to convert the units of measurement.  

In our Science lessons we continue our unit on forces. This week we are focusing on friction and have been enjoying doing some more experiments. We tested our inquiry question about how different surfaces can affect the distance a toy car can travel. Of course, there was some more measuring involved as well but it was a lot of fun!  

Next, we tried testing friction in a very different way – by creating hovercrafts! We tested our hovercrafts on different types of surfaces to see what effect friction had on their movement. It was fun!   

Camp Australia Newsletter

20 Years of Friendship Celebrated! 

An international guest, our first ever coordinator of Uma Maun Allin, past committee members and chairpersons, and many other guests who have had the wonderful community of Viqueque touch their hearts, gathered at the RW Gibson Music Performance Centre last Friday night to celebrate 20 years of friendship between Christian College Geelong and our closest international neighbour East Timor. It was a wonderful night of music performed by our current coordinator in Viqueque Samuel da Costa, and dancing. Congratulations to Andy Phillips and Darryl, Debbie, Jordan and Maddie Riddle who were honoured for their outstanding contribution, friendship and relationship with the people of East Timor. Here’s to another great 20 years. 

College Production 2024 – Update

As published in The Vine at the end of Term 3, the College will be staging Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway Version) at the Geelong Arts Centre from May 2 – 4, 2004.

Audition Registration

All students from Years 5 – 11 (in 2023) across the College will receive an email early next week, with information and a link to an online registration form. Auditions will commence across the College on designated days from Sunday October 22. To register for an audition, students must complete the online form on/by Friday October 13.

There will be an information session held at each campus for students to have an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the show. These will be held at:

Highton MS Campus Chapel                   Monday October 9 12.40

Senior Campus Music Department         Tuesday October 10 1.20pm

Bellarine Campus Auditorium                Tuesday October 10 at Lunchtime

Surf Coast Campus – Ms Notini will visit the Year 5 classroom next week.

Foundation Golf Day 2023

Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, we are delighted to announce the Christian College Foundation Golf Day tournament for 2023.

Save the date: Thursday November 9.

We are seeking prizes for this event – if you own a local business and are interested in creating partnership opportunities with Christian College, please contact Fiona Provan on 0400 477 467, or email f.provan@ccg.vic.edu.au