Surf Coast Term 4 Week 6

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 7

Tuesday 14 November 

Thursday 16 November        Technology and Design (ATD)  Festival  

Thursday 16 November        Bike Ed Week 6 – Years 4 & 5 Students

Friday 17 November             Prep Transition – Session 3 – New 2024
Preps 12.15pm – 1.30pm

Friday 17 November             BLP Clubs – Prep to Year 4 Students 

Orientation Day

Orientation Day is a day of mixed emotions. The children are so excited to see what the future is going to be like, while still clutching on to the security of their current teacher and classmates. However, once they arrive in their new classroom and see many familiar faces and some new ones, they quickly realise that the future looks great. During our Orientation Day this week we welcomed 56 new students on campus. Our gorgeous new little preps shared the morning with the mums and dads in their Prep room. Not only did we welcome new students, but we also welcomed 4 amazing new homeroom teachers. As the staff gathered together after Orientation Day and reflected on the day, we realised next year is going to be a great year.

Maths Mania!

We have been using our fun filled maths rotations for our Preps to showcase everything they have been learning throughout the year – counting, addition, subtraction, sharing in groups, 2D and 3D shapes, patterns, place value and more! We love watching the children work during small group rotations. It is wonderful to witness the development in their academic skills and knowledge, as well as their capacity to work independently and with others in a small group setting. After a taste of Year 1 earlier in the week, our mathematicians are gearing up to find out how marvellous maths will be in Year 1!

Boom! Bang! Pop!

What a fun and exciting week during our writing lessons in Year 1! We have been creating our very own comic strips. The kids have been super creative using onomatopoeia and character dialogue to create some incredible pieces of work. The Year 1s planned, drafted, and edited their comics. It was great to see so many kids work hard on their artwork and speech bubbles. Their final pieces were incredible!

We are Nearly in Year 3!

Orientation Day this week was a day of new beginnings, lots of emotion, and the excitement of meeting new friends and teachers. The students were thrilled to spend the day with their Year 3 teachers, Mr Stewart and Mrs Crole. This week, the Year 2 Strings Group also performed a concert for the Year 1s who were very impressed and keen to choose their own instruments for when they are in Year 2 in 2024.

Some of the students wrote a reflection of Orientation Day.

I’m Thankful for:

Mr Stewart, because he helps me work and I’m grateful I have great friends in my class – James M

Mrs Crole, new friends and new chairs – Isla

Jazzy being in my class, and meeting Sophia outside to play at recess – Paige

The new couches – Seb

Mrs Crole because she’s very nice – Eddie

Mr Stewart, because he might be my next (4th) favourite teacher – Cailin

Year 4 camp – The Grampians

Avery – We went on a night hike, and we walked under a HUGE hanging rock!

Rose – I loved feeding the animals at the Halls Gap Zoo. Mackenzie Falls was so beautiful.

Alana – We had lots of fun playing games like Nine Squares and I played a lot of Totem Tennis.

Hudson – At the Halls Gap Zoo we got to feed animals like deer, goats, wallabies, and kangaroos.

Mia – We went for a hike around the Grampians.

Camilla – We all went for a bike ride, and we saw some cool animals like an echidna, emus, kangaroos, and lots of birds.

Oscar – I really liked the Halls Gap Zoo. We all got to hold a HUGE snake.

Mackenzie – The hike to Mackenzie Falls was so beautiful. Kalan – camp was the best because I got to play table tennis.

Verushka – I loved going to Mackenzie Falls and seeing the waterfall. Jack – I really liked the zoo. We got to feed deer and wallabies.

James – When we went to the zoo and monkey started banging a stick on the cage when he saw me!

Digital Technologies – Creating Content and Sharing Ideas

Students across the Surf Coast Campus have been exploring and discovering how to use apps and programs to help them share ideas, tell stories, and work collaboratively, while staying safe when interacting with online platforms.

Preps are discovering the app ‘Book Creator’, for creating digital story booklets. Students have been using a combination of digital drawing and writing, with online images and emoticon stickers, to enhance their narratives and collaborate safely with the class.

Year1s are interacting with PowerPoint to create presentations that use text, images and drawings to share an idea while Year2s have been learning what it means to be a Digital Citizen, discussing online safety, digital footprints, cyberbullying, just right websites and how to protect their personal data online.

Year3s have continued their coding journey with ‘Scratch’, animating their sprites to tell ‘unusual stories,’ while Year4s are in the midst of filming and editing their own ‘How to’ tutorial videos incorporating procedural text into their planning.

Year5s will round out the term completing their coding adventure in Grok Academy.

Well done to everyone with your digital learning this term!

Our 2023 ATD Festival – Better than Ever! 

We are excited once again to present our Annual Art, Technology and Design Festival. This year’s event runs from Tuesday, November 14 to Thursday, November 16 at Villa Paloma, our Senior School ATD centre, 25 Waurn Ponds Drive, Waurn Ponds. 

The Festival includes a magnificent exhibition of selected students' work from Art, Technology and Design classes – ranging from Kindergarten through to Year 12. 

The exhibition is open to all between 9am and 6pm on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15. 

On Thursday 16, the exhibition runs from 9am to 9pm, with the ‘Festival Finale’ getting underway from 4pm. Highlights include art, food, music, workshops and interactive events featuring some of our CCG ‘Creators in the Spotlight’ who take us through a range of creative, design, technical and artistic considerations behind some of their amazing creations. Guest speaker for this year’s Festival during the Finale is ex-CCG student, Bec Riddle, who has been a driven professional in the fashion industry for the past nine years, including operating her own business Saint Blaire. She is currently Studio Manager running the textiles and graphics department for Cotton On Womens and Foundation. 

For all details, including the program for the Festival Finale and a sneak peek at some of the art that will be part of the exhibition, please visit our website by clicking here, or on the homepage hotlink.

MSO – Discounted Subscription for CCG Families

Music lovers take note, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra offers a discount subscription for staff, students and direct family of the Christian College Geelong community for a series of concerts held in Geelong. 

The 2024 MSO Geelong program returns with a wide-ranging repertoire of the finest classical music, taking in revered masterpieces: 

AMERICAN STORIES: BERNSTEIN, GERSHWIN AND MORE
Friday 12 April 2024 / 7.30pm 

MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY
Friday 24 May 2024 / 7.30pm


JAIME CONDUCTS RACHMANINOV AND DVORAK
Friday 28 June 2024 / 7.30pm


DVORAK AND BRUCKNER
Friday 6 September 2024 / 7.30pm 

HANDEL'S MESSIAH
Saturday 7 December 2024 / 7.30pm 

Get Some Unique Christmas Cards and Support Williams House

This year Williams House is selling packets of Christmas cards designed by our own little artists!

We are selling our Angel/Shepherd cards for $5 for a pkt of 6 and our Nativity cards are $7 for a pkt of 10. Each packet contains either 6 or 10 different designs.

If you would like to support the kinder and share our creations with the community this Christmas, the cards are available at all CCG campus receptions and of course at Williams House. Payment can be made with cash or card.

We also take over-the-phone orders with direct deposit. Phone 5241 3556

All money raised will go towards making some new additions to our outdoor yards!

We hope you love these gorgeous creations and enjoy sharing them with your family and the community this Christmas!

With thanks from all the children and the team at WH!

We’re Hiring – Canteen Assistants

Are you looking for a fun and fulfilling casual job within a vibrant school environment? Join our team as a School Canteen Assistant and make a positive impact on the daily lives of our students.

We are currently in search of enthusiastic canteen assistants to join our team at our Middle School-Highton canteen.

Applicants are required to hold a valid Working With Children Check. Previous experience working in a canteen setting or Level 1 Food Safety Certificate would be advantageous but not essential. Responsibilities will encompass a range of tasks, including food preparation, customer service, cleaning, and stock control.

Shifts are available throughout Monday to Friday, aligned with the school calendar which constitutes 38 weeks per year. Hours are generally 9-2pm.

For a Position Description and how to apply, visit this page on our website.