Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Get current information on what's been happening in the life of the College and find out more about our upcoming events.
Citation preview
Charlton News
2015, Term 3 - Issue 13 - Friday 28th August
LOVE | INTEGRITY | FAITH | EMPOWERMENT
Pictured: Year 8 student, Kayla Malbon1st Overall Hunter River Championships
From the Principal: Introducing our new Marketing Manager
I would like to introduce you to our new Marketing Manager, Rebecca Craig.
Rebecca comes with considerable experience in the school arena. I’m sure you have already noticed a stronger Charlton presence on Facebook and there will be other changes that you will become aware of over the coming terms.
If you haven’t already “Liked” us on Facebook, why not do it now? I think reaching 1000 Likes by the end of the month would be really great.
Our calendar is now on Facebook and the link to this newsletter which contains lots of wonderful stories about what is happening at Charlton…as well as important dates, updates and news.
As I looked over our FB site just now I was reminded of all of the great things Charlton has been involved on over the past year: mission and service; Engineering and Science Challenges; Book Week Parade this week; sporting events with some
great winners and losers; Parents’ Association fundraising; Canteen fun; and much more.
Remember, none of these things happen without the involvement of our teaching and support staff. They go out of their way to make sure that your children have every opportunity to grow within a caring and fun, challenging and broadening family who love them and want the best for them, just like you!
But our children don’t always have to be happy to be doing well.
I love this blog from Jim Daley, CEO of Focus on the Family
“An unhappy child is a healthy child.” At first glance, that comment from Dr. Kevin Leman catches you off guard a little, doesn’t it? But dig a little deeper, and I think you’ll see what he means. There really are times when your son or daughter needs to be unhappy.
To find out why, read more.
Sue
MissedOPEN DAY?
Book a tourof the College
TODAY!
PRAYER POINTS • Praise God for a very successful Charlton’s Got Talent
night by Junior School.
• Pray for students doing their Yearly Exams
• Pray for sick staff and students
• Pray for a successful completion of the building projects
• Continue to pray for new enrolments.
DO YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST?Would you like someone to pray for you, your family or a friend?
Would you like someone to stand with you in faith to believe for a breakthrough?
Email our chaplain, Matt Stackhouse: [email protected] or phone (02) 4959 9111.
Imitating Christ’s Humility
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfil his good purpose.
Verse for the Week: Philippians 2:1-3, 13
FROM THE CHAPLAIN
When we think of faith, what comes to mind? These verses from the New Testament book of Philippians gives us a great framework for what faith in God looks like. Once a person has asked Jesus Christ to come and live in them, they begin a pro-cess whereby God begins to work in their lives. He begins changing our desires, making us more willing to draw near to Him and be like Him. What a mysterious process! What I love about these verses is that they lay the foundation of what it means to be united to Christ and then how we are meant to live that out. No beating around the bush. If you want to know if you belong to Christ, ask yourself if you are willing to be transformed to be more like Jesus!
UPCOMING EVENTS• Monday 31st August - Year 11 Exams commence
• Tuesday 1st September - Sec Rugby and Netball Gala Day
• Wednesday 2nd September - Pl@yschool in the MPC
• Wednesday 2nd September - Sec CSSA State Oztag Gala Day
• Friday 4th September - Fathers’ Day Stall
• Tuesday 8th September - Year 6 Art Excursion
• Tuesday 8th September - PA Meeting, 7pm
• Wednesday 9th September - Pl@yschool in the MPC
• Wednesday 9th September - MS FUEL ‘My Kitchen Drools’ Kinder Minion Party
• Thursday 10th September - Year 10 Marine Studies Excursion (Whale Watching)
• Thursday 10th and 11th September - Year 3/4 Camp
• Monday 14th September - Prim Basketball Gala Day
• Tuesday 15th September - Parent/Teacher Interviews
• Wednesday 16th September - Pl@yschool in the MPC
• Wednesday 16th September - Teddy Bears Picnic
• Wednesday 16th September - Year 9 Marine Studies Excursion (Shark and Ray Centre)
• Thursday 17th September - Year 12 Graduation and Formal / Reports Home
• Friday 18th September - Year 4 Markets
• Friday 18th September - Year 11 Reports Home
• Friday 18th September - Last Day of Term 3
OURJS PARADE!
CATALOGUES ARE AVAILABLE NOW! Check out these exciting resources!
If you’d like to place an order, please take your completed Order form with payment to the College Office by: FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
Our Book Fair was very successful! We raised $400 in commission from the sales and purchased new picture books, junior fiction and non-fiction books for the library.
BOOK FAIRSUCCESS!
The theme for bookweek was
“Books Light Up Our World”…
so Year 4 played with light. We
created stories with shadow
puppets, played shadow charades
– acting out the titles of popular
children’s books, created lanterns
of our favourite books and
experimented with bending and
reflecting light.
SHINING A LIGHT ON YEAR 4!
From the Careers Advisor
A reminder that Career information is available in the HUB or you can email Mrs Duquemin at [email protected] for more information
CSSA State SoftballFive short weeks ago these girls signed up for the CSSA State Softball Gala Day, having never played or seen a game of softball before. With some intense training we did our best to prepare. Thankfully we were given a bye first up so the girls were able to see a game being played.
The first game was a bit overwhelming, but the girls really improved throughout the day. Their final game was against the top team. This was by far our best game, but the girls were outclassed by a very strong team.
Our girls showed great determination, sportsmanship and team spirit throughout the day and are really keen to return next year where there is a boys event planned. Having both a boys’ team and a girls’ team will help in getting match practice in the future.
Highlights were Maddy’s sensational outfield catch, Samantha’s expertise on 3rd base and Paige and Emily’s home runs in a game where the team went down by just one run. While our 3 pitchers Amy, De-Jay and Angelique weren’t as fast or accurate as our opponents, but their slower pitches troubled many batters who were used to the faster pitching.
Paige was named player’s player for her great performance as catcher, and her consistent batting.
Thank you to Mrs McKeown for assisting as Team Manager and scorer, and to Brett Gray and Louis Jarasius for volunteering to be base umpires for the day.
I look forward to seeing softball growing in the College in the future.
Mr Geach
1. Year 9 Work Experience takes place from 30/11/15 to 4/12/15
2. Year 10 and 11 TVET applications are due to Mrs Duquemin by Monday 4th September.
3. Tax File Numbers: Apply on-line through the ATO website at www.ato.gov.au/individuals/tax-file-number/apply-for-a-tfn
4. UAC Guides for 2015-2016 are now available for Year 12 students at the student office.
Week 7MEAL DEAL
Ham, cheese and tomato toasted pocket +
lemonade icy twist $4
Week 8MEAL DEAL
Pizza DayWednesday 2nd September
FOR JUNIOR AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY
Please complete a separate order for each child. If your child would like a water for their drink please
note this on the order form.Please return Order Forms by
Monday 31st August.GET YOUR ORDER FORM HERE
FOR JUNIOR | MIDDLE OR ORDER ONLINE
Order Online!
Canteen volunteers are needed for Term 4. Can you help out once a month, between 10.15am and1.30pm.If so please email [email protected] or call the College Office on 4959 9111.
IT’S SO EASY!
It’s so easy!1. Go to www.flexischools.com.au
2. Click “Register Now” to create account
3. Top-up your balance
4. Start ordering immediately
Volunteers Needed!
Fried rice+icy cup
$4
Can you help?As a community, it is a privilege to support staff and student families in times of need and crisis. In order to do this well, we need to know those in need so we can reach out in support and provide meals if they are wanted. You can help by:
1. Letting the College Chaplain know of any families who could use support. You can email him here.
2. Making a meal to bless someone else in need. We have containers with labels that we can give you!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the way in which you all care for one another. It’s part of what makes this place so awesome!
CHARLTON REPRESENTED ATEquestrianYear 3 student Amelia Razon and Year 7 student Rose Ward, recently repre-sented Charlton Christian College in Equestrian. The competition was held
at Salt Ash.
The next Interschool Equestrian event will be hosted by St Josephs Primary at Dungog. Entries close Friday 4th September 2015.
For more information regarding the event click here or to download a copy of the College
Saddlecloth Hire Agreement click here.
Amelia rode well and managed a second place in the Prep B test and a fifth place in the Prep C test on her horse Poppy. The points she received were enough for her to win the
overall Reserve Champion Preparatory Rider for Primary age student Yr3 -6.
Rose Ward from Year 7 also rode really well in very strong competition. She was out of the placings but scored well in her tests.
It was a great day with over 105 horses entered and students who came from all over the State.
The girls looked ‘fantastic’! We were
very proud of them both. Thank you for giving us this opportunity to
represent our school in our chosen sport.
CSSA Primary State AthleticsCongratulations to Year 6 student GRACE BAKER who has been named Age Champion of STATE (again)! Grace came 1st in Discus and High Jump and 2nd in the 100, 200 and 400m run.
Please congratulate her and Year 5 student JACK DRAYTON who will join Grace at CIS for Long Jump.
Lake Macquarie Rugby Club
presents
Facebook: Lake Macquarie 7s Email: [email protected]
Cost: For $50 Registration, you will receive a shirt, and it will also cover referee’s fees. Squads of 10 players per team.
List a manager that we can send all information to.If you don’t have a team, don’t worry, we can put you in a team.
Boys and girls all welcome.Bring rego money and forms on 1st night and turn up 30 minutes early for registration and to receive shirts.
JUNIORSSTARTS WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER • FINISHES WEDNESDAY 9TH DECEMBER
Contact Greg Hodgson for further details 0414 255 287 or at [email protected]
Or visit our website www.lakemacquarierugby.com
for online registration
U/6 - 9s Kick off @ 4.30pm
U/10 - 12s Kick off @ 5pm
U/13 - 16s Kick off @ 5.30pm
This year both Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 teams made it to State for Metro Cup Soccer. Players, staff and parents all enjoyed a meal together the night before followed by ten pin bowling, air hockey, basketball and many more games.
The Senior team came third overall in the competition, but played tremendously well and gave 100% on the day. The team is to be commended for their efforts and sportsmanship. They really did us proud.
A HUGE thank you to all the parents and family members who attended and cheered the kids on. It was such an incredible atmosphere. Thank you so much!
State Metro Cup
“Wow we don’t deserve to be in Finals.
You were easily the best team we played
today. Unlucky”.
Innaburra CoachHighlights:Charlton went ahead early in their first game against Innaburra thanks to a goal from Bailey Snowden.
Goals to Cooper Chomicki, Jaydn Hewson, Bailey Snowden, Tenzin Pickles and Jack Drayton helped us to a comfortable 5-0 victory in our second game against Regents Park.
The last game of our pool round was against the much larger school of Northern Beaches. It was a very attacking game and the score was locked at 0-0 with 2 minutes to go. Unfortunately Northern Beaches broke through with only 90 seconds to go to win 1-0, but the experience and atmosphere was worth every second!
A wonderful result made even
better by their inexperience. Well done Mark and
team.
Mrs SkuthorpeOn Thursday 18th August, some of our students competed in the Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Competition.
Approximately 25 teams competed in the event and our riders rode well finishing 3rd and 4th. This is Charlton’s third year competing in the event and it continues to inspire teams from around the country.
Our teams represented the College in their usual exemplary manner. They patiently wore down the opposition until only 2 bikes remained in front of them at the end. We are looking forward to having a larger presence at next year’s event and plan to enter another 2 teams, taking the total to 4 bikes. We need more riders and would like to invite other students from our College to get involved.
Congratulations to Jasper Connelly, Jamie Harrower, Daniel Boggs, Brett Gray and Chloe Gray. Thank you also to the parents for their support of this event.
Mark Wilton
Hunter Valley Electric Vehicle Competition
Year 8 students Levi Field and William Ellis-Taylor held a stall during their
lunchtime for Daffodil Day. The boys raised $88 from
the stall to go to the Cancer Council for cancer research
and patient support.
Thanks to everyone who supported this event.
Click on the button to download one of these great articles! Definitely worth a read!
Maintain a strong
relationship with your
teenExploring the new
Frontier of Parenting
Fathers’ Day Stall held Friday
4th SeptemberAll gifts $5
BECAUSE
43 Fassifern Road Fassifern, NSW 2283
Tel:(02) 4959 9111 Fax: (02 4959 9188
www.charlton.nsw.edu.au
2 Praise our God! His deeds are wonderful, too marvellous to describe. 6 Let every living creature praise the Lord. Shout praises to the Lord!
Psalm 150:2 and 6 (CEV)
