Charlton News

2015, Term 1 - Issue 1 - Friday 6th February

LOVE | INTEGRITY | FAITH | EMPOWERMENT

From the Principal

It’s great to be back. There was a lot of excitement around the school on Tuesday despite the rainy conditions.

You will be amazed to see the progress on the NEW BUILDING if you come to the College. It is towering above us and just waiting for the rain to stop so the roof can be put on. Then the internals will be quickly in place. If the weather holds, we should be using the buildings in Term Three this year.

Trees have been knocked down below Kindyland to make way for an eighty car CARPARK. The staff and students will have a place to park which is inside the grounds and not the muddy fields they currently find themselves in during the rain. Again, with some dry weather we may be driving through the lower gate some time next term.

Plans have been drawn up for an EXTENSION TO THE LIBRARY, and designs for new BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS are in pro-cess. As long as we keep our enrolments steady, these projects will be completed over the next couple of years.

We WELCOME THE NEW STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES to Charlton. Regular Charltonians, please take the time to get to know our new Mums, Dads and Carers. Please make them feel a significant part of our Charlton family.

Achieving your Personal Best!

This year we are maintaining our focus on PERSONAL BEST. We want to help students to go deeper in their learning. This cannot be achieved by allowing children to listen to music, watch TV, game and do schoolwork all at the same time. Multitasking creates what Caroline Leaf calls a “milkshake brain” where nothing gets done well. Learning becomes superficial and anything learned does not stick. It fades away very quickly.

If this is true, how are your children going to achieve their Personal Best (PB)?

• Practice

• Hard work

• Focused/deep learning

“Practice makes perfect” is an old adage. It is true in any area of life. Hard work im-proves attitude whether you are in a school, the workplace or on the sporting field. And no deep learning occurs without concentrated effort. Quiet, lengthy com-mitment to a task will help retain knowledge. It goes against the current culture of shallow multi-tasking which results in that “milkshake brain” http://drleaf.com/blog/multitasking-is-a-myth/ .

This is the year to celebrate the GOOD THINGS GOD HAS DONE AT CHARLTON. We have great staff and wonderful students. Our leavers have good jobs and are in TAFE and Uni, and are a true reflection of their schooling and their parents’ sup-port. We are working together with the desire to see your children grow to be fine young men and women who serve their community well. We share the desire to see these Charlton Alumni grow to be people of integrity and compassion, making a difference in their society.

I become very disappointed when I see schools measured by their academic out-put alone. School is always about getting the best education. It’s what we want.

PRAYER POINTS • Praise God for a refreshing break and for protection

of our property over the holidays.

• Praise God for our new students.

• Pray that all students (and staff) settle into the New Year well.

• Continue to pray for more 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: m.stackhouse@charlton.nsw.edu.au or phone (02) 4959 9111.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disap-pears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Verse for the Week: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

FROM THE CHAPLAIN2015 is here! How do you want it to look? What do you want it to be characterised by? The above verse would sug-gest that you couldn’t go wrong if you made love your theme this year. God calls his children to love in action and for this reason it is the highest achievement, the greatest challenge and loftiest goal for us all. It’s what he did when Jesus Christ came into the world: love put on skin! It’s the first Charlton cornerstone and the theme for each verse of the week this term. I pray that 2015 becomes the year when all families within the Charlton community make deliber-ate decisions to love those around you. In doing so, may we see the truth that it never fails!

Continued...

But an education in the context of a safe and warm family environment is important too. So many of you want good values for your children: What good is an education in an environment that is teaching nega-tive and permissive values? Television and gaming are doing a good job of that already. Selfishness and greed are not ideals to strive for. Our playground is peaceful. There is the opportunity for fun. Rules are there to keep everyone safe but are not spiteful and severe. Camps and excursions give the opportunity for a broad and relational education, which the experts say is the most beneficial for children.

To sum up, Charlton values education; it values Christian community and within this context, we value your children as young men and women made in God’s image. They deserve the best. Thanks for partnering with us as we share that responsibility.

Sue

Secondary Swimming Carnival

The Results are in!

The wet and overcast weather conditions were blown away last Thursday morning with the excitement and record breaking competition at the 2015 Secondary Swimming Carnival at Speers Point Pool. Blue skies and hot weather were the order of the day as our students descended on the pool for the annual event. It was also encouraging to see such a large number of students involved this year. All 3 houses were well represented with a touch of dress up fun and colour spread throughout the day. The program of events included Freestyle, Individual Medleys, Backstroke, Butterfly and Breaststroke. The busy fifteen minute Mega Relay had the pool resem-bling a washing machine on full cycle! The house relays were particularly exciting and a crowd pleaser as the fast, furious and well-tuned Junior, Intermediate and Senior swimmers set a great pace down the main lanes of the pool. The marshals were pleased to announce a large number of records were broken on the day.

Congratulations to DANEEKA CROKER who broke the 200m Individual Medley. AXELL GROSS with a mighty effort of the 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 200 I.M. and 50 Butterfly, MYLES GEDDES in the 50 Back and 50 Butterfly, LUCAS GEDDES in the 50 Back, MITCHELL ROBERTS in the 50 Back and 200 I.M. and THOMAS ROBERTS in the 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 200 I.M and 50 Butterfly!!

House winners on the day were BOOTH with an overall score of 1006 followed by Court with 884 and Liddell with 777. WELL DONE EVERYONE!!

To view more photos from the carnival visit:

https://www.facebook.com/charltonchristiancollege

Fondly named ‘Big Bird’, our newest addition has 57 seats, air-condi-tioning and coach comfort.

The private bus serves Charlton families and currently travels via: Speers Point/Boolaroo, Argenton, Cameron Park, Barnsley and Teralba.

Times are subject to change, but for a current timetable please visit click here.

We are also TAKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOW from families travelling from Cardiff, Warners Bay and Speers Point.

To register your interest, please email john.kroon@charlton.nsw.edu.au.

CHARLTON’S NEW COACH!

THANK YOU!

The Secondary Carnival was a huge success thanks to the mammoth task of Wade Warren who once again headed up an invaluable team of teachers and support staff. Mrs McLean was at her best capturing great snaps of special moments during the events and a big thank you to Miss Rees and her girls for the fabulous catering job as usual. At the end of a hot day, it was a very proud moment to hear Speers Point Staff complimenting Charlton students as be-ing very well behaved and respectful of the pool area.

A huge thank you also to Graphic Designer, Chris Lawrence for the brilliant sketches (pictured left) from the Carnival. Recognise anybody?

Primary Swimming Carnival

“The most fun, the most involved parents and the best carnival we’ve had” said one of the staff at the Speers Point Pool! “Our College is Amazing!” This was only one of a few comments made by people at the Primary Swimming Carnival on Wednesday. We not only looked good but our kids were so encouraging, well mannered and they represented our school wonderfully.

LIDDELL ran away with the trophy once again as they were represented extremely well by LARISSA HOBBS, CRYSTAL LANG-PIASON, TEMANA MOANAROA, TERANGIMARIE MOANAROA. Each of these students are from Liddell and they either won or came second in each of their respec-tive races. No wonder they gained so many points!

Records were broken by TERANGIMARIE and CRYSTAL LANG-PIASON as well as several others. It was a remarkable day in the pool and I have never seen so much colour and noise come from the Grandstands. Well done Primary!!

I’d love to say a big thank you to all the parents who came along and supported our swimmers. It’s great to have such encouraging and helpful parents and families who support at events like these. Thank you for your kind words. Most of the staff have commented how you, the parents (our community) encouraged and spoke praise over our students yesterday. You support your children so well!!

A special mention to all the teachers who worked so hard to make it such a wonderful and fun day. We have such passionate and committed staff here at Charlton. What a great day we had. Well done team!

Age Champions and our Zone team will be announced soon. Zone Swimming is at the Forum, Newcastle and will be held on Tuesday 24th February.

Mr Lalor

To view more photos from the carnival visit:

https://www.facebook.com/charltonchristiancollege

We welcomed our very excited new Kindies in Week 1, all looking very grown up and eager in their new uniforms. There were minimal tears from the chil-dren, but not so from the mums! We have been so settled and have already done Sport in Schools, Library, Music, and had a mini-excursion around the school! We’ve even been doing Literacy Groups because we are so clever.

Mrs Randall and Mrs Gould

WELCOME TO OUR NEW KINDIES!

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR 2015Have you met our Senior Leadership Team for 2015?

Introducing...

Captains: Thomas Roberts and Dana Gill

Vice Captains: Thomas Graham and Nicolle Pierson

Prefects: Nathan Smith, Tegan Leary, Clara Gill, Emily Shultz, Zachary Casey, Brodie Scott, Jack Jeffery, Felix Connelly, Grace Perrim, Brydie Gray, Ebony Weaver, Paige Copp, Anna Hayes, Chelsea Low, Olivia Josifovski, Wilson Tweed and Jasper Connelly

PLEASE NOTE: There was an error in our 2015 Diary. Thomas Graham was not promoted to captain in the holidays :-)

Our apologies to Thomas Roberts for the mistype.

Save Time, Order Online!

How Does It Work?Go to www.flexischools.com.au and click “Register Now” in the Login Box. Then enter your student’s name, school and class, and add funds (say $50) into a pre-paid account.

You can log into the website at any time to place orders, before 9.30am on the day you would like the order. As purchases are made, the funds are taken from your pre-paid account. The account can be topped up again in the same way, or set to automatically top-up via credit card when the balance falls below a pre-set minimum. Each order is sent automatically to the can-teen, where an easy-to-read label is produced with the student’s name, class and order details. At lunch time, students will have their lunch order delivered to their classroom.

Click here to read more about the flexischools card sys-tem: http://www.flexischools.com.au/Portals/33/Cash-less%20Card.pdf

We now have a great new online system to make the ordering of lunches easier and more convenient.• Order at a time convenient to you

(in the morning, night before, or weeks in advance!)

• No searching for cash required

(it’s already paid online!)

• Teach students healthy eating in a fun way

• Order from home or work

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

To view a demonstrationgo to the www.flexischools.com.au website and in the “Find Your School” box, enter a few letters from our school name and click the name when it appears below.

What Does it Cost?The online menu is the same price as the usual menu. However, there is a small fee for the online orders to help pay for the labels and the website system. So why not order your next lunch online!

What payment methods can I use?FlexiSchools accepts payment via Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and Bank Transfer. To perform a bank transfer to your FlexiSchools account, click ‘Topup Account’ when logged into the FlexiSchools website and select ‘Bank Transfer’; you will be given your unique EFT code. You can then make a transfer via your bank’s internet facility or at your branch.

IT’S SO EASY!

Lake Macquarie

Festival of SurfingLake Mac Shortboard Masters Lake Mac Longboard ClassicLake Mac SUP Classic

Markets, Community Trail, kiteboard demo, sponsor displays, wine tastings

Redhead Beach 14-15 February 2015For more information, go to www.surfest.com

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WK 3 SPECIALSWK 4 SPECIALS

WEEK BEGINNING 9/2/2015Caesar Salad(lettuce, egg, bacon, parmesan cheese, bacon, dressing)$4.00with chicken $4.50

WEEK BEGINNING 16/2/2015Pumpkin Salad(rocket, pumpkin, bacon, fetta, sundried tomatoes, dressing) $4.50pinenuts added if requested

MEET THEBBQ

&Staff Dedication

All Welcome!!

Tuesday

10th

February

5pm - 6.15pm: Middle School6.15pm - 6.40pm: PA Sponsored BBQ and Senior School6.40pm - 7pm: Staff Dedication7pm - 8.15pm: Junior School

TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY AT 7PM( INCLUDING NIBBLES )

TICKETS $20

DIRECT FROM BRAZIL WITH SPECIAL GUESTDEREK RABELO

YEAR 11/12 REMINDER

HALF YEARLY FOCUSSED EXAMSMONDAY 16TH + TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY

IN THE MPC

WEEK 4

TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY AT 7PM( INCLUDING NIBBLES )

TICKETS $20

DIRECT FROM BRAZIL WITH SPECIAL GUESTDEREK RABELO

CHARLTON STUDENTS ON SHOWThe outstanding talent of visual art students from the Hunter and Central Coast regions is celebrated in FIRST CLASS 14. Now in its seventh year, the First Class series showcases the high calibre of work produced by local students for the previous year’s High School Certificate.

Two of Charlton’s 2014 HSC students, KENDAL KNIGHT and REBEKAH MORGAN-JONES will have their art-works on show at FIRST CLASS.

The Opening takes place on Sunday 8th February, from 1pm. There will be a BBQ, guest speakers from 2pm and live music from 3pm. All welcome!

ACCOUNTSPlease be advised that your Term 1 Statement of Accounts were emailed home during Week 1 of Term. If you haven’t

received your copy, please notify the College Office immediately.

The Office is open from Monday to Friday between

the hours of 8.30am and 4pm to receive payments

by cash, cheque or EFTPOS. Alternatively, fees can be paid

by Direct Transfer or Direct Debit from your nominated

account.

Charlton is an eco friendly school.

Please consider the

environmentbefore

you print.

Do you want 7 date nights with your spouse for just $50?

WHAT IS THE ALPHA MARRIAGE COURSE?

The course is designed to build firm foundations in your marriage, strengthen your relationship and help you to gain insights into dealing with difficult is-sues, OR just have seven date nights of quality time out with your spouse!

It is a weekly course held over seven sessions, each set in a beautiful atmos-phere. You will be served with dessert and drinks at a romantic, candlelit table for two, while viewing practical talks on DVD that are informative and fun, followed by discussion with your partner. There is never any group work and you will never be asked to share anything about your relationship with anyone other than your partner. Details of our course can be found HERE.

Babysitting service available for $10/hour. Email The Grainery Office.

DATE: Tuesdays 3rd March- 14th April

TIME: 7pm - 9pm

VENUE: The Grainery Church [48 George Street Tighes Hill 2297]

COST: $250 [But if you enrol quickly it will only cost you $50]

The Federal Government will subsidise your course to the value of $200 if you enrol with them by THIS Monday, February 9th! This means your outlay for the course (including course booklet and all food/drinks) will be only $50. Register with the DSS by clicking on “Couples Registration” at https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programmes-services/stronger-relation-ships-trial

You will simply need to bring $50 and your reference number to the first session.

Enquiries: Call Audrey, 0402309095 or email paul.west@grainery.org.au

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)