Blue Hills College

Dear Parents/Guardians & Students

Last week, 27 students spent the week in

and around Canberra. They even had a day in

the snow at Thredbo! At Parliament house

they met up with their local member, Kevin

Hogan. They saw the House of Representatives

in session and our Prime Minister, Scott Morri-

son. The Australian Institute of Sport, the

CSIRO, the Museum of Australia, Canberra

Deep Space Communication Complex, Flip Out

Trampolines, Telstra Tower, the Australian

War Memorial, Royal Mint and

Questacon were all highlights

of their trip.

Where Christian Values Matter 2 August 2019

Calendar Parent/Teacher Inter-

views (Prim)

6 Aug

Parent/Teacher Inter-views (Sec)

7 Aug

Adventurers/Pathfinders

10 Aug

NCIS Athletics

20 Aug

Year 10 Info Night

22 Aug

HSC Trial Exams

23-29 Aug

Lismore Church Service

24 Aug

Father’s Day Stall

28 Aug

Elevate Education

30 Aug

Father’s Day Program

30 Aug

Father’s Day

1 Sept

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General School News

Parent/Teacher Interviews, Student Travel Bus Passes

Please take note of the following changes when apply-ing for Student Travel Bus Passes. They no longer supply hardcopy brochures. To download the most recent ver-sion, visit https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/#/usefulFormsAndInformation.

This term Blue Hills College we will be making our annu-al visit to the Lismore Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is a special event on our calendar and an opportunity for our students and especially our choir members to participate in the church service and share their musical talents with the congregation. Students need to be at the church at 10.30 am and should be finished by about 12 pm. The address is 44 Uralba St, Lismore. Please come and see your children in action. Everybody is wel-come to attend.

The HSC Trial exams will commence on 23 August and conclude on 29 August. An exam timetable will be for-warded this week. Please remember our HSC students in your prayers because this is a very stressful time for them.

Last week the Pre-kindy and Kindy students had the opportunity to visit their newly developed Billabong area next to the creek. They sang songs around a camp fire and were treated to some toasted marshmallows. Thanks to Mrs Parkinson and Mrs Jackson and all the parents and other helpers who helped making this a special place for the children.

The Primary Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Tuesday, 6 August, commencing at 3:30pm to 6:30pm.

The Secondary Parent/Teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday, 7 August, commencing at 3:30pm to 6:30pm. If you wish to see your child's teacher, please book online via www.schoolinterviews.com.au using Code usgre (high school only). An instruction sheet was attached to the email sent to you to assist you with your booking. If you need another copy, please let us know.

Students who did very well at our athletics carnival will be notified if they qualified for the NCIS athletics carni-val, which is scheduled for 20 August. Mr Sekulic will forward the necessary information to all students and parents in the next few days.

All current Year 10 students who will be commencing with their Stage 6 HSC studies (Year 11 & 12) next year are invited to come and attend the Year 10 Information Night on Thursday, 22 August, at 6.30 pm.

We will be sharing the HSC expectations, discuss subject choic-es, etc. This is an important evening to get all the neces-sary infor-mation, first hand. Please plan to attend.

Year 10 Information Night

Pre-kindy and Kindy

NCIS Athletics

Lismore Church Service

HSC Trial Exams

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General School News

During the last school holiday break, Year 10 and 11 students ventured off on the annual Storm Co (Service to Others Re-ally Matters) trip in collaboration with the Lismore SDA Church. With Gods blessings, our stu-dents had a wonderful time traveling out to Toomelah where we engaged in various activities during the first week of the holi-days. Students helped run a holi-day kids club, teen sport actives, evening bonfire’s and BBQ’s, as well as participating in local com-munity Naidoc week celebrations. We are proud of our students stepping outside of their comfort zone and taking time out of their holidays to serve others.

Put this date in your diaries!! Come and join us for an unforgettable evening of music and entertainment as Blue Hills College presents “Music Around the World”. There will be something for young and old. Please bring all your family and friends.

Date: 5 September

Venue: Multi Purpose Centre

Time: 7 pm

Storm Co School Music Instrumental Program

Music lessons have been running very successfully at Blue

Hills for the last 6 months. We have a small Concert Band

made up of both primary and secondary students who are

slowly building their repertoire.

Lessons have been running with Scott Hills teaching Drums

and Percussion, Dean Doyle teaching Trumpet, Trombone

and filling in on Clarinet and Flute, Anita Carvill teaching

piano, voice, and ukulele.

We also have Stu Black who is a fabulous Guitar teacher, he

just needs some students.

I have been doing up a bunch of old Brass Band instruments

(found in an old shed at St Mary’s College in Casino) and

would like to offer group lessons to mainly Years 3 to 6 in the

following:

Cornet (short Trumpet) one group of 3.

Trumpet one group of 2.

Tenor Horn (sounds like a French Horn looks like a baby Tu-ba) one group of 3.

Baritone (same pitch as a Trombone looks like a bigger baby tuba) one group of 2.

Trombone one group of 2.

This is very exciting as I can offer these lessons with no in-strument hire.

Lessons will be $15 per week, and the Tutorial book is ap-

prox. $20. (will last for at least one year of playing)

Remember lessons are also available in Percussion/Drums,

Flute, Clarinet, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele and Voice.

For any inquiries, please email Dean Doyle Instrumental Mu-

sic Coordinator on: ddoyle@bluehills.nsw.edu.au or call

(leave a message) on 0430 590 019.

School Concert—5 Sept!!

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Community News

www.bluehills.nsw.edu.au (02) 6625 6000 (02) 6625 2637

reception@bluehills.nsw.edu.au

Contact Us

At Blue Hills College, we believe in the pow-er of prayer. Please contact us if you would like to share specific prayer re-quests with our staff. We ask you to join us in praying for specific individuals, both stu-dents and staff.

“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what hap-pens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.” (Phil 4:6-7, MSG)

5 Aug Ashtyn Binder

Leonelle Brooks

6 Aug Tasmyn Duncan

Victoria Kemsley

7 Aug Edward Krampe

Tom Ludvik

8 Aug Chaise Mortimer

Torah Piper

9 Aug Alexa Trattles

Nia White

Staff Toni Strong

Lisa von Bratt

12 Aug Tilly Allan-Male

Tasha Amalaseelan

13 Aug Abdurahman Aziz

Layla Griffiths

14 Aug Benjamin Haig

Joshua Hicks

15 Aug Ruby Lombardo

Seth McDonald

16 Aug Vance Moore

Gideon Osborne

Staff Heather Kingston

Helen Hill

Prayer List

Computer Basics (ACE Lismore)

- Starts Saturday 3 August

4 sessions / $170 / 9.30AM - 12.30PM

Perfect for everyone just getting started. That could be a

friend, family member or your neighbour.

In a brilliantly friendly class we show you how to operate a

Windows computer, navigate the system, manage plug-in

devices including cameras

and memory sticks; and

gain an understanding of

security and privacy is-

sues.

Creative Writing

(ACE Lismore)

- Starts Fri 6 Sept 2 sessions / $180 / 10.00AM - 4.00PM

This writing course is delivered by author of the Amazon best-

selling Agatha Christie Book Club series, Christina (C.A.)

Larmer. Christina is also an indie publisher, editor, journalist

and blogger!

This is for writers and aspiring writers who are looking for a

little help with the basics of writing a fictional novel. We

think you will love it.

Courses at ACE College

Platters & Bowls - Clay Creations ACE Lismore - Starts Saturday 7 Sept 3 sessions / $120 / 1.00PM - 4.00PM You will create platters, serving dishes, cheese platters or fruit bowls for your home using simple slab and decorative tech-nique. Wow your friends and family with your creativity. Your trainer is Victoria Pitel. This course is an ACE customer favour-ite.

Drawing Basics (ACE Lismore) - Starts Saturday 7 Sept 2 sessions / $150 / 9.30AM - 3.30PM Fun sessions where you develop basic skills and techniques that will help you put down on paper a convincing picture of the objects you see in the world. Develop a sensitivity for us-ing proportion, line, light and shade to express your visual ideas with greater clarity. All you need is pencil and paper! Gosh how fabulous; and your trainer is Artist Harry Westera.

Keeping Native Bees (ACE Lismore) - Saturday 14 Sept 1 session / $80 / 9.30AM - 3.30PM This course offers the best of both worlds, some time in class to learn and then the rest of the day on a field trip to Nashua Native Bees where you see how it works for real. Plus there is a tasting of freshly harvested pot-honey.