“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope

and a future. .” Jeremiah 29:11

MANNING VALLEY ANGLICAN COLLEGE

Campus:

94 Princes Street, Cundletown Phone: 6553 8844

PO Box 162, Cundletown NSW Fax: 6553 8788

admin@mvacollege.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER Volume 15 Edition 8

2 June 2017

www.mvacollege.nsw.edu.au

From the Principal - Mrs Sandra Langford

The term is flying by and so much is happening. Much practice

is underway for our musical. “Snow Off-White” to be held next

term. GALA Sports Days, Eisteddfods, STEM Days and sports

carnivals have filled out already busy academic weeks. All add

to the richness of school life which makes MVAC a place where

children thrive.

TAREE & DISTRICT EISTEDFODD

Particular mention should be made of individuals who have

done so well in the Eisteddfod these past weeks. Well done

everyone!

2017 Taree and District Drama Eisteddfod

Sacred Reading

14 years and under

Paige Fitzalan and Tegan Hinshelwood - Equal 1st place

Open Sacred Reading

Charlotte Lloyd - 2nd Place

Harrison Walton – 3rd Place

Intermediate Unscripted Drama

Years 9 & 10

Harrison Walton, Tegan Hinshelwood and Lily Fletcher- Haynes

- 2nd place

Hayley Gill, Portia Primmer and Ylana Gilles - Encouragement

Award

Entertainer Solo 16 Years and Under

Amber Billett - 1st place. Amber performed 'The Ballad of Mona

Lisa' by 'Panic @ The Disco'.

Faith Hauser - Highly Commended. Faith performed 'Someone

Like You' by 'Adele'.

Both girls also received 1st place in 'Duet Any 2 Instruments/

Vocal 16 Year and Under'. They performed 'Foolish Games' by

'Jewel'.

Dance Results

Lara Thomas - 2nd place Young Performer Solo

Jordan Brown - 2nd place 10 years Jazz Solo

Important Dates

4 - 5 June UNE Booster Days

6 - 7 June Eisteddfod Choir Performances

6 June Year 11 2018 Info Night

8 June HRIS Netball

12 June Queens Birthday

Public Holiday

14 June ICAS Spelling

HRIS Public Speaking

16 June ICAS Writing

19 June School Photographs

20 June End-of-Term

Awards Assemblies

22 June Year 11 & 12 Immunisations

23 June Foundation Day

& Term 2 Ends

17 July Term 3 Commences

21 July NAIDOC Day

25 July HRIS Athletics Carnival

26 July HRIS Cultural Festival

28 July MVAC-SCAS Challenge

1 August ICAS English

2 August HRIS Secondary 15’s Football

2-4 August School Musical

8 August Jump Rope For Heart

10 August HRIS Primary Athletics

15 August ICAS Mathematics

Hannah Gornall performed in 8 years Jazz and 8 years Classical

Portia Primmer - 1st 14 years Contemporary

1st 14 years Demi Character

2nd District 14 years Jazz

2nd District 14 years Modern Expressive

Harmony Bean - 3rd 10 years Jazz

3rd 10 years Modern Expressive

3rd 10 years Contemporary

HC 10 years Classical

Primary School Dance Groups

1st - Manning Valley Anglican College Primary

HC - Manning Valley Anglican College Infants

Vocal

Shaelee Mobbs - 1st - Pop Song

HC - Australian Song

Kalin Woods - 1st - Song in Costume

1st - Restricted Vocal Solo

3rd - Vocal Solo

Drama

Shaelee Mobbs - 3rd - 14 years Dramatic Excerpt Non-Shakesperean

Continuing work goes on with our Literacy and Numeracy Grant as all staff look at best practice pedagogy and re-

view teaching programs across the College. Reports are also being written to go out at the end of term.

On a more mundane note, the children are now permitted to wear their sports jacket to school over their winter uni-

form. We are looking at trying to source a jumper which is not so “prickly”.

Mrs Sandra Langford, Principal

AFTERNOON MESSAGES can be given to students immediately after lunch. Please be aware that the school

administration area is a very busy time at the end of the school day and it is very difficult to get a message to

students who have already departed their classrooms for the day to stand in bus lines or parent pickup. If you need

to get a message to your child regarding alternative travel arrangements, please contact the school administration

prior to 1.30pm. Thank you for your assistance with this.

Flexischools

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mobile.

Register for Flexischools or manage your account by visiting www.flexischools.com.au. Once you have submitted

your email address an email will be sent to you detailing how to complete your registration.

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Remember to set or update your year groups to get the most relevant and up-to-date information

for parents.

Primary Matters

It has been an eventful fortnight in the Primary school, with our students engaging in a range of amazing experienc-

es, including: a visit from award-winning author Chris Collin, the Science and Engineering Challenge, the GRIP

Leadership Conference, and the SRC visit to Bishop Tyrrell Place keeping us busy.

Mr Neil MacAulay, Director of Primary

CSI MVAC

It was a very puzzling day for Year 9/10 students on Tuesday as they had to work through a myriad of clues to solve

the murder of Sammy Smith.

Students worked as teams of investigators to perform and record scientific tests on:

Blood samples

Shoe prints

Powder samples

Hair samples

Fabric samples

Handwriting samples

Teams also composed a series of questions for the witness interviews. Investigators questioned:

Sammy’s Mum (Mrs Smith)

George Zhukov (Gymnastics Coach)

Sharon Bunn (Bakery owner – Sammy and a suspect’s employer)

From their results and interviews, teams made their conclusion about who they thought the perpetrator was, the evi-

dence that points to them and their motive.

Congratulations to all students for their participation in the day. It was pleasing to see their engagement and enthusi-

asm for the program. Whilst not all groups arrived at the same conclusion, their logic, reasoning and links to the evi-

dence were sound. A number of groups were commended for their thorough presentations.

Sport News

PRIMARY ATHLETICS: A fantastic day of competition at the Primary Athletics held on Friday, 26 May at Taree Rec-reation Grounds. Age Champions included: Boys Girls 8 Years William Papps Bronte Eady 9 Years Max Thompson Lara Cox 10 Years River Thompson Regan Fitzalan 11 Years Scott Walker Christabel Lucas 12/13 Years Harper Thompson Emily Tipton House Champions: Champions: Hawkins 2357 points 2

nd place O’Reilly 2050 points

3rd

place Parker 1718 points Overall there were 27 records broken on the day which is a fantastic achievement. The school representative team that will compete at the HRIS Championships on Thursday 11 August will be announced this week. Sincere thanks to all parents who attended especially those who helped out. Special thanks to the staff for their ex-traordinary efforts in ensuring the carnival was such a great success. SECONDARY ATHLETICS: A cool but dry day greeted the Secondary school for Athletics on Monday, 29 May. Age Champions included: Boys Girls 12 Years Zachary Millikin Chelsea Harvey 13 Years Zachariah Phillips Shelby Merrick 14 Years Timothy Walker Annika Ussher 15 Years Braithe Waites Tegan Hinshelwood 16 Years William Snape Kirsten Moscatt 17 Years Ryder Howard Charlotte Lloyd 18/19 Years David Sinclair Emily Mills House Champions: Champions: Parker 1333 points 2

nd place O’Reilly 1200 points

3rd

place Hawkins 1101 points Overall an incredible 56 records broken on the day which is a wonderful achievement. The school representative team that will compete at the HRIS Championships on Tuesday, 25 July will be announced this week. Thank you to all of the staff and parent helpers who certainly made the event the wonderful success it was. CROSS COUNTRY: Following competition at the HRIS Cross Country Championships MVAC has two competitors competing at higher levels. Good luck to Timothy Walker – 14 Boys who will compete at the AICES Championships at Blacktown on 5 June. Best wishes also to Jonty Green – 11 Years Boys who will compete at the NSW CIS Cham-pionships on June 15 at Eastern Creek. MATCHES AGAINST TAREE CHRISTIAN: Our Primary Football and Netball teams will play against Taree Christian School. These matches will prepare our teams for upcoming HRIS and SCAS Challenge competitions. These match-es will take place on 2 and 9 June. A Secondary competition has also been organised for Term 3. ACHIEVEMENTS: At MVAC we like to celebrate in the achievements of our students. Some of these achievements happened in outside of school sports that we are not aware of. If your child is performing at a regional or over level we would like to celebrate with them. Please feel free to email me with the details. UPCOMING EVENTS 2 June Trial matches Netball and Football verses TCC at TCC 5 June AICES Cross Country – Blacktown 8 June HRIS Secondary Netball Gala – Newcastle 9 June Trial matches Netball and Football verses TCC at MVAC 13 June HRIS 15 Boys Football Trials – Newcastle 15 June NSW CIS Cross Country – Eastern Creek 25 July HRIS Secondary Athletics – Newcastle 11 August HRIS Primary Athletics - Newcastle

Mr Andrew Jones, K-12 Sport Coordinator

K-2 News

The students in K-2 have been working very hard and showing great dedication to their learning. Our end of semes-ter assessments are in full swing and the students are proving they are making wonderful progress! This has been enhanced by our college’s involvement in the LNAP program in which we have been working to enrich learning op-portunities, especially in the area of phonemic awareness and number sense. We are very fortunate to be a part of this 4-year program, which will advance Literacy and Numeracy development across both the K-2 and 3-6 areas of our college.

We have been very fortunate to have several exciting ‘incursions’ over the past few weeks. The ‘World of Maths’ ac-tivities were very much enjoyed by our students who made their way around a series of mathematical problem solv-ing tasks. The students enjoyed the opportunity to work with Year 6 buddies on these hands-on activities.

On Wednesday 24th May, the K-2 students were fortunate to participate in the ‘National Simultaneous Story Time’

event, with more than 520,000 students participating all across Australia at the same time. Mrs Stonehouse kindly visited the Kindergarten classroom where she read the story “The Cow Tripped Over the Moon” by Tony Wilson to the K-2 students. We enjoyed hearing the writer’s exciting twist to a familiar rhyme.

It was then our pleasure to welcome children’s author, Chris Collins, to our college. It was wonderful to hear his in-spiring stories and many of the children have been encouraged to improve their writing and be ‘authors’ and ‘illustrators’. His new book “Chooks in Space” was a definite favourite!

Last Friday saw us attend the Primary Athletics Carnival. The students participated in a series of modified events such as ‘Frisbee Discus’ and ‘Hoop Shot Put’ as well as novelty events such as the ‘egg and spoon race’. This was followed by 70 metre sprints, after which they were all definitely worn out! Congratulations to all students for their participation and sportsmanship, and especially to Hawkins who won the K-2 point score on the day.

Our K-2 Choir will be performing at the Eisteddfod next Tuesday 6th June at 10:00am and we wish them all the best.

The MVAC teachers would like to give a huge thanks to the parents (and grandparents) who helped out with activi-ties and came along as spectators. Without your assistance, we would not be able to run such fun activities for the students and we appreciate all the help.

1 Thessalonians 1:2 “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers”

Mrs Karen Brown, Director of Early Learning

Diagnostic Assessment for students who have:

Reading & Comprehension difficulties

Light sensitivity & headaches/migraines

ADHD & Autism

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Chaplain Report

Saint Luke's Anglican Church in West Street, Coopernook hosts the Fun,Food & Faith afternoon on the third Saturday of every month. The children's activities and games start at 3:30pm and are followed by a celebration of the Eucharist (i.e. Service of Holy Communion) at 5pm. At the last Fun, Food and Faith gathering, MVAC students Harmony and Sapphire Bean, Cellina Dunn and Lily Pin-ner assisted Father Steve Niland in conducting the service. For more information about Fun, Food and Faith after-noons please contact Fr. Steve on 0408 496 262. Saint Matthew's Anglican Church in Bent Street, Wingham hosts contemporary services at 4pm on the second and fourth Sunday of each month. These services are followed by a shared meal and provide a form of Christian worship which is child friendly and becoming increasingly popular with College families. MVAC students DJ McPherson, Arabella & Sebi Randle, Keeley Taylor, Katie Tisdell, Braithe & Bronson Waites, Olivia Walmsley, Charlotte, Cooper & Harrison Walton, regularly lead parts of the 4pm service. For more information please contact the Reverend Brian Ford on 0481 099 640. Saint Alban’s Anglican Church in St Alban’s Place, Forster runs a contemporary service every Sunday at 9:30am. Saint Pauls’ Anglican Church in Clarkson Street, Nabiac hosts a contemporary service on the first Sunday of eve-ry month at 11:30am and Saint John’s Anglican Church on Wallambah Road, Dyers Crossing conducts a con-temporary service at 11:30am on the second Sunday of each month. For information about these child friendly ser-vices please contact the Reverend Mark Harris on 0425 265 547. Gloucester Anglican Church in Hume Street, Gloucester hosts a family friendly congregation which meets at 10:30am on the second and fourth Sunday of every month. For more information please contact the Reverend Rob Llewellyn on 0438 602 886. Saint John’s Anglican Church in Taree doesn’t have a contemporary service at this point but you will receive a warm welcome at the 8am Eucharist every Sunday. An equally warm welcome awaits you from the Old Bar Anglican congregation which meets every Sunday at 10am at the Church of Our Lady of Fatima . For more information please contact Father Roger Sharr on 6551 3849. Camden Haven Anglican Church located in Mission Terrace, Lakewood conducts contemporary services every Sunday at 10am and 6pm. For more information please contact the Reverend Nathan Killick on 0488 567 016 or 6559 5036. Sincere thanks to the many families who send in used postage stamps. Please keep them coming. These help raise funds for the work of Anglican Aid Abroad as it shares the love of God and good news of Jesus with people living in the nations of the Global South. Youth Group continues to meet on the first and third Friday of every month at the College from 3:30-5pm. This is open to students in Years 5 to Year 12. On the first Friday of the month, when youth group finishes at MVAC at 5:30pm, we then travel on the Wingham Anglican bus to join with Centre Youth from 6-8pm. Centre Youth is the youth group of Camden Haven Anglican Church, (see www.havenanglican.com for more information). We return to MVAC by 8:30pm. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be yours as Pentecost approaches.

Mr Greg Anderson, Chaplain

http://www.havenanglican.com

UNE Booster Days A reminder to Year 12 parents that the UNE sponsored HSC Booster Days are Monday 5 June and Tuesday 6 June. The students are required to meet at MVAC at 11am on Sunday 4 June so that we can then take the College bus to Armidale. During their time at the University they will be undertaking a number of workshops and seminars based upon their HSC subjects such as Business Studies, PDHPE, Mathematics, Mathematics General, Mathematics Ex-tension 1, Biology, Physics and Chemistry. All of these learning experiences, two nights accommodation and all meals and snacks are fully sponsored by the University with no cost to the students. Following lunch on Tuesday we will be travelling back to MVAC where we expect to return by 6pm. To facilitate a better pick up arrangement for parents students will be encouraged to phone home as we pass through Wauchope so that parents have a more definite time to be at the school.

Mr Neil Dawes

Smiles On Site

Today, we welcome Smiles on Site to MVAC. The team have started providing their dental services to many of pour

students. This will continue next week. If you would still like your child to see one of the dentists, please fill in the

form that was sent home or contact administration at MVAC to make arrangements. Thank you to Smiles on Site for

providing such a wonderful service.

Hatrick Holiday Clinics - June 2017 School Holiday Clinics!

Our football clinics are designed for highly energetic young children (aged 7-12) looking to improve their skills whilst also making

new friends in a fun, friendly and supportive environment.

Our qualified coaches are experienced and have worked with Central Coast football academies as well as the Central Coast Mari-

ners holiday clinics and school programs over the last five years.

Your child will engage in 6 hours of action packed fun, learning new skills and participating in a different range of footbal l related

activities and at the same time, being active throughout the holidays. Activities such as the ‘Celebration Station’, the Mini World

Cup and the infamous penalty shootout will all be in full swing.

Details:

Location: Manning Valley Anglican College

Dates: 26th & 27th of June 2017 (first week of holidays)

Hours: 9am-3pm

Cost: 1 day - $40 / 2 days - $75

Participants: Year 1 to Year 6

There will be allocated morning and afternoon snack breaks as well as an extended lunch break so we advise children to pack

some lunch. Please ensure your child brings a water bottle with them as it can be filled up with water provided on the day. We

look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Featuring:

Performances by students | Art auction | Face painting & crazy

hair stall | Hundreds Wheel | Jumping castle | Trackless train |

Novelty activities & games

With:

BBQ & Drinks |Fairy floss & slushies | Second hand toys | Second

hand books | Second hand clothes |Bric-a-brac

We are seeking the following donations of the following items

throughout Term 2

We look forward to seeing you at Spring Fair!

Week 5 Glass jars of various sizes with lids

Weeks 6 & 7 Novelty Prizes

Weeks 8 & 9 Second Hand Books, Clothes, Toys & General Items