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57 High Street, Waratah 2298 - 02 4960 6600 - www.spcc.nsw.edu.auTerm 1 Week 2

Dear Friends,

On Tuesday night, this week, 40 people gathered together in the Café foyer for our first PTF meeting for the year. It was a great night to meet friends, old and new, and to hear from our Executive Principal, Mr Graeme Irwin, about the mission of St Philip’s Christian College, from its beginning days through to today. Mr Irwin also shared the survey results from the 2018 survey across the Colleges, and as soon as McCrindle publish the individual infographics from each of the Colleges, I will publish the results of our survey, in the newsletter.

We also had the privilege of hearing from the F1 in Schools National team, who will be competing in March, in Melbourne, as well as the up and coming new team members who are eager to ‘have their turn’. It is inspiring to see how these young men are growing and learning as a result of their participation in the STEM program.

This morning, I visited the K-6 Hub in our Centre for Innovation and Learning, and was excited about the potential and opportunity of STEM, under the leadership of Mr Brian McCowen, in this space. Later this term, we will hold the PTF meeting in the K-6 Hub and see first-hand the impact of this innovative learning environment.

It has been a very busy week with Swimming Carnivals. I will be attending my third for the week, as I head over to the Years 7 & 8 carnival at the Forum, shortly.

I have been impressed by the students’ enthusiasm to participate and, for many, merely to ‘have a go’. The Whole of Life Framework habits were on display as students demonstrated resilience, perseverance, kindness, humility, taking considered risks, capitalising and developing self-discipline. Congratulations to every student for your participation, and to those students who were successful in their individual pursuits, and also team endeavours.

As the weekend begins, I encourage you to take time to have fun together as a family, to rest and refresh, ready for the week ahead. Remember that each day is a gift from God; precious and unrepeatable.

Every blessingPam O’Dea (Principal)

During the Commissioning and Dedication Service held last week, some staff members were recognised for their years of service at St Philip’s Christian College. Over the coming weeks, there will be a short article about each so that the College community is aware of the contributions these staff have made during their time with us. Adam Scott has completed 15 years of service at St Philip’s Christian College. He commenced midway through 2003 after teaching for 7 years in the state system, and in his time at SPCC, Adam’s teaching duties have varied and we greatly appreciate his willingness to teach across a number of grades. 2003: Year 72004–2007: Year 52008: Year 3 (these students completed their schooling in 2017)2009-2011: Year 12012-2014: Kindergarten2015-2016: Year 12017-current: Year 2 Adam says that some of his highlights over this time have been his trips to Bathurst with Year 5, even though his gold-panning efforts weren’t successful, and teaching maths to a young Dom Borzestowski, who went on to teach Adam’s 3 sons to play the drums. Dom has now had major success drumming for ‘Gang of Youths’ and this has inspired Adam’s sons to pursue their music dreams by forming a band ‘Surf Trash’.

Adam’s skills extend beyond the classroom and he has either co-written or contributed to Junior School musical scripts for ‘Hope on a Boat, Splash Kingdom and The Peace Child’. A m e m o r a b l e moment was playing the role of J.C. in ‘Splash

Kingdom’ and during his first time on stage, Adam found this was definitely a time to rely on God, as he was stepping way out of his comfort zone. The amazing students who inspire and entertain are what Adam values about St Philip’s, as well as the dedicated and passionate staff who seek to share the love of Jesus and help everyone discover their full, God-given potential. Meanwhile, staff have come to value Adam’s sincerity, his gentle manner, sharp sense of humour and willingness to give in any way.

Recognition of Staff Service – Adam Scott

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15 February 2019 Year 7 - 8 Swimming CarnivalYear 3 Art Gallery Excursion

19 February 2019 Year 11 Information Evening

22 February 2019 Yr 10 Industrial Technology Excursion

25 February 2019 Year 12 Parent/ Teacher Interviews

27 Feb - 1 Mar 2019 Year 5 Bathurst Excursion

28 Feb 2019 Year 7 Geography excursion

4 March 2019 VET First Aid Training

5 March 2019 Yr 9J & C Humanities ExcursionYr 11 & 12 Media Students Excursion

6-8 March 2019 Year 7 CampYear 8 Camp

12 March 2019 Yr 9 Textiles IncursionYr 11 Biology ExcursionPTF Meeting

14 March 2019 Year 11 D&T Excursion

18 March 2019 Year 7 2020 Interviews

22 March 2019 Cross Country Carnival

25 March 2019 Year 5 & 6 ‘Amazing Me’ Program

26 March 2019 Year 5 & 6 ‘Amazing Me’ follow up

28 March 2019 Middle School Parent/Teacher Interviews

27-29 March 2019 Year 4 Camp

8 April 2019 SPCC Easter Service

9 April 2019 SPCC ANZAC Service

10-12 April 2019 Years 9, 10 & 11 Camps

12 April 2019 Last day of Term 1

19 April 2019 Good Friday

20 April 2019 Easter Saturday

21 April 2019 Easter Sunday

22 April 2019 Easter Monday

EVENTS CALENDAR 2019 TERM DATES

Term 1: 30 January – 12 April

Term 2: 30 April – 28 June

Term 3: 22 July – 27 September

Term 4: 14 October – 4 December

WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

18 February Rowan Esmeralda Jaliens?? Sandra Piggott Stephanie Clayton Trish Aitkens

25 February Leanne Lardner Stephanie Clayton Robyn Fisher

Trudi Henry Mel Flavell

4 March Amanda Crook Sally Radford Stephanie Clayton Sally Carroll

Karen DeJuliis Elizabeth Kelley

11 March Debbie Reid Mireille Brown Anne Fullerton Stephanie Clayton

Kim Phillips Nicole McLaren

CANTEEN ROSTER

Every 2ND Tuesday each month at

the Barracks Cafe.

Light supper provided.

Contact Hilary: 0439466848

PTF Meeting


20-22 June 2019 Civic Theatre Newcastle

ST PHILIP’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE PRESENTS

BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL ON BEHALF OF GLOBAL CREATURES HOLDINGS PTY LTD

Book at the Civic Theatre Box Office, any Ticketek outlet, or call 4929 1977. Ticket price includes GST. Booking and Transaction Fees may apply

Adults $30Concession $19

/spccmusicals @spccmusicals

Created by BAZ LUHRMANN

Book by BAZ LUHRMANN & CRAIG PEARCEAdapted by TERRY JOHNSON

Introducing new musical numbers byDAVID FOSTER, SIA FURLER, ISAAC HASSON, BERNIE HERMS

BAZ LUHRMANN, MOZELLA, THERON FEEMSTERCRAIG PEARCE, EDDIE PERFECT, LINDA THOMPSON, ELLIOTT WHEELER

Orchestrations by SIMON HALE


CAPTAINSHannah Walker and Samuel Mackintosh

VICE CAPTAINS

Paityn McLennan and Eli Wilton

JUN

IOR

SC

HO

OL

MID

DLE

SC

HO

OL

CAPTAINSTimothy Davies and Isobel Price

VICE CAPTAINSJoshua Burke and Eliza Durie

SEN

IOR

SC

HO

OL

CAPTAINSMeg Arnold and Perry McIntyre

VICE CAPTAINSAnna Davies and Kai Gibson

STUDENT LEADERS

Jasmine SeeneyAidan ChristieLucy Jefferys

Annie MadiganJessica Fell

Liana PonsenChelsea CameronGabriell Chalhoub

Jessica HarrisJacinta BourneArkie Stratford

Eve Ison

Samuel ParkerPaige FarnantAdele MaurerNoah EverittOlivia Lowe

PREFECTSZarli Wilk

Peyton AllenAlex WuEli Finlay

PREFECTSJaden Bathgate

Melanie ChapmanGabby ConnettMitchell GreenAlannah HerdChloe Jones

Claudia KavanaghEthan Lee

Susan LockerMatt Rigby

Cohen WardAngelique Wilson

Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are

young, but set an example for the

believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in

faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12


HOLLAND

CaptainsAmelie Baumgartner

Liam Haisell

Vice-CaptainsAmelia Lee

Anu Oloruntoba

TYRRELL

CaptainsEmilia GumprechtAngus Campbell

Vice-CaptainsAbigail Margach

Jacob Moir

PARKER

CaptainsDacia Kelly

Rhodes Plooy

Vice-CaptainsEvie Jenkins Tarj Jackson

MCLAREN

CaptainsSophie McCormack

Benjamin McCormack

Vice-CaptainsLulu Carney

Campbell Binnie

Junior School House Captains

HOLLAND TYRRELL PARKER MCLAREN

Middle School House Captains

CaptainsLexie Peters

Charles Dunn

CaptainsJaya Samways

Rylan Wieczorek

Captains London Ashcroft

Max McGavern

CaptainsJack MurphyZoe Morgan

HOLLAND TYRRELL PARKER MCLAREN

Senior School House Captains

CaptainsZeb Balkin

Mia Chrimes

CaptainsMyles Geddes

Lily Ellis

CaptainsZoe Summers

Andrew Kemmis

CaptainsAndrew Benbow Elizabeth Jenkins


Over the last 24 months the canteen has been working towards changing its menu to be in line with the New NSW Healthy Canteen Strategy to be implemented in all schools by the end of 2019. You will notice changes we have made to the menu in regards to items with healthy star ratings, quantity and size of certain items. This was undertaken to meet requirements of the NSW Government Action Plan. Our menu was reviewed by the NSW Healthy School Canteens and we received our certificate in Term 4 2018. Thanks to the team at the Canteen and especially the mums, dads and grandparents who come in and help. If you would like to volunteer to help out at the canteen we would love you to come along for a few hours or a day. There are always supervisors working each day so no experience is necessary. We would love to meet you and I know that the children love to see their family at the canteen. An email to [email protected] and Jane will get back to you or alternatively just pop in when you’re at school next and see us.

New NSW Healthy Canteen Strategy

St Philip’s Christian College

21 September 2018

The enrolment process for Year 7 2020 is about to commence. Due to the heavy demand for places, the College is not able to accept any further applications from new families. However, if any of our current families still intend to enrol a sibling in Year 7 2020, applications can be accepted up until the end of Week 6, Friday 8th March. After this, sibling enrolments into Year 7 2020 will also be closed. Please note that for a sibling enrolment to proceed, current fees must up-to-date. Our Year 6 2019 students will have place in Year 7 in 2020, and parents of these students do not need to take any action at this point. Further details about Year 7 2020 will be sent in due course to relevant families from the Head of Middle School, Mrs Alyce van der Velde.

Year 7 2020 Enrolment

During the December School Holidays, International Football Academy - GENOVA INTERNATIONAL conducted talent identification trials for soccer players all around Australia. They set up trials in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Adelaide and Newcastle and over 1200 players aged 10 to 23 turned up to trial. Up for grabs was a residential scholarship to their academy in Madrid, Spain. Only fifteen 2-week full-board scholarships were awarded across Australia and one of the 15 recipients was Ewan von Essen (Year 11 at SPCC). Ewan will travel to Spain during the July school holidays to take up two weeks residency at the Academy, where he will have the opportunity to train under renowned European coaches, play games against other academy youth teams and potentially be offered opportunities for further selection.

Ewan scores Soccer

Scholarhsip


Introducing the Centre for Innovation and Learning (CIL) – K-6 Hub and 7-12 Hub. The Centre for Innovation and Learning now encompasses Library services, IT services, STEM and curriculum and learning. The K-6 Hub boasts library and classroom space and STEM lab and classroom space. IT is located in the back of the JS admin building. The 7-12 Hub features Library, IT help, and exciting new spaces to be unveiled next term.

You will notice the library spaces have undergone some changes, and will continue to develop during the term. Our aim for both 7-12 Hub and K-6 Hub is to be wonderful learning and recreation spaces for all our students.

Library accountsLast year, due to the library being closed, accounts for overdue books were not sent out. Now at the beginning of the year we would like to encourage students to bring back all remaining overdue text books and library books by Monday February 18, 2019. After this time charges will be added to accounts for any unreturned books. We appreciate your help in this matter.

We look forward to working with your children towards their learning goals in 2019.

Library Services TeamMrs Jané Dunn, Ms Helen Bonzo, Mrs Pennie Baker and Mrs Renée Carter

Welcome to the new year with Library services


Promote your Youth Group in the St Philip’s Christian College Parent Newsletter.

Please send your Youth Group flyer to [email protected]

by Wednesday 20th February, 2019.

Flyers are to be A6 sized PORTRAIT

99mm (w) x 125.5mm (h)300dpi JPG or PDF

Please remember to include the following;

NAME OF YOUTH GROUPLocation

Day / TimeAge Group

Instagram / Facebook / WebsiteCONTACT Name and Number

3W: Josie Chapman, Ava Hart, Michael Ogle, Hugo Blake3T: Jack Schuler, Addison Lardner, Daniel Shirley3L: Maya Pulsford, Clancy Foulsham, Alexandra Mears, Natalie Johnston4W: Zachary Fahey, Rheen Troke, Elliot Campbell4T: Carlos Chalhoub, Evie Elliott, Annabelle Webb4L: Jehan McKoy, Byron Stazak, Sam Errington, Emilia Gumprecht

Junior School Merit Awards Term 1, Week 2

Before SchoolMonday from 8:05 am in S12 with Mrs Koskinen

Second Half Lunch TutorialsTuesday in S13 with Mrs Howard

Thursday in S20 with Mr Southwell

After School Tutorials (3pm – 4pm)Monday in S17 with Mr Jonas

Thursday in S18 with Mrs HarrisThursday in S13 with Mrs Howard (only for Standard Maths students)

Maths Tutorials


UNIFORM SHOP NEWSOPENING HOURS (during school terms)

MONDAYS: 8:00AM – 11:00AMTUESDAYS: 8:00AM – 11:00AMTHURSDAYS: 1:00PM – 4:00PM

Blazers It is time to place your order for blazers. This

is the only item we do not stock all year round. Our supplier Trutex supplies blazers to a lot of schools so to ensure we get the quantity and

sizes we need at our 4 uniform shops, all orders need to be in by February 18th.

Please note: your child must be fitted in the shop before an order can be placed. We have 2 styles:

unisex and women’s (a more fitted style).

Shoes: I am happy to report that we sold more shoes this year than any other year! We are now seeing repeat customers coming in as they found such good value and quality in the Roc branded shoe styles we stock.

The Hybrid and Aero style for boys have been popular due to the rubber sole for playground play and the Lauren and Larrikin styles for girls, for the lightweight comfort. Purchasing shoes at the uniform shop is convenient and you can be sure that they are in line with the school uniform policy.

Second-hand: We continue to sell many items each week and process the bags that have been brought in for processing to ensure that there is always a lot of items on our racks for you to grab a bargain. The smart shoppers think a season ahead and seeing how many winter items are currently available, it is time to start thinking what your child will need in Term 2. A huge thankyou to those families who are supporting the school and helping other school families by dropping in uniform items to be sold via the shop or making a donation to our welfare boxes. If you would like to volunteer and help with the processing of items, please email me.

Consignment forms are available at the shop or by downloading from the SPCC webpage via the ‘uniform shop” tab. At the end of each term you will receive credit vouchers for any items of yours that have sold and these are like “cash” and can be used in the uniform shop or swapped with another parent for cash. If you no longer have children enrolled a credit to your bank account will be applied. When purchasing or selling second-hand items from any of the 4 SPCC uniform shops you can be assured that you are purchasing good quality and correct uniform items as our processors follow the SPCC Second-Hand Policy and this ensures that standard of uniform at St Philip’s remains high. Any questions or concerns regarding uniform items, please see Bridget in the shop or email shop.

[email protected] available on our racks and shelves are the following… All Year RoundMS Olive Skirts - sizes Y4, Y10, 12, 14 & 16SS Grey Skirts - sizes 20 & 22Sport Shorts - sizes 2, 6, S,XL & 3XLSports Polos - size 10 Sports Pants - sizes 8, 12 & XL Sports Jackets - sizes 8 & MJS Fleecy Sports Pants – size 12Construction Shirt - size SSports Bags(3)Catering/Whole outfitCatering/Chefs hatWinter/Terms 2 & 3JS Pinafores - sizes 8, 10 & 12 JS Trousers, Elastic-back – sizes 8, 13, 14, 16 & 18JS/MS/SS Trousers, belt loop - sizes 12, 13, M6 & M7 JS/MS Olive Jumpers - sizes 4 & 8JS/MS Olive Vests - sizes 12 & 14SS Black Jumpers - sizes 16, 18, 20, 22 & 24 JS/MS/SS Long Sleeve Shirts - sizes 6, 8, 16, 26 & 30 MS/SS Short Sleeve Shirts (MS/SS) - sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 30MS/SS Blazers – sizes 10, 14, 16, 17, 18 & 22 JS/MS Tie – size LJS/MS bowtie – size SSummer/Terms 1 & 4JS Khaki Shorts, Elastic back - sizes 4 and size 12 (this pair is an ex sample $20, save 45)JS Khaki Shorts, Elastic back - size 8 (NEW, missing tag $20, save $5)JS Khaki Shorts, Tab - sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 ,12 & 14JS Khaki Shirts – sizes 10, 12 & 14 JS Summer Dress - sizes 4, 8 & 12MS/SS Boys Overshirt – sizes 10, 12, 14 & 16MS/SS Boys Overblouse – sizes 10 & W22MS/SS Grey Shorts, Elastic back – sizes 12 & 16 MS/SS Grey Shorts, Belt loop - sizes 8, 13, 16, 18 & 19New items/Excess stock or Previous brand – find them in the second-hand area at the back of the shop.Sport Shorts - 2, 4, L & XL $15 (save $16)JS Fleecy Pants - size 3 & 12 $20 (Save $16)White Head Band (1 left)Smoke damaged stockLong sleeve white shirt – size 20 $8Summer Dress – size 12 $30White, hair/ribbon bow (2 pack) $2Black, snap, hair clips (12 pack) $2

All items listed above are available as at 14/02/19 and this list is updated every week for the newsletter.

ALISON GILL-AREA MANAGERSPCC UNIFORM SHOPS


Is Coffee Bad? Please be aware that the following article was written by a coffee-lover

Meet Britt, You may know her friendly face from The Barracks Cafe, but Britt is also a qualified nutritionist with a passion for holistic health, encompassing mind, body, soul, diet and lifestyle. Find more about Britt and her practice, Well Fed here - https://www.wellfed.online

Each week Britt will share through the newsletter tips, advice, research and delicious recipes to assist our school community make good choices when it comes to food and their family!

Coffee gets a bad wrap when it comes to ‘health’, particularly when people are subscribing to a particular detox protocol for whatever reason. I’ll add that yes, coffee does have an effect on certain liver pathways (the liver is our primary organ for detoxification), but likewise with popular health-foods including turmeric, grapefruit, parsley, and green tea. It’s important to note that coffee itself is a heavily pesticide-sprayed crop, so when possible, I do encourage you to buy organic.

Coffee contains caffeine. Coffee also contains antioxidants. In fact, in America, coffee is one of the leading sources of dietary antioxidants and polyphenols. Additional health benefits attributed to coffee include a reduced risk of depression, Alzheimers, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Improved cognitive function and memory, reduced risk of liver disease, gallstones, and gout as well as some evidence to support its effectiveness in reducing the risk of certain cancers, namely liver, and breast.

There are of course some risks that come with coffee consumption, as it can aggravate stomach ulcers and trigger reflux, it may induce feelings of anxiety and disturb sleep patterns, it can block the absorption of minerals like iron, that can be problematic with iron deficiency anemia, as well as increase the risk of miscarriage and affect female fertility.

Our sex hormones are metabolised within the liver, so due to the fact that coffee effects certain liver pathways means that it can interact with the metabolism of hormones. Coffee has been shown to assist with the clearance of excess oestrogen from the body, this is the rationale behind coffees benefits in reducing oestrogen dominant cancers, like breast cancer. But, this is also how coffee can impact on female fertility.

Whether coffee is good or bad really isn’t the question that needs to be answered but rather WHO should be drinking coffee. If you’re trying to conceive, are currently pregnant or breastfeeding, stressed out or not sleeping, anemic, experiencing reflux or have a history of stomach ulcers than I would definitely advise against it. Otherwise, if it’s working for you and you enjoy a good brew then I can’t encourage you enough to head on down to the Barracks café and treat yourself to a delightful brew. You can also be amazed by the latte art thanks to our very own Adrienne Glas.




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On Tuesday night, this week, 40 people gathered together in€¦ · 57 High Street, Waratah 2298 - 02 4960 6600 - erm 1 eek 2 Dear Friends, On Tuesday night, this week, 40 people