PRIMARY SCHOOL Monday to Friday - K to Year 2 Monday - 4C,4S,6T,6V,Wednesday - 1B,1M,2D,2S,3R,3MH,5T,6T,6VFriday - 1B,1M,2D,2S,3R,3MHMIDDLE SCHOOL Monday - 7H, 9T, 9W, 10M, 10LTuesday - 7L, 8H, 8HaWednesday - 7HFriday - 7L, 8H, 8Ha, 9T, 9W,

Uniform Shop

Canteen

Tuesdays and Fridays 8:15am - 3:30pm

Wednesdays (hot food only), Thursdays (full menu)and Fridays (no pastry items). Please Note: The canteen is always closed on the last day of the term.

School Sport Uniform Days

Friends of PrayerInformati on at Hand

Dates to Note

Meet Wednesday mornings at 8:45am to pray for the needs of families, staff and students from the College and our community. Please meet in the College Recepti on. All are welcome.

Volume 21 Issue 4 29 March 2018

• Yr 4-6 Interschool Swimming Carnival Wednesday 28 March• Yr 10 Science - King's Park - Bushland Carers Programme Monday 9 April• Offi cial Opening - Foundati on Theatre 9:30am Tuesday 10 April• Evening Thanksgiving Service - Foundati on Theatre 7-10pm - 8:30pm Tuesday 10 April• Yr 6 Scitech Excursion Wednesday 11 April• Yr 11/12 Perth Art Gallery Excursion Wednesday 11 April• End of Term 1 Friday 13 April

FROM THE PRINCIPAL - Andrew NewhouseHappy and Holy Easter to You and Your Family

Easter is central to our Christi an world-view. This year, we are using the theme ”The Flavour of the Favour” Students came together as a whole College for our Easter Assembly. My prayer is that the songs, prayers, message, dance or communion will have really impacted our students so that this Easter is unique for them. Students have been invited to inspect the crosses at the front of the College to add to the images they have in their head that inspire their own prayerful thoughts.

May your Easter be a Holy and happy ti me for you and your family.

Opening of the Performing Arts Centre

An Evening of Thanksgiving

Parent Training Sessions

Student Leaders at Conference

We are having an offi cial opening of the building at 9:30am on Tuesday 10 April. You are invited to att end but you will need to register at the College recepti on by Wednesday 4 April for a free ti cket. As seati ng is limited, if you don’t have a ti cket, you will not be able to be included. Aft er this day, students from the College will be invited. Not all students will be able to att end. It is important to note that aft er next Wednesday, no more ti ckets to parents will be issued.

In the evening of the same day as the Offi cial Opening, the College invites you to a thanks-giving service. The evening commences at 7:10pm and concludes around 8:30pm. Once again, you will need to request a free ti cket for the occasion. If your children are att ending (apart from members of the College choir), you will need to collect a ti cket for them as well. You may request a ti cket anyti me unti l all ti ckets have been allocated.

The College encourages parents to be involved in College acti viti es, events and life. However, all parents are required to att end a training session before this occurs. Three session ti mes are listed for your considerati on. Please register your interest at the College Recepti on. While many sessions will be off ered throughout the year, sessions will not be convened for parents who want to att end an excursion and did not prioriti ze an earlier session.

Thursday 2:40 pm 5 April Friday 8:45 am 6 April

Our House Captains and Student Councillors recently att ended the Grip Leadership conference in Perth. They joined 1000 other students from about 100 diff erent schools to learn specifi c strategies to try at school. The conference was also very engaging for our students and esteemed them as our chosen leaders for this year.

Speaking of our leaders, the Student Council have chosen to support Jess Chong, one of our 2017 graduates, in providing fi nancial support to att end a YWAM Discipleship training course overseas. This six months’ opportunity has signifi cant cost to it. The Student Council will team up with Foundati on Friends to have a pizza lunch on the last day of this term – Friday 13 April.

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INVITATION TO PRAYER• Please pray for the Hotchkin, Hovell and the Hulme families. • Pray for a meaningful and personal Easter for all families.• Pray for the recovery of Mrs Sharon Mitchell and Kati e Lindley.• Pray for families who are fi nding life very hard at the moment.• Give thanks for the good opportuniti es available to excel at this College. Pray that all families will grow in their connecti on with the College so that the opportunity to be educated is really valued.• Pray for the students’ work ethic and moti vati on to be their best.

HOPE Ice Cream Fun Dae Message from Jessamy

CAFE CLOSED on Friday 13 April - PIZZA DAY

Soccer Update

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - Michelle Cronin Foundation Friends

Your HOPE contacts want to celebrate a wonderful start to the year by bringing an “Ice Cream Fun Dae” to the College.

They will provide the icecream, cups and spoons and ask that families who wish to parti cipate bring along their favourite toppings to share. (Please no nuts or nut products)

This wonderful event will take place aft er school on Thursday 12 April on the grassed area outside the Upper Primary Auditorium. A fl yer will be sent home next week.

Shirt collecti on aft ernoons will be on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 April. A note will be sent home to all registered players, via class teachers, in the next week with details.

** Late registrati ons are sti ll being accepted unti l 7 APRIL…fees must be paid on 7 April between 9-11 am at Bortolo Oval to be included in a team. If your child will be doing a late registrati on you must now email admin@peelsoccer.com.au and provide the following informati on:• Name• Date of birth• Year at school, School att ending• Suburb• League you wish to play (If known)PLUS…Register online at myfootballclub.com.au and print off the receipt and take with you on 7 April.

Any further queries please email admin@peelsoccer.com.au

“Hi, I’m Jessamy, I graduated FCC last year. You may have seen me playing the keyboard on and off with Mrs Richo for worship over the last couple of years. Worship has been something I’ve enjoyed at school, church and by myself for a long ti me and I am constantly amazed by the power it has in more ways than we know.

This year I decided to take what’s called a Discipleship Training School, which is run by the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in Hawaii, to specialise in music. The course goes for a total of 6 months, the fi rst three at the training base on Kona, Hawaii and the last three is outreach in another country yet to be decided!

I am very excited to meet with like-minded Christi ans and musicians to grow with them this year and step into the mission fi eld. I cannot wait to see what God will do. Thank you for supporti ng me in learning how to share the Word of God with others through music.”

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Kindy is now allowed to order on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Icecreams and icys cannot be ordered on lunchbags and can only be purchased from the café.

Please parents try to have correct change and no large notes as we only carry a small fl oat and it is diffi cult to change these.

Thanks Natt y x

Café News

NO CANTEEN ON LAST DAY OF TERM.PLEASE NOTE

The Student Council in conjuncti on with Foundati on Friends will be hosti ng a Pizza fundraiser for lunch on the last day of term 1.

Pizza will be $3 per slice and money raised will go towards assisti ng one of our Year 12 graduates, Jessamy Chong, achieve her dream of att ending YWAM Discipleship Training School in April.

Pizza will need to be Pre-ordered and further details will be sent home in the next week.

The grassed area at the front of the College transformed into a beautiful and very harmonious garden on the 21 March as a reflection on Harmony Day. Special thoughtfulness is given on this day as a reminder and as a celebration of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home. Our diversity makes Australia a great place to live. This is also reflected within our College culture where diversity is celebrated and we praise our Heavenly Father for the many gifts and talents He has bestowed on every single one of us. It is a great time to remember that together we can value the uniqueness of each other and give our gifts back to God as a collective. The students from 4S also blessed the primary with a Harmony Day Assembly. This included a short drama and a few rounds of ‘Frére Jacques’ - which was sung very harmoniously!

Year 4S had a harmonious time demonstrating their best singing and drama skills to celebrate Australia and all the diversity our country displays. The audience journeyed through the discovery of just how different a culture we have and enjoyed a real laugh at the variety of words and phrases Australians use without realising others may not understand our lingo. Much confusion can occur indeed. The 4S class worked exceptionally hard and they sang ‘Frére Jacques’ in rounds. This demonstrated how we can sound better in harmony and how working together produces a sound like no other. Well done to all the Year 4’s on such an amazing performance, you certainly did us proud and the fun was contagious.

The coming together of four schools is not an easy feat; however, the Primary staff from Foundation Christian College, Mandurah Baptist College and the two Frederick Irwin Anglican School Campuses came together this week to collaborate and learn from each other. The Symposium this Semester was on Authentic and Effective Feedback. Special guest speakers from AISWA guided our discussions with an interactive presentation that followed with quality networking time between the different departments and teaching Year levels.

Story Dogs and Foundation Christian College would like to introduce to you, Janice and Millie. Story Dogs ran successfully for the first time in our College in 2017. We are delighted to have this wonderful programme start again in Term 2. Story Dogs will be held in the Library where Janice and Millie will sit with a student one-on-one and listen to them read. The mission behind Story Dogs is to make reading fun for children, so they become confident lifelong readers. When children read to a dog, the outcomes are amazing! It is a non-judgemental setting, the children's focus improves, their literacy skills increase and their confidence soars.

On Tuesday 20 March, Mrs Tompsitt and the students of 5T visited Parliament House and the Electoral Centre in Perth. The purpose of the visit was to see civics theory in action. They experienced great favour with known political figures who spent quality time with the students, allowing them to ask questions and further develop a love for Australian politics. The Mandurah Australian Labour Party representative, the Honourable David Templeman even posed for a photo and provided each student with a special parliamentary pin! Ferlin Espartinez from 5T was so fascinated with the day that she went home and reflected on her experience in cartoon form.

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HEAD OF PRIMARY - Mrs Joanne Doogan

Hues of Harmony

4S Harmony Day Assembly

Primary Symposium – Effective and Authentic Feedback

5T Parliament House

Meet Millie

There have been many wonderful stories and exciting tales about camps in Middle School, with students greatly valuing theses adventures in independence. And sadly today, many schools are choosing not to include camps as part of their programme due to the high-risk nature of some of the activities. But thankfully, our College remains committed to providing high quality camps as a significant part of our school experiences for all our students. Camps encourage space for building great relationships, for being exposed to new and challenging environments and camps may become some of the best memories in a diverse school journey. Thank you all staff, parents and students for supporting this very valuable part of our programme.

At our college, we know that young people are known as ‘digital natives’ and seem very comfortable online, manoeuvring effortlessly between many digital sites and Apps, to effectively complete highly engaging, complex and interactive assessments in many subject areas- and this is outstanding! At school, we have Apple Classroom to monitor the use of iPads during lessons and imessage, Snapchat and Instagram are not permitted; however, such social forums are being accessed at home and bullying may and does occur on these sites at various times, considering their covert nature. Yes, it is fun to participate in group chats with friends, but these ‘chats’ can sometimes become places where hurtful comments are made, people may be teased, embarrassed and threatened and these incidents may affect friendships, school life and overall mental health.

We advise all our students who have been part of such online conversations or who have felt bullied in an online chat site to do the following:

1) Report this to your parent immediately – they should have full access to all your social media, passwords etc.

2) Screen shot or provide evidence of comments made.

3) Don’t retaliate. Remove yourself from the chat group.

4) Unfriend or block the person who may be acting as a ‘bully’ towards you.

5) Report this to a teacher or Head of School in discussion with a parent or guardian.

Many of our students in Year 7 and 8 are using these forums for the first time, and may not be aware that it is possible to assume the identity of others, thereby pretending to be another person and these manipulations may prove to be damage friendships rather than strengthening them. Our college does not tolerate bullying and we are committed to the well-being of our students.

Camp Reflections

On a More Serious Note - Online Group Chats and Forums

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HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL - Mel Richardson

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We had an amazing ti me at the Senior School Camp in Busselton between March 13 and March 16. The staff and students had an acti on-packed week which included high ropes acti viti es, caving, bouncing on trampolines, laser tag and having plenty of ti me to relax and get to know one another over a game of spoons or a swim at the beach. The aim of the camp was for the Year 11 and 12 students to get to know one another and to challenge themselves to move out of their comfort zones. These goals were certainly achieved on camp.

We also used the ti me away from school to encourage the students to think about their relati onship with God. Each evening we had a devoti on and in the morning, we had a quiet ti me where students met in their day groups to discuss issues relevant to them. They then had ti me to refl ect and pray.

The students were a joy to be with and they seemed to really enjoy themselves.

On Monday 26 March, the team from UWA came to Foundati on Christi an College to deliver their ‘Next Step’ program to our Year 12 students. This informati ve and fun session encouraged students to:

Discover their skills, interests and abiliti es.

Explore future careers, training and educati on

Decide on what career and study opti ons are available

Do – Take steps towards their desired career

Review – Review their decisions and the acti ons that they made

This was a really useful program that the students found really interesti ng.

In an eff ort to keep parents informed about the progress of their children in the Senior School, we will be sending home interim reports during the fi rst week of the holidays. These reports will provide parents with the indicati ve grade and mark for each subject as well as a rati ng for work ethic, behaviour, atti tude and organisati on.

In Week Two of Term Two, we will be have our parent nights so that parents can have a chat to teachers about these results.

Senior School Camp 2018

Next Step Program

Interim Report

HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL - Peter Fallon

SENIOR SCHOOL CAMP 2018

UWA and partner schools working together to raise aspirations for higher education

Aspire UWAANNUAL REPORT 2010

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HEAD OF TEACHING AND LEARNING - Mrs Joanne Doogan

NAPLAN this year will run during Week 3 of Term 2. The Nati onal Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual nati onal assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to parti cipate in tests in reading, writi ng, language conventi ons (spelling, grammar and punctuati on) and numeracy.

NAPLAN is the measure through which governments, educati on authoriti es, schools, teachers and parents can determine whether or not young Australians are meeti ng important educati onal outcomes in literacy and numeracy. The tests provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual students are performing at the ti me of the tests. They also provide schools, states and territories with informati on about how educati on programs are working and what areas need to be improved.

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students have already been learning through the school curriculum. Teachers will ensure students are familiar with the test formats and will provide appropriate support and guidance. Help your child prepare for NAPLAN by reassuring them that NAPLAN tests are just one part of their school program, and reminding them on the day to simply try their best.

All students are encouraged to parti cipate in NAPLAN tests. Students with disability may qualify for adjustments that refl ect the support normally provided in the classroom. A formal exempti on may be granted for a student with signifi cant intellectual disability and/or signifi cant coexisti ng conditi ons, or for a student who has recently arrived in Australia and has a non-English speaking background. If you have any questi ons about your child’s preparati on for NAPLAN, you should make a ti me to speak with their teacher or if you believe your child should qualify for adjustments or exempti ons, please contact Mrs Doogan on jdoogan@fcc.wa.edu.au

Dates to Note

End of Term 1

Friday 13 April

College Offi ce open

fi rst week of the holidays

Students return for Term 2

Wednesday 2 May

College ANZAC Ceremony

11:00 am Wednesday 2 May

Sean W Smith Assemblies

Thursday 3 May

College Athleti cs Carnival

Friday 4 May