Issue 30 2018

Term 4 Week 1

October 17 2018

www.hccs.sa.edu.au

PO BOX 120 VERDUN SA 5245 Email: enquiries@hccs.sa.edu.au Phone: (08) 8388 7811 Fax: (08) 8388 1308

Playgroup ~ Early Learning Centre ~ Primary ~ Secondary

'A Christian school community, helping children learn and grow to achieve their potential'.

Prayer & Praise Points praise God for a great start to Term 4

praise God for Sarah Luke who is teaching Mrs Avery’s Receptions this term

pray for Emily Avery and Miriam Carter as they await the arrival of their babies

pray for the Spring Fair preparations

pray for the new HCCS students and families

Welcome to our new students

HCCS is delighted to welcome the following children and their families:

ELC: Hilton Bubner, Taylor Cronin, Taite Dawes, Olive Deverson, Annabelle Duniam, Isabella Kelson, Toby Riemann, Elsie Saywell, Mason Saywell and Cali Zacher Reception: Charlotte Kelly Year 1: Madison Kelly Year 6: Tanner King Year 10: Zadah Wakefield-Joy

We pray for God’s richest blessings upon you all.

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STUDENTS TAKE ACTION! Year 2 students, Zali and Polly came up with the idea to have a Second Hand Stall to raise money for DROUGHT RELIEF —’Hampers & Hay for Hope’.

On the last day of Term 3, the students from Mrs Nicholls’ Class bought in books and toys and sold them before school and at recess. They also donated the ‘bags of coins’ that each student in their class used for their Maths lessons. They raised OVER $250.00

Well done Year 2s — that’s a FANTASTIC EFFORT!

GERMANY DAY On the last Friday of Term 3, the Primary school community enjoyed the cultural celebration of Germany Day.

Many students dressed in either national German costume or the Flag colours. Yummy pretzels supplied by Lobethal Bakery and lunch time games run by the SRC were popular features for the day.

Leona and Elliot Stewart helped Frau Clifford to lead the Assembly. We had a special re visit from Reinhard Struve from the Bavarian dance group "Bund der Bayern" as well. Reinhard explained some German culture and traditions. The students enjoyed his “hoo-haas”, whip-cracking and energetic dancing. Even Mr Fielke had a go at whip cracking – it’s harder than it looks! Frau Clifford

THANK YOU Frau Clifford,

Mr Harrison,

The SRC,

the Stewart Family & Reinhard Struve.

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EVENTS

PARENT GENERAL MEETING (PGM)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH 7.30pm in the Staff Room at Verdun

The meeting will receive reports from the Chairman,

Treasurer (including the proposed 2019 Budget) and

Principal.

BOARD NOMINATIONS

As often commented, our Board is effective because of its

broad range of skills and the personal dedication of its

members. At the Parent General Meeting on November

29th, elections will be conducted for the positions of Board

Members.

Parents are invited to nominate members of our community

who have the skills, vision and Christian commitment to

‘make’ a difference’ at Board level. Nomination forms are NOW AVAILABLE from the Front Office.

A PLEASANT SUNDAY AFTERNOON ... Parents, grandparents & friends are invited to an afternoon of items presented by the HCCS Wind Ensemble plus instrumental items by HCCS Primary and Secondary students.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28TH

3pm - 4 pm followed by afternoon tea

Balhannah Uniting Church Hall (3 Bridge St, Balhannah)

Any students who learn from a teacher outside of the School and who would like to play, please contact me on 041710123.

Anthea Dumuid (Parent)

Friends of HCCS

FRIDAYS 9.30am — 11.00am at Sandow House (OSHC/ELC)

$2 per family

(bring your own water bottle & fruit to share)

9.30am Start

10.00am Pack up/ Fruit /Story

10.30am Outside / ELC play

11.00am Finish

Week 1 'Vehicles'

Week 2 'Bugs' at the Property

Week 3 'Rainbows' (wear colorful clothing)

Week 4 Excursion to the Bridgewater

Playground (meet there at 9.30am

and byo snacks)

Week 5 'Farm Play'

Week 6 NO PLAYGROUP (swimming week)

Week 7 'Christmas Craft'

Week 8 'Christmas Picnic' at the Property (bring a plate of food to share)

If you have any questions, please contact the School on 8388 7811.

RSVP by the 5th November

Contact Bek Brown for more details: rbrown@hccs.sa.edu.au

carlyryanfoundation.com

At Kuitpo Forest, I learnt to face my fears. When we first started mountain biking I was nervous but I surprised myself. I tried my hardest and it paid off. It was a lot easier than I thought and I had SO MUCH FUN! My favourite part was going down all of the hills, plus the view was beautiful! Bella

I enjoyed being able to take a peaceful walk during orienteering, even if we got lost. Kristopher

My favourite activity was mountain biking because it was challenging going up the hills, but on the other side, the hard work was worth it because you got to soar down the other side with the wind in your hair. Lottie

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10km Bike Ride

Initiative Games

3.8km Bush Walk

It’s all about teamwork and leadership skills during the Year 7 Kuitpo Forest Adventure Day. Our day of adventure in Kuitpo Forest provided an opportunity for students to explore and practice a whole range of social skills and capabilities with leadership at the top of the list.

During discussions in class, we have investigated what it means to be a good leader and how leaders help the people around them to be the best that they can be. An enjoyable day full of challenges, laughter and plenty of memories. Sue Gillespie (Year 7 Educator)

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Year 7 Musical

Cinderella & Rockerfella

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Chemistry in the Real World!

Late last term, the Year 11 Chemistry class was joined by students from Temple Christian College and spent a morning visiting the Brukunga Mine Site. Mr John Mignone, an education officer from the Department of Energy and Mining, gave us an informative and extensive tour of the site.

Students learnt about how open cut mining was used to mine pyrites (iron sulphide) but after it was shut down, it was discovered that acid drainage from the left over rock-piles was contaminating the local waterways and impacting the health of sheep drinking from the water. The students were able to see first hand, the ways that the acid-base chemistry they have recently been studying, has been used by scientists to solve this problem.

Students were able to take measurements of acid levels at different points around the mine and are now working on an infographic that is focusing on the way that science is a human endeavour.

This is an outstanding local opportunity for students to investigate as the impact of the Brukunga experience has had far reaching impact even on the legislation surrounding mining leases and

permissions. Mrs Willsmore (Secondary Educator)

Visiting Brukunga was an amazing experience as we were able to see how humans unknowingly had such a major impact on the area. It was awesome to see how much effort has been made by the South Australian Government to reverse the effect of the water acidity. Lauren

It was interesting to learn about how drastic the difference in pH was, in different locations around Brukunga Mine. It was intriguing to find out that sheep south of the mine were getting urinary tract infections because of the acidity of the water. Caitlin

Challenging Chemistry Investigations

As a part of the Year 12 Chemistry course, students are required to design their own chemistry experiment. This year we have had some interesting investigations.

One student investigated the effect that cooking food has on nutrient content, which involved boiling soya beans for a range of time intervals, and then using technology such as atomic absorption machines to measure the resultant iron content of the cooking water.

Another student designed an experiment to measure the effect of pH on the leaching of metal ions from soil collected locally.

Mrs Willsmore (Secondary Educator)

Games Club

During Term 3, a number of Secondary students have joined Mrs Willsmore, Mr Schuurmans and Mr Lloyd to play strategy games to have fun and to develop their problem solving skills.

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Year 12 ‘De-stress Packs’

On Monday, a representative from the Adelaide Hills Council Youth Advisory Board presented our School Captains with “de-stress” packs for each year 12 student, filled with goodies such as chocolate, colouring books and pencils, stress balls, bubble wrap and tea bags.

Year 8 Design & Tech

Year 8s began building bridges last term. The unit of work investigated the shapes that make up the structures of bridges and the students identified different types of bridges.

After some investigation and use of a computer generated program, the students identified the stresses that bridges undergo.

The students were then asked to draw a scale drawing of a bridge with the brief: construct a bridge that spans 650mm using 200 popsticks and timber glue. The bridges are currently under construction with an anticipated completion time being Term 4 Week 2 when the bridges will be tested for strength and the pressure exerted recorded until failure.

Stuart Cox (Secondary Educator)

Race Day at Verdun

TERM 4 EVENTS — SECONDARY

October

Thurs 18th Parent/Teacher Interviews Years 8 –10

Tues 23rd Chapel — Farewell Year 12s

Fri 26th Year 12 Farewell lunch

November Sat 3rd HCCS SPRING FAIR

Thurs 8th Carly Ryan Parent Online Safety Presentation

Fri 9th Remembrance Day Service with OAS Year 8 Grandparents’ Day Fri 30th Year 12 Formal

December Thurs 6th Year 12 Graduation Service & Secondary Awards

Tues 11th Closing Worship Service

Year 9 Design & Tech

The Year 9 class designed and built CO2 dragsters in Design and Technology. Each student built a car, through investigation, to compete in a final race off with high stakes as a prize for the winning car.

Each car raced over a distance of 20 metres and the times were taken for every pass. The car with the lowest average time was the winner. The cars completed the distance in times of just over a second.

The race day was highly competitive and held in the Gym at Verdun. The Year 4 and 6 students were fortunate enough to watch the races and were very impressed with the design and

speed of the cars. Stuart Cox (Secondary Educator)

We hope all these people enjoy their birthdays THIS WEEK: Alekos Aslanidis, Connor Calliss, Joshua Clifford, Samuel Clifford, Hope Eden Tyson Eden, Caden Frahn, Sophie Kuhlmann, Amelia Male, Ezekiel Mohor, Gabe Potts, Bethany Schultz and Emma Queale.

TERM 4 EVENTS — PRIMARY

October Thurs 18th Year 7 Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Session

Fri 19th Assembly—Mrs Harvey 2.45pm

Year 7 Campout

Playgroup 9.30am—11am (Vehicles)

Mon 22nd Devotions — Year 3S & Matt Carratt

Fri 26th Playgroup 9.30am—11am (bugs at the property)

Assembly—Reception Team 2.45pm

Mon 29th Devotions — HCCS Secondary

Tues 30th Debating Celebration 1.10pm in Mrs B's room

November Fri 2nd Playgroup 9.30am—11am

(rainbows—wear colourful clothing)

Year 7 Waterfall Gully to Bridgewater Bushwalk

No Assembly

Sat 3rd HCCS SPRING FAIR

Mon 5th Devotions — Rec R & Mark Sanders

Kidz Biz for Year 6 & 7

Tues 6th NRM Year 7 YELP

Thurs 8th Kidz Biz for Year 6 & 7

Carly Ryan Parent Online Safety Presentation 7pm

Fri 9th Playgroup 9.30am—11am (Bridgewater Playground)

Remembrance Day Service 10.50am at Verdun

No Assembly

Mon 12th Devotions — Year 3G & Jon Oertel

Kidz Biz for Year 6 & 7

Thurs 15th Kidz Biz for Year 6 & 7

Fri 16th Playgroup 9.30am—11am (Farm play)

Assembly—Year 5 Team skipping 2.45pm

Sun 18th Stirling Pageant

Mon 19th Devotions — Rec C & Geoff Hurst

Wed 21st Swimming Carnival

Fri 23rd No Playgroup

No Assembly

Mon 25th Devotions — Year 4W & Dave Shepherd

Thurs 29th PGM

Fri 30th Playgroup 9.30am—11am (Christmas Craft)

Assembly—Year 3 Team 2.45pm

December Sat 1st Mt Barker Pageant

Year 7 Rivermont Dinner

Mon 3rd Devotions — Year 6H & Bek Brown

Tues 4th ELC — Year 2 Carols Picnic & Carols

Thurs 6th Moving Up Day

Fri 7th Playgroup 9.30am—11am (Christmas Party at property—bring a plate of food to share)

Mon 10th No Devotions

Tues 11th Closing Worship Service

Wed 12th Students’ last day

- UNIFORM REMINDER- For the first two weeks of Term 4, EITHER the FULL WINTER or FULL SUMMER uniform may be worn.

From Monday, October 29th (Term 4, Week 3) the FULL SUMMER UNIFORM must be worn.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Congratulations

Kara (Year 6) on winning a

Bronze Medal in the 11 year old

girls high jump at the SAPSASA

State Championships. This was

an amazing effort especially as

she has only done high jump 3

times at the HCCS Sports Day. A

big thank you to Joshua Lloyd for

coaching Kara.

“Bund der Bayern” is a non-profit community group and they are always looking for new dancers. Their kids’ group practices every Saturday fortnight, and all families are welcome to join in.

"Bund der Bayern"

Bavarian Dance Group

Besides the Bavarian dancing, the group also travels interstate and internationally, and organises many cultural events. For further details contact Reinhard Struve on 0423 496194 or info@bundderbayern.org.

The group invites all interested families to come along to their free networking event on Sunday, 11 November 2018 at 3pm in North Adelaide. Please register via https://www.trybooking.com/XJPL “

Campbelltown City Band & Lobethal Harmony Club presents COMPASSION. Sunday, October 21st, 2pm at Oakbank Area School Auditorium. Tickets will be available at the door —$15 Adults, $10 Concession, U12 Free. All proceeds go to supporting the work of Compassion.

HEADSPACE group will be presenting a talk about the influence that food has on our mental health and wellbeing, with information about the latest science on the gut/mind connection. Thursday, October 18th, 6:00pm — 7:30 pm. FREE EVENT. Mount Barker Library. For more information, contact Helen 83984262.

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