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River City Christian College Term 01, Week 04

rccc.vic.edu.au Monday, February 18, 2019

Listening

Our school lives are seen as a time for

learning, but in reality our whole lives

should be a time for learning. Part of how

we learn is by listening, Jesus is talking in

Mark 4:9 (NLT) “9 Then he said, “Anyone

with ears to hear should listen and

understand.”

I enjoy listening to the radio. I usually listen

to it when I'm in the car driving around

town. Of course, I have certain stations I

like to listen to. Sometimes, as I am

listening to a particular station, it starts

sounding fuzzy and static-y, making it hard

to hear the music or the words that

someone is saying. This usually occurs

around the shops in Hare street. I usually

just put up with it until I’m in a better

reception area. In fact while it is static-y I

just listen more intently so I can understand

what is said.

Our life and relationship with God are very

much like the tuning of the radio. We allow

other things to interfere with the message

God has for us. If what is going on around

us can’t be changed we need to focus more

intently on God and that will help us

receive the message and also this causes the

static to move into the background and not

be the dominant thing in our lives.

But there are times when we are having

difficulties in our life and we need "tuning"

ourselves. When this happens we need to

“listen with understanding” and then make

the changes needed so that we are

obedient to God, and can hear him clearly.

Enjoy your week and keep on learning.

Corbz

(Corbz continues one day a week in the College this

year, taking a lead with our Secondary woodwork

program and also providing pastoral support)

In this issue

From Alan Corby 1

Prayer Points 2

School News 2-3

Calendar of Events 4

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Class of the week is Snowy

Well done to the young people in Years 7-8

Prayer Points

Praise and thanks for the welcome at Lifesource Church yesterday and their prayers for us as a team of Board, Staff,

Parents, Volunteers and Friends at RCCC as we advance as a school community this year.

For God’s comfort as some within our school community mourn the loss of loved ones at this time.

For healing and peace as some of our past and present students face health issues.

Thankfulness for the way God has been leading us through many areas as we have commenced the school year.

For the staff, residents and families connected with BUPA aged care here in Echuca and that we will be a blessing to

them as our Ovens class visits there this week.

Parents and friends are welcome to a time of prayer for the school each Monday during the

school term, 9am to 9.30am, in the meeting room off the front office.

Marriage Retreat - March 8 - 11th Suitable for relationships of any length - married, long term relationship, engagement, thinking about marriage

Cavall Manna Tongala

$450 per couple includes 3 night accommodation and meals Check out www.thecampingprogram.org.au for more details.

Year 7 & 8 Theatre Sports Workshop

On Wednesday February 27th, the Snowy class will be

participating in a Theatre Sports Workshop at Creek Street

Christian College in Bendigo. This is organised by the

Christian Schools Events Network (CSEN) who arrange a

number of sporting events through the year which we have

valued participating in previously. The class will be away for

the full school day and details are being sent home today for

parents to respond to this week. Mr Peter Schuller is taking

Performing Arts with the Snowy class this semester and will

be leading this excursion.

Merit Award Winners

for Term 1 week 03

Bobby Wiltshire for trying her best in Maths

Charlea Tate for being a sincere worker and is polite

and courteous

Jazmyn Parker for making good choices and for

stepping up in her SRC role

Michael Pikokivaka for working well in all classes

and volunteering throughout the week

Congratulations everyone!

Mitchell Class showed self portraits they made in

Art recently. They will be displayed in the

Mitchell classroom.

Safety Drills at RCCC

Like most organisations, trials of their emergency evacuation

and lockdown routines are carried out from time to time to

train people in their operation and to be sure the process is

effective. While it will be somewhat of a surprise when we

do, we will be having such a trial in the coming couple of

weeks and please don’t be alarmed when your child comes

home with a story about such an event. If a real event like

this occurred, we would be aiming to promptly

communicate more directly with parents and other affected

people.

ICE CREAM AND ICY POLES FOR SALE

On Tuesday & Thursday lunchtime this week the SRC will be

selling ice cream in cones, and icy poles. Cost is 50c each.

Winter Uniform Requirements

As we are looking ahead to having winter uniform stock on

hand for our families’ needs, can you check the needs of

your child/ren and place your order now please?

Uniform order form/pricelist is enclosed in todays’ envelope

for you to check your requirements and advise us what you

would need to purchase. This is not a request for payment at

this time but simply to gauge the need for stock on hand.

Alternatively if you wish to purchase directly, feel free to

drop in and check out what we have in store. There may be

second-hand uniform available also and we gratefully accept

any good quality returns to help any family in need.

WATER GAMES DAY

Coming up on Tuesday the 26th of February is the annual

water games day! This is a great day to get involved in as we

splash around and enjoy time in the pool with our friends.

With many games and activities to keep you in the water,

come ready to battle it out and see who can win the most

points for their team! Permission notes will need to

be returned to the front office by Wednesday the

20th of February. Parents are welcome at the pool.

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Open Water Learning Experience: 2019

On Thursday, 14th of February, all students from Grades 3 to Year 10 had the opportunity

to participate in an Open Water Learning Experience program in which they learnt vital

skills in CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation), lifesaving and rescuing distressed victims

in a variety of scenarios.

Students learnt about the dangers and potential threats whilst swimming and engaging in

a variety of water sports. The venue of Maidens Inn Holiday Park was a serene and

placid venue for the students to engage in this program; the weather was a splendid and

sunny 27 degrees and the students were mostly exemplary in their conduct, attitude and

representation of our fine college.

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Contact Us: Phone: 03 5482 4594

Website: www.rccc.vic.edu.au

Email: reception@rccc.vic.edu.au

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River City

Christian College

School Calendar of EventsSchool Calendar of Events

Feb

2019

4 Wk 2

5

6 Preps off Playgroup

7 Welcome BBQ &

Class Meetings

8

9

10

11 Wk 3

12

13 Preps off Playgroup

14 Open Water

Program

15 Beacon

Leadership

Development

16

17 Staff & Board

Commissioning @

Lifesource, 10am

18 Wk 4

19

20 Preps off Playgroup

21

22 BUPA

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24

25 Wk 5

26 Water Games

27 Preps off CSEN Theatre

Sports workshop Playgroup

28

1

2

3

Mar

2019

4 Wk 6

5

6 Playgroup

7

8

9

10

11 Labour Day

public holiday Wk 7

12

13 Playgroup

14

15 Beacon

Business Breakfast

16 Working Bee

17

18 Maths/English

assess Wk 8

19 Maths/English

assess

20 Maths/English

assess

Harmony Day Playgroup

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22 23

24

25 Fun Run

“mission”

fundraiser Wk 9

26 Immunisation

Yr 7

27 P/T meetings Playgroup

28 NAPLAN

Online practice test

29 Purple Day

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