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Newsletter 5 — Thursday 16 May 2013

End of Term 2

Friday

21st June

at 11am

School Uniforms

The first order of School

Jumpers has been placed.

If you would like to order

a jumper in the next

order please see the

office.

From the Principal’s Desk

Andrew Evetts

Principal

Dear Parents,

A big happy Mother’s Day to all our parents and grandparents at Burdekin Chris)an College. I

love the scripture, John 3 Verse 16 that says, “For God so loved the world that he gave His one

and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” This scripture

to me, really epitomises what mothers do for their children. I didn’t really realise what my

mother totally did for me, as a young boy growing into my teenage years and then onto adult-

hood, un)l I finally married and had my own children and watched what my wife does for our

children. She is their rock, counsellor, educator, carer and the most constant person in their

lives.

As I watch my own children grow I am con)nually reminded how important it is to have a

mother that nurtures our young children through to becoming adults and then leaving home.

Fathers in society seem to be always busy doing something but mothers are always busy guid-

ing and leading our children. They run them here and everywhere, always pu1ng the child first

and themselves second. This reminds me of how Jesus put His life on the cross for us so that

we may live a life of freedom with Him. Thank you to all the mothers that turned up to our

Mothers Day lunch last Friday. A big thank you to Cherish for catering for this func)on. As a

school it’s nice to spoil our mothers and grandmothers on this special day.

Yours in Christ

Dates for your CalendarDates for your CalendarDates for your CalendarDates for your Calendar

Queensland state term dates - 2013 (College Term tba)

NB: The first day of each term is usually a Pupil Free Day. The last day of each term

usually finishes at 11am.

May

Monday 13th—16th May Book Fair in the Library

Monday 20th May BCC Year 1-3 Under 8’s Day 11:40am—

1:20pm

Monday 20th May National Simultaneous Storytime

Monday 20th—27th May ELC Under 8’s week (Check flyer for session times)

Thursday 23rd May ‘The Ditto Show’ 10:15am Prep to year 3

Friday 24th May Walk Safely to School

Friday 24th May Burdekin Primary Schools’ Interschool Sports Competition Year 5—7

Tuesday 28th May Year 3 Choral Speaking at Burdekin Eisteddfod

June

Friday 7th June Burdekin Primary Schools’ Interschool Sports Competition Year 5—7

Monday 10th June Queens Birthday holiday

Friday 21st June End of Term 2—school finishes at 11am

July

Monday 22nd July ELC Photos

Tuesday 23rd July School Photos

Monday 29th July Year 2 Burdekin Theatre live play ‘Cinderella at the Disco’

Queensland term dates - 2013

Term Dates Length

Term 1 Tuesday 29 January - Thursday 28 March 9 weeks

Term 2 Tuesday 16th April - Friday 21 June 10 weeks

Term 3 Monday 8 July - Friday 20 September 11 weeks

Term 4 Tuesday 8 October - Friday 6 December 10 weeks

Interschool Cross Country

CONGRATULATIONS!

Boys Girls

13 years 1st

Jessi Kennedy 1st

Amelia Sutcliffe

12 years 1st

Shane Yasserie – 12.29 1st

Abigail Eve@s – 12.57

2nd

Steven Mayor 2nd

Ruby-Royal Pegg

11 years 1st

Braithan Munns 1st

Crystal Roberts

2nd

Jake Butler 2nd

Da Sharhnae De Landelles

3rd

Kaide Rodighiero 3rd

Corin Johnston

4th

Brayden O’Dowd

10 years 1st

Alistair Pegg 1st

Riley Hawkins

2nd

Joel Catanzaro 2nd

Naomi Mayor

3rd

Riley Rodighiero 3rd

Stephanie Hu@on

4th

Hamish S)rre@

9 years 1st

Zacherie Woodford 1st

Emily Eve@s

2nd

Malakai Smith

3rd

Troy Garland

School Cross Country Burdekin Chris)an College Cross Country results, 2

nd May 2013

WE’RE TAKING IT IN OUR STRIDE ON FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013

Walk Safely to School Day asks that we all consider our transport habits and try to

incorporate more walking as part of a healthy, ac)ve way to get around. You can

teach your child the healthy habit of walking more by:

Walking with them the whole way to school

If they get the bus or train, walk past your usual stop and get on at the next stop

If you have to drive, park the car a few blocks away from the school and walk the

rest of the way.

Regular exercise like walking with your child not only helps them (and you!) beat chronic problems like obesity,

heart disease, behavioural and mental health issues and diabetes. It also gives you a great opportunity to teach

your child safe ways to behave around roads and traffic.

Remember, Acve Kids are Healthy Kids!

If you would like to walk to school on Friday 24 May, Burdekin Chris-an College staff and stu-

dents are to meet outside Dal Santo’s Deli, on Macmillan Street, at 8:30am. The school will

provide a light breakfast for those who walked when they arrive back at school.

Volunteer blue card application form If you are a regular volunteer at the Burdekin Christian College I would encourage you to go through the simple process of obtaining a ‘Working with Children’ Blue Card. Applications for volunteers are processed free of charge and are current for 3 years. The Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000 re-quires anyone over 18 seeking to work with children under 18 years of age in certain categories to obtain a blue card.

Some examples of people who need a blue card are: Volunteers assisting children in classroom activities, Volunteer cleaners or groundskeepers at a school, Volunteer tuckshop or canteen staff.

The Woolworths Earn & Learn program is back! Please help support students at the Burdekin Christian College by collecting stickers and either sending them to school or putting them in our Earn and Learn box in Woolworths Supermarket, Ayr. This community program enables our school and Early Learning Centre to earn educational re-sources simply through the school community shopping at Woolworths. Last year our school benefitted from the many points earned by purchasing great items such as guitars, musical in-struments, reading books and educational resources for Maths, English and Science. The more points we earn the more great items we can select from. From Monday 8th April until Sunday 9th June 2013, when you shop at Woolworths you will be given a Woolworths Earn & Learn Point. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Point for eve-ry $10 spent. Collect these Woolworths Earn & Learn Points and our school will be able to re-deem these for more educational resources. So please get behind this great initiative and start collecting for our school.

STUDENTS, parents and teachers of Burdekin Christian College discovered amazing facts about the wetlands of the Bowling Green Bay area on a Wonderful World of Wetlands field trip on May 1. NQ Dry Tropics and BBIFMAC have been working with the school community to help them establish and monitor salvinia weevil nurseries. Salvinia is one of the world’s worst water weeds and breeding and releasing their natural predator is a great way to help combat this weedy problem. NQ Dry Tropics Community Support Coordina-tor, Laura Dunstan said the field trip participants were taken on a journey around the wetlands, including Lillesmere Lagoon. “The students discovered how to test the quality of water using macroin-vertebrates and learnt about local water quality issues and how to protect our wetlands.” “One of the highlights of the day was when they released their weevils into Lillesmere Lagoon.

Dennis Stubbs from BBIFMAC said, “It’s always good engaging with students and

raising awareness of their local area and how the impact of water quality affects

our wetlands. It’s really good to get them learning while they're young and hopefully

the knowledge stays with them for life.”

The participants travelled to see a NQ Dry Tropics fishway to observe how they enable fish migrate from the Great Barrier Reef up into the wet-lands. The Burdekin Fish Restocking Group joined the party to tell the students some amazing stories about barramundi. Paul Brice from the restocking group said, “It's a great expe-rience to expose kids to fish restocking. It’s a hands on experience having live barra-mundi in their hands. Hopefully we get some more helpers with fish restocking. We have put over a million fish into the sys-tem in the last 15 years and prior to Burde-kin Fish Restocking, wild barramundi were nearly fished out of existence. We have very healthy waterways now and the fishways are terrific. Fish have free run from lagoons to the sea.”

Laura Dunstan, NQ Dry Tropics Com-

munity Support Coordinator helps stu-

dents to test local water quality

Wonderful world of wetlands Year

3 & 7 School Trip

The students of Burdekin Christian College were delighted to receive their biodiversity games sources and books.

Advertising in our school newsletter

We invite you to advertise in the Burdekin Christian College school newsletter. If you own a business the Burdekin Christian College Newsletter is a very cost-effective way

to reach local families. The Newsletter is distributed to the families of around 146 students plus 60 Early Learning Centre children every fortnight.

We are hoping families who live in the area as well as those who are new to the area will find the Newsletter a convenient source of information and services.

There are several costing options available, please check the pricelist to see how we

can accommodate you. Advertising cost and time length.

1 Term— $ 75

2 Terms— $150

3 Terms— $200

Full Year—$225

Bookings can be made by emailing office@burdekincc.com. Please include size and duration of advertisement, preferred start date and artwork.

Library News

Keep up the good reading for the Premier’s Reading Challenge which all our classes

are participating in….Please make sure that all the books you read at home you

pass on to your classroom teacher for them to record.

BOOK FAIR has been open in the school hall since Friday and will close on Thurs-

day 16th of May. Thank you to everyone for helping with the smooth running of the

‘book shop’ and for supporting the Book Fair.

National Simultaneous Storytime is an important annual campaign that aims to en-

courage more young Australians to read and enjoy

books. Now in its 13th successful year it is a colourful,

vibrant and fun event that aims to promote the value

of reading and literacy using an Australian children's

book that explores age appropriate themes. Every

year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Aus-

tralian author and illustrator is read simultaneously in

libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and

many other places around the country. At Burdekin Christian College, our storytime

will take place in conjunction with under 8’s day on Monday 20th May.

Reminder: This year’s National Simultaneous Storytime book is ‘The Wrong Book” by Nick

Bland. On Monday 20th May all students are encouraged to get dressed up as

their favourite character from the book. There will be a prize for the Best Dressed girl

and boy.

If any mums, dads, aunties and or grandparents would like to volunteer some hours

in the library, please let Miss Kim know or speak to Mrs Saunders in the office.

Thank You

Miss Kim

Kindy/Pre Prep

Jayne Orchard, Director & Kindy/Pre Prep Group Leader

ELC

Mothers Day Morning Tea Thankyoutoallthemums,andsomedads,whocametoourMother’sDaymorningtea.Itwasawonderful

morning.WealsoraisedsomemoneyforCancerCouncil.Thankyouforallyourkinddonations.

ThechildrenhopeyouenjoyedthepresenttheymadeyouforMother’sDay.Theyalsodrewsomespecial

picturesofourmothers.Wewouldloveforyoutocomeandseethem.

Parent Input Ifyouhaveanyskillsorculturalactivitiesyouwouldliketosharewiththechildrenwewouldloveforyou

tocomeandshareitwiththegroup.Thechildrenenjoydifferentexperiencesandactivities.

Don’t Forget

⇒ Checkyourchild’shairforheadliceandtreatifnecessary.

⇒ Nameitemssentwithyourchildsothatwecanreturnthemtotherightfulowner.

Ditto Show

Onthe23rdofMay,BraveheartswillbepresentingtheirDittoshowtoyourchildren.Ifyouarenotbookedinfor

thatdayyouarewelcometobringyourchildinforthepresentation.Parentsarealsoinvitedtoattend.Ifyoudon’t

wantyourchildtoattendpleaseletmeknow.Theprogramwillhelpempowerchildrenaboutunsafesituations.

Mother’s Day morning tea photos

ELC

Toni Smallman, Group Leader, Toddlers

Toddlers

Our toddlers have been having lots of fun during the last few weeks. They have been busily

finishing off their Mother’s Day giLs. We hope you liked them and had a wonderful Moth-

er’s Day.

Last Friday we held our Mother’s Day morning tea. It went really well. Thanks to the mothers

who could a@end, we hope you had a good )me mingling with the other mothers. Thanks

to Mr Eve@s for sharing in the morning.

Outside play has been extended as the days have been wonderful. Only on the odd occasion

we have had to stay inside because of the weather.

Home corner has been a really popular inside play area, all the children like playing there.

We have also been doing lots of art like finger pain)ng, bu@erfly pain)ng and golf ball

pain)ng.

During group )me, we sing ‘Open Shut Them’ and ‘Five Cheeky Monkeys’. The children also

ask to sing ‘Once I Caught a Fish Alive’ and ‘Twinkle Twinkle Li@le Star’. Dancing to ‘Robot’

and ‘Silly Sausage’ is a favourite of the children as well. They know what they would like to

do.

Mother’s Day Morning Tea

ELC Under Eights Week 20TH

– 27TH

May 2013

“Celebra�ng Community, Sharing Music Movement and Culture, Think

locally

Under Eights Week is about children and their community. To celebrate this the ELC

staff have organised ac)vi)es every day throughout our under 8’s week. All families

are invited to a:end.

Below are the special events organised for this celebra)on:

Monday 20th

May

9.30am – Morning tea with the children. Ac)vi)es include parachute play, fence

pain)ng, bubble blowing, sensory walk and goop play.

It would be appreciated if you could please bring either a plate of savoury or sweet

food to share with the children and families on this day.

Tuesday 21st

May

10.30am – Local Police Visit to share their experiences with the children.

(Depending on availability)

2:30pm – Mr & Mrs Chris)e playing the bagpipes.

Wednesday 22nd

May

10:00am – Pastor Les Henaway will be visi)ng and sharing his culture.

2:00pm - Monya Hu@on will also be visi)ng and speaking to the children about the

French culture, language and landmarks. She will be reading a story, speaking and

singing songs in French. Monya is from Belgium.

Thursday 23rd

May

10.30am – Librarian Visit from the Burdekin Library. Reading “The Wrong Book”

by Nick Bland. There will be related craL ac)vity and also reading other stories

and singing.

Friday 24th

May

10:00am – Karina (Felipe’s Mum) will be sharing her language (Portuguese) and

culture with the children.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Mrs. Gessi Wilson

(Organiser)

RemindersRemindersRemindersReminders

If anyone is visi)ng the following Theme Parks before June 30th please call into the office and collect

some 50% off vouchers . The Theme Parks are:

• Wet’n’Wild

• Movie WB World

• Sea World

• Paradise Country

• Australian Outback Spectacular

Please remember, when picking children

up from school aLer 3:00pm, do not park

in the school grounds. The new school Pick Up Zone is

in Chippendale Street. This is a Health and Safety issue.

Healthy Lunchboxes

Parents are to provide children with a variety of nutritional foods from the five food

groups. This consists of breads, cereal, rice, pasta, grains, vegetables, legumes,

fruit, yoghurt, cheese, milk and/or alternatives, lean meat, fish, poultry.

The exception applies only to birthdays or special cooking activities. Parents are free to pro-

vide patty cakes or similar for their child's birthday, after notice has been given to the school,

before the day.

‘Sometimes Foods’ are to be kept for consumption at home. We are dedicated to the promo-

tion of healthy eating and physical activity.

Examples of ‘Sometimes Foods’ include:

∗ Chocolate and confectionary

∗ Artificially flavoured and coloured fruit snacks

∗ Sweet biscuits, cakes, cream buns, donuts, chips and high fat savoury biscuits

∗ Fried foods

∗ Pastry-based foods such as pies, sausage rolls, pasties

∗ Fast food and take-away food

∗ Soft drinks, cordial, sports dinks, flavoured milk and flavoured mineral water.

∗ Highly processed fruit snacks (resembling lollies)

The following are links to web sites that have great lunch box ideas: www.taste.com.au/

recipes and www.chw.edu.au/parents/factsheets.

Meet the Team Andrew Evetts—Principal

Brooke Vucetic—Prep Teacher

Heather Mackay—Year 3 Teacher

Fleur Vigerzi—Year 1 Teacher

Sarah Watson—Year 2 Teacher

Daniel Walsh —Year 4/5 Teacher

Chris Knight —Year 7 Teacher

Judy Kedar—Year 6 & Year 1 Teacher

Sandra Fowler—Year 6 Teacher

Ray Caine— IT & HPE Teacher

Wally Ford—Music Teacher

Kim Smith—Teachers Aide & Library Assistant

Leeza Goon-Chew—Teachers Aide

Sandra Saunders—Teachers Aide

Ronda Downs—Prep Teachers Aide

Audrey Heppell—Teachers Aide

Joanna Ford—Teachers Aide

Paul Haller—Year 4/5 Teachers Aide

Jayne Orchard—Director and Team Leader—ELC

Toni Smallman—Team Leader—ELC

Gessie Wilson—ELC

Natasha Patterson—ELC

Raywin Mayor—ELC

Jill Sutcliffe—ELC

Cheryl Taylor—ELC

Rob Harper—Groundskeeper

Bronson Hutchen—Groundskeeper

Jackie Gudge—Cleaner

Zilya Bunakova—Cleaner

Rose Giardina—Financials (Church and School)

Fiona Christie—Reception/Principals Assistant