ILLAWARRA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TONGARRAnewsletter

Key dates

PRAYER & PRAISE

Saturday, 12th SeptemberYear 3 & 4 Working Bee, 8am - 11amPrep: Date with DadCyber Parenting Seminar, 7pm

Monday, 14th SeptemberYear 11 First Aid Training

Tuesday, 15th SeptemberTongarra Campus Committee Meeting, 7.30pm - 9pm

Wednesday, 16th SeptemberSecondary CIS Athletics ChampionshipsYear 12 Breakfast with staff, 8.45am - 9.45amYear 12 Graduation Assembly, 10amParent Prayer meeting, 2.30pmBarista Course - adults, 4pm - 8.15pm

Friday, 18th SeptemberCity v CountryLast Day of Term 3

Monday, 5th OctoberPublic Holiday

Tuesday, 6th OctoberStaff Return for Term 4Uniform Shop open, 10.30am - 12.00pm

Wednesday, 7th OctoberStudents Return for Term 4

Thursday, 8th OctoberK-6 Interest & Expert Groups Assembly, 11.50am

Monday, 12th OctoberHSC Examination Period BeginsHSC Exam - English Paper 1

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) projectPrior to 2015, Australian, state and territory governments agreed on a new approach to collecting data on school students with a disability, serious health condition or learning support needs. The national data collection on students with disability acknowledges the work already undertaken in your school to support students with disability. It assists schools to identify and to support students with disability, so they can access and participate in education on the same basis as their peers. The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability provides Australian schools, parents, education authorities and the community with vital information about the number of students with disability in Australian schools, where they are located and the nature of the adjustments they receive. This information enables the government to plan appropriate funding, policies and strategies. The national data collection on students with disability also reinforces the existing obligations schools have towards students under the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005. NCCD project counts the number of students who are supported under these obligations based on the professional judgement of teachers and their understanding and knowledge of their students. Data regarding a number of students (those with a current Individual Plan and/or a Health Care Plan/Alert) at this campus will be relevant to this collection process. The data collected will remain at the school and student privacy is assured in the event of an audit.

Further information has been sent home to families that could be included in the data, including information about the option to “opt out” of this process before Wednesday, 16 September.

Farewell Year 12Next Wednesday, 16th September will be an exciting day for our Year 12 students, who will be graduating in a special assembly held at 10am in the Tongarra Hall. All Year 12 students will be presented with their portfolios, and be farewelled by our school community.

This will be preceded by an alfresco brunch outside the hall to welcome the Year 12 students and their guests. This will be hosted by Year 10 & Year 11 students. We thank the class coordinators and roll teachers for Year 10 & 11 for organising this function.

We wish Year 12 God’s blessing and guidance as they leave their formal schooling and prepare for their HSC exams next term. Please continue to pray that God will encourage and strengthen them during this busy and stressful time. Pray that they will find peace and comfort in the knowledge they are in God’s hands and that they will make wise and godly decisions as they plan for their future lives.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11

Give thanks for Year 11 and the way they conducted themselves during the exam period. Pray for continued diligence in their studies.Pray for our staff and students in all that they have to do before the end of term.Give thanks for the safety and enjoyments for all our Infants students as they attended their swimming and gymnastics lessons.

TERM 3 WEEK 9 • 11TH SEPTEMBER 2015

Check your child's bagThese things went home this week:

• P - Year 6 Toy Fundraising Catalogue• Year 3 & 4 Working Bee duties list letter• Year 10 & 11 letter RE: Serving Year 12 on

their final day• Outstanding absences notification letter• CIS Athletics Excursion note• P - Year 12 Careers Development letter

t. 02 4230 3700www.ics.nsw.edu.au

Tongarra Campus234 Calderwood Road, Albion Parktongarra@ics.nsw.edu.au

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City v CountryFriday, 18th September

Our annual tussle with the city slickers from Cordeaux will be held on Friday the 18th of September. The Primary School events will be held in the morning, with students competing in Football (Soccer), Netball and Chess.

9.30am 10.00amYr 3 & 4Netball & Football

Yr 5 & 6Netball & Football

Open PrimaryChess

Open PrimaryChess

High School will compete in Volleyball, Tennis, Football (Soccer), Touch Football and Chess during the afternoon.

Our students have begun training in preparation for City Vs Country and are eager to give winning the trophy back this year a good crack! Any parents wanting to join us and cheer on our teams are very welcome!The locations of the different events are:

Event LocationTouch footballFootball

Oval

NetballVolleyball

Tongarra Hall

Tennis Tennis CourtChess Learning Hub

All Spectators please park in the car park and sign in at the office.

Cyber Parenting SeminarSaturday, 12th September, 7.00 - 9.30pm

Please join us for a 2 hour seminar and workshop hosted by Authors of Cyber Parenting: Raising your Kids in an Online World, James and Simone Boswell.Come along and learn about how important it is as parents to be aware of today’s technology and what our children are exposed to in an online world from a clear biblical perspective.James and Simone will help to give us the tools to be aware, set highly visible boundaries and empower us to make good decisions in regards to these clear social concerns.

Graeme Best Memorial Bike RideSaturday, 31st October

A bike ride will be held in memory of Graeme for Bike for Bibles riders and anyone else in our school community who would like to join in. The ride will start from Jamberoo Oval and end at Tongarra with a picnic lunch (BYO). More details coming soon.

Community Notices • A FREE Learner Log Book Run will

be held on Sunday, 27th September 2015 between 10.00am and 12.30pm. Bookings are essential please call Jenny Davies on 4221 6124.

• Albion Park Junior Touch set to resume Tuesday, 6th October. Separate competition for both boys & girls. Registration now open. Contact: John Clune @ Tullimbar Public School 4257 7261.

• SUP Fit Charity Open Day. Saturday, 10th October, 9am-1pm. Great Prizes & giveaways, kids activities & try SUP for free! Contact Lenna on 0432 388 879 or email: admin@alternativefitness.com.au

• Illawarra Dragon Boat Club - come and try Dragon Boating (juniors 12-18 yrs). Saturday, 10th October, 10-11.30am. Contact Helen on 0403 844 880 or illawarradragonboaters@y7mail.com

TERM 3 WEEK 9• 11TH SEPTEMBER 2015

Summer Uniform in Term 4Summer Uniform is to be worn from the first day of Term 4. Please check that your child's uniform is in good repair and that skirt lengths are on the knee.The Uniform Shop regular opening hours during term: Monday 8.30am – 11.30am & Wednesday 1.00pm – 4.00pm

The uniform shop will also be open on Tuesday, 6th October (the pupil free day) from 10.30 - 12.00pm.

From the Uniform ShopA revised uniform price list will take effect from Week 2 of Term 4. (Monday, 12th October).This is mainly, but not solely due to the decrease in the Australian Dollar by nearly 20% over the past 12 months. We encourage you to purchase or Lay by uniforms for 2016 before this date.We thank you for understanding and hope you continue to enjoy your experience with Alinta Apparel.

Year 3 & 4 Working Bee Saturday, 12th September, 8am - 11am

This working bee will be in the morning, 8am to 11am with a BBQ breakfast ready on arrival. A compulsory WH&S safety talk will be held at the start of every working bee, so please arrive promptly at 8am, as everyone must hear the safety talk before the work commences.

Earn & LearnProgram has now finished

A big thanks to everyone who supported our school. We're now at the important stage of the program where the Sticker Sheets are collected and lodged as our Earn & Learn claim. We will then be able to get new educational equipment for our school. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. So please send in your Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheets and any loose Earn & Learn stickers you may have. We will be collecting them until the end of this term.

12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pmU15 GirlsTouch Football

U15 BoysFootball

Open GirlsFootball

Open BoysFootball

Open BoysTennis

Open GirlsTennis

Open MixedTennis

Open MixedTennis

Open Mixed Chess

Open MixedChess

Open MixedChess

Open MixedChess

Open MixedVolleyball