Thursday 13 - Friday 14 August | Redlands Eisteddfod | CSSAQ Soccer

Saturday 15 - Sunday 16 August | Future Champs Cup Sport Aerobics

Week 6

17 Aug - 21 Aug | National Science Week

Mon 17 Aug | CSSAQ Basketball - Junior Boys & Girls

Tues 18 Aug | Year 10 Classroom in the City Excursion

Tues 18 Aug | Wakakirri Dance Competition

Tues 18 Aug | Evening with the Principal

Wed 19 Aug | CSSAQ Basketball - Senior Boys & Girls

Coming Up...

Week 7 | Book Week & Book Week Character Parade | South Coast Athletics Trials | Showcase Rehearsal | Showcase | Good News Week | Pupil Free Day (Sept 4)

Mr Josh Wilson - Deputy Principal - Middle & Senior School

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This week we hosted our Semester 1 Academic Awards service and it was pleasing to see the number of students who are achieving very high results in their subjects (90% or above in multiple subjects). It is important to reflect that often what sits behind achievement (whether it is academics, sport, or any other context) are many hours of practice and hard work. I commend our students for their diligence and discipline in applying themselves to their studies. I would also like to acknowledge the many students who have tried and worked very hard in their subjects who did not receive an award. When a student consolidates their skills/understanding and improves, this is worthy of celebrating too.

Targeted and relevant feedback plays an essential role in learning growth and improvement. If you think your child is putting in a considerable effort in homework/assignment work and not seeing a reasonable outcome for their efforts, I recommend that you ask them about any drafting/feedback they are receiving in class or contact the teacher. For writing-based subjects, students should consider getting a dot-point structure draft checked by the teacher before writing and follow up with a half draft and full draft if they want an effective approach to utilizing feedback. In exam-based subjects, the best study students can undertake is writing practice examination questions, practising these, and asking their teacher to review their question attempts.

As students progress across high school, study and homework become necessary for achieving high results. If your child has poor or no study habits, the simple fix to this is to establish a short, but regular, study routine and build overtime. Starting with 15-20 minutes a day and slowly building when and where necessary (with parental support) will help students build their study habits. Sometimes an extra incentive like ‘screens are accessible after you have completed (action)’ can spur motivation. As a parent I appreciate how hard it can be to navigate the end of day activities and have the homework argument. Hang in there! Helping our kids build good habits makes a positive difference over time – even if they don’t see it in the moment.

Mr Josh Wilson

National Science Week

From 17–22 August, Australia celebrates National Science Week. At Calvary, we are privileged to have Mrs Scott and her STEM Ambassadors leading a range of engaging activities to help students and staff celebrate this exciting week of inquiry, innovation, and investigation.

Students are encouraged to check the daily notices for updates and details about the various activities that will be available during break times throughout the week. We look forward to seeing our students embrace the opportunities to explore, discover, and celebrate the wonders of science.

An Evening with the Principal

We warmly invite you to join us for an evening with our Council Chair, Mr Kevin Yearbury, and Principal & CEO, Mrs Cherylynne Gostelow, 6.00pm Tuesday 18 August. This is an opportunity to hear directly about the next chapter in Calvary’s story and continue our partnership in the education and care of your children.

To help us with planning and catering, registrations would be appreciated. Please use the link below to register:

https://www.trybooking.com/DNNXJ

Free Dress End of Term

A very big thank you to the families across the College who donated items to our Term 2 Winter Warmers campaign. Your generosity was greatly appreciated. Following discussions with David Armstrong, Principal of Tara Shire State College, we have identified two items that would be particularly helpful for students in Years 4–8: sports shoes and royal blue jumpers that can be worn to school as part of the school colours.

For our end-of-term free dress day, students and families are invited to donate a royal blue jumper, a pair of sports shoes or a gold coin donation. Gold coin donations will support our Compassion children. Clothing and shoe donations can be brought to form classes until 8 August, while gold coin donations will be collected on the final day of term.

RLCC Youth

Pastor Josh wants to welcome everyone to Term 3 of Youth with an some exciting events planned for this term. Please see the flyer below for details of what activities are planned for each week. The Real Life Youth Team would love to see you there! 

Please note that in Week 6 the Real Life Youth Team are meeting up at Wonderworld for an awesome night of worship and community, please scan the QR code below for more details.