26th February 2015 - Term 1 Volume 2 No. 226 PRINCIPAL MATTERS Humility: Psalm 45:4 In your majesty, ride out to victory, defending truth, humility, and justice. Go forth to perform awe-inspiring deeds! Last week students in Years 7-12 participated in the annual House Athletics Carnival. I would like to congratulate the students on the great House spirit that they demonstrated and commend the Year 12 House Captains on their excellent leadership in making this a most enjoyable day for all students. A special appreciation to Miss Carin Eastburn, the staff, Parents &Friends and alumni for their contribution for a fantastic carnival. We praise God for His protection over this event. We appreciate the staff who are supporting this event and please pray for God's continued protection over the group. Yours in Christ’s Service. Avril Howard Principal P.S. I look forward to seeing you at the Parent Seminar tonight. INTERNATIONAL FOOD FESTIVAL Friday 6th March 2015 The International Food Festival will be held on Friday 6 March after school from 3.30 pm - 6.30pm. P & F are looking for families to make food that will represent their culture. Volunteers are also needed to assist on the day. Please contact Mrs Carron Stephens on: Progress on Facilities Improvement. We are pleased to advise that the new playground equipment for the BEAM and Navigate sub schools will be arriving shortly. Additional lunch seating will also be installed along the veranda which will have the advantage of opening up an additional eating and playing area for the children. Lighthouse Christian College would like to thank and acknowledge the P&F network for donating $4000.00 towards this project as a result of the school banking program and encourage all our students to take part in school banking where they can learn fiscal responsibility while helping the College. In addition to these improvements the plans for the new double storey building are underway and we expect to be sharing them with you very shortly. You may have also noticed on our website that we are currently taking expressions of interest for prospective campuses in Point Cook and Skye. With God’s blessing we are looking to opening campuses in these areas and look forward to growing His kingdom in these two new areas. Further information can be located on: www.lighthouse.vic.edu.au Our Year 9 students are on camp this week at beautiful Eildon with the Outdoor Education group. They will be sleeping in tents and doing great activities like bushwalking. Bushwalking is perhaps the best way to interact with Australia’s unique environment. Navigating with map and compass and carrying all required gear, bushwalking requires groups to travel on foot between campsites. Groups can explore teamwork, leadership and personal organisation skills while travelling in a natural environment. Mobile: 0423 844 408 or Email: [email protected] CAR PARK EXTENSION We are delighted to inform you that after two and half years of hard work behind the scenes to extend the car park and improve traffic safety on the College property we now have approval for a new car park. Subsequently we are working through all the conditions attached to the approval so that the construction of the car park can be completed this year. Thank you for your patience and your prayers as we undertake this project. Joseph Santamaria Property Manager Month Date Event March 5th Parent Communication Morning 6th International Food Festival (P&F) 9th PUBLIC HOLIDAY 12th - 13th Year 10 Careers Camp 25th Celebration Assembly 26th Parent, Student, Teacher Conference (PM) 27th Parent, Student, Teacher Conference (AM) 27th END OF TERM 1 SECONDARY MATTERS Athletics Carnival The Secondary Athletics Carnival was held on 20th February and was a huge success. Ross Reserve was turned into a sea of Blue, Green & Red as students and staff came along in their house colours. Over the course of the day we had 19 records broken. Well done to both Anthony Chau & Shehara Weerakoon who both broke multiple records in their events. It was great to see so many students having a go and enjoying the day. The day finished off with the War Cries. These rose to another level and the unity in each team was fantastic as they all joined together to support their team. We would like to thank our House Captains, Grace Nguyen & Andy Hoang (Wesley Warriors); Deborah Madduma & Nibal Hilal (Luther Knights) and Chantelle Raux & Jerome Chhien (Ten Boom Titans) for contributing to the success of the day. Thank you also to all the students, staff, alumni and Parents & Friends who came along for their contribution to this wonderful event. Our wonderful Alumni PRIMARY MATTERS Year 1 Swimming The students in Year levels 1, 2 and 4 completed six days of swimming lessons last Friday. The lessons were at Toby Haenan swimming pool, where all skill levels were catered for, from beginners to advanced. Here are what some Grade 1 students had to say: I like to blow bubbles because it is fun. I like to swim underwater because it feels like you are floating underwater. I like to swim with a kickboard because that feels like I am swimming by myself. Grace Li - Gr1L I like swimming because we can blow bubbles. I like to dog paddle. I like to swim underwater. I like to jump in the water. I like to do swimming. Angelina Fong - Gr1L I like swimming because we can do freestyle and because you get to do fun things, I like swimming and it's fun. Akeera Senthuran -1K I like swimming because I like water safety week. I like swimming because I like freestyle arms and torpedo arms. I like swimming because I like to go to the deep end. I like to go to the deep end to dive. I like to go swimming because I like to float underwater - Jerry Xu 1K I like swimming because I get to jump through hoops. I like swimming because we get to look under water and we get to dive. I like swimming because we get to go to the deep end and float at the deep end. I like swimming because we get to doggy paddle to the end. - Jennifer Thai 1K I like swimming because I like to float and I like to go to the deep end. - Malachi Baldock 1K