CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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Issue No. 12 29 April 2016

FORTHCOMING DATES:- Monday 2 May Year 6 Tour to Canberra (concludes 6 May) Tuesday 3 May Parent Education Evening – 7.00pm Wednesday 4 May Friends Meeting – 8.30am

Music Excursion Years Prep - 2

Thursday 5 May Music Excursion Years 3 – 5 Friday 6 May Kinder Mother’s Day Chapel/Morning Tea

Prep Cocktail Party

Dear Parents and Friends, Congratulations to all the children involved with the ANZAC Day March and service at the Shrine on Monday. It was a beautiful day and the children represented the School with dignity and reverence. We were so incredibly proud of them. It was lovely to see so many families gathered at the tree service at the Shrine so thank you for making it such a special event Following on from the moving events on Monday, one of our Year 2 students, Ruby Jesudason, has written this lovely piece about what ANZAC Day means to her. The Shrine of Remembrance The ANZAC soldiers fought in the war for us. They are still special to us and from that day on we remember them but unfortunately in Gallipoli most of them died. My great grandfather fought in World War II however he was lucky and survived and returned home. He lived in Martinborough in New Zealand. He died when he was ninety four years old just before I was born so I never got to meet him, but my granny lives in his house and I often go there on holidays. Sometimes we go for walks and see where he was buried. Granny has many pictures of my great grandfather. He has lots of medals. He must have been a good soldier and special. Such a gorgeous reflection. Parent Information Evening This morning we held a NAPLAN information session for parents of children in Years 3 and 5 prior to the upcoming tests in May. I hope that those of you who attended found this useful. Next Tuesday 3 May, we have the first of our Parent Education Evenings. We have a guest presenter joining us to talk about Technology in Schools so we hope that you can join us at 7.00pm in the Music Room.

School Photos The children’s school photos arrived yesterday and will make their way home over the next day or so. If you have any issues with your child’s photos or need to place an additional order, please contact Cindy Jackman in the office for assistance. Happy travels to our Year 6 children who are heading off on Monday to Canberra. Enjoy the weekend, Sandra Holland

NAPLAN - The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy The NAPLAN Assessments for Year 3 and Year 5 pupils will be held on Tuesday 10th May, Wednesday 11th May and Thursday 12th May 2016. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement. All students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests. During test week, catch-up tests will be available for individual students who are absent on test days. These students may undertake catch-up tests on the days in the test week after the scheduled test, up to and including Friday 13 May 2016. A NAPLAN information session was held this morning and I have attached parent information sheets to this newsletter for those who were unable to attend. Sue Moir Head of Individual Differences

Mother Linda Dear Parents and Friends, How blessed we have been with warm autumnal days three weeks into this new term! Our school days are busy and I am surrounded by children who want to make a contribution to lessons and chapel services. The photographs taken after our ANZAC service capture the joy that flows from participation. Next week I will begin gathering the group of children who would like to prepare for First Communion. While I have a couple of names confirmed by parents, there are other children who have expressed their interest. I have explained to them that they need to discuss this with you. Do send through an email if you would like your child to be included. I will meet with them each week as we work through a little booklet called Welcome To The Lord’s Table. I will work around other lunchtime commitments and find a suitable time. The group will be admitted to communion during the 10 am Eucharist on Sunday 29th of May. I look forward to hearing from you. Blessings, Linda Linda.fiske@ccgs.vic.edu.au

Music News - A Musical Note

Danielle Arcaro – Music Director

We have a number of exciting musical events coming up early this term which the children have been busy preparing for. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra May 3rd - Prep to Grade 2 will be visiting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to hear their Classic Kids Concert “Crazy Creatures’. An interactive music adventure inspired by the children’s books of Jonathan Long and Korky Paul. The children will meet the heroes from The Duck with No Luck and A Cat Called Scratch on the big screen and share their adventures via this fun-and-laughter-filled concert. May 5th - Grades 3-5 will be introduced not only to the orchestra, but a host of big and bold musical characters. These include Dukas’ famous Sorcerer’s Apprentice (made legendary by Mickey Mouse, in Fantasia) and a wacky audience participation piece called ‘Bamboozled’. The program includes works by Beethoven, Rossini and Copland. Australian Brandenburg Orchestra The Chapel Choir has been rehearsing very hard for their upcoming performances with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra on May 7th and May 8th at the Melbourne Recital Centre. This concert called ‘Mozart Requiem:100 Voices’ features the voices of children and includes a selection of the most beautiful, extraordinary music of the Renaissance and Baroque, climaxing with the famous ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah. It is an incredible honour and opportunity for our children to sing with such a world class orchestra and I have been very impressed with the maturity and enthusiasm with which they have stepped up to the challenge of music making at this level. Last week the children joined members of the Australian Boys Choir, Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School Choir and Melbourne Grammar School Choir in an intense (and intensely funny) rehearsal that really pushed them to new heights. Our choristers were incredible in both their behaviour and singing and there were many ‘teary eyed moments’ when we all (those singing and those listening) experienced sheer beauty (and it was only a rehearsal). We as a school should all feel very, very proud of our Chapel Choir and of their very talented, dedicated, hard-working Choir Master, Mr Fulcher. Paul Dyer (ABO Director) says: "Children’s voices were part of the musical landscape in the Renaissance and Baroque. It is time to bring that glorious sound back to the Brandenburg stage and we are going to do it in a huge way."

Student Achievements I would like to congratulate Tabitha Burge, Alicia Podiono and Alec Smith on their recent successes in AMEB exams. All have put in a lot of work preparing for the exams and have achieved fantastic results! Congratulations also goes to Holly Hockings who is the first student to achieve her ‘Black Belt’ in our ‘Recorder Karate’ program. Congratulations and thank you to Jason Huang, Tabby Burge, and Timmy Lew for playing us in and out of assembly recently. Teacher performances Our cello teacher Mr Harris will be performing a recital on the weekend and I would encourage you to go and hear him. His flier is attached. Sports News

Trent Brownjohn - Head of Physical Education,

Sport & Health

Winter Sport Results vs. Westbourne 22nd April 2016

Football: CCGS 7.2.44; WESTBOURNE 2.0.12 Handball A: CCGS 18; WESTBOURNE 2 B: CCGS 12; WESTBOURNE 5 C: CCGS 13; WESTBOURNE 2 Netball A: CCGS 30; WESTBOURNE 9 B: CCGS 11; WESTBOURNE 6 C: CCGS 6; WESTBOURNE 1

Hockey: A: CCGS 4; WESTBOURNE 0 B: CCGS 4; WESTBOURNE 0 Soccer: A: CCGS 6; WESTBOURNE 0 B: CCGS 4; WESTBOURNE 2 C: CCGS 1; WESTBOURNE 2 Table Tennis: CCGS 7; WESTBOURNE 3

2016 Subaru Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships Christ Church Grammar School will once again be entering a team for this event. To compete in the event your child must be accompanied by an adult, you must be able to organise your own accommodation on the mountain and provide your own equipment. The Physical Education department will be organising the team, if your child is interested in or you have any questions please email me on trent.brownjohn@ccgs.vic.edu.au If you could also provide me with your contact details (email and mobile), I can then put you on the contact list and you will receive all relevant emails regarding SnowSports at CCGS. The Interschools competition for Primary School level takes place at Mt Buller from the 22nd – 24th of August. Cross country events are held on the 7th of August. Website: http://vicinterschools.com.au/ I would encourage all parents to register their details on the website to receive newsletters via email regarding the event. There is also plenty of other valuable information on the website regarding rules, special offers on equipment etc.

District Cross Country Squad Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen to represent Christ Church at the South Yarra District Cross Country Championship. The Championship will be held on Monday the 9th of May in Fawkner Park (10.00am – 1.00pm).

FIRST SURNAME CLASS

Charlize Brown 3G

Ebony Harridge 3G

Edie McLachlan 3G

Tom Voigt 3G

Isobel Humphery-Smith

3N

Romy Page 3N

Harry Stynes 3N

Hunter Tomeski 3N

Angus O'Dea 3S

Lily Raines 3S

Tessa Sellars-Jones 3S

Sophie Davies 4C

Harris Lorimer 4C

Nicholas Nash 4C

Saska Paine 4C

Daniel Lunnie 4R

Kitty Mackinnon 4R

Georgie Oldham 4R

Ava Pidgeon 4R

Murphy Reid 4R

Leonora Ashworth Jones

4T

Arno D'Andrea 4T

Olivia Hargrave 4T

Freddie Jackson 4T

Tommy Marriner 4T

Charlie Wetenhall 4T

Archie Collopy 5L

Charlie Jamieson 5L

Elle Sankey 5L

Dashiell Seebeck 5L

FIRST SURNAME CLASS

Will Simpson 5L

Hamish Sinclair 5L

Oliver Valmorbida 5L

Ella Wernert 5L

Jamie Dekazos 5R

Oliver Falcon 5R

Jessica Haintz 5R

Jayden Hoorbakht 5R

Alexandra Jackson 5R

Lachlan Jennings 5R

Natsai Kanhutu 5R

Polly McArthur 5R

Alette McCrum 5R

Dillon McDougal 5R

Clancy Merrick Harvey

5R

Elio Ongarato 5R

Hamish Peace 5R

Ella Ball 5W

Freddie Bede 5W

Anouk Bennett 5W

Cara Duffy 5W

Emma Humphery-Smith

5W

Matilda Kellett 5W

Samantha Love 5W

George Raines 5W

India Sinclair 5W

Angus Whitehead 5W

Hugo Bennett 6C

Daniel Bian 6C

Grace Farndon 6C

FIRST SURNAME CLASS

Poppy Glenning 6C

Thomas Love 6C

Oliver McDonald 6C

Olivia Nigido-Scott 6C

Chloe Oldham 6C

Gui Palma-Dias 6C

Jen Wertheimer 6C

Harry Bail 6H

Alannah D'Andrea 6H

Jessica Davies 6H

Hugo Haintz 6H

Gregory Hennessy 6H

Sid Hirsh 6H

Alexandra Kenos 6H

Bruno Kistler 6H

Josh Poole 6H

Kingsley Stuart 6H

Remy Stynes 6H

Lily Wertheimer 6H

Madeline Barrett 6M

Ciara Jenkins 6M

Nathan Munro 6M

Charlotte Myer 6M

Emai Owen 6M

Teddy Phillips 6M

Alicia Podiono 6M

Victoria Rix 6M

Noah Siolis 6M

James Wernert 6M

Kinder 4 Enjoying Sport on Thursday

Recess at Parkside

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: CINDY JACKMAN @ CCGS ON 9866 3540

PARENT EDUCATION EVENING

TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS

GUEST SPEAKER – JAMES NEWMAN

MAY 3, 2016

7.00PM

MUSIC ROOM

CHRIST CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Described as ‘Trailblazing,

enigmatic and impassioned...’

New Zealand Cellist, Blair Harris has

performed and recorded in many of the world’s

great concert venues.

Winner of numerous awards including the

Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition,

John Hopkins Performance Fellowship, Basil

Jones Sonata Prize, the Paganini/Piatti Prize and

the Bach prize, Blair Harris was a scholarship

fellow at ANAM studying with international art-

ists including Alexander Bailllie, Steven Isserlis,

Mats Lidstrom , Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi (Mozarteum

Salzburg) and Valeria Szervansky (Prussia Cove).

Blair Harris is showcasing the dramatic depth and

rich sonorous repertoire for cello and piano with

friend, Caroline Almonte.

Come hear an afternoon of exquisite music mak-

ing and enjoy some light refreshments with the

artists after this 70 minute recital.

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in G minor

Max BruchKol Nidrei Op.47

Claude DebussyCello Sonata

Astor Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

Sunday May 1st at 2 pmWyselaskie Auditorium Centre for Theology and Ministry 29 College Cresecent, Parkville Ticketsmembers free - for details please see www.lyrebirdmusicsociety.org.auCasual concert admission $25 (standard) $15 (Concession)

Tickets available at the door,,however bookings are preferablehttps://www.trybooking.com/LDDG

Caroline Almonte

Blair Harris &

Better Buddies Leadership Program

Hello Everyone!

Camp Australia in partnership with The Alannah and Madeline Foundation created our exclusive Better Buddies Leadership program to help children connect by learning from each other and build self-confidence through our Leadership Program.

The Alannah and Madeline Foundation is a national charity that focuses on keeping children safe from violence and bullying. Their Better Buddies framework is a whole-school initiative designed to create friendly and caring school communities where bullying is reduced.

Each week, we will be choosing two older children to act as ‘buddy leaders’ to support and mentor the younger children here at OSHC.

Parents don’t forget that you need to inform me to whether your Child will be attending aftercare, this is very important for the safe running of the program. You can do this anytime by logging onto our website (www.campaustralia.com.au) or you can catch me on the mobile (0423 795 219)

We hope that you all have a great week.

Chirst Church OSHC team

Program Details

To find out more about our program, view fees and to register visit www.campaustralia.com.au