On Friday students in Kindergarten to Year 11 will receive their school

reports. As I looked over the reports, I was struck by how many students

have remarkable results. We are blessed with students who bring a great

attitude to their learning each day. This attitude makes educational excellence

so much more attainable. The report is a summary of your child’s

achievements in the school setting throughout the past semester. Our teachers

have spent many hours preparing, delivering and assessing work. The report

is their considered, professional view of your child’s learning and attributes for

this reporting period. May I urge you to take time to read the report carefully, to

go through the comments, marks and indicators in the report with your child

and to set goals for the next semester? The government has set down a clear

set of criteria for reporting to parents. A “Sound” category is the usual grade.

This category indicates that your child is progressing at a usual rate for children

of their age group.

On Saturday night we had a blast at the WWCC Family Movie Night. Feet were

tapping and dreams of an adventurous life were ignited. Thank you to all who

made the night such a success – especially our Burmese families who blessed

us with wonderful food and those who assisted with popcorn and drinks.

School resumes for students on Monday 30 July (Week B). Staff will be

undertaking a variety of professional development activities during the week of

July 23 to 27. Activities staff will take part in include training in NESA modules

for effective teaching, reviews of various school programs and practices,

connecting with teachers from across NSW in their subject area for

programming, programming in faculty areas, updating first aid qualifications,

Child Protection training and multimedia and technology training. Thank you for

your efforts in enabling us to have this week of essential development. We

concentrate Training and Development days into several clusters to maximise

effectiveness and minimise disruption to families.

Thank you for a great Semester 1,

Mr Hugh MacCallum, Principal

Week 10A 3.7.2018

College Phone 6923 8888 OOSH Mobile 0429 303 951

www.waggachristian.nsw.edu.au

All of the recipients of our Sporting, Cultural & Academic Awards last week.

Patrick Mecham-Hoare (Year 11) who has been selected for an international basketball representative

team to compete in the USA. Patrick will be playing for TeamOz in early August. We wish him and the team

a great time and are confident of his ambassadorial qualities. See an article about this opportunity here.

Hayley Stevens (Year 11) who is playing 2nd Division Netball in the

Canberra competition and was part of the selection squad for the

Victorian state team. Hayley demonstrates remarkable skill and humility.

Class of 2016 student Ezra Selga who recently earned the number one

artist on Triple J Unearthed site for his electronic music, producing as

Arzenn. You can listen to Ezra’s music here.

Three of our alumni families have been blessed with the safe arrival of

new babies this past week! Congratulations to Ross and Coralie Malcolm,

Jeremiah and Lani Schuster, Vanessa and Rod Vidler and Jacob and

Kelly Anderson. We wish all of you rich blessings as your families grow.

To those students who participated in the ICAS competitions throughout

the term.

DIARY DATES

Click on the blue underlined activities to find the Parent Letter and Permission Note for each event.

Jul 3 Yr 9/10 Laser Tag Jul 4 Primary Touch Football Gala Day July 5 Futsal Schools Championship Jul 5 HSC Business Study Day, CSU Jul 6 5/6J Bridge to Terabithia Movie Jul 6 Mufti Day, Sausage Sizzle & Battle of the Bands Jul 6 Term 2 Ends Jul 9-26 Vacation Care Jul 23-27 Staff Development Week Jul 24-26 College Office Closed Jul 30 Term 3 Begins, Week B Jul 30 Yr 12 PDHPE HSC Enrichment Day Jul 31 ICAS Comp - English Aug 3 The ‘Best Ever’ Short Film Festival Entries Due Aug 5-6 CSSA Zone Athletics Carnival, Dubbo Aug 8 The ‘Best Ever’ Short Film Festival Screening Aug 8 Yr 5/6 Netball Regional Finals Aug 9 Yr 7-10 Netball Regional Finals Aug 11 College Bushdance, Save the Date Aug 14 ICAS Comp - Mathematics Aug 15 Primary Touch Football Gala Day Aug 16-18 Orange Music Festival Aug 17 CSSA Primary State Athletics, Sydney Aug 21-28 Yr 9 Tasmania Excursion Aug 24 CSSA Secondary State Athletics, Sydney Aug 26 Tournament of Minds, Sturt PS Aug 31 Grandparents Day/Fathers Day Stall Aug 31 Jnr School Parent Assembly Sept 8 NSW State Tournament of Minds, Sydney Sept 13 Yr 10 Excursion Deposit Due Sep 14 Jnr School Parent Assembly Sept 19-21 Year 5/6 Canberra Excursion Sep 28 Term 3 Ends Nov 1 Yr 10 Excursion Balance Due Nov 26-28 Yr 10 Katoomba Excursion

Give thanks for: For a great first semester For the excellent family movie night and those

who made it special For the wonderful attitude of the College

community Rest for the students after Semester 1 For the safe arrival of so many babies to past

students and current families

Pray for: For the staff on the staff development week For a safe break for students For senior students as they mix the break with

assessment tasks and study For those who are injured or recovering from

illness For those in mourning

At the end of each term, unlabelled lost property will be

donated to the WWCC Second-hand Uniform Shop.

Please check your children’s uniforms, hats and other

school items are clearly labelled. Please also check that

your children have not accidentally picked up someone

else’s items by mistake.

We have set up new

labelled baskets at the

back of the

Administration Block

to help students to

find their belongings,

or return other’s

items.

Thank you.

The College Office will be

closed from Tuesday 24

to Thursday 26 July as

our Administration Team

undertake training and

development. Thank you.

The College is embarking on several years of

building programs and we are keen to give

College families the opportunity to be part of the

tender process. If you are interested in being

considered for this, please send your details to our

Project Manager Richard Strong via

richard.strong@waggachristian.nsw.edu.au.

Thank you.

June Tuition Account Statements and the College Account Terms and Conditions were emailed to all families on

Monday, July 2. Please take a moment to read the Terms and Conditions and ensure that your account payments meet these. If you have any questions or concerns about your account or payment plan please contact Mrs Bonnie Harley by either phoning the College Office on 6923 8888 or emailing to accounts@waggachristian.nsw.edu.au. Thank you. Mr Nicholas Bewick, Business Manager

The Wagga School Leaders Program, run by the Committee4Wagga, is a Wagga Wagga initiative to help

Wagga Wagga’s youth to understand and observe leadership within community businesses, while also

enhancing their own leadership skills and finding their place in leadership. Fourteen Year 11 students from high

schools all around Wagga Wagga, including Ella Bergmeier, Calvin Combs and Emily Linn, joined forces to

tackle the program head first. After 5 months of 100% attendance, punctuality and commitment, we graduated

as Wagga School Leaders on the 22 June 2018. This program has taught us many new and constructive ways

to input leadership into the communities we are a part of.

The Year 12 Business studies class have been undergoing an exciting business simulation and experiment in

the last couple of weeks.

Students, as part of a real life employment exercise, had to:

Recruit, interview and select an employee from the student

body to run a business

Establish working conditions and a pay rate to compensate

their employee

Analyse employee productivity and satisfaction

It was great to see over 10 applications from the student body

and watch the Year 12 students find the right candidate, pay

them, encourage them and experience the Human Resource cycle.

Mr Stephen Gilmour, Teacher

Twenty six students participated in the ICAS Digital Technologies Competition, which was held on Tuesday 8

May 2018. This year we have received many impressive results.

Merit Certificates: Hamish Gomersall and Maverick Ward, both Year 4.

Credit Certificates: Myles Riley and Antonia Schmidtke both Year 4, Bailey Joiner and Zoe Wilson in

Year 5, and Angus Baker and Harrison Nichols in Year 6.

Distinction Certificates: Eric Shin in Year 4, Mohamad Ghazy in Year 5, Noah Schmidtke and Caden Wil-

son both Year 7 and Connor Wilson in Year 10.

Congratulations to all those who were involved!

Last Friday our Stage 3 students competed in the Primary Athletics Carnival here at the College. I was so

impressed with the effort of the students as they ran, jumped and threw all day. Students who came first or

second will be eligible to attend the Christian Schools Sports Association Zone carnival in Dubbo next term.

Special thanks to Mr Cunningham, the staff, student helpers and parents who helped to make the

carnival a huge success!

This week students will be receiving their Semester One report. These will be distributed on Friday afternoon

before the students leave for the holiday break. I encourage you to go through the report with your child and

celebrate their successes, discuss their struggles and help them to plan their approach to Semester Two.

Have a great holiday. We pray that it is a time of relaxation and rejuvenation. I know many families are taking

advantage of the extra week and have taken an extended vacation. We look forward to seeing everyone next

term as we head into Semester Two!

Miss Heather Mansley, Head of Middle School

Our class have been celebrating the, ‘Year of the Bird’ because 2018 marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird

Treaty Act, the most powerful and important bird-protection law passed to date. Students have contributed their

thoughts and have clearly enjoyed their studies.

Strong family-school partnerships enhance student learning and build stronger relationships

Thank you to all those who made Saturday night, WWCC Family Movie Night,

such a special event. With a turnout of approximately 220 people complete with

blankets, bean bags and camping chairs there was an appreciative crowd who

enjoyed the highs and lows of The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman.

The Wagga Wagga Christian Church shared their gifts by providing delicious

fried chicken, curry and rice for dinner.

A massive thank you to Mrs Ahcin Mayit and Mrs Yin Thang Sangdong and their

willing team for all their hard work cooking and serving dinner for us. Thank you

also to College parents Rebekah Wade, the Alcorn family, Teresse Wilkinson,

Jodie Perry and Kate Gillard for serving us through the movie – popcorn, lollies,

drinks and chips! Thank you to all those willing hands who stayed afterwards to

help pack up. A special mention to the Guilfoyle family and the McDonnell

family. Aussie Bob’s ice creams were a great hit! Thank you to Bob Wood for

braving the cold outside to ensure choc tops were available.

It is always wonderful coming together to share fun and relationship. We look

forward to the next opportunity to bring the community together - the College

Bushdance on Saturday 11 August. Save the date!

This Friday 6 July, we are holding a ‘Battle of the Bands’ event at lunchtime,

where various student music bands compete against each other in front of a

judging panel. It promises to be a great time of celebrating and encouraging various

students in their musical gifting. In conjunction with this activity, the student led Music group

and Community and Fundraising groups are working together to raise some funds.

At lunchtime, a sausage sizzle is being organised in the place of the canteen and lunch

orders, with the money raised going to support the Music group. We have decided to

also include an opportunity for students to come to school in casual dress on

the day for the cost of a gold coin, with the money raised going to

support the Hugo family. Karin and Jako Hugo used to be part of our college

community when their son Maureece was in Kindergarten in 2005. The couple

felt God calling them to Kenya as missionaries, primarily with the desire to help

Reinhard Bonnke in his crusades. They work closely with Scripture Union in

this project.

Sausages and a small selection of drinks and snacks will be available at

lunchtime, however, we are asking if the families of Primary

School students (K-6) could please pre-order their lunch to

assist with catering logistics.

We are offering a sausage and a fruit box for $3.00, or $2.50 for

just a sausage. Please note that there will be no lunch orders

available on this day, nor will the canteen be open at

lunchtime. Students will need to bring a packed lunch if

they do not want to order a sausage.

Mrs Rosie Anderson,

Community and Fundraising, Student Group Coordinator

Seasons for Growth is a group work program for young people who are

struggling with change, separation or loss in and around the family. This

course will run in Term 4, 2018 and expressions of interest will now be

taken for middle school students.

This is a 6 week program of 45 minutes in duration each week. This

educational program is to help young people come to terms with

change and loss in their life. This course is run by Dr Jarratt, the

College Counsellor who is a licensed facilitator. The cost is $13 for the

journals, which the student can keep. If you are interested in placing

your child’s name down or just want to know more please contact

Stephanie Jarratt on 6923 8888 within College office hours.

Dr Stephanie Jarratt

College Counsellor

Dr Stephanie Jarratt is the College

Counsellor and she is available to

assist and support your child or

young person. She works from

Monday to Wednesday every

week. She is also available for

after school hours appointments

for working parents.

Please do not hesitate to contact

her to support your child. Dr Jarratt

can be contacted via the College

Office on 6923 8888.

The latest Nurture magazine has been provided to all families. One

copy has been given to the youngest child in each family. Enjoy some

reading over the school holidays.

The Riverina Conservatorium of Music has held

free concerts annually, during Term 2, for some

time now. The concerts are held in different

venues such as churches, the Art Gallery and

community centres. The concerts bring music

covering a wide variety of styles and genres,

highlighting local and regional musicians, and

are always enjoyable. Our school has attended

these concerts for many years, taking groups of

students to listen to professional musicians playing live music. Students gain

much from experiencing this, with a particular benefit in watching performers,

gaining valuable insights into performance craft and etiquette.

Pictured are students who attended the concert featuring Meredith and The Con

Men, held at The Grange Community Centre. The band members were Meredith

Adams on vocals, Wayne Pigram on drums, Jeff Donovan on double bass, and

College parent Lachlan Brown on piano.

Mr Geoffrey Xeros, Director of Music

Send your Church Playgroup, Kids Club and Youth Group information to the College to be included in our Wagga Wagga Churches or Wagga Wagga Community

information pages.

Phone 6923 8888 for more information.

The Promise Centre 48 Vestey St www.thepromisecentre.com.au Sunday Service at 10am.

Generocity Church Wagga 194 Lake Albert Rd (the old Prime News building) www.generocitychurch.com.au Sunday Service at 10am

Wagga Wagga Evangelical Church (WWEC) 401 Kooringal Road www.wwec.org.au Sunday Service at 10am and 5:30pm

Inspire Church Wagga 555 Kooringal Rd www.inspirechurch.com.au/wagga Sunday Service Times: 10am Service 6pm Service Inspire Youth Wagga Every Friday from 6:30-8:30pm Check Facebook for updates

UniChurch/Christian Fellowship CSU Wagga, In the Rec Hall cfwagga.org.au

Sunday Service at 7pm

St Aidan's Presbyterian Church 62-64 Coleman St staidanswagga.org.au Sunday Service Times: 9am Service 10:30am Service 5pm Service Kid’s Club meets at St Andrew ’s, Cross Street, every Friday during term time, 5.30-7.30pm. SAYGE is the Youth Group of St Aidan ’s and St Andrew’s Presbyterian churches. We meet at St Andrew’s on Cross St every Friday night of school term from 7.30-9.30pm.

Wagga Baptist Church 156 Tarcutta St www.wwbc.org.au Sunday Service Times: 8:15am Worship Service 10am Worship Service 6pm Worship Service Crossover Youth: 5.30 for Bible Study 7pm – 9pm for Youth Group

Living Water Fellowship Kooringal Guide Hall 565 Kooringal Rd www.livingwaterwagga.org.au Sunday Service at 10am

The Salvation Army 188 Edward Street salvos.org.au/wagga/contact-us/

Sunday Service 10am Mainly Music Mondays 10.30am Salvos Woman Wednesdays 10.30am Connect & Grow all ages, 2nd Wednesday each month AA Meeting Thursdays 7.30pm, Fridays 7pm

For other activities and info about joining a small group call the church office on 6921 7895.

South Wagga Anglican Church St Paul’s Turvey Park, 31 Fernleigh Rd Sunday Services at 8am & 9:30am St Alban’s Kooringal, 270 Lake Albert Rd Sunday Service at 8am Wednesday Service at 10am https://www.swac.church/

Gospel Power Ministries Cnr Bourke and Mckell Ave (Mt Austin Public School) www.gospelpowerministries.org.au Sunday Service at 9:30am Connect Group fortnightly on Wednesdays Prayer meeting on Fridays at 7pm

Wagga Church of Christ 49 Fernleigh Road Kids Church 9:15am Sunday Service at 10am Youth Group Fridays from 7:30 -

9:30pm Chat & Play Group Wednesdays 10am

Wagga Wagga Uniting Churches www.wwuca.org.au

Pilgrim Uniting Church Sunday Worship Services – 10 Tanda Pl Glenfield Park 9:00am Traditional service 10:30am Family and cross-cultural service 6:00pm Modern expressions Wesley Uniting Church Sunday Worship Services – Cnr Johnston & Tarcutta Streets 10:30am Traditional service 1:30pm Korean language service