Springwood Junior School Communications, 29 August 2024

Term 3 - Week 8

Friday 30 Aug:  Qld Education Department - Pupil Free Day

Week 9 - Good News Week

Monday 2 Sept:  Stg 1 Puppet Incursion
Wednesday 4 Sept:  Bake Sale / Assembly
Thursday 5 Sept:  Showcase Rehearsal
Friday 6 Sept:  IS Sport / Piccolos Yurana Visit
Saturday 7 Sept:  Showcase Evening

Coming Up

Exhibition Afternoon, Netball Community Cup, Chapel, End of Term Free Dress, Colour Fun Run

Dear Parents and Carers,

Next week the College will embark on Good News Week and there is a special communication below from the Lead Pastor of RLCC Adam Low explaining how this week works:

Every year at Calvary we take a week to celebrate and focus on prayer, mission, and the Good News of Jesus Christ. Next week is “The Good News Week.”

While we could say that every week at Calvary is “The Good News Week” – taking a week to engage more deeply with the Good News Jesus offers, how we are simultaneously recipients of this good news, and invited to be participants in sharing it is a wonderful and empowering opportunity for staff, students and families.

Our chaplaincy team have worked with staff and students to provide opportunities to celebrate how we receive and personally respond to the good news of real life in Jesus Christ, and also BE and BRING this good news to others in our world.

Activities will include an interactive prayer room, Reggie Dabbs visiting the Carbrook Campus, sausage sizzle / bake sales to raise funds for Compassion, a good news stories wall display, an ‘agent of good news’ challenge across the week, and more. You are invited to celebrate “The Good News Week” with us!

Adam Low | Lead Pastor RLCC

Qld Education Pupil Free Day

Tomorrow is a day off for students, and a day of learning for our staff. We love what we do, and tomorrow will be a day of professional development and team planning to ensure we are always forward focused.

Prep & Stg 1 Athletics Carnival

What fills my heart is the absolute determination of our little ones as they give their all to the task at hand. At the Prep and Stage 1 Athletics Carnival yesterday, this was the theme of the day. Every child running, throwing, and jumping with persistence and delight as they gave each activity their best effort. They were so encouraging of each other and the smiles on their faces were a clear sign of the fun they had. Thank you, Mr McInnes and Year 6 students, for leading the event, and thank you parents for your support as well.

Prime Minister's Spelling Bee

Last week a large number of student took part in the Prime Minister's Spelling Bee.  We are excited to announce that six students have now progressed on to the State Final.  Congratulations to Kaiser Goodwin, Amelia Ballantyne, Jessica Jansen Van Rensburg, Jubilee Kunst and Arianna Mays!  Thank you to Mrs Buthmann for organising this event.

Showcase - Journey Through Time

There are a large number of students across the college enjoying the CPA (Performing Arts) program. Earlier in the year we held our Junior Showcase for our younger students. Our Senior Showcase event is on Saturday 7 September.

The theme, Our Journey Through Time, is based on the history of the CPA program over the past 40 years. Many of our Stage 2 and 3 students are involved either through the Voices Choir or various ensemble groups.

Come along and meet Alumni and past staff who contributed to growing CPA, as well as hear the beautiful performances of our Stage 2 to Stage 6 students.

Discovery Exhibition Afternoon

On the afternoon of Tuesday 10 September our students will be showcasing their learning in the current Discovery unit.  Please come a long and see what your child and their peers have learnt!  Exhibition starts at 2.15pm.

Father's Night Community Event

Happy Father’s Day to all our dads and father figures! We would love to celebrate you officially tonight at the Community Night. I hope you get to enjoy a great weekend, celebrated and honoured as you deserve.

Mrs Kim Winton
Head of Junior School - Springwood Campus

Message from OSHC - Pupil Free Day

Friday 30 August is a Pupil Free Day, and we will be open 6:30am - 6:30pm. Children will need to bring their morning tea, lunch and water bottle and we provide afternoon tea.  Please request your booking via Xplor if you require care on this day.

Thank you!  Angela Schmidt

Good News Week - Bake Sale Donations

Next week the chaplaincy team are running “The Good News Week”, where we give intentional focus to being and bringing the good news of Jesus.

During 2^nd break on Wednesday 4th September, some Year 6’s will be running a bake sale and sausage sizzle to raise money and awareness for our partnership with Compassion.

If you would like to contribute donations of nut-free baked goods/lollies, please bring them to the Happy Hens Café on the Wednesday morning. Please also include a list of ingredients with anything you bring for allergy purposes.

To place your BBQ order please click on the link: https://www.trybooking.com/CUZGN  Orders close 9am Tuesday 3 September.

Springwood Activities can be found here:  Link

Blessings

Ps Jayden and the Chaplaincy Team

Kids Life Plus: Discovery 3 Day Holiday Event

Hey Calvary Families! Pastor Jayden here with an exciting announcement!

These coming holidays, the Kids Life team at Real Life Christian Church is hosting Kids Life Plus: Discovery!

Come along and experience a 'space exploration-themed' three days of fun as children discover real life in Jesus and how to share this with others.

This holiday event is for children in Prep through to Year 6 and runs from the 16th-18th of September from 9am-3pm!

To register and for more information, you can use this link to the event page:  https://rlcc.ucareapp.com/events/201/booknow

Or you have any further questions or inquiries, I would love to hear from you!  My email is: jayden.vandyken@rlcc.com.au

Sports/Clubs News

Interschool Sport

No Sport due to Pupil Free Day.

Calvary Netball Cup

Calvary Netball Cup is on Wednesday 11 September, Week 10 of Term 3.

Information has been sent home with participating students.  Calvary Netball Cup   Parent approval is required via the Parent Lounge at your earliest convenience.

Colour Fun Run

Colour Fun Run is coming up on the last day of term. The run will be taking place in the afternoon and students will run in Stage groups.

As this is a free dress day, we encourage parents to send students to school in clothes that can get dirty.  The colours are designed to wash out but have been known to stay in some fabrics.  The colour run is more effective on white/light coloured t-shirts, thus we also recommend sending spare items in with your child into which they can change and/or a towel to sit on in the car ride home.

This year the fundraising will be going towards sporting equipment for your children to use and updating sports teams’ uniforms.  Please see attached letter for information regarding fundraising.  Colour Fun Run Parent Letter

Up Coming Events @ Calvary

Link to our Events Page

Is your child interested in learning the Guitar?

Guitar Tutor, Charlie Crook, is currently offering Free Trial Lessons to students who are interested in learning Guitar at Calvary. 

Charlie is the private guitar tutor and conducts the guitar ensembles in both the MSS and Jnr Schools, across both campuses.

Ensembles provide students the opportunity to perform within a group participating in school assemblies and CPA events, including Showcase, and compete in external Eisteddfod competitions, in which this year they won!

To make any further enquires or to book into a free trial, please contact Charlie Crook: Ccrookmusic@gmail.com