Week 9

Fri 20 June: Interhouse Volleyball Competition/Art Installation | Calvary's Got Talent | Battle of the Bands | Interhouse Karaoke Competition - FREE DRESS DAY

Sat 21 - Sat 28 June: Yr 12 Snow Tour

Coming Up...

June 21 - 15 July: School Holidays

June 21: Year 12 Snow Tour

Mon July 14: Pupil Free Day

Tues July 15: Term 3 Resumes

Wed 23 July: Teacher Parent Interviews

Head of School, Dino Arraiol

Dear Parents and Carers

We would like to wish all our students and families a refreshing and safe winter break. At assembly this week, we encouraged students to spend some time recharging over the holiday break and to find some activities to participate in beyond screen time.

As school report cards are released this coming Monday, we would ask our families to engage with this information (and help guides to find reports on the Calvary App are attached to this communication). This is a good time to celebrate something at school that your child has done well at or has been involved in, and to plan some goals for improvement over the coming semester. Please make sure you both encourage your child and provide them with some reflection on improvement as you read their report card with them. Parent Teacher Student interviews are also early in Term 3 and the report card will provide a teacher indication on whether it would be beneficial for you and your child to meet with them next term.

In addition to these events, we will be running a BBQ to support our students travelling to the Philippines on a Mission Trip this October. We encourage you to support this worthy cause by allowing your child to purchase food and drinks on the day. Let me take the time to wish all our families and community a wonderful winter break. May you find rest, joy, and meaningful time together with loved ones during the holidays.

Term 3 Important Dates:

• Please be aware that Monday 14 July 2025 is a pupil-free day.
• The first day of Term 3 for students will be Tuesday 15 July 2025.
• Judith Locke Parent Presentation will take place on Thursday 17 July 2025 (please see the tile above for further details)
• Teacher Parent Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 23 July 2025 (booking will open in the last week of the school holidays)
• MSS Athletics Carnival on Friday 25 July 2025

Warm Regards,

Mr Josh Wilson & Mr Dino Arraiol

College Leadership Recognition

At Calvary, being a College Leader means serving others and making a positive impact within our community. The following students have been awarded College Leader Badges and Certificates in recognition of their dedication to service across Semester 1 in areas such as Brekky Club, Girls Group, Sport, and Sport Aerobics. We commend their efforts and look forward to celebrating more students who are working towards leadership badges next semester.

House Leader Recognition

Earlier in the year, a number of students expressed interest in becoming House Leaders after the roles had already been filled. Despite not having official titles, these students have demonstrated outstanding commitment by serving faithfully throughout Semester 1. In recognition of their dedication, they have now been awarded their House Leader badges—reflecting our belief that true leadership is shown through action, not position.

House Leaders:

• Eli Vidins
• Hamish Wann
• Elyana Stevens
• Charlotte Forward

Free Dress - Last Day of Term

On 20 June 2025 we are hosting a Free Dress day for the Middle and Senior School students, all proceeds of the gold coin donations for this will be put towards the compassion trip taking place in October. On this day students will be participating in various activities such as the Interhouse Volleyball Competition, Art installation (inspired by Alfredo and Isabell Aquilizan), Calvary's Got Talent and Battle of the Bands. As a reminder please review the free dress policy to ensure that students are not sent home on this day for failing to meet College expectations for free dress. 

College Free Dress Guidelines

Report Card Updates - Semester 1, 2025

We are making several changes to our MSS Report Cards to improve clarity and formatting of these documents. These changes include:

• Learning Habits will now be found in one central place, at the start of the report, and not in piecemeal throughout the document.
• Elective units and single period subjects will now provide a competency-based outcome (Achieved / Not Achieved).
• All subjects will issue an Effort and Conduct result. The Effort and Conduct criteria has been provided as an attachment below.
• A range of formatting changes have been made to improve the presentation of the Middle and Senior School reports.

Semester 1 Report Cards will be accessible online from the beginning of the holiday break. Semester 2 Parent Teacher Interview opportunities will also be available for booking from that time.

Click Here for the: Calvary App - How to Guide

Click Here for the Parent Lounge: Parent Lounge

Click Here for detailed information on the: Effort & Conduct Criteria

Book Drive Success – Thank You!

After the recent damage to Springwood campus, we were unable to access our library books—but thanks to the overwhelming generosity of our community, our travelling library has been up and running, and children have already been enjoying the joy of borrowing books once again! Across both campuses, over 2,500 books were donated through our Book Drive. Thank You! This means our students can continue to escape into the adventure of a good book throughout this term and into the holidays.

A special thank you to Sarah Cosgriff and Alison Stone for championing this initiative and making it all possible.

Thank you again for being such a generous and supportive community!

MSS Athletics Carnival

Please find attached below the information about the MSS Athletics Carnival, which will be held in Week 2 of Term 3.

• Parent Letter
• Athletics Program & Information

If students consider themselves to be a District-level athlete and would like to attend the below trials, please respond to Mr Paech via email with the events that your student would like to compete in. As a guide, if you would normally win, or come a very close second, in any events at school level, then you could reasonably assume that you would be competitive at District level. If you are not sure, come and have a chat with Mr Paech. He has the results from the 2024 trials which can be considered.

The events to be trialled are as follows:

TRACK: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m/5000m

JUMPS: Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump

THROWS: Discus, Javelin, Shot Put

Mr Chris Paech

Head of Sport (P-12)

Save the Date

We are delighted to welcome Dr Judith Locke on 17 July 2025, clinical psychologist, parenting expert, and author of The Bonsai Child and Raising Anxiety, to speak with our parent community. Dr Locke’s advice is engaging and highly actionable—offering reassurance and tools for parents navigating the challenges of raising children in today’s world. For more details please see the tile above and remember to save the date to avoid missing Judith Locke's sessions.

Update from Dr Gary Holley, Head of Performing Arts

Congratulations to all the music students who performed in the Soiree on Friday Evening. It was a tremendous night of music making and was great to see so many students performing.

Congratulations also to Mr Gibson and the senior students for an outstanding performance of the 12 Angry Jurors on Monday evening. Both of these events were a great start to Arts Week at the College. Looking forward to seeing the students perform tomorrow in Calvary’s Got Talent and Battle of the Bands.

Dates for the Diary

Beenleigh Eisteddfod

Redlands Eisteddfod

Important Links

• Ensemble & Sport Aerobics Timetable 2025
• 2025 Performing Arts Calendar

For all general information, forms and groups to join, please visit the Performing Arts page on our website which can be found here. Click Here

For any enquiries please email: performingartsacademy@calvarycc.qld.edu.au 

Building Fund Donations

As we head into June, we are incurring significant cost in the work we are doing to improve our buildings. Your investment in Calvary’s tomorrow would support us to secure campuses that provide a learning environment that helps us to help your child grow and flourish every day. Contributions to the College building fund are tax deductible.  If you have not yet done so, please consider donating using the details below.

Please refer to Mrs Gostelow’s communication from Monday 2 June 2025 for an update on our building repairs.

BSB: 034-605
Account No: 468461
Account Name: Calvary Christian College (Westpac Banking Corporation)
Your Reference: (First name + Last name) & Building Fund Donation

Our Finance team will email receipts for tax deduction purposes.

Isee Youth Camp

Isee Youth Camp will be taking place from 7-9 July 2025. For more details about this camp and registration forms please scan the QR code attached to the flyer below. https://www.iseeyouth.com/campaus