Middle Senior School Communications, 22 February 2024

Term 1 - Week 5

Upcoming Events 

24-25 February: Calvary Schools Livestock Challenge

Term 1 - Week  6

28 February: Snow Tour Information Night at 7pm

29 February: Catch up photo day

29 February: Emma Tabacaru Sexual Development Seminar for Parents

2 March: Musical Rehearsal 

2 March: ACER Scholarship Examinations

3 March: Beach Volleyball Schools Cup (Year 9 - 12) 

Coming Up

4 March: Beach Volleyball Schools Cup (Year 9 - 12) 

6 March: Swimming Carnival 

8 March: Yr7 & 10 Immunisations

22 March: College Bush Dance 

Dear Parents and Carers

There are two sports notices attached to this communication that I would encourage you to engage with around our upcoming swimming and cross-country carnivals. While mentioning sport, I would like to acknowledge the accomplishment of Olivia Medford in Year 10 for recently making the Pacific District Football Team – well done Olivia.

Being involved in a sporting activity has many benefits from health to general wellbeing and there are lots of opportunities at Calvary to engage with sport. We are genuine when we discuss valuing student voice and choice at our College, which is why we have our first ever team of students entering the Mountain Biking – Rocky Trails Academy Series in the next few weeks. Why do we have a mountain biking team? Because it was a passion of one of our students who started finding a group of others who shared that passion. Then they brought their idea and action plan to us, and we considered how we could support them in their initiatives, and a new sporting group was born! This is also the same reason we added esports to our program the other year and we have seen this cocurricular grow exponentially over the past twelve months.

We love seeing our kids show initiative, find problems, and then propose solutions to those problems (what a wonderful life-skill). If there is something your child would like to see Calvary involved in, encourage them to bring us a thoughtful idea and action plan, and who knows, that just might find that available as an option in the future.  Let’s partner together in encouraging our students to become people who seek out opportunities that benefit the wider community and then act to make their dreams a reality. This is a key marker nationwide of graduates from the independent Christian sector - statistically they are more likely than graduates from all other sectors to contribute to the common good (charities, not-for-profit involvement, etc.,) as they enter adulthood.

Mr Josh Wilson
Head of Middle & Senior School & Innovative Learning Design

Swimming Carnival

The Middle and Senior School (MSS) Swimming Carnival will be held on Wednesday 6 March (Week 7) at the Pimpama Sports Hub Aquatic Centre. 

Please review the letter below for the event details. 

Cross Country

The Middle and Senior School (MSS) Cross Country will be held on Wednesday 20 March (Week 9).

Please review the letter below for the event details. 

NOTICES : Mr Arraiol (Head of Wellbeing and Community)

Bush Dance

On Friday the 22^nd of March the College is hosting it's annual Bush dance. Proceeds of this event will be going towards our Year 9 service trip to Chinchilla and more specifically Drought Angels. Parents and students from both campuses are welcome to join us from 6.30pm until 8.30pm on the ANZAC Lawn. We are very fortunate to have the very experienced and enthusiastic band for the evening Beefa's Bush Band performing and hosting the event for us again. Please note that there will be food and drinks on sale and a photo booth to take some memorable pictures of friends and family on the night. 

Please book your tickets online: https://www.trybooking.com/COLHF

Transdev Industrial Action - Transdev Update

There is upcoming industrial action planned for Monday 26th Februrary affecting Redlands bus services.

Transdev has advised that all dedicated Redlands school buses operated by Transdev will be running as usual on Monday 26th February morning and afternoon.

For those planning to travel on Transdev buses on Monday, please refer to the Translink website (www.translink.com.au) or call 13 12 30 for the latest updates and information.

General Notices

Cafe Specials - Week 6

Events at Calvary

Our current College events can be found on our website: https://www.calvarycc.qld.edu.au/events/

All of our Parent Information can be found on our Website: https://www.calvarycc.qld.edu.au/parent-information/

Emma Tabacaru Parent Seminar

All parents are welcome to come and listen to our special guest speaker, Emma Tabacaru on the topic of conversations with your child about Sex, Love & Relationships.  Emma will be hosting two sessions for parents Prep-Stage 2 and Stage 3-6. Please view this intro video from Emma for more information. 

This will take place on the evening of Thursday 29 February at our Carbrook. 

Bookings for all of these events are available via this link:  https://www.trybooking.com/COLGG

Calvary Schools Livestock Challenge - 24 & 25 February

Have you ever wondered what it is that our Show Team do at Shows?

Well, this weekend we are hosting the Calvary Schools Livestock Challenge at the Carbrook Campus on the ANZAC lawn, and we would love you to stop by.

There will be just under 100 sheep on display and students from eight schools attending. Feel free to drop in between 10am and 4pm on Saturday to see the students, and sheep, in action.

We will also have our famous Bake Sale and BBQ running. Fifty percent of the funds raised will be donated to Drought Angels and the balance will be used to support the team attending Ekka later in the year.