Newsletter 2017July 27 - Week 1, Term 3

Circus Fun!Ladies and Gentlemen! The Circus Is Coming!

This term, the Year 1/2 students are about to embark on a circus adventure. Our integrated unit is designed to put science concepts of push/pull and light/sound into context of fun and life!

We will be marvelling at how God has created our bodies to move in incredible ways, animals that can do tricks and the ways our eyes and ears can enjoy colour, movement and beauty.

To top it off, we will be planning and designing our own circus with clowns, acrobats, jugglers, hula hooping and maybe, just maybe, a dancing dog!!!!

Mrs Lisa Skinner - Year 1/2 Teacher

Diary Dates

Friday 28thShow Day Public Holiday

Monday 31stGeneral Council Meeting

Tuesday 1st - Friday 4thYear 7 Camp

Katherine

Tuesday 1st - Friday 4thYear 8 Camp

Litchfield

Tuesday 1st ICAS Competition: English

&Australian National

Chemistry Quiz

Monday 7thPicnic Day Public Holiday

Wednesday 9th - Friday 11thYear 5/6 Camp

Kakadu

Wednesday 9th - Tuesday 15thOutdoor Education Camp

Jatbula

Monday 14thSpecial Council MeetingAll NT Christian School

Members are invited to attend

Tuesday 15thICAS Competition: Maths

Thursday 17thCross Country

Friday 18thYear 10 Trip departs

Monday 21stCouncil Meeting

Thursday 24thNo Assembly

Friday 25thBook Character Day

Assembly

July

August

I love the first day back after a break and it was wonderful to see students returning to school

on Monday morning. The College once again feels alive and vibrant. Admittedly, not all students

looked like they bounced out of bed ready to start their first day back, but Mondays can have that

affect on you! Some though, literally skipped into school, while others were just happy to be back.

I am excited that we have a whole new semester in front of us, overflowing with potential and

opportunity. This new semester provides a new beginning in which we have the opportunity to

start afresh and tackle things differently if we need to or want to.

Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds and encourages us that:

I get great encouragement knowing that, not only is the beginning of a new semester a new start,

but so is each and every day.

My prayer for our community this semester is that we will, together, grab hold of the promise that

God’s mercy never comes to an end and ‘Carpe Diem’ – Seize the Day. That we will take hold of

the many opportunities that will be presented and use them to learn and grow together. That the

things that may have held us back, will not continue to do so this semester and that we can find

ways to persist and overcome.

Finally, as is the way of Darwin, there were a number of new faces walking into the College for

the first time this week. I would like to welcome all our new families to the College and I hope that

you will slip into a new groove smoothly and settle quickly. Please know that we are keen to help,

so don’t hesitate to let us know if you need anything. There are also a few families returning to us

after some time away – welcome home, it is great to have you back with us!

Blessings,

Mr Andrew Manning - Principal

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning.”

Year 10 Structured Work Placement

Towards the end of Term 2, Year 10 students had the opportunity to participate in the annual week-long work experience program. The purpose of this program is to help students discover their strengths and interests for making decisions about their future pathway. It was the students’ responsibility to find and organise a suitable work experience that coincided with their interests and abilities. The different types of work experiences included: army/defence, aqua marine, retail, Crocodylus Wildlife Park, construction, fishing industry, ABC Radio, automotive, grounds maintenance, health care, café work, education, aviation and many more.

The week proved to be a massive success and we received many positive feedback forms from employers including:

“James conducted himself as one of the staff, he was on time and keen to undertake any mechanical tasks asked of him.”

“Cameron was one of the best work experience kids we have had here at A-mart Sports.”

“It was a pleasure having Amber work with us last week; she is welcome back anytime.”

When asked about their experience, one of the students said:

“It was an insightful week; amazing to see how the whole ecosystem works together.” - Rory Bonshor

Ms Andrea Whitehouse - Careers Advisor/VET Coordinator

Marrara Christian College seeks to be a learning community where parents and staff partner together,

and where students are nurtured through a loving, biblically based school curriculum to build their faith, character and desire to serve.

Imaginarium News

We hope you all had a great mid-year break! Our Term 3 theme in the Library is ‘Supers’. We will be discussing, imagining and creating stories with superhero characters. Just a reminder that Primary and Middle School students can borrow up to 2 fiction, 2 non-fiction and 2 AR readers at a time. Senior students may borrow 4 fiction and 4 non-fiction texts. Students have two weeks in which to read them. They then have the option of returning or re-borrowing them.

Primary students up to Year 4 need to bring a Library bag with them if they wish to borrow.

Primary Library lessons are on the following days:

We pray that they have a great term reading!

Mr David Parkin - Teacher Librarian

– 5/6H– Transition H, 3/4vL, 4/5N, 5/6C– 1/2M– 1/2K, 1/2S– 3/4M

MondayTuesday

WednesdayThursday

Friday

Do you know your superheroes?

Name all 15 superheroes depicted on the posters in the Imaginarium

FREE competition

QBD gift voucher for the first correct entry drawn

Entries close: Wednesday 23rd AugustWinner announced @ Book character Assembly One entry per person

BOOK CHARACTER ASSEMBLYFriday 25th August (Week 5) - Who are you coming as ???

Primary Coin LineAt the end of last Term, the Primary students brought in all their loose change and created coin lines to raise money for our College sponsor child, Apurbo.

Congratulations to Year 1/2S and Year 5/6H for tying with the longest coin line!

Overall we raised $333.60 for Apurbo. We appreciate and thank you for your generosity!

The Prefect Team

2017 Woolworths Earn & Learn Program

MCC is participating in the 2017 Woolworths Earn & Learn program which started this week. Anyone from our College community who shops at Woolworths can collect stickers and bring them to school. The rewards are a choice of educational equipment and resources from Modern Teaching Aids - so let’s start collecting for the benefit of our students!

It’s Time To Jump!

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As you are already aware our school is participating in the Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart program and we would love your support!

Our BIG jump off day is this term, on Friday 18th of August, where each class will spend time skipping at different stations and students will have the opportunity to showcase skills discovered along the way! Our emphasis is on promoting health awareness across the school and the fundraising component is completely optional. There will be some workshops for a few of our students soon and they will then pass this knowledge on for everyone else to enjoy.

If you choose to fundraise there are two options available and funds are due back by 23/8/2017. A letter was handed out last term with all the information.

Option 1: Collect funds yourself using the sponsorship form handed out already

Option 2: Online

How to register your child:

Visit: www.jumprope.org.au and click on REGISTER

A secure fundraising page will be created as soon as you register, and then you are encouraged to share this link with as many people as possible. This is an easy, safe way for your child to monitor their progress, receive bonus prizes and even receive sponsorship from family and friends who are further afield.

We are hoping that our students enjoy some skipping fun over the next few weeks.

Please contact us if you have any questions and keep on JUMPING!

Contact usMCC 08 8920 2000 • NTCC 08 8920 2006 • www.mcc.nt.edu.au

admin.mcc@ntschools.net • PO Box 84 Karama NT 0813 combined campus of NT Christian Schools

A group of Marrara students and staff will be going on a mission trip to visit churches and

orphanages in central India at the end of Term 3.

They would like to take stationery over for the orphans there. If you would like to donate any

stationery, please bring them to Reception.

All stationery items welcome but no books of any kind please.

- Stationery for - India

Please print this ticket (or show the electronic version) for a free family entry

to this weekend’s match!

- NT Thunder V Southport Sharks -

There are some great events & online activities being offered around Darwin for National Science Week. To check it out, please go to:

www.scienceweek.net.au

Click on ‘Find an Event’ and enter ‘Darwin, NT’ to find something to participate in!

Launch into Sailing!A fun way to experience sailing & make friends while having fun on the water, learn basic skills and play some games. This program can lead into a more formal sailing program like Tackers. Come and enjoy the sunset while your kids discover the magic of sailing!

6 weeks in Term 3 is $100 for 6-12 year olds

For more info, contact: Darwin Sailing Club 8981 1700 / www.dwnsail.com.au

On Monday 21 August 2017 we will be launching an exciting School Banking competition with prizes to win and an incredible game experience. Your school will receive more details soon, so stay tuned.

PLUS EXCITING GAMES TO PLAY AND PRIZES TO WIN PLUS EXCITING GAMES TO PLAY AND PRIZES TO WIN

Exciting reasonsto keep saving with School Banking.

Things you should know: Full terms and conditions found at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking Competition is open to Australian residents aged 4–13 years only with parent/guardian permission, who have an active CBA Youthsaver account and participating in CBA’s School Banking program. Competition starts 23/1/17 and ends 11.59pm AEST 29/9/17. Max 1 entry/person. Draw takes place at L3/11 Harbour St, Sydney NSW 2000 at 12pm AEDT 11/10/17. Winner’s details published in The Australian 17/10/17. Prize details: 1 x 5-night trip for 2 adults + 3 kids (aged 13 and under) to Tokyo, Japan, valued up to AU$22,855. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ABN 48 123 123 124, of Level 3C, 11 Harbour Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Permits: NSW LTPS/16/07099; ACT TP16/01759; SA T16/1590.

Welcome back to school for Term 3. It’s great to see School Bankers showing continued saving efforts through the fi rst half of the year.

Don’t miss out on the Grand Prize competition ending this termTo be in the running for a family trip to Tokyo Disneyland, children need to make 15 or more School Banking deposits between 23 January 2017 and the end of Term 3.

New reward items available in Term 3After making 10 School Banking deposits, children can now choose to redeem the Smiley Emoji Keyring or the Volt Handball.

Keep track of savings and tokens with the CommBank Youth appTo help enhance the fi nancial education of children, we’ve introduced the CommBank Youth app, available on any iOS 9.0+ device from the App Store. This innovative banking app gives kids hands-on experience in learning real-life money skills in a safe and fun digital environment. It also provides a new way for School Bankers to keep track of their Dollarmites tokens.

More information about CommBank’s School Banking program and the CommBank Youth app is available at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

If you wish to know more about school banking, please contact your MCC Coordinator, Mrs Karen McNair: karenmcnair@ntschools.net / 8920 2000