May the whole college will

be outside at 9:15am to do

some Jump Rope for Heart

activities. Congratulations to

students who are personally

fundraising for Jump Rope.

Please bring a gold coin on

Thursday for us to send to

the Heart Foundation.

Friday 20th May is Walk to

School Day. A group of staff

will be at the Araluen Centre

at 8am to walk with students

who are able to meet there

to walk to school. Also on

Friday Squirt the Clown will

visit our Primary students,

while musician, Zeke Power

will be coming to talk and

sing to MS on Friday

afternoon to promote the

Will Graham Reality event

out at the Showgrounds.

Cate Garwood, Principal

It appears that winter is

upon us in Week 5. The

SRC met at the beginning

of the week and look

forward to sharing a

recycling initiative with

the college community

soon.

My thanks to the Yr 5/6

teachers who held an

information session for

the Year 5/6 Camp on

Tuesday evening. Also the

Middle School team who

invited families coming

into Year 7 for 2017 to an

information evening on

Tuesday. It was great to

hear many questions from

families continuing on into

MS at ACC.

Years 3,5,7 and 9 students

have worked very well

during NAPLAN testing this

week. Year 2 is leading the

T-5 assembly tomorrow,

Friday 13th of May, all are

welcome.

With the arrival of winter

we received new tracksuit

stock in the uniform shop,

this week. Thank you to

families who have named

winter clothing for students.

This makes it easy to locate

the owner when they

remove their outer layers

during the day.

This weekend some of the

staff and council members

will attend NT Christian

Schools strategic summit in

Darwin.

Next week we have several

interesting events at the

college. Thursday 19th of

News from the Principal—Week 5

From God’s Word

Our devotion focus in

Week 5 is ’Reflecting

Creativity’ Psalm 139:13-

14 says “ For you created

my inmost being; you knit

me together in my

mother’s womb. I praise

you because I am fearfully

and wonderfully made;

your works are wonder-

ful, I know full well.”

God made us uniquely,

wonderfully and full of

His creativity. As God’s

image bearers we have

been given a measure of

His creativity in our

unique gifts and talents.

When we use this

creativity we have been

given we also bring praise

to God and contribute to

the community we are

part of at Araluen

Christian College.

Have an

enjoyable

week.

May 12 2016

Edition: 430

ACC

Newsletter

Key dates to

remember:

Assemblies - Years 6-9 Thursdays,

8:30am.

T-5 Fridays 8:30am both

days in the library:

Week 6: Year 6, Year 1

Week 7: Year 7,

Transition

ACC Parent Group:

Meets every Tuesday,

8:30-9:30am in the

Parents Corner in the

library.

MS Canberra Camp:

Payment #4 $300 due

Friday 10th June.

Account Name: Araluen

Christian College, BSB:

035306, Acct #: 179592.

Ref: MS Camp & child’s

name

Inside this issue:

News from the

Principal 1 Term 2 dates

2 National Simultaneous

Storytime news 2

Jump Rope for Heart

info 3

Science Challenge

photos 3

Community News 4

ACC Contact Details 4

There is so much coming up this term,

pop these dates in your diary now so

you don’t miss a thing!

19 May—-Jump Rope for Heart fund-

raiser at school

20 May— National Walk to School

Day

25 May—T-4 bring a hat for National

Simultaneous Storytime.

25-27 May—Year 5/6 Camp,

Gemtree. Cost $140

4 June—ACC Open Day, 10am-1pm

9 June—1500m race 8:45-9:15am,

2001-2004.

High Jump 9:45am 2001, 2004, 2005

14 June—400m heats, 8:45-10am

2001-2005.

800m heats, 1:45-2:40pm , 2001-2005

15 June—400m heats, 9-9:45am,

2006-2008

16 June—Discus, shot put, long jump

& javelin, 9-10:20am, 2001-2004.

Discus, shot put, long jump & javelin,

10:45-12:30pm, 2005-2008.

High Jump, 1:15pm, 2002-2003.

17 June—ACC Sports Day @ Head

Street Oval

20/21 June—Parent Teacher Inter-

views

24 June—Middle School bike ride to

Simpson’s Gap.

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Middle School Homework

Club is on Wednesdays from

3:00pm – 4:30pm. Healthy

snacks only for afternoon tea

please!

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Araluen Christian College has

recently become a member of

Parenting Ideas Schools. This is a

comprehensive online education

centre for:

supporting parents

improving relationships

between schools and

families.

building teacher skills

Each week we will be providing a

video link that we encourage you

to watch. These videos contain

great ideas and expert advice

from Michael Grose, Australia’s

#1 Parenting Educator and

Founder of Parenting Ideas.

More articles, tips and resources

can be obtained from the website

www.parentingideas.com.au

You can also sign up for their free

newsletter “Happy Kids”.

This weeks video, “Redundancy

Parenting” can be found here:

https://vimeo.com/94134726

News from the Office

Term Dates 2016:

Term 2: 11th

April to 24th June

Term 3: 25th July

to 30th Sept

Term 4: 17th

Oct to 15th Dec

ACC Newsletter

Page 2

Students at Araluen Christian College will be joining in with

hundreds of other schools across Australia for:

National Simultaneous Storytime

on Wednesday 25th May.

At 10:45am we will be reading the book

“I Got This Hat”

Students are encouraged to bring a hat to school to wear for

this event. It may be a hat that represents a nationality, a

sport, a hobby, an occupation, a movie, a book or a theme.

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Photos from the Science Challenge days.

Jump Rope for Heart Araluen Christian College students will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on the 19th May. This is the Thursday of week six and staff

and students will enjoy a morning of skipping, exercise and activities.

This event is a fun, healthy, and active fundraiser for the Heart Foundation. To participate, the students are asked to contribute a gold coin

donation on the day which goes towards our fundraising total.

Students will also be encouraged to individually fundraise for the Heart Foundation and your child will have received a form at school this

week. The prizes that can be won by children going the extra effort to fundraise are displayed in the leaflet. There are some great prizes

to ‘win’.

The preferred and easiest way to register individual student is via the online link. It is an easy to use system and can be found at http://

jumprope.everydayhero.do/jumprope2016/tool/?group=Araluen-Christian-School-ALICE-SPRINGS-NT-116119 This form of fundraising

will help the office staff greatly. Donors are also able to donate directly to a registered child’s account and also access tax deductible re-

ceipts online.

We will be practicing our skipping over the next few weeks at school! If there are any questions, feel free to seek out Nick Harder who is

coordinating this year’s Jump Rope for Heart.

Happy Skipping!

Araluen Christian College

Faith, hope and love

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Community News

Principal: Mrs Cate Garwood

10 Blain Street

Alice Springs

NT

0870

Phone: 08 89550121

Fax: 08 89550060

E-mail:

admin.acc@ntschools.net

accounts.acc@ntschools.net

Araluen Christian College

The Department of Health (DoH)

provides a FREE dental service

to all children attending

school. If your child/children

require a check-up or

treatment, please contact Flynn

Drive Dental Centre on 89516713

to make an appointment. A

parent or guardian MUST attend

with their child/children.