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COMPASS NO 385 | JUNE 2015 ‘Sawun bona’ - I See You There are many greetings around the world, but one of my favourites is the Zulu greeting of ‘Sawun bona’, which means I see you. It is a greeting that requires us to stop, let go of ourselves and look deeply into the eyes of another so that we do truly see them. Such a greeting implies that we see each other’s full humanity. There is the opportunity for deep connection. Really seeing someone is a great gift of affirmation. It opens the door of welcome, safety and hospitality. In times where there are issues to be resolved, it opens the door to effective communication and collaborative thinking where collective wisdom can flourish. God promises that He sees and loves us as an important part of His creation. He invites us to see all those around us in this way. I see you. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Principal’s Log Students across the college will have been receiving assessment feedback over this past fortnight. An important habit to cultivate is to ask, ‘what can I learn from this feedback?’. The important conversation and reflection point for all students and their families is ‘what can be learnt?’ rather than ‘what mark did you get?’. This learning conversation pays forward, increases capacity and builds resilience. It also recognises the successes that have occurred. It is a habit that can be transferred to all life situations where we receive feedback. This week, the Year 12 students completed their QCS practise. The QCS exam is a suite of tests comprised of a writing task, short response items and multiple-choice questions. Through their learning in all subject areas, students gain the academic skills required to complete the tasks well. The practise sessions help Year 12 students to become test aware and gain important feedback to take their responses to the next level. We thank Ms Sue Arahill, Mrs Rae Hall and Ms Rebecca Ross for their leadership of the QCS training and the time spent in providing feedback to the students. There was great energy and discussion at the Friends of Pacific meeting on Tuesday night after the presentation on ‘Enhancing Wellbeing’ presented by Mr Brendan Delaney, Ms Kim Stone and Mr David Druery. Parents in attendance had the opportunity to learn about the college’s strategic direction in enhancing the wellbeing of staff, students and parents. This direction draws on age-old wisdom, Lutheran theological understandings and current research in the area. We thank these staff for their leadership in this area and for their presentation. May God enable us to let go of ourselves so we might truly see those around us. Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal

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‘Sawun bona’ - I See You There are many greetings around the world, but one of my favourites is the Zulu greeting of ‘Sawun bona’, which means I see you. It is a greeting that requires us to stop, let go of ourselves and look deeply into the eyes of another so that we do truly see them. Such a greeting implies that we see each other’s full humanity. There is the opportunity for deep connection. Really seeing someone is a great gift of affirmation. It opens the door of welcome, safety and hospitality. In times where there are issues to be resolved, it opens the door to effective communication and collaborative thinking where collective wisdom can flourish.

God promises that He sees and loves us as an important part of His creation. He invites us to see all those around us in this way. I see you.

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Principal’s LogStudents across the college will have been receiving assessment feedback over this past fortnight. An important habit to cultivate is to ask, ‘what can I learn from this feedback?’. The important conversation and reflection point for all students and their families is ‘what can be learnt?’ rather than ‘what mark did you get?’. This learning conversation pays forward, increases capacity and builds resilience. It also recognises the successes that have occurred. It is a habit that can be transferred to all life situations where we receive feedback.

This week, the Year 12 students completed their QCS practise. The QCS exam is a suite of tests comprised of a

writing task, short response items and multiple-choice questions. Through their learning in all subject areas, students gain the academic skills required to complete the tasks well. The practise sessions help Year 12 students to become test aware and gain important feedback to take their responses to the next level. We thank Ms Sue Arahill, Mrs Rae Hall and Ms Rebecca Ross for their leadership of the QCS training and the time spent in providing feedback to the students.

There was great energy and discussion at the Friends of Pacific meeting on Tuesday night after the presentation on ‘Enhancing Wellbeing’ presented by Mr Brendan Delaney, Ms Kim Stone and Mr David Druery. Parents in attendance had the opportunity to learn about the college’s strategic direction in enhancing the wellbeing of staff, students and parents. This direction draws on age-old wisdom, Lutheran theological understandings and current research in the area. We thank these staff for their leadership in this area and for their presentation.

May God enable us to let go of ourselves so we might truly see those around us.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal

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Daily Bread ‘I look to the mountains … where does my help come from?’ Have you been thinking of our Year 10 students? They have gone on their camp in northern New South Wales under the extraordinary oversight of Peter McMahon and his eager band of camp leaders.

Regularly, our Year 10 camp shines as a key spiritual moment in the lives of Pacific students, so much so that they tell their deep, life-transforming camp stories years later. Many a Pacific Year 12 graduation has included multiple Year 10 camp photos and memories.

Out in the bush you look to the mountains and wonder about life, about the future and about where we have come from.

In the Bible, the writer of the Psalms was also ‘in the bush’ when he wondered about these things. He said, “I look to the mountains. Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth” (Psalm 121).

We do not need to go to the bush to reflect on our need of God, but it does help the soul sometimes, to stop, look and consider who we are before God.

The Psalm writer went on to say, “The Lord watches over your going out and your coming in, now and forever”.

May you take comfort in this promise that the maker of heaven and earth is watching out for you. You might also ask the Lord to continue to watch over our Year 10 students and the staff on camp, that they will return to Pacific inspired and full of life, with many more good stories to tell.

Pastor Paul Smith, College Pastor

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From the Head of Staff and Students P-5 Developing Emotional Resilience Emotional resilience is essential to help deal with daily situations that are beyond our control. As adults, we generally face such difficulties with varying levels of resilience. Teaching children the skills to develop resilience is an important part of their growth and development.

Negative habits of mind greatly fuel emotional discomfort. These include self-downing, the need to be perfect, the need for approval, the ‘I can’t do it’ or ‘I can’t be bothered’ mindset and being intolerant of others. This week, I would like to continue to share some strategies from the You Can Do It Program, which may help eliminate or balance these negative mindsets.

To Eliminate ‘Needing To Be Perfect’

Explain to your child that they shouldn’t be afraid to make mistakes and that they are a natural part of learning. Explain that even the greatest scientists and inventors bumble and stumble their way to success. For older children, you can also explain that demanding perfection of oneself can lead to stress and can actually lessen their ability to perform. Encourage your child to develop a positive type of thinking called ‘risk taking’. In risk taking, a person tries their best but accepts that sometimes mistakes are inevitable and important when learning something new.

Other suggestions for eliminating your child’s need to be perfect include the following:

• Help your child become more aware of their perfectionism and the negative effects it has on their disposition.

• Have your child make a list of the things they want to do but are afraid of not doing perfectly and encourage them to try one of these activities.

• Encourage your child to identify areas of weakness and have them attempt activities in these areas. When they have attempted the activity, acknowledge that they can tolerate doing things imperfectly.

• Encourage your child to stop deliberating about grades and instead, to get involved in activities unrelated to school.

• Teach your child that there is a continuum of achievement and that achievement is not an all (perfection) or nothing (complete failure) outcome. Encourage them to set goals where they do not have to be the best in order to learn something and have fun.

• Acknowledge and praise your child for attempting things and not doing them perfectly.

Student Hair A reminder that girls with hair longer than collar length should have it tied back in a ponytail or plaits.

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Mr David Druery, Head of Staff and Students P-5

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From the Director of Students As we move towards the finish of a very busy term, I would like to thank the students for their great support of ANZAC Day, Open Day and the Red Shield Appeal. All of these events involved weekends and the students approached each of these with great spirit and care for the community. I would also like to acknowledge the Year 6 students and their strong connection with the Centaur Community.

At the recent Generation Next conference there was an interesting presentation by Christopher Zinn on consumerism and materialism. Children are bombarded with ads at sport games, on TV and online. According to Professor Sharon Beder of Wollongong University:

“Advertising exploits individual insecurities, creates false needs and offers counterfeit solutions. It fosters dissatisfaction that leads to consumption. Children are particularly vulnerable to this sort of manipulation.” (Little Kiddy went to Market - the corporate capture of childhood.)

Australia’s 10-13 year olds spend more time on the internet than watching TV or socialising. It is their number one pastime and the advertising industry is constantly with children on their devices. The dangers of consumerism are that it can cause anxiety, depression, a lack of sense of purpose and low self-esteem.

As parents we need to ask questions around the corporate capture of childhood and encourage advertising bans and controls from Governments. Interestingly, there is a movement mainly in the later teens and early twenties where young people are rejecting ‘stuff’ and embracing a minimalist approach to consumerism. Perhaps many have reached saturation point with the promotion of products.

Mr Brendan Delaney, Director of Students

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Stars of the Week

This Week Monday 15th June Prep Ryan Dent Lottie Winter Oliver

Grace Meekan Jacob Puschmann

Year 1 Charlie Whatham Carter Boland

Year 2 Matthew Schimmel Angus Friend

Benji Vergens-White Charlie Schefe

Luela Holland

Year 3 Caleb Donohue Jemma Hynes

Mahalia Thiele Luke Becker

Taj Taylor

Year 4 Katie Graves Ainslie Colton

Jewel Jamieson Lachlan Whincop

Tyler Jacobs Isabella Feckner

Year 5 Class 5S Sebastian Box

Laura Callaghan Charlie Coles

Brianna Smart Isabelle Garland

Mikayla Cross-Pitcher

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You Can Do It Awards This Week Monday 15th June Confidence: Zoe Nankivell, Aiden Meade

Persistence: Jackson Wallis

Organisation: Sienna Fioraso, Sierra Lauritzen

Getting Along: Hunter Smith, Tilly Moore

Resilience: Finn Barnes, Eilish McConnell

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Other Awards

Mathletics (Gold Certificate) Allegra Pollack, Jonti Fisher, Amie Hague

Multilit Spelling Max Symes, Jack McDonald

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Food for Thought Teaching A Structure For Effective Problem Solving

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The prefrontal cortex of the brain is responsible for what are known as the ‘executive functions’. Executive functions include analysis of a problem situation, evaluation of choices, selecting the best option and reviewing the results.

Teach children the following steps (which I have nicknamed the ‘1-2-3-check’ method) and prompt them to use these in a variety of situations, from math problems to conflicts with peers.

1. What is the problem?

2. What are my choices?

3. Take the best action. Check and see: how did it work?

http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/behavior/self_control.html#

Ms Annie Williams, School Counsellor

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Friends of Pacific Connecting College and Community

Car Park Raffle Would you like to win a reserved car space at school?

This raffle is open to everyone including students, staff and families. Tickets are only $2 each and the lucky winner will receive a reserved car park at Pacific until December 2015.

The car park is located outside Room 1 of the Early Learning Centre and provides easy access to all areas of the college.

Tickets were emailed to all families this week. To enter, please complete and return the tickets and payment to the Main Office by Wednesday 24th June.

Guest Presentations At the monthly Friends of Pacific meetings we are fortunate to have a guest speaker and presentation from members of our community.

At this week’s meeting we were able to hear and learn about the college’s implementation of ‘Enhancing Wellbeing: Nurturing Healthy Relationally Connected People’. It was a very informative session and detailed the college’s plan for the ongoing care of students, staff and families.

Thank you to Miss Kim Stone, Mr Brendan Delaney and Mr David Druery for their presentation.

Next Meeting

Please join us at the next Friends of Pacific meeting on Tuesday 21st July at 7.00pm.

Mrs Tracey Hindmarsh, Friends of Pacific Chairperson

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Outside School Hours Care

June/July vacation care program now available.

School holidays are from 26th June (student free day) to 13th June (student free day).

A vacation care program has been mailed out to all families on our database and is also available on the college website. If your child is not enrolled and you would like a program, please visit F Block to receive your enrolment pack, which includes a copy of the program. It is very important that your booking form is filled out correctly and promptly returned as this is the only way to confirm your child’s attendance. Please ensure that you return your booking form by Friday 19th June.

We have purchased some great new craft items and are looking forward to the wonderful creative ideas the children will bring these holidays. Our vacation care program provides a lot of fun, positive and challenging experiences for young people. The activities have been carefully planned to ensure that all children’s interests, abilities and ideas are considered. As it is a community-based centre, all school-aged children (including Prep) may attend and this also includes children of other local schools.

OSHC love hand me downs and we are currently looking for some second hand items for activities we have planned. These include:

• Woolly socks and gloves; and

• Old keys that are no longer needed.

When cleaning out your cupboards, please remember we love receiving donations of board games, dress up clothes, old art materials, DVDs, blocks and toys. Items can be dropped into F Block and will be greatly appreciated.

Due to increased numbers for before school care, after school care and vacation care it is very important that you give our staff ample notice of your child’s attendance. We understand that this is not always possible, but there are a few ways that you can contact us to ensure this information is passed on quickly. Our OSHC office phone number is 5436 7328 and this also has a message service which we check regularly.

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Our family communication book is always available on the sign-in table for families to advise of bookings or cancellations. Please remember that to receive no charge, we require five working days notice of a cancellation.

Please contact Tanya on 5436 7328 or email [email protected] if you have any queries.

Ms Tanya Sheldrick, OSHC Coordinator

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Year 2 SEQ Water Excursion Last Thursday, Year 2 students participated in an excursion to Baroon Pocket Dam and the Lander’s Shute Water Treatment Plant. First, we met SEQ Rangers, Michelle and Troy, who told us how water is collected in the catchment area. We then collected water samples from the dam to check its torpidity (how dirty the water is) and were shocked to see all of the things that are in the water! Next, we used nets to try to collect a range of bugs that live in the water and it was interesting to find out that a healthy waterway is full of bugs. After that, we walked onto the dam wall, to see the spillway, which is where the dam releases water when there is too much rain.

The next stop was Lander’s Shute Water Treatment Plant. After lunch, we were treated to a personalised tour with our Rangers, who showed us how the water is treated with chemicals and filtered to make it safe. We loved watching the backwash, which looked a bit like a big tank of Coca Cola. We even got to meet Frank, who showed us how he controls the water plant using computers. He can even do this from his house! At the end of the tour, we got to see the sludge tanks and the sludge cake, which gets put into landfill.

Finally, we thanked Rangers Michelle and Troy for being such awesome guides and we all received a water bottle, so that we can be water wise and refill it! Thank you to all of our parents who came along to help on the day. It was fantastic!

Mrs Leonie Prout and Ms Julie Darr, Year 2 Teachers

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Fantastic Mr Fox This term, Year 3 students have been studying Ronald Dahl’s wonderful novel, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. The students have completed many activities related to the novel including designing book covers, character studies, graphing the plot, a vocabulary study and author investigation.

Their final assessment piece for this unit was to recount an event in the story from the point-of-view of a different character. The student selection was diverse and the results very entertaining. Students came dressed as their character and presented to their peers. All Year 3 teachers were impressed with the student work and how prepared they all were.

Next Thursday, BE WARNED! We always finish the term with a mighty feast, reflective of the book. The Year 3 students will be coming to school dressed as mean farmers, hungry fox

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cubs, grumpy rats, well-dressed rabbits and many other characters.

Mr Steven Healy will organise a fantastic ‘Fox Hunt’ during the day and we expect to finish the term with full bellies and fun memories.

Mrs Tanya Graves, Mrs Lu Pollard and Mr Steven Healy, Year 3 Teachers

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Careers Department

Skills For The Jobs Of 2020 The world of work is rapidly changing due to new technology advancement, population growth, globalisation and new communication tools. These changes are going to create a massive shift in the kinds of jobs that we do in the future and the skills we will need to do them.

It has been suggested that the 10 most essential skills we will need to thrive in the 2020 workforce are:

• Sense-making

• Social intelligence

• Novel and adaptive thinking

• Cross-cultural competency

• Computational thinking

• New media literacy

• Transdisciplinary

• Design mindset

• Cognitive load management

• Virtual collaboration

Details of these are found in the latest edition of the Options Career Information Bulletin on the college website (under ‘Publications’).

As our current Year 9 and 10 students are considering subject selections for their senior phase of learning and our Year 11 and 12 students are considering their post-graduation options, it well worth their while reading this article.

Short Courses

During the upcoming school holidays, the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) is conducting short courses on the following topics:

• Running Your Own Creative Business.

• Writing for TV, Part 1: Online.

• Writing for TV, Part 2 – From Concept to Script: Online.

• Screenwriting for Film: Online.

For more details on dates and registration, please visit: http://www.aftrs.edu.au/short-courses.

Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC) will offer the following short courses at the Gatton campus during the school holidays:

• Certificate III in Rural Operations (Equine) 20th June - 3rd July.

• Certificate III in Rural Operations (Beef) 6th - 10th July.

• Certificate III in Rural Operations (Cropping) 6th – 10th July.

Find out more about these courses at http://qatc.edu.au/news/Pages/default.aspx.

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) conducts short courses at various centres in Queensland during school holidays and term time.

For more information, visit http://open.nida.edu.au/courses/Demographic/Young+People.

Bridging Courses Some universities offer bridging courses for Year 12 students who may not meet the degree pre-requisites (either by not studying the subject for four semesters or not achieving a minimum of a ‘sound’ or ‘C’ in the subject).

The University of Queensland provides bridging courses in Chemistry, Maths B and Biology in an intensive four week program from 24th November to 10th December.

QUT also offers courses in Maths B, Physics and Chemistry. These are held as evening classes during term time or as an intensive summer school program.

There is a fee involved for all bridging courses.

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Please visit the universities’ websites for details on times, dates, fees and applications.

Accommodation for 2016 Current Year 12 students wishing to apply for residential accommodation at university next year should do so immediately.

Scholarships for 2016 Tertiary institutions have now posted their list of 2016 scholarships on their websites.

Current Year 12 students are urged to check these lists and make a note of the requirements and closing dates for applications.

Ms Ainslie Reid, Careers Counsellor

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Junior Sport Year 3-7 Athletics Carnival Last Wednesday, the weather held off for just long enough to hold the Year 3-7 Athletics Carnival at The University of the Sunshine Coast. It was great to see the large number of students participating in the variety of athletic events. Each year, the standard of competition continues to grow with a number of event records broken on the day and close finishes.

Below are the age champion results from the carnival:

8 Years Boys

1st – Luke Becker

2nd – Taj Turney

3rd – Riley Dixon

8 Years Girls

1st – Paige Whincop

2nd – Laayla McAuliffe

3rd – Charlise Bell

9 Years Boys

1st – Christian Schlotterbach

2nd – Luca Turney

3rd – Jack Brewer

9 Years Girls

1st – Mya Boyall

2nd – Zaida Williams

3rd – Katie Graves

10 Years Boys

1st – Noah Lynch and Cody Proeger

3rd – Marley Biggs

10 Years Girls

1st – Nikita Gallagher

2nd – Mona Finney

3rd – Chantelle Page

11 Years Boys

1st – Jason Wulff

2nd – Sebastian Salta

3rd – Zeb Gallagher

11 Years Girls

1st – Ivy Panoho

2nd – Storm Sawyer

3rd – Lara Pointon

12 Years Boys

1st – Nathan Davis

2nd – Sam Larsen

3rd – Oliver Frazer

12 Years Girls

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1st – Caitlyn Whincop and Samantha Holt

3rd – Jessica Woods-Frearson

13 Years Boys

1st – James Brown

2nd – Nick Lloyd

3rd – Chris Roth and Morgan Turnbull

13 Years Girls

1st – Brooklyn Graves

2nd – Abbey Woods

3rd – Hollie Twidale

As mentioned previously there were a number of records broken at the carnival. Listed below are the new record holders from the day. Well done to these students on these fantastic results!

Age Event Student Old Record

New Record

10 Girls

High Jump

Ruby Anderson 1.06m 1.09m

11 Girls

800m Alicia Woods 3.00.11 2.59.25

11 Girls

High Jump

Lara Pointon 1.16m 1.17m

11 Boys

Long Jump

Sebastian Salta 4.26m 4.28m

11 Boys

High Jump

Jason Wulff 1.25m 1.39m

11 Boys

100m Sebastian Salta 14.45 14.42

11 Boys

200m Sebastian Salta 30.37 29.49

11 Boys

800m Jason Wulff 2.50.21 2.35.7

At the completion of all events the overall points for each house were:

• Bula – 1308

• Mumba – 1384

• Wira – 1397

Well done to Wira house on being named champion house for 2015.

Students Success Over the last two weeks there have been a number of students who have achieved great success in a wide range of sports outside of school.

Congratulations to Nathan Davis who recently represented the Sunshine Coast at the Under 12 Queensland AFL Titles. Nathan played so well that he was selected to represent Queensland at the national carnival.

Jason Wulff and Alicia Woods recently competed at the Sunshine Coast Regional Cross Country Championships. Both students ran well and finished in second place in the 11 years age group. They will now represent the Sunshine Coast at the State Cross Country Championships. Jason and Alicia also represented the Sunshine Coast in the Churches Soccer team.

Last week, Oliver Frazer, Sam Larsen and Harry McLaughlin-Phillips were named in the Independent District 12 Years Rugby Union team. A number of boys from Pacific attended with more than 45 students

from Independent schools on the coast. They play in the regional trials in July.

Over the weekend, Sam Larsen, Riley Burns, Harry McLaughlin-Phillips and Lara Pointin represented the Independent District at the Sunshine Coast Under 12 Touch Football Championships. All students played well in what was a very competitive carnival. At the end of the weekend, Harry was named in the boys Sunshine Coast team with Sam named as a shadow player.

Well done to all of these students on their fantastic achievements!

Mr Darren Hooper, Head of Junior Sport

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Pacific Soccer Round 11 Update – 13th June The rain last Friday unfortunately resulted in many hosting clubs cancelling Saturday games so many of our U6-U10 teams missed out on playing.

In the competitive teams, our U11 Pacific Sharks and U12 Pacific Snappers games were also cancelled due to the weather. Since other games proceeded in their division, both teams will be playing a catch-up game later in the season. We will provide dates and times for these matches when they are released.

Our U13 Pacific Hammerheads played Currimundi Barracudas at Mooloolah and the players certainly enjoyed the wet conditions. The Hammerheads performance was greatly improved and they only lost by only a few goals against one of the top teams in the division!

The U15 Pacific Torpedos played the Palmwoods Apaches. The Torpedos were missing three players so, in an outstanding display of sportsmanship from the Palmwoods team, three players were lent to the Torpedos in each half. Therefore the teams played a friendly.

The spirit of the game was outstanding, with the players, team officials and referees all enjoying the day. Every player had an outstanding game and showed how their skills have been developing throughout the season.

With good speed across the front line and great support from the defence and the midfielders, the Torpedos continued to threaten the goals throughout the second half. The hard work from the Torpedos was finally rewarded, when Tasha found the back of the net.

Nikya also scored a wonderful goal after a determined breakaway. Late in the game, after some good lead-up work from the Torpedos, Nikya found the net again, to record a double for the day.

The Torpedos have always had a wonderful attitude and given 100% despite often being behind on the scoreboard. We would like to thank the Palmwoods Apaches for their assistance, which allowed the game to go ahead. A group photo of both teams is rarely seen after a competitive game but, this photo demonstrates the collective spirit in which the game was played and is a credit to the players, coaches and officials!

QCSA State Titles Since our update last week, we now have a team photo of the

U13 South team, who was undefeated on the weekend, winning each of their five games. Congratulations Damon Abraham and Brock Birch for your great team effort and for the commitment

you have shown for the Sunshine Coast South representative side for many years.

Free Second Hand Boots If you have a player who is growing quicker than expected and their boots are getting a little tight, you may be interested in a second hand pair of size 12 SFIDA boots. The boots belong to one of our families and will be given

away to a player in need. Contact details are on our Facebook page, or please contact us for more information.

SCCSA Representative Coaches SCCSA are currently looking for representative coaches for the 2016 season and would love to hear from any coaches who have the passion and knowledge of the game. Coaches are required for various teams and applications close on 31st

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July 2015. Please go to the SCCSA web site at sccsa.org.au for more information, or let us know if you have any questions.

Team Photos – This Weekend A reminder to all managers, families and players that our team photos will be taken this weekend, prior to each match.

Please ensure you arrive at least 30 minutes before to allow jerseys to be distributed and teams to be organised:

• 7.20am U15 Torpedos (playing at Brightwater at 8.30am)

• 7.40am U09 Eels

• 7.55am U08 Stingrays

• 8.00am U06 Flyers

• 8.10am U06 Razors

• 8.30am U10 Cobras

• 8.45am U06 Seadragons

• 8.55am U08 Swordfish

• 9.05am U08 Seals

• 9.30am U07 Barracudas

• 9.50am U10 Taipans

• 10.30am U07 Fireflys

• 10.50am U07 Jewelfish

• 11.10am U11 Sharks

• 11.40am U07 Vipers

• 12.20pm U12 Snappers

• 1.00pm U13 Hammerheads

Please help your manager by arriving early, to ensure we do not cause disruption or delays to the games.

Round 12 – 20th June

Round 12 games wil be played at Pacific this weekend however U15 Pacific Torpedos are playing away at Brightwater at 8.30am.

Games at Pacific will commence at 8.30am and our U13 Pacific Hammerheads play the final game, which kicks off at 2.20pm. Each manager will have game times, or visit www.SCCSA.org.au for more information.

Netball Games at Pacific Caloundra District Netball Association (CDNA) will be running another round of games

at Pacific this weekend. This will provide another wonderful opportunity to promote both sports, as well as the wonderful facilities and opportunities at Pacific.

With the extra players, families and spectators, parking is expected to be busier than usual, so please be patient and park sensibly, to allow other cars to come and go as needed.

The main parking areas will be:

• Both Pacific car parks.

• On-street parking along Woodlands Boulevard.

• On-street parking along Red Cedar Drive.

The gates to the Meridan fields will also be open at end of Red Cedar Drive to allow parking into this area, but please be aware that other games will be played at these grounds.

Parking on Pacific Grounds

Please remember that in the interests of player safety, there is to be no parking on the grass behind the tuckshop. This area is used for the set-up officials and as a warm-up area for our teams. Instead, could everyone please park at the locations listed above.

Looking Ahead … Round 13 on 27th June will be held at Pacific again and will also coincide with the final co-hosting of netball fixtures for CDNA for this season.

Pacific Soccer Contacts

President: Ian Barnes 0418873320 [email protected]

Registrar: Jenny Lee 0400 229 908 [email protected]

Treasurer: Lala Burnes 0404 487 701 [email protected]

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Equipment officer: Lisa Ackerman 0421 352 030 [email protected]

Thank you to all our families and supporters for supporting Pacific Soccer. If you have any queries, or if you need any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mr Ian Barnes, President of Pacific Soccer

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Church News St Mark’s Lutheran Church Caloundra

Playgroup

A friendly reminder that playgroup continues each Friday from 9.00am to 10.30am near the Prep rooms at Pacific. All are welcome to attend.

Thanksgiving Service

St Mark’s Lutheran Church is holding one Thanksgiving service on Sunday 21st June from 9.00am at Bombala Terrace. All ages are welcome to attend.

Pastor Ray Morris, St Mark’s Lutheran Church Caloundra

……………………………………………………………………….. Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop is open every:

Wednesday 8.00am to 9.30am

Thursday 8.00am to 9.30am

Friday 8.00am to 9.30am

Orders can be placed online via www.flexischools.com.au and will be delivered to your child the following day.

Mrs Donna Hollindale, Uniform Shop Coordinator

……………………………………………………………………….. Upcoming Dates

JUNE 15-26 Year 10 Camp

25 Term 2 Concludes

27 Japan Trip Departs

JULY 1-5 Senior Mt Barney Hike Expedition

11 Japan Trip Returns

14 Term 3 Commences

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Did You Know? Girls have more taste buds than boys do!

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All  newsletters  can  be  accessed  via  our  website  www.pacificlutheran.qld.edu.au,  under  ‘News  &  Events’  /  ‘Newsletters’.  

Page 12: ‘Sawun bona’ - I See You

   

 

 

COMPASS NO 385 | JUNE 2015

 

PACIFIC LUTHERAN COLLEGE Woodlands Boulevard,

MERIDAN PLAINS QLD 4551

Principal: Dr Bronwyn Dolling Main Office Tel: (07) 5436 7300 Fax: (07) 5436 7301 Middle & Senior College Office: (07) 5436 7315 Absentee Line: (07) 5436 7303

www.pacificlutheran.qld.edu.au

Email: [email protected]

 

Woodlands Boulevard, MERIDAN PLAINS QLD 4551

For ENROLMENTS, please call

Mrs Chris Henschke (07) 5436 7321

Direct contact phone numbers are:

Room 1 - 5436 7377 Room 2 - 5436 7387

ST MARK’S LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday Services:

8.00am St Mark’s Lutheran Church 16 Bombala Terrace, Caloundra

9.30am Pacific Lutheran College Woodlands Boulevard, Meridan Plains Worship in the Drama Room.

“Growing in Jesus Christ and Sharing His Love”

For more information, contact Pastor Ray Morris on 0429 856 532 or [email protected] http://stmarkslutherancaloundra.com