Issue 06 2018

Term 1 Week 6

March 07 2018

www.hccs.sa.edu.au

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Here’s what they came up with; with the acronym “RIPPA”.

We want for HCCS Secondary to be known as a RIPPA school! You’ll

notice they added an extra linking word or two (as did the Crows) to

make the acronym more memorable, and I’m sure you agree that it

is! Although these qualities are already more than evident, this is

what the student leadership team will now work on further

developing and embedding into the school culture at HCCS

Secondary. Watch this space!

Here are some student responses from the day:

the Leadership Day improved my teamwork skills and helped me

become more confident in group discussions

I particularly enjoyed being able to brainstorm for the year ahead,

to listen to other people’s ideas and also express my own. I think the

day set a good tone for the rest of the year ahead.

the Leadership Day allowed me to learn about how to handle

specific situations when leading. I now know how to tailor my

responses to anyone's personality in order for them to understand

what I'm saying

I improved my skills on how to work in a team and I got extra

confidence in talking in front of a group

I learnt and became aware of the types of traits younger students

and fellow students wish to see or observe within other leaders.

We are truly blessed to be working with such a fine group of

individuals: not just the leadership group, but the student body in

general, who are so ably supported by our amazingly committed

staff with such heart for students and their learning.

In His Service,

Donovan Shaw (Head of Secondary)

PO BOX 120 VERDUN SA 5245 Email: enquiries@hccs.sa.edu.au Phone: (08) 8388 7811 Fax: (08) 8388 1308

Dear parents and caregivers,

Several weeks ago, we took the student leaders from HCCS

Secondary to the Adelaide Hills Council chambers in Stirling, for our

annual day of activities and discussion designed to build leadership

at our School. This included our School Captains, Vice Captains,

Secondary Student Voice (SSV) representatives, and our newly

elected House Captains and Vice Captains from Year 10 and

above.

Overall it was a very productive and enjoyable day (students rated it

8.5 out of 10 on average), with lots or practical ideas and personal

and team leadership development being the result. During the day,

we had some Q&A time with Mayor Bill Spragg, who commented

that we are the ONLY SCHOOL that does this, and that he enjoys

making time to come and talk to our students about his take on

leadership.

The day included a team-building activity (to warm up!), some time

to do ‘blue-sky’ planning to further develop both the SSV and House

systems, and some ‘mock meetings’; where students had a chance

to lead a discussion about an issue relevant to the student body,

whilst other students had been instructed to ‘play’ certain roles in the

meetings. We were blessed to have the company and contributions

of one our first alumni Ella Havriluk, who gave her time (before Uni

started!) on the day to share her thoughts on leadership and helped

lead the Mock meetings session.

The students also had a session on leadership qualities; ably led by

our two School Captains, Rose Clayton and Jack Rogers, which led

into a session by our new Principal, Tony Fielke. He shared from his

experience the link between coaching and leadership, and that

successful organisations often have easily remembered mantras that

members of the organisation refer to, to motivate and to guide

decision making. He discussed the ‘CRUSH’ mantra (Acronym for

Commitment, Respect, Unity, Strength of Character, Honesty), that

the Adelaide Crows use.

The Student leaders were then tasked with coming up with an easy-

to-remember acronym for HCCS Secondary. It needs to represent no

more than 5 qualities that students value as important to ‘live by’

and use when making decisions.

Playgroup ~ Early Learning Centre ~ Primary ~ Secondary

'A Christian school community, helping children learn and grow to achieve their potential'.

Secondary Leadership Day

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The Hills Christian Community School

SPORTS DAY

( ELC and Primary School)

THIS FRIDAY, March 9th

HCCS/Oakbank Area School Oval

To have FUN, compete well and go for

personal best achievements!

Parents are invited to bring students to Oakbank at 9.00am.

The OPENING CEREMONY will commence at 9.20am with the FIRST EVENT beginning at 9.30am.

STUDENTS DO NOT COME TO HCCS AT VERDUN. There is NO OSHC available in the morning or afternoon and NO PLAYGROUP in the morning.

Parents are asked to take students home after the PRESENTATION of the SHIELD to the winning team which will be at 2.30pm.

COFFEE/BISCUITS

SAUSAGE SIZZLE/FRESH FRUIT will be available for purchase

All proceeds will be going to source supplies and donations

for the Year 8 2018 Fiji Mission Trip.

Jewellery from Uganda will be available for purchase to

support the Orphange in Uganda.

UNLESS A GRANDPARENT CANNOT WALK

THE DISTANCE, NO CARS ARE ALLOWED

TO PARK IN OAKBANK AREA SCHOOL.

Prayer & Praise Points praise God for the HCCS success at Courier Cup last week

praise God for the safe arrival of Caleb John Adams

pray for Sports Day on Friday

Welcome to our new families

HCCS is delighted to welcome Elle Davies to the ELC.

PLEASE NOTE NEW DAY & TIME!

The Hills Christian Community School

Easter Worship Service ELC—Year 12

Thursday, 29th March

at 9.00am

At HCCS Verdun in the Hall To celebrate the Easter Story

PLEASE PARK YOUR CAR AT BALHANNAH OVAL. THANK YOU!

PROGRMAMMES have been EMAILED to you. They

are also available on the WEBSITE, at the FRONT OFFICE and at THE OVAL ON THE DAY.

Frank and Helen

visit HCCS from

Uganda

At Devotions on

Monday, we had our

friends, Frank and

Helen speak to us

about ‘Life and

Faith’ in Uganda.

Helen has a group of local ladies in Uganda who

make JEWELLERY. There will be an opportunity to purchase some of these at Sports Day.

All proceeds goes back into the local community to

support kids, families and an Orphanage in Uganda.

Congratulations Our Chaplain/Counsellor, John Adams

and his wife Alicia, are super exited to announce the safe arrival of their beautiful

baby boy, Caleb John Adams. Caleb was

born on March 5, weighing 9lb 1oz.

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HCCS is grateful to Julia Thompson for overseeing the organization and practices . Thank you to Julia and Caz Grace for overseeing on c’ompetiion day’. Thank you also to all the parents for attending the early morning training sessions.

Although all of the HCCS swimmers experienced a level of excitement and nervousness, after a couple of swims they relaxed and were thriving in the competition and competed confidently and with determination and commitment.

Overall they improved dramatically on their initial trial times. The highlights were definitely the final school placing of 3

rd in the Hills District, with a small and

relatively inexperienced team.

The 10/11year old Freestyle Relay Team of Kara Scarborough, Maya Nambiar, Mungo Yates and Zoe Crawford, won the inaugural relay event with an outstanding team performance. The three girls set up Mungo with the slightest advantage going into the last leg of the relay, which Mungo swam with determination and converted to a win.

Eddie Martins swam off in the 100yards Freestyle Thompson Cup Final for boys and swam strongly improving on his heats time.

Likewise, Jasmin Crawford succeeded in making it into the Fastest 5 Breaststroke and Butterfly Finals.

A number of HCCS swimmers came first in the District in at least 1 stroke and will likely be selected for the SAPSASA competition.

Our Open Freestyle and Medley Relay Teams also should be congratulated on making it into the finals.

Our Open Freestyle and Medley Relay Teams also should be congratulated on making it into the finals.

A number of our swimmers took a risk and competed outside of their comfort zone. A huge congratulations to Cooper Grivell for swimming in the Breaststroke event and Maycie and Ellie Cunningham for competing in the Butterfly event. All three participated outside of their comfort zone in attempt to gain more points for HCCS. Well done to Cooper, Maycie and Ellie. Molly Grivell and Angus Crawford, as Captains offered support and assistance to all of the swimmers throughout the day.

As a group the team were positive, encouraging and supportive of each other and had heaps of fun. I am hopeful that the experience will inspire them to compete again next year and at any other opportunity that may arise. Julia Thompson

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A big thank you to our wonderful groundsman,

Sam Tolhurst and Rinny Lions for all their hard work!

Recently, the ELC children have been thinking

about bugs and beetles. They had to think about:

where they might find bugs

what type of bugs they might discover

how they could record what they found.

The children came up with many places to look and

then set of with their partner and a magnifying glass.

When bugs and beetles were discovered a cry went

up and we all rushed to look. The children were

careful to replace the things that they lifted and re-

turn the bugs to their homes.

Back at the mat in the ELC, the children drew what they had discovered and asked the Educators to

write a sentence to describe their drawings.

Their fascination with bugs continues and the search

goes on ……

Year 6 – 7 Football Match

Over the coming weeks, all classes will have the

opportunity to ‘adventure’ into ‘The Faraway Lands’.

So far, our Educators, our ELC children and our

Year 7s have had the chance to cross over the

bridge to the land of ‘The Faraway Tree’. How

blessed is our community to have such an

amazing place right on our doorstep. Tony Fielke

will write an article in next week’s Newsletter on

the value of Nature Play and the benefits of

environment and sustainability programs.

ELC Adventures

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ELC Adventures

‘The Faraway Lands’ ‘The Faraway Tree’

Staff Gathering

ELC Snacks

Year 7 Cricket

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2018 DATES TO REMEMBER

MARCH

Thurs 8th Year 11 Retreat

Fri 9th Sports Day

Mon 12th Adelaide Cup Public Holiday

Tues 13th Year 3 ‘Planetarium’ Excursion

Wed 14th Second Hand Uniform Shop Open 8:30am – 9:00am

Thurs 15th Year 4—7 Community Conversations with

Tony Fielke, 9am—10am in the Staff Room

Fri 16th Year 6 Amy Gillett Bike Riding Excursion

Assembly—Year 3 Team

Mon 19th Devotions — Year 6 K & Bruce Williams

Scholastic Book Fair Week commences

Tues 20th Combined OAS/HCCS Sports Day

Thurs 22nd Year 1 Excursion to Monarto Zoo

Fri 23rd Assembly—Year 7

Scholastic Book Fair Week concludes

Mon 26th Easter Week Re-enactments — Palm Sunday (Year 2)

Tues 27th Easter Week Re-enactments — The Last Supper (Year 5)

Wed 28th Easter Week Re-enactments — The Trial (Year 5)

Thurs 29th ELC—Year 12 Easter Worship Service 9am at Verdun (includes Year 4 Dance Group) . Parents are welcome to join us.

Secondary Community Conversations with

Tony Fielke, 10.30am—11.30am at Oakbank

Year 7 Sustainability Excursion

Fri 30th GOOD FRIDAY

APRIL

Mon 2nd EASTER MONDAY

Tues 3rd Principal's Tour PRIMARY 9.30am—11am

Parent/Teacher Interviews (Primary)

Wed 4th Parent/Teacher Interviews (Primary)

Fri 6th SAPSASA Athletics

Assembly—Year 6 Team

Mon 9th Devotions — Year 4 W

Second Hand Uniform Shop Open 3:00pm – 3:30pm

Thurs 5th Principal's Tour SECONDARY 9.30am—11am

Fri 13th Last day of Term 1

Non Uniform Day

Assembly—Year 2 Team

Other Special Dates To Remember

Fri 11th May Mothers’ Day Breakfast

Fri 18th - 25th May Year 8 Fiji Mission Trip

Fri 24th Aug Book Week Parade

Fri 31st Aug Fathers’ Day Breakfast

Thurs 6th Sept Rec-Year 7 School Photos

Tues 11thSept ELC, Year 8—12 School Photos

Fri 21st Sept Grandparents’ Morning

Tues 11th Dec Christmas Worship and Year 7 Graduation Service

We hope all these people enjoy their birthdays THIS WEEK: Nakitta Abbott, Henry Barry, Charlie Barratt, Paris Gardner, Oscar Harvey, Lilianah Hunter, Brooke Jones, Cadance Long, Teddy Masters, Joshua Nelson, Sienna Morris, Hayden Schultz, Aimie Trigg and Mitchell Wise.

Community News Bridgewater Netball Club. Come and Try, Sunday March 11th and 18th, 10am —11am. Under 9s training starts on Wednesday, March 14th with games on Saturdays. Ring Sarah Moulds on 0401 132 544

Onkaparinga Netball Club — Net Set Go 5-7 year olds (turn 5 this year). It will run on Sundays from May 6th until July 8th, 10am—11am. It’s $60 for 10 weeks but if you are able to use the $50 school kids sports voucher it ends up being $10! The kids get a bag full of goodies! Please visit the website to register: http://onkaparinga.sa.netball.com.au Any questions please feel free to call Shylie McInnes on 0411 124 875

Support the Fight Against Cancer, Domestic Violence and Hardship. By joining us on Saturday, 7th April at the ADRA Op Shop in Mt Barker, at 3pm for some laughs and community fun while volunteers of ADRA SHAVE, COLOUR OR CUT THEIR HAIR. Give yourself a warm fuzzy feeling by donating as little or as much as you can. Your help is helping someone in need. Donations can be made by cash or credit card and are TAX DEDUCTABLE. For all enquiries please call 83912223 or 0402333030.

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STUDENT ABSENCE

Email: enquiries@hccs.sa.edu.au

SMS: 0400 738 405 Primary

SMS: 0477 006 500 Secondary

Student Absentees is also available via the HCCS Website

POSITIONS VACANT

The Hills Christian Community School is seeking enthusiastic Christian Educators for the following positions commencing in March 2018:

Early Learning After School Care Coordinator

Early Learning Educator

Assistant Director of our Out of School Care Service

HCCS is willing to accept suitable applicants that may prefer to apply for both Early Learning positions into a merged role.

Please refer to www.hccs.sa.edu.au/contact-us/employment/ for details.

The applications for the positions close Friday, 9th March 2018.

HCCS Netball Congratulations to our Under 13 team who were Runners-Up in the Grand Final for Summer Netball.

They fought hard and played well as a team. A BIG

THANKS to their coach Sarah Barter and to all the

parents who assisted and supported.

HCCS will NOT have any teams competing in the

Winter season this year as we were unable to fill the

positions on the Netball committee. We would love to

consider teams in the future depending on student

interest and parent assistance.

HCCS staff would like to thank Sarah Barter for her

commitment as President over the last few years as

well all other families that have contributed making

HCCS netball so great.