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NEWSLETTER ALKIMOS BAPTIST COLLEGE

Dear Parents, Families, Friends and Students, What a wonderful term we have had. All our new students and families are now established and enjoying the community and education at Alkimos Baptist College. From Circus Sport, to Outdoor Movie Nights, Term 1 at Alkimos Baptist College has been busy. I would like to congratulate all our representative swimmers who achieved great results for our College at our two Interschool Carnivals this term. Thank you for the hard work in training and racing. Thank you to Mr Zanetti, Mr Stravens, Miss Charlene Gale and Miss Samantha Gale on their hard work in training our teams. The Outdoor Movie Night was a great success. It was fantastic to have so many families come and celebrate the life in the College. I would like to thank the P&F for manning the food stall and organising the event. The P&F have organised a Parent of Alkimos Baptist College page on Facebook. Please see the College Office for more details. Romans 12 states that “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is his good, pleasing and perfect will.” As we look forward to the future, we ask that God continues to transforms our hearts and minds to know what his pleasing and perfect will is. I hope you all have a great holiday and you come back safely for Term Two. Yours Sincerely Kieran Graham College Principal

Address: 60 Seagrove Boulevard, Merriwa WA 6030 Phone: 9406 8189 Facsimile: 9406 8461

31st March 2017

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Thursday 6/4/2017 Last day for students TERM 2 Monday 24/4/2017 Students Commence in Full Winter Uniform Tuesday 25/4/2017 Anzac Public Holiday Wednesday 26/4/2017 Primary Anzac Assembly 8.40am College Hall Year 5/6 Ern Halliday Camp Thursday 27/4/2017 Year 5/6 Ern Halliday Camp Friday 28/4/2017 Secondary Anzac Assembly 8.40am College Hall Year 5/6 Ern Halliday Camp

YEAR 6 MEET THE TEACHERS SOCIAL

On Wednesday the 7th of March, the Year 6 students of A.B.C had a social event with the high school teachers after school. The event was themed after The Amazing Race. It was an exciting event which helped the Year 6

students prepare for high school next year.

The event ran from 3:00 - 4:00 pm, there were activities featuring solving puzzles, hitting a ping pong ball down a ramp without dropping it, measuring liquids, and tasting food and guessing which company it comes from. It all

ended with a medium sized water fight with water balloons. Each team was made up of 2 - 3 people.

After completing an activity, each team would be given a clue to where the next activity is, as well as how to get

there.

Overall it was a fun afternoon which we all enjoyed. My favourite part was the water fight and getting to have a

treat to eat to start the afternoon.

By Jack Stokes

Year 6

Secondary Interschool Swimming Carnival It's been a fantastic term of swimming for the secondary college at Alkimos Baptist College. We had our first ever beach carnival,

which was a fantastic day. The students participated really well, and there were a lot of incredible individual performances from

students of all ages. Our interschool carnival was next and we had some standout performers, with Jacque Montagnon finishing

in the top 3 for the Year 9 boy category, and Luke Montagnon winning the Year 7 boy category. All up, our Junior boys came 3rd

overall out of 8 schools which is our best performance to date. Well done to all swimmers who made it to training throughout

the term and worked so hard to improve their swimming, and I look forward to improving even further next year!

A lot has happened in the past month especially for the Year 5/6s, I’ll go into detail about

Ultimate Frisbee, Circus Sport and the Afterschool Cinema so let’s get going.

The Ultimate Frisbee competition was a day where winning or losing didn’t matter all that

mattered was that we were having fun. Before the day, the Year 5/6s did a lot of training for

the day, from drills to mini games. On the day there was 3 teams, Alkimos 1,2,3.

I was in Alkimos 3.

The first 3 games we lost but as the day went on we began to win a few games, once or twice

we competed against Alkimos 1 and 2. All round the day was a lot of fun and I enjoyed every

second of it.

Last time I mostly talked about the first lesson of Circus sport, now I am just going to recap

what we have done so far. A few new circus apparatuses were introduced to us, including

balancing poles, diablos, scarf juggling and human pyramids.

Out of all the new apparatuses my favourite was the diablo, which is basically a spinning

cylinder on string. You could do quite a few tricks with at including the “elevator” where you

had to get the diablo going as fast as possible and then wrapping the string around the

diablo forcing it to go up. I succeeded in doing it twice and it made me feel accomplished to

be able to do it, since it is a very difficult trick to do. Overall my experience at circus sport

has only improved over time because every lesson we learnt something different and unique.

On Friday the 24th my family went to school, like a lot of others to watch the outdoor cinema

that our school was hosting. Last year we watched “Big Hero 6” and this year it was

Dreamworks animations feel good movie of the year “Trolls”. The night was quite fun, I had

a few cokes and my family got a bag of popcorn. I had a milk chocolate bar (my favourite),

I enjoyed all the music that was in Trolls, especially the last bit of music at the end. A few

people forgot that it was going to be an outdoor cinema and forgot to bring a blanket, as for

my family we bought two bigger blankets and overall I enjoyed the night, it really was quite

a good movie.

Next month I am looking forward to the Year 5/6 school camp and the Year 6 Assembly. Only

time will tell how well they go.

Primary Extention Group

The goal was to make the strongest and most aesthetically pleasing bridge across the great desk divide with only 25

Popsicle sticks and 1m of masking tape.

Lili Kemp Bianca Van Rooyen Madison Manning

The students had 10 minutes to build a famous world landmark. They were only given a picture of their

landmark one minute before their building time commenced.

Their instruction was “Create a Lego construction that resembles the famous landmark given to you.”

Madison Manning Michael Millar

Year 3/4 Mad Math Monday’s

Every Monday is Mad Math Monday in Year 3/4 where

students explore a range of fun, critical thinking math centres.

In Week 7, students became Math detectives and apart of the

M.C.I.S – Mathematical Criminal Investigation Services team!

Their first case clue was: ‘Numbers are disappearing! Use the

multiplication equation as a clue to determine which number

is missing.’ Students had to use a UV light to reveal the hidden

message on their puzzle cards. Then they had to figure out

the number ‘disguised as a square’ for each card, showing

their ‘detective working out’ to solve the case!

YEAR 5/6 CAMP

The Year 5/6 class students are going to Ern Halliday Camp on Wednesday 26th

April to Friday 28th

April. A letter has been sent home to all families regarding this. Please return all permission

slips to the College Office as soon as possible. The College will pay for all costs for this camp.

ABSENTEES Please ensure that you contact the College on 9406 8189 no later than 9.30am in the event of any unexpected absences, sickness or late arrivals that necessitates your child being away from the College for the day or for any length of time. A written note regarding their absence needs to accompany your child and handed into the teacher upon their return. A medical certificate may be required to explain prolonged absences. CHANGE OF DETAILS It always important that the College has up to date contact details. Please ensure that the College office is notified if any of the following information has changed. ~ Your child's medical details ~ Emergency contact details ~ Home Address ~ Email Address ~ Telephone/mobile numbers This is very important for emergencies and important mail outs. Please attend to this regularly as needed.

PARENTS, CARERS AND VISITORS Please note that it is important to report to the College Office if you need to pick your child up, drop anything off or make contact with them. For security reasons we cannot have visitors walking around the school. Any forgotten lunches or items will be delivered by the staff to your child's classroom. Thank you.

College School News

Well done to Bianca Van Rooyen from Year 6 for winning gold in the under

40kg category at the Judo State

Championships.

She has also been selected to represent WA at the National Championships

being held in the Gold Coast in June.

We wish you all the best at your next

competition.

On Monday 24th April the Canteen will be

closed. No lunch orders are to be ordered on

this day.

This scheme is to assist eligible families with their Secondary

schooling costs.

Eligibility criteria is for a Parent/Guardian to hold one of the

following cards;

~ Centrelink Health Card

~ Centrelink pensioners Concession Card

~ Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card

Forms are now available from the College Office. Please bring

along your concession Cards and your account details to

complete the form.

Atlantis After School Care

East Butler is seeking expressions of interest to recommence servicing Alkimos Baptist College

families by providing both drop off & collection for

Outside School Hours Care.

If you are interested in further information please

contact Christine on 0427 333 400 or

[email protected]