Fire Fighter For The Day - Hillview Christian School · Christianity is true, defend against attacks or critiques of the Christian faith, and build their faith when they may have

Junior Campus: 150 Wilsons Rd Senior Campus: 125 Wilsons Rd Postal Address: 150 Wilsons Rd, St Martins, CHCH 8022

Phone: 332 6923 Fax: 332 6922 Office email: [email protected] Principal’s email: [email protected]

A Ministry of South City C3 Church

Our Vision: To grow young people who love God and impact others through service and leadership.

Our Mission: To provide a quality education in a Christian environment where children can develop their God-given abilities.

Fire Fighter For The Day Our Year 0 to 2 pupils enjoying a visit from our local fire fighting team as part of their unit on Community Helpers and Fire Safety.

Excellence – We always strive to give our best

Ephesians 6:7 “Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the LORD, not men, because you know that the LORD will reward anyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.”

30 June

Principal ’ s Ponderings…

Kia ora Hillview Whānau. In a previous newsletter I mentioned I had attended a Christian Schools Leadership Conference in Queenstown. One of the topics presented was about the importance of laying a solid foundation of Christian truth early in a child’s life. Some parents send their children to a Christian School believing that it is the school’s responsibility to lay this spiritual foundation and thus abdicate their responsibility (fortunately I have not experienced this at Hillview very often). While I would agree the Christian School can have a great influence in developing the faith of a child, I do not believe it is the school’s responsibility to make its pupils distinctly Christian. That is why we do not create any strategic aims to achieve this. We do not create a specific conversion percentage goal or attempt to monitor growth in discipleship. However, we do hope and pray that every child will establish a personal relationship with their creator and continue to honour Him through using their gifts and talents for His kingdom. It seems very clear to me (and research supports this) that as parents, we have the greatest influence over a child being exposed to and encouraged to establish a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus - yes it is God who ultimately converts but we have the responsibility to sow spiritual seed. As I returned from this conference I continued to reflect on how intentional Hillview is in providing a strong foundation of faith through its special character programme. How are we supporting parents to train their children into being passionate Christ ambassadors (2 Corinthians 5:20)? Currently I am thrilled that HCS staff not only teach a life-giving Christian Living programme but also express a genuine vibrant Christian faith and authentically integrate it into all areas of learning inside and outside the classroom. Like any programme, there is always room for improvement and we have been challenged to intentionally train our pupils to be well equipped so that when they enter into their chosen career or university study, they have the tools to not only live their faith but also defend it (apologetics). I would like to share with you an acronym that Alan Shelmon presented which provides parents and staff with thought provoking advice on how to TRAIN our pupils to engage in the world in a meaningful manner. T = TEST your child and expose their weakness. Discover the areas your child struggles with through role play, questions, or informal discussions. In this way you will begin to understand how your child thinks and can begin to coach their ideas/concepts. Even five-year-olds can reveal some excellent thinking. R = REQUIRE MORE FROM YOUR CHILD THAN YOU THINK THEY CAN HANDLE. It is important that we do not under underestimate what our child is capable of understanding. We can and should expect them to think things through carefully. Make it our aim to equip our child with the skills necessary to be an effective ambassador for God. These skills include a) knowledge – a well-informed mind, b) wisdom – a tactful/artful method, and c) character – an attractive manner. A = ARM OUR CHILDREN WITH KNOWLEDGE. 1) Knowledge of the truth: teach them what they believe and why they should believe it – give positive reasons why Christianity is true, defend against attacks or critiques of the Christian faith, and build their faith when they may have doubts. 2) Knowledge of error: children need to know the false ideas so they can stay clear of them. They also need to be aware of false teaching so they can stand against and

destroy its ideology. NB: Ignoring or ridiculing false ideas or just throwing random Bible verses at them is not effective. Instead, teach each child about the false idea, explain the reasons people believe it and show what is wrong with those reasons. I = INVOLVE your child in the battlefield of ideas. As they grow and develop confidence then they can be placed in progressively more challenging real-life situations e.g. mission trips, interview an atheist (obviously age appropriate). N = NUTURE our children by modelling Christ-like engagement. As parents and staff, we can tend to the wounds of pupils providing comfort, strength, and hope. Authentically living out these principles will meaningfully role model how to approach and engage with the many secular world views that exist. These are some challenging thoughts which I hope will ignite and motivate us all to think critically about how we are intentionally preparing our children to live as passionate ambassadors for Christ in a secular world. I will finish with the following quote which I believe is very applicable:

Ngā mihi nui whaka mana ki a koutou. Steve Frost (Tumuaki)

P.S. One further exciting announcement…….

Kimberly McLean: We are thrilled for Mrs McLean who has announced she is pregnant and is expecting the delivery to occur towards the end of this year. Both Ben and Kimberly would appreciate your prayer and support as they walk this journey together (there are some initial complications which the medical staff are monitoring). P.P.S. As this is our final newsletter for the term, I wish you all a very refreshing and re-invigorating school holiday break.

Prayer Requests

Give thanks for:-

the formal opening of our school gymnasium school holidays Please pray for:-

safety and quality time with families during the school break

Verses to Learn Term 2

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” I Timothy 4:12

Tips for Learning

Helping a Y7-10 child with Reading (by Andy Vosslamber)

Once a child matures they need to see good role-models of reading and need to be encouraged to read a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction texts in order to help them build character as well as general knowledge. Here are some suggestions about how you could go about this:

Pick up the books your child is reading and read them yourself. Discuss the ideas in them and how you relate to these ideas as Christian parents. This will help your child grow in their discernment.

Prayer meeting in the AV room Tuesday 2.40-3.00pm All welcome.

Pupil Achievements

CONGRATULATIONS: To Winnie Palamo, Maia Te Hae, Hanna-Lise Manuel who have made it in to the Primary Sports Canterbury Year 7/8 Rep netball team. This is an amazing achievement and to have th ree girls in the team from our school is a record and also the most of any school/club in Canterbury! A special mention must be made to Year 7 Madison Telea who made it to the last trial of 31 girls but narrowly missed being named in the final 20 girls to don the Red and Black uniform for 2017 (hopefully her time will come next year!).

CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS: Well done to our Cross Country runners yesterday at the Canterbury Champs – all with excellent results: 1st Sam Meecham, Y7 Boys (119 finishers), 12th Matthew Fairhall, 13th Duncan McCall and 17th Zachary Landers, Y6 Boys (122 finishers),

12th Oliver Graves, 45th Joe Brown, Y8 Boys (115 finishers), 22nd Elliot Graves, Y5 Boys (121 finishers), 43rd Renee Mein, Y5 Girls (115 finishers). JUNIOR SPECIAL CHOIR: Congratulations to Amy Ayres and Caspian Buxton who made it into the Junior Special Choir and will be performing at the Christchurch Primary School Music Festival.

HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL MEET THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION:

Tim Coulbeck and Keight Copeland met Minister Parata last week over morning tea at Cashmere High School. There was an opportunity to

ask advice about leadership and to network with other pupils. They were excellent ambassadors for the school. Well done!

Assemblies next week

Whole School Assembly: Friday 8 July 1.40pm in the Gym

Dates to Remember

1.1 Tuesday 5 July – Year 1-4 Cross Country Challenge, 1.00-3.00pm at Hillview

1.2 Wednesday 6 July – Year 7-8 Intermediates v. Primary Cross Country 1.00pm at Roto Kohatu Reserve

1.3 Friday 8 July – Whole School Assembly 1.45-2.55pm 1.4 Friday 8 July – Last Day of Term 2 1.5 Monday 25 July – First Day of Term 3 1.6 Thursday 28 July – Storytelling and Talent Evening,

Hillview Gym 1.7 Monday 1 August – Y6 Primary Sports Canterbury

Rippa Rugby, English Park 1.8 Monday 1 August – Y5-8 South Zone Winter

Tournament, 12.00-3.00pm 1.9 Tuesday 2 August – ICAS English

Noticeboard

2.1 Office Closure – The School Office will be closed on Friday 8 July from 1.45pm – 3.00pm so that office staff can join in with the celebration of the opening of the school Gymnasium.

2.2 Sibling New Entrants 2017 – Do you have a younger child due to start here at Hillview during 2017? If your child’s name is not listed below but they are due to start school sometime during 2017 please come and get an application form from the office. This really helps us with our planning for next year. Please note: closing date for applications is Friday 26 August 2016 at 3.30pm. If you have any questions please contact

Claire at the office [email protected] Applications for siblings we have received so far are for: Joel Barlow, Caleb Blaikie, Zebedee Clements, Keira Franc, Lily Lai Kong, Benjamin Nelson, Holly Smith, Reuben Thorpe, Mikayla Tupara, Emma-Rose Te Momo, Arlo Muir, Josiah Barlow, and Heidi McNiell

2.3 Interested in Badminton? We are hoping to start a Year 5/6 Badminton Club in our gym on Wednesday afternoons from 3.30-4.30/5pm starting next term. Cost will be $2 a session and all gear will be provided. If you have a student who is interested, please contact Tim Ford: [email protected] by end of this term.

2.4 Year 0-4 Cross Country Challenge - Tuesday 5 July-

Next week, on the Senior Campus, we are hosting 288 children from 9 different schools. Racing starts at 1pm and prize-giving will be in the Gym at 2pm. All parents of children involved please bring a plate of food to the Gym kitchen on Tuesday morning.

2.5 Concert Band Concert Monday 4 July – The school Concert Band will be performing in the gymnasium. The concert starts at 9.15am and will last for approximately 25 minutes. We ask attendees be seated by 9:10am. Parents and school community please RSVP your attendance to Mrs Becker ([email protected]). Everyone Welcome!

2.6 Production DVD – We have extended the deadline for production DVD orders. Orders are now due by Tuesday 5 July. DVDs are $10.00 and need to be ordered using the following link: http://goo.gl/forms/TDehz5vdECe1DN9G3

Please put the exact money in an envelope labelled "Production DVD.” Include your first and last name and post in the HSA box in the office. Thank you

HSA and BOT News

3.1 School Fair – The fabulous fantastic school fair is happening on Friday 25 November from 5.00-8.00pm. SAVE THE DATE! It will be a WARM and SUNNY evening filled with fun and laughter and celebration. We’ll keep you posted.

3.2 The School Fair Needs You! Please remember to return the yellow school fair form, detailing resources or skills that you can offer to help with the school fair. Could you please include your email address. Please return forms to the HSA box in the office by Friday 8 July. Thank you.

3.3 Entertainment Books – Entertainment Books have arrived and can be collected from the office. It is not too late to make an order.

Community Notices

4.1 Junior Netball Tournament 19 and 20 July – Held from 10.00am - 2pm both days. Open to all Year 5, Year 3/4 and Year 1/2 teams/players. $5 per team,$1 per individual (not part of a team)

4.2 Youth Alive Programmes – Registrations are now open for our Junior and Senior Holiday Programmes in July for Years 1-4 and Years 5-9. Activities include Clip & Climb, Gymnastics, a trip to the Theatre, heaps of games and an awesome group of leaders! Sign up online or at our offices.

4.3 Holiday Programme – During the July school holidays, from 11-15 July, Ara Institute of Canterbury (formerly CPIT) is staging Sportastic, a holiday programme for sporty 9 to 13 year olds. It runs from 8.30am-4.30pm each day and costs $175 for the week. Places are limited and booking can be made online, please click here to view more information and the registration form or phone 0800242476

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