Welcome old and new families and students to a new year! This year our theme is How GREAT is our God – focusing once again on our GREAT values of Godliness, Respect, Excellence, Attitude and Teachability. As we reflect on this, perhaps all the questions parents and students have about this year are placed in …
Are you interested in providing board for a Student Teacher in 2014? Do you have a spare room and enjoy the company of interesting people from other places in the world? Are you happy to help someone have an interesting and fulfilling experience? There are two Opportunities 1. Student Teacher Exchange from Minnesota, America a. …
And Three, Two one… Action As we come to the closing chapters of this school year, while we are not yet at the curtain finale for Middle School, certainly Awards night is a clear indicator that the end is in sight. Students are reminded that just like in a play the actors’ performance will be …
Welcome back students and families to Middle School at GCCC – especially to our new students this term. We finished the end of last Term with a big bang on some fronts. From the Messy Games afternoon for all Middle School students, the Walk to Water fundraiser that our Year 8’s embarked on, the victorious …
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.Philippians 2:3-4 Looking out for the interests of others and being intentional with how we spend our time does not necessarily come naturally …
Attitude. When used as a stand-alone word it is often a derogatory term or a put-down. Someone who has ‘attitude’ is generally someone who is negative towards life. Yet, when used in the context of school we often ask students to have a good attitude. What does this mean? Can we make someone have a …
Carpe Diem. There is no moment like the present. Seize the day. This is certainly true of the way our Middle school students live some of their lives and I love that energy. That is the model of excellence that is a part of our school’s GREAT values. These last two weeks are no exceptions …
Acknowledging excellence is an important aspect of a child’s school life. Student’s who have talent in a sporting, musical, mathematical or dramatic ability, skills such as in woodwork or creating food dishes etc generally achieve awards not only because of their talent but because of their applied, diligence and consistent efforts over time. Throughout the …
This last week I have been very impressed with, and proud of: All our Year 7s and 9s who worked so diligently on their NAPLAN tests last week AND also their teachers who have put a lot of thought and effort into preparing our students for these tests in the lead up to this.Our Year …
What defines excellence? “We are what we repeatedly do . . . excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle. Are we living it out? Are we working at becoming excellent? Do our students really understand what this means in practice in their own lives and habits? Homework, sports, music ability etc. – …
Welcome to Term 2 in Middle School at Glasshouse. This term we are focussing on Excellence from our GREAT values. My younger brother, (by only one year) constantly beat me in school grades due to his natural academic ability. He would regularly ask me, ‘What did you get for this last year, Jacq?’ Once I …
Camps and alternate Activities week Many years after a child has grown up and moved on to other great adventures the main memories they will have of school will be their camp weeks. I would like to say thanks to parents for entrusting us with your kids. We thoroughly enjoyed sharing this week with them …
Off to Camp All our Middle schoolers are off on alternative programs this coming week. I am sure that families are organising the ‘what to pack’ stuff and mentally preparing your child for what is happening. Most are excited about the prospect of this week; however, there are reservations too. Please be assured that our …
It’s all about RESPECT I believe there are three aspects to respect: Respect Ourselves, Respect Others and, Expect Respect. The bible says, Love one another as you love yourself. This means you have to love yourself in order to be able to love others. How do we RESPECT ourselves? If you’re a student reading this …
Effective communication An important part of our College mission statement reads, “The College seeks to work together with parents and will endeavour to provide the human and practical resources …..” In a busy Prep to Year 12 school there is a lot we need to communicate with you about and likewise you have important information …
