Over the last three years, a group of Year 12 students have been working to achieve first our bronze, silver and now our gold Duke of Edinburgh awards. To do this we have been consistently completing hours of sport, service and a new skill, as well as adventurous journeys. Each camp has been completely different …
Visit from Queensland’s chief entrepreneur How do you start a new term in the DeLorean Project? You get Leanne Kemp, Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur to kick things off and take it up a notch. The Office of Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur was an Australian first and is established as a government office dedicated to building and promoting …
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Year 10 Multicultural Luncheon Year 10 selected a two-course meal for the multicultural luncheon which was an assessment task. They selected a country and then researched suitable foods that would link to the culture. They were excited to have their guests at their table to taste and evaluate their cooking. The students completed the assignment …
Whilst the rest of the school were battling out in their Challenge of the Minds contests the Prep to Year 2 students were on their own quest to establish which house would shine in our Big Thinkers Legacy Cup Challenge. In each class on the last day of Term 2, the children were given a …
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As part of the Lapathon Challenge the Year 3 – 6 classes took on each other head to head in a relay race. Each class formed as many teams of three people as possible and ran around the oval for 30 minutes accumulating as many laps as possible for their team and their class. The …
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There were squeals of fright and delight in the Science labs when Year 7 explored the creatures that live in Mrs Horrigan’s compost heap. Students became experts at exposing the critters and deftly placing them in dishes to study them closer with magnifying glasses. There were also frantic scrambles to catch those escapees who made …
On the 1 May, Year 5G had a great afternoon feeling like Junior Masterchefs. We got hair nets and aprons (which were down to our feet). All geared up and ready to cook. Washing our hands was a must! We gathered all the equipment we needed and started to collect our ingredients; flour, sugar, coconut, …
EXCELLENCE – Achieve your PB As we all know, the GCCC values are based on the acronym GREAT. Our values are: G odliness R espect E xcellence A ttitude T eachability It is no surprise that Godliness is the first of our values as it is encompasses all the others. Any person who truly acts …
Headstart at USC Semester 2 Headstart applications for study in Semester 2, 2013, will close on Friday 10 May. The timetable to select classes will be available on the USC website from 29 April and application forms can be downloaded in the 2013 Headstart Guide, pages 21-26. Skills Tech Taster Program for Year 10 Year 10 students interested in …
All of Prep celebrated the birthday of Humpty Dumpty at the pleasure of Old King Cole on the last day of Term 1. It was a Maths investigation as we considered the best timing for the party, looking at our timetables and times of day we are at school etc. We used data collection to …
On Thursday 21 March, the student leaders and student council members met in the Library for a ‘get together’ and a breakfast of cereals, fruit salad, croissants, hot cross buns and juices. We had time to introduce ourselves to one another, discuss some plans and projects for Term 2 and organize meeting schedules with Mrs. …
Thanks to Supa IGA’s Community Chest Donations, GCCC received a donation of $745.00 this month. Please keep remembering to ask for your tokens if you shop at IGA as its policy is to only give out tokens to those who ask.
The spirit of ANZAC and a touch of an episode of MASH pervaded the Year 9s last week, whilst on their survival camp at Hellidon’s Emu Gully Adventure Camp. To understand what it means to show courage in the face of fear, to live out the quality of mateship, persevering beyond what they previously thought …
Year 6 Boys in District Softball Final After many enthusiastic practice sessions the Year 6 Boys Softball team have proved that practise counts when they finished second in the District Interschool Sport Softball competition. Defeated by a more experienced St Michael’s team the boys were disappointed that the rain fell and the game was stopped …
iPads Thank you to everyone who attended the iPad information night last Thursday, we hope it was beneficial for you. Perhaps one of the most pervasive misconceptions heard that evening was the balance between maintaining your child’s privacy and your right as a parent to know what your child is up to. Can I stress …
Year 10 Art students have been studying Portraiture. As we always start the year off with a drawing unit, the students drew a self portrait using graphite pencil. I am very impressed that most of the students were easily recognisable from their drawings. Patrice Cutlack
A FREE 1-hour talk by learning expert Diana Vogel – The Kid Whisperer from Down Under. Discover: • The importance of the 32 learning profiles and how they can play out in your child. • The simplest and quickest technique to calm your child down which doesn’t cost anything…Miss this and you’ll regret it! • …
Emma Jackson caused a great amount of excitement as she meet young aspiring triathletes at the Beerwah Pool last week. About 40 youngsters who train and compete in triathlons in Beerwah and beyond had the opportunity to be inspired by Emma, a current Olympian and Under 23 World Triathlon Champion. Emma encouraged the students to …
Thirteen year old Jack Fissenden joined the elite young sportsman from around Queensland representing the Sunshine Coast at the Queensland Schools Triathlon Championships. Jack was selected in the Sunshine Coast team at the trial in December beating many keen and experienced athletes. The State Championship event was held in wet and blustery conditions in Redcliffe …
On Friday 15 February 2013, Madame Speaker, Miss Simpson, came to our school and talked to us about the government and how it works. She first started to talk about her position in the government and what she does. Her position is the Speaker and what she is called to the meeting to make sure …
Due to the current weather conditions, a decision has been made to postpone the ‘Come and Try’ Sports Day in Beerwah scheduled to take place tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon. The event will now take place on: Monday 4th March 2013 Time 3.30pm – 5.30pm Where: Beerwah Sportsgrounds (Note – Location and times remain the same) Those families that …
I am honoured to e be part of Glasshouse Christian College. Most of you know me as I have been volunteering since 2008. I am a born again Christian, married to a wonderful man (Troy) who is a builder. I am blessed with three beautiful children, Daniel (carpenter), Amanda and Hannah. Born in Kilcoy, I …
I have been part of GCCC for almost seven years now and it is has been a great journey to watch and see the way God is building this school. It is wonderful to be here once again in a more permanent role. I am a Mother of three beautiful boys and have a heart …
On Tuesday morning the 12 February the combined Sunshine Coast Christian School Ecumenical Service was held. We had the privilege of sending our Primary, Middle School and Senior School captains along with our chappy team of Michelle, Mick and Dani. The service this year was held at St Andrews Anglican College and 16 different Christian …
Train up a child in the way he should go and …he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 Sometimes though – we think we’re training them – but our words don’t match our actions. In fact the reality is that our actions will speak more boldly then our words. Across our school we are …
Week 1 saw us welcome our new Preppies into Kitchen Garden where they had a tour of the garden and learnt where everything is. The rules of Kitchen Garden were established; rules such as ‘Don’t open the compost bins without an adult with you’ were quickly added to; ‘because there could be crocodiles in them!” …
This fortnight we are introducing seven more new staff members. Please say hello to them when you see them around the College. Introducing Annaliese Bullock Hello! Some of you may remember me as Miss Dart, as I was here last year doing my final prac and internship. Well, I am excited to say that I …
Glasshouse Christian College 2012 graduating student Sarah Davis received an OP1 and we at GCCC are all very proud of her achievement. Sarah has added to this remarkable accomplishment by her acceptance into the University of Queensland to study medicine. We wish Sarah all the best with her studies and look forward to hearing more …
