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A fortnightly newsletter for Penrith Anglican College families                                     Personal excellence through Christ

 Tuesday 11 June 2019                                                                                                 Issue No 9, 2019

                                                    Principal’s Message

 Performing Arts Building Opening – Save the Date                     Woolworths Earn and Learn
 The Performing Arts Building will be officially opened on Friday 9   Thank you to the many families who are collecting the
 August at 5pm.                                                       Woolworths ‘Earn and Learn’ stickers. These stickers provide
                                                                      credits for the purchase of over 10,000 possible educational
 All our buildings at the College are dedicated to the glory of God
                                                                      resources. More information can be found at https://www.
 and to honour a Christian for their service. We are pleased to
                                                                      woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/earn-and-learn
 announce that the Performing Arts Building at the College will
                                                                      The program continues until the end of Term 2.
 honour the faithful service of Mr Barry Roots and Mr Geoff Voller
 and the significant contribution they made to the establishment
                                                                      Repeated – Presentation Night
 of Penrith Anglican College. A later time of 5pm was chosen so
                                                                      In response to parent feedback, the College Executive have
 all members of the College community past and present would
                                                                      decided to move the Annual College Presentation events back
 have the opportunity to attend. After the Opening, the
                                                                      to the College this year. We thank the P&F for their generous
 community will be able to see the Centre in action as part of the
                                                                      donation of the large fans in the Gym that will make the event
 Year 12 HSC and IB Performing Arts Showcase Evening. More
                                                                      more comfortable if the weather is warm.
 information and RSVP details will be provided shortly.
                                                                      Tuesday 3 December		            Year 6 Graduation in the
 Staffing Announcements                                                                               Lighthouse Theatre at 9.00am
 As part of the ongoing strengthening and development of the          Thursday 5 December		           Pre-K Presentation in the
 College, we have created 2 new leadership roles. The Director of                                     Lighthouse Theatre at 4.30pm
 Teaching and Learning (Pre-K to 12) will develop and oversee the     Wednesday 11 December		         K-6 Presentation in the
 implementation of a coherent teaching and learning framework                                         College GYM at 9.00am
 to support and improve student learning opportunities at the         Wednesday 11 December		         7-12 Presentation in the
 College. The Head of Secondary (7-12) will lead the Senior School                                    College GYM at 7.00pm
 to support its ongoing development as a centre of outstanding
 teaching, learning and academic achievement. It will provide         Please add these dates to your diary. These events are
 parents and students in Years 7 to 12 with greater support during    compulsory for all students and they are expected to attend.
 these important years of schooling.
                                                                      Parent Coffee Mornings
 I am pleased to announce the following appointments to these         Twice a term, members of the Executive team and I will hold
 roles:                                                               a ‘Coffee and Chat’ morning in an informal setting. This is an
 Director of Teaching and Learning (Pre-K to 12) – Mr Mitchell        opportunity for all parents to meet with us to discuss any new
 Clarke.                                                              suggestions or share constructive feedback.
 Mr Clarke has been a member of the College staff for the past 11
 years. He is a highly experienced HSIE teacher. He has most          We meet in the hospitality space next to the Lighthouse Theatre
 recently been responsible for Teacher Accreditation.                 from 8.30am until about 9.30am. The final morning for the term
                                                                      will be Tuesday 18 June.
 Head of Secondary (7-12) – Mr Leighton Corr
 Mr Corr is currently the Head of Senior School (10-12) at Arndell    Mrs Felicity Grima
 Anglican College. He is an experienced History, Studies of           Principal
 Religion and Christian Living teacher. We look forward to
 welcoming Mr Corr at the beginning of Term 4.
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Student Wellbeing

                                         Learning about, valuing and
                                         caring for our Environment

                                         As I write this short article, I am reflecting   Recently on the weekend I took the
                                         that 5 June 2019 is World Environment            opportunity of seeing the documentary
          In This Issue                  Day. My day started by driving to College        2040. This film aims to show the audience
                                         through the rain, the rain which yet again       possibilities of the future and how existing
         Principal’s Message             is staying in our state’s coastal regions and    technologies and mindsets can lead to
                                         not extending far into our drought ravaged       positive environmental change. One of
          Student Wellbeing
                                         state. I spent much of the day in our gym        the key ideas presented in the film was
        Visual Arts Department           and then in our wonderful Performing             that by educating and empowering girls,
Duke of Edinburgh International Award    Arts Building, both are places that have         a massive positive impact could be made
         Stevie Wonder Show              wonderful vistas of our surrounding              on the environment due to the lifestyles
                                         environment.                                     that this would result in and the way our
           Tabitha Program                                                                global community would function. It states
            Senior School                Caring for our environment is something I        that currently 65 million girls don’t get the
        Athletics Carnival 2019          believe God is eager for us to do. Currently     opportunity of completing their education.
                                         we have a number of opportunities for
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
                                         our students to do this within organised         At Penrith Anglican College, we greatly
        Primary School Sports            College activities. Within our Tabitha           value educating all our students, both
     Primary Enrichment Program          program we have students that are                boys and girls. We understand the
    Compassion Child Sponsorship         involved with bush care as guided by             importance of educating our students
                                         Penrith City Council, and students on            to become informed and responsible
           Prayer & Praise
                                         the Dusty Boots trip also assist with            global citizens who follow Christ and
         June 2019 Calendar              bush care at Cootamundra. The College            serve others. Educating our students
Winter Blanket and Sleeping Bag Appeal   has supported Clean Up Australia Days            to appreciate their surrounds with an
                                         for many years. There are a number of            understanding of how they care for it is
                                         initiatives on campus of recycling some          very important. We also want our students
                                         of our waste inclusive of paper, plastic         to be grateful for the education that they
                                         bottles and aluminium cans. Appreciation         receive, knowing that so many in the world
                                         and greater understanding of our                 do not have this same opportunity. Our
                                         environment and its needs are within our         students have such a privilege and we
                                         curriculum in Science and Geography.             look into the future with hope in regards
                                                                                          to the great things they might do for our
                                                                                          environment in the future.

                                                                                          Miss Adele Crane
                                                                                          Director of Student Wellbeing

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Visual Arts Department

                                                       Mrs Paech’s Year 7 classes
                                                       have been learning about
                                                       the elements of art and how
                                                       to incorporate them in their
                                                       artworks. Here we have their
                                                       clay faces demonstrating line,
                                                       colour, texture and shape.

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Duke of Edinburgh International Award

  Duke of Edinburgh Adventurous Journey Report

  On 13 May we embarked on our one night hike in the
  Berowra National Park.

  On the first day we hiked 14 Km and on the second day
  we hiked around 7 km. The first day was the hardest part
  of the journey. We hiked on a mountain ridge that led us
  along a fire trail and through more natural areas like across
  creeks and rocks which led us to our campsite at Crosslands
  Reserve. At the campsite we learned more skills involved
  in cooking in the bush and adapting to the environment
  around us. After dinner, we played night games, which
  consisted of capture the flag and sardines. At the campsite, I
  experienced many things including being attacked by brush
  turkeys and my cooking utensils being stolen by the ibis.

  On the second day, we had to hike along the river and out
  of the valley. After relatively flat land, we had to hike up this
  steep hill to get to the lookout. It was worth it as we saw a
  great view of the valley and could see how far we had come.
  We then had to hike out to Berowra Heights.

  As I reflect on this great
  experience, I have learned
  many skills like working
  better as a team and more
  camping skills. Overall, it
  was a great experience
  and I would like to thank
  the teachers Mrs Price, Mr
  Tan and Mr Commerford
  for making this journey a
  great one.

  Mark Nielsen
  Year 10 Student

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Stevie Wonder Show
     SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED ....

     We congratulate our Senior Choir
     and Jazz Band on their
     outstanding performances at the
     Merimbula Jazz Festival over the
     long weekend as the
     Wonderband!

     To see a taste of what they
     performed visit the College's
     Facebook page.

          In This Issue

         Principal’s Message
          Student Wellbeing
        Visual Arts Department
Duke of Edinburgh International Award
         Stevie Wonder Show
           Tabitha Program
            Senior School
        Athletics Carnival 2019
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
        Primary School Sports
     Primary Enrichment Program
    Compassion Child Sponsorship
           Prayer & Praise
         June 2019 Calendar
Winter Blanket and Sleeping Bag Appeal

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Tabitha Program

                                                                                   In This Issue

                                                                                  Principal’s Message
                                                                                   Student Wellbeing
                                                                                 Visual Arts Department
                                                                         Duke of Edinburgh International Award
                                                                                  Stevie Wonder Show
                                                                                    Tabitha Program
                                                                                     Senior School
                                                                                 Athletics Carnival 2019
                                                                         2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
                                                                                 Primary School Sports
                                                                              Primary Enrichment Program
                                                                             Compassion Child Sponsorship
                                                                                    Prayer & Praise
                                                                                  June 2019 Calendar
                                                                         Winter Blanket and Sleeping Bag Appeal

College Podcast

An exciting initiative started in Term 2 is the College Podcast.

As part of the Tabitha program students have been learning the
practical skills associated with planning content, recording and
editing audio and launching an engaging audio podcast to the
wider College community.

The Podcast will aim to celebrate student achievement in all
areas, and be a platform to share special stories about the life of
the College.

This term, students have interviewed Head of Ridley House, Mrs
Wright and Noah Hallani, College Vice Captain about the Ridley
House Charity Day.

Last week, students spoke to some Year 6 students about their
‘Buddy’ program which runs on Tuesday afternoons. They also
heard from some students from the Junior ‘Tech Team’ who help
run the sound and vision for Chapels and Assemblies around the
College.

Mr Jake Nauta
Lighthouse Theatre Manager

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                              Athletics Carnival 2019

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2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge

                                         TIPS FOR PARENTS/CARERS
                                                                                        •   Follow The Arts Unit on Facebook and
                                         •   Find out the name(s) of your school’s          the NSW PRC on Instagram to keep
                                             Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC)              up to date about nformation about
                                             coordinator(s) and how they Plan to            the Challenge throughout the year.
          In This Issue                      administer the Challenge.                      We regularly run contests and Author
                                                                                            events your child may be interested in
                                         •   Familiarise yourself with the new PRC          taking part in.
         Principal’s Message                 student website. There is a video on
          Student Wellbeing                  the PRC Support site that you can          •   Contact your child’s PRC coordinator
        Visual Arts Department               watch that demonstrates how login,             if:
                                             search for books and add them to a                 •    Your child has any difficulty
Duke of Edinburgh International Award
                                             Student Reading Record (SRR).                            using her/his logon details
         Stevie Wonder Show                                                                           to access the PRC website.
           Tabitha Program               •   Visit the Premier’s Reading Challenge              •     You are concerned that
            Senior School                    Support website. It allows you to                         your child’s name is spelt
                                             search for information about the PRC                      incorrectly in the PRC
        Athletics Carnival 2019              and how to use the PRC website and                        website.
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge         also how to contact the PRC team.                  •      If you need to check your
        Primary School Sports                                                                           child’s Challenge history,
                                         •   Set reminders for Challenge opening                        please contact your child’s
     Primary Enrichment Program
                                             and closing dates in your and your                         PRC coordinator.
    Compassion Child Sponsorship             child’s calendar.                                  •
           Prayer & Praise                                                              •   Your child’s online Student Reading
         June 2019 Calendar              •   Find out your child’s logon details. For       Record must have the required
                                             public schools, students’ logon will           number of books recorded to
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                                             be the same one they use to access             complete the Challenge by the
                                             computers and the internet at school.          student closing date. School PRC
                                             Non-government students will need              coordinators have an extra two weeks
                                             to contact the PRC Coordinator at              to validate the SRR. Only students
                                             their school if they cannot remember           with a validated SRR are eligible for a
                                             their login details.                           certificate.
                                                                                        •
                                         •   Assist your child to borrow books              In the final weeks of the Challenge,
                                             from the school or local library. Listen       log on regularly to the website to
                                             to your child read and talk about              check the status of your child’s SRR.
                                             the story/ characters/ information.            Contact your child’s PRC coordinator
                                             Read to or with your child if she/he is        if you are concerned your child’s SRR
                                             participating in the K-2 Challenge.            has not been validated.

                                         •   Help your child to add books to her/
                                             his Student Reading Record regularly.

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Primary School Sports

Paul Kelly Cup                                   NASSA Primary Cross Country

Students in Years 5 and 6 in the Paul Kelly      It was certainly a cold, windy day at          CIS Primary Cross Country Team:
Cup Girls Team travelled to Blacktown            Horsley Park for the NASSA Primary Cross       Aleksander Kennedy
International Sports Park to compete in          Country Carnival, however the change in        Ava Maurer
the regional finals against teams from           venue to the indoor area made the event        Benjamin Reeves
all over Western Sydney. It was a tough,         even more enjoyable. The College had 64        Caelen Green
challenging competition but the girls            students from the Primary School attend        Eamon Toland
did extremely well considering that              and race in a challenging 2Km and 3Km          Halle Savage
we only have a couple students in the            course that started with a hill in the first   Mabel Dukes
team who have played AFL outside of              leg. Congratulations to Penelope Robson        Rebecca Hall
school. It was a scrappy battle most             for coming 2nd in the 9 years girls, Mabel     Reuben Marshall
games with punting, kicking, tackling and        Dukes who came 1st in the 11 years girls       Penelope Robson
marking the ball. Throughout the day the         and Halle Savage who came 1st in the           Tamara Swist
girls did better and better each game,           12 years girls 3km course. Well done to        Tia Linford
unfortunately not finishing high enough          all of our competitors and the following       William Morris
on the table to head through to the semi-        students for making it through to CIS.
finals. Well done to all our girls, especially
in the way in which you represented the                                                         Mr Edward Worrall
College.                                                                                        Primary School Sports Co-ordinator

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Primary Enrichment Program

                                         It has been a busy second term for               made the most of the day as they worked
                                         Primary Enrichment. On 8 May, our teams          on very challenging papers across the ten
                                         of eight Year 5 and eight Year 6 students        disciplines. The theme was Landscapes.
                                         ravelled to The Illawarra Christian School
                                         to compete in the Regional da Vinci              Our year 5 team ranked joint eighth in
                                         Decathlon against nineteen other schools.        Ideation and fourth in Codebreaking. At
                                         Da Vinci is an academic decathlon                both daVinci events, our teams showed
                                         comprising ten disciplines: English,             excellent sportsmanship, kindness and
                                         Mathematics, Science, Cartography, Art           effort.
                                         and Poetry, Ideation, Engineering, Creative
                                         Producers (drama), Codebreaking and              This term Maths Olympiad and Maths
                                         General Knowledge. The papers are                Games have also begun in the Primary
                                         completed in a team environment and the          school. Students sat the first APSMO
          In This Issue                  theme for Regional da Vinci was Balance.         creative problem solving paper in week 4,
                                         The students enjoyed the challenge of            and will sit the remaining four papers by
                                         the experience. After a fun and tiring day,      the end of term 3.
         Principal’s Message             our teams came away with the following
          Student Wellbeing              results:                                         English and Maths enrichment, Quest
                                                                                          and ConvoClub have also continued
        Visual Arts Department
                                         Year 5 - fourth in Ideation, fifth in Science,   throughout the term.
Duke of Edinburgh International Award    fifth in Maths and sixth in Codebreaking.
         Stevie Wonder Show                                                               Mrs Helen Muller
           Tabitha Program               Year 6 - sixth overall, fourth in                Primary Enrichment Teacher
                                         Cartography, fourth in English, fourth in
            Senior School
                                         Codebreaking, fifth in Engineering, fifth in
        Athletics Carnival 2019          Science.
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
        Primary School Sports            Three weeks later, on 30 May, our teams
                                         travelled to Knox in Wahroonga for the
     Primary Enrichment Program          NSW da Vinci Decathlon. We arrived with
    Compassion Child Sponsorship         a little time to spare and the children
           Prayer & Praise               listened to the Pipe Band practice and
                                         played in the junior playground facilities.
         June 2019 Calendar
                                         There were approximately 80 teams
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Compassion Child Sponsorship

                                           Justin Gonzalez Alcazar

                                           Justin is 7 years old and lives in
                                           Mexico with his mother and father. His
                                           father is unemployed. Justin’s job is
                                           to run errands. He likes to play group
                                           games, soccer and going to Bible
                                           class. He has no siblings.

                                           Pre K began sponsoring Justin
                                           last year and is now sponsored by
                                                                                     “I bring money in because we
                                           Kindergarten.                             have a lot and they don’t have
                                                                                     as much, and so they can get
                                           Justin’s family is so poor and the fact   food and the things they need.”
                                           that he is being sponsored means his
                                           family has food, medical help when                           Piper Farrugia 3W
                                           they need it and Justin can have an
                                           education. He has opportunities to
    Compassion Competition                 learn and grow physically, mentally
                                           and spiritually. Justin has so much to
           Term 2                          look forward to in his life because of
                                           the opportunities he receives.

       Tuesday 18 June                     Mrs Sue Munce
                                           Primary Compassion Child
                                           Co-ordinator

                                                  Prayer & Praise

          In This Issue
                                            Please praise God for:                   Please pray for:
         Principal’s Message
          Student Wellbeing                 •   The many sporting and cultural       •   The upcoming Dusty Boots
        Visual Arts Department                  opportunities available to               Service trip to Cootamundra.
Duke of Edinburgh International Award           students at the College.
         Stevie Wonder Show                                                          •   Families walking through times of
           Tabitha Program                  •   The wonderful Library Staff              hardship and stress.
                                                who make the Library such a
            Senior School
                                                welcoming and inspiring place.       •   Safety on the roads over the long
        Athletics Carnival 2019                                                          weekend.
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge        •   BIG, ROCK and Senior ROCK
        Primary School Sports                   where students and staff gather
     Primary Enrichment Program                 every week to learn more about
    Compassion Child Sponsorship                Jesus.
           Prayer & Praise
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          In This Issue                  11 June 2019         CIS Primary Touch Football Trials
                                                              Lego Robotics
                                         12 June 2019         11IB IOP's
                                                              Colin Buchanan Recording
         Principal’s Message                                  Pre K - Year 2 Athletics
          Student Wellbeing                                   HSC Dance rehearsal

        Visual Arts Department           13 June 2019         CIS Secondary Cross Country
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
Duke of Edinburgh International Award                         Pre K - Year 2 Athletics
                                                              CIS Primary Cross Country Championships
         Stevie Wonder Show                                   After School Soccer Program
                                                              PPP Primary Choir
           Tabitha Program                                    Australian Airforce Cadets Training
                                         14 June 2019         CIS Primary Boys Softball Trials
            Senior School                                     Last Day for Subject Preferences
        Athletics Carnival 2019                               NASSA Athletics
                                                              PSSA Primary Sports
2019 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge                          Drama HSC Progress performance
                                                              Junior Chess League
        Primary School Sports            15 June 2019         NSW All Schools Cross Country MTB Championships
                                                              Pizza and Pj Night -Charity Ball Fundraiser
     Primary Enrichment Program          17 June 2019         NASSA Yrs 10-12 Volleyball
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
    Compassion Child Sponsorship                              Lets Go Walkabout Year 1
                                                              Crossline Assessment Tasks Year 12
           Prayer & Praise                                    Pre K Fresh Food Discovery Tour
         June 2019 Calendar                                   Pre K Fresh Food Discovery Tour
                                                              Lunchtime Career Talk - Western Sydney University
Winter Blanket and Sleeping Bag Appeal                        Nepal Meeting
                                         18 June 2019         CIS Secondary Touch Football Championships
                                                              Coffee With Parents
                                                              Lego Robotics
                                         19 June 2019         Maths Olympiad Years 5-8
                                                              APSMO Maths Olympiads
                                                              Girls Get Active!
                                                              PDHPE Sports Med incursion
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
                                         20 June 2019         Theatre LOTE Incursion
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
                                                              Pre K Fresh Food Discovery Tour
                                                              Maths Games and Maths Olympiad Yrs 4-6
                                                              After School Soccer Program
                                                              Senior Year 11 & 12 Parent Teacher night
                                                              Meet the Music Concert
                                                              Australian Airforce Cadets Training
                                         21 June 2019         NASSA Yrs 7-9 Volleyball
                                                              Primary Reports Distributed
                                                              PSSA Primary Sports
                                                              Junior Chess League
                                         22 June 2019         MUNA
                                         24 June2019          NSW All Schools Football Championships
                                                              NSW All Schools Open Hockey
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
                                                              Year 12 IB IOP's
                                                              Park Safari Year 2
                                                              Primary Parent Teacher Interviews
                                         25 June 2019         Lego Robotics
                                                              Year 9 Night Photography Incursion
                                         26 June 2019         ETA HSC English Module Study Day
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
                                                              Primary Parent Teacher interviews
                                         27 June 2019         Dusty Boots Service Trip
                                                              HSC Dance rehearsal
                                                              Year 12 Careers Expo Homebush
                                                              After School Soccer Program
                                                              Australian Airforce Cadets Training
                                         28 June 2019         End of term 2
                                                              PSSA Primary Sports
                                                              Junior Chess League
                                                              Sally K Dance Event
                                         29 June 2019         Dance Avenue Event

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Winter Blanket and Sleeping Bag Appeal

This is an Appeal to collect new and used
laundered sleeping bags, blankets, bedrolls and
one-man tents to distribute to the homeless in
Western Sydney for winter.

If you would like to donate any of these items,
they can be left at the College Reception
between 9.30am and 2.30pm Monday to Friday
and they will be distributed to the homeless.

This was a great success last year and I am
hoping we can keep many more people
warm this winter. Any donations are greatly
appreciated.

Thank you for your support.

Mark Nielsen
Year 10

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