Mid North Christian College

Mid North Christian College (08) 8632 4240 admin@midnorthcc.sa.edu.au Front Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8.15am to 4.00pm

Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

Memory Verse

“Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone

who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom” Matthew 13:52 CEV

TERM 4 DIARY DATES

Week 4

Mon 6th -

Fri 10th

1st Year Aviation

Thurs 9th

– Fri 10th

Year 5 Camp

Fri 10th Remembrance Day

Leadership Speeches

Week 5

Mon 13th

- Fri 17th

2nd Year Aviation

Wed 15th Foundation Transition

Thur 16th Aviation Dinner

Fri 17th Aviation Awards

Assembly

Week 6

Fri 24th Foundation Dinner

Week 7

Week 8

Mon 4th–

Fri 8th

Yr 10-11 Exams

Thurs 7th Primary Performance

Chapel TERM 4

Week 4- Friday 10th November

Junior– Yr 2- Mrs Collins

Room: 9/10 at 9.05am

Senior– Leadership Speeches

Room: 9/10 at 10.25am

Week 5- Friday 17th November

Junior– Yr 3- Mrs Lee

Room: 9/10 at 9.05am

Senior– Aviation: Mr Moreton

Room: 9/10 at 10.25am

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Week 4 Term 4 Thursday 9th November

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Christmas Themed Casual Clothes Day

Yesterday students came to school in their

Christmas clothes to help fundraise for the

Noah’s Ark float for the Pt Pirie Christmas

Pagent. All proceeds are going to help

decorate the float and

buy promotional items

to give out. A big thank

you from the Christmas

Pageant Committee to

Mrs. Freer and the SRC

students for coordinating

the fundraiser.

From the Principal

Dear Families,

Sometimes in the busy-ness of life we can find we lose focus, and lose sight of the main

purpose.

In talking to various students about their progress, their challenges, and their frustrations I

realise that we may at times forget to keep the ‘main thing’ as the main thing.

A number of influential leaders of education are well known for reminding teachers that

learning is the ‘main thing’. Whatever else we are doing, we should remember that we

are all about good learning.

You may have noticed a big bright new art piece above the Chapel room. If you haven’t

had time to see it, please do come in and have a look.

It has been prepared by some of our senior art students, and has a lesser known verse

from 2 Corinthians 13:11 emblazoned across it.

“Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the

God of love and peace will be with you.” (2 Corinthians 13:11)

These words were written by the Apostle Paul to the young Church at Corinth, Greece;

and were part of his sign – off statement for the letter. It was the space for his last few

words to leave them with before sending the parchment with the courier. He wrote short,

clear, urgent words – to summarise what he wanted to leave them with.

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Be Joyful. It’s odd to see it as a command, but there it is. Lift your spirits. Look up. Cheer up. Get up. Get going. Be positive.

Look for things to be happy about.

Grow to Maturity. See you situation as something to grow through. Be wise. Be adult. Be responsible. Step up and do what

needs to be done, and stop whining and blaming others.

Encourage each other. Look for good in others. Tell them how much you appreciate them. Cheer them up. Help them to

also be joyful and mature. Be someone who lifts the spirits of those around you.

Live in Harmony and Peace. Work hard to get along with others. Forgive easily. Be a peacemaker. Be an agent of

econciliation. Don’t stir up trouble, but defuse tense situations. Get help when you need it.

The Apostle Paul was very wise. He clearly knew what communities need to flourish and prosper.

I pray these words will define who we are, and what is best about our community of learning at MNCC. I pray the God of

love and peace will always be with you.

Crystal Farinola

Crystal Farinola has been appointed as our new Deputy Principal – Secondary from 2018. Crystal has been here today

and yesterday having her first orientation and handover discussions. Crystal has been Curriculum Coordinator and Key

Leader at Harvest Christian School Kadina. She comes highly recommended. As a bonus, she will also be our senior Art

teacher. Crystal is looking forward to her time with us, and taking on the privileges and challenges that the role demands.

Aviation News

We had an update this week that George Seppelt, one of our Aviation Graduates from 2016 has enrolled in a Bachelor of

Aviation Studies with UniSA with a view to gaining his Commercial Pilots Accreditation. It is great to hear of the success of

our alumni, and we wish him all the best for his endeavours.

Primary performance

This year our end of year concert will be held on site at the College. This will be a much more low key event compared to

last year, and we are looking forward to seeing the efforts of the Primary students.

We are planning for the performance to be on Thursday 7th December. There will be two performances – an early

performance at 4.30pm; followed by a community meal. Then there will be a second performance at 7pm. We will be

asking families to book in for either the early performance or the later performance, as there will not be seating enough for

everyone at the same time.

Tickets will be available from the office next week. More details to come.

Uniform Committee Update

Since the survey was completed, your uniform committee has been extremely busy.

They have taken your feedback seriously, and after a lot of careful research have identified quality items at a competitive

price to replace certain items. There will be a two year transition time for these items.

The committee have identified replacement items for sport shorts, track pants, track top, polo top, boys summer shirt, and

sports socks.

The new items are expected to be available end of February.

ICT

NBN connection – we are pleased that finally we have been able to connect to the NBN. Two lines are now connected,

and we are getting very good quality data speeds.

Our trial this year of portable devices has gone very well, with positive reports from Senior students. We intend to continue

this program next year. We will not be requiring families to buy portable devices, although we do expect to be able to

transition to students bringing their own devices from next year.

Bus update

We have been getting good interest about our new bus routes. At this stage we can confirm routes from Booleroo Centre,

as well as Gladstone through Crystal Brook. We have heard there is a lot of interest from Jamestown. We are likely to be

running a service from Port Augusta and Port Germein.

We have also had potential interest from Nelshaby and Napperby, and are considering adding a service there as well,

although are yet to receive expressions of interest from new families. If you would like to see a service added from there,

please talk to prospective families.

We are finding the best promotion of the bus services is by word of mouth. If you know families who might be interested,

why not take them an enrolment pack, and encourage them to come for a no obligation tour of the College? Please see

Robyn.

Your Servant

Matt Paterson

Mid North Christian College Notices

PAGEANT

The Port Pirie Twilight Christmas Pageant will be held on Saturday December 2nd 7pm.

Last year a group of our super keen parents organised a boat to be set up as a float with the theme “Noah’s

Ark”

It was such a success they would like to do it again, only even better!

Kerry Stephens, Katie Evans and their families were key organisers last year, and would like to again make it

happen!

Please contact the Front Office if you would like to be involved in the organisation of our float.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast runs from 8.00am to 8.35am Wednesdays in the Home Economics area. Warm toast is available and

a variety of cereals as well as hot milo.

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Don’t forget to add to your

class’ Fred’s Van boxes this

week and compete with the

other groups to be the BEST

HAPPY CHRISTMAS HELPERS at

MNCC THIS YEAR!

Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect to

do good and to share what you

have, for such sacrifices are

pleasing to God.

The following students have been recently recognised as having performed well in the ICAS Mathematics competition. Congratulations to these students for their willingness to participate and the fine results they have attained.

Year Student Result

7 Jackson Lucas Credit

8 Adele Clarke Credit

9 Hayleigh McCormack Credit

9 Nakeisha Nickels Credit

10 Ryan Johnson Merit

11 Meg Chivell Merit

12 Charlie Dempster Credit

12 Yasmin Gee Credit

Dear South Australian CEN Schools,

On behalf of the South Australian State Council and Christian Education National, it is with great

pleasure that we announce the appointment of Mrs Fiona Partridge as the State Executive Officer

for South Australian CEN schools. Fiona is well known to our SA schools and to Christian Education

across Australia as a competent and passionate educator with a zeal for Christian world

view. Coming from Torrens Valley Christian School where she has served as a teacher and leader

over many years, we are confident that Fiona will bring much skill and enthusiasm to the

role. Building on the great work of Wendy Joyce, who we warmly farewelled in September, we

are delighted to have Fiona serve us in this capacity. Fiona will continue to do some project work

at Torrens Valley Christian School and some additional work with CEN to support her part time SEO

role. We commend Fiona to you and look forward to you meeting her.

Mike Clisby Principal, Horizon Christian School, Chair of CEN State Council

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UNITING CHURCH QUIZ NIGHT This Friday 10th of October at 7:30pm at Pt Pirie

Uniting Church, 60 Florence Street.

$10 per ticket.

To book please contact the church office on:

8632 5171

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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CHRISTMAS TREE SPECTACULAR 2017 Proudly presented by the Lighthouse Church

390 The Terrace Port Pirie.

Admission: Adults $2, School Children $1 Donations Please

Opening hours: Thurs 30th Nov 9am-8pm

Fri 1st Dec 9am-7pm|Sat 2nd Dec 9am-2pm

Christmas Trees & Wreaths, Decorated

Parcels, Live music, BBQ, Stalls,

Cupper & Cake.

Car Boot Sale to be held in the Church car

park on Sat 2nd Dec 9am-1pm

YR 7-12