Thursday, October 7, 2010

creative by design Our annual celebration of creativity - CREATIVE BY DESIGN is coming next week.

This year our theme is ‘Reach for the Stars’.

At King’s we believe that within all our students are the seeds of different and wonder-ful gifts and talents.

This year in CREATIVE BY DESIGN we wish to encourage our students to explore a variety of possibilities that will enable them to see that the sky’s the limit and that it is possible for them to reach for the stars and to become all that they can be.

During this exciting week students will experience, explore and investigate a range of entertaining and educational activities. A selection of guests that will include well known author Roland Harvey, will help facilitate the students’ experiences.

Things you can think about or do in preparation for our special week:

KITE COMPETITION - Students will be encouraged to make their own kite and bring it to school to participate in the school kite competition.

I WONDER COMPETITION - What things do you wonder about that are connect-ed to flight, stars, birds, the sky, space etc? What questions do you have or perhaps you have some great answers? There will be a prize for the best question and the best answer.

‘When you reach for the stars you become one.’

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Early Learning Programs Parenting with Power

Scripture of the week: “Discipline your son, for in that there is hope. Do not be a willing party to his (spiritual) death.” Proverbs 19:18

Understanding Obedience We live in a society where an emphasis on teaching obe-

dience sounds to some like heavy-handed authoritarian-ism. Parents don’t want to be dictators so they sometimes move far away from anything that looks like being control-ling. This is unfortunate since God is the one who gave the instructions for children to learn obedience. Hidden within this quality are the principles that will make children suc-cessful as they get older.

When children learn to obey they learn to give up their own agenda for someone else. They learn to listen to an instruction and follow through with it. They learn how to be responsible, check back, and complete a task. In short, when children learn obedience, they not only make family life easier but they also develop the character that will make them more valuable in the work place, the com-munity and the world. In fact, learning to obey parents teaches kids what they need in order to obey God.

We say that obedience is “doing what someone says, right away, without being reminded.” Children as young as three years old can memorize this simple definition and understand what it means. Parents sometimes think that obedience is the same as compliance. When a parent says, “I can get my children to obey eventually,” that’s not obe-dience. Compliance is only part of obedience. When you say to your son, “It is time to go to bed now,” and he says, “As soon as I’m done with this game,” that’s not obedi-ence; it’s an excuse for disobedience.

As parents, it’s okay to negotiate and compromise with our children sometimes, but too often children aren’t ma-ture enough for this. In fact, they are demanding and un-able to give up their agenda for someone else. Coopera-tion requires that both people give and take. In order to get to that stage, children must first learn how to sacrifice or follow. Once they learn that, true cooperation can take place. Teach obedience and you will give your children a valuable gift that will be used for the rest of their lives.

Strategy for the week: Remember that rules and regu-lations without relationship do not work. Always develop a strong personal relationship with your child first, before demanding obedience.

~ In His service, Klaus Knobloch and Rosemary Whincop

Fun with Friends at Vacation Care

Some wet weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of children attending the Noah’s Ark vacation care pro-gram. Outdoor pursuits included camping, golf and ten-nis. Comfort food was also popular along with our own cinema experience, helping to brighten rainy days!

Primary

An EncouragementWe just never know what life will

throw our way. No one is exempt from problems or challenges in life, not the rich, not the poor, not the young, not the old, not non Christian, not Chris-tians. It’s how we respond to those challenges and what we determine to do with our lives that matters. Rick Warren makes some very good points.

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having ‘wealth’ from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren, ‘Purpose Driven Life’ author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick War-ren, Rick said: People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is prepa-ration for eternity. We were not made to last for-ever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body - but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eterni-ty. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn’t going to make sense.

Life is a series of problems. Either, you are in one now, you’re just coming out of one, or you’re get-ting ready to go into another one. The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in mak-ing your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that’s not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ-likeness. This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don’t believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it’s kind of like two rails on a railroad track - at all times you have something good and something bad in your life. No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on, and no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems: If you focus on your problems, you’re going into self-cen-teredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain. But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.

We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to

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Secondaryheal Kay or make it easy for her. It has been very dif-ficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her charac-ter, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people. You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don’t think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.

First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.

Second, about midway through last year, I stopped tak-ing a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.

Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for posses-sions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God’s purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morn-ing, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don’t get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn’t put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He’s more interested in what I am than what I do. That’s why we’re called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD.

He arrived this morning, we had prayer, spent some time just talking, and He held me for awhile because I was hav-ing a bad morning, then, He was on his way to your place.

Challenging and encouraging isn’t it? Happy parenting. ASAP. Remember the recall. Response decisions. Lifelong learning. Remember the cat will become a dog again. Check out Professional Development for Mothers. Encour-age common sense. Healed and whole. Media literacy. Forgive quickly. The gift. Follow the directions. Take the time. Check the habits. Laugh, often and loud.

~ Rhonda Bevan, Head of Secondary

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GeneralSchool Fees Accounts News

• Term 4 fees have now been charged. Year 7s have been charged for textbook deposit for Year 8 2011.

• Year 12 fees were due 17th September. • Prep to Year 11 fees are due by 8th October/first

week of Term 4. • Disregard these dates if you are on a weekly, fort-

nightly or monthly payment plan. • For credit card payments, email address changes

or queries email accountsreceivable@kingscollege.qld.edu.au

• A term’s notice in writing is necessary now if you choose to remove your child from the school at the end of Term 4. If this is not given, it is school policy to charge the subsequent term’s fees. Please note that all outstanding fees must be paid before ceas-ing enrolment and all library and textbooks must be returned.

King’s Christian College uses and recommends Toshiba Photocopiers

Mat Time / Play Time GroupNever too young for King’s

For children 0-4 years and their parents/carersOutside School Hours Care Room(Park in Sports Fields Carpark)

Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:45am - 12 noonFor more info contact: Sarah Williams 0410 699952

Shout Praises!Quote from “Walk in Faith” by Ray McCauleyGod - You’re my God! I can’t get enough of You! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, travelling across dry and weary deserts. So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in Your strength and glory. In Your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains. I bless You every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to You. I eat my fill of prime rib and gravy; I smack my lips. It’s time to shout praises! If I’m sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection. Because You’ve always stood up for me, I’m free to run and play. I hold on to You for dear life, and You hold me steady as a post.Psalm 63:1-8

As a born-again child of the living God one of the purposes of our lives is to worship our creator. Worship causes the Holy Spirit to manifest Himself. God inhabits the praises of His people. We worship God as a lifestyle - there should not be merely times of worship but it should be a life-force within each of us. We all have a personal responsibility to worship God individually and corporately. If people don’t worship God they will find something else to worship - mon-ey, sports, a career or whatever. One of the highest forms of prayer is worship, as we speak to Him in love. Wouldn’t you rather be a people that God is seeking, as you worship Him in spirit and in truth?

Now lift your hands and worship the only true and liv-ing God in spirit and in truth.

If you wish to contact Guy Ormerod, College Chaplain, you can write to - guy@kings.net.au or any of the chaplains: Kelly Daswani - kdaswani@kingscollege.qld.edu.au Nathan Craig - ncraig@kingscollege.qld.edu.au

Dates for your diaryOctober 9 Yr 10 Dinner Dance

October 11-15 Creative By Design

October 16 Yr 12 Formal

October 18 Student Free Day

October 20 Primary Towards Excellence Day

For more details and updates visit the website -www.kingscollege.qld.edu.au click on calendar.

We meet 8.30am every Thursday morning.Beginning with a wonderful morning tea and a chat with

friends, then a fantastic time of worship and the Word, followed by a varied range of interest groups.

Come and be part of this exciting ministry at King’s.For more information please phone the church office

5593 4233 or Noreen O’Brien 0407 740 793.Also available - Zumba classes - Come and get fit on

Monday nights 7.00-7.45pm. Adults $8, students $5 per class. For more information please phone Louise Lakeman (instructor) 0431 166 334 or Noreen O’Brien 0407 740 793.

“Key Women”… A Ministry of King’s Christian Centre

COLES SPORTS in SCHOOLSColes supermarket is getting behind sport in schools by offering vouchers towards new sporting equipment! For every $10 spent be-tween 2nd Sept - 31st Oct you will receive one voucher! We have a good collection building at the moment and would love your support!!!!

Medication SafetyParents are reminded that students are not to carry

medication on their person, including paracetamol. It is easy to think that students are responsible enough to carry and administer their own medication, however, it is equally easy to overmedicate with dramatic effects.

We have a large campus which enjoys the integration of students of all ages, from age four to young adults. Medication can be easily dropped or misplaced and one of our younger students may find it and inadvertently con-sume it.

As staff and parents, we have a responsibility to look after each and every student on our campus. I ask parents to assist us by ensuring all medication is handed in to the college clinic for our staff to administer and ensure its safe storage.

NB: Medication must be accompanied by parental con-sent and have a pharmacy label attached.

Thank you for your assistance in these matters. ~ Mrs Andrea Webb, College Nurse

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Primary

Year 7 ParentsA letter of invitation has gone home with your child this week outlining information about a morning session with

the Principal for parents and a transition program for Year 7 students all scheduled for Friday 8th October. Parents are welcome to go to the lecture theatre for an 8:45am start to meet with Mr Davis to hear about high school for 2011.

Your child will be bringing home a Year 8 handbook during the first week of Term 4 for you to peruse.

Other dates that you may prefer to catch up with year level coordinators, high school teachers and deans are: the parents morning tea on the first day of school – 24th January (in the Barista at the church) and the evening for new high school parents on the 2nd February, 2011.

Looking forward to meeting you in the very near future.

~ Miss Venessa Lean, Dean of Middle Schooling

Netball SucessJust for your information, during the holidays Alicia Green

7C, Kailah Knudsen Yr 7 and Tayla Morey Yr 7 participated in the Qld Indoor Netball State Titles at Ipswich.

The girls’ team got runners up in the state. Alicia and Kailah were each selected to play for a Qld U12 Indoor Net-ball State Team (there are two teams) to compete at the nationals in Sydney in December, Tayla Morey was selected as a shadow for the team. The girls played amazing netball over the three day weekend.

Total Football AcademyPrograms running at Bond University in Term 4 for 3 year

olds all the way up to 14 year olds. No matter how old your children are, we have a program for all.

Tiny Tots (3 - 4 Year Olds)Total Football Academy Tiny Tot Program is designed for

preschoolers to help develop their motor skills. The pro-gram is fun and covers the FUNdamentals of balance, co-ordination and agility. These three areas are used in every day sport and are also known as multi skills.

Each session will focus on technique and will be hidden in fun games meaning more fun for every child. To register your child online click on the following link http://www.totalfootballacademy.com.au/upcoming-events-detail.php?id=6

There is a FREE TRIAL on the 16th October. Program starts on Saturday 23rd October.

Bond Season 3 (First Kicks 4 - 5 Year olds, Mini Kickers 6 - 8 Year olds)

As your child progresses and develops their soccer skills he/she will want to play competitive soccer, normally for a club team. This involves you taking your child to different clubs around the Gold Coast (a lot of travel). We have de-signed a season to take place at one venue every week, for the eight week program. As this runs over 1 hour 30 minutes if you choose you can leave your child with us, in a fun and safe environment.

When the team your child plays for has no fixture, they will have a training session in one of our skills squares. Also as it is the off season of the normal season this is a great opportunity to keep your child involved, allowing them to develop their skills.

Total Football Academy will be running the popular First Kicks (4-5 year olds) and Mini Kickers (6, 7, 8 year olds) soccer season at Bond University. Last year during fourth term over 140 players’ took part at the three venues we ran the popular seasons at. Games will be played inside the inflatable fields, which captures the imagination of players, giving them a great soccer experience. Training will take place inside a skills square focusing on different skills each week, such as dribbling, turning and shooting. As part of the program players also receive a free soccer kit (top and shorts). The season starts on Saturday 16th October at 9.00 - 10.30 am for eight consecutive weeks. To register your child online click on the following link http://www.total-footballacademy.com.au/upcoming-events-detail.php?id=6

Alicia Green

Kailah Knudsen

Tayla Morey

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PrimaryUPPER PRIMARY SPORT TERM 4

WEEKLY DRAW

ROUND 2 14th OctoberGAME

KING'S TEAMS OPPOSITION TIME VENUE

Senior Boys 1 AFL St Stephens College 1.10 CarraraSenior Boys 2 AFL A B Paterson 1.10 CarraraSenior Boys 3 AFL Coomera Anglican College 1.10 CarraraSenior Girls AFL Trinity Lutheran v All Saints 1.10 CarraraJunior Boys 1 AFL Coomera Anglican College 1.10 CarraraJunior Boys 2 AFL All Saints Anglican School 2 1.10 CarraraJunior Girls AFL All Saints Anglican School 1 1.10 Carrara

Senior Boys A Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.10 TrinitySenior Boys B Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.45 TrinityJunior Boys A Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.10 TrinityJunior Boys B Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.45 Trinity

Senior Girls A Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.10 TrinitySenior Girls B Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.45 TrinityJunior Girls A Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.10 TrinityJunior Girls B Basketball Trinity Lutheran College 1.45 Trinity

Senior A Cricket St Stephens College 12.45 All Saints 3Junior A Cricket St Stephens College 12.45 SomersetJunior B Cricket All Saints Anglican School 12.45 Somerset

Senior A Softball Emmanuel College 1.00 St Stephens Senior B Softball St Stephens College 1.00 St Stephens Junior A Softball St Stephens College 1.10 CoomeraJunior B Tee-Ball Emmanuel College 1.10 Coomera

Senior Boys A Handball King's 2 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sSenior Boys B Handball King's 1 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sJunior Boys A Handball King's 2 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sJunior Boys B Handball King's 1 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King's

Senior Girls A Handball King's 2 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sSenior Girls B Handball King's 1 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sJunior Girls A Handball King's 2 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King'sJunior Girls B Handball King's 1 v Trinity Lutheran 1.10 King's

Senior Boys A Touch Emmanuel College 1.45 Owen ParkSenior Boys B Touch Emmanuel College 1.10 Owen ParkJunior Boys A Touch Emmanuel College 1.45 All SaintsJunior Boys B Touch Emmanuel College 2 1.10 All Saints

Senior Girls A Touch Emmanuel College 1.45 EmmanuelSenior Girls B Touch Emmanuel College 1.10 EmmanuelJunior Girls A Touch Emmanuel College 1.45 A B PatersonJunior Girls B Touch Emmanuel College 1.10 A B Paterson

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Creative by Design

Kite Flying Competition Years 1-7

As part of our exciting “Creative By Design Week” we invite you to design and build your very own kite to fly in our kite flying competition! You will need to make your kite at home and bring it to school during “Creative By Design Week”. Your kite can be made from any materials and can be any design you like! Prizes will be awarded for: Creativity and design How high it flies Length of time that it stays in the air Kite Flying times are as follows and will take place on the oval: GRADE 1 and 2: Monday 11th Oct at 2nd Break GRADES 4 and 5: Tuesday 12th Oct at 2nd Break GRADES 6 and 7: Wednesday 13th Oct at 2nd Break GRADE 3: Thursday 14th Oct at 2nd Break

GRAND FINAL

Friday 15th Oct at 2nd Break

Primary

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SecondaryHigh School Sport

• Friday 8th October Rd3 V Saint Stephens College• Friday 15th October Rd 4 V Emmanuel College

Rowing – Emily & Max CareyEmily finished first with her regional quad team which made them

Schools State Champions for 2010. Also last Saturday Emily and Max competed in the Coomera Rowing Club Premiership Regatta at Coomera. Emily placed 1st in her Under 16 singles. Second in two open singles races against much older women one of which was last year’s NSW open A champion. Emily also competed in an open mixed eight with Max cox-ing for a fantastic win. Also Emily competed in two open quad events placing 2nd in one and 3rd in the other race. Max coxed an open “mens” eight to a second place in another event.

Golf – Dee Dee Russell Dee-Dee Russell qualified for the Queensland Golf team over the holi-

days. She placed second in the state championships and she will now go to Melbourne on Friday 15th October to play in the Aaron Baddeley Na-tional Qualifier. From there she also has a chance to represent Australia in international competition.

Currently she is away in NSW this week at the JNJG Srixon Sub Jun-ior Championships held on Friday. Dee-Dee has been a member of the Gold Coast Academy of Sport. She represented the Gold Coast Academy earlier in the year as a part of the golf team and played at the academy games in Armidale in April.

Her final golf event is in December. She will compete in the Greg Nor-man Junior Masters which will be played Dec 12-16th – she has already qualified for this event earlier this year. Great work, Dee-Dee!

Golf - CP Park On September 5th, CP competed for a place on the Gold Coast Dis-

trict Golf team. Held at the Surfers Paradise Golf Club, CP competed against 128 others, coming 2nd overall. All season results are calculated along with the result of this competition, so CP is yet to find out if he has gained a place in the GC District team. We’ll keep you posted! Awe-some effort CP!

Earlier this year CP qualified to compete in the Greg Norman Junior Masters competition to be held December 12-16. However CP qualified as a 17 year old and now that he is 18 years old, will not be able to participate.

To top off what has already been a great year of golf, CP competed in the international Gary Player Classic golfing tournament held in Bris-bane at the Pacific Golf Club on 28 Sept-1 Oct. He was off to a great start coming 3rd in the 4th round, playing against some of the best young golfers from Australia, NZ, PNG and the Philippines plus other countries. CP finished in 8th place!!

Congratulations CP and keep up the great work.

RugbyWe congratulate Matthew Kluver who over the holidays was selected

in the Queensland Rugby Union U/15 team. Matthew worked hard to achieve this goal and was required to play in many lead up games in order to qualify for selection. We congratulate him on his selection. He is a great ambassador for King’s. Well done, Matthew.

DivingWe congratulate Madeline Bone who finished 2nd in the platform and

2nd in the springboard at the Queensland championships. Madeline has been included in the state development squad and is also off to the national championships next March. Well done Madeline, you have achieved some fantastic results against the elite in the state!

~ Peter Gillett, High School Sport Co-ordinator

Emily Carey Max Carey

Dee-Dee Russell

Matthew Kluver

Madeline Bone

CP Park

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General

Why don’t you ‘stroke and stride into good health’ this summer by taking part in the BLUHAT SWIM RUN SERIES along beautiful Burleigh Beach.

The swim run series is an achievable community event that appeals to all ages and abilities with kids as young as 10 years to adults 60 years+ welcome to give it a go. Participants begin with the Zarraffa’s swim leg (400m) off Burleigh Beach (water safety provided from Burleigh SLSC) then change into runners and complete the running shop run leg (3.84km). Whether you are a first timer wanting a fun fitness event, an aspiring athlete, an average Joe or wanting to do it in a team of two, the swim run series is for you. The Burleigh swim run is a fun community fitness event (open to everybody) involving swimming and running for all ages and genders and is run by Ty Dowker and Burleigh SLSC.

The series will be held over four Sundays (first race 31st October, 28/11, 2/1, 23/1) with the major Australia Day race being held on Wednesday 26th January 2011 with $1000 each in prize money for first open male and female and $100 for age categories (12 years and under, 16 years and under and 40 years and over) on Australia Day with trophies and prestige over the four series races. Please note: The age you are for each race will be the category you race in e.g. if I’m 12 on Australia Day race, I’ll race in the 12 and under category.

To enter in the four series races all you need to do is simply turn up, register with a $10 entry fee and then race within your own comfort zone. At the conclusion of each event there will be fluid replacement, random draws for participants as well as food and beverages.

To enter for the major Australia Day event, simply log onto www.oceanswims.com from December 1st 2011 and book your place.

If you would like more information on this great summer activity, please contact event coordinator Ty Dowker on 0413148470 or email tdowk1@eq.edu.au

BURLEIGH BEACH GOLD COAST

AUSTRALIA

400m SWIM

3.84KM RUN