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Why Have Courage‘Be strong and of good courage...’ Deuteronomy

31:6 NKJ

Ever been in situations where courage just comes naturally to you? Usually, you’re more likely to take heart and go for it if there’s likely to be a worthwhile outcome to a situation.

Look at all the amazing things the disciples did in the book of Acts. Where did they find the motivation to preach to hostile crowds and face prison, beatings and rejection from their families? Obviously they knew that Jesus had their back. But it must be more than that! Here’s the core of the matter: they knew that having the courage to do great, faith-inspired things would draw them so much nearer to Him their friend and companion, the God of the universe. They felt so moved to step out for Him that all other things faded in comparison. Wanting to honour God and to get closer to Him in relationship were things so precious to them that they would do anything short of sin to gain them. There’s no other reason for courage in the Christian walk than these.

God’s both behind us and before us - He’s set us free so that we can have the courage to go to Him, and He stands ahead beckoning us towards Him in glorious relationship. Let’s pluck up the nerve to take a risk for Him. Trusting in Him to come through for us, and then seeing Him do so, is a deep and satisfying interaction. It’s like nothing else. Having courage and faith is pointless without anchoring it in Jesus - engaging in relationship with Him is the point of it all. If that’s something you haven’t done yet, perhaps now is the time!

- word4U2day (an adaptation of The Word for Today authored by Bob & Debby Gass)

CAMPUS NEWSMaggie Hamilton Presentations - 29/30 MayWhat’s Happening To Our Girls and Boys Right Now?In a few short years our kids have become vulnerable – not just teenagers – young boys and girls. They’re now facing challenges no generation has faced. What a twelve-year-old experienced at seven, is not what a seven-year-old is now struggling with. This is why many of the signposts we offer our children no longer apply. So, what is happening to kids? Why do they pay more attention to their peers than parents? What makes brand-name clothes and looking sexy so appealing? Why are they drawn to ‘out there’ behavior, and why are depression, cutting, eating disorders and drinking on the rise? How do so many kids lead secret lives? Why are increasing numbers accessing porn? And what can we do about it?Over three years Maggie Hamilton interviewed dozens of boys and girls, teachers, school counselors, psychologists, law enforcement and medical personnel to get an insider’s view on what girls and boys are experiencing at present. Informed and revealing, her research lays these issues bare, and offers sensible, easy-to-implement solutions.Maggie will presenting to parents, staff and students over two days.Wednesday, 29 MayPArenTS/CArerS OnLY SeSSIOn7:00 - 8:00pm in the naomi Frew Memorial HallThursday, 30 May STudenT SeSSIOnS (Yr 9,10,12)http://www.maggiehamilton.org/School Attendance and AbsencesAll enrolled CCAS students are expected to attend school on each school day.

If your child is absent from school, for any length of time, a written letter/note of explanation is required e.g hand written note, email or fax. In a recent clarification of the State Education Minister’s requirements, students taking extended leave from school under certain criteria, must now complete the Application for exemption from Attendance at School Form and be issued a Certificate of Exception.The criteria for this student leave relates to the following areas:• exceptional domestic circumstances eg: family

holidays during school term• direction under Section 42 of the Public Health

Act 1991 eg: diagnosis of contracting vaccine preventable illness

• employment in the entertainment Industry eg: a role in a stage production that takes the student away from school for any period of time: a day, a month, a year

• Participation in elite Sporting events at late notice and short periods of time eg: late call up to a state or national sporting team; moving from a training squad to a playing role for one to two days (nB: his does not apply to HrIS, AICeS and CIS level competitions.)

• Long term travel arrangements of more than 20 school days. eg: overseas family holiday (nB: Copies of the travel documentation should be included with the application.)

The application form is available from the Admin Office.Thank you for adhering to this new expectation.- Mr BennettsSports Centre Car Park Closure and Oval ChangesThe tiered seating for the sports centre will be installed over the next 5 weeks. This will have some impact on the school campus operations. We have tried to minimise its effect as much as possible, however there will be some disruptions. Please see below for changes that will occur.Friday, 17 May (this Friday) - Friday, 24 May1. Sports Centre car park will be closed.2. Lower Kiss and drop will move to the gates

beside the Sports Office.3. Access to the oval will be adjusted to allow

materials into the southern end of the Sports

Centre.4. Access to change rooms will be through the

Sports Office foyer only. No access from the oval.

5. Court 2 will be closed.Friday, 17 May – Friday, 21 June (5 weeks until the end of term)1. Court 2 closed.2. Temporary fencing will remain for 1 week (17 –

24 May OnLY).3. Sports Centre car park closed for 1 week (17 –

24 May OnLY).4. Installers will be onsite and parking in lower car

park.Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause anyone, however the end result is a facility that will be amazing for our entire school community.Canteen CornerSTAPLeS In LunCH BAgSThe canteen would like to request that due to safety regulations, no staples are to be used to close lunch bags.COLLeCTIOn OF CAnTeen ITeMSA reminder to children that they need to collect noodle cups, hot chocolates and TnT ice blocks from the canteen. These items will not be sent to classrooms with the lunch orders.WInTer Menu PrICeSPlease remember that some prices on the winter menu have changed.Library CornerWHAT’S neW In THe LIBrArY?We are excited to announce the release of a neW Library section on the school website. You will find a range of information about library classes as well as library events. We also have a blog area where you can communicate suggestions and even submit a book report if you would like to. Have a look - follow the ‘Library’ link under ‘Current Students’ - http://www.ccas.nsw.edu.aunSW PreMIer’S reAdIng CHALLenge (PrC)This week we celebrate the following students as they have completed the reading challenge – well done! All students who have completed the challenge will receive a certificate at assembly each week. Once

you have finished keep reading – your adventure has only just begun.• Year 1 - Xanthe Wilson• Year 2 - Sky Portelli• Year 6 - emily CalbertIt is nOT too late to start! Come in and get your username and begin your AdVenTure… We have 56 students enrolled.Can we get more than last year? You have until August! ParentsInformation on the nSW Premier’s reading Challenge can be found on their website - https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.htmlQuestions can be forwarded to Mrs robertson drobertson@ccas.nsw.edu.auOVerdue BOOKSPlease bring in any overdue items from Term One or let us know if you want any items renewed. Notification for outstanding resources will be sent in a few weeks. Fee charges for unreturned items will be made at the end of the term.SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLuB And KOOrOng BOOK CLuBPlease have your order and payment back - from either catalogue - into the library by Friday, 17th May.nATIOnAL SIMuLTAneOuS STOrY TIMe 2013On Wednesday, 22 May at 11.00am the WHOLe OF AuSTrALIA will be participating in reading the same book! “How is this possible?” you may ask?!To find out, come along and enjoy your lunch while being entertained with a story. All are welcome, so invite your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts to join you for this story. Our national Simultaneous Story Time will be held in the naomi Frew Hall at 11:00am followed by an activity.Pathfinder NewsAs our Pathfinders head out in all directions this coming weekend, from north to Myall Lakes and south to Bungonia for some underground exploration, for their unit camps we wish you all safe travels and a wonderful time in the great outdoors. remember to pack warm clothes as the winter chills are definitely in the air and the nights are getting quite brisk. Please contact your unit Leaders if you have any questions or require any

additional information.COnFerenCe eXPedITIOnPlease check for an email from your unit Leaders with information on the upcoming expedition on the June long weekend. The location will be gardens of Stone national Park, west of Lithgow. If you are new to Pathfinders or have not been involved in an expedition before please contact your unit Leaders ASAP for a ‘What to Pack’ list and advice on the level of hiking involved, as planning in advance is the key to a successful and hopefully enjoyable weekend for everyone.dreSS unIFOrMS and POLO SHIrTSIf you did not collect your dress uniform or Polo shirt at our last Club night please contact Leanne to arrange pickup. A reminder your Full dress uniform will need to be worn for our next Club night on 1st June in preparation for Conference and Club events later in the year.Should you require further information please contact Leanne West, Club Secretary via email on centralcoastpathfinders@gmail.comdATeS TO reMeMBer17-19 May unit Camps1 June Club night – FuLL dreSS unIFOrM 7-10 June nnSW Conference expedition Location: gardens of Stone national Park, west of LithgowPRIMARY NEWSPrimary Chess ClubThe Primary Chess Club played their first Inter-School competition last Friday, as a part of the nSW Junior Chess League. Teams from Lakes grammar and gosford Primary Schools came to play against our Championship and Intermediate teams. The competition was intense yet played in a good spirit, with our teams doing well. The students that competed are looking forward to the next round on Friday. Our school has four teams entered into the competition this year, a Championship, an Intermediate and two rookie teams.- Mr LwinPRIMARY SPORTBay to BayWe are entering a group from school into this years Bay to Bay run. If you are interested in being involved, all you need to do is register for the 3km,

12km or the half marathon and then bring a copy of your registration to the sports office. We will give you a school shirt to run in for the race. We have many staff entering this year and would love to have students, parents and the school community involved too.After School SportsOur after school sports program began last week with Zumba, judo and netball beginning their 7 week run. All the children had a great time with some fantastic instructors and fun classes. We have one space left for a year 3/4 girl to learn netball on a Thursday. If you would like this sport please contact Mr davis ASAP.Parent Fitness ClassesOur morning fitness classes have been a massive success last term with Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays becoming very popular as a great way to start the day! Sessions are from 8:00-9:00am, and are meeting on the oval to begin the sessions. The classes are run by “Fired up Fitness” at a cost of $10 per session. If you are interested in coming along, please contact kylie@firedupfitness.com.au or cdavis@ccas.nsw.edu.au as places are limited.Athletics CarnivalsJust a reminder that the Primary Athletics Carnival is on Monday, 17 June at Mingara Athletics Track.Cross Country TrainingWe are still continuing our cross country training with sessions beginning at 7:50am on Wednesday and Friday mornings. This is for the HrIS team runners and anyone else who would like to improve their running.SECONDARY NEWSCareers NewsneWCASTLe unI SuMMer SCHOOLSIt may seem a little far away but if your child is interested in being part of the newcastle university’s Summer School program, applications close on 28 June.The girls’ (8-12 december) and Boys’ (15-19 december) programs offer Year 9 students an opportunity to experience university life and get a real taste for what could be possible in their future.Visit www.newcastle.edu.au/aimhigh for more information.unIVerSITY SCHOLArSHIPS And eArLY enTrY

SCHeMeSThe university selection process doesn’t really get into full swing until August but it’s still worth looking now to see what scholarships are available (some have already closed). If you are in Year 12 and you’ve got an idea of where you’d like to study next year, start snooping around! If you’ve really got your heart set on a particular university course then you should also take a look at their early entry schemes to see if any apply.- Mr RobartsonSECONDARY SPORTIncredible Student PerformancesLast week, Jai Mcnamara (Yr 11) was named in the Australian Water Polo Team (players born in 1996). This is a huge achievement that Jai has been working towards for many years now and its so great that his hard work has been rewarded with this selection. It means that Jai will be on be on tour in August with training camps and tournaments in greece, Hungary and germany in preparation for the World Championships in russia next year! Congratulations, well done – CCAS is very proud!Jayden Hodgson (Yr 10) has been named in the u17 Australian Basketball Squad. He is off in June to a training camp at the AIS, then straight to China for an nBA training camp! All that hard work, early mornings and travel is starting to really pay off and CCAS is real proud of Jayden.Last week, we had two Year 7 students attend the nSW All Schools Swimming Championships at Homebush – Zac Payne (50m Backstroke) and Kate Richards (50m Butterfly and 50m Breaststroke). Zac placed in 7th position in the state in his event. Kate was 8th in the Fly and FIrST in the breaststroke – in the state!! Congratulations to Kate on such a phenomenal result.Friday last week, we had four students attend the CIS Basketball Trials in Sydney – Liam Forcadilla (Yr 12), Branden Ferris (Yr 11), Sachin Thapa (Yr 11) and Jayden Hodgson (Yr 10). Well done to Jayden Hodgson who has been selected into the nSW CIS Basketball team – the first ever CCAS student and the first AICES male basketball player in 10 years to be included in the CIS team!Hannah danckert (Yr 11) and Jessica-ellen Standen (Yr 10) both went to the HrIS Open netball Trials last week in newcastle and have both been selected into the team to compete at the AICeS

gala in June. We wish both girls and the HrIS team another successful competition.Congratulations to declan drake – goalie - (Yr 12), Jai Mcnamara (Yr 11) and Tom Lyons (Yr 10) who have all been selected into the HrIS Open Boys Soccer to compete at the AICeS Trials next week – good luck boys! Hope you all play well and enjoy the day.CCAS v The Scots College Open Boys BasketballYesterday, we had our Sports Centre packed full of loud cheering students, teachers, parents and local community members. The atmosphere was pretty electric and our team really made us all proud. TSC team is packed full of State and national players and played strongly throughout the entire match. The CCAS team really took it to them and displayed amazing sportsmanship, teamwork, talent and athleticism. despite going down in the 4th quarter 73 – 84, our boys can truly hold their heads up high over their performance. The team consisted of Liam Forcadilla Yr 12), declan drake (Yr 12), Sachin Thapa (Yr 11), Branden Ferris (Yr 11), Tyler Payne (Yr 11), Hayden ellis (Yr 11), Jayden Hodgson Yr 10), Jared Walker (Yr 10), Josh Pallot (Yr 10) and Jeremy Brittan (Yr 10).HRIS Cross Country ChampionsBack in the first week of Term 2, we sent our team of cross country runners away to Avondale College. We had some great performances on the day with Bess Chippendale the 13 yr girls Age Champion and our 17 yr old Boys Team placing in 1st position too. CCAS finished the day in 4th place out of 16 schools. 27 CCAS students are through to the next level of AICeS which is held in Cobbitty (south west Sydney) on June 6 - some students have made the HrIS team as an individual runner and some have been selected because the top two age teams have been included: Braeden Altona, Shirelle Altona, Connor Arthur, daniel Beilharz, georgia Chandler, Bess Chippendale, Winnie Clune-Purcell, Branden Ferris, Liam Forcadilla, dylan grant, Jordan grant, Phoebe Hayman, ethan Hodgson, Bailey Johns, Summer Johns, rafael Lagos, Sophie Lane, nick Lyons, Lydia McKay, Taina naividi, Charles O’Malley, Caden Pengelly, Abbey rosair, Jessie-ellen Standen, Liam Townsend, Sky Townsend and Angus Wells.Permission notes have been sent via email with a link to the online permission form as well and it is

very important that all students and parents return these as soon as possible please.Junior Girls SoccerAt the end of last term our Junior girls soccer team played a qualifying game against gorokan HS here at school. We won the game 3-2 and progressed into the main draw of the Bill Turner Soccer Trophy Knockout competition. Last week, the team went to CC grammar School to play their round 1 match. It was a very evenly matched affair and was still 0-0 at half-time. grammar had lots of corner kicks but couldn’t convert any to goals. We had lots of shots at their goals too, but finally halfway through the second half Taina naividi kicked the only goal of the game and sending us to a round 2 showdown against narara Valley HS. Information about our next game will be going home to families very soon.Junior Boys SoccerOur junior boys soccer team, last week, travelled to Hamlyn Terrace to take on Lakes grammar School in the Bill Turner Soccer Cup Knockout Competition. This year we have quite a young, small team with great skills. Jai Mcnamara (Yr 11) coached the boys and did a fantastic job, really stepping up and showing incredible leadership, knowledge and rapport with our young team. Lakes grammar scored four goals in the first half (two were very lucky ones), while our boys looked a little nervous and took some time to warm to the game. Our second half was sensational, the boys really took it to the bigger opposition who couldn’t score again. unfortunately, we didn’t get a ball past their goalie but the boys will have another opportunity to play soccer for CCAS in Term 3. Thank you to Jai for doing such a wonderful job with our junior boys team.Athletics CarnivalJust a reminder that the High School Athletics Carnival is on Wednesday, 12 June.Parent Fitness ClassesOur morning fitness classes have been a massive success last term with Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays becoming very popular as a great way to start the day! Sessions are from 8:00-9:00am, and are meeting on the oval to begin the sessions. The classes are run by “Fired up Fitness” at a cost of $10 per session. If you are interested in coming along, please contact kylie@firedupfitness.com.au or cdavis@ccas.nsw.edu.au as places are limited.

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