PARKES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL€¦ · 28th November 2016. Week 8 Term 4 (Week B) Office Hours 8:45am...
Transcript of PARKES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL€¦ · 28th November 2016. Week 8 Term 4 (Week B) Office Hours 8:45am...
PARKES
CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL A Ministry of the
Parkes Community
Church
243 Back Trundle
Road
(PO Box 420)
PARKES NSW 2870
Telephone: (02) 6862 4164
Facsimile: (02) 6862 3744
Email:
administration@
parkescs.nsw.edu.au
Website:
www.parkescs.nsw.edu.au
Bank Account
Information
Account Name: Parkes Christian School Ltd
BSB: 082 780 Account No: 46 846 1582
ACN: 003 838 962
ABN: 39 003 838 962
FROM THE PRINCIPAL 28th November 2016
Week 8 Term 4 (Week B)
Office Hours 8:45am - 3:30pm
NEWSLETTER
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true,
and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.
Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Philippians 4:8 NLT
Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin.
(Zechariah 4:10) PCS Students Make Good!
We have finally said farewell to our latest Year 12
students. The Yr 12 Graduation was held at the
Parkes Leagues Club, with almost 200 people in
attendance. It was a lovely night with a
tremendously good feeling. The students looked
wonderful and were a great credit to themselves and
to their school.
They can feel very proud of themselves for
everything they have achieved in their time at Parkes
Christian School.
Even before the HSC results have been released I am
proud and pleased to announce that a number of
our HSC cohort have already received offers for university courses for 2017. Other students are waiting to
hear about their applications under the School Recommendation Scheme through the University
Admission Centre. Aron Peters has enlisted in the Royal Australian Army, and commenced on 1 Nov.
I am also pleased to convey some wonderful news of a past PCS student.
Some of you may know Deb Magill. For the past six years she has been Director of Learning at Roseville
College. As of 2017, Deb will be Principal of the College. Roseville College is an Anglican Girls’ School,
located in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, with an enrolment of over 900 students. The College has been
around for over 100 years and Deb Magill will make only the 10th Principal of the College.
The Chairman of the College Board said, Deb was chosen after an exhaustive Australia-wide search.
On behalf of everyone at Parkes Christian School, we wish you all the best in your new position. We know
you will do a great job.
Students from small, rural schools can and do achieve fantastic things!
God Bless, Graham
Student Offers
Bella Diener University of Wollongong
University of New England
Southern Cross University
Indianna Bermingham Charles Sturt University
University of New England
Claudia Simpson Charles Sturt University
University of New England
International College of Management
James Buesnell
University of New England
Lachlan Westcott
University of New England
Charles Sturt University (Bathurst & Wagga Wagga)
Rebecca Vaughan University of Wollongong
Lyndal Suffolk ACU Brisbane
Term 4 Dates
Thursday 1st Dec - Pre Kinder Day
Friday 2nd Dec - Christmas Street Parade
Wednesday 7th Dec - Year 6 Graduation Assembly and Lunch
Thursday 8th Dec - Pre Kinder Day
Friday 9th Dec - Final whole school assembly
Sunday 11th Dec - Carols in the Park
Tuesday 13th Dec - K-12 Class Party Day
Wednesday 14th Dec - Presentation Night (students to be in full school uniform)
Wednesday 14th Dec - Last day of school
2016 Diary Dates
Term 4 ends Wednesday 14th December
PARKES COMMUNITY CHURCH
ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR OUR WORSHIP SERVICE
Every Sunday - 10:00 am @ the School Hall
4th December Preacher - Mr Paul Hevers 11th December Preacher - Mr Brian Symonds
High School Text Books Years 7-10 Text Books were due back to the Library Friday 25th November.
(End of year reports will be withheld if text books have not been returned or paid for.)
2017 School Fee Assistance
The school has limited number of fee assistance packages available to help with the 2017 School fees.
If your financial situation has changed substantially,
for example job loss, long term illness or other reasons beyond your control, please contact Paul Suffolk
[email protected] as soon as possible to receive an application form.
2017 School Term Dates
Term 1: Monday 30th January - Thursday 6th April
Term 2: Wednesday 26th April - Friday 30th June
Term 3: Monday 24th July - Friday 22nd September
Term 4: Monday 9th October - Wednesday 13th December
School Bus Pass Applications for 2017
Transport for NSW has advised that they are now accepting
applications for 2017 student bus passes. Parents of
children commencing Kindergarten in 2017 are encouraged
to apply as soon as possible. The website to use is:
https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/howtoapply
All bus pass applications should be made online and once
completed, they should be printed, signed and dated and
sent to the school for verification. They will be forwarded by
the school to Transport NSW, who will issue the bus passes
directly.
APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD NOT BE SENT TO BUS COMPANIES.
The following students need to reapply for a 2017 Bus Pass:
□ Students who will be entering Year 3 in 2017
□ Students entering Year 7 in 2017
□ Students who have changed address or are new to Parkes Christian School
Change of Office Structure
Please be advised there has been some staff restructuring in the office.
Miss Lisa Wright has now moved into the role of EA/PA.
The reception desk will be covered by Mrs Belinda Westcott on Mondays and Tuesdays and
Mrs Lynne Sharp on Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays.
For all email correspondence with the school, we ask that you now please email:
Important Updates
We need
undies!
Black, green, red or blue
As long as no holes are showing through
Clean and crisp, nice and new
What a caring gift from you
A gift we want to send to Fiji
A gift of love from you and me
They have none – oh good grief
No Undies, jocks or type of brief
Please consider if you can
To send underclothes to your fellow man
Put them in the sick bay room
And relieve our friends in their time of gloom
Thanks for your help with the women last year
Now it’s the men who need to hear
That someone who they may never meet
Understands about to sow and reap
If you can, please donate some men’s undies to send to Fiji Maximum prison.
Put them in the box in the sick bay and we will send them soon.
You may never know the impact of such a simple gesture, ……..but then again maybe you will.
Thanks
The God Driven Fiji Mission Team
Ice Block Fridays continue
Ice block Fridays have begun again. Help us support our sponsor children in Rwanda and enjoy a refreshing ice block.
Ice blocks are just .50c
Miss Harris
Year 6 Graduation Assembly & Lunch
Wednesday 7th December
11:30am PCS Hall
Final School Assembly Friday 9th December
1.45pm PCS Hall Parents and Family welcome
Whole School Presentation Night
Wednesday 14th December
7:00pm PCS Hall
Parents and Family welcome (Students must be in full school uniform please)
On Tuesday 22nd November 2016, our Junior Boys cricket
team travelled over to Dubbo Christian School for our
second cricket match. Dubbo won the toss and elected to
bat first.
Our boys started off with a fantastic opening, taking 4 very
early wickets with some great bowling from Daniel
Applebee and Jacob Mitchell, with Daniel bowling 2
batsman out. Dubbo were 4 for 30 odd runs. However,
with 2 new batsman coming in and holding an extremely
strong partnership of well over 130 runs between the both
of them, Dubbo ended up with a total at the end of 30
overs of 5/234.
After lunch, our junior boys padded up and were ready to
go into batting for the chase. Unfortunately we lost a few
early wickets. Jesse Magill came off retired hurt and also
Nick Strudwick.
Some strong batting from Daniel Applebee helped the PCS
boys achieve some more runs, and with Nick going back in
after some time off hurt helped with the run tally, with
some great 4s being hit.
Unfortunately the day ended with a controversial umpire
call and all our boys out for 55. Well done to Nick Strudwick
(team captain) who dealt with it well and the boys all shook
hands having enjoyed their time out on the cricket field.
The boys all had a great day, being able to practice what
they had been taught at training and making new friends
with the Dubbo team.
A big thank you to Josh from Dubbo for helping organise
this day for our teams, and for Nick Strudwick and his
mother for helping train the boys at lunch times, and for
Ben Pearce for helping umpire on the day.
I hope that these cricket days will continue between our
school and DCS in the future.
Miss Peterson
PDHPE
Sport Coordinator
Parkes vs Dubbo Christian School, our boys doing a
great job bowling.
Mark Allen showing his bowling skills!
Jacob Mitchell took some great wickets throughout
the day!
Friendship Games in Dubbo
On Friday, November 18, Dubbo Christian School hosted
the 2016 Friendship Games. Traditionally and since 2005, a
Team Sports Gala Day, this year the Friendship Games took
for the first time a cross KLA (Key Learning Area) format. It
involved approximately 600 students and over 50 staff
from five schools – Orange Christian School, Orange Angli-
can Grammar School, Parkes Christian School, Macquarie
Anglican Grammar, as well as Dubbo Christian School.
Students participated in cultural, academic and sport
events such as Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM), Debating, Music Showcasing, Chess,
Netball, Basketball, Touch Football, Rugby 7s and Soccer.
The sporting events were for both gender, and were
divided into Junior (7-9) and Senior (10-11) age groups.
We were blessed with a wonderful sunny day, with the day
running very efficiently. 84 games were played on the
sporting fields/courts and many other team and individuals
took part in the various STEM challenges, Debating, Music
showcase and Chess.
Students were magnificent in the way they represented
their school, displaying enthusiasm, skill and collective
problem solving skills. Students made connections and
made friendships; staff were also able to exchange ideas
and make important connections.
We were able to remind all participants that participating
in all of the activities on offer is a bit like participating in
life, where we should not allow ourselves to fall into the
trappings of winning at all costs, but rather when
competing we should do it with honour and dignity, with a
genuine appreciation for our opponents and those who
officiate. How can we honour God as we live out the gift of
our lives? A question worth considering.
A big congratulations to all our students on the events you
participated in throughout the day. Well done to our Rugby
7s team who won their first game playing together, with
some amazing team work and Jacob Mitchell and James
Simpson stepping around everyone! Our junior girls and
senior girls’ soccer and touch football teams were
outstanding, and some of the senior girls even got to have
a go at rugby 7s! Our junior boys soccer and touch football
teams worked well together and had a great time
participating and making new friends. Students also
participated in indoor Netball and Basketball.
As God reminds us all, in the book of Ecclesiastics, never to
compare ourselves to one another for we’ll always find
someone who is greater (or not, than us). Rather, we should
compare ourselves against ourselves; against how we
measure against what God calls us to be and become. We
should always ask ourselves how faithful we are in regards
to God’s call in our lives. One of such calls is to “love one
another”. Students were challenged to think about the love
of God towards us under the banner of “No Greater Love”,
as well as the shape it can take through the development of
friendships and what friends should do for each other.
Finally, a BIG THANK YOU to all our fantastic PCS staff who
made the day possible, taking the responsibility of helping
with events on offer, demonstrating great professionalism,
such wonderful commitment and generosity. Well done
also to all students who helped out with umpiring games
throughout the day! Thank you also to Parkes Rugby Club
for lending us tackling bags and rugby jerseys for the day.
We praise God for His goodness!
Miss Peterson
PDHPE
SPORT COORDINATOR
Kids helping, and buying ice blocks to
help support Nadia and Fiston - our
Compassion Sponsor Kids!!
New Enrolments 2017
Enrolments are now being accepted.
Kindergarten to Year 11
If you have any questions or would like to
arrange a school tour or require an
enrolment application pack please email:
If you know of anyone wanting to enrol their child,
please encourage them to do so as soon as possible.