FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear College Families, This newsletter presents the Prime Minister’s most recent update, then shines a light on one of our College’s values: ‘Hope’. Firstly and most importantly, greetings from South Coast Baptist College. I’m mindful approximately 50% of our families have transitioned their children from coming to school, to working from home. Whether you are still coming onto the school …

AWESOME YEAR 7 CAMP

Recently our Year Seven’s enjoyed their camp at Camp Kerem in Bullsbrook. They participated in many team-building activities such as High Ropes, Archery, Capture the Flag, Team Games, Rock-climbing and even spending a day at Outback Splash. The weather did not dampen their spirits. Here are some reflections of what they thought. What I really loved about camp is the …

Year 11 student Conan John took the brave step of participating in The Great Shave at our Senior Assembly on Thursday, 12th March. After growing his hair long for more than two years, Conan had his head shaved in front of the Assembly, with the footage being live-streamed to the rest of the Secondary cohort. Students supported Conan by making …

TWO OF OUR STUDENTS MAKE THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PHYSICS TEAM! In a wonderful result for our school, two of our students, Anna Watts and Conan John, have been selected to be part of the 5-member national team to represent Australia at the IYPT (International Young Physicist Tournament) 2020 to be held in Romania. They performed outstandingly at the IYPT Australia …

Three SCBC Year 7 students have released games on the Google Play Store. As part of the year 7 Digital Technologies course all students have the opportunity to build and program a mobile game to develop their skills and knowledge in programming and problem-solving. Samuel Robinson, Oliver Cook, and Elliott Harrington took their games a step further, such as upgrading …

Prefect Camp – 21-23rd February The team of newly appointed Prefects, led by Head Girl Maddie Shaw and Head Boy Declan Collins, and supported by Mr Trimble, Miss Phoebe, Mr Leo and Mr Scott, ventured south to Busselton during the weekend of 21-23 February to build relationships within the group, establish some goals, and have fun. On arrival on Friday …

Dear Secondary College Families, COVID 19 is presenting significant challenges for us all. Over the past weeks, our wonderful teachers have been working incredibly hard – pulling double shifts in order to upskill and create online resources for students. But we recognise that this time presents real challenges for parents and students, too. Our hearts go out to our Senior …

On Wednesday, 4th March, our Primary students from Years 3 to 6 participated in over 100 events at their annual House Swimming Carnival. The House of Joshua won The Primary House Swimming Carnival for the fourth year in a row. Students that have been selected for interschool are now training hard every Monday and Friday before school at the swim …

On Monday, 16th March our SCBC Primary Cricket teams competed in the CPSSA interschool cricket carnival. The students played very well on the day. Students played modified games to ensure maximum participation by all students. On the day all the students training, and hard work paid off with the year 5 girls winning all of their games and the year …

To support our theme for the year "CELEBRATING COMMUNITY" our Primary ART teacher Mrs Karen Le Roux, got all the Primary students together to create this beautiful Community Quilt.

We are delighted to introduce to you our Defence School Mentor for 2020. Supporting our Defence Force families is part of our wellbeing program at SCBC. “My name is Nicola Campbell. I am the Defence School Mentor for South Coast Baptist College. I will be here to support our students that come from Defence Force families. I will endeavour to …

We have the privilege of welcoming Private Ernest Harvey to our school who was kindly donated by Brad, Caroline, Senne & Luka Woolley. He plans on travelling around each of the Primary School classes this year and spending time with our students. He will explain his journey to Gallipoli, his experiences on the field and his hopes for the students …

2020 would have to be the most unusual year in my 26 years of Education. COVID-19 has not only impacted our school but the wider global community. This is definitely the greatest challenge that we have all faced. At this time I would like to express my thanks to our community. Thank you to our teachers. Thank you to our …

Character Strengths Staff Professional Development How do we discover our true strengths? A major focus in our strategic planning here at the college has been addressing how we proactively invest in student and staff wellbeing. Further to this, we are trying to answer the challenging question: how do we empower young people to truly discover their worth and what strengths …

What a busy start our Centre has had to 2020. It was fantastic to see families and staff return from their well-earned festive season break. Our team came together at the end of 2019 to plan for a very intentional direction for 2020. We welcomed the feedback from parents who wanted to see an intentional pathway for a pre-kindy program. …

Nutrition session SCBC supports the importance of fueling little bodies with healthy food. For more information visit crunchandsip.com.au or click on the information brochure link below. https://news.scbc.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PWG-Program-Promo-Flyer-DL.pdf

Our College supports your choice of sending your child/ren to school or choosing to keep them home. Please email absentees@scbc.wa.edu.au should you choose to keep your child/ren home. Primary and Secondary will have e-learning platforms available to students who choose to stay home. Should you have any questions regarding the e-learning platforms, please contact secondary@scbc.wa.edu.au or primary@scbc.wa.edu.au. RIGOROUS MINDS I …

Our Vacation Care program is now out. Call 9540 4444 to enrol today! To view the daily activities click on the program link below: https://news.scbc.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CHildCare-VaCay-Prog-April-2020-G-1.pdf