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MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Dear SCBC community, During the COVID-19 induced, home-schooling phase of this year, it’s highly likely you thought about how your children learn. The purpose of this message is to encourage prioritising the importance of healthy relationships. When our staff was planning for 2020, they were asked what was believed to be the most important focus for students. The majority identified …

THE JUNGLE BOOK PRODUCTION

Having to cancel the live performances of The Jungle Book at the last minute, the cast and choir soon turned their disappointment to excitement at the prospect of making our musical into a ‘movie’. Our Production Recording Day created quite a buzz in the hall as students emerged from changing into their costumes and took on their character roles. Live …

SCBC Year 5 students were fortunate enough to sneak in an excursion to Scitech early in term 1! We had so much fun learning about robots, programming, and our marvelous earth. The highlight for a lot of people was the Planetarium. Here we learned about our earth’s moon and it’s cycle. Even though it was a little scary having the …

Our Year 1-6 students have finished their collaborative collaged wall mural inspired by the painting “Japanese Footbridge and the water lily pool”. Students learned about line, pattern, and texture and the life of Claude Monet who was a French Impressionist painter. Year 5 and 6 students explored the techniques of “Op Art” and they made some mesmerising artworks. All art …

WHAT DOES HOPE MEAN TO OUR STUDENTS? There are many concepts in life that are loaded with meaning, and here at SCBC, we recognise the value in taking some time to define and explain them in a really practical way. In the past, the primary school has looked into concepts such as ‘Friendship’ and ‘Wisdom’, and during Term 2 we …

PRE-PRIMARY PROJECT BASED LEARNING ACTIVITY

This term for Science, we have been delving deeper into our understanding or living and non-living things by learning about seasons and how the weather impacts living things. Students have explored the temperature changes and how this influences clothing and animals’ reactions to seasons; such as gathering food in Autumn, hibernation or migration in Winter, reproducing in Spring and growing …

On Thursday, 4th June the Primary School Prefects ran a barbeque lunch with Mrs Hamilton and Mr Moses. The prefects enjoyed preparing and cooking 336 sausages for our Year 1 to 6 students’ lunches. We hope that all of these students enjoyed their lunch and looked forward to the Term 3 Prefect Sausage Sizzle!

South Coast Baptist College Year 4 to 6 students can again participate in the world-renowned ICAS Assessments this year. ICAS is designed to target students’ higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing*, Spelling, and Digital Technologies. Students in Year 4, 5 & 6 at South Coast Baptist College can participate in competitions for the subjects listed …

On Wednesday, 17th June 2020, several primary school students participated in the Talented Young Writers Programme. The Talented Young Writers Programme is designed for budding writers to have an opportunity to learn from a real life local published author. This year, the year 6 programme was fortunate to have Australian Author Deb Fitzpatrick present to the students. However, this year …

Our kindergarten students grew their mums a plant for Mother’s Day. Students decorated jars and potted a succulent in each one. Unfortunately, the traditional SCBC Mother’s Day afternoon tea was canceled due to the Coronavirus. We trust that the Mums had a great day. .

Dear Primary College Families, Please find below a number of wonderful opportunities available for SCBC families in Term 3. Please complete the RSVP for each event you wish to be part of. SCBC The Fathering Project Bonfire Night When: Thursday July 30, 6pm - 8:30pm Where: Baldivis (details available on registration) Who: SCBC Fathers and students K-6 Clothing: Wear old …

It’s certainly been an interesting Term for our students, teachers, and families alike. The final newsletter of the term allows us to reflect on the challenges we have faced, the conclusion of Term 2, and our movement to Term 3. The commencement of this term saw 75% of our Kindergarten and Pre-Primary students return to …

SCBC Year 8A Science class participated in the Murdoch University Periodic Table Art Project, which aims to integrate Science and Art skills in the classroom. The project involved guest lectures from a Murdoch scientist on the two elements chosen by students, followed by two weeks to produce an art piece representing what the students have learned about the element. The …

SECONDARY GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMME IN ACTION

SCBC GATE students have been working on creating a business that provides a positive social and environmentally friendly benefit to our local community. Here is a sample of one of the initiatives. Please support our students by buying a World Saving Water Bottle (WSWB) before Friday, 24th July. From our students: “We are a Gifted and Talented Programme group of …

SCBC Year 12 student Benjamin Scarborough is about to take off ... literally, and join the Royal Australian Air Force. Ben received news recently that his enlistment date is 21 September. Ben has always had a fascination with aircraft. “I’m not exactly sure where this comes from,” says Ben, “I just like the idea of fixing airplanes.” Ben is off …

SCBC Year 12 student Daniel McMullen has a difficult (but nice) decision to make… will I apply to the enter Australian Defence Force Academy and become a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy, or will I apply to the University of Western Australia to study a Law degree? Daniel has been a student at SCBC since Year 7 and is …

SCBC Year 12 student and Head Girl Maddie Shaw is a young woman with a clear vision for herself in the future. Maddie is studying the General Stream of subjects, including the Certificate II in Hospitality here at the SCBC, and a school-based traineeship at the National Bank in Mandurah, underpinned by the Certificate II in Business. Maddie has already …

Below is an essays that have been written by one of our Year 9 students in the stream 1 extension Humanities class, who have been studying ANZAC involvement in World War 1. The students were asked to write an essay reflecting on Australia’s commemoration of ANZAC day, and whether or not more emphasis needs to be placed on Australia’s involvement …

The Coach who helped shape one of the World’s best women’s footballers Sam Kerr came to visit South Baptist College in search of the next Matilda’s star. Bobby Despotovski, the highest goal scorer of all time in WA and Perth Glory women's coach for 4 Years, guided Sam Kerr for the last couple of years at Glory. He shared his extensive knowledge …

Inviting all Year 4 & Year 7, 2021 students who love the game of Football, to apply before Thursday, 23rd July 2020, to join our award-winning Football Academy. Visit our website https://www.scbc.wa.edu.au/enrolment/scholarships-2/ for more information or contact enrolments on 9540 4401 or email enrolments@scbc.wa.edu.au for more information today.

Inviting all Year 7 to Year 12, 2021 students to apply now. Contact enrolments on 9540 4401 or email enrolments@scbc.wa.edu.au for more information or visit our website https://www.scbc.wa.edu.au/enrolment/scholarships-2/. We wish you all the best with your application!

"The best classroom and the richest cupboards is roofed only by the sky." Margaret McMillan As winter sets in, we've experienced all types of weather, and our children and educators love it! The Educators and their children have been busy taking nature walks, planting crops, test tasting different vegetables and engaging in learning experiences that are connected to nature, while …