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PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
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Celebrating Success ‘Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead’ - Nelson Mandela This quote recently caught my attention. As we conclude another successful academic year it’s important that we Stop, Celebrate and Notice! It’s important that we are present with what is in front of us, and thankful for what we have been through as a …
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THE SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS DRIVE
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The College is supporting our local community by partnering with The Salvation Army for their 2022 Christmas Drive. All items can be delivered directly to Main Reception located in the Administration Block. All items received will be provided to The Salvation Army on Friday, 9th December 2022. Please see below the grocery guidelines and click here for the gift guidelines.
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COMMUNITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM
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Community Football will recommence in 2023. For program details and registration, visit the College website. Registrations for Term 1 2023 open on Monday, 28th November 2022.
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VOCAL ACADEMY APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
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Applications to join our Vocal Academy in 2024 are now open. To submit your application, or to find out more about what the Program offers, visit https://www.scbc.wa.edu.au/speciality-programs/vocal/. Should you have any questions regarding our Vocal Academy placement opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact us on 9540 4400.
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2023 SECONDARY ASSISTANCE SCHEME
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Families with students in Years 7-12 in 2023, may be eligible for up to $350 towards school expenses. The Government provides this allowance to assist eligible families with secondary students. To be eligible for the allowance, the parent/guardian must hold a current Centrelink Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or Veterans Affairs Pensioner Concession Card. Please see Reception for the Secondary …
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SAVER PLUS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Saver Plus is a financial education program for families and individuals on a tight budget to develop life-long saving habits.
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A VISIT WITH MARK GREENWOOD AND FRANE LESSAC
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On Monday, 5th September, Mark Greenwood (Author) and Frane Lessac (Illustrator) came to visit the Years 5 and 6 students. Year 6 students have been studying Mark Greenwood’s books all term, so it was inspiring to have him share all his ideas and tips for creating books. The Years 5 and 6 students have been studying illustrators in Art with …
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On Friday, 4th November, Primary students participated in Outdoor Classroom Day. Outdoor Classroom Day encourages the children take their learning and play outdoors. Spending time outdoors helps build happier and healthier children, through positively impacting their health, wellbeing and development. During Outdoor Classroom Day 1A, 1B and 1C combined on the front lawn for a range of playful learning activities. …
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
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Thank you to everyone who donated boxes or items for Operation Christmas Child. Rockingham Baptist Church collected about 360 boxes at church – Praise God for His provision! 1A class contributed 18 boxes which was INCREDIBLE! Your generosity is much appreciated. 😊
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THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF SUPERSTAN!
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On the last week of Term 3, our Primary School students performed The Amazing Adventures of Superstan over two nights. Students from Years 5 and 6 made up the cast, with our Year 4 student choir providing incredible backing vocals throughout the musical. A big congratulations to Mrs Dale and the other supporting staff for making these nights possible.
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PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVALS
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Our PP-2 Junior Primary House Athletics Carnival took place on Friday, 23rd November 2022 and our Years 3-6 Primary School House Carnival took place on Thursday, 13th October. Both days provided us with wonderful weather and the new House Polos looked fantastic on the students. Our top athletes for Years 3-6 went on to represent the College at the CPSSA …
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6A has had a wonderful few weeks, watching and waiting for the incubating chicken eggs to hatch and they finally emerged this week. Thank you to Mrs. Raymond who shared her equipment for our class to enjoy this experience.
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SCREEN AND MEDIA AT SCBC WIN ROCK THE BOAT FILM FESTIVAL
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At the inaugural RHB ‘Rock the Boat’ Film Festival Awards, our Year 10 Screen and Media entry ‘The Lift’ won first prize in the schools category. The film went on to also win overall Best Story Category Award. The Year 10’s were represented by Lucy Power, one of the cast of ‘The Lift’. Two of our Year 9 film entries …
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VOCAL ACADEMY RECORDING ORIGINAL SONGS
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On Wednesday the 16th November the Year 11 Certificate III music class attended their excursion to the recording studio at Mount Pleasant College. The class worked with a professional sound engineer to record six songs on the day. Our students will also have the opportunity to be involved in the production process as the song mixes are finalised, all towards …
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HOSPITALITY TEAM RECOGNISED AT STATE AWARDS
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On 14th November 2022, the Hospitality Team had the privilege of attending the Hospitality Group Training Awards. Despite being up against some of the largest schools in the State, our Hospitality Team took out the top prize due to the outstanding skills development opportunities they offer our students. The College currently has three School-Based-Apprentices, providing these students with a trade …
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‘…let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith…’ (Hebrews 12: 1-2 ASV, Bible.com). Wow! What a journey for our Year 7 students! They have successfully achieved all that Year 7 had to offer and have run the race, with great patience. At the start of the year they played …
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Well its almost the end of another year and how it feels like time has flown by. The Year 8’s have only a few more weeks left in Year 8 and we will be making the most of that time to build memories, train our brains and learn some life skills to help us in the future. Our extended form …
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Solo Camp The announcement of an Extraordinary Public Holiday in late September threw a spanner in the works for our Rite Journey Solo Camp. Suddenly, this long-awaited pilgrimage had to be reengineered for new dates in Term 4. Thankfully, in week 2, we were able to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and school campus to wilderness locations …
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And so, we are finally here. The completion of the educational journey of our Year 12 students and their final days at South Coast Baptist College. To commemorate the end of the journey for our Year 12’s, the final week of Term 3 had numerous celebratory events. This started with a Year 12 Fancy Dress Day on Monday, 19th September …
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AUSTRALIAN TEAM SELECTION SUCCESS - RACHEL GILLIES
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Year 12 student Rachel Gillies was recently selected by the Football Federation of Australis to compete at the National Schools Championships at Valentine Sports Park in New South Wales. Following an exceptional performance at this competition, Rachel has been subsequently selected by the Football Federation of Australia to represent Australia as part of the Australian Schoolgirls Football Team. In March …
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YEAR 11 ROTTNEST ADVENTURE
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The transition from Year 11 to Year 12 is an important one, and we are lucky enough to celebrate in style here at South Coast! One of our favourite traditions is our end-of-year camp to Rottnest. We had a wonderful three days celebrating the young adults they are becoming, enjoying everything that Rottnest has to offer, from cycling the picturesque island through to …
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The Year 10's are quickly approaching the end of their middle school life! This Term has flown by with students busy finishing off the last of their in-class assessments and preparing for the Semester 2 exams which commence in Week 7. Students will have an assessment free period next week to give them some time to prepare in class. We …
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Year 11 is slowly but surely coming to a close, and when we take the time to look back, we can’t help but to agree that this has been a year of growth and maturity that I could not be more proud of. With the busyness of end of year exams looming, Term 4 started out with a fast-paced couple …
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YEAR 10 COMPUTER SCIENCE VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION
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In year 10 Computer Science students had to adapt a game to make it more engaging and interesting, but with a twist. The concept was to incorporate real world movement to control the game. We used a projector on a wall and the students threw balls at the game to control it. Students demonstrated their creativity and logic to come …
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On the 17th November the year 9 drama students presented their devised performances to an audience made up of their friends and families. Over the course of several weeks, students explored different stimuli in class and interpreted different images, objects, and prose to form their own ideas of what these could represent. From a struggling superstar, to the collapse of …
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CHILDCARE NEWS
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KOORLONGKA
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Wow, this year has gone fast, and we are nearly at the end. Term 4 is our busiest term with lots of fun and celebrations planned. We have our Kindy Graduation on 8th December 2022 in the College Hall from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. This is to celebrate the children’s last year in long day care before they start full time …
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For Children’s Week we wanted to do exciting activities that are based off the children’s interests and bring the children together to learn and play. We did some handprint painting, which was later used to hang up in the room. The children took turns having their hands painted and then pressing their hand onto the paper. They enjoyed this experience …
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This term in the studio has been busy as ever. We have been painting up our Nativity sets, (the Inn with no rooms and the Manger), for Koorlongka’s Nativity play, our babies have been visiting regularly and having a great time making a painty mess on our blue tarp, drawing, exploring our musical instruments and painting at our easels. We …
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Our September/October Vacation Care holiday program was an amazing experience for the students and educators. Our students express themselves through art, dance, and sports. One of our most exciting excursion days was when we had the privilege to visit the Optus Stadium and had a walkthrough of the locker rooms of the AFL and football players; this was the most …
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The past few months, we have been providing the children with lots of sensory activities, from rice and oat play, sand and water play, painting, playdough, and a sensory bin filled with coloured rice and bugs and the children got to visit the wild space, revisit the gardens, and mud kitchen area. They like to play with the water fountain …
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PIKANINI 2
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Our children loved making special Father’s Day gifts, they made cards and were filling out the ‘about my dad sheet’. We created our handprints in salt dough to gift our dads; we had so much fun in the process. We have welcomed new friends from Pikanini 1 into our room. Our new friends had a chance to explore the yard …
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Kodomo children are growing up and have blossomed into capable, skillful, and curious people in this past Semester. We celebrated Children’s Week with a child led dramatic play project - building an ice cream shop. The children used cups and foam balls to construct ice-cream cones, used recycled cake trays for cone holders, and painted a shop sign. They helped …
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