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FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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SCBC’s Gymnasium; past Year 12’s thought it would be great for future students. We are excited to see our new gymnasium taking shape and form. You may be interested to know where it began. We continue to be blessed by our past students At the end of each school year, I have the pleasure of sharing a meal with our …
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SCBC VOCAL ACADEMY PRESENTS: SURGE
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Surge is a showcase of our rising Vocal Academy talent in Years 10, 11, and 12. Bless your ears and leave inspired by the diverse range of performances, from original music to fan favourites like Oasis. Make sure to quickly book your tickets to this College and Community favourite event, and support our shining stars!
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GRATITUDE, EMPATHY AND MINDFULNESS
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Gratitude, Empathy, and Mindfulness (GEM) are three things that give each of us the power to change our outlook on our everyday experiences. Through participation in the GEM Program, our Secondary students engage in activities that foster these mindsets. Students improve their capacity to identify and explain their emotions, the emotions of others, and develop the skills required to cope …
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Halfway! At the start of Week 6, Term 2, the Year 12’s are exactly half way through their official school year. They have just completed the mid-year exams or EST’s and will be receiving feedback from their teachers to help guide them on the remainder of their journey here at SCBC. It is important that students take this feedback on and …
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YEAR 11
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Our Year 11 students have had a great start to Term 2. Preparations have begun for our end of year retreat at Rottnest, with a bunch of planning well underway. We were grateful to have had a lovely pancake breakfast as a year group to foster community and some fun – we ate almost 250 pancakes over the morning! There …
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YEAR 10
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Greetings, our Year 10 students have had a busy and exciting start to Term 2. We have been continuing with our focus on careers, in particular subject selections. Belinda van der Linde is a careers advisor who has joined us this term, and we have valued her assistance in helping students organise their subjects for next year. Students have been …
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YEAR 9
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CLOSE CONTACTS Our Year 9 students have built upon their good start to the year taking challenges like NAPLAN testing in their stride. Recent months have seen many in the cohort spend some time away from school due to health and safety protocols. Through it all, I've been so impressed with the resilience shown by the Year 9s. They’ve engaged …
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There has been a lot going on since our last update. The students have been working hard in their classes preparing for various projects and assessments. They have also continued to grow and learn in their social skills as they navigate more mature friendships and relationships with each other. While these are all great moments for learning these can also …
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YEAR 7
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‘Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble’ (Eccl 4: 9-10 NLT) Year 7 are continuing their awesome journey into High School. Of late we have been impressed by their thoughtfulness to others as …
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The House of the Penguins have been diving right into the SCBC competitions this year coming second place in the Swimming Carnival and Cross Country. Upholding the house value of Hope, we strive towards success in each event with true House spirit and participation to achieve the most points. Unfortunately, the participation let us down in the Swimming carnival, awarding …
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The Turtles swam their way to success with our Swimming Carnival Victory! The competitiveness of the students showed the other Houses who the real competition is within our new House system. We had Oliver Cowling and Emma Coetser in Year 7 swim their hearts out in four races on the big day. Our newest recruit Amelie Wall was a swimming …
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WISDOM
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South Coast’s best House, the Dolphins, is riding on high after winning the recent Cross Country Carnival. Students from our House were keen to improve upon the 3rd place result from the Swimming carnival in Term 1. We saw and high level of participation, which resulted in us winning 6 out of 12 racing brackets. James Campbell (12), Saskia Wilson …
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LOVE
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The Pelicans are back people! The Cross Country and House Games competition has seen some brilliant achievements from our students which is building a strong platform for success throughout the rest of the year. Thank you to all who ran in the Cross Country. Participation is a key to success and it was great to see so much red in …
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SCBC VOCAL ACADEMY FORESHORE CONCERT
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Article by Aaron Kay, Year 12 student at SCBC On Friday, 25th March 2022, SCBC students from Years 11 and 12 had the chance to show off their musical talents at the Rockingham Foreshore. The music started with an amazing sunset and went on through the night until the concert was sadly cut short as a huge amount of rain …
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YEAR 11 & 12 MARINE AND MARITIME STUDIES
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In May our Year 11 and 12 Marine and Maritime Studies students completed their SCUBA Diving Course through Scubanautics Rockingham. SCBC students had an incredible time learning new skills and discovering the underwater world. Despite the very cold temperatures, and poor visibility at some sites, the students worked very well to demonstrate the required skills to achieve their Open Water …
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WINNING WORKS AT THE KiC ART AWARDS
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Many photographs, woodwork, metalwork, clay, and paintings were on displayed for all to see at the Kwinana Industries Council Art Awards. This year we had a variety of winning works featured in the 2022 KiC Art Awards. Congratulations to: Woodwork & Metalwork Winner Coffee table – Brendan Naude – General Woodwork Digital Media Winner 5am – Taylah Beard – General …
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HARMONY DAY DONATIONS
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Thank you again for your generous donation during our Harmony Day Celebrations. We decided to use your donations towards supporting our very own Mannafest Trailer. The Salvation Army needed some extra assistance the last few weeks, and of course our SCBC students together with Mr Hywood jumped at the opportunity to serve our community. The Mannafest Trailer has had to …
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CROSS-COUNTRY CARNIVAL 2022
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On Wednesday, 4th May, SCBC secondary students had the opportunity to compete in our annual Cross-Country event. The Cross-Country course follows the footpaths that go around the school premises. Our carnival organiser, Mr Galambosi, stated that this year’s participation rates were at an all-time high with approximately 230 competitors. A huge thank you to our Phys Ed team for organising …
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MATHS ACTIVE SCHOOL
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SCBC has been recognised as a MAWA Silver Maths Active School for 2021/2022! “Maths Active Schools are schools with the highest drive to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for students, teachers and the community”mawainc.org.au/maths-active-schools/ At SCBC, we aim to support all students to reach their full potential in mathematics by way of targeted programs within streamed classes and …
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ACHIEVEMENT OUT OF SCHOOL: TAEKWONDO CHAPIONSHIPS
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In early April, Paige Cover attended the national championships for Taekwondo in Queensland. Even after very little matt time and interstate competition over the last two years, due to Covid, Paige was able to finish third in her weight and division category gaining herself a bronze medal. Paige had been apart of Taekwondo for almost 10 years and is a …
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KWINANA INDUSTRIES COUNCIL iWOMEN PROJECT
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Our Year 10 student Caitlyn Martin, recently participated in the Kwinana Industries Council iWOMEN Project, a program for Year 10 students who intend to follow a VET pathway in Years 11 and 12. The seven day program held in Term 2 took 32 students from the schools in the KIC Education Partnership. It included site tours of industries in the …
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SCBC MUSIQUE MUSIC FESTIVAL
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SCBC Musique is a music festival open to all students in Years 1-6 who undertake music lessons at the college or at any other music institution outside of the College. It is an event where students share their music abilities with us in a non-competitive and non-threatening environment. The program will run over two sessions on Friday, 19th August …
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COMMUNITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS BACK
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We are excited to announce that our Community Football Program will be returning in Term 3. Registrations for Term 3 will open Monday, 20th June 2022. The link for registration will be available on the SCBC app and via our website. Years 2-6 Mondays 3:30pm - 4:15pm From week 2 through to week 9 of term 3 Cost: $75 per …
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MARCH MUSIC MADNESS
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March Music Madness is a music incentive run by our Primary Music teacher, Mrs. Peck, to build on the community spirit between staff and students in Primary School. Primary staff submitted their favourite songs and over the course of eight weeks, students in Year 1-6 will listen to these songs, and choose their favourite song. It is run as a tournament with …
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OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: KINDY 1 AND 4
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As part of our continuing investigation and enjoyment in construction, we have created a Tinker Shop. Bunnings Warehouse were able to provide us with vests, measuring tapes, aprons, toolboxes, wood off cuts and a spirit level. We intend to explore and use these items in various ways. The Tinker shop is available during our inside free play sessions. Children have …
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IN THE CLASSROOM WITH YEAR 4
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Our Year 4 students presented their research project on how the processes of erosion and weathering have affected rock formations around Australia. We had everything from informative posters and mini science experiments to creative dioramas and models made out of delicious cake! The effort on display was truly outstanding.
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YEAR 2 EXCURSION TO RANGER RED ZOO
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Our Year 2 students spent a wonderfully wet day out at Peel’s Ranger Red Zoo on Friday, 20th May 2022. At a year level we have been studying living things in Term 2; in particular how they grow and change and their life cycles. This excursion gave students a hands-on experience with touching and petting animals such as kangaroos, birds …
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CLEANING UP WITH FRIENDS
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In Civics and Citizenship we ended Term One with a Community Project. Students worked alone, to create a pamphlet to promote a community project. On the pamphlet they included, the purpose of the project, participants of the project, activities involved to complete the project, benefits, etc etc. Some students chose cleaning up the school as theirs. These boys (pictured below) decided …
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP ‘STEPPING UP’
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On Tuesday, 31st May, I had the opportunity of taking our Primary School Student Leaders to a Primary School Leadership Conference at the Perth Convention Centre. These students were challenged to consider their roles in the Primary School and to do things better than before, effectively ‘stepping up’ into their roles for the year ahead. The conference leaders suggested four …
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MEET TOBI OUR STORY DOG
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Tobi has been enjoying his role in the College as our weekly Story Dog and has learnt a whole lot about a variety of subjects. The aim of Story Dogs is to make reading fun, so children seek out books and become confident, lifelong readers. By having Tobi around for the individual sessions, the student feels relaxed, reducing the fear …
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CELEBRATING MOTHERS DAY
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Earlier this term, our Kindy and Pre-Primary students celebrated their beautiful mums with a Mother’s day Picnic. “Make with mum” was our theme for Mother’s Day in Kindy. They made necklaces and bracelets, decorated a jewellery box, and ate some yummy Kindy decorated cookies. Our Pre-Primary students had a ‘teddy bears picnic’. Students brought in their favourite cuddly toy, shared …
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WELCOME TO OUR CHILDCARE CENTRE
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We want to extend a warm welcome to all our new families that have joined us recently; we hope your children are settling in well, making healthy relationships, and building their confidence. Thank you to many families who have donated construction resources. A special mention to the Kegel family for their donation of a sofa for Pikanini 2, the King …
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BAMBINI
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We are almost halfway through the year, and we have accomplished so much. We celebrated many different events such as Harmony Week, Easter, and Mother’s Day. The children participated in many exciting and involving activities that provided them with some understanding of the events we celebrated and allowed them to be creative and meaningful with their creations. Settling in new …
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KOORLONGKA - KINDY
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We had a busy Term 1 and our Kindy students have done lots of learning. In March, we celebrated Harmony week by learning about a different country each day of the week. The five countries we chose were the top five countries our children’s families come from. We learnt about New Zealand, and we watched poi poi dancers and played …
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MINASAN - OSHC
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Our Vacation Care program was an exciting and enriching experience for both students and educators. During the Easter holidays we were able to talk about Jesus and his sacrifice for our lives, with stories and activities about Easter and what it means to us. We enjoyed a mix of stimulating physical activities and excursions such as our visit to Inflatable …
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PIKANINI 1
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'Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God'. (Phil 4:6) The Pikanini team is made up of educators from many diverse backgrounds and cultures; we love to share our culture by singing songs in our languages with the kids at forum time. We sing “Read …
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PIKANINI 2
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This term, our focus is on intentional teaching: shapes, colours, counting and learning each other's names. We celebrated Harmony week, and families completed a diversity survey about their heritage, where they come from, cultural information, flags from their country etc. These were displayed in the room, and this information will help us understand our children's culture and perspectives. We also …
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ATELIER STUDIO
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Over the last couple of months, a lot has been happening in the studio, we have been making our own paints using oil and herbs, then moving on to using flour, salt, water, and food colouring. We have been exploring our projector, using it to project our drawing tablet drawings on the wall and to look at reference pictures on …
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KODOMO
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In March, the children celebrated Harmony Week by coming to pre-Kindy dressed in orange or in their national costume. Miss Rachel showed the children how to make Pilipino macaroons (yum!), and the children walked their colourful cultural happy feet all over the paper for a community art project. In April, the cooler weather provided opportunities to prepare the garden bed …
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