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Lion's Roar, Term 4 - Issue 16 : : 10 October 2014 : : www.scgs.qld.edu.au
Lion's Roar
From the Principal
from the Principal, Mrs Maria Woods
Primary News
From the Head of Primary School, Mr Paul Clegg
Welcome to Term 4
Welcome to Term 4
Welcome to another action packed Term 4 for 2014. This term packs a lot of learning and celebration into another
memorable year at Grammar.
We welcome Mrs Sandra Ferrier back after her long service leave during Term 3 and wish Mr Craig Angel all the very
best for his Term 4 long service leave. Ms Sharon Moore will replace Mr Angel as Assistant Head Years 3-6 for the
remainder of 2014.
We welcome our new families who have joined the Grammar community this term and trust that your transition to our
school is smooth, and you are made to feel at home in our caring school.
The end of Term 4 involves a number of events where parents are invited to our school to celebrate the festive season
and acknowledge various student achievements. Please note that this year we are combining our Primary Christmas
Assembly and Grammar Carols in the one event to be conducted on Tuesday 2 December from 1:30pm – 3:00pm.
Other events to mark down in your calendar include:
Art Show 30 October
Primary Awards Night 1 December
Bali Orphanage visit
Some of our Grammar staff visited an Orphanage in Bali over the holidays. Click here
for the newsletter regarding the visit.
Secondary News
From the Head of Secondary, Mel Holland
A warm welcome back to the final term of the year and a special welcome to the students and families who have just
joined the Grammar community.
With the hectic pace that is life at Grammar I strongly encourage all students to keep the focus on their studies as we
head toward the end of the year. Once again, I remind Year 12 students that there is much to do in Term 4 and that any
thoughts that it is a “free run” to the end of November should be dispelled immediately.
We are well on the way to electing our School leaders for 2015. I congratulate those 17 students who have been voted
in as Prefects and look forward to hearing from the shortlisted School Captain candidates next week. Those vying for
House leadership positions will also be giving speeches to their House members over the next couple of weeks. Voting
will culminate in Week 3.
Our final Parent Teacher interviews for years 8, 9 and 10 are scheduled for next week. Information regarding this was
included with your child’s mid-semester report. Please contact
Mrs Van Der Heyden, if you have any queries regarding
appointments for the night – Thursday 16 October. Bookings can be made via Parent Portal up until midnight Tuesday
14 October.
2014 RoboCup Junior (RJC) Australian Open
Congratulations to Britney, Riona and Harrison who competed in the Gen 2 Soccer with 24 teams from across Australia
in the draw. They played 9 matches last weekend drawing 1 and winning 8 to become the Australian Champions.
Team Eliminators of Angus and Ben competed in the Open Soccer division for custom made robots up the 2.5 kg, again
competing with teams from across Australia to come away with a brilliant rd
3 place in their division, again competing
against teams with more sophisticated robots.
Team Duct Tape of Todd and Lokki competed in the Light Weight division and put up a courageous fight only to be
knocked out in the finals.
Sport News
Primary Sport Review
Sport news wrap up
Please click here for Miss Cummings' wrap of Primary Sport. Congratulations to Jacob
who came 2nd overall in U8's Gymnastics State Championships and in the Regional
Challenge where he came 1st.
If you require any further information please contact Miss Maureen Cummings in the
Sport office.
Cricket
T/20
Our Intermediate Boys team are through to the next round of the state T/20 knockout. They play Boonah SHS next
Monday in Brisbane. If successful they travel to Bundaberg for the South Queensland semi-finals. We wish them every
success.
International Game
Our open side played Ashburton College from NZ over the September holidays. Will and Matthew took three wickets
each and Darren and Will were our best with the bat. The tourists proved too strong in the end with a late order collapse
ensuring an Ashburton victory. Thank you to Mr Davis for coaching the boys.
Grammar Cricket Club
The season is well underway with our U12 and U14 age groups commencing over the holidays and our U10’s starting
this Friday night. Our T/20 Blast (U8) kids start training at lunchtime in Grammar Hall on Friday 24th October.
Student Achievements
Surf Lifesaving
Some outstanding achievements from our surf lifesavers who travelled to France to compete in the World Surf Lifesaving
Championships. Wonderful results came from:
Brianna
World Surf Lifesaving Championships – Montpellier, France
1st Youth Ski Race, 1st Taplan Relay, 3rd Youth Ironwoman
Laura
World Surf Lifesaving Championships – Montpellier, France
1st Youth Board Race, 1st Taplan Relay, 1st Board Rescue, 1st Pool obstacle relay, 3rd Pool Medley
Cassie
World Surf Lifesaving Championships – Montpellier, France
3rd Youth Ski Race, 1st Taplan Relay, 1st Board Rescue, 1st Pool obstacle relay, 3rd Pool Medley
Past student Georgie also featured prominently in the results.
Wakeboarding
Josh and Lachlan have just returned home from Florida where they competed in the World Wakeboarding
Championships. Josh finished 7th in the 10-13 years age group with Lachlan finishing 13th. Congratulations to both
boys on an outstanding result.
Grammar Pool Life Saving Update
Laura and Dan represented Grammar at the annual Queensland Royal Life Saving Pro Am in September. Dan had an
excellent first meet competing in the Under 14 age group collecting gold medals in the 100m obstacles, 50m manikin
carry, 50m manikin tow and 100m carry. Laura won the gold medal and set a new Under 16 Queensland 12.5m rope
throw record. She also won three silver medals in the 50m manikin carry, 100m manikin tow and 100m carry and two
bronze medals in the 200m obstacle race and 200m super lifesaver race.
Tennis Clinics
Zoran's Tennis Academy is running Tennis Fixtures Trials and a ladies and men's tennis clinic:Tennis Fixtures Trials - 8.30am Saturday 11 October (fixtures start 25 October)
Ladies - Monday, Wednesday and Friday after drop off at 8.30am. $20 per session, includes water or coffee.
Mens - Every Friday at 6.15pm, $20 per session, includes water or coffee.
Please contact Zoran on 0417 258 236, should you have any questions.
SCISSA Football
The SCISSA football season kicked off this week with Grammar entering 7 sides (the most of any school) with a number
of sides recording excellent results. The season involves teams from Years 7 – 10 in both boys and girls age divisions.
Our open boys were premiers in Term 1. Finals are Wednesday 19 November.
Grammar Basketball Club
The Grammar Basketball Club kicks off its inaugural season this week in fixtures at the University. Good luck to all of
those involved and thank you to those staff and parents who have driven this opportunity for our students.
Water Polo and Basketball
Monday night water polo and Friday night basketball have reached the pointy end of the season with the last fixture
rounds winding up and finals around the corner. We have plenty of teams in the mix. Good luck to all of them.
Rugby Presentations
Just a reminder that the Rugby presentations are here at school next Monday starting from 4.15pm.
Pool Lifesaving
We are recommencing Sunday afternoon training on 12 October 2014 at Nambour Pool from 4.00pm – 5.00pm. We will
be training specifically for the 2015 Australian Pool Life Saving Championships to be held in Hobart in January.
Grammar Football Club
The AGM will take place on Monday 27 October at 6.30pm in the Lecture Theatre.
Cultural News
From the Music Department
Term Three Wrap Up!
Term Three is always a busy term. Ensembles across P-12 joined forces to stage our annual Music Gala on the last day
of Term Three. Starting straight after school with food, drink and busking groups, the formal concert ran from 4.30pm to
late and produced over two hours of solid music performance and fantastic entertainment. Intermission saw a brilliant
dinner provided by the members of the Music Support Group and the students staged the finals of Grammar’s Busking
Competition. This was indeed an awesome night and great fun was had by all. A huge congratulations to all students
who performed and to all parents of the Music Support Group for your amazing help on the night; in particular, to Mrs
Meg Baumann who coordinated food and drinks prior to and at intermission. Great job everybody.
But wait, there’s more! Because we can’t get enough of performing music our Senior Concert band, Senior Choir and
Big Band gathered at School in the early hours of the first Sunday of holidays, and took to the road for our 2014 Music
Tour; this year, to the Fraser Coast. What an awesome time we had and so many memories and friendships made! At
the Scarness we performed at the ‘Open Mic’ session and won the event. This saw Grammar invited back as guest
artists to perform at the Hervey Bay Jazz Festival in 2015. On Fraser Island the groups had an amazing time performing
at the Meheno Bar at Kingfisher Bay Resort and thoroughly enjoyed a day long historical tour of the Island the following
day. Despite the rain and small crowd, we performed at the Palmer Resort and this brought our tour to a close. A huge
congratulations goes to all students who attended. You were truly amazing in representing the School and again you did
us and your families proud. Your support for each other and willingness to chip in and help load and reload the trailer
over and again was inspiring. A huge thank you also goes to the following: Mrs Maria Woods, Mrs Ali Warren and Mrs
Jacinta Lansky who accompanied us on the tour and who were ever so helpful throughout; to Mrs Deb
Saunders-Brugnatti who did a great job with administration; to the MSG who supplied the Tour T-shirts; and Ms Ann
O’Leary for the T-shirt design! Great job all.
Scholars Concert
Tonight, 10 October from 6pm you are warmly invited to attend the 2014 Music Scholars' night. Grammar’s Music
Hangar will be transformed with stage lighting and a cabaret setting with drinks and refreshments provided by our Music
Support Group. This is an important night for our Music Scholarship students to showcase their hard work for the year.
The concert will feature performances on a variety of musical instruments from strings, brass, piano and woodwind to
vocals and guitar and will cover many different genres. Entry is free, however a small donation to cover costs appreciated.
Congratulations to Mattahn
Mattahn was guest artist in the 'Morning Melodies' with the Buderim Male Choir and they were
delighted with his participation, well done Mattahn! Click here for performance.
Eumundi Live Winter Sun Festival Competition
During the June/July Holidays I was selected for the finals of the Eumundi
Live Winter Sun Festival Competition. I performed with two original songs
and was lucky enough to win the competition. One of the prizes included a professional studio
session in Sydney at Jungle Studios. Over the September holidays I flew down to the studio,
and during my time there I worked with an ARIA award winning producer and sound engineer,
as well as other incredible musicians. It was probably the best experience of my life so far, and I
learnt invaluable lessons about working in a professional recording environment. By Keeley
eMrgeMusic
Shake It Up Music in Nambour are running a music course called eMergeMusic 2015 for ages 13-18 years over the
January school holidays. This is the fourth year that this course has run and has experienced great success with the
attendees. The course is for students who are interested in music as a serious hobby or career. It will run from Monday
12 to Saturday 17 January 2015 at the Big Pineapple, with the final concert taking place at the Nambour Civic Centre on
Saturday 17 January 2015.
Click here for details.
Community News
From the School Chaplain, Pastor Jon Taylor
Welcome back to all our families and a special welcome to any families who are new to Grammar this term. There are
several events coming up this term including; The Secondary Father Daughter Breakfast on Wednesday 22 October click
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here for the flyer); the Friendship Assembly on Friday 31 October; the farewell Assembly for Reverend Ron Holt on
Tuesday 4 November; our inaugural Christmas Assembly and Carols on Tuesday 2 December and many more.
Service of Remembrance
Some of you may be interested in attending our annual Service of Remembrance on Thursday 16 October from
4-4.30pm . As you may be aware many in our school community and beyond have lost family members and loved ones.
This short time together is an opportunity to reflect on our absent friends, hear some words of encouragement, to share
with others who have experienced loss and to pray for comfort and hope. All are welcome to the Grammar Chapel.
Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes
We will once again be supporting the Samaritan's Purse charity by collecting shoeboxes filled with gifts to be given to
children who are not as blessed as our children. By now you should have received details about the shoeboxes which
are due back by October 20 for any who may be interested in supporting this worthy cause.
Bible Verse of the Week
‘For now there are faith, hope, and love. But of these three, the greatest is love.’ 1 Corinthians 3:13
GHH Spring Clean
A huge thankyou to everyone who donated to Bloomhill Cancer Help this morning at our annual
'GHH Spring Clean'. A really wonderful effort and a great way to support the op shop network of
this brilliant local charity. Many living with cancer on the coast will benefit greatly from the
proceeds of your generosity.
The next GHH Blitz is all set for 25 October. Details will be sent to students via email shortly.
Thanks for your continued support of all that SCGS is doing in this wonderful community of ours to
help those who need it most. Be sure to check out the latest news, events and photos on our GHH
Facebook page.
Day for Daniel - Friday 31 October
This Year 8 Charity of Choice will be a great chance to support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. A bake sale will be
held on the day and staff and students will be encouraged to wear a single item of red clothing on the day.
P&F News
Grammar Fair
Another fantastic Grammar Fair was held on the last day of Term 3 and we want to say a big “THANK YOU” to everyone
who helped to make it such a success, including so many students, parents and staff, but particularly we want to thank
Sarah Grandison and Mel Smith and their committee who put in countless hours for this event.
It was as predicted a beautiful day and there was much fun had by all who attended. We really tried to make this the
biggest and best with lots more rides to cater to both our primary AND secondary students, as well as heaps of fun
stalls, lots of action and a food court and wine pavilion to keep your parents happy too.
The Fair is Grammar’s major fundraising event for the year and while final numbers are still being crunched we can say
with confidence that the Fair raised well over $11,000, so it was a huge friend-raiser and fundraiser success.
A big big thank you to Margot and John Hanna of Universal Cranes for their huge support of the 2014 Grammar Fair as
our sponsor of the Fireworks. We would also like to thank Aussie World, Australia Zoo, ‘Eve the Fairy’, Finn & Dash,
Pacific Motor Group, Princes IGA, Sheree McArthur Photography and Whale One Mooloolaba for their generous donations.
Volunteers Thank you Night
On 28 October, we will be holding our annual volunteer thank you night. It is always a lot of fun and our way of thanking
all those people who have helped us during the year. So please keep an eye out for an invitation to this special event.
Grammar Art Show
This has become a major event in the School calendar and as with last year’s art show, this
year your P&F is coordinating a roster of parents to assist with the running of the show on 31
October. This is an important way we can help the School to coordinate all the activities and
logistics of holding such a great night. If you are able to help please contact us through the
School’s website.
Melbourne Cup
The first Tuesday in November is synonymous with our greatest race when many Australians
take their one and only flutter for the year. The P & F will again be hosting a Melbourne Cup
lunch and Fish on Parkyn has again provided us with a luncheon package too good to refuse,
3 courses and a glass of bubbles on arrival for $65 per person. Tickets are now available at
events online, but sure you get in early as numbers are limited.
Click here for flyer.
We believe the SCGS P&F plays a very positive role within the School and we hope it helps to
make a real difference to the quality of the School, both for the children and the parents. We
are always open to suggestions as to how we could improve what we do and are happy to
receive positive suggestions from the parent community.
Swain Roberts
P&F President
Edwina Clowes
P&F Vice President
Grammar Art Show
The count down begins…….. 30 October starting at 6:30pm in Grammar Hall. Come and be culturally inspired by the
P-12 artworks. You cannot miss this opportunity to see the talent that is expressed by our students. Also showing will be
work by local professional artists, this opportunity allows students to view the diversity of artworks that can be produced.
Wine and champagne will be available for purchase with nibbles being served by our senior visual art students. The food
will be kindly prepared by our Hospitality Department. Don’t forget to buy a few raffle tickets too!
Click for flyer.
School Plan
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Notice of Withdrawal
Families are reminded that notice of withdrawal of a student/s must be provided in writing to the Principal or Registrar
one term in advance of the departure.
Should your family’s circumstances have changed or you are relocating away from the Sunshine Coast at the end of the
year and your children will not be returning to Grammar for the start of the 2015 school year, please forward written
notification to: [email protected]
As we have waiting lists for 2015 your assistance in informing the School of any forthcoming vacancy is very much
appreciated.
Monday 20 October - Pupil Free Day
Monday 20 October is Verification Day and will be a pupil free day.
OSHC
School Plus Vacation Care
The last two weeks have been actioned packed with the children enjoying our September Vacation Care program.
Some of the favourite activities included; The gigantic Zorb balls; Designing kites and Excavating dinosaurs on the
interactive white board. Children have been exploring new art experiences such as blown cherry blossom trees, and silk
batik painting with outdoor sports and Xbox connect dance moves being a popular part of the day.
Dance this term
This has been cancelled due to lack of numbers.
Student Free Day
Don’t forget to book for the Student Free Day on 20 October – it will be a fun day for everyone, click here for flyer.
New Online Booking System
We have received much positive feedback from the new online booking system for casual and permanent bookings. It is
great for last minute bookings and will provide instant confirmation of your booking.
Karen, Kaisten, Jasmine and the team
Scholars Concert
Friday 10 October
Macks Mates
Fundraiser
Father Daughter
Breakfast
Saturday 18 October
Wednesday 22 October
Parent Teacher
Interviews
Melbourne Cup
Year 12 last day, Walk
of Honour
Tuesday 4 November
Friday 21 November
GHH Spring Clean
Friday 10 October 7am
Year 12 Graduation
Thursday 20 November
Year 3 Camp
Thursday 16 October
16-17 October
Year 2 Camp
Y12 Creative Design
Exhibition
Grammar Carols
Service
Service of
Remembrance
17-18 October
Friday 7 November
Friday 28 November
Student Free Day
Prep in 2015
Orientation
Year 4-6 Awards
Evening
11 & 18 November
Monday 1 December
Thursday 16 October
Monday 20 October
Secondary Awards
Evening
Wednesday 3 December
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