Dear Friends, Being the last editorial for the year I thank you for your support for the College and for those in leadership here. Not only do we deeply appreciate the good will of the College community, we also know it is an essential component in any measure of success. It is a great privilege for us to formally assist families with children’s education and to do so within a Christian perspective. I congratulate families on gracefully making it to the end of the school year, and especially students who have achieved their best and given their finest effort. We have loved having you here and look forward to a continuing relationship next year. To those students leaving Plenty Valley Christian College, we do wish you the very best for your ongoing development and wisdom for living life in this era. We will of course welcome many new families next year and I take this opportunity to alert and invite our community to two important events. Our College Service of Dedication for the New Year will be held at Greensborough Baptist Church, 9.00am on January 29th. And, our Dinner for parents new to the College will be on February 10th at the school. A number of staff will be leaving Plenty Valley this year and I thank them for their contribution to the College whether that has been over a short or lengthy period. In particular, Liz Mackinnon and Julie MacDonald have announced their resignations after 22 years and 28 years of service respectively. A great achievement in anyone’s language! We have appreciated the achievements and collegiality of all our staff members this year. Our prayer for families and staff is one for safety, rest and shalom over the Christmas – New Year break. Shalom is a biblical concept centred on ‘peace’. It points to a quality of wholeness and completeness of relationship that speaks of being very much at peace with oneself and others. It recognises the quality and condition of being at peace with the foundation and the culmination of life, especially as that is embraced and cradled in a Christian perspective. Shalom points us to healing and forgiveness in those Calendar Events 12.12.2014 Primary Students Finish Term 4 15.12.2014 VCE Results 15.12.2014 Yr 7-9 Presentation Night 16.12.2014 Yr 10-12 Presentation Night 17.12.2014 Staff Lunch circumstances where it is needed. Shalom points us to the holiness of God, and for us a concept that is evocative of ecclesial overtones. However, holiness is more than candles, incense and priestly clothes. It is being set apart from the distractions of this season to spend time with God, to be in a place where we ponder the words whispered to an apostle 2000 years ago: 17.12.2014 Teaching Staff Finish God so loved the world that He gave His only son … 25.12.2014 Christmas Day That act of love is one that offers healing, holiness and shalom. May Christmas provide such a time for you. 26.12.2014 Boxing Day Douglas Peck 01.01.2015 New Year’s Day What a busy week it has been to finish off 2014. Orientation Day was held on Tuesday and children had the opportunity to visit with their new class and meet their new teacher. I spent considerable time wandering through classes and I am delighted to report very happy environments were evident in every class visited! It can be unsettling for some children making the transition, but experience would suggest that sometimes, time is required to adjust, so if your child is feeling a little anxious, by all means chat with their teacher but please keep in the back of your mind, that on all observations, this week’s Orientation was a huge success. I advise parents that there will be a slight restructure of our Coordinators for 2015. As such, Mrs Susan Phipps will be Coordinating Prep to Year 2 and Mr Roland Gardiner, Years 3 to 6. I am excited with this change and I am sure parents will find both Coordinators easily accessible and keenly interested in the welfare of every child in their care. The following outlines teacher placement for 2015: Prep CS Prep K Year 1FB Year 1PS Year 2B Year 2T Year 3 G Year 3H Year 4B Year 4N Year 5B Year 5CB Year 6M Year 6W Mrs Tonja Craig/Mrs Rachel Scordo Ms Brianna Kent Mrs Christine Finger/Mrs Regina Brownley (Wed) Mrs Sue Phipps/Mrs Rachael Scordo Mrs Beverley Brown Mrs Amy Theuma (Terms 2-4); Mrs Laura Oakes (Term 1) Mr Wayne Gillie Mr Darren Horton Ms Sue Bezemer Mrs Fiona Naccari Mrs Dolly Bain Mrs Eleanor Collier/Mrs Regina Brownley (Fri) Mrs Rebecca Matthews Mr Lee Watson I am very excited with these teams for 2015 and look forward with great anticipation to another wonderful year in the primary school. 26.01.2015 Australia Day 26.01.2015 Public Holiday 27.01.2015 − 28.01.2015 New Staff Induction 29.01.2015 Staff Commence 29.01.2015 College Dedication Service 02.02.2015 Yrs 7 & 12 Commence Best wishes are extended to Year 6 who will participate in their Graduation ceremony this evening. We trust that this will be a memorable night and one that provides a final step in their transition to secondary school. I know the children are very much looking forward to their special night. In again thanking the PVCC community for their warm welcome in 2014, I extend every prayer and best wish to those children for whom tomorrow will be their last day at the school. We will miss you all and trust that God will continue to hold each of you, in the palm of his hand. To the many parents and friends who have helped out in the primary school across the year, I also extend our heartfelt thanks for your involvement, interest and enthusiasm in supporting the College in this way. Please know that your efforts have gone a long way in making the primary school such a happy place to be. I wish all families a very happy and blessed Christmas. Being the last edition of College Connections for 2014, I leave you with the following as something to think about as we approach this important time of the Christian calendar: I think that we shall always see, God's gifts upon our Christmas tree. You cannot touch them with your hand, yet they are there at your command. There's joy and faith and hope renewed. There's laughter for a happy mood. There's gratitude for each new day; a time to think a time to pray. The Christ has come with holy light to shine and make your pathway bright. All these are there if you can see God's gifts upon your Christmas Tree. Shalom. Guy Mason Head of Primary On Monday the 8th of December all year Prep 1/2 students came to school excited and dressed in their sports colours. The students spent the afternoon playing 6 different minor games that focused on their fundamental motor skills; throw, catch locomotion, kick, bounce and strike. Thank you to the sports and house captains for their amazing leadership and all family members who came to support the students! Sally Park - Primary Sport OSHC NEWS Click here to view the Summer Holiday Program. Bookings are now open for December and January school holidays. Angela Jones - OSHC Coordinator - 0412 146 340 UNIFORM SHOP HOURS Uniform shop hours for January 2015: Wednesday, 21st January Thursday, 22nd January Monday, 26th January Tuesday, 27th January Wednesday, 28th January Thursday, 29th January Saturday, 31st January Monday, 2nd February 10:00am - 2:00pm 10:00am - 2:00pm CLOSED, AUSTRALIA DAY 10:00am - 2:00pm 10:00am - 2:00pm 10:00am - 2:00pm 9:30am - 12:30pm 10:00am - 2:00pm Normal trading hours commence: Tuesday, 3rd February 8:00am - 2:00pm Our direct telephone number is 9717 4996 Lydia Ross Term 4 - 2014 Teacher Art Music Prep CS Josh Young Hannah Ciacia Jordan Chickwe Elizabeth Hynes Jayden Randell Prep K Isaac Devincentis Olive Wood April Somerville Jacob Davidson India Rhodes 1S Dylan Wright Esther Abram Bethany Fothergill Aaron R Lily Dixon Amelia Bartoli 1F Laura Dawood Meenakshi Deepak Chelsey Sabawo Anique Tandora Kai Elbers Ben Kaldas 2T Jennifer Gad Delandt Prinsloo Bethany Amor Basma Saweres Thomas Ciacia 2M Hannah Annosike Jett muse Kynan Mason Gordon Ruddy Nina Theron Cameron Costin 3B Mark Griffin Tamara Hall Ben Eberbach Mark Griffen Matthew Scordo Aiden De Fazio 3G Bethany Fedele Zac Ciacia Daniel John Edvard Kan Isabella Dahiya Thomas Christofi 4N Kelby Pitman Abigail Walker Amy Barrass Sophie macRaild Jacob Younan Daniel Mitchell 4P Brooke Mason Shannon Macneil John Zacharias Sarah Green Tapu Nicol Phoebe Deovic 5B Paige Leitch & Thomas Sobol Samuel Whitely Tanaya Spratt Zali Vanderwert Paige Kelly 5CM Madison Sohnle Josh Paine Thomas lambert Ayden Chapple Ayden Chapple Grace Leather 5/6Bz Oliver Smith Danielle Spiropolous Mikayla Craig Katelyn O'Grady Caitlin K Hannsley Ernest 6H Ned Welsh Molly Evans Daniel Thompson Nicola P Hollie Ellis Jye Winston- Harvey 6W Lauren Dunstan & Lachlan McGinty Freya Hutton Phoebe McKenna Zac Forster Jonathon Len Anna French PE LOTE
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