“Educating students in Christian leadership for tomorrow’s generation”

KING’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGEKING’S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Easter Arts Festival‘Balance’

Tuesday April 5 & Wednesday April 6King’s will be holding its 10th Annual Easter Arts Festival at the College on April 5 & 6, 2011.

The theme of the festival is ‘Balance’. This is a community event that provides an avenue for artists to display their works and

gives the Gold Coast community a taste of Easter. Each year, over 50 artists exhibit works that are viewed by almost 4000 people over the two days of the festival.

Each year we feature the works of a particular artist and this year we are honoured to have Robert Lovett as our feature artist.

Students’ artwork will be displayed at the festival along with nightly performances by the students held in the outdoor amphitheatre. Food will be available along with other activities for children. Admission to the event is free.

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Early Learning ProgramsParenting with Power

Scripture of the week: “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” James 1:19

Anger Problems? Identify the Cues of Anger

Helping children deal with anger is an important task of parenting. Some parents report that there is no time between the trigger and the response in their children. Before we can teach children anger man-agement, we must first help them see anger coming on. James 1:19 says that we should be ‘slow to an-ger’. Here are some ways to help children slow down the process of ‘becoming angry’.

Talk about the physical indicators when anger is ap-proaching. These cues are different for each person. You may even use yourself as an example. How can you tell when you are starting to get angry? Maybe it’s furrowed eyebrows, tightened facial muscles, rapid breathing, raised shoulders, hollow feeling in the chest, clenched teeth, tightened fists, pursed lips, wide eyes or a change in tone or pitch of your voice. Identifying these early warning signs of anger can help children feel it coming on before they react.

Point out these early warning signs in others. Virtu-ally all children’s animated videos contain exagger-ated facial features to depict emotion. Watch a DVD, like Shrek or Iceage and point out the times when someone gets angry. How could you tell? This exercise is helpful for identifying one’s own cues but also helps children see anger coming on in others. If you teach children how to respond to the anger of others, they can learn to be peacemakers instead of troublemak-ers.

Strategy for the week: Take action earlier. Once you see the cues, stop the escalation before it starts. “Jonathan, it looks like you’re getting upset. Come over here and settle down before things get out of hand.” Earlier intervention will eventually help your children make those same choices for themselves and teach them how to manage anger in healthy ways.

~ In His service, Klaus Knobloch and Rosemary Whincop

“Gardening Gurus” at Noah’s Ark

Many “green thumbs” make light work!Emily’s dad wasn’t short of helpers last week when

the Noah’s Ark garden was re-planted. Vegetables in-clude button squash, beans and sweet corn whilst col-ourful annuals brighten the other side. Children had previously helped remove all the weeds so cane mulch could be laid to retain the moisture in the soil. Our thanks go to Guy and Rebecca Muller once again for their generous donation of materials, time and labour.

Primary

FearAre you fearful in certain situations? Does fear hold you

back from doing certain things. You are not alone. We also need to encourage our children to overcome fears they may have. I hope you enjoy the following article.

What do you fear?I watched a child in the mall yesterday as she was kicking

and screaming. Her parents were trying their best to calm her down.

I also watched the people passing by them. Some shook their heads and saw the child as a spoiled, “give me what I want now,” child. Others paused and offered a few kind words to both the child and parents.

“You’re such a beautiful little girl. Such a beautiful girl shouldn’t cry,” one lady said.

“Don’t be so sad. We all have bad days,” added another. “I think she’s a spoiled brat,” I heard one whisper to a

friend. None of them were right. The child was neither spoiled

nor having a bad day. She was afraid. The parents told me afterwards that someone carrying a

coat scared her. She’s afraid of dogs. The coat looked like a big dog.

They went on to explain that it is a challenge for them to go places. Friends have dogs, neighbours nearby walk their dogs down the street.

So, you can imagine what it’s like to try to get through a day without sending your child into a panic.

I can remember, as a child walking up the steps at night I would get the feeling that someone or something was going to grab my feet. So, I ran most of the time.

I’ll admit that occasionally as an adult I do the same thing. Fear. What you fear the most in life, owns you, controls

you, limits you. I struggle with the fear of heights, but I fight it. My wife

sent me off in a glider on my 60th birthday. I was fine. I was better than fine, I was great!

If I could have one foolish child-like wish come true it would be to have the ability to fly like a bird.

The truth is fear can be debilitating. Fear cripples many, limits abilities to enjoy even the simplest things in life and in some cases stops people from having medical procedures that could prevent major health issues.

Fear also crushes dreams. Sometimes our own fears are imposed on others around us

affecting their views and impacting their ability to live life fully...all in the name of love, concern and good parenting.

Someone once used the acronym F.E.A.R as False Evi-dence Appearing Real.

I’m not sure that applies to all fear. One might have had a bad experience with a dog and now that fear is real, rel-evant in their lives.

But, I think the kind of fear I believe we can deal with is the fear that reinforces doubt. In particular poor self image

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Secondary

PrimaryPrimary Resource Centre News

The King’s Reading Challenge opens on March 21st and runs for 10 weeks. This challenge is open to students in Years 1-5 and encourages students to extend their reading abilities. Details about the challenge can be found on LMS. Students can then follow the links provided (on LMS) which will take them to the ‘King’s Reading Challenge’ website. The record sheet and relevant information can be down-loaded from there. All students who participate in the chal-lenge will be awarded a certificate acknowledging their efforts. One student from each class has the opportunity to be awarded the ‘Champion of Champions’ certificate for outstanding effort in reading. This student will have read the highest number of books/pages out of all the students from each class participating in the challenge.

Please acknowledge and encourage your child’s reading efforts. To assist with this your initials are required on your child’s record sheet which also attests to it being a true and accurate record of your child’s achievements.

~ Kay Weight (Library Teacher Years 1-5)

issues either self imposed or wrongfully fed to you by others in your life or the world in general.

Fear and doubt are enemies of faith. They are the enemy that you permit to control your decisions even when you declare your faith in God.

You give them power over you. The enemy doesn’t want you to be happy, successful or faithful. The enemy wants you to fail and stay there. Why?

Because successful, happy, healthy people give credit for their happiness to God even when they face their fears they declare their belief in the God who fears nothing.

“Fear prevents, faith prevails!” “I wish you enough!” ~ Bob Perks ~

Good news - Bob Perks’ first book, “I Wish You Enough,” Embracing Life’s Most Valuable Moments... is now available for ordering. Here’s the “Link” to get your copy of Bob’s book: I Wish You Enough from Amazon.com.

Our faith in our all powerful God must be greater than our fears.

Happy parenting. And so it is. Maintain good relation-ships. Bring heaven to earth. Fear prevents, faith prevails.

~ Rhonda Bevan, Head of Secondary

“Educating students in Christian leadership for tomorrow’s generation”

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GeneralSchool Fees Accounts News

• Term 1 fees are now overdue unless you are on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly payment plan. High school levies, co-curricular/clubtastics, music and dance fees, where applicable, have been charged on this statement and need to be paid separate to your payment plan.

• Payment plans can be paid via direct debit or BPay on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.

• Credit card plans can be set up automatically on the 15th, 26th of each month or the first week of term.

• To organise a plan please contact Elaine in admin via email: elaine@kingscollege.qld.edu.au State-ments will be sent to your email address. For email address changes please email accountsreceivable@kingscollege.qld.edu.au

King’s Christian College uses and recommends Toshiba Photocopiers

Anaphylaxis Dear Parents,Across the college, we have a number

of children who suffer from life-threat-ening anaphylaxis. Although allergic re-actions to food are common in children, severe life-threatening reactions are uncommon and deaths are rare. However, for children who suffer food-induced anaphylaxis, the result could be fatal.

Children at King’s may have severe reactions to a variety of products, including but not limited to, nuts, fish, milk, eggs and latex.

While we realise we cannot control everything, we ask you to think carefully when preparing lunches and snacks for school, especially in the prep and lower primary de-partments, where children love to share. We ask spe-cifically that if possible you avoid packing nuts, peanut butter sandwiches or bars which contain nuts.

We thank you for your assistance in this matter. ~ Andrea Webb, College Nurse

Dates for your diaryMarch 18 Student Free Day

March 21-22 Prep Parent/Teacher Interviews

March 23-25 Year 12 Camp

March 28 Primary Parent/Teacher Interviews

April 5 & 6 Easter Arts Festival

April 6 Easter Service

April 7 HS & Primary Cross Country

April 7 Last Day Term 1

For more details and updates visit the website -www.kingscollege.qld.edu.au click on calendar.

Oral Health ServiceIt has been brought to our attention that some parents/

guardians may have assumed they were not eligible for oral health care after listening to the call centre recorded mes-sage. All Queensland children from four years of age through until they finish Year 10 at high school are eligible to receive free oral health services. The recorded message has now been changed to reflect this.

Students in Years 10T, 10V, 10W and 10X have been provid-ed with an offer of our oral health care pack to take home.

The pack includes:• Child and Adolescent Oral Health Service brochure• Examination cardPlease familiarise yourself with the process by reading the

information provided.If your child is enrolled in one of the years listed above

and did not receive a pack and you would like to arrange for your child to receive oral health care please contact the Oral Health Call Centre 1300 300 850. Monday to Friday 8.00am - 4.30pm excluding public holidays.

King’s Holiday Cooking School

Ready, steady, cook! King’s Out-side School Hours Care is facilitat-ing holiday cooking classes for ages 10 to 15 under the supervision of two highly trained chefs. Learn about fresh produce, food safety and preparation in a real com-mercial kitchen where tasting and smelling are all part of the fun. Im-press your family and friends with

Easter themed, take-home goodies like eggs and hot cross buns. For more information on this affordable, hands-on program contact Trevor Nicholson on 0401 697 013 (spaces are limited).

The King’s vacation care program will be running during the Easter Holidays as well.

Club RedYear 12 students Nitika Balaram, Jade Magee and Nick

Norman are Club Red Youth Ambassadors for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. They have taken the initiative and responsibility of raising awareness of the ongoing need for blood donations in Australia. As one in three Australians will need blood and only one in every thirty donate blood, eligi-ble students, staff members and parents are encouraged to donate blood at the Robina Blood Donor Centre. The King’s Club Red is competing against other local schools on the Gold Coast for the highest amount of blood donations. Do something special and give blood today because an hour of your day can save three lives.

~ Nitika Balaram, 12Z

P & F InformationThe King’s P&F sponsor students representing the college

at state, national and international level. An application for P&F funding is available on the college website. Students seeking sponsorship should fill out the form and forward it to the main admin so the details can be verified prior to be-ing sent to the P&F.

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Secondary

National Scholastic Rowing Champion – Emily Carey

Emily Carey went to Adelaide last week to compete at the national rowing champion-ships. Emily combined with her partner to win the doubles in the U/17 event. She then teamed up to gain a 3rd place in the quads. Emily topped a successful week with a 5th in the singles. On a purpose built course in front of crowds numbering several thousand, Emily competed with distinction. She has been in training and working extremely hard in preparation for this event for a long time.

Emily has quietly gone about her work and achieved fantastic results. We applaud this young lady and her great achievements!

Silver Medal at the Queensland Diving Championships We congratulate Madeline Bone who gained a silver medal at the Queensland diving

championships last weekend. Madeline who trains five times per week travelled to Bris-bane where she competed in the platform U/15 and the 3m springboard synchronised U/20 events.

These fantastic results have enabled Madeline to qualify for the national diving champi-onships to be held in April in Sydney. As well Madeline has qualified for the Pacific Schools games to be held in Melbourne later this year.

We congratulate her on a wonderful achievement and wish her all the very best as she prepares for the nationals and the PSG. Awesome work Madeline!

World Junior Golf ChampionshipsDee Dee Russell has been granted an exemption to compete in the Callaway World Junior

Golf championships to be held in San Diego in July. This is a very exciting achievement for Dee Dee. She will represent and compete with an Australian team travelling to San Diego. Dee Dee is the only girl competing in the 14 years and under division from Australia. This is a fantastic accomplishment and we wish Dee Dee all the very best as she prepares for this tournament!

National Scholastic Athletic ChampionshipsJade Brandt and Demii Maher-Smith went to Sydney last week to participate in the na-

tional athletic championships at the Olympic venue. We will report on their performances next week.

Demii Maher-Smith

Dee Dee Russell

Dates for the Diary• APS winter Rd 1 v Emmanuel College Friday 1st April• High School Cross Country Thursday 7th April

High School Sport

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Jade Brandt

Emily Carey

Madeline Bone

Secondary

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High School Sport continued...

Hinterland District TrialsTrials for a number of Hinterland teams were held last week. King’s sent over 30 stu-

dents to the trials which was a fantastic effort. Successful students were:Danielle Pautschnig - U/19 basketballAlicia Green – U/15 netballVeneesha Robertson – U/19 soccerHolly Hamilton- U/19 soccerElizabeth Charleson - U/19 soccerMikayla Soper - U/19 soccerGrace Bell – U/15 volleyballElise Campbell – U/15 volleyballReith Fraser – U/15 Australian RulesBilly O’Donnell – u / 15 Australian RulesDylan Mutu – u / 15 Australian RulesAll these students will now progress onto the regional carnival and trial for selection in

the South Coast teams to contest the state titles. We congratulate all students who took time to attend the trials. Really well done!

Cross Country TrainingWe continue to prepare for our annual cross country carnival that is to be held on

Thursday April 7th. Training has started. All high school students are welcome. We start at 7.30am at the high school office on Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Winter SportThe pre-season continued last week for our rugby and netball teams with an inter-

college carnival afternoon. Our Year 8 rugby team coached by Mr Burden had three good wins and remained undefeated for the afternoon.

As our winter teams are finalised and the APS season begins on April 1st v Emmanuel, we ask parents to ensure our students come prepared for our competition games on Fridays. Specific requirements are:

Soccer shin pads and the College football socksHockey mouthguard, shin pads and the College football socksRugby mouth guards and the College football socksTennis racquet

~ Peter Gillett, High School Sport Co-ordinator

Alicia GreenDanielle Pautschnig

Veneesha Robertson Holly Hamilton

Elizabeth Charleson Mikayla Soper

Grace Bell Elise Campbell

Reith Fraser Billy O’Donnell

Dylan Mutu

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PrimaryPrimary APS Swimming Carnival

Munch with MusicOur first lunch-time ‘Munch with Music’ concert for 2011

was held last Friday. Performances from musicians on piano, violin and voice entertained the audience in the lecture theatre.

Our lunch-time performances are designed to give our young musicians an opportunity to showcase their talent to their friends and family and provide valuable performance experience.

Thank you to all of our performers for their entertain-

ment. The audience appreciated the quality of your work and as one Year 3 student said on her departure, ‘that was the best concert I have every heard’. Thank you also to Mrs Ruben and Mrs Guthrig in preparing students for this special event.

Our next ‘Munch with Music’ will be held in Term 2. Students from primary and high school who would like to perform are invited to speak to their music tutor to express their interest.

~ Lindsay Genge, Instrumental Music Coordinator

The APS swimming carnival, held at All Saints Anglican School last Thursday, signalled the end of the competitive season for our swimming team. And what a great, challenging night of competition it was.

King’s was awarded two age champions from a very competitive field of swimmers. Megan Boga-tie and Elijah Winnington, both 11 years, were presented with their Age Champion medallions at the end of the carnival. King’s finished 7th overall in the carnival ahead of Somerset. Congratula-tions to all our competitors and to ASAS on winning the Aggregate and Percentage trophies.

Congratulations also to our swim team members for their dedication to training and commitment over the swim-ming season. Special thanks go to Mr Stephens, Miss Jacobs and Mr Spink for their dedication to training our team in the early mornings, preparing our young athletes for the season.

~ Lindsay Genge, Primary Sport Coordinator

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General King’s Chess News

Thursday, March 17, 2011

K i n g ’ s J u n i o r C h e s s C l u b To: all Gold Coast primary/high school students!

$5 Entry Fee - payable on night FAMILY DISCOUNT : 3RD &

FOLLOWING FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY ARE FREE OF CHARGE

KING’S BARISTA CAFÉ 68 GEMVALE ROAD, REEDY CREEK

FRIDAY 25TH MARCH 2011 6:15pm - 8.30pm

*RATED TOURNAMENT *CASH PRIZES *MUNCHIES for more info contact: Mrs Raelene Barton King’s Chess Coordinator - 0412 885 602

rbarton@kingscollege.qld.edu.au

Queensland Junior Chess Rating List

March 2011 Most Improved Chess

Players in Qld

11th Martin Jack 13th Daniel Lapitan

Top U14 in Qld

3rd Martin Jack 4th Matthew Pyper 8th Kees Huband-Lint

Top U12 in Qld

1st Daniel Lapitan

Top U10 in Qld

5th Sam Shaw

PRIMARY CHESS STAR Daniel Lapitan

P I C K E T F E N C E W I N N E R

PLAYER OF THE DAY Jin Jung

Division B - 1st Place

Last Thursday two of our primary chess teams took out both divisions at the first round of the Gold Coast Primary Schools Teams Competition. Daniel Lapitan (Yr 7) was the chess star of the day being the only student winning all his games. Jin Jung (Yr 6), missed the bus but even arriving late won 1st place individually in B division with an awesome score of 7/8. Elijah Winnington (Yr 6) and Eran Dance (Yr 4) left at the end of round 6 to participate at the APS Swimming Carnival and the final result still had their team placing 1st in B division. Our second team in A division came 4th winning the right to play, along with our top team, in the Premier division in the second round of this competition during Term 2. It was also great to see two of our girl chess students, Vanessa Jack (Yr 6) and Anna Rhee (Yr 6) receiving individual awards for playing great chess on the day. Congratulations to all our primary school chess students who all showed great sportsmanship and thank you to the parents who gave their time and support on the day. Go King’s!

Raelene Barton - Chess Coordinator Division A: 1st Place *Daniel Lapitan, *Sam Shaw, James Park, *Elijah McNamara 4th Place *Jacob Chan, *Mai Phillips, Tosh Allan, Jaxzyn Follett Division B: 1st Place *Jin Jung, *Elijah Winnington, *Eran Dance, *Lewis Kay *Individual Winners + *Vanessa Jack, *Anna Rhee

KING’S PRIMARY CHESS TEAMS WIN 1ST PLACE IN ROUND 1 GOLD COAST PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEAMS CHESS COMPETITION - SOUTH DIVISION

King’s Library - Chess Books Available IMPROVE

YOUR GAME, BEGINNING AND END

GAME BOOKS! Back Row L-R : Daniel Lapitan, Elijah McNamara Front Row L-R : James Park, Sam Shaw, Jacob Chan

Div A Div B

Top L-R : Jin Jung, Lewis Kay Top R : Eran Dance Bottom R : Elijah Winnington