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Victory Term 4 Key Dates October Week 4Sat 28th - Vanuatu Missions Trip Concludes November Week 5 Tues 1st - Prep Information Evening!Tues 1st - Grade 3 Excursion @ Bendigo Pottery!Thurs 3rd - 4th - Year 9 Outdoor Ed Camp!Week 6 Mon 7th - Chapel - Iron and Clay Concert!Tues 8th - Prep Transition Program Commences!Fri 11th - Remembrance Day Service!Fri 11th - Year Twelve Exams Finish!Week 7 - Assessment Week Mon 14th - Chapel - Guess Speaker Scott Higgins!Tues 15th - Prep Transition!Thues 15th - Grade 4 Excursion @ Bendigo Pottery!Thurs 17th - Sun 20th RACV Energy Breakthrough!Thurs 17th - Grade 5/6A Excursion @ Bendigo Pottery!Fri 18th - Grade 5/6S Excursion @ Bendigo Pottery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November Week 8 Mon 21st - Year 10 Formal!Tues 22nd - Report Writing Day (Student Free Day)!Wed 23rd - Flying Start Program Commences!Thurs 24th - Volunteer Helpers Morning Tea!Thurs 24th - Year Twelve Valedictory Dinner!Week 9 Tues 29th - Prep Transition!Tues 29th - Year 7 Transition Day!Thurs 30th - Grade Six Graduation!December Week 10 Mon 5th - Term 4 Awards Assembly!Tues 6th - Orientation Day!Tues 6th - Church Service!Thurs 8th - Flying Start Program Concludes!Fri 9th - Whole School Pool Day!Week 11 Mon 12th - Term 4 Ends @ 1.20pm!Mon 12th - Celebration Evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Staff Information A number of staff are leaving us either during the term or at the end of the year.!Mr Ash Sloan and Mr Michael Totterdell have recently resigned to pursue other opportunities. Mr Totterdell’s classes will be covered by Mr John Duffield and Mrs Spark for the remainder of the year. Mr Sloan’s classes will be covered by Mrs Jen Pollard from November 7th. Miss Rida Su and Mrs Adele Henderson will be leaving at the conclusion of the school year.!We thank these staff members for their dedication and valuable contribution to the college and wish them every success in their future endeavours. The College is close to finalising its recruitment process for next year. New staff appointments will be announced in next week’s newsletter.!

Congratulations Congratulations Rob, Anna & Archie! welcome Geordie Edward – 8lb 11oz   !Congratulations Beth, Justin & Isabella! Welcome Jowan Adam – 8lb 13oz  

Excellence “…the LORD was with Joseph …and gave him success in everything he did.” - Genesis 39:2-3!The story of Joseph in the Old Testament is a great example of a person who approached life with an attitude of excellence despite enduring some pretty awful circumstances. Joseph’s brothers had seen their chance to get rid of him and they did, selling him into slavery in Egypt. But the LORD was with Joseph in Egypt and gave him success in everything he did. When sold to the captain of Pharaoh’s guard, Joseph was put in charge of his household. When wrongly accused and put in prison, he was put in charge of the jail. When brought before Pharaoh to interpret a dream, he was put in charge of all Egypt. God was definitely with Joseph, and He meant all of this for good and to save many lives. During our day to day lives, bad things happen; but that doesn’t mean that God has abandoned us! We need to remember that we are to do our best, obey and serve God, no matter what!!!!Prep Information Evening Parents of 2017 Prep students are invited to attend the Prep Information Evening on Tuesday 1st November at 7pm. The Information Evening will include how to prepare your child for school, a brief outline of the Prep program and the introduction of the Primary specialist staff. Supper, with an opportunity for informal discussion to address any questions that you might like to raise will conclude the evening. I look forward to meeting you on Tuesday evening. !Mrs Kimberlea Crothers!

Grade Three Excursion Grade Three students have been learning about pottery and have been making pinch pots during their Art classes. Next Tuesday during their Art lesson, they will be going on an excursion to the Bendigo Pottery to do a workshop and watch a professional Potter, working at the wheel. Students are excited to see what else can be made with clay and to see a real Potter at work. Please contact Sarah-Jane Guthrie, if you would like to come along and volunteer. The more the merrier!!

Remembrance Day Service On Friday 11th November, a Remembrance Day Service, run by Primary student leaders will be held at the College, commencing at 10.45am in front of the College flag pole. Parents are welcome to attend. Poppies are available for purchase at Reception. !!!Student Leadership 2017 Student leadership application forms for 2017 have been handed out to students in years 9-12. Throughout the year student leaders are provided with many opportunities to build leadership capabilities, through enhanced exposure to responsibility in a supportive learning environment. Students help organise events held throughout the year, provide support to their peers and lead them at College events. All of these opportunities enhance student transition into the community and the world of responsibility, whilst also reflecting the College values. The positions available in 2017 include:  !Two School Captains – From Year Twelve!Three House Captains – From Year Ten!Six House Vice-Captains – From Year Nine or Ten!Four SRC Executive Members – From Year Nine or Ten (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary!Application forms need to be returned to Miss Stephen or the front office by Tuesday the 8th of November. !

Art competition Primary students have been busy drawing ‘Animals in Action’ in their Art classes for an ABC competition. They have come up with some great ideas. Some students have submitted their entries and they can be found on the following website www.splash.abc.net.au!

College Spring Fair The weather was glorious for our recent Spring Fair and the turnout of students and their families was fantastic. Much fun was had by all with the rides and activities proving to be very popular with the kids. All proceeds from the Fair will be put towards development of our new site. A huge thank you to teachers, students, parents and our amazing sponsors for their support and commitment to our College. Please be sure to get behind our sponsors and support their businesses where possible.

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2017 College Uniform The Victory Christian College Board has recently undertaken a review of the entire school uniform. As a result of this review a decision has been made to firstly upgrade and modernise the College uniform and secondly change suppliers from Bendigo Uniforms Plus to Bolton’s Workwear Direct. Bolton’s has sourced our new uniform range from two top school uniform manufacturer’s; Noones and Champion Teamwear. The new uniform items offer superior quality and value for money for our College families.!Implementation of the new uniform will roll out over a two year period to allow ease of transition for existing families. Term Two, 2017, will see the release of a new winter sports and formal uniform, with summer sports and formal to follow in Term Four. Students will still be able to wear existing uniform throughout this period, replacing pieces as needed with items from the new range. Existing uniform will still be available to buy through to 2018 from Bendigo Uniform Plus.!New uniform samples are currently on display in the Administration Office for viewing and have caused much excitement amongst the students. We invite parents to come in for a look and we are happy to answer any questions. !To assist Bolton’s with prospective ordering numbers, an Expression of Interest Form and Uniform Matrix is included in this week’s Newsletter. Parents are asked to please complete and return the form to the Administration Office by tomorrow Friday October 28th. This will be a gauge of numbers required only, not an actual order of uniform. Items will be available for purchase from Bolton’s Workwear Direct in Williamson Street, Bendigo in preparation for Term Two, 2017. The possibility of a pre-order service early next year may become available depending on expressions of interest received. We will keep parents and students informed throughout the implementation period. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Exam Information All written exams will be held at VCC in the Mezzanine and all students will need to report to the café with materials in hand 20 minutes before the scheduled start time for their official materials check. Drama solo - To be advised of venue and times. Students have received individual time sheets.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Prep Dinner and Grade One Sleepover The Preps and Grade One students totally enjoyed the beginning of the VCC camps program on Tuesday night. The evening began with a dragon craft activity in the Grade One classroom.  Then the Prep Centre was transformed into a Restaurant where students ate a two course meal. The evening concluded with a bush walk for the Preps who were picked up at 9pm.!Dolly: On Tuesday night the grade ones had a sleepover at school. What we did is we went for a bush walk. Then the preps went home. Then the Grade Ones watched Vegies in Space. Then Grade One went to sleep. My favourite thing was having pancakes for breakfast. It was very fun.! !Emmersyn: At the Prep Dinner and Grade One sleepover we had lots of fun. The Preps and Grade Ones were there. It was yesterday and Tuesday. It started Tuesday at 5:30pm. It was at school. We had dinner, had supper, went for a bush walk, did some craft, we watched a movie and went to bed. In the morning we woke up, had breakfast and packed up and waited to be picked up. My favourite thing was watching Veggies in Space.

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VCE Information

Subject Date TimeBiology 28h 9am- 11.45 amFurther Maths 1 28th 2pm- 3.45 pmFurther Maths 2 31st 9 am- 10.45 amBusiness Management 31st 3pm- 5.15 pmMaths Methods 1 2nd November 9am- 10.15amPhysical Education 2nd November 3pm- 5.15pmDrama- Written 3rd November 9am- 10.45amMaths Methods 2 3rd November 11.45am- 2pmHealth & Human Dev 3rd November 3pm- 5.15pmLiterature 4th November 11.45am- 2pmSociology 4th November 3pm- 5.15pmOutdoor Ed 7th November 11.45am- 2pmVisual Comm 8th November 2pm- 3.45pmLegal Studies 9th November 2pm- 4.15pmStudio Arts 10th 9am- 10.45amSoftware Dev. 10th 11.45am- 2pmClassical Studies 11th 11.45am- 2pmAncient History 11th 3pm- 5.15pm

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Students in Focus

Grade Two Coliban Incursion On Tuesday, the people from Coliban Water came to our school. Their names were Sarah and Rob. They came for an incursion to teach us all about water. It was the Grade Two class that had the incursion. The first thing Rob did was to introduce himself. Next he read us a story. It was called Wizzy the Water Drop and the River Adventure.!Hannah Davies!Second, we all faced Sarah and then she showed us 5 bottles of different kinds of water and shook them. Some of them changed colour. Next Rob got kinetic sand out and showed us how water can travel. Then Sienna and I made our own landscape and it went through pipes into a lake and then to houses. After we looked at the interactive whiteboard and saw how the reservoir was made.!Mikayla Lea!

Island Breeze Rugby Plus team visit. Last Thursday lunchtime the school was visited by the “Island Breeze Rugby Plus” Team from Fiji. Island Breeze is a Christian rugby team associated with YWAM (Youth With a Mission) International. The Fijian team won the Rugby 7s gold medal at the recent Rio Olympics. The Fijian team was visiting Bendigo to compete in the Rugby 7s Tournament held here in Bendigo on the weekend. Our students had a great time with them at lunchtime, as they ran some rugby drills on the school oval, sang and danced a traditional Fijian song and spoke about being a Christian rugby team on the international arena. !

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Performing Preps A group of talented preps took the initiative to perform their original songs at the Monday morning Primary Assembly! The songs were Licking Lollipops and Elsa’s Rainbow. It is Fantastic to see the Preps leading the way in the Performing Arts! Well done to Zahli, Aurelia, Elizah, Piper, Xylia and Ava!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Grade 6: Joshua Buttle - Putting effort into completing his Humanities work on time!Grade 4: Daniel Buttle - Showing he can achieve excellence when he puts in the effort!Grade 5: Pierre-Zé Dykema - Always doing her best and displaying excellence!Grade 4: Sam Collins - Always striving to do his very best!Grade1: Gemma Cain - Excellent reading and writing!Grade 2: Bella Harvey - Showing persistence with challenging new Maths concepts!Prep: Abbey Cutler - Her improvement in listening during class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Community Information

27th October 2016

Thank you to Centre Com who helped sponsor the Fair. !!They sell all the Apple products, tablets, laptops, all in one, CTO orders,!Microsoft laptops, tablets, Custom Builds, Servers, Office/business/gaming/home pcs and laptops.!

12 november

old church on the hill

36 russell st, quarry hill 3550

doors open 730pm

entry $5

support by pat ward music

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thank you to these businesses for their generous support of our fair