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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT ELUSIVEA national media frenzy occurred this week regarding Australia’s ‘plunge’ in the global education rankings… As citizens we should be very concerned, deeply thoughtful and well informed… |
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT ELUSIVEA national media frenzy occurred this week regarding Australia’s ‘plunge’ in the global education rankings… As citizens we should be very concerned, deeply thoughtful and well informed… |
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DECEMBER
9th Orientation for 2020 9.00am – 11.00am
9th Year 3 & 4 Excursion to Snug Park 11.30am – 2.30pm
9th Year 5 & 6 Science Excursion 11.40am – 2.30pm
11th Whole School Excursion: Botanical Gardens
12th Year 6 Graduation Assembly from 1.30pm
13th Year 6 Activity Day
13th Kinder Christmas Celebration 2.00pm – 3.00pm
17th Final Assembly from 1.30pm
18th Last Day of Term and Whole School Excursion: Swim & Picnic For all Uniform Shop opening hours please see our full online calendar.
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DECEMBER
9th Year 7 (2020) Orientation Day
11th Trimester Three Showcase and Book Project from 11.00am
11th–13th Year 9 Camp
16th Graduation and Prize-Giving Ceremony
18th Last Day of Term
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Year 3 PoetryIn our writing focus this term, Year 3 have been studying various forms of poetry. We have crafted a number of different poems, including a Bio poem, which is a profile of ourselves. |
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Year 3 PoetryIn our writing focus this term, Year 3 have been studying various forms of poetry. We have crafted a number of different poems, including a Bio poem, which is a profile of ourselves. |
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Once we mastered Bio poems, we wrote Acrostic poems in which the subject is written vertically down the left side, with the first letter emphasised as the prompt for each line. In our Acrostic poems we explored the question, ‘What is God Like?’ This has been our Bible focus for the term. |
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Once we mastered Bio poems, we wrote Acrostic poems in which the subject is written vertically down the left side, with the first letter emphasised as the prompt for each line. In our Acrostic poems we explored the question, ‘What is God Like?’ This has been our Bible focus for the term. |
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Having reflected on this all-important question, we then crafted Haiku poems, creating a beautiful display of this ancient Japanese literary expression. A Haiku poem contains just three lines, and is traditionally written about nature. |
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Having reflected on this all-important question, we then crafted Haiku poems, creating a beautiful display of this ancient Japanese literary expression. A Haiku poem contains just three lines, and is traditionally written about nature. |
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Our final form of poetry was Cinquain poems. These are visual poems of five lines, starting with a noun and ending with a synonym for that noun. The middle lines include adjectives, verbs and feelings about the noun topic. |
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Our final form of poetry was Cinquain poems. These are visual poems of five lines, starting with a noun and ending with a synonym for that noun. The middle lines include adjectives, verbs and feelings about the noun topic. |
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Kinder ExcursionOn Monday our Kindergarten class went on a nature walk that ended with morning tea and games at Mrs Flinn's house! |
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Kinder ExcursionOn Monday our Kindergarten class went on a nature walk that ended with morning tea and games at Mrs Flinn's house! |
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The class collected fallen objects from nature to make Christmas decorations and thoughtfully collected rubbish along the way. |
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The class collected fallen objects from nature to make Christmas decorations and thoughtfully collected rubbish along the way. |
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They finished the outing with fruit, biscuits and milkshakes in Mrs Flinn's garden. There was even time for a candy cane hunt, a game of 'duck, duck, goose' and a jump on the trampoline! |
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They finished the outing with fruit, biscuits and milkshakes in Mrs Flinn's garden. There was even time for a candy cane hunt, a game of 'duck, duck, goose' and a jump on the trampoline! |
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National History Challenge WinnerCongratulations to Reuben Conry for winning the National Young Historian of the year for Year Level 8. The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be a historian, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. |
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Mystate Film Festival WinnersCongratulations to students Hamish Powell and Emma Rohrlach for taking out the Best Original Song at the MyState Student Film Festival TODAY. You can view their work on the Mystate YouTube Channel. |
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Basketball TopsIf your child has participated in Basketball for Calvin this year, can you please ensure they return their clean basketball top to the Secondary Office.
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Alumni Reunion – Leavers 1997Calling all 1995 (Year 10) and 1997 (Year 12) Calvin Christian School leavers! We can't believe you're all turning 40 this year. To celebrate, we will be holding an event on December 22 at Willie Smith’s Apple Shed. For more details please visit the Facebook Event or contact Clancy Hartman for more details. |
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EmploymentApplications are welcome for a variety of positions at Calvin, Channel, Emmanuel and Northern Christian Schools. To APPLY or to learn more, please visit the Christian Schools Tasmania website. |
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Uniform ShopThe final two days of Uniform Shop are Tuesday December 10 and Thursday December 12. If you have a uniform voucher this needs to be used by 12 December, otherwise it expires. The Uniform Shop reopens Monday 20 January at 9.00am. All the Uniform Shop opening hours can be found on the school calendar. For further details please email or phone +61 3 6240 1883. Primary School – Lost PropertyIf you have lost items during the year come and visit our lost property table in the Primary School office foyer.
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