“If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise…today's the day the Teddy Bears have their picnic!”
The Prep team invited all the King’s Teddy Bears for a sleepover last week. They took their teddies to maths rotations and visited various Prep teachers to extend their learning in mathematics. The Prep students taught their teddies how to count to 100, count backwards from 20, recognise quantities and match numerals. The Teddy Bears enjoyed an ‘addition’ party, using their subitising and counting-on skills, and did some shopping using the Little Coles shops.
Our young students ventured into space and competed against their teddies in an online interactive bingo game. It was fantastic seeing the students teach their teddies what they already know and challenging each other to go further with their learning. To celebrate Math Adventure Week, Prep threw a birthday party for all the teddies, wearing party hats and eating cupcakes!
Year 2 students visited Hinze Dam as part of the current science unit, ‘Why Worry about Water?’. It was wonderful to see the dam so full and to measure its height from sea level by using the ‘giant ruler’. The children were able to see how the water was cared for at the dam, learned about the 'natural water cycle' and discovered how dam water gets to homes via the ‘urban water cycle’. As a valuable 'take-home', our students learnt how they could play their part by looking after precious drinking water.
This year's National Simultaneous Storytime, held on 19 May 2021 at 11:00, was a truly intergalactic experience; astronaut Dr Shannon Walker read the 2021 NSS book, "Give Me Some Space", live from the International Space Station.
Every year, an illustrated Australian storybook is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, preschools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. The book "Give Me Some Space", written and illustrated by Philip Bunting, is about a young girl who dreams of a life in space. Life on Earth is just so so-so. But how will she get there? And will she complete her mission to discover life in space? And did she remember to feed Neil the goldfish?
NSS, now in its 21st successful year, is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6.
NSS is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). This year's exciting reading from space was made possible by ALIA, Scholastic, the Australian Space Agency and the Office of the Chief Scientist.
On 18 May, King’s Pimpama students travelled down the M1 to Reedy Creek for Round 2 of their 2021 Cross-Campus Debating Competition.
Once again, it was an incredibly successful night that saw our students not only achieving success but learning many valuable debating tips and tricks along the way as well.
“It was absolutely amazing to be able to welcome parents again as spectators, seeing as we haven't been able to do that for some time due to Covid-19 restrictions,” said Mrs Snowdon, debating coordinator at King’s Pimpama.
Spectators added an element of nerves for our new Year 5 debaters. However, they still proceeded to knock it out of the park!
Everyone is looking forward to the final round, back on 'home turf' in Week 9!
Hungry high school students swarmed the oval in support of the Missions program on Thursday, to buy food and cold drinks in support of Teen Challenge. Lunchtime fun and a worthy cause is all part of the King's foundational hallmark of 'love faithfully'. Showing compassion, respect and grace to others is what it means to be a King's Kid. Events like these provide an opportunity to raise awareness and money to assist people in need.
Thank you to our King’s families for showing your support and helping to raise $701.65 for Teen Challenge. This is one of the highest amounts raised by our campus for this event and demonstrates our high school community's incredible generosity.
Teen Challenge Queensland is an organisation that has helped thousands of young people overcome addiction, abuse and other life-controlling problems, since 1971.
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Dr Justin Coulson is a renowned speaker, published author and gifted communicator. He returned to the College over the past fortnight to impart some valuable advice to our Year 7-9 students regarding 'Respectful Relationships'. Dr Coulson tailored each presentation to the various year level groups and got their full attention as he challenged them, made them laugh and encouraged every student to create the most respectful relationships they can.
Dr Coulson reinforced three main points:
Dr Coulson also held a live parent's webinar called 'Raising Respectful Children' which included an overview of the information he communicated to students, some practical tips for reinforcing the messages at home, and a Q&A session. It was great to have a number of parents join the webinar, which reinforced the value of these sessions for our King's community. If you missed the webinar, you can listen to the recording via the button below.
Parent Webinar with Dr CoulsonPlease remember to take advantage of your free Happy Families membership, which has been purchased by the College for all King's families to utilise. Dr Coulson's incredible online library of 'Happy Families' parenting resources have been providing a wealth of information and support to over 500 King's families since the program started last year:
King's Pimpama Year 4 volleyball teams visited our Logan Village campus recently and challenged them to a friendly game on their turf.
The following report is from Year 4 student, Hayley Darragh:
"We had a great time. They greeted us at the gate then versed us in volleyball. I got to see my Year 2 teacher, Mr Andrews. Anzac Avenue beat us but everyone got to have a go. I got to see some old friends. Anzac Avenue is really good at volleyball and they were able to show us around their school. What a great time we had."
Primary students Nicole Tiaiti and Adele Hay-Batchelor participated in the Regional Softball trials recently, as representatives of the Hinterland District. This was a great learning experience for the girls, and they have brought back new skills to implement into their games for the next softball season in NGCAS inter-school sport.
"At the softball trials for the Hinterland team, it was an amazing experience because I haven’t trialled before and I didn't know a lot about softball; my only experience was from school sport. It was cool because I met so many people and I learned so much. Every girl that I met was nice and some of them helped me because I wasn't as experienced as they were. The ladies that ran the trial were really nice as well and they encouraged me and just helped me where I was at. I think that I came back better than I was before. I would definitely go again!"
"I think the trials were very beneficial for me because they helped me meet new people and work as a team, which is an important life skill. It also helped me hold the bat properly and all those extra tactics I hadn’t put into play yet like throwing with your opposite foot forward and squat with fast little steps to slow down. The people there were really kind and encouraging. I would definitely recommend it!"
Zach Rankin competed at the Gold Coast Regional Tennis tournament on Monday 24 May. This was a great day of tennis, with the best tennis students from all districts in our region participating.
Unfortunately, Zach missed out on selections to compete at State by one match! He finished 5th overall, with the top four selected for the regional team.
Zach has been invited to a regional squad by the National Tennis Academy. Only 24 children between the ages of 10 and 16 were invited.
Ticket bookings close: Wednesday, 16 June
Ticket sales for King's 4 Ball Ambrose Golf Day are gaining momentum. Our inaugural golf event is taking place at The Club, Parkwood, on the first Wednesday of the school holidays. The Club is an outstanding venue, offering a championship golf course and activities for the whole family or book a team with your friends or neighbours.
Tickets cost $80 per person and include the following:
Join us during the afternoon at the 19th hole for a game of mini-golf at Badlands and Boulders ($16 per person), book a luncheon or a top swing suite and have some 'virtual' fun. Free jumping castles will keep the kids entertained while you enjoy a coffee and watch the golf.
Ambrose is an extremely social format played by groups of two or four players working as a team. Each player hits off the tee, the best shot is selected and all other players pick up their ball and place it, within one handspan, alongside the best ball. Each person then hits a second shot from the same spot. The best shot is again selected. This continues until the ball is in the hole. On the putting green the best ball is marked and the other balls are played from this position.
One score is thus recorded on each hole. This is the sum of the best shots used throughout the hole.
There is often one additional requirement: During the course of the round, all player's drives must be used on a set number of occasions. Generally, this is three. So if you have a beginner golfer in your group it may be prudent to use their drives early in the round so as to not put pressure on them as the rounds conclude.
Ambrose is the last name of a Michigan couple who introduced a type of golf scramble to locals while living in Australia where it became popularised as the 'Ambrose golf' format. The Ambrose scramble format is fairly straightforward. Everyone on the team - usually two, three or four players - tees off.
Hole sponsorships are available at $100 for a team booking or $150 for a hole sponsorship on its own or prizes to this value.
More information:
Contact Mrs Regan Verwey at King's Pimpama campus
| Email: | rverwey@kingscollege.qld.edu.au |
| Tel: | (07) 5587 7660 |
Have you tuned into King's Catch Up yet?
Mr Bristow-Wilson's podcast series, connecting King's parents, student and staff, has just recorded its sixth episode. This week's guest is Mrs Tracey Verreynne, King's Group Head of Early Learning. A familiar face across all three King's campuses, Mrs Verreynne shares her teaching journey, her favourite scripture and even some fantastic cooking ideas.
King's Catch Up is available on iTunes, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker and Radio Public, with new episodes added weekly. Use the link to your favourite podcast platform to follow 'King's Catch Up' and spread the news with members of our King's family.
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