After a delayed start to the beginning of the schooling year King's families turned out in force to support our returning and newest King's Kids and welcome them back to the newest of all the King's Christian College campuses. In only its third year of existence, the King's community, including new staff, welcomed our little learners with open arms. Highlights of the morning were the many photos taken with our beloved lion at the front of campus.
Staff, parents and students made the best of a tricky situation with the restrictions and after being welcomed by staff, students and parents on the red carpet, all students seemed to settle in for their very first day of learning with grace and perseverance.
Students were excited to explore the new developments on campus including the addition to our community centre where the year 3,4 and 5 have their new rooms.
There were tears and cheers from parents and students alike but the welcoming atmosphere made the extra two weeks wait to start 2022 worth it.
We are so glad you are here. Welcome to Term 1.
On Friday 1 April, the auditorium was turned into a stage of HOPE with Logan Village's first ever Easter Arts Festival. Our inaugural Easter Fest event was a spectacular success thanks to the collective vision, effort and support of King's staff, students and families.
With performances from musicians, singers and dancers, our King's Kids were treated to stagecraft expressing this year's theme of HOPE. Students and staff shared the eternal hope they have in Jesus through expressive dance, singing, instruments, visual arts and film. Some staff even made an appearance on the big screen to share what Hope meant to them during the transitions of performers.
One of the highlights was our very own entry into the cross campus King's Film Festival competition which was shown during the stage show. Click here to view the finalist entries for this year.
EasterFest was a culmination of a fantastic term of learning and collaborating with our King's Kids, finished off with a word from Ps Sue. It was amazing to be able to come together as a school community and see our King's Kids developing their God given gifts to share with the world.
Construction of the newest primary building commenced at the end of term 1 and is well underway to being completed by the end of term 4.
The next primary building at our campus in Anzac Ave, Logan Village is planned to open in 2023.
Prep to Year 6 will operate from January 2023 with construction of our first high school building to commence early 2023, ready for our first ever high schoolers in January 2024.
The new primary building, along with the highly anticipated commencement of our High School construction, will continue to allow King's Christian College to provide a school environment that is safe, encouraging and promotes excellence.
For email updates of major milestones or for details of future information sessions, follow this link to sign up.
Our annual King's P&F Ball is only four weeks away and promises to be an incredible night of delicious food, amazing music and great company! Join us at Seaworld Resort Conference Centre on Saturday, 30 April, from 6.30pm for this exciting event. There will be some great items to bid on with the money raised going toward King's missions and the P&F Committee for exciting projects our students will benefit from. Tickets include buffet dinner and 4-hour beverage package, and can be bought via the button below.
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Some of you may remember Dr Justin Coulson from our student and parent seminars last year, or more recently from his starring role in the popular TV series ‘Parental Guidance.’ As a parenting expert, with a PhD in Psychology, several published books to his name, and his successful Happy Families website, Dr Coulson has been working hard to help parents in many practical ways. We are blessed to welcome Dr Coulson back to King’s this year where he will come and share some great advice with our students.
We also have some other exciting sessions coming up for our King’s parents that we want to let you know about:
On Wednesday, 20 April 2022, from 7pm – 8.30pm, Dr Coulson will be hosting a free live session for our King’s community. We encourage parents to come and hear from this engaging communicator on the topic of setting healthy expectations for your child’s school success. Our senior King’s staff will also be at this event and available afterwards to chat with parents.
About the Session
"When our children are young, we are thrilled at their developmental achievements. We're convinced they'll grow up to change the world. Our expectations are high. As they grow, our expectations help some of them lift while others struggle. Why is that? Is it them? Us? A combination of both? And sometimes, even when we don't apply pressure or expectations, our children stagger under the weight of their own desires for perfection. How do we support them through their self-imposed perfectionism? This presentation is for every parent who wants the best for their child at school. We'll explore effective strategies to reduce perfectionistic tendencies in our children - and in ourselves - and consider ways to encourage our children to take risks, make mistakes, and become more resilient and adaptive in the face of academic, social, physical, and psychological challenges."
Bringing Up Boys Summit - Wednesday, 6 April
The Bringing up Boys Summit, presented by Happy Families, is about one thing: taking you into your son’s world and helping you connect with him in the way he needs you to. Ultimately, you won’t just find solutions to help your son through friendship breakdowns, the lure of drugs, anxiety and other mental health issues, or even the life-changing process of puberty. You’ll find ways to rekindle the connection you both want… and both need. Dr Coulson and the 12 raising boys experts presenting at this Summit will bring their research, study and expertise to guide parents through the world of raising boys, and helping you rekindle this important connection. Cost $199 includes ongoing access to the Summit presentations.
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As a Christian community, Easter is the most important time of the year for us – a time to reflect on that fateful moment in history when Jesus bore the sin of every person on the cross, so that we may have the gift of eternal life. Each year, our King's Church have a service at the community centre.
We encourage you to join us and hear the word about Easter.
