Growing up all over Australia as a pastor’s kid and her dad as her hero, Prep Teacher Mrs Tania Foster, zig-zagged up and down the east coast and even lived in the red centre of our beautiful country. Married to our new King’s Physical Education Primary teacher, Mr Lindsay Foster, the couple have three children.
Taking a gap year to the UK before studying and working as a nanny in the UK, gave Mrs Foster the opportunity to explore Europe and North Africa where she made many fond memories.
Well-travelled and with an adventurous spirit, Tania has an excellent skill set in the Primary Early Years and work ethic. Her training began in Childcare, where Tania quickly progressed to Director and Educational Leader. After achieving this professional goal, she returned to university to complete her Primary Teaching degree. Over the past few years, Tania has taught Year 1 and 2 and now she joins Prep at King’s Pimpama.
Mrs Foster heard wonderful things about King’s Pimpama and loved the opportunity to be able to continue to teach students about God and not just the curriculum, especially as the Bible is one of her favourite books to read and she loves to share the stories with her students!
“I believe that every child has the right to flourish and grow in my care while teaching here at King’s,” said Mrs Foster - who brings kindness, acceptance - and her love for each of her students to the classroom.
As a cheeky and loud student who required a seat at the front of the class, Mrs Foster has the empathy and understanding to work with a broad range of students in the Early Years.
So, if you would like to know about exploring the pyramids, sailing in Croatia, exploring Christmas markets in Cologne or being a mature aged student, Mrs Foster is your go-to person, but please don’t touch her elbow!
You might be surprised to know that Mr and Mrs Foster both share the same birthday – 24 August - and they are both in Tyndale House. In their spare time, they love to watch their children play sport, socialise with friends and family, travel and enjoy a good coffee!
After pursuing an initial career choice in Design, Jenna Beyrouthi’s heart was changed when she worked part-time at a school in Sydney’s inner west. The school had a high population of underprivileged children who crept into Jenna’s heart and the relationships she made led to her changing her career choice to childhood education.
Miss Beyrouthi was a foundational teacher at King’s Pimpama back in 2015 when the campus first opened and worked part-time as a Pre-Prep Teacher. After completing her teaching degree, she always intended to get a job teaching in a primary school.
“However, the Lord opened a different door for me seven years ago, when I was offered a position at Noah’s Ark to teach pre-prep,” she said, after returning to our campus to teach Prep after all these years.
“I grew such a heart for the early learning years and this opportunity gave me a strong foundation for my teaching career that has shaped me to be the educator that I am today,” said Miss Beyrouthi, who is also a good listener, and has many other wonderful traits that her students will appreciate.
When asked why she chose King’s as her place of employment, she stated, “I love sharing my heart for Jesus with the children and find it a tremendous blessing in an environment where the gospel is upheld and proclaimed.”
Her design background has come in handy as an early years teacher, especially in making resources, creating interesting learning spaces while adding a touch of whimsical theatrics in the classroom. She loves to spend time being creative and making her own ‘bits and bobs’ for the students to enjoy.
With a love for all things drama – it was her favourite subject at school – Miss Beyrouthi loves to get hooked on a good Netflix series, go on a spontaneous adventure with friends, or seek out a cosy café. She also has a good story to tell about a foot that walked into a glass panel, but we'll leave her to share that story when the students are older.
The Year 1 students got into the "swim" of things in Week 7 with their Learn to Swim classes, which is an essential part of the Queensland Schools Health and Physical Education curriculum. The Term 1 Swimming Program comprises of five 60-minute lessons that have an emphasis on helping students learn to swim and perform the skills that make up the competitive swimming strokes.
King's Chaplains made the experience even more fun by dressing up to cheer on our junior learners before they boarded the bus to Superfish Benowa. Well done to all of our Year 1 students for gaining confidence to improve their abilities in this very important life skill.
What a spectacular celebration we had at the Year 6 assembly last week! Students were honoured for showing the Christian Characteristic of Integrity. It was a particularly special assembly for me as I was very honoured to receive this award. I know that it is greatly encouraging as a student to work towards developing our Character in the image of Jesus.
Assembly was hosted by the students. This was brilliant, engaging and gave us more ownership within the school. I appreciated the gentle reminder of school expectations so we all understand what we need to do to succeed at school this year. After such challenging beginnings to the school year, it has been so amazing to join together, recognise achievements and even more wonderful to have the assembly run by King’s kids!
Lily Napper (King's student)
Year 8 student, Jalyn South recently competed at the Queensland State Athletics Championships and came away as the QLD State Javelin Champion in U14 Girls with a throw of 34.36m and a silver medal in U14 Hammer throw with a distance of 32.62m. She also competed in the shot put event and came 6th. Congratulations Jalyn for your outstanding achievements.
King’s Pimpama will be hosting our own Easter showcase this year with an exciting new annual event that will light up our school stage and showcase the new areas that have been under construction. Our inaugural 'King's Easter Fest' will take place on Wednesday, 30 March 2022 and promises to be an evening of celebration. Before the main event, Beyond will be taking place for all our students straight after school and will include Easter-related, fun activities to entertain the whole family.
We will enjoy sensational performances from our talented students, exhibit artwork from our budding Picassos, watch the finalists from our students' Film Festival entries, and come together as a College community to share the Easter message of hope in Jesus. Food trucks will also be available providing dinner options for families or bring your own picnic to enjoy. See you there!
WE ARE BACK! After a long break, we are so excited to be back on campus with the students this week. The KDA Team is bursting out of their seats ready to share their professional performing arts knowledge with the King's College Community. Some of the KDA team's credits include, "So you think you can dance" assistant Choreographer, Celebrity X Cruisers Dance Captain, Dancer for Lady Gaga and more.
King's Dance Academy offers fun and quality classes in Jazz, Ballet, Hip-hop, Lyrical ACRO and Drama, from pre-prep through to Year 12. There is a class for everyone, whether you do one class a week and just want to have fun with your friends, or if you have a true passion for dance and want to do every class available.
We are also ready for another great competition year with the 2022 KDA performance teams, who compete at some of the most iconic venues in Queensland. Auditions for Performance teams will take place after 7 March 2022.
A free trial week for new students starts Monday, March 7. For more information contact Pimpama@kingsdanceacademy.com
It's time to get moving!
