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A Day at King's Video

A day at King's is very full and extends well beyond normal school hours.  King's students and King's staff - many of whom are behind the scenes and unheralded - work hard every day so that wonderful things can happen. This short film is a celebration of King's staff and students.

Primary Captains and Leaders for 2023

King's Primary Leadership Program involves a rigorous selection process each year which begins with aspiring student leaders researching the qualities of strong leaders, and then preparing a written application. Applications are reviewed by our Campus Principal, Primary Coordinators and teachers, and shortlisted applicants are invited to present a leadership speech to their cohort. One female and one male student is then appointed to each of the primary leadership roles. Our 2023 Primary Leaders held their confirmation chapel towards the end of the term.  Congratulations to the following students:

Congratulations to our 2023 Year 6 Captains and Prefects:

2023 Primary School Captains - Kyla Koeleman & Elijah Honrade
2023 Chapel Captains - Sophia Mantokoudis & Toby Cromwell
2023 Primary Cultural Captains

• Malachi Francis & Rebekah Hambleton
• Sennin Naidoo & Emma-Lee Arango

2023 Primary House Captains

• Finney House - Phoebe Colefax & Jax Francis
• Newton House - Ardaas Mann & Rayaansh Verma
• Rayleigh House - Jian Park & Emmaus Whittaker
• Tyndale House - Izzy Bereznai & Stevie O'Connor

Thank you all for your willingness to serve our King’s Primary community as you undertake your leadership roles throughout 2023!

Year 6 Graduating in Style

King's Pimpama Year 6 students swapped their Primary School uniforms for evening attire on Wednesday, as they came together in the Auditorium for their graduation celebrations, themed as a 1950's diner. This event marked an important milestone for the cohort, as they prepared to finish Primary School and begin their journey as High School students. It was a hot summer's evening as our guests arrived, glowing with excitement for the night ahead. Countless photos were taken with family and friends before the formalities began. King's Pimpama Campus Principal, Mr Verreynne, and Head of Primary, Mrs Malcolm, welcomed our guests and presented each student with a personalised Bible and their graduation certificate. As parents departed, students enjoyed a two-course dinner, a highlights video, a fun trivia quiz, baby photos and lively dancing. The night was filled with mixed emotions - the joy of reminiscing over many happy memories from their years in primary and the excitement of starting High School, with the sadness of leaving their primary school life behind. Our students have grown so much throughout their learning journey at King's so far. We are so proud of the young men and women they have become and are excited to see all that God has ahead for them.

Thank you to our staff and parents for helping create such an incredible event for our Year 6 cohort. Thank you students for all that you have brought to our Primary School community over the years. We pray that you continue to thrive as High School students at King's.

Primary Honours Assembly - Semester 2

On Wednesday, 23 November, our Primary students, staff and special guests filled King's Auditorium for our Term 4 Primary Honours Assembly. This special occasion presented students with their Honours awards for an array of achievements in extra-curricular endeavours including chess, choir, futsal, music and our Creative by Design Art Competition. It was heartwarming to have so many awardee parents able to attend the event. We congratulate all of our Honours Award recipients on your special achievements!

Energy Expo Presented by Year 6

In the culminating event for Term 4 the Year 6 students answered the driving question:

"Are we working towards a sustainable "Energy" future?" by presenting an energy expo.
The expo was filled with dioramas of cities with circuits the students soldered. There was a mini theatre set up to watch Minecraft walkthroughs of energy sources. We held TED talks and also Virtual Reality where we looked at how our actions are either feeding or fighting climate change.

Well done, Year 6!

Year 10s Learn Important Road Safety Education

Year 10 students were given the opportunity to attend the award-winning RYDA Road Safety Education workshop on Tuesday 22 November. The RYDA workshop is designed for 16-17 year old’s as they begin to drive or ride in cars driven by their peers; providing them with the tools, habits and motivation to take action and stay safe on our roads. In small groups, students worked with facilitators to develop and practise personalised strategies and life skills which will help them to make positive choices, both as drivers and highly influential passengers.

Primary Sports Awards 2022

Major Sport Awards 2022

Sportswoman of the Year - 12 Years and Under:  Koa South
Sportsman of the Year - 12 Years and Under Joshua Phipson 

Semester 2 Most Valuable Player 

Senior Premiership Teams

KCC GREEN - JUNIOR BOYS - BASKETBALL
Coach: Hayley Cromwell Isaac Brooks, Zanden Buckle, Mason Drummond, Elijah Honrade, Cooper McDowell, William McEwan, Stephen O'Connor, Arshnoor Sidhu, Harry Simmonds, Mason Perri, Emmaus Whittaker, Griffin Willis

KCC GREEN - JUNIOR GIRLS - BASKETBALL
Coach: Kara Thomason 
Saraa Bath, Macy De La Mare, Khrizeah Getigan, Gabriella Gilmore, Mackenzie Jackson Rose Matthews, Jayleena Munn, Chloe O'Brien, Mia Roux, Madison Snyman

KCC BLUE - SENIOR GIRLS - BASKETBALL
Coach: Monique Snowden  
Poppie Barnes, Talia Dugo, Adele Hay-Batchelor, Luca Martin, Savannah Molloy, Sienna Mower, Keira Ruch, Amelia Smit, Ruby-Louise Splatt, Kiara Van Deventer

KCC BLUE - SENIOR BOYS - BASKETBALL
Coach: Joel Buhner 
Josiah Barrett, Maison Fearn, Zimri Garaty, Bronson George, Tyler Jongwe, Azarian Michie, Joshua Phipson, Noah Siladyi, Jacob Tunbridge, Lee Whyte, BJ Windle

KCC GREEN - JUNIOR GIRLS - TOUCH
Coach: Lisa Bracic
Brooklyn Budiman, Summer Collison, Lucy Doyle, Madison Hunter, Lara Lee, Daniella McIntyre, Lolah Papanicolaou, Layla Till, Ayley Todd, Mackenzie Wormald

KCC GREEN - SENIOR BOYS - TOUCH
Coach: Kate Wilks
Rudraansh Chavda, Jesse Foster, Isaac Lee, Jacob Jones, Russel Mapatano, Riley Mulford, Malachi Patterson, Brandon Tan

KCC BLUE - SENIOR GIRLS - TOUCH
Coach: Renee Sanson
Sophia Mantokoudis, Kelsey Mason, Isabella Dellafiori, Koa South, Ariel Rerekura-Tamaiv, Mia Wu, Khloe Bauer, Roxy Carter, Payton Channell, Alexa Laing, Mikayla Macdonald, Annabelle Santos

KCC BLUE - SENIOR BOYS - CRICKET
Coach: Graham Anderson 
Jamen Andrews, Amir Elsayed, Nate Foster, Kye Harrison, Abhinav Itikalapati, Dominic Kowaliw, Sam Palacios-Escudero, Tian Smit, Rayansh Verma, Ian Wilmot, Bailey Yiend

KCC GREEN - SENIOR BOYS - BOCCE
Coach: Ryan Chislett
Noah Zammit, Jax Francis, Jackson Weeks, Bailey Shea, Eli Towns

KCC BLUE - SENIOR GIRLS - BOCCE
Coach: Emily Walker
Eva Cakar, Savannah Erasmus, Holly Northcott, Prabhleen Sidhu, Taylor Van Vliet, Hannahlia Verroya

KCC GREEN - JUNIOR GIRLS - SOFTBALL
Coach: Ryan Moore
Mia Crossley, Isla Dekker, Isabella Hans, Ara Jung, Dareen Kim, Isabelle Mansfield, Bridie Pettersen, Scarlett Signorelli, Valerie Tan, Evelyn Terhorst, Ari Towns

KCC GREEN - SENIOR GIRLS - SOFTBALL
Coach: Ryan Moore
Kiana Albert, Bianca Berboso, Madeleine Bland, Makayla Dodds, Julia Jobin, Kourtney Peggram, Sienna Taylor, Amiera Weaver, Ashlin Wheeler, Valentina Mina Montalvo Wu

Futsal State Representation
Girls - Under 11s 
Coach: Mr FosterIsabella Dellafiori, Grace Savary, Eve Truong, Cheyenne McCowan, Xy Sapinoso, Lolah Papanicolaou, Isabelle Mansfield

Boys - Under 9s
Coach: Mr Foster
Xavier Coad, Roman Day, Jayden Osondu, Bentley Fitzgerald, Aspen Jackson, Fletcher Wormald, Roman Wernham, Jack Robinson

Boys - Under 10s
Coach: Mr Foster
Ian Wilmot, Brooklyn Hennessey (LV), Mason Drummond, Lucas Brennan, Bailey Yiend, Jordan Graham, Ethan Mulford  

Boys - Under 11s
Coach: Mr Foster
Jesse Foster, Nate Foster, Jacob Turner, Arsh Sidhu, Zanden Buckle, Brandon Tan, Emmitt Morris 

High School Sports Awards Ceremony

Congratulations to our King's Pimpama Sportswoman of the Year 2022 - 16 Years and under - Jalyn South  and Sportsman of the Year 2022 - 16 Years and under -  Mason Mower.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARDS

PREMIERSHIP TEAMS

Year 8 Oztag - Coach: Mr Taylor

Chayse Atkins, Maxim Baruksopulo, Isaac Chen, Nathan Cho, Rafi van Driel, Oliver Elsayed, Bryan Ikizakubuntu, Ben Langridge, Morgan Carter, Cooper Morris, Jim Niu Kayden Parata, Zach Rankin and Zorion Tan

Year 8A Volleyball - Coach: Mrs Sayers

Khara Getigan, Erin Kintakas, Amber Joseph, Ami Jung, Gemma Olmos, Samantha Patch, Poppi Prestwidge and Tandia Seah

Year 10A Volleyball - Coach: Mr Pyne 

Andri Bester, Anika Heng, Taylyn Birch, Deep Shergill, Taylah Caldwell, Neet Shergill, Emily Clark and Emily Xu

Finney - Principal's Cup Winning Celebrations 2022

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Congratulations to Finney for winning the Principal's Cup in 2022.  The Finney students across Prep to Year 10 had fun both on and off campus.  The Prep to Year 2 students enjoyed jumping castles and laser skirmish games on the back oval, Year 3 - 6 had fun at iPLAY at Coomera Westfields Shopping Centre while the High School students had fun at Movieworld.  Thank you Mr Verreynne for our fun events in the last week of school for 2022!  

Go Finney!

Thank you Class Coordinators 2022

Our Primary Class Coordinator Program has been running for a number of years to help build stronger family connections in the classroom. Once again this year, every primary class had a Class Coordinator parent who generously gave of their time and talents to support our school. We sincerely appreciate these incredible volunteers who have played an integral part in helping to foster the caring community we strive for at King's.

2022 Class Coordinators' Celebration Event

As the school year drew to a close, we hosted a special event to thank our amazing group of parents who served our community in 2022 as Class Coordinators. A beautiful tabletop picnic was the theme for this year's thank you to the Class Coordinators, who also received a gift for their service. The marquee was decorated in pretty pink by Mt Tamborine Picnics and a delicious grazing platter was lovingly put together by Foxy's cafe, which is owned by a Pimpama parent.  On behalf of our College and all primary parents, we thank you for your valuable contribution to our community this year!

Expressions of Interest for 2023

We are seeking expressions of interest from any King's Primary parent who would like to become a 2023 Class Coordinator. Once classes are finalised in January 2023, we will be able to confirm these roles and will publish the Class Coordinator lists on the relevant private King's Facebook groups. If you are interested, please complete the form below ( a copy of the Class Coordinators 2023 Handbook is included in the survey form): 

Enchanted Narnia Chair Tells a Fine Tale

Nurse Sue Robertson has a love for up-cycling old vintage or unusual chairs into works of art.  One of her latest projects can be viewed in the Junior Library.  The affectionately loved chair has been called the Narnia Chair due to the exquisite fabrics that Sue found after many years. 

“I’ve always wanted to create a Narnia-themed chair and finding the fabrics has taken me years.  When I started recycling the chair, I knew in an instant I had to turn it into a “King’s Kid Chair”, and so I decided to gift it to the Primary school after I had it professionally upholstered,” said Nurse Sue.

Unlike the Silver Chair in the fourth Chronicle of Narnia, we believe this Narnia Chair will whisk those who love reading into a new world of imagination and develop curiosity while forging a love of learning.

The fabrics used in the upholstery are kid-friendly, and Nurse Sue hopes the chair will bring much-love pleasure to all our students, and teachers, both now and in the future, who instil the love of reading into your King’s Kid!

Thank you Nurse Sue for your generosity and gifting, both in and out of the clinic.

Pimpama Vacation Care Bookings Now Open

King's Outside School Hours Care (KOSHC) are now taking Vacation Care bookings for the upcoming Christmas school holidays. KOSHC is run from their centre near the King's Church auditorium and they have another exciting program coming up including a silent disco day, Christmas-themed activities, excursions to Reboundland, the movies, Core climbing and Tropical Fruit World... and so much more! See the full program via the button below.

Pimpama KOSHC

For further information, please contact KOSHC:

T: (07) 5593 4233  E: pimpama@koshc.net.au W: koshc.net.au

Blessings this Christmas

Thank you King's families for another successful year of learning together and all of your support as we welcomed back many of our favourite College events and activities to the school calendar. It was exciting to end the school year on a high with many award nights and celebrations, Year 6 Graduation, our Noah's Ark Wriggly Nativity, our exceptional NAPLAN results and many more success stories from across our school. We wish every King's family a happy, healthy and refreshing Christmas holiday break as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.