Twenty-four high school students from Years 9-11 were chosen to travel to St George over the first weekend of the Easter holidays. The team arrived at school at 8:00 am to have breakfast before everyone boarded the bus for a wonderful mission trip. Mr Verreynne and Mrs Hamilton kindly prayed for us before we left on our journey.
On the bus, the students played games, blasted music through the speaker and just had a great time. After a full day of travelling, they arrived in St George at 5:30 pm.
On the first night, Mrs Colloty shared an amazing word about Prophecy. Each morning on the trip the team started their day with devotions. On the first official day in St George, a small group of students served breakfast to a local school. The team also got busy and cleaned the community homes and helped around with mowing and gardening.
At the end of the first day, the King's Pimpama students hosted Wildfire - a youth event - with the St George youth over the course of the trip. The students enjoyed meeting, getting to know and talking to the kids from the region. Lani Grieve shared a poignant message entitled "The Thief"
Our students helped out at a farm with cleaning and weeding as part of their service.
"The farm had adorable 3-month-old puppies. They were so cute and we loved having them around," said Kate Duckworth, Year 9 student.
After cleaning up the farm, the team stopped at a local cotton farm and took some group photos and learned about the fields.
On the second night of Wildfire, Dylan Grieve spoke an amazing word, "Marked by Encounter".
On day four, the team had church in the morning which was assisted by six servant-hearted Year 11 students, while the rest were preaching in the kid's church. After church, our students helped clean up more houses, followed by an afternoon of fun and a swim in a local river. Our King's teaching staff - Mrs Francis, Mr Francis and Miss Soper - all spoke a touching word at the St George King's Church at the evening service. After the service, the students wrote letters to one another to inspire each other and played games.
"It was such an awesome night connecting with one another," said Kate.
The team departed from St George at 9:00 am and after a day's journey by bus arrived back at King's Pimpama at 5.00 pm excited to see their parents.
The students all agreed that going on the mission trip is an amazing opportunity to reflect and to be inspired by the hard-working spirit that builds them up to serve. "If you get this opportunity in the future, you should take it," said all the 2023 St George Missions Trip team.
During Term 1 of STEM in High School, the Year 9s were given the opportunity to make rockets that would later be launched as part of their curriculum.
"Before being able to launch it, the class needed to complete a range of safety precautions and folios that were needed to be completed as part of the learning," said Mr James Coles, High School STEM teacher.
"This all led to the design of the rocket and the construction of it."
In groups, the students downloaded the files and had to 3D-print the parts needed (fins, nose cone and pocketlab holder) to create a rocket that could hopefully fly successfully.
In Week 1 of Term 2, the students were able to test their rockets to see whose would fly the furthest. The rocket launching exercise led to some successes, while others had some extremely funny 'fails'.
For some groups the rockets exceeded expectations and went really far, some broke on impact, and some didn’t fly at all, which made the students rethink their designs and engineering skills for future lessons. It was a great experience and the Year 9s had a lot of fun participating in this STEM class.
In Term 2 the Year 11 Physical Education Class is getting golf lessons as part of the curriculum options. The girls and boys have been practising their 'swing', learning to putt and getting chipping lessons with coach Warren Sinclair on campus. The students are enjoying the opportunity to learn new skills and build their confidence by learning a new sport that they can enjoy playing with their mates and even later in life in the corporate world.
On Wednesday, April 19, the high school Performing and Creative Art subjects were fortunate enough to take 35 students to watch the musical which is taking the world by storm, Hamilton. We travelled to Southbank together by bus and had dinner before we were able to take our seats and immerse ourselves in the breathtaking and fast-paced historical masterpiece. We are so fortunate that as a school we get to partake in excursions like this, which only enrich our students and immerse them in culture. Watching live theatre opens our students up to experiencing different perspectives that they may not be aware of or contemplated. Theatre’s way of exploring and expressing dialogue, monologue and character allows an audience to view situations and perspectives with empathy. Understanding and viewing theatre helps us understand what it means to be human and live the human experience.
King's Pimpama students are performing 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory; The New Musical' in Term 3. Save the Dates for the performance nights:
King's Pimpama High School students in Years 9 to 11 are invited to attend the King's Career Festival on Wednesday 24 May in the Reedy Creek Auditorium from 5:30 -7:30 pm. Subject selection information sessions will be taking place at the event. Gold Coast's leading tertiary educators will be participating. To register, scan the QR code at the bottom of the flyer.
PLEASE NOTE: King's Pimpama Year 10 and 11 students will also be attending the Study Gold Coast Careers festival on 1 June as part of their Set for Success course which helps them with their career choices. King's Pimpama students' subject selection will be taking place later in the term and not at the Reedy event. Further information will be shared with parents via Compass.
You may have noticed the King's Table Cafe had a soft opening at the beginning of Term 2 on our campus. The cafe serves tasty coffee and delightful hot and cold food between the hours of 7:30 and 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday. The cafe also serves the church community on Sunday.
Manager, Janet Oliveira, said the official launch of the Cafe will be taking place on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023. Pop in between 7.30 am and 9.30 am to receive a free small coffee and slice of cake.
We hope you can pop in for a cuppa after drop-off or before pick-up.
We invite our Mothers to join us on Friday 12 May for our Mother's Day celebration morning. Click below to see the Primary School invitation and please look out for more details on Compass.
Our P&F also have a complimentary treat for all our Mothers.
The Noah's Ark Mother's Day event will take place from 2 -3 pm on 12 May. Click on the invitation below for the details.
Primary School Mother's Day Invitation Noah's Ark Mother's Day Invitation
This year the 'Resilient Kids Conference' will be local and live!
Australia's top experts come together for a one-day event to share current issues affecting our kids. This is an excellent opportunity to learn from the best, gain a deeper understanding of cutting-edge issues and apply new and practical strategies that will help grow healthy families.
Every time we say 'yes' to something, we say 'no' to something else! However, investing in your family is something to say 'Yes' to. Below you will find this year's experts and the topics they will share.
Don't miss out on this opportunity; book your tickets today! Just click on the following link to find specific details on this event, including times and prices.
Resilient Kid's Conference booking form via Compass
