Our first Easter Fest event was a spectacular success thanks to the collective vision, effort and support of King's staff, students and families. HOPE was our 2022 theme woven through Easter Fest, as we reflected on the eternal hope we have in Jesus. It was amazing to be able to come together as a school community, under clear skies, and have The King's Table Forecourt filled with our families, the melodies of live music, the scent of tasty treats and the beautiful backdrop of artwork. Inside the auditorium, our audience enjoyed a stunning showcase of performing art thanks to our student musicians, choralists and dancers, whose dedication and talents culminated in an entertaining program of polished performances. The Prep Centre also provided a lively hub of craft activity and Easter-themed exhibits from our youngest artists. Thank you to all of our King's families who attended Easter Fest and helped us enjoy a wonderful community event together.
EASTER FEST FILM COMPETITION
We held our first student film festival as part of Easter Fest and our judges were very impressed by the quality and standard of entries this year. Thanks to all of our student 'film producers' for showing such creativity and effort, and congratulations to our finalists and winners, whose films were aired at the event.
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 College holds an Easter Service where our Chaplaincy team prepare an incredible live service for all students. This year’s message was on friendship, as King’s Chaplains, Mr Muir and Mr Malcolm shared about their 45-year friendship and the value of having a friend that ‘sticks closer than a brother’ (Proverbs 18:24). Even greater than this, they said, is the perfect friendship that Jesus offers to every person. Knowing us closely and loving us unconditionally, Jesus promises us a life filled with His love, unending companionship and eternal hope. We pray that our school community will enjoy this Easter as you reflect on Jesus and how much He loves you.
Farewelling King's Icon Ps Guy
1 April 2022
Today we bid an emotional farewell to a King’s icon – a remarkable man of God who has shaped the spiritual heart of our College during his 25 years of service as a Lead Chaplain. Ps Guy Ormerod retired from King's on Friday, 1 April, and leaves an eternal legacy. Over a quarter of a century, Ps Guy championed our Mission Trip program and Hillsong Conference trips, transformed our school camp devotions and helped our school flourish from its small beginnings. During our farewell service, Campus Principal, Mr Meyers, reflected on Ps Guy and the way he carries the heart of God in all he does. "His gift of evangelism has seen him continuously outwork The Great Commission and lead many young people into a relationship with Jesus. He embodies Jesus' greatest commandment – 'to love the Lord your God with all your heart… and to love others as yourself' (Matthew 22:37)." With his sacrificial service and genuine love for King’s staff and students, Ps Guy will always be embedded in the foundational fabric of King's. The extended celebrations for our much-loved Chaplain culminated on Friday with a number of tearful ‘send-offs.’ These included a staff breakfast and farewell service, morning tea and an honorary tunnel, where our primary and high school students and staff lined the bridge and showered Ps Guy in hugs, high-fives, posters, cheers, a Haka, and a memorable farewell fitting for a staff member and friend we will never forget.
Easter Art Competition Winners 2022
30 March 2022
As part of this year's Easter Fest celebrations, primary students were invited to submit their works of art into our inaugural Easter Fest Art Competition. It was wonderful to receive so many creative submissions and to see a variety of interpretations for our 2022 theme 'Hope'. We were very blessed to have renowned prophetic painter and illustrator, Lynne Hudson, as one of our judges this year. Lynne took the time to carefully study each piece, before providing words of encouragement to each of the winners. Our second very talented artist and judge, Esther Wienaber, also spent a morning in the art room reviewing the submissions and helping to make the difficult decision of choosing our 2022 Easter Fest Primary Art winners. Congratulations to all of our incredible young artists!
Our High School Honours Assemblies occur twice a year to award Honours Badges to students as we celebrate their extraordinary achievements from the previous semester. On Wednesday this week, we recognised our Year 9 and 10 students' success in the areas of College Enhancement (Performing Arts & community service), Sport and Academics from Semester Two, 2022. Honours Badges were awarded at Teal, Bronze, Silver and Gold level, as determined by the College's Honours Criteria. It was wonderful to see so many achievements across such a breadth of endeavours and to see so many students working hard to achieve their best in their God-given gifts. Congratulations to our recipients on these outstanding achievements!
Thank you parents and family members for attending this event and showing your support.
On Thursday, 24 March, our Year 9 Japanese students went to Donto Sapporo in Bundall to enjoy the flavours of Japanese cuisine as a class excursion. They made us proud when they combined their classroom learning with a real-life experience by ordering drinks and using excellent table manners. On return, some students wrote about their authentic Japanese learning experience:
"During this term, we learned about Japanese dining and cuisine, along with vocabulary to go along with it. This all culminated in an excursion to an authentic Japanese restaurant called Donto Sapporo. At the restaurant, we ate Japanese food such as ramen, karaage and sashimi."
- Jamin Smith
"Donto Sapporo had a large variety of food that all tasted amazing. I had never been to a proper Japanese restaurant so this was a great first experience for me and I will definitely be going there with my family sometime in the future!"
- Sienna Brown
"Going to Donto Sapporo was a cool experience to do as a class. The staff working there were friendly and kind to us. It really gave a traditional Japanese restaurant vibe and I liked how they had many small details which you would find in Japan. Overall it was a really good experience and I am happy that I chose Japanese as one of my electives for this year."
- Adrian Attwell
"The restaurant was very aesthetically pleasing and welcoming. The service was very good and also very fast. The food was amazing and tasted wonderful and they also set it out nicely. We even got to order drinks and speak some Japanese to the waiters... I definitely want to go again!"
- Amelia Nemcansky
Primary
Year 6's Exciting Shark Tank Experience
31 March 2022
Our Year 6 students have been working on a Business Plan this term as part of their PBL Sustainability topic. Students began by exploring the purpose of businesses and the different ways they provide goods and services. Then they investigated an economics or business issue, challenge or event, and were tasked with creating a product or service that would promote sustainability. They wrote a business case with a proposal to commercialise their product and then worked on a 'pitch' for a team of 'venture capitalists.' The students created some fantastic business proposals and the top one from each class presented theirs at the Shark Tank culmination event on Thursday, 31 March. The Year 6 students watched on in anticipation as their peers presented their ideas to the three ‘sharks’ who followed with some challenging questions. Every student presented their ideas clearly and responded to the judges with confidence. Congratulations to our winning entrepreneurs Abi, Maddison, Morgan, and Charlize with their subscription-based website Fun Fitness, targeted at female athletes and promoting exercise, healthy eating and hair products and styles for sport.
Many thanks to our amazing 'sharks' - Mr Tom Wilson, Ms Lucy Batt and Mr Joshua Easton - for giving their time and bringing their business expertise to help select our 2022 winners.
Sport
Student Success at QLD School Swimming Championships
29 March 2022
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The Queensland School Swimming Championships were held in Brisbane last week and our 19 swimmers from King’s represented their school and region with excellence as they swam in all of their selected events. Congratulations to all swimmers for attending at the highest level and swimming their hearts out. It was fantastic to receive so many incredible results, with many personal bests and records broken. Congratulations to our students who medalled and qualified through to Nationals in August:
Danny Baxter Silver - 400 Freestyle Silver - 400 IM Silver -
200 IM Silver - 200 Butterfly
Bronze - 100 Butterfly
Jesse Coleman Gold - Open 100M Butterfly
Brandon Crawford Gold - 50 Free Relay
Jamie Doran Bronze - 200m Freestyle
Bronze - 200m IM
Sebastine Du Preez
Gold - 100m Breaststroke MC
Silver - 50m Breaststroke MC
Maximum Truman Silver- Medley Relay
Bronze - 400m Freestyle
Bronze - 100m Backstroke Bronze - 200m Backstroke
Maya Zunker Gold - 50m Breaststroke 2 x QLD Records(heat and final) + 2 x QLD School State record (heat and final) Gold - 4 x 50m Medley Relay - QLD School State record Gold - 4 x 50m Freestyle relay - QLD School State record Silver - 100m Breaststroke Silver - 200m Breaststroke
Chess
King's Chess Teams Enjoy a Successful Competition
31 March 2022
Last week, King's chess teams attended their first interschool chess tournament of 2022 and enjoyed a very successful start to the year's competition. Primary teams participated last Tuesday, while the High School teams' event was held on Wednesday. King’s Chess Team 2 had an outstanding performance that earned them second place, only half a point behind Somerset. King's Teams 1, 3 and 4 took out third, fourth and fifth respectively - a particularly outstanding outcome by Team 1, who were down a player from the fourth round. Congratulations to Darren Lin and Luka Hart for placing third and second respectively, in the individual section. Darren earned five points for his team, while Luka, our King's Chess Captain, secured 5.5 points to bump our Team 1 into Third place.
In Primary Divisions B and C, King’s Team 6 came out strong with 18 full points and successfully winning First Place! Jackson Burgermeister earned 7 points, and Kian Illiuk and Jayden Taylor earned 6 each, cementing the three-man team to finish First in B division. King's Team 12 also achieved an astonishing 18 points to secure the win in Division C. In the High School competition, Edwin Choi took out First Place - individual tied on countback with 5.5 points - just ahead of Cooper Whitaker also on 5.5. Micah Young and Tristan Smith also showed their skills, helping bring the team to an outstanding 19.5 points - 1.5 points ahead of second place. Well done to all of our High School teams for showing their Chess prowess and taking out the top tournament title. Well done to all our teams for representing King's so well.
General
Join us for King's 2022 P&F Ball
31 March 2022
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.
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 High School students in Term 2.
We also have some other exciting sessions coming up for our King’s parents that we want to let you know about:
Live Parenting Session with Dr Coulson
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."
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.
Our college has an Honour Roll of King's alumni who have joined the Australian armed forces since their graduation. The Honour Roll is read out each year during our school ANZAC Day service in April. Please email Mrs Aya Bakerthe names of any King's alumni who are not on the current Roll below, but are serving or have served in the armed forces, so they can be added and acknowledged during our upcoming ANZAC Day assembly:
King's Honour Roll
Royal Australian Army Dre Baker
Daniel Barrett
Bernard Budiono
Jacob Cooke
Alex Goodwin
Chris Graudins
Jesse Gribben
Mitchell Johnson
Jamie Kahika
William Mellor
Timothy Schrenk-Mariner
Daniel Smith
Sean Thompson
David Ware
Matthew Whiting
Royal Australian Air Force Robert Barker
Brock Bassnett
Jayden Blackman
Liam Donelly
Joshua Oaks
Lloyd Price
James Stamoudis
Rhys Trudgen
Royal Australian Navy Daniel Cooke
Amanda Frape
Bronson Knowles
Travis Knowles
Demi Maher-Smith
Ryan Webb
Library
Our Library Inspires Clever Creations
31 March 2022
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King's library staff encourage all students to engage with our libraries and resources and to share the clever creations they make, inspired by the books they borrow. Over the past term, we had a number of students show their creativity and procedure-following skills to produce a number of marvellous creations. Our librarians in the Senior Library asked for photos of their books and end products and they were very impressed by the recent submissions.
Library Lovers' Week in the Junior Library
22 March 2022
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Library Lovers' Week is a wonderful opportunity for us to celebrate how much we enjoy our Junior Library and how much we love and value our books. In our library lessons, the Prep - Year 3 students talked about why they love the library and what it means to them. Some students added messages of love for our Library on heart shapes, which are on display. As part of Library Lovers Week, the students took part in a colouring-in competition. There were many impressive entries and our eight winners each received a book prize.
Year 3 winners: Haruka Igari & Marbella Jurin
Year 2 winners: Ariana Beveridge & Amy Yang
Year 1 winner: Melody Watts-Perrett
Prep winners: Mackenzie Edwards, Jenson Taylor & Caitlin Alexis
Congratulations to everyone!
Academic
NAPLAN 2024 | Important Information
5 February 2024
WHAT IS NAPLAN?
The National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is designed to provide regular data on student achievement in the areas of literacy and numeracy: essential skills that each child needs to succeed. NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows you to see how your child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard, and compared with their peers throughout Australia. King’s teachers frequently use NAPLAN to provide additional information about student progress and information decisions about differentiation and targeted teaching in the classroom to improve future student outcomes. NAPLAN testing will take place in March this year. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in tests for Reading, Writing, Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar and punctuation), and Numeracy.
PARTICIPATION AND ADJUSTMENTS
At King’s, we expect and encourage all students to participate in NAPLAN testing, and we are pleased with our established tradition of high levels of participation. During the testing window in March, catch-up tests will be offered for students who are absent on test days. Support can be arranged for students with disabilities, particularly if the student regularly accesses similar support for school assessment tasks. Students may also be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer. This is a matter of consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the school, and would require a signed withdrawal form.
If you wish to discuss your Year 7 or 9 child’s participation in NAPLAN, please contact Mrs Stephanie Kozina on skozina@kingscollege.qld.edu.au.
EQUIPMENT
Headphones
Keyboard for ipads (Year 5 & 7)
High School NAPLAN testing will take place between in the morning sessions on the following dates:
Writing: Wednesday, 13 March
Reading: Thursday, 14 March
Conventions of Language: Friday, 15 March
Numeracy: Monday, 18 March
Catch up session: Tuesday, 21 March
Catch up session: Wednesday, 22 March
For more information about NAPLAN testing in Queensland, please click on the links below:
Ailsa Hartley's exceptional character, commitment to our College community, and academic rigour led to her appointment as our 2021 College Captain and to her proudest achievement as Dux of Year 12. Ailsa is now busy studying Paramedicine at Griffith University but she kindly took some time to share her study wisdom and encouraged students to take every opportunity that comes their way:
"How did King's help prepare you for your future career path?"
- They encouraged me to work hard and strive for excellence, as well as nurture me through high school with amazing teachers.
"What was your biggest challenge in Year 12?"
- Burning out towards the end of the year...To overcome it, I made sure I had a healthy balance and dedicated time away from study. But most importantly, I set a goal that I was aiming for and this motivated me to keep working hard.
"Did you find a study group or King’s extra tutoring sessions helpful?"
- I attended lunchtime and after school tutoring for additional assistance when I was struggling with a concept or was seeking further insight from the teachers or past students. This was very beneficial as it solidified my understanding and ensured I was on the right track.
"How did you manage your time well?"
- I STARTED EARLY. I made sure I got on top of my work to avoid the last minute stress.
"How did you manage your sleep, rest, prayer or relaxation time during Year 12?"
- I found a schedule that worked well for me. I am a night owl, so I found I was more productive at night; however, I made sure this didn’t affect my sleep as I created a routine that worked for me. This routine also included room for relaxing and fun, and most importantly prayer. Don’t leave your praying for the morning of an exam!
"How did you prepare for the external end of year exams?"
- Throughout the year I compiled the answers to the learning goals on a big document and this is the material I studied. I also found mind maps very useful for me in the days leading up to each exam. It was just a great way to visualise my knowledge and view it as less daunting.
There are a number of traineeships available and these vacancies are listed on King's Careers site. These change on a weekly basis as new positions become available. Students who cannot find anything that appeals to them will need to source their own employer.
YEAR 12 PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT Thursday, 28 July, 5.30pm | Southern Cross Gold Coast Campus
Southern Cross University is hosting an information night for parents to answer any questions you have about your child starting university next year. They will cover the application process, QTAC, scholarships, university costs, accommodation, and more. Canapes and refreshments included.
Throughout Bond's Open Day, guests will enjoy abundant opportunities to get to know more about the university, hear keynote presentations, take a campus tour, have one-on-one chats with experts, and much more.
UPCOMING INFORMATION SESSION Monday, 25 July | 6pm - 8pm
If you are interested in learning more about the wide range of roles available in the Navy, Army and Air Force, register for this upcoming information session and speak with current serving members to see which Australian Defence Force career is best suited to you. This will be held at their Brisbane Defence Office.
The 'Where to Next' Hub is available on CareersEvent.com, and provides an informative Careers Hub for senior students and their parents. Visit the hub for access to tertiary webinars, upcoming events and the latest news on careers and courses.
Read More From King's Careers
For a full list of events or to register for the King's Careers Newsletter, visit King’s College Careers.
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