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FAITH LUTHERAN COLLEGE, REDLANDS“Faith in Christ... prepared for life”

PRINCIPAL: Shane Altmann Dip. Teach, Grad. Dip. Th.Ed., M.Ed., ACEL, MACE

A College of the Lutheran Church of Australia

Junior School: 132 Link Road, Victoria Point Qld 4165 Ph: (07) 3820 5200 Fax: (07) 3820 5225Middle / Senior School: 1 - 15 Beveridge Road, Thornlands Qld 4164 Ph: (07) 3820 5500 Fax: (07) 3820 5511

Postal Address: PO Box 5400, Victoria Point Qld 4165www.faithlutheran.qld.edu.au

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7 The Lord of LightI love Christmas. Who doesn’t? The shops fill up with decorations, children start distributing candy canes to each other at school, the Christmas tree goes up and of course you start catching up with neighbours for Christmas parties.

When we were kids mum and dad didn’t have a lot of money. They were both hard workers, wage earners with a mortgage and not a lot of spare cash. They used to use Christmas and birthdays as a reason to get us new clothes. Along with a couple of presents at Christmas time we would always get a pile of new clothes. Swimmers, shorts, shirts … basically a whole summer wardrobe. Our cousins would always tease us on Christmas morning at church, ‘Ah, here are the Altmanns in their new clothes!’ because we used to dress up in our latest gear and off to church we would go. We were so proud.

After church of course was the family Christmas lunch, we were cold-lunchers at Christmas, other families were hot-lunchers. We did ham and turkey and salad at our place when family came around, when it was our cousin’s turn they did a baked dinner with all the trimmings. But we both did trifle, and lots of it.

One of the lovely things that has really developed since I was a child is the way that people decorate their homes with Christmas lights these days. Years ago we just had lights on our Christmas trees, if you were lucky you had flashing ones but mostly they were simple coloured lights. When you drive around the suburbs these days the amounts of amazing Christmas displays you see is mind boggling, it is really one of the things that I love about this time of year.

You may not know it but Martin Luther is credited as being the person who first decorated Christmas trees with lights. Legend has it that he was walking home one evening and noticed the snow and icicles on the fir trees glistening in the moonlight and starlight. In those days people used the fir tree as a Christmas symbol but not usually indoors and not usually decorated. Moved by the delicate winter scene, Luther went home that evening, cut down a fir tree, brought it into his home and placed lighted candles in the branches. He maintained that decorating and lighting the Christmas tree served as a reminder that Jesus is the light of the world and he thus began an amazing tradition that even now is repeated each Christmas in the beautifully lit suburbs of our own city.

I suppose in this final newsletter of the year I would urge our families to let your light shine this Christmas. Each year though we may not know it we build special Christmas memories for our children, we each have our own special traditions I am sure but lighting the tree is pretty common to all. As you decorate your tree this year take a moment to consider just how special it is that across the globe people just like us are doing the same thing. Together we are remembering and celebrating that most wonderful gift of a light, shining in the darkness, the baby Jesus.

Thank you for your continued support of our college this year, it has been another full and rewarding experience for us all. As you let your light shine this year I pray that you remember our great God of love who came to us as a helpless baby in order that we may be his own. May the Lord of Light shine on you this Christmas.

Shane AltmannPrincipal

SECONDARY SCHOOL THIS WEEK OUR STUDENTS IN YEARS 7 – 9 ARE ENGAGING IN A RANGE OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES:• The STEAM Symposium for all Year 7-9 students on Tuesday is an opportunity to display the range of

innovative results of work this semester.• Year 8 Science classes are using their knowledge of energy transfers and transformations, conduction,

convection and radiation to design, construct and test model houses, which will form the centre of an investigation into energy efficiency in Australian homes.

• Year 8 Maths are recording and analysing the data from above to test their theories.• Other Maths classes are utilising a variety of electronics kits to further work with numbers and

calculations.• Music classes have been preparing for performance this week.• Year 9 Binga returnees have been involved in a de-brief session.

Please take the opportunity to talk with your children about their work this week.

END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS Thank you to our Faith community for joining us to recognize and celebrate the learning journey of our Year 12 students and a year of academic, cultural, service and loyalty and sporting achievements by our Senior School students.

We are very proud of the contribution that our Year 12 students have made to our Senior School and College through the way they have worked hard, looked after each other and modelled the values of our College. We acknowledge and thank our dedicated and professional staff team across the College that has nurtured values and lifelong learning from Prep to Year 12, for so many of our students, to prepare them for life. In particular, we thank our parents for their ongoing support and partnership as we have worked together throughout the journey of our Year 12 students.

Congratulations to the whole Faith community for their commitment to the young men and women in their care.

Congratulations to the following Senior School students who received awards at the Year 12 Valedictory Worship:

SENIOR SCHOOL – GOLD MEDAL AWARDS 2017ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTGeorgia Bird

CULTURALAnnabelle Cormack, Olivia Cormack, Cameron Greenaway, Sophie Irvin

SERVICE AND LOYALTYOlivia Cormack, Madeline Eckert, Sophie Irvin, Claudia Ould, Amelia-Jane Stephenson

SPORTClaudia Ould

YEAR 12 FIRST IN SUBJECT AWARDS 2017Jaymee Gilbert – Biology, Nicholas Morrison – Chemistry, Alice Schulz – English, Lucy-Rose Nicholson – English Communication, Anke van der Merwe – Furnishing Skills, Max Wilkinson – Geography, Georgia Bird – Graphics, Bridget Smith – Home Economics, Harrison Cook – Information Technology Systems, Miya Tsurushima – Japanese, Michael Malouf – Music Extension, Jessica Wilkins – Physical Education, Georgia Howard – Prevocational Mathematics, Claudia Ould – Technology Studies, Caitlin Edwards – Visual Art, Natalie Jones – Modern History and Music, Joshua Lunt – Drama and Visual Arts in Practice, Madeline Eckert – Legal Studies, Mathematics A and Science 21, Rachel Lewin – Business Communication and Technologies, Physical Education and Religion and Ethics, Brianna Lacey – Mathematics B, Mathematics C and Physics.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AWARD OF DISTINCTIONCertificate III Business – Samual NashCertificate II Hospitality – Anke van der MerweCertificate III Fitness – Jevin Sherwood and Britney Lau

SERVICE AND LOYALTY AWARDJoshua Lunt and Claudia Ould

CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AWARDSophie Irvin

AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE LONG TAN LEADERSHIP AWARDYear 12 – Amelia-Jane Stephenson

FEMALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEARClaudia Ould

SENIOR SCHOOL HAUSER CUP 2017Macleay House

2017 DUX AWARDBrianna Lacey

GAVIN BUHSE MEDAL FOR CONTINUOUS ENROLMENTNathan Annand, Georgia Bird, Blake Cantrill, Annabelle Cormack, Olivia Cormack, Bailey Flowers, Jack Franks, Jaymee Gilbert, Christian Howard, Georgia Howard, Holly Howard, Sophie Irvin, Liam Johnstone, Natalie Jones, Maddison Koplick, Lachlan Mahaffey, Lucy-Rose Nicholson, Jacob Schmidt, Amelia-Jane Stephenson, Taylah Watson, Jessica Wilkins.

YEAR 12 AWARDS OF DISTINCTION FOR SEMESTER 2Georgia Bird – Academic, Annabelle Cormack – Cultural, Olivia Cormack, Cultural, Service and Loyalty, Madeline Eckert – Service and Loyalty, Jack Franks – Sport, Cameron Greenaway – Cultural, Georgia Howard – Sport, Sophie Irvin – Cultural, Service and Loyalty, Soane Make – Sport, Michael Malouf – Sport, Nicholas Morrison – Academic, Claudia Ould – Service and Loyalty, Sport, Anthony Panayi – Sport, Amelia-Jane Stephenson – Service and Loyalty.

Yours in faithGarth Hunt

Acting Head of Secondary School

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Vacation Care begins THIS FRIDAY! If you haven't already, get your bookings in now. Although, you may be too late.... Use our app to book, the link below or grab a paper copy at the service.

https://faithoshc.wufoo.eu/forms/faith-oshc-decemberjanuary-holidays-201718/

If you are attending Vacation Care, please familiarise yourself with the Parent Letter. This document contains everything you need to know about Vacation Care - what to bring, what time you need to be where. You can view the Parent Letter on the link below:

https://www.faithlutheran.qld.edu.au/assets/documents/2018/sohc/December-January-Parent-Letter.pdf

Just a reminder that accounts need to be settled before Friday, 1 December, 2017. If it is more convenient, please talk to Simon about organising a payment plan. Accounts that have not been paid and have no plan in place may have care limited over the holidays and in 2018.

OUTSIDE SCHOOLS HOURS CARE

2018 POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY – each Year 5 student has been awarded a position of responsibility and leadership for their time in Year 6 next year. This process has been underway for most of this term and we thank the students for their mature and responsible approach. We certainly look forward to working with these children as our leaders in the Junior School next year. Early in Term 1 we will hold a badge presentation assembly where we will formally induct these children into their roles for the year.

2018 CLASSES – a letter will be sent to all students next week with their class and class teacher for 2018. Please note that it is not possible to change classes. Our staff have spent a large amount of time working on getting the best classes in place for 2018 and we look forward to exciting times ahead. CONGRATULATIONS – Max Boultbee recently competed against 95 other students to gain selection to compete at the States for All Schools Triathlon. Well done Max and we can’t wait to hear how you go in the next stage of competition.

FAREWELL – Mrs Jenner and Mrs Lees. Our College will always carry you with us in all that we do. We give thanks for your incredible heart for God and for Faith. Thank you for always putting your students first and making sure you made a difference to their lives. We wish you every blessing as you begin these exciting new chapters in your lives.

THANK YOU – we would like to take this opportunity to thank each member of our college community for your support and partnership this year. We look forward to an exciting year in 2018, building on the amazing progress we have made this year to make your child’s learning at Faith the absolute best it can be! May God Bless you all this Christmas season.

Blessings

Eloise Beveridge Head of Junior School

Greg Tagney Deputy Head of Junior School

Mrs LeesMrs Jenner

JUNIOR SCHOOL CLASS AWARDSPN Scarlet Goodwin, Tyler Johnson 3G Molly Mackenzie, Coby Lucas, Lucas Bird,

Rachelle WhitePW Noah Quin, Riley Shreeve 4N Nicholas Koperberg, Jaida Walton, Daniel

Altmann, Matthew WilsonPG Maci Kruger, Xiang Gao, William Eade 4W Lauren Dundon, Hayden Kugler, Rainer Young,

Victoria Knijff, Luca Given, Grace Hagley1N Trinity Crooks, Charlie Hutchings, Keiran

Drohan, Audrey Dodd, Hunter Kluck4G Emmanuel Quin, Tija Kins, Caelan Fairbrother,

Jaxon Watt, Michael Sumer, Liam Bezuidenhout1W Billie Werninghaus, Charlie Brengman-Harvey,

Annika Mullens, Hunter McEwan, Lily Kenny5N Brady Camp, Madeline Lobsey, Lachlan Gall,

Katelyn White1G Maggi Wright-Martin, Micah Thomas, Grace

Vladusic, Mikayla Walker5W Hannah Russell, Alex Wong, Callum Goldfinch,

Matthew Hammond, Nicola Maher2N Gabrielle Milner, Hudson Bastow, Gibson

Gardner, Mishca Loubser, Jaxon Kruger, Sophie Grant, Liam Clenaghan, Daina Walton

5G Ally McIntosh, Hannah Lennon, Chloe Rietberg, Storm Lees

2W Danielle Davidson, Samuel Newland, Paige Jocumsen, Harry Chase

6N Nikita Van Heerden, Damon Camp, Max Boultbee, Chloe Friis

2G Charlotte Lavery, Hayden Cadman, Whole of 2G Class

6W William McAra, Charlize Powell, Katie Jensen, Charlotte Kidgell

3N Malachi Thomas, Emelia Hore, Jakob Pitt 6G Leo Sutton, Nicholas Boldt, Bradeck Barr, Katelyn O’Brien

3W Lila Cooper, Oliver Thiganoff, Bailey Clenaghan, Tia Richards, Samuel McIntosh, Leni Mila

JUNIOR SCHOOL 5C AWARDSCARE Mathilde Ross (1N), Riley Kay (1N), Anna Hage (1W), Lachlan Hudd (2N), Jordin

Clinckett (2N), Leah Underwood (2N), Kai Grant (3N), Emily McAra (4N), Tia Hore (4N), Sarah Davidson (4N), Jayden Bellamy (4W), Bradon McMillan (4W), Sienna Hill (4G), Natalie Funnell (4G), Jesse Endacott (4G), Koby Harris (5W), Byron Rigby (5G), Marley Coleman (5G), Evan Taylor (5G), Hayden Uhlmann (5G), Daniel Russell (5G)

CONSIDERATION Mischa Harmer (1G), Laurie Brengman-Harvey (1G), Charlotte Lavery (2G), Lillian McBain (3N), Tiahli Rogers (3N), Rachael Hirst (3W), Ava Coleman (3G), Natalie Tonks (4G), Ava Davidson (4G), Teagan O’Neill (4G), Brady Camp (5N)

COMMITMENT Sienna Maloney (1N), Orlando Hennessey (1N), Jesse Jones (1N), Molly Travers (1N), Sophie Grant (2N), Ruby-Rose Rigby (2N), Gabrielle Milner (2N), Amelia Bausch (2N), Austin Coetzee (2N), Lenox Davidson (2N), Christopher Blockley (2N), Daina Walton (2N), Hayley Burchard (2N), Isla Blackett (2N), Macie Daley (2G), Finlay Johnston (3N), Nicholas O’Brien (3W), Teah Hore (4N), Jye Jones (4N), Benji Guy (4N), Cameron Burow (4G), Michael Sumer (4G), Lachlan Gall (5N), Stuart Annand (5N), Ethan Grant (5N), Zachary Bounden (5W), Laylay Govier (5W), Mitchell Burchard (5G), Marley Coleman (5G),

COMMONSENSE Millie Pocock (1G), Mikayla Walker (1G), Olivia Jacobs (4N), Teah Hore (4N), Abby Carty (5N), Madeline Lobsey (5N), Sophia Ross (5N), Mitchell Burchard (5G), Karl Weier (5G), Peter Idriss (5G)

COURTESY Andrew Wilson (PW), Jamie Slattery (PW), Stella Eberhard (1G), Jaxon Kruger (2N), Ethan Savas (2W), Sarah Ladlow (2W), Harry Chase (2W), Ava Saunders (2W), Hayley Dobbie (2G), Levi Haydon (2G), Rachael Hirst (3W), Saxon Kay (4N), Luke Varpins (4G), Cameron Burow (4G), William Thomas (5W), Amy Daff (5G), Evan Taylor (5G)

AWARDS - JUNIOR SCHOOL

Our online Canteen/Quick Cliq will not reopen until Tuesday, 23 January 2018.

The College Shop will reopen for our BACK TO SCHOOL TRADE ON TUESDAY, 9 JANUARY 2018.

Trading Hours:DAY/DATE OPENING TIMESMonday, 8 January CLOSEDTuesday, 9 January 9:00am - 2:00pmWednesday, 10 January 11:00am - 4:00pmThursday, 11 January 9:00am - 2:00pmFriday, 12 January 9:00am - 2:00pmMonday, 15 January 11:00am - 4:00pmTuesday, 16 January 11:00am - 4:00pmWednesday, 17 January CLOSEDThursday, 18 January 9:00am - 2:00pmFriday, 19 January 9:00am - 2:00pm

Monday, 22 January 2018 the College Shop will be open and will revert back to normal trading hours during that week:

Monday, 22 January 2018 7:45am – 10:00am and 2pm - 4pmTuesday, 23 January 2018 7:45am – 10:00amWednesday, 24 January 2018 7:45am – 10:00amThursday, 25 January 2018 7:45am – 10:00amFriday, 26 January 2018 AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY- CLOSED

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Wednesday, 29 November Secondary School End of Year Awards & Closing Worship: Year 7 - 9Thursday, 30 November Last day of Term 4 : Prep - Year 9 Students Prep Pool and Pizza Party Junior School End of Year Awards and Closing Worship

UPCOMING

Friday, 1 December Pupil Free DayFriday, 8 December Junior and Secondary School Offices closeMonday, 8 January 2018 Business Office, Principal’s Office and Secondary Office opensMonday, 15 January 2018 Junior School Office opensMonday, 22 January Term 1 commences for Year 1 - 12 studentsMonday, 22 January Prep InterviewsTuesday, 23 January Prep Interviews Wednesday, 24 January Prep Students First day of Term 1

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SPORTS NEWSSECONDARY COLLEGE CAMPUSThe first couple of weeks of Term 1 next year will be extremely busy with GBC sport beginning Saturday, 10 February and our Secondary College Swimming Carnival on Thursday, 1 February. Training for all teams will commence during the second week back at school. Training will also be held on Saturday, 3 February. All training sessions will be used to organise A and B teams in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior competitions for Years 7-12 students. Further information will be made available at the beginning of next year.

In 2018 the College will continue with our Sports Uniform incentive to students and families. This incentive is for students who sign on for a GBC sport for Term 1, 2 and 3. Any students who makes this considerable contribution will receive a 50% discount voucher for sports uniforms at the College shop. This is an excellent opportunity for students and families to become more involved and receive some great discounts on our GBC sports uniforms. Please note that families will not be able to make purchases at the College shop using this discount until they have received confirmation from the College.

SECONDARY COLLEGE SWIM CARNIVAL – THURSDAY, 1 FEBRUARYThis carnival is a great way to start the year for our sports program. It provides opportunities for all students to participate whether it is through the fun House activities and/or the competitive events. From our Inter-House carnival, students will be selected to compete and represent the College at the District and GBC carnivals.

Nominations for the College Inter-House Swimming Carnival will also take place during Week 1 and we will be encouraging as many students as possible to dive in, compete and have some fun on this day.

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MUSIC NEWSEXISTING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC STUDENTSStudents already enrolled in instrumental music lessons for 2017 WILL BE required to re-enrol for 2018 due to the changes in Fees, Terms and Conditions. Should you wish to withdraw from the instrumental music program, written notice of withdrawal must be received by the Head of Extra Curricular Music P-12 Jacinta.Altmann@flcr.qld.edu.au.

NEW INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC ENROLMENTS 2018The instrumental music program at Faith is open to students from Year 2 - 12. Enrolment forms for 2018 will be available soon. This document outlines the fee structure, expectations, resources and instrument loan options available to students. Students from Year 2 can begin lessons in piano, percussion, guitar or strings. Voice lessons start from year 3 and Brass and Woodwind instruments from year 4. New next year, students in Year 3 can undertake an introduction to Brass and Woodwind in a group lesson format with our funky P bones, Trumpets and Fifes.

For more information regarding enrolments into Instrumental Music please contact the Head of Extra Curricular Music P-12 Jacinta.Altmann@flcr.qld.edu.au.

Thank you to our students and families for their commitment to instrumental music this year. We wish a restful holiday break and look forward to the exciting events being planned for music in 2018!

PHOTOBOARD...Farewell Year 12’s...

Junior School Commendation Awards