Mid North Christian College

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

Memory Verse

TERM 4 DIARY DATES

Week 8

Mon 4th–

Fri 8th

Yr 11s start year 12

Year 10 Exams

Thurs 7th Primary Performance

4:30pm & 7:00pm

Fri 8th Yr 11s last day

Week 9

Wed

13th

Yr 6 Graduation

Thurs

14th

LAST DAY OF

SCHOOL

Dismissal time 3:05

Awards Ceremony

9:00am room 9/10

TERM 1 2018

Tues

23rd-

Wed 24th

Book Days–

Information letter

to come

Week 1

Mon 29th FIRST DAY OF

SCHOOL

Chapel TERM 4

Week 8 Friday 8th December

Junior– Yr 6– Mrs Greenbank

Room: 9/10 at 9.05am

Senior– Yr 7– Mr Greenbank

Room: 9/10 at 10.25am

Week 9 Friday 15th December

Yr F-12 – Awards Ceremony

Room: 9/10 at 9.00am

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Week 8 Term 4 Thursday 7th December

2017

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200 Nights of Reading Lunch

On Monday the students who completed 200 nights

of reading had a special lunch of pizza, cupcakes

and juice with Mr Paterson. Congratulations to these

students for their great achievement and many

thanks to their parents for helping them reach

this milestone. Also thanks to Mrs Robyn

Nieass for helping organise the lunch.

From the Principal

Dear Families,

As the year draws to a close, it is good to remember that we are first and

foremost about educational partnership and strong relationships.

We have worked through a number of issues this week where individuals or

groups picked up on certain parts of an account of events, and then spread

them around further.

The most important thing to ensure, whenever there is a complaint or a

grievance, that we know to first go to the source of offence and seek to work it

out before it becomes a story that spreads and grows in the re-telling.

When we hear of things which are not going well, we first check the sources and

confirm that the versions are correct. And maybe I need to point out, unless we

do hear about issues, we cannot support any resolution.

Then we seek to mediate fairly between the persons who are experiencing

tension, and prepare them to enter a resolution stage.

Vision Newsletter

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Mid North Christian College Notices

Finally, we support each to understand where things went wrong, and to make an apology and/or offer

forgiveness. If necessary, consequences may apply.

These principles are found in all our policies and procedures that deal with grievances. The chart that we use

with students is found on our website at http://www.midnorthcc.sa.edu.au/wellbeing

The thing that is toxic to healthy restoration is gossip, especially that which is accelerated by instant forms of

communication and social media. Gossip tends to distort truth and polarise views. It also opens up what often

can be dealt with in a few minutes, to become days and weeks of offense, stress and anxiety.

In all things where there is believed to be offense taken, please seek to resolve matters quickly, and with a

small circle of supports.

Life is too short to become a hostage to unforgiveness.

Christmas is a good time to celebrate and remember the kindness of our Saviour Jesus; and the importance of

love, forgiveness, and gift giving.

Your Servant

Matt Paterson

UNIFORM SAMPLES FOR 2018

Samples of the new uniform are available for viewing in the Front Office.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast runs from 8.00am to 8.35am Wednesdays in the Home Economics area. Warm toast is available

and a variety of cereals as well as hot milo.

Thanks for your generosity! We are nearly ready to

start packing boxes. What we now need are:

Some small Christmas treats of the eating kind to

include in the boxes and small gifts for children

Empty shoe boxes to wrap

Wrapping paper and ribbon

Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what

you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Congratulations to the F-5 classes for winning a ribbon

for their Christmas tree which was on display at the

Annual Christmas Tree Festival. Well done children!

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Forever reader – read 200 books

Daniel Leak - Yr 5

Awesome Readers – read 160 books

Edward Madimbu – Yr 4

Colossal Reader – read 120 books

Macey Miller – Yr 2

Mega Reader – read 100 books

Nimitha Jayasinghe – Yr 4

Mighty Readers – Read 75 books

Skye Voumard – Yr 2

Krystal Voumard – F

Olivia Caputo – Yr 4

Hayden Farinola – Yr 4

Seth Marks – Yr 5

Stupendous Reader – Read 40 books

Oneli Jayasinghe – Yr 1

Hex Wilson-Maynard – F

Filip Cocea – Yr 3

Luke Smith – Yr 3

Chloe Unger – Yr 2

Amber Howe – Yr 2

Super Reader – Read 24 books

Lilah Miller – F

Matilda Lane – Yr 2

Amber Howe – Yr 2

Xavier Joy – Yr 2

Myah Fitzgerald – Yr 2

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December App Reviews iTunes U

iTunes U is part of the Apple iTunes program and hosts over 750,000 educational courses hosted from universities, museums and public media

organisations which are primarily free to use. Courses may include a range of books, audio and video lectures, and text files which can be viewed

on the device or downloaded to use at a later time. iTunes U is a great educational app for people of all ages to utilise.

Rating: Recommended

Kudos

Kudos is a photo sharing app designed for young children. An adult's email address is required to create and approve an account before child can

upload their own images to the platform however, pending account approval, children can view images from other accounts. Children are able to

add friends and join interest groups which post relevant images, children can post reaction emojis and comment on images. When a child posts a

photo, the system emails the parent about this and allows the parent to remove the image if they wish to. The app does have its own moderating

and any mature content is removed as soon as possible.

Rating: Recommended

Popular Betting Apps

Ladbrokes, SportsBet, TAB, William Hill, CrownBet, Bet365, Luxbet

These are betting apps that Cyber Experts and Family Zone both identify as unsafe for children to use. Betting apps are used to gamble real mon-

ey on sporting activities which is illegal for people under the age of 18 to partake in. We highly suggest remove any gambling or betting apps off a

child's device.

Rating: Hazard

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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Noah’s Ark Float

Thanks to all the Mid North

Christian College students and

parents who participated in the

Port Pirie Christmas Pageant last

Saturday. A special thanks to Mr

and Mrs Ingle for their assistance

on the night.

Last Saturday a number

of our primary students

participated in the Pt

Pirie Christmas Pageant.

Well done everyone for

their excellent effort!

Disclaimer: The College is not responsible for Community

events advertised in this Newsletter.

Community Notices

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Uniform Shop Hours: Tuesdays 8.30am to 11.45am and Wednesdays 1.45pm to 4pm

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YR 7-12

PIANO/KEYBOARD MUSIC LESSONS Anne Hansen (Bachelor of Music & Diploma of

Education) is offering private half-hour piano &

keyboard lessons here at Mid North Christian College.

For more information contact Anne on 0429 866 242 or

8636 2231

FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENT

This year we had a very successful exchange visit from

Louis in Yr 10.

He stayed with the Howe family and it was a very bene-

ficial time for all of them.

The same organisation, Students of the World, are offer-

ing another round of exchange students. The next ones

are due in Term 2, 2018 for about 11 weeks.

If you are interested to find out more, please inquire at

the Office.