Chairo Christian School! Influenced by This Man
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Thursday 15 March 2018 Will and Joy helping deliver Meals on Wheels in Leongatha. Dates to Remember March Thursday 15 P&F Meeting, 7.30 pm in Staff Room Monday 19 Week 8B Tuesday 20 Secondary P/T Interviews Wednesday 21 Prep Information Evening Thursday 22 Years 3–6 and Secondary Athletics Carnivals Monday 26 Week 9A Chairo Tuesday 27 Campus Assembly (run by Year 8) Thursday 29 Last Day of Term 1 (2.00 pm finish) • café• April in the Wednesday 18 Week 1B Term 2 Begins chapel Friday 20 Years 7 & 10 Immunisations Monday 23 School Photos Tuesday mornings Wednesday 25 Anzac Day (Student Free) 8.30–10.30 am Thursday 26 Come and Try Prep A free cuppa time; Chairo Community’s place to get connected Toy corner for little people Whole School News What remarkable insight and foresight Dr Fowler Stuart Fowler: Friend and Prophet showed. The ‘dangers’ that he identified, nearly What an encouragement it has been to hear responses four years before Chairo even commenced, remain to my previous newsletter article about Stuart matters that we must be vigilant in understanding and Fowler. It is humbling to talk to people still associated addressing. Praise God for sending Stuart Fowler as a with our school community who met and were friend and prophet to us at Chairo Christian School! influenced by this man. Simon Matthews, Executive Principal This week, I am pleased to be able to continue the story of the founding of our school—a foundation that Sibling Enrolments was strongly shaped by this giant of Christian education If you have younger children that you would like to enrol in Australia and across the world. Again, I am able to to commence at Chairo in 2019, 2020 or 2021—whether quote from our archives: for Kindergarten, Prep or other year levels—please Having already held the first AGM and five committee contact Tina Lewis on 5625 4600 (Drouin East and meetings, the Association then held its first public meeting Drouin), Elise Groenewaldt on 5942 5632 (Pakenham), on 2 December 1978. Twenty people attended. Once again, Wendy Nyhuis on 5662 4355 (Leongatha) or Tonya Rev Stuart Fowler was the guest speaker. After reporting on Russell on 5173 0500 (Traralgon), or send an email the progress of Christian Parent Controlled Schools in general, to [email protected]. he launched into a stern warning about the dangers that may lie ahead for the association. Drouin Uniform Shop Holidays Hours Referring to the story of the twelve spies that went into the The opening days and times for the uniform shop at the promised land on behalf of the children of Israel (Numbers 13 Drouin Campus during the school holidays and first and 14), he threw out a challenge: ‘If you are not going week of next term will be as follows. into this venture with convinced hearts, you could be in serious danger!’ April Rev Fowler then went on to list five dangers that the Thursday 5 9.00 am – 4.00 pm proposed school could face. In the context of the history Friday 6 9.00 am – 4.00 pm of Chairo, his words can be seen as both constructive and Wednesday 11 9.00 am – 4.00 pm prophetic. God was pouring His wisdom into the hearts of men Thursday 12 9.00 am – 4.00 pm and women, preparing them for the task that lay ahead. Friday 13 9.00 am – 4.00 pm • Tokenism. The Word of God must always be at the very Monday 16 9.00 am – 4.00 pm heart of the day-to-day activities of the school. It would be Tuesday 17 9.00 am – 3.00 pm all too easy to let the standards slip until all that remained Thursday 19 8.30 am – 5.00 pm was a token respect for God and His Word. Then the school Friday 20 8.30 am – 12.30 pm would be Christian in name only. • Monasticism. This is the desire to shut out everything Term 2 Uniform evil and create a sheltered environment far removed from Students will commence wearing winter uniform in reality. In fact, the Christian school must equip its students Term 2, although there will be a three-week period at to face the world. the start of term when they may wear either summer or • Triumphalism. This is the tendency towards apathy winter uniform depending on weather conditions. that sometimes afflicts organisations when they have achieved some degree of success. The subtle attitude of ‘we can do anything we like!’ undermines their faith and Careers at Chairo dependence in God. Current Vacancies: • Reactionism. It is easy to react to the evils that we see in VCE History and English Teacher (Pakenham) other schools. But ‘building in’ reaction is actually basing chairo.vic.edu.au/careers decisions on the wrong thing and allowing evil to shape the school rather than the Word of God. • Frustration. We start out with great enthusiasm and make some early progress but then things begin to go wrong. There comes a testing of our faith. Rev Fowler said, ‘We need to be aware of the giants but not overawed by them’. New Staff Q&A: Amy Wallace Who would you most like to swap places with for a day? With so many new staff members across the school, we I would like to be a snowboard instructor in Canada … plan to include some information about one or two from but only for a day as I know I would struggle with the different campuses in newsletters each fortnight. On this cold for any longer than that! occasion, we’d like to introduce Amy Wallace. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be and why? What is your role at Chairo? If I was a crayon, I’d be any colour that is bright to My role at Chairo is working at Reception at the cheer people up. Drouin East Campus. Who inspires you? What do you love about working at Chairo? People who inspire me are those who have overcome I love that we are all working here to achieve the same certain challenges in life, and display a true goal of providing Christ-centered education for the understanding of Christ as their life. next generation. No Jab, No Play What were you doing before coming to Chairo? Amendments for the No Jab No Play legislation were Before starting at Chairo, I was working for Sam Riley recently passed by Parliament. These tighten the Swim Schools in Brisbane as the Customer Service requirements for parents/guardians and services in Manager and Swim Instructor. relation to immunisations records. In order to have an enrolment confirmed in any What is something that not a lot of people Kindergarten, children are now required to be fully know about you? immunised. Parents/guardians are required to provide Something that not a lot of people know about me is that a copy of their Immunisation History Statement, which I love American country music and play the violin. must show that their child: • is up-to-date with vaccinations for their age OR What are you passionate about? • is on a recognised vaccine catch-up schedule OR I’m passionate about living a simple and content life, • has a medical condition preventing them from being taking joy in the small things of life, and sharing the fully vaccinated. truth of the contentment we can have in Christ. From 28 February 2018, an Immunisation History Statement from the AIR (Australian Immunisation Register) Where is your favourite place to visit (and who with)? will be the only documentation accepted for the purpose I would love to go back to Texas and visit the Bible of confirming a child’s Kinder enrolment. Documents college where my husband James and I studied. produced by GPs or other immunisation providers will no longer be acceptable as proof of immunisation. What’s the best meal you’ve ever had? In addition, as a child’s immunisations are updated, The best meal I ever had was the all you can eat buffet parents/guardians will need to provide an updated breakfast that I had at a Fiji resort. Immunisation History Statement to the Kinder. Parents/ guardians can print a copy of their child’s Immunisation History Statement from their myGov account, or can obtain a copy by calling the AIR on 1800 653 809 or by visiting a Medicare or Centrelink office. Parents/guardians who have had their child’s enrolment confirmed already do not need to provide a new form of documentation. However, as a child’s immunisation status changes, an updated Immunisation History Statement is required. Leongatha News News From Anthony Secondary Parent Teacher Interviews Last week, our Executive Principal, Simon Matthews, and Interviews for secondary students will be held on each of the Principals (Judy Linossier from Drouin, Pete Tuesday 20 March from 4.00–9.00 pm. If you require Wells from Pakenham, Keryn de Bruyn from Traralgon help to book your times, please contact Reception. and myself) attended the CEN (Christian Education National) Executives Conference in Hobart. Following are some of my post-conference reflections. Campus Assembly Firstly, we are so blessed to be part of a national Our next whole campus assembly will be Tuesday 27 movement of 60-plus Christian schools that are found March at 9.20 am in Pioneers Hall. This time, our assembly all around Australia. I was very encouraged at the will be hosted by Mr Noble and the Year 8 class.