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. We love conference by the enthusiasm of all the principals and to see parents, grandparents and friends come along to other school leaders. Christian education is in great share this time with us. P&F invites you to share coffee, shape in Australia, and Chairo benefits hugely from cake and community in the foyer after the assembly. being part of the big CEN family. Similarly, us Leongatha folk are blessed to be part of Earn & Learn Stickers the wider Chairo family. It is a privilege to work closely Look what we scored! It was very exciting to unpack our with the other principals. They are passionate about box of goodies from the 2017 Woolworths Earn & Learn their campuses thriving, but also about the entire Chairo program. Last Friday, Kellie Visser from Leongatha community working together for the benefit of students Woolworths delivered four mBots (programmable robots) and the glory of God. and lots of additional sound, light and touch sensors. This year, many of our Leongatha teachers will These items will make a great addition to the six have the opportunity to spend some time visiting other mBots and six Dash robots that we purchased at the end teachers from Chairo in order to hone their skills and of last year to enhance our Digital Technologies program. improve their teaching craft. Students will use Dash and his mBot friends to develop The theme of the conference was The Elephant in the their programming skills, transferring code on the screen to Room. The presenters spoke about issues that Christian live action in the classroom. From our students and teachers, schools around Australia currently face. These included thank you for all your diligence in collecting those stickers!! the debate about gender identity, legal challenges and Christine Hibma, Deputy Principal religious freedoms. However, my personal highlight was hearing from the principal of Elim Christian College in New Zealand, Murray Burton. You may remember that six students and a teacher from Elim tragically died in a canyoning accident in 2008. It was confronting and humbling to listen to Murray’s honest, nightmarish story that was infused with the hope of the gospel. Finally, I am very thankful for the staff members who did such a great job in my absence. What a fantastic community we have to celebrate and enjoy! Anthony Collier, Principal
Safety on Campus Safety within the school is of utmost importance. Therefore, we would like to remind all members of the school community that the middle driveway is EXIT ONLY (it is clearly marked DO NOT ENTER). Please do not enter the school grounds via this driveway. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. SOAR Winter Uniform SOAR is our extension and enrichment program at All students are required to be in full, correct winter Chairo. Students have five sessions across the term with uniform by the start of the fourth week of Term 2 Allen Dickson, who always provides them with classes (Monday 7 May). All secondary students are required that are engaging, informative and just a little bit ‘out of to wear a tie. Please order your winter uniform the ordinary’. now to avoid any delays, and contact Wendy for a fitting if needed.
Chairo Buy & Sell The membership on Chairo’s Buy & Sell group on Facebook is nearing 500. It’s a great place to sell uniform items or text books that you no longer have use for, or to put a call out for what you need. Parents are welcome to leave payment at the office and utilise the intercampus express box.
Celebrating 40 Years of Christian Education in South Gippsland There is an historical display in the office and staff On Big Idea Day about Genre, students were room that shows the very beginning of our campus presented with a mystery set in a library. It was up to when it was known as Leongatha Christian School. The detective Dewey Decimal to figure out which word (from collection of historical pieces has been put together by which genre of writing) had ‘bumped off’ the librarian Johanna Haasjes. and put her out of circulation!
Sports for Schools Families who shop at Coles supermarkets are encouraged to collect the Sports for Schools vouchers and place these in the Chairo box provided at Coles in Wonthaggi, or they can be left at Reception any time until the end of the third week of Term 2. SOAR students looked at how the various pieces of a story come together to create the resolution. In a ‘hands on’ example of this, each student had one ‘piece’ of a Follow Chairo on Facebook communications board that they had to combine in order facebook.com/chairo.leongatha to get their message ‘out there’. PreP InformatIon nIght An evening for parents with children commencing Prep in 2019 Wednesday 21 March, 7.00 pm • Prep Classroom, 101 Horn St, Leongatha • Introducing Chairo • Orientation program • What is Christian education? • Senior/Junior buddy program • Valuing parent partnership • Specialist subjects • School readiness
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Secondhand Uniform Available Baseball Players Wanted Size Item Qty Price The South Gippsland Miners Baseball Club is looking for 10 Shirt l/s 1 $13 new players of all ages for the upcoming winter season 10 Shirt l/s 2 $13 (U13, U16, C Grade and A Grade). 10 Sports shorts 1 – PreP InformatTraining is at the ImperialsIon Cricket nI Ground,ght Nerrena An evening for parents with children commencing Prep in 2019 12 Shirt l/s 1 – Road, Leongatha (behind Federation Training). The Wednesday 21 March, 7.00 pm • Prep Classroom, 101 Horn St, Leongatha 12 Bomber jacket 1 – senior season starts on Sunday 8 April and the junior • Introducing Chairo • Orientation program 12 Pants girls 12a 1 – season starts on Saturday 21 April. • What is Christian education? • Senior/Junior buddy program 12 Pants elastic 1 – • Valuing parent partnershipFor further information,• Specialist check subjects out the South 14 Dress 14a 1 – • School readinessGippsland Miners Baseball Club Facebook page or go to 16 Shirt s/s 1 – their website (southgippslandminers.com.au). To register 16 Pants belted 1 – your interest, call or text Tim Katz on 0409 978 465 or 16 Shorts belted 2 – Maxine Prosser on 0407 686 011. 18 Jumper 1 –
18 Shorts belted 1 – 18 Shirt s/s 3 – 5662 4355 www.chairo.vic.edu.au 20 Jumper 1 – • 5M Shorts belted 1 – 6M Shorts belted 1 – SOUTHERN FUSION NC DEVELOPMENT CLINIC 6M Shorts belted 1 $30 CALLING ALL NETBALLERS AGED 7 - 15 YEARS OLD 7M Pants belted 1 – The second clinic in 2018 provides opportunities for players to get a SM Legionnaire hat 1 – feel of what Southern Fusion is all about. SM Bucket hat 1 – PreP Informat We deliver anI eliteon game based nI programght We give every player individual feedback for their future An evening for parents with We children advance all commencing players fundamentals Prep of netball in 2019 Community Noticeboard Wednesday 21 March, 7.00 pm Prep Classroom, 101 Horn St, Leongatha • DETAILS • Introducing Chairo •WHEN Orientation: 15TH APRIL program 2018 • What is Christian education?WHERE: MEENIYAN• Senior/Junior SPORTS STADIUM buddy – McKITTERICK program ST • Valuing parent partnership WHAT: ATTACKING• Specialist SKILLS subjects – 9AM – 11AM • School readiness DEFENDING SKILLS – 11AM – 1PM COST: $20 PER SESSION OR $30 FOR DOUBLE SESSION REGISTRATION: PLEASE REGISTER VIA THIS LINK - goo.gl/ZNyvRp Water Aid Fundraising (Registrations can be made on the day) Garage Sale Saturday 24 March Dates for our Traralgon and Wonthaggi Clinics will be made available very soon. 8.00 am to 1.00 pm We also have a 4 week Under 9’s Training Camp coming up. Keep an 8 Trease Street, Leongatha 5662 4355 • www.chairo.vic.edu.aueye on our website for further information. <
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