LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
NEWSLETTER
22 August 2024
Value of the Month - Respect
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury.
Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Mark 12: 41-44
IMPORTANT DATES
Date | Event |
|---|---|
Friday 23 August | Book Week Parade |
Monday 26 - Wednesday 28 August | Year 8 Camp |
Thursday 29 August | LCC Production Night Performance 7.30 pm |
Friday 30 August | LCC Production Night Performance 7.30 pm Father's Day Drive Thru Breakfast 6.30 am |
Wednesday 4 September | Primary Parents Morning Tea |
Thursday 5 - Friday 6 September | Year 9 Snow Camp |
Thursday 12 September | RUOK? Day Secondary Athletics Championships |
Friday 13 September | Year 10 Blessing Night Primary Athletics Championships |
Friday 20 September | Last Day Term 3 Secondary CST Camp |
PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
As we progress on towards the end of Term 3, I am pleased to share some updates with you -
LEAD Survey
Lighthouse Christian College engages Independent Schools Victoria (ISV) to conduct a survey for the whole college on a bi-annual basis. We value the feedback of our parents, students, and staff members so that we can use the data collected to enhance school operations in a way that benefits the whole school community. Your insights help us to understand what we are doing well and where improvement is needed. As a Christ-centred institution, we are interested to know how we are doing in nurturing your children in a rigorous academic environment.
May I request you to spend about 15-20 minutes of your precious time to complete this survey by clicking on the following link: 2024 Parent Survey. Your voice matters and we are looking forward to hearing from you through this survey. If you have difficulty accessing the link to the survey, please drop Miss Knight an email: (dppa@lighthouse.vic.edu.au) to alert us.
Anti-Bullying Week
Last week, our students participated in Anti-Bullying Week, a timely reminder of God’s commandment to us to love our neighbour in our daily interaction with others. Students were taught ways to foster kindness and respect for people within their community. Through the various activities, students were motivated to create a safe and supportive environment for each other in the College.
Book Week
This week, we celebrated Book Week with various activities. I am always thankful to the teachers for being creative in running meaningful programs during this week to encourage students to cultivate the joy of reading. Primary students showcased their favourite characters from their favourite books while some students explored reading new books that were available in the library. Reading is not only an important academic skill, but an avenue to develop creativity through imagination. It was great to see enthusiasm in the students and staff members throughout this week.
High School Musical Production
Lastly, I want to express my excitement for our upcoming High School Musical Production on 29th and 30th of August (Thursday and Friday). Some of our Secondary students and staff members have been working tirelessly since Term 2, and I am truly appreciative of their dedication and the support given to them by their family members. Staff, students and parents who are involved in the event will have the opportunity to taste the cooking prepared by Mr Norng, Mrs Pang and Mr Leong.
If you have not bought the tickets for your family, please do so using the QR code given below:
Thank you for your continuous support for the College and I hope to see you at our College’s production next week!
In partnership with you,
Wing Leong
Principal
WELLBEING
Assisting children to process their challenging experiences
Assisting a child who shares that they feel worried, have an upset stomach, want to cry or do not like school can be a challenging experience. Doctor Caroline Leaf explores the mind management neurocycle process to process thoughts and feelings. Assisting children to process their thoughts and emotions will help them develop social and emotional skills while also allowing caregivers to build stronger connections with the child.
Here are some ideas of ways you can assist children process thoughts and emotions.
Gathering Awareness:
-Ask the child to identify the emotion they are feeling.
-Ask the child to identify where they feel the distress in their body.
-Ask the child for their perspective of the situation
-Ask the child how this has caused them to behave
Gathering awareness can be done through verbal reflection, writing, roleplaying and drawing. This will assist the child learnt to identify their warning signals.
Recheck: This step will require you to assist the child in processing the gathered information and empower the child with new thoughts to process situations differently in the future.
“You may be sad or frustrated because you kept messing up your work and cried, your friends laughed at you, and your teacher shouted at you. You know it is okay to be sad, and this won’t stop you from doing your work again because you know your mom will help you understand it at home so you can do better next time. You know that when you take your work to your teacher tomorrow and show your friends what you learned, you will show them that you can do the work and that it’s okay to cry sometimes if something is hard. You know you aren’t stupid because it’s okay to make mistakes—that’s how you will learn!”
Active Reach: This step is daily thought or action to assist with processing thoughts and emotions.
Examples can be:
-Formulated statements based on what has been worked out in ‘recheck’.
“It is okay to be sad”; “Mum will assist me to understand my work at home”; “I can do my work”; “It is okay to make mistakes”. Recite bible verses about how God sees you.
-Coping strategies: breathing exercises, 5-4-3-2-1 method, visualise a memory that you enjoyed, stimulate senses with something that you like.
If the child is still challenged by their thoughts and emotions, a counsellor or a psychologist can assist you to support the child.
Mr Michael Barry
College Counsellor
National Week of Action against Bullying
Last week we recognised and took part in the “National Week of Action against Bullying.” Here at Lighthouse we have a zero tolerance of bullying. Through a variety of activities of the theme, “Everyone Belongs,” the students to recognised that no matter how different people are to themselves, everyone has a right to belong and feel safe.
The Year 6 students taught the younger students what bullying is and is not, and how to be an upstander, not a by-stander. We had lunch-time mask and poster making activities.
On Wednesday, the students transformed into Anti-bullying superHIROs to take a stand against bullying with Honesty, Integrity, Respect and Optimism.
We finished the week off with a chapel service led by Captain Eric from C.H.I.P.S who reminded us that bullying others, and ourselves is not OK.
Self talk is so important as we are all valuable and fearfully and wonderfully made, by God, just the way he wants us and we need to be kind and love each other, as well as ourselves.
Cherrie Marshall
Chaplain
SPORT
Welcome to our college's official Sports Instagram page! Here you will find all the latest updates, highlights, and behind-the-scenes moments from our student-athletes. Follow us for game schedules, team news, and to celebrate the hard work and achievements of our sports teams. Let's support our athletes together!
Mitchell Buck
Lighthouse Christian College
Health & PE Faculty Leader / Secondary Sports Coordinator
MUSIC
A.M.E.B. Soloists Soiree
On Thursday 15 August, 2024 a number of students across the primary and secondary schools demonstrated outstanding skill as they performed at our first ever A.M.E.B. Soloists Soiree.
This soiree aimed to give students who have been preparing for A.M.E.B exams this year, an opportunity to gain performance practice with the repertoire they have been working on.
A.M.E.B stands for the Australian Music Examinations Board and it is one of the largest organisations in Australia that helps to foster, develop and asses the learning of musicians.
Each year, thousands of students from around Australia learn and are assessed on technical work, aural skills, sight-reading, general knowledge and a repertoire of pieces, as outlined in the A.M.E.B. syllabus for each level on various instruments. Whilst preparing and undertaking these levels and exams is not the only thing students should be doing as part of their music learning (a broader approach is strongly recommended), they are a great way for musicians to develop and extend their skills and knowledge and be introduced to music they might not otherwise learn.
Congratulations to the following students who did an outstanding job of performing on Thursday night and introducing us to the beautiful music they have been learning.
Chloe Ly PS Violin
Howard Riao PM Piano
Gabriel Kosasih 1B Piano
Eden Lin 3T Piano
Brice Zang 3S Oboe
Sam Qu 4SW Violin
Eleanor Ha 4SW Piano
Daniel Jacob 4SW Piano and Drums
Aarav Tandon 4P Piano
Ryan Sun 5A AltoSaxophone
Aiden Ly 5N Piano
Lily Muhaso 6Y Piano
Claire Li 6J Piano
Chloe Ye 6J Violin
Luca Lin 6K Piano
Ethan Que 6K Piano
Jacob Zhao 7A Piano
Naomi Pang 7B Clarinet
Angel Tandon 8B Piano
Ryan Ly 8B Piano
Kyan Koa 9B Voice
Samantha Ly 11A Piano
Good luck to all those students with upcoming exams and wishing everyone well as they continue to make such fabulous music come to life!
Shari Bhatt
Music Co-ordinator
PRIMARY - ELC - YEAR 2
EARLY LEARNING CENTRE
During the incursion, the Wild Action Educator introduced the Australian animals, discussed the important role that each species plays in our fragile ecosystems, and the impact mankind has had on their populations. Children were encouraged to explore, and connect, and they also learned about empathy, relationships, the environment and nature by caring for animals.
100 DAYS OF PREP
On Tuesday, 6 August, 2024 the Prep students joyfully celebrated their 100th day of school. Dressed as if they were 100 years old, the students immersed themselves in a day filled with exciting activities. The festivities included cookie decorating, balloons, snacks, special gifts, fun activities, and the creation of special crowns. The Prep students had an absolute blast, making the milestone a memorable and fun-filled event for everyone involved.
Rachel Salib
Primary Teacher
POTATO OLYMPICS
To celebrate the 2024 Olympics, Year Ones participated in our very own ‘Potato Olympics’. The Potato Olympics is an engaging way for students to work both individually and in small groups to explore numeracy in Olympic events through their potato athlete. This is an amusing and hands on activity for students to implement and improve their mathematical knowledge and understanding.
Year 1 Teachers
PRIMARY - YEARS 3 - 6
The Year 3s have been bee-sy learning about the lifecycles of these wonderful insects that God created.
Being able to have a closer look at the bees in their hive through a glass window was a treat, as we saw the hive at work for their queen and its future generations.
During the incursion, the Year 3s also learnt how bees help us and are an integral part of our ecosystem. With this in mind, creating reusable beeswax wraps to replace the plastic clingwrap is not just eco-friendly, but also encourages us to be more aware of how what we do affects the lives of others in the ecosystem.
Matilda Tan
Primary Teacher
SECONDARY
Recently in Chapel, Faith Captains Kayla and Nathan led a discussion on the importance of prayer at Lighthouse Church. Joined by students, teachers, and pastor Todd of the LCC church, they explored how prayer serves as a direct line of communication with God, and what it truly means to be crucified with Christ. The session was enriched by personal stories of faith and biblical insights, resonating deeply with everyone in attendance.
The response was overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing how the session deepened their understanding of faith and ignited a renewed passion for living a Christ-centred life. Inspired by this, Nathan and Kayla are excited to take the next step—tying everything together by delving into the diverse cultural Christian denominations represented at Lighthouse.
Despite our different traditions and practices, we are united in Christ, a truth that Kayla and Nathan are eager to explore further. They believe that by embracing our unique paths to God, we can enrich our collective faith and create a more inclusive, spiritually vibrant community. This journey will not only allow students to encounter God in ways that resonate with them personally but also strengthen our unity as the body of Christ at our school.
As we continue this exploration, let us celebrate our differences and remember that, at our core, we are all followers of Jesus, crucified with Him and raised to new life. Together we are united in the love and grace of our Saviour.
Kayla Londy and Nathan De Mel
Faith Captains
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