By Brenda PattendenKindergarten Teacher Our delighted Kindy class were absolutely blessed last week when they met local Aboriginal lady Maureen Merritt! Maureen took the time to come into our class and help the children learn the words for “God is so good” in our local Wadjarri language. She enlisted the help of her 80-year-old mum, Olive, for this project and we look forward to singing it during our Early Years Presentation Morning on Thursday 2 December. How precious has this experience been, not only for our Kindy children to connect with our broader community, but to witness first-hand how our read more…

Children couldn’t contain their excitement at the chance to operate a fire hose. No hosing down these family stories! You never know what to expect when you have a question and answer time with children. So it was this week when local firefighters visited the Pre-Primary class to talk about their jobs and fire safety. The sharing time led to some gems of information, including revelations from one child that they nearly had a fire at their house when Mum left the oven on! Another student revealed that Dad’s bottom nearly caught fire one day! With stifled laughter, the adults read more…

A Geraldton Christian College Year 12 student has won the Midwest and Gascoyne’s major award for Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary Students (VETDSS). Chloe Kietzmann was last night announced Central Regional TAFE 2021 Midwest & Gascoyne VETDSS Student of the Year in a presentation ceremony at CRTAFE Geraldton. Chloe and fellow Year 12 College student Hailie Righton, who completed a Certificate IV in Preparation for Health and Nursing Studies, also earned nominations for the Higher Vocational Studies Student of the Year Award. In addition to completing their Certificate IV, Chloe and Hailie are studying four ATAR courses this read more…

Kyle Wennekes and Stacia Brehaut Kyle Wennekes and Stacia Brehaut were named the 2021 Geraldton Christian College Duxes at the Year 12 Graduation on Saturday night. Kyle was the major award winner on the night, receiving 11 awards, including the Christlike Character Award. He shared the latter award with Jean-Mari Neveling. Congratulations Kyle, Stacia, Jean-Mari and all Year 12 award winners. The full list of award recipients follows: Academic Excellence Dux: Kyle Wennekes. Excellence in Education Dux: Stacia Brehaut. Christlike Character Award (Female): Jean-Mari Neveling. Christlike Character Award (Male): Kyle Wennekes. English ATAR: Kyle Wennekes. English General: Mia-Louise Micke. Mathematics read more…

Kindergarten students celebrated different cultures this term. By Brenda PattendenKindergarten Teacher One of the Biblical threads our Kindy children have been thinking about this term is “embracing diversity”. Through this, they are encouraged to respect and celebrate the built-in differences between cultures and peoples, given for the enhancement of all. We have had a wonderful time learning about our world and the diverse cultures we have. Kindy parents of different nationalities have come in to proudly share food and information about their own particular country of origin. It has been such a wonderful opportunity for the children to create an read more…