Principal’s Pen: New-look leadership teams for 2025

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Sophia de LangeActing Principal As the 2025 school year is now under way, I want to extend a warm welcome back to all our families and look forward to partnering with you. We are excited about the opportunities that await us this year! As part of our commitment to enhancing the educational experience of our students, we undertook a significant restructuring of the College in 2024 in preparation for 2025. This restructuring aims to increase support for our students, teachers, and parents/guardians. Key changes include the reduction of Deputy Principals from three to two, allowing for a more focused leadership read more…

Chaplain’s Chat: Resting in the power of God’s presence

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Image: Pixabay Tamicah PettigrewCollege Chaplain At the beginning of a new year, as we look back on the years behind us and forward to what is ahead, it is good to acknowledge God’s many blessings in our lives. If we pause and reflect, we can see His goodness and how His faithful hand has carried and sustained us through the ups and downs, the good times as well as the challenging ones. God’s Word never promises us that life will be easy and that we will never face hard times. It does, however, assure us time and time again that read more…

Successful launch of Pre-Kindy

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Bek ReidPre-Kindy Teacher Friday 7 February signified the official start of our Pre-Kindy program, which had been in the dreaming and planning stage for the past couple of years. We had a lovely start to the program. The day was filled with many opportunities to play, meet new friends and explore the new learning environment. Some of the invitations to play included: Puzzles, books, songs and stories. A mud kitchen where many different mixtures and ‘meals’ were made as children experimented with different consistencies of sand and water, and cooking implements. An obstacle course and balancing beam to explore how read more…

Hands-on lessons in life skills

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Hayden ScallyDeputy Principal Primary Build Up Zone (BUZ) is a life skills program that the Primary School will explore at the College this year as part of the Health Curriculum. The BUZ program focuses on developing four key areas: connectedness (relationships), confidence (resilience), compassion (respect), and emotional regulation (real feelings). It is facilitated in classes through interactive and hands-on activities. Last week, the Year 1/2 class learned about conflict resolution using the Hopscotch method, with the motto “Talk, don’t just ‘walk’.”

Extra support for Year 11 and 12 students

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Annette Kuhlmann with Year 12 student councillors Pamela Eze, far left, and Sariah Smith. Annette KuhlmannDean of Senior Secondary Curriculum I am humbled to introduce myself as the new Dean of Senior Secondary Curriculum for 2025. This role has been created as part of our College’s restructure to provide enhanced support for our Year 11 and 12 students. My goal is to ensure that each student receives the guidance and resources they need to thrive during these crucial years. My areas of responsibility In my role, I will be overseeing several key areas, including: Year 11 & 12 Curriculum Administration read more…

Tech-powered start to the academic year

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Waneen BennettDeputy Principal Secondary The start of the new school year saw history in the making at Geraldton Christian College as we rolled out Apple laptops for our Secondary school students. We believe this new initiative will lead to an increase in student engagement, participation, and overall academic outcomes. In Week 1, all students participated in a comprehensive two-period training session held in the Hall. This session was thoughtfully designed to provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge to use and handle their new school-owned Apple laptops and accessories effectively. The Hall buzzed with enthusiasm as students received their read more…

Students’ camp reflections

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By Andre SteenekampDirector of Sport and Outdoor Education Some student reflections on a recent Year 7 Sport and Recreation Camp at Coronation Beach: “Our Sport and Rec camp was amazing. There were many funny moments, including going tubing and body boarding. There were also many challenging moments, like going to sleep without laughing. We had a competition to see who could make the best dinner. Winners were Mia M, Abi H and Ayesha S receiving a big box of Maltesers. One of my favourite times was playing fox holes. The adrenaline was through the roof. Luckily the weather was great, read more…

Wellbeing Corner

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By Tamicah PettigrewChaplain We have had an amazing year getting to know the students here and have enjoyed our time hanging out with many of them during our programs. We look forward to doing it all again in 2025! Here is a small snapshot of some of the things we have done this year. From the Wellbeing Team, we would like to wish all of our College families a safe and blessed Christmas. We pray you all have a well-earned break with friends and family. Let us remember the reason for this season of celebration. Then the angel said to read more…

Taste buds get a workout

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Year 7 HASS students got their hands dirty and their taste buds firing during an excursion to a local farm.  The geography excursion with HASS teachers Mr Sam de Vries and Mr John Tilinger was designed to give students a hands-on learning experience focussing on liveability and water use.  “Students had the opportunity to observe and investigate sustainable farming practices, water management techniques and the factors that contribute to making rural areas a good place to live,” Mr de Vries said.  The farm relies upon rainwater (60%) and ground water (40%) and has a water treatment plant to ensure 100% read more…

First aid help at hand

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The College is well equipped to respond to first aid incidents, thanks to support from a generous school family.  The family/business provided first aid kits to be located throughout the campus to support students and staff who need assistance.   Deputy Principal Primary Mr Hayden Scally said the gift would make essential first aid equipment easily accessible to the whole school community.  “We thank God for our partnership with families, and their support and generosity which are so important to the educational environment that students enjoy here.”