Head of Secondary
Mr Steve Lobsey | Head of Secondary
I heard someone through the week talk about the process of maturing. They spoke about how when they were young, they thought a lot about whether people liked them. As an adult, they spend more time wondering who they like. I looked into it further and found this idea came from a book called '100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living' by Rikkie Gale. She says:
“I used to walk into a room full of people and wonder if they liked me . . . now I look around and wonder if I like them”
I see this playing out at school amongst our students. Adolescents often care so much about what other people think of them and this can create issues. Poor decisions are made because students want to look good in front of their peers. This happens in small ways such as deciding to not wear the uniform correctly because my friends don’t, to moderate silly behaviour to impress others, and to serious bullying behaviour in an attempt to elevate themselves above another.
We see the process of maturity as students feel more comfortable in themselves. They establish an identity separate to what others think of them and make better decisions, particularly in how they treat others.
Of course, being the person walking into the room deciding who I like is not without its own issues. We see adults deciding to associate with people because they can help them in some way and disregarding people they do not decide they like.
It made me wonder what a Christian view of this would be. I think I would add to the quote that since becoming a Christian, I try more to think about “who could I help in this room?”. I want to be part of the room where people are looking to help others, regardless of whether they like or are liked by them.
Camp Rock School Musical
Tickets are now on sale for our Secondary school production, 'Camp Rock – The Musical'.
Evening Performances:
Wednesday 28 June - 7:00pm
Thursday 29 June - 7:00pm
Friday 30 June - 7:00pm
Tickets:
Adult - $30
Student/Concession - $25pp
Matinee Performances:
Thursday 29 June – 12:00pm
Friday 30 June – 12:30pm
All matinee tickets - $5pp
Please note: Secondary students are welcome to attend the Matinee performance on Friday 30 June only, however there are some conditions: Students must have pre-purchased a ticket via Trybookings and parent permission must be received by 29 June 2023 via Parent Lounge. Student’s schoolwork and assessment tasks must be completed as usual, and students must attend any scheduled in class assessment tasks as a priority.
Click here to buy your tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/CIZTR
Come Experience the Wonders of Ancient Egypt
Our Year 7 HSIE students have been hard at work reproducing real-life artefacts from Ancient Egypt. They were able to use many medium (clay, plastic, Lego, paper/cardboard, timber etc) and had to include an exhibition label as if their artefact were being displayed in a museum. Students have done an amazing job in creating accurate and detailed models and this immersive learning experience has certainly deepened their understanding of the past. Well done Year 7.
Experiment Fest 2023
On Tuesday June 13, six senior Science students participated in EXPERIMENT FEST 2023, organised by the University of Newcastle at the Ourimbah campus.
This unique program is designed for HSC students to improve their skills and knowledge using a hands-on approach for selected difficult experiments and concepts. It allows students to use equipment that isn't available at high schools and conduct experiments that directly relate to the HSC syllabus.
Students analysed sodium content in sports drinks by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), synthesised, characterized and decomposed of aspirin.
Students involved: Angelique A, Rosalie S, Mark L, Claire H, Sinaed W and Oliver C
Supervised by Dr Natasha Langley
Year 10 | NSW School Vaccination Program - ONLINE CONSENT
Thank you for those who have already given consent. This is just a reminder for others who may not have had a chance to log in yet. You can now provide online consent for their routine school vaccinations.
In Year 10, students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.
Green Point Christian College Vaccination Clinic Dates:
Monday 19 June 2023 - Year 10 (and catch-up appointments for Year 7)
Wednesday 23 August 2023 - Catch-up appointments
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received. Please use QR code (below) or follow these guidelines to provide consent:
How to provide consent:
- To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://nswhealth.service-now.com/school
- Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one.
- Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.
- Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:
- a) Enter your child’s personal details
b) Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
c) Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement
d) Provide consent
If you or your child do not have a Medicare card, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from College reception.
The benefits of providing consent online:
- easily update your child’s details
- receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given.
- faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination.
If you require information in your language, please visit:
www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx
Please feel free to contact the college if you have any questions.
