Congratulations to our sports women and men who have progressed through to the Darling Downs trials and beyond in recent times. Concordia students have done well in their chosen sports of Netball, Swimming, Baseball, Triathlon, Water Polo and AFL and I am pleased to be recognising these students on an individual basis and at assemblies in the coming days.

College Council has started the process of master planning for the future. This will be based on the current Strategic Plan that was developed in 2018/19 and will involve professional input from several consultants in the months and years ahead. There will be periodic reports to the wider community as the plan is developed and as the College enters the next exciting stage of its development.

Mr Adrian Wiles
Head of College

Huge Thank You to our P&F Committee
We had two brand new 3D printers arrive this week. We are very excited to be putting them into use over the coming weeks. The P&F is also funding a brand new speaker system that will be used for many functions. The first being a ‘disco’ in the playground at lunchtime. We are looking forward to seeing some groovy moves.

Cold Weather Uniform Options
This week gave us a taste of the cooler weather and can act as a hint to make sure we are prepared for it. Please remember, the microfibre sport jacket can be worn with both sport and formal uniforms for both girls and boys. The woollen jumper is also an option and can be added under the sport jacket for extra warmth.

If your child is still cold, layers may be added under the uniform but must not be seen. Girls may wear navy stockings or school socks (not both). Slacks are available for girls from the Uniform Shop. Please find the Uniform Guide in Parent Lounge. 

Lunch Time Activities
Over a week, the lunch time activities are many and varied. We thank our staff hugely for supporting and organising these activities.

• Activities Room – games, puzzles, origami, lego, popsticks art etc
• Library – storytime, lego, table games
• AFL Training
• Gardening
• Debating
• Student Council
• Playground fun times – soccer, zipline, rock pit, bikes, sandpit.
• Fun activities with Chappy
• Soon to include … lunchtime disco, cooking!!

Shout Out to Mr Engler
A huge thank you to Mr Engler for:

• topping up our soft fall and sandpit
• topping up the veggie gardens
• planting our lemon tree from Tyler Farrows
• installing our new runner to the front door
• painting the lines for our cross country, and track and field practices
• a huge job of hedging and mowing our beautiful grounds.

Thank you for helping us to look beautiful.

Student Council and Hume Street Service Leadership
Our HSC Student Council began meeting this week. At Hume Street Campus we have several Service Leadership opportunities being planned for this term. I would encourage you to talk with your children and decide as a family which one/s you would like to support. It is unusual for us to have so many, however, they are all personal to our campus and therefore we would like to be a part of as many as we are able.

• Bullying No Way Day and Crazy Sock Day – 19 March. Crazy Sock Day is to support Downs Syndrome and we have a student in kindy whom we would like to recognise and support. This will be a day where the students will be able to wear orange and crazy socks and if possible, bring a gold coin for Downs Syndrome Australia.
• Superhero day – we will be celebrating our very own hero, Eve. In her Leukemia journey this year, she has been an absolute hero. We will be making the capes and decorating them at school. We encourage your children to bring a gold coin donation for this event and this will go towards the Leukemia Foundation.
• Hume Street Kindy is supporting an appeal for Rosies. Rosies support and provide meals for the homeless. The kindy are collecting bottles of cordial, juice and long life mild to donate to Rosies. If you would like to also donate for this appeal, please bring your donations to HSC Reception.
• P&F Colour Fun Run – this has become an annual fun event. Please see information below about this.
• Year 4 Project for the Homeless – we will hear more about this later in the term. Due to the busyness of this term, the Year 4 project will culminate with a PJ Day early in Term 2.

Class Parent Reps
We love our Parent Reps and only have a couple of classes missing one. If you would like to self-nominate, please read the attached document and get in contact with either Juanetta Priest or your classroom teacher. We would love to have at least one per class and two is even better.

Parent Representatives Letter of Welcome

Prep –
Year 1 – Nicole Madden
Year 2 –
Year 3 – Tegan Charchar
Year 4 – Sasha Dolley
Year 5 – Lorinda Talbot
Year 6 – Peta Sorensen

Click here to view HSC's Events for Week 7.

Mrs Juanetta Priest 
Director of Campus

How do prizes work? Help your child fundraise more by setting a prize goal! It’s okay if they change their mind – you order their exact prizes later. You can order your child’s prizes online at myprofilepage.com.au by Friday 9 April . Alternatively, complete the back page of your sponsorship booklet when you return your cash donations. Students can choose a prize based on the total amount of dollars raised, or mix and match smaller prizes.

Share in $200,000 worth of extra prize credit! Achieve bigger prizes by helping your child earn bonus credit on their online profile. By reaching fundraising milestones online, you can share in $200,000 of extra prize credit!  

Become a Fundraising MonSTAR! Collect all virtual badges on your online profile page and receive your own Fundraising MonSTAR bag tag.

Class Reward Prize. Teamwork counts! If your class creates the most online profile pages each student will receive a Fundraising MonSTAR handball.

FundRazor of the Year Award. Do you think you can top the national leader board? Australia’s highest fundraising student in Australia will win a Razor Prize Pack, worth $4,900!

If you have any questions about the Colour Explosion School Fun Run please contact the office of Australian Fundraising on 1300 133 022. Thanks for supporting our school and we hope to see you at the event.

Happy fundraising!

Week 7 has finally arrived and the students have been hard at work training for the Inter-House Cross Country on Wednesday and we look forward to the parents joining us for this event. Our 4-9 year olds will run at WSC and the first race will commence at 9am. 

The 10-12 year olds will run on the Stephen Street Campus course after Morning Tea with the first race beginning at 11am. Warwick Street Kindy students will also join us for the Cross Country and we look forward to cheering them on as they compete in their first sporting event at the "big school".

A reminder that our Glow Disco for Yeas 1 to 6 will be held in the Shed on Friday 12 March from 6pm to 7.30pm. At this time our parents are invited to a special evening with me in the Resource Centre where we will have time to chat and you will be able to hear about all the exciting things happening at WSC this year. I hope you will be able to join us for this event. 

Click here to view WSC's Events for Week 7.

Blessings for the week ahead.

Mrs Jackie Minnikin
Director of Campus

Camp was great this year. We did the hike on the first day and hiked back on the second day. The sleep on the first night at Cronin’s was good. The pork stew we ate on the first night was also very tasty. Our first walk took two hours and on the way back, it was approx. 1.1 hours. My hike group was first both times. The food was always delicious. There was a dog maned Arlo that everyone liked at Ironbark. The flying fox was the best part of the entire thing. Henry Sippel

Year 8 Camp, in my opinion, was an awesome experience. I liked it because we got to do a lot of fun activities like the flying fox, low ropes, farm jobs, and hiking. This camp was a great experience because it was going to prepare us for our one month camp at Googa next year. I think that the food tasted amazing and my favourite dish was the noodles with vegetables. I am proud that I did things out of my comfort zone like the flying fox. One of my favourite things about this camp was sleeping outside. Jaida Heilig

There were many things I enjoyed about camp. There were some bummers though because I was sick with a pretty bad cold. I really enjoyed swimming in the dam, it was quite refreshing. I also enjoyed camping out at Cronin’s although the hike there was frustrating and tiring. The food was very good and delicious. I also enjoyed gardening and the watering was relaxing. I enjoyed spending lots of time with my friends as well. I think I have grown in more ways than one from camp and the messages the camp staff had for us weren’t corny but true and important. I also really treasured the stargazing. Kataya Krienke

For Year 8 camp we went to Ironbark. It was really fun and exciting, and we did lots of activities such as raft building, flying fox, farm jobs and, finally, an overnight hike! My favorite part was the flying fox and the hike. I learned a lot about navigation and did farm jobs for the first time. I wish the camp had been longer, and I would recommend this camp to all future Year 8 students. Keira Otto

The best part of Year 8 camp was the flying fox. On Year 8 camp we went on a hike and stayed out overnight. I grew mentally stronger by learning how to do farm jobs like milking a cow. I learned that there is more to a school camp than just going on hike and having a few days off school. It is about learning how to work as a team and that you are only as strong as the weakest link. Aaron Ferguson

We have our next P&F meeting on Monday 15 March commencing at 6.30pm and one of the items on our agenda will definitely be the date for our next Connections evening. It would be great to catch up with everyone again and hopefully see some new faces.

We have the Open Day BBQ approaching and will be putting a call out in the next couple of weeks for some parent volunteers to assist with cooking, serving and selling of drinks on the morning. Please keep an eye out for that information when it comes through as we will happily enjoy the company of additional helpers.

Meanwhile, if you have any ideas for fundraising, a question or concern you need help with, please feel free to email us at SSCPF@concordia.qld.edu.au

Have a fabulous week ahead and we look forward to connecting with you soon.

Mrs Hazel Buckley
Chair, SSC P&F Committee

Name: John Mathews

Role: HPE Teacher/Track and Field coach.

What are three words you’d use to describe CLC? Friendly, Caring, Encouraging.

Personal Background/Family: I grew up in Injune and came to Toowoomba for boarding school. I have two children, both are students at Warwick Street Campus. 

Playing Background: Multiple Darling Downs teams for Cricket, Rugby and Cross Country. U/19 Qld Country Rugby, Member of the QLD Rugby Development Squad, Brothers Rugby League A Grade for five years. 

Coaching Background: Darling Downs Track and Field coach for three years. Track and Field coach for around 10 years. Also coached Rugby and Cricket in the past. 

Coaching Philosophy/motivation for coaching: Everyone deserves to have access to quality coaching, to achieve their goals and, most of all, enjoy sport. 

What do you enjoy most about coaching: Seeing relationships develop between students and them working towards their goals. It’s a great way to get to know students and parents outside the classroom. 

What’s the biggest misconception people have about your sport?  Track and Field is seen as boring and not sustainable. It is a lifelong skill and has a massive impact on other sports.

What’s your biggest training pet peeve? Lateness and forgetting about the big picture. 

What’s something you saw recently that made you smile? It was an image of a girl competing in a track event with blades as her legs, it was great to see this type of inclusion. 

If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would you choose? Maybe Will Ferrell!

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? Multi-tasking.