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PRESENTATION NIGHT

Dear Parents,

Presentation night is coming up on Monday 10th December at 7:30 at Belgrave Heights Convention Centre, Convention Avenue, Belgrave Heights.

This will be a wonderful night of thanksgiving and celebration for the College.

All students from Year 3 to Year 12 are expected to attend Presentation Night. Presentation night is not compulsory for Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students however they are very welcome to come and sit with their parents.

All students receiving an award are required to be at presentation night. Parents will receive a call to notify them that their child is receiving an award in the week leading up to Presentation Night.

All students need to be in full school summer uniform. Blazers need to be worn by all students from Year 7 to Year 12.

As outlined in our Uniform Policy, all students with hair longer than shoulder length are to have their hair neatly tied back.  If ribbons are worn, they should be in College colours – white, blue or burgundy.

Since we want our students to look smart on the night (clean uniform/shoes polished/tidy hair), students are allowed to wear their sports uniform on Monday 10th December to school so their uniform is clean and presentable for this important event.

All students will need to arrive at Belgrave Heights Convention Centre no later than 7:00pm. The staff will meet them at the auditorium doors and seat them in their year level groups.

Schedule: -

6:30pm Musicians arrive, set up and tune

7:00pm All Students arrive

7:15pm Students are to be seated in the auditorium in their class groups

7:30pm Official start

At the conclusion of the night you will need you to collect your child from where they are sitting in the auditorium. Junior school students will need to be signed out by their teacher when you pick them up.

Kind Regards,

Catriona Wansbrough

Principal

CAPTAINS 2019

I am very pleased to announce the Senior School Captains for 2019. This year there was an abundance of outstanding candidates and the decisions about who would be recognised as captains was difficult. School captain candidates were required to put together an application, complete with cover letter, undergo and interview and give a speech in front of the Senior School.

Our College Captains for next year are Ben Audet and Chloe Chandaraj. Vice-captains are Joshua Manners and Audrey Ang. Please join me in congratulating them, and also lifting them in prayer as they undertake these very important roles within our school!

John Presant

Head of Senior School

CHANGE TO SUBWAY ORDERS

Subway would like to inform our students that the SPC Fruit Crush-ups are no longer available for ordering. They apologise for any inconvenience.

The fruit crush-ups will be replaced by another healthy snack option, which will be announced at a later date.

CLASHUAL CLOTHES DAY FUNDRAISER

On Friday 9th November, students across the College displayed their fashion at its most clashing and all for a good cause!

To raise money towards the support our upcoming Mission Trip to Cambodia, students wore clashing colours; stripes with spots, odd socks and weird hats. It wasn’t ‘Fashion on the Field’ at the Melbourne Cup, but at least our money went towards a worthy cause. Three winners were chosen, one from each sub-section of the school, Jerry, Sophia and Jack, at our 2018 Clashion Parade.

We raised $968.65 to improve the resources and teacher training at a village school in Cambodia. This has moved our year-long total to over $8, 000 and closer to our $10,000 target. 

Thank you to everyone who got dressed up and to everyone who donated.

Greg Crotty

Cambodia Mission trip Coordinator

CHESS STATE FINAL

Congratulations to (photo from left) Nathan Miao, Joseph Cho, Chris Vuong, Nicholas Kho and Chris Qiu for participating in the recent Primary School Chess State Final.  Although we did not win, the boys represented the school well. Great effort boys!

Daniel Ferguson

Chess Coordinator

PRIVATE INSTRUMENTAL TUITION 2019

Enrolments for private instrumental tuition for 2019 are now being taken. The details of this process were presented at the Music Information Night on 22 October and are also summarized on the first page of the attached enrolment form. 

St Andrews offers private Music lessons for the following:

Piano                Violin               Drum Kit         Trombone

Guitar                Voice                Flute                Trumpet

Saxophone      Cello                Clarinet           Bass Guitar      

For those re-enrolling, there have been some changes to the conditions of enrolment:

1. Instrumental tuition fees are now to be added to the fee account and will be added to the February to November monthly fee calculation - a change from invoicing each term.
2. From 2019 one FULL TERM’S NOTICE in writing must be given to cease instrumental tuition - a change from 4 weeks notice.
3. Refunds for unused tuition fees will now be calculated each semester - a change from refunds each term. The allowance for 16 lessons per semester means that there is greater opportunity for tutors to deliver make-up lessons, and/or offer extra lessons in preparation for instrumental exams before adjustments are made.

Many of our instrumental teachers are now running teaching days at full capacity. Should demand exceed availability, enrolments will be considered on a ‘first come - first served’ basis, and therefore submission of your enrolment form as soon possible is recommended.

Please do not hesitate to contact me, or Ms Loretta Hoenen in Finance, if you have any further questions.

Many thanks for your ongoing support of our growing Music Department.

Helen Metcalfe

Instrumental Music Coordinator

SCHOOL OF ROCK

We congratulate Caleb Elbourne in  his amazing efforts and celebrate with him and his family the fantastic opportunity he has to perform in the current production of School of Rock. This show is currently on at Her Majesty’s Theatre and currently is the “best selling event in Melbourne.”