News

Eisteddfod Win for Senior Vocal Group

On Thursday August 24, our Senior Vocal Ensemble travelled to Ballarat to compete in the Royal South Street Eisteddfod.  The group was competing in the Open Contemporary Vocal Ensemble for 4 - 8 singers.  They were successful in coming first in this section despite being down one member of their group.

Congratulations goes to Emma Moody, Hannah Bligh, Rebecca Heath, Mackenzie Morris, Ian Neo, Jonathan Edwards and Hamish Maudlin on their success in this event.  Particular thanks, too, to Mr Luke Batty for his work in training these students to the high level of performance.

The students were adjudicated by the world renown singer and former Idea of North member, Sally Cameron who provided them with some very constructive and useful feedback which will assist the group to improve even further.

Well done on a great result!

Tim Farmilo

Deputy Principal

Art Expo

4:00pm | Friday 8th September

We are very excited to invite you to the opening of our upcoming ART EXHIBITION!

Featuring art work by students from Prep - Year 10.

You can find all the details on the flyer featured above. We look forward to seeing you there!

Tom Gibbs and Sally Darlison

Art Teachers

Ensemble Extravaganza

On the 12th of September St Andrews will be putting on its end of term "Ensemble Extravaganza" music concert. During this concert music students will have the opportunity to perform some of the music they have learnt so far this year. Such an occasion is highly valued by music students as they are able to perform to a large audience and develop their ensemble playing skills. 

The concert will run from 7 to 8.30pm. Students who will be performing in an ensemble will need to arrive at 6.30pm to be put into groups before the concert starts. 

Luke Batty

Music Director

A Special Invitation

We are delighted to be hosting our Pastors to a special morning tea at St Andrews Christian College on Thursday 21st September 2017 and we need your help to do so! You should soon receive an invite that you can write the name (or names) of your church’s Pastors and Youth Pastors and hand deliver it to them at Church either this coming weekend or as soon as possible. This is a fabulous opportunity to introduce them to the wonderful ministry of Christian Education in this College.

We encourage you also to be in prayer as a community for the upcoming morning tea event.

Susan de Kretser

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Happy Fathers' Day

HAPPY FATHERS' DAY  to all our wonderful Dads on Sunday 3rd September!

May you be truly blessed in the privileged role of being a Father, not just on Sunday.

2018 Enrolments

We have commenced our planning for 2018 and are confirming places for new students to start in Term 1, 2018. Unless we have been advised, we are assuming that all current students will be returning to the College in 2018.

If a student is not returning to the College, in line with the enrolment policy, one term’s notice in writing is required. If the notice is not received on time, one term’s tuition fees in lieu of notice will be charged. This requirement is clearly noted in the enrolment Agreement and Declaration which all parents/guardians signed when their child(ren) was enrolled.

To assist with our planning, we ask you to advise the College by Monday 9th October 2017 if a student is not returning to the College in 2018. The notice should be addressed to the College Registrar and can be sent via email to registrar@standrews.vic.edu.au  It will be helpful to receive this notice as soon as possible as it will allow us to offer any vacant places to students on our waiting lists.

NEW SIBLING ENROLMENTS

If there are siblings of current students wanting to enrol at the College, it is important that parents submit an enrolment application at the commencement of the year prior to their planned entry. This allows the College to provide a priority place for siblings of current students.

Please do not hesitate to speak with the Registrar, Mrs Suzy Song (8847 8309) if you have any concerns regarding this information or if you need clarification in any way.

Darren Waterworth

Business Manager

Mission Cup - Coins for Change

We are collecting ‘change’ to help support our mission programs (Vanuatu/Cambodia/Pakistan) at St Andrews Christian College. 

Keep the cup in an obvious place in your home or car, drop your loose coins into it and if the cup is full send it to school to be added to the collection. Tubes will be available in Rembrandts to empty your coins into. The next week to do this is from Monday 4th September to Friday 8th September.

We hope you enjoy collecting funds this way, and we are looking forward to seeing how these small coins will grow into a mountain of help over the coming years.

Sally Wade

Vanuatu Mission Coordinator

Language Translation

The newsletter has a new feature where it will translate into a different language. There is a small box at the bottom of every newsletter page where you can select which language you'd like the newsletter to be translated to.

Shaun Beovich

Newsletter Editor

Prayer Group

Wednesdays at 8:45am

This year the St Andrews Parent Prayer Group will be meeting every Wednesday morning at 8:45am in the meeting room next to the school office. 

The St Andrews Prayer Group would like to welcome and invite all parents to come along and join in prayer, with other parents for the needs of the St Andrews school community. 

It is a great opportunity to join in fellowship with other parents.

For specific prayer requests, there is a prayer request box at the front reception desk for you to put your request in if you are unable to join us.

We are greatly blessed at St Andrews to have the opportunity to gather together for prayer. As Christians we are called to pray, and we encourage parents to join us. Be reassured that you don’t have to pray out loud if you are not comfortable in doing so.

Suzy Song

Prayer Group Coordinator