Year 5 RAVE Term 4: Christmas Compared
Year 5 RAVE Term 4: Christmas Compared
For RAVE: Religion And Values Education this term, Year 5 have been studying a unit called Christmas Compared.
Students have been researching how other countries around the world celebrate Christmas.
We have looked at their Christmas traditions, foods and activities, and then compared these with our Australian yule-tide traditions.
For the past few Fridays, the three classes have joined together to create traditional Christmas activities from the places we have studied, including: Mexican Pinatas, German Gingerbread Houses, and Filipino Parols (stained glass stars).
It has certainly been a lot of fun!
The Canterbury Dark Side Astronomy Club RETURNS Next Year!
The Canterbury Dark Side Astronomy Club RETURNS Next Year!
At Canterbury's Dark Side Astronomy Club, we have plenty of fun while learning a bit about the universe along the way.
The club will be open to ALL students from Year 5 to Year 12.
We will be meeting every Monday after school in the Secondary Library.
These meetings will involve entertaining videos, news and astronomy topics like: supernovas, black holes, relativity, Schrodinger's Cat, asteroid impacts and more.
Then a follow-up activity which could be Internet research, model-making, quiz games with chocolate prizes, Jedi Knight training or light sabre battles!
Each year there will also be star gazing evenings with telescopes on the Oval, a Star Wars movie marathon, a visit to the Brisbane Planetarium as well as family nights.
For more details and photos, please visit our website via this weblink HERE.
May the Force be with you!
2021 Canterbury Taipans Christmas Awards Party: FRI 10 DEC
2021 Canterbury Taipans Christmas Awards Party: FRI 10 DEC
*SAVE THE DATE*
What: 2021 Canterbury Taipans Christmas Awards Party.
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Friday 10 December 2021.
Where: Canterbury Taipans Aquatic, Tennis & Athletics Centre - Canterbury College: 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
Who: Our Canterbury Taipans Swimming, Tennis & Athletics Club Members & Coaches.
This is our End-Of-Year Christmas Awards Party featuring games, prizes & awards.
Both swimming pools & tennis courts will be open.
More details to follow... Stay tuned!
TAS e-Sports Ormiston Invitational Wrap
TAS e-Sports Ormiston Invitational Wrap
Last Saturday 13 November, the Inaugural TAS e-Sports Invitational was held at Ormiston College.
Our Rocket League Team comprised of Hunter Edwards, Bentley Horne and Lucas Noy, who all played well as a team on the day, finishing tied for second place with JPC and St. Columban's.
However, due to for-and-against points, we finished 3rd and did not qualify for the Grand Final.
A great effort for the team at the first TAS e-Sports event, so well done boys!
2021 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony With Final Roll Call - RSVPs Please
2021 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony With Final Roll Call - RSVPs Please
What: 2021 Year 12 Graduation Ceremony With Final Roll Call.
When: THIS Friday 19 November 2021 – Our Year 12s Final School Day!
8:25am - 8:45am Final Form Class: For Year 12s to say farewell to students from other year levels and for any gifts to be exchanged.
Parents and family are welcome to be seated in the CEC from 8:30am onwards.
8:45am - 9:00am Students Form Guard Of Honour.
9:00am - 9:15am Year 12s Guard Of Honour: 400m Walk From Fig Tree To Canterbury Events Centre.
All students seated by 9:15am.
9:15am - 10:20am Graduation Ceremony With Final Roll Call: Canterbury Events Centre (CEC).
Guests are asked to stay seated during the event and for gifts to be presented after the ceremony.
Year 12s will receive their framed graduation certificates during this event.
10:20am – Finish (approx): All students are free to leave.
Where: Form Classes / Fig Tree / Canterbury Events Centre.
Who: Due to increased venue capacities allowed by QLD COVID restrictions easing, ALL students from the Secondary School are able to attend this year, plus up to five Year 12 students' family members.
Cost: FREE
RSVP: Please RSVP using the ‘Get Tickets’ button on this Humanitix weblink.
Dress Code:
Students: Formal School Uniform.
Families: Smart Casual.
We look forward to celebrating the Class of 2021 with you and your family...
Life Education Van Visits Canterbury
Life Education Van Visits Canterbury
Over the last week, you may have noticed the Life Education Van parked in our Junior School carpark.
As the name suggests, Life Education is an organisation that empowers children and young people to make safer and healthier choices through education.
Their programs are designed by health and education experts, and go through constant revisions to ensure their relevancy and appropriateness for students of all ages.
Life Ed believe we have a responsibility to provide preventative health education to our young people.
Each Life Education program session promises a memorable experience and is delivered in a Mobile or Pop-Up Classroom by specialist educators, who use an innovative teaching and learning approach to engage students.
Each session is designed to intrigue, excite and prompt further learning.
Life Education’s 40-year-long mascot Healthy Harold joins each session to help empower children to make safer and healthier choices.
Healthy Harold is a loveable giraffe and caring and loyal friend - a passionate advocate for the health and safety of all Australian children and their families.
To learn more about Life Education please visit THIS weblink.
Year 12 Textbook Returns By House
Year 12 Textbook Returns By House
So far the textbooks have been coming back to the library in a steady trickle, but a check of the numbers shows the following...
| HOUSE | NUMBER OF BOOKS TO BE RETURNED | |
| Becket | 34 | |
| Cranmer | 20 | |
| Goldsworthy | 32 | |
| Kime | 65 | |
| Ramsey | 34 | |
| Temple | 28 |
Cranmer is leading the way by a significant amount with only 20 more textbooks to return.
Canterbury Mega Dance Costume Sale: THIS WED + THU!
WHAT: Canterbury Mega Dance Costume Sale!
WHEN: (Week 7) 3:30pm - 5:30pm, THIS Wednesday 17 AND Thursday 18 November 2021.
WHERE: Dance Studio & Arts Centre Auditorium – Canterbury College.
WHO: Both Canterbury and non-Canterbury families most welcome.
COST: Nothing priced over $10.00!
- A wide variety of dance costume styles and sizes available.
- Over 200 dance costumes on sale.
- Includes dresses, leotards, body suits, skirts and tops.
- Payments via EFTPOS.
NB: We are seeking parent helpers, so if you can possibly assist for some of these 2 x 2 hours, please contact Rhiannon Ottrey -
If you have any questions about our 2-day sale items, again please contact Rhiannon Ottrey -
Pictured are just some of the many items available…
2021 City Of Logan Sports Awards: Results
2021 City Of Logan Sports Awards: Results
Congratulations to all the very worthy winners at Saturday night's City Of Logan Sports Awards.
Unfortunately we didn't take out our two categories, but looking forward to a bigger and better 2022!
: Our Aquatic & Tennis Centre Manager Mr James Rapkins and Tennis Coach Drew Parker with their nomination certificate.
Our two nominations were for:
YOUNG ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY - Rhylee Jackson (Year 9).
Rhylee Jackson is an excellent tennis player who has been profoundly deaf his whole life.
While competing very well in mainstream competition, Rhylee has excelled in the past 12 months at a National level in the Deaf & Hard Of Hearing (DHOH) competitions.
Thanks to Matt Bourne and Drew Parker for doing such a great job with squads and individual lessons, and we look forward to supporting Rhylee into the future.
SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR - Canterbury Taipans Inaugural Junior Girls Tennis Championships 2021.
In July 2021, the Canterbury Taipans hosted the first ever ‘ALL GIRL’ National Point Junior Event.
It was ground-breaking, inspiring and brilliantly delivered thanks to the teams in marketing, facilities and tennis.
The event drew some amazing feedback and has sparked the plans for a ‘Girls Only’ circuit adopted by Tennis Queensland, to increase the participation of women in sport and particularly, to rescue the dropout rate in female teenage tennis players.
Social Justice BBQ Lunch Fundraiser For Afghanistan & Kosovo
Social Justice BBQ Lunch Fundraiser For Afghanistan & Kosovo
THIS Friday 12 November during second break lunch, we will be having a BBQ for the people of Afghanistan and Kosovo.
The current political and socio-economic problems in both Afghanistan and Kosovo are causing untold human rights issues.
Homelessness, hunger and persecution are becoming the daily lives of many who live in these countries.
So please come along and support these communities by buying your lunch from the stall outside the Secondary Library.
All proceeds will go to organisations supporting the people of Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Thank you!