On Tuesday 13 February our Secondary Team hosted an amazing evening showcasing the variety of subjects we offer at Foundation Christian College.
Parents rotated through the various presentations by our Heads of School and Teaching Staff who shared their subjects with passion! Parents also received their handbook for Secondary School and got to enjoy a supper and decorate cupcakes!
We are very proud of our Secondary Team – a great start to 2024!
Congratulations to our Primary School Leaders announced at our first Primary Assembly for the year…
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COUNCILLOR ROLE |
STUDENT NAME |
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| Head Boy | Alex Jankowitz | |||||||||||||||
| Head Girl | Jemi Martin | |||||||||||||||
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Deputy Head Boy |
Tyson King | |||||||||||||||
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Deputy Head Girl |
Bella Richardson | |||||||||||||||
| Year 6A | Adrian Jacobs | |||||||||||||||
| Year 6B | Tristan Subke | |||||||||||||||
| Year 6C | Winter Christopher | |||||||||||||||
| Year 5A | India Murphy | |||||||||||||||
| Year 5B | Willow Wiseman | |||||||||||||||
| Year 5C | Elsie Burgess-Jones | |||||||||||||||
| Year 4A | Samuel Gerretzen | |||||||||||||||
| Year 4B | Ruby Arthur | |||||||||||||||
| Year 3/4C | Sean Blair | |||||||||||||||
| Year 3A | Mason Steinhobel | |||||||||||||||
| Year 3B | Anja Smith | |||||||||||||||
| Mandurah Junior Councillors | Kezhia Dap-og and Edmore Madimbu | |||||||||||||||
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| SERVICE LEADERS | |
| ACTIVITY | Student Service Leader |
| Monday – Lego Club | |
| Tuesday – Calm Club | Priya Feazey, Shannon Healy |
| Wednesday – Games and Tech Club | Haru Cho, Eli Hughes |
| Thursday – Music Club | Albie Cooper, Elsie Burges-Jones |
| Friday – Art Club | Jasmine Abela, Sophie Owusu-Aygemang, Shiloh Smith and James O’Donovan |
| Buddy Program |
Monday – Divoné Fick Tuesday – Roxy Murphy Wednesday – Eden McQueen Thursday – Rebecca Keating Friday – Annie Cheri |
Students in Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a taste of winter sports to prepare them for the Peel Schools Competition in Term 2. Students enjoyed 15minute rotations of Netball, Soccer, AFL, Hockey and Volleyball.
If any of our parents have a gifting the above sports we could do with some coaching support. Please let us know if you can help!
| LEADERSHIP ROLE | STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE |
| Head Boy | Connor Wiliams |
| Head Girl |
Petra Verster |
| Deputy Head Boy |
Rheuben Marillier |
| Deputy Head Girl | Loice Donhorere |
| Senior School Prefects |
Avishae Reyes Caleb Eacobuta Anna Hawkins Makayla Ridgeway Gracie Woodward |
| Banksia House Captain |
Phoebe Murphy |
| Year 10 Leaders |
Isabella Shanhun Ben Nicoll |
| Year 9 Leaders |
Tadisa Ruwodo Reuben Hovell |
| Year 8 Leaders |
Girls Sarah Jacobs Abigail Friend Boys Zephaniah Challender Tafara Ruwodo |
Dear Parents and Guardians
We’re thrilled to share that our camp adventure got off to an incredible start!
Upon our arrival, we dove right into water activities and engaging small group discussion about the Bible.
Afterward, our campers enjoyed some well-deserved free time playing sports and bonding with their fellow campers. As the day turned to night, we gathered for a delicious dinner followed by exciting nighttime activities including spotlight and trivia where we even had some sporadic dance competitions.
We kicked off day two with a mini-Olympics, followed by the thrilling challenge of water raft building. To top it all off we went on an epic treasure hunt and even did some orienteering.
Our Campers are enjoying their camp experience and here are some photos for you to see what we have been up to!
Mrs Kristin Abercrombie
Our Primary School Swimming Carnival was held on Wednesday 6 March and was a wonderful, colourful event. Many thanks go to Mr Johnston and his team who put together an enjoyable and very smooth-running day.
Well done to our Student Leaders who did much to help with taking marshalling slips to and from the records table, and keeping our volunteers fed and hydrated. AND to our parent helpers – you did am amazing job of time-keeping for us!
The results for the day…
House name |
House Points |
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WATTLE |
520 |
| BANKSIA |
428 |
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JARRAH |
418 |
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TUART |
320 |
| Year 6 Award | A. Baker |
| Year 5 Award | Phoebe Nicoll |
| Year 4 Award | Grant de Witt |
| AWARD | RECIPIENT | AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Year 6 Runner Up Boy | Tyson King | Year 6 Champion Boy | Caleb Knopjes |
| Year 6 Runner Up Girl | Faith Sowerby | Year 6 Champion Girl | Grace Horton |
| Year 5 Runner Up Boy | Judah Kraus | Year 5 Champion Boy | Monre du Plessis |
| Year 5 Runner Up Girl | Isla Currey | Year 5 Champion Girl | Willow Wiseman |
| Year 4 Runner Up Boy | Archie Posthuma | Year 4 Champion Boy | Benjamin I’Anson |
| Year 4 Runner Up Girl | Ruby Arthur | Year 4 Champion Girl | Layla Woodley |
We enjoyed our FCC Harmony Day Celebrations on Monay 25 March!
Our Team put the following video together and as you will see we had a wonderful time celebrating the many cultures that are represented at our school!
TJ Ruwodo is well on his way to achieving his dream of becoming an actor. Having won two of three Canning Shakespeare Competitions he competed in, and performed in many College Productions and Recitals, we always knew he would pursue acting.
When advised he had received a place in the much-coveted Diploma course TJ said, “Mum and Dad were overjoyed when they heard the good news, but for me it was an interesting overwhelming feeling, yet rewarding … as I know I worked so hard to get to this point.”
“I am enjoying it so much, every day it is so different, keeping me on my toes. What has surprised me is that I thought the WAAPA environment would be very competitive and straight business, but I have found it to be relaxed, and everyone is kind and uplifting; it’s a really good environment to be in.”
He will complete his Diploma of Acting at the end of this year and then decide whether he will try his hand in the business of acting or continue studying his Bachelor of Acting.
All the best TJ! We are proud of you!
Earlier this term, our Year 7 and 9 Cohorts celebrated the milestone in the education journey with a commencement service.
WA Police Chaplain Paul Trimble was the guest speaker for the Year 7 Service and Mr Josh Abercrombie was the guest speaker at the Year 9 Service. What great messages of encouragement they both shared with our students!
Miss Steenkamp, our Year 9 & 10 Coordinator had this to say about the celebration for the Year 9 Students.
“On the evening of Wednesday 21 February, we had our Year 9 commencement service to celebrate our Year 9 students and to bless them as they go into a really transitional period of their lives where many things will change and shift. It was a special night that we hope our Year 9’s will reflect and look back on as an important turning point in their school journeys.
We encouraged our students to reflect on who they want to become, and how their character will be shaped by the choices they make. They were encouraged to reflect on the amazing plan that God has for their lives, and to trust Him in every season. Parents had the opportunity to encourage and pray over their child and ‘send’ them into this next chapter of their lives.
The students wrote a letter to themselves and symbolically ‘stepped into’ the new season of their lives as their parents and guardians ‘stepped back.’ We saw parents and students having some really special moments together during this time and the feedback we received from parents was really positive.”
Special thanks to the teams who worked to make these events happen and to our Head of Year 7 & 8, Mr Burnley and Head of Year 9 & 10 Miss Steenkamp who coordinated their respective Commencement Services.
Enjoy the images from each of the Services…
Our Secondary Swimming Carnival was held on Friday 23 February, and it was a great success, with an excellent participation rate compared with previous years.
The set up was a little different with students sitting in their year groups to be with friends. We hope that families enjoyed this change but would appreciate your feedback on this.
Unfortunately, we were unable to announce House Shield winners and Champions on the day. But at the Whole of Secondary Assembly on Thursday 14 March our Champion House and our 2024 Swimming Champions were announced:
| Place | House | Points |
| 1st | Wattle | 520 |
| 2nd | Banksia | 428 |
| 3rd | Jarrah | 418 |
| 4th | Tuart |
320 |
| Runner Up Award | Runner Up Recipient | Champion | Champion Recipient |
| Year 7 Runner Up Girl | Emily Porter | Year 7 Champion Girl | Tamika Brown |
| Year 7 Runner Up Boy | Hardy Cooper | Year 7 Champion Boy | Joshua Van Arkel |
| Year 8 Runner Up Girl | Imogen Sharp | Year 8 Champion Girl | Chloe Schiller |
| Year 8 Runner Up Boy | Dylan Subke | Year 8 Champion Boy | Jevin Chung |
| Year 9 Runner Up Girl | Charlotte Wiseman | Year 9 Champion Girl | Zanneh Beukes |
| Year 9 Runner Up Boy | Riley Hall | Year 9 Champion Boy | Seth Ten haaf |
| Year 10 Runner Up Girl | Isabella Shanhun | Year 10 Champion Girl | Alivia Searle |
| Year 10 Runner Up Boy | Nathan Woodward | Year 10 Champion Boy | Marco du Plooy |
| Year 11 Runner Up Girl | Sophie Kennedy | Year 11 Champion Girl | Angel Jodrell |
| Year 11 Runner Up Boy | Trohan Holmwood | Year 11 Champion Boy | Ezekiel Cooper |
| Year 12 Runner Up Girl | Petra Verster | Year 12 Champion Girl | Shiloh Kaio |
| Year 12 Runner Up Boy | Isaac Mulder | Year 12 Champion Boy | Ryan Peake |
Images of some of our medal recipients ..
Please enjoy the gallery of images of the day..
I hope you are enjoying our Term 1, holidays and what a Term it was!
We all were busy with much to learn inside and outside the classroom.
Our Community Relations Team has tried something different with our news this term. We have utilised the News button on our Foundation Christian College App and as events happen, as best as we can, we uploaded the article and images to it. We hope that you have seen the notifications and been curious enough to have a look at the News.
We have now completed the term, so this newsletter features all the articles that we have published as News this term.
Don’t have the Foundation Christian College App? You can access it by searching for Foundation Christian College in either GooglePlay or the App Store.
Username: FCCPARENT
Password: Family24
Next Term there will be some additional changes to the App that we think will be really useful to you, including a link to commonly ustilised College policies and procedures.
Once again thank you for all of your support during the term. We hope that you enjoy reflecting on Tem 1 and look forward to seeing you all in Term 2. Return Date is Monday 15 April!
Every Blessing
Michelle Cronin
Community Relations Officer
What a wonderful start to the 2024 School Year!
*We have seen LOTS of happy faces, from both new and returning students (and Parents!);
*Coffee for parents;
*A new tractor for our Early Learning Students;
*FIRST Day of school for some of our Kindy’s;
*New Laptops for Years 3-12;
*Musters for Years 1-6 with Head of Primary, Mr King;
*Whole of Secondary C.O.R.E. Introduction; For those who are curious… C.O.R.E. stands for : Courage, Organisation, Respect, Excellence!
*Year 7 “Welcome Chat” with Head of Secondary, Mr Shanhun;
*Leavers Jackets for our Year 12s; AND
*Somehow a whole heap of learning took place too!!…
We have been so blessed with a wonderful first day! Thank you to Staff and Parents for all of your hard work in preparing for this new school year!
Enjoy the gallery of images from today …
Dear Parents and Families,
It has been a great pleasure to see students and staff start the Year across Secondary. In my initial meeting with students, we dubbed 2024 ‘the Year for more!’. Some of the many changes that you may notice around the school include:
I feel really privileged to be involved in the FCC community, both as a teacher and a parent, and can’t wait to see God’s blessing on this year.
Blessings,
Pete Shanhun
(Head of Secondary)
Dear Parents and Families,
It was an absolute pleasure to walk around and visit a number of classes this week, seeing students calm, motivated and engaged. There really is a beautiful atmosphere around the College. I observed Year 7 Music students singing solfa and doing rhythm practice, Year 9 Science students doing a Kahoot, and Year 12 Food Tech students finishing their caramelized popcorn (which, of course, I was obliged to sample!). The Year 12 students were each able to retell a learning point before they left the class.
Our staff have also been busy! Here, our staff are having their weekly Friday worship, capably led by Sarah Mitchell, Sam Keating and Jean Martin. We also found a staff member who was very happy to receive his first CORE card for the year! Mr Carman has taken the CORE card containers home over the weekend, so they should look very different for our Secondary Information Evening! Well done to all our students who are demonstrating our CORE values!
A reminder that we have the Secondary Information Evening on this Tuesday. We look forward to seeing you there!
Secondary Information Night – 2024
We are also looking forward to partnering with parents in blessing our Year 7 and Year 9 students in their commencement services next week – lots of good things to come!
Our Year 3 and 4 Student Development program called ESTEEM launched this week, with the students participating in a variety of exciting activities aimed to develop their self-esteem, so they can esteem others.
Matthew 22:39 says to love your neighbour as yourself.
Learning about our identity in Christ helps us to value ourselves and see others as God made them.
The students enjoyed ESTEEM based activities through Arts and Craft, Team-building games, Cooking, Media Arts, Drama and Service-learning (making “bucket-filling” cards for the residents of Ageis care).
