Lyneham ELC News
Celebrating a fabulous BCC Twighlight Fete
A big thank you to all those people, P&F members, staff and parents, who put in so much time and effort to make Friday’s Twilight Fete such a huge success. Special thanks and appreciation to Suzie Fowler who gave up so much of her time to coordinate the entire event. This was my first Brindabella Fete and the sense of community and spirit that I witnessed on Friday was another highlight to what has been a very big year for Brindabella. Bruce Handley Principal Brindabella Christian College
Children are effective communicators - Easter Story
This is evident when children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media .
Last few days of 2015
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Last week, PK made some 'dinosaur footprints' with salt dough.
The most frequently asked question was, "Can I eat it?" Mrs Sarah promised that we would make something we can eat - so today we made 'dinosaur footprints' with gingerbread. They were yyuummyyy! :)
Let Them Run Wild
As the days are getting shorter and the weather is colder it is a good reminder that children still need to get outside and do exercise and activities. This is not only good for their health but also good for their mental health. Click here for recent research in this area.
Rhonda Malouf School Psychologist
Make your own Afternoon Tea Day
Today was 'make your own afternoon tea' day in PK, and we made jelly with fruit! We focused very hard to pour our jelly 'half way' and then added grapes and honeydew to our cup. We can't wait for this afternoon when we can gobble it up. :)
Maths & Science at ELC
Today we did a combined maths/science lesson. We discussed volume and measurement. We also used the observe (notice), predict (guess) explain (why did it happen) formula for exploring how and why the food dyes were diluted and spread throughout the water. Finally, we discussed the rainbow they formed and reminded P.K. what kind of behaviour is “Rainbow Behaviour”, linking to our behaviour reward system. It was fun
Miss Ann celebrates 60 Years
Our Miss Ann celebrated her 60th birthday over the Christmas break so we didn't get a chance to celebrate with her. Happy Birthday Miss Ann from your Brindabella family. Thank you for the blessing you are to our community. We love you.
Mobilo Creations in PK
In PK this week we used our imaginations and covered the floor with mobilo creations. We made patterns with bead boards and shapes, used play dough, and drew with pencils and textas outside and inside. Learning through play in this way means we are developing our fine and gross motor skills, learning to sort and sequence, which is getting us ready for maths and literacy activities later on, and also learning that symbols on a page have meaning.
P3 Tent Making
The highlight of the P3 class was making outside tents with Mr Kieran. We had great fun deciding how it would best work. Tents can be a wonderful place for imaginative play to develop and grow. They can become a cave, home, office, or anything in the world we want them to be. And they are great fun. :)
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PK 2015 Christmas Digital Art
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PK Harmony Day - 25 March 2014
This week the children in PK participated in Harmony Day activities. One of our favourite activities was the ice-cream shop. Children were very excited about role playing based on an ice-cream shop, as we created and tasted “ice-creams”.
PK Literacy Information Session and family BBQ
Last night’s Literacy for Little Learners (LLL) information evening was well attended by PK families. We enjoyed a BBQ dinner together in the new Charnwood Junior School yard. We then heard a presentation by Rose, who wrote the Literacy for Little Learners program.
PK's Archaeological Dig
PK's precious prac student, Miss Tessa brought in a wonderful activity for the children today. We pretended to be archaeologists carefully brushing away with our tools, searching for dinosaur bones. We took an ink wash over a blank page and - WOW - we discovered some dinosaurs. We matched them up with the skeletons we knew and then tried to name all of them!
This week PK made marble paintings!
We 'drizzled' some paint over our paper and 'rolled' the marbles around the box. Some of us made frames, others made spider webs and a few made 'explosions.'
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Honouring BCC's First Principal, Mr David Button
Brindabella Christian College’s first Principal Mr David Button died last week following a brave battle with melanoma. David was an instrumental figure in setting up what is now known as Brindabella Christian College.
In 1979, David approached the O’Connor Uniting Church Parish Council with the idea of setting up a Christian School. He felt this school should not be an elite school but rather a dedicated Christian School focussed on Christ-centred education. Later that year he was appointed to establish such a school as part of the O’Connor Uniting Church.
At the start of 1980, David became the first Principal of O’Connor Christian School with Mrs Trixie Rudder working as the Head Teacher. The School opened with an enrolment of 29 children from Kindergarten to Year 6. Within the first year of opening, enrolments exceeded expectations and Pre-school classes commenced with an additional teacher and assistant along with another primary school teacher.
Realising there was not enough room at the O’Conner Uniting Church location to cater for the growing enrolments, David noticed unused rooms at 136 Brigalow Street Lyneham and prayerfully sought to use them for this rapidly growing Christian School.
In 1982, O’Connor Christian School moved to 136 Brigalow Street Lyneham, housed in 12 classrooms at the rear of the block down near the motel.
At this point, the school shared the site with the ACT Government’s Curriculum Development Centre. With the additional classrooms, the school was able to grow to include two secondary classes (Years 7-8). Each year the school grew and more classrooms were required, and each year school community prayed for more space. Meanwhile, the Government kept reducing the numbers of staff employed in the Curriculum Development Centre until in 1985 they moved out and the school was able to take over the complete site and, under the direction of David, installed an additional 7 portable classrooms.
During 1985 David retired as Principal.
In 1998 the O’Connor Christian School was renamed Brindabella Christian College.
We would like to honour Mr David Button for his contribution to our College. May he rest in peace, after a race worth running. Glory be to God for David’s vision and hard work to further the Lord’s kingdom through the establishment and early leadership of our school.
Official Opening of the New Junior School Wing
Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Senator for the ACT, tried out the slide at the Official Opening of the new Brindabella Christian College Junior School Wing today.