Caleb Jones

Caleb Jones

  • Joined: 01/06/2025
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Devotion – What’s the most important thing to you?

‘My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me …’’ Acts 20:24 NIV

The story is told of Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, a wealthy Canadian man who survived the Titanic. After it struck the iceberg, he returned to his stateroom and, ignoring cash, jewellery, and other valuable possessions worth around $300,000, grabbed a favourite pearl pin and three oranges. Later, he was reported to have said, ‘The money seemed to be a mere mockery at that time.’ Circumstances transformed his values; tragedy clarified his priorities. The question is not, will your calendar be full, but who will fill it, and what will it be filled with?

Primary Assembly – Term 1, Week 5

Congratulations to all the students who received awards at assembly this morning and well done to Miss Bien’s Year 4 Class for winning the ‘Shah Award’ (for cleanliness).

Our students led today’s devotion ‘Bravery’ by performing two live plays. Each play displayed what bravery looked like at school.

Badge Ceremony

On Monday the 19th of February, we presented badges to our 2024 Leadership Team. Congratulations to all our new student leaders.

Sports Update – Term 1, Week 4

Tomorrow (Saturday, 17 Feb) GBC Primary sport will be at Redeemer Lutheran College for Round 2.

Weather conditions are under close observation, and families will be kept informed. Best of luck to all the teams!

Year 7 Camp

At Staines, relationships are valued. Hence, we organise a camp for our Year 7 students in first term. This enables our students to forge deeper connections and establish friendships that can last a lifetime.

Primary Assembly – Term 1, Week 4

Congratulations to all the students who received awards at assembly this morning and well done to Miss Bien’s Year 4 Class for winning the ‘Shah Award’ (for cleanliness).

Our students led today’s devotion ‘Bravery’ by performing two live plays. Each play displayed what bravery looked like at school.

Devotion – Term 1, Week 3

Ancient Roman writer Marcus Tullus Cicero said, ‘Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.’ The fact is, it’s impossible to have more than a few close friends because true friendship takes time, attention, and commitment. ‘One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother’ (Proverbs 18:24 NIV). The hallmarks of real friendship include these:

1) Trust. American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: ‘The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.’

Fashion Designer Teaches Secondary Students

This week our Secondary Students learned about Colour Theory from professional fashion designer Kim Bailey - Designer and Founder of East of Grey.

Over the last couple of days our students have used colour palettes to create their own mood-boards.