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Our College community loves to celebrate the successes of our students and staff. Our news page shares these success stories and insightful blog articles from senior members of Hillcrest staff. You may also like to follow us on Facebook as we celebrate College life, community and successes together.

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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

DEBATING: We brought home the treasure
As team members of the Junior B Debating team, we represented Hillcrest Christian College in the first round of debating for 2017. The topic of our debate was ‘pirates are...
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Monday, 20 Mar 2017

IGNITE: Science of Sound
Year 2 Ignite has had lots of noisy fun learning about the ‘Science of Sound’ this term. We have built 3d models of the inner ear, learnt about animal echolocation,...
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Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

Layers of Learning - Learning Centred Environments
Layers of Learning - Learning Centred EnvironmentsOur Layers of Learning Framework is a set of broad guidelines relating to quality teacher practices and represents the way we teach at Hillcrest...
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Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

Jiu Jitsu - Kalani Salussolia
Kalani Salussolia (from 3EA) is a grey-belt Jiu Jitsu student who is passionate in what he does. On Sunday 12 March 2017 he went to the BJJ Australia Open in...
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Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

Beach to Beach walk
On Saturday, students and staff from Years 10-12 participated in Hillcrest’s annual Beach to Beach walk and head shave, to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.After an early breakfast, the...
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Monday, 13 Mar 2017

Commonwealth Day Commemorative Coin unveiling
Today, Hillcrest celebrates Commonwealth Day. This year’s theme is ‘A Peace-building Commonwealth’ and is especially significant because it marks the beginning of the GC2018 Queen’s Baton Relay. The relay will...
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Friday, 10 Mar 2017

March International Department Update
AQUA ENGLISH DAY We often take our surf beaches for granted on the Gold Coast. However for many of our new international students, swimming and enjoying surf beaches is a...
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Friday, 10 Mar 2017

Gardiner Chess
A gathering of talented minds in the JLC demonstrated their prowess in the latest Gardiner Chess Interschool Competition. Students had an amazing time playing seven rounds of chess against...
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Friday, 10 Mar 2017

Year 2 Sculpture Crawl
Despite dreary, overcast conditions, Monday, 27 February saw two bus loads of effervescent, excited Year 2’s set off to explore the Coast from Currumbin to Southport, in search of significant...
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