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St Philip’s Christian College Gosford
Prospectus
HOUSE
GROUPS
Students are grouped into Houses and will
represent these Houses across a variety of
activities. Sport is an area where students will
often represent their House group. This may
be at any of our 3 major Carnivals including
Swimming, Cross Country and Athletics. It
may also be through some of our other House
competitions which also include Lip Sync
battles, Drama, and Debating competitions.
All of these competitions allow students to earn
points for their House, not just through the
results that they obtain but also by the spirit in
which they participate. A sense of community,
pride and leadership opportunities are all a part
of the House system.
Chara
(pronounced kharah)
means joy, joyful, cheerfully;
The joy of the Lord is our
strength (Neh 8:10b) giving us
the power and ability to press
on in any circumstance. Being
strong in the Lord means we
can rejoice before and amidst
any battle knowing Christ is
our victory.
Meros
means to share or be
a part of. Through unity we are
empowered through blessing;
Each person working together
towards the final outcome.
Kainos
is the Greek
reference to ‘new’ or ‘renew’;
God renews our strength,
preparing us for success in
whatever lies before us. Rising
up gives us the opportunity
to view things from a new
victorious perspective, taking
us from Glory to Glory.
Patria
means family or
tribe;
a group of people, all of
whom lay claim to a common
origin; that origin in this case
is Christ; He has brought us
together as one body in unity
so we may work together,
pressing on into the victory He
has set before us.