Matthew Flinders Anglican College in Buderim, Queensland | School
Matthew Flinders Anglican College
Locality: Buderim, Queensland
Phone: +61 7 5477 3200
Address: 1-47 Stringybark Road 4556 Buderim, QLD, Australia
Website: http://www.mfac.edu.au
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25.01.2022 Our Junior A and B Boys and Girls competed in the Water Polo Semi and Grand Finals last night. Showing the depth that we have in our program our teams battled until the final whistle! Unfortunately, both Boys teams were knocked out in the Semis in hard fought matches. Our Girls teams competed in their respective Grand Finals and our Junior B Girls won the Premiership. Thank you so much to all our supporters there last night. We loved hearing your cheers! #flinderssport #flinderswaterpolo
24.01.2022 This morning Flinders Design and Technologies Teacher, Mike King chatted with Robert Blackmore about our Electric Vehicle project. Robert and Mike's conversation starts at 1hr 7min. Thanks ABC Sunshine Coast.
23.01.2022 Flinders Flashback Friday to 1990, the official opening of the College. We invite you to submit your memories and photos on the 'Share Your Story' page of the 30-Year website celebrating 30 Years of Excellence at Flinders. Visit the 30-Year website here: https://30years.mfac.edu.au/ #30yearsofexcellence #flashbackfriday #proudtobeflinders
22.01.2022 We have extended the date. Don’t miss out, last chance Tuesday, 17 November. Support our Flinders P&F and purchase a real Christmas Tree. Order your tree online. https://www.trybooking.com/BLSZF
21.01.2022 Today, our Primary Vivace Strings group held a special performance for our Flinders Early Learning Centre students!
19.01.2022 Thank you Independent Schools Queensland for sharing Tate's story!
19.01.2022 Find My Spark is our new Primary co-curricular and extra-curricular program that enables teachers to share their passions with students as they explore and develop skills and hobbies beyond the classroom such as music, sport, maths, writing, art and craft, interior design, dance, robotics, TED Talks, Duke of Edinburgh Junior, gardening, nutrition and garden-to-plate cooking, mindfulness and more. Our 'Find My Spark - Fishing Techniques' was a buzz with students sharing photos of their weekend catch measuring their fish using their brag boards. A lesson on soft lures and how to rig these up before testing them was a challenge and a highlight. Thank you to Mr Horton-Stephens for sharing his passion with the students and we wish them all the best for a big catch this weekend!
19.01.2022 Congratulations to Justin and Karl (Class of 2020) for winning the Generation Innovation challenge! The boys said they were super excited at winning especially as the final pitch had to be prepared in the middle of their Year 12 external exams.
17.01.2022 Year 10 Business students were in the Shark Tank this week for a taste of the real world! They pitched their start-up ideas to two industry professionals on the panel - Rebecca Grisman from Campaign Group and Michael Datta from the Bare Coffee Company Each group of students had 6 minutes to convince the panel that their start-up idea had merit and - given the opportunity - would be worthy of investment and mentoring to make it a reality. Flinders Head of Business, Susan Lyn...ch thanked the Shark Tank panellists for their time and expertise. The students appreciated the honest feedback from the ‘experts’ and enjoyed the challenge of developing a proposal and then pitching it to the panel. It was a worthwhile process, if not a little daunting! Flinders is excited to provide entrepreneurs of the future with these types of opportunities to develop essential skills. Where will these ideas take them...?
17.01.2022 Earlier this week, our Year 2 String Immersion Program had its second concert for the year. Every student in Year 2 is involved in the program and they have the opportunity to learn to play the Violin, Viola, Cello and, this year we have added, Double Bass. We congratulate our Year 2 students, our Strings Tutors Mrs Richards, Mrs MacDonald, Miss Harvey and Mr Smith, and Strings Co-Ordinator Mrs Coleman-Mann for a fantastic concert.
17.01.2022 As you can imagine, the first day of school at Flinders has been a busy one! First up, our Year 7s headed off on buses to their beach camp here on the Sunshine Coast. We also held a whole-College assembly and hosted a morning tea for parents of our student leaders to connect.
16.01.2022 The Rugby 7s season concluded last night with some great matches played showing plenty of flair mixed with courage and determination. Congratulations to our U13 Girls, U13 Boys and U18 Boys for finishing their seasons as runners-up. #FlindersSport #FlindersRugby #ProudtobeFlinders
15.01.2022 We welcomed new Flinders students as well as current families onto campus today for various events across the College. All students in Primary School were invited to our 'Meet the Teacher' events, held in their respective classrooms. This was exciting for Years 5 and 6 students who were able to see their brand new Precinct for the first time. Our Flinders Preppies also enjoyed some time in their classrooms for storytime, craft and puzzles. The Year 7s had a special induction ...day in their new Precinct and were provided with lunch before heading to the Flinders Aquatic Centre to complete their swimming trials. This preparation frees them up to embark on Year 7 camp on the first day of term on Wednesday, 27 January. New students to the Secondary School were also invited onto campus to visit their classrooms and meet their teachers and homeroom mentors. It was also a chance to finalise uniforms and set up new tech devices while getting to know one another. These events are just one aspect of our transition program to help new students and their families settle into Flinders life - made to feel welcome and supported along the way. Parents and students - to learn more about the procedures for drop off and pick up on day one and also throughout this term, please visit MyFlinders. We look forward to seeing all students on Wednesday, 27 January!
14.01.2022 Congratulations to Flinders Aquatic Academy swimmers Lia-Belle W, Jaime P and Ryan B who recently competed at the Queensland State Titles. They attended as part of the University of Sunshine Coast’s Spartans team of 19 athletes. Ryan was named 12-Years Age Champion, after qualifying for 11 swims and making 11 finals. Lia-Belle - who is one of our Flinders Elite Athlete Program participants - swam both the Open age group and her 16-Year age group, making 5 finals. Jaime swam in her new 13-Year age group, and qualified for 8 swims. The College has created a short video to share the great work happening at Flinders Aquatic Academy as they focus on supporting and developing young athletes. You can view this video to learn more here. https://vimeo.com/453505972
12.01.2022 Congratulations to our Flinders swimming team who finished second at last night's St Andrew's Invitational Swim Carnival. 98 swimmers represented the College with pride and showed great team spirit especially our younger members. Highlights included our Primary School Freestyle relays and Middle School Medley Relays! #flinderssport #proudtobeflinders
12.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 7 students Rosie M and Darcy E who were recently involved in the Queensland School Sport 10-12 Years Girls Cricket State Championships held in Bundaberg. In the Grand Final, Sunshine Coast posted a total of 85 runs. However, this was chased down by Metropolitan East for a 9 wicket win. Well done girls. Congratulations on your team's achievement of being Runners Up. Rosie is one of the students involved in our Flinders Elite Athlete Program. #FEAP #flinderssport #flinderscricket #proudtobeflinders #girlsinsport
12.01.2022 Today, our Vacation Care students had a blast getting muddy at Wildlings Forest School! It was a day of adventure as they explored the natural world and learnt how to build rafts and make bows and arrows.
10.01.2022 Yesterday, our Primary School celebrated our Accelerated Reader Millionaires. Our Head of Primary, Trudi Edwards and Head of Learning and Teaching, Debbie Planck held a special afternoon-tea for the 44 students who had read over 1 million words. Collectively, our students in Years 3 to 6 read over 165 million words this year!
10.01.2022 Marine Science students enjoyed collecting data for their student experiments on Lady Elliot Island this week. A critically important hope spot on the Great Barrier Reef for the future due to impacts on the reef from anthropogenic factors globally. We can confidently report the diversity and health of this reef is excellent.
10.01.2022 Congratulations to our Flinders Soccer teams for winning their grand finals last night. Flinders went 4 from 4 with our Intermediate Boys A and B, Intermediate Girls A and Junior Boys teams all taking out their premierships! #FlindersSport #FlindersSoccer
08.01.2022 Today we welcomed Lisa Wilson from Wishlist to receive a cheque for $547, raised through our Flinders Year 9 Market Day. The Business students were able to create an amazing event which culminated in this wonderful donation to this very worthy Sunshine Coast charity. It was great to be able to hand over the cheque to Lisa as she just happens to be a Foundation student of Flinders and was actually in Mrs Lynch's Business class in 1993 and '94. Thank you Lisa for visiting the school today to receive our donation.
07.01.2022 Last Friday night we took our Flinders Lumina Voices and Chamber Voices to the Queensland Youth Music Awards in Brisbane, stopping on the way for some tea. The students were extraordinary ambassadors for the College. Lumina Voices performed in the Intermediate Choir section. As well as receiving a Gold Award they were also selected as the recipients of 3rd place. Chamber Voices performed in the Advanced Choir section and were also the recipients of a Gold Award. They then w...ent on to be awarded 1st place as the winners of the Advanced Choir Section. Please enjoy these short clips of the performances on vimeo: Chamber Voices https://vimeo.com/554153428 Lumina Voices https://vimeo.com/554157647
05.01.2022 Today, our Year 10 students experienced an adventure day. Due to COVID-19, the students missed their camp opportunity earlier in the year so a special adventure day was schedule to allow them to experience a range of activities such as stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking and an adrenalin-filled boat ride.
05.01.2022 Congratulations to our Flinders Rugby teams who played in last night's semi final matches. Our 1st XV team defeated St John's 15 to 3 and our 2nd XV defeated Siena 23 to 5. Unfortunately, our U13s lost to Grammar and our U16s lost to James Nash SHS. We wish our 1st XV and 2nd XV all the best for their grand final games next Wednesday evening! Congratulations to all our Flinders Rugby teams for a great 2021 season. #flindersrugby #proudtobeflinders
05.01.2022 A massive thank you to each and every student and staff member who came along to support our Year 6 Christmas Market Day yesterday morning. The event is part of our i-Impact curriculum in our Flinders Primary School to enable our students to design, create and share entrepreneurial projects that make a positive impact in the world. We are delighted to announce that we raised an amazing $3600 through this event! The money will help to fund 50 Buddy Bags to help new refugees coming into Australia, along with supporting the vital work of the Buddies Refugee Support Program in Queensland.
03.01.2022 Each year, Flinders presents the gift of an illustrated children's Bible to all Prep students so they can share the stories they hear in Chapel and in their Religious and Values Education (RAVE) classes at home. This year, due to COVID interruptions, this presentation was delayed to Term 2. Earlier this week, our Primary School RAVE teacher, Mr Josh Christie presented the Bibles to the Preps in their Chapel service.
03.01.2022 This morning, Head of Creative Arts Danny Parker and Stage Manager for 'Spelling Bee' Izzy (Year 12) spoke with Sheridan Stewart on the Morning program on ABC Sunshine Coast. Spelling Bee will run from 7 - 9 June in the Drama Theatre and tickets are available via https://www.trybooking.com/BRGPF
02.01.2022 We wish our students the best of luck as they finish preparing for the Da Vinci Decathlon, which will occur next week in Brisbane. The Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of high potential students. Our Year 7 and 8 teams will compete on Wednesday, 2 June and our Years 9 to 11 students on Thursday, 3 June. Thank you to all the staff who have assisted in training and supporting the teams over the last few months.
02.01.2022 Back to School 2021 - Important Dates Monday, 25 January * Primary Meet the Teacher | Prep 9:00am - 10:00am and Years 1 - 6 10:30am - 12:30pm * New Secondary Students and Parents Induction | 8:30am - 10:30am... * Year 7 Students Induction | 8:30am - 3:00pm * Year 7 Parents Induction | 8:30am - 10:30am Term 1, 2021 commences on Wednesday, 27 January! For more information, please visit https://myflinders.mfac.edu.au/
01.01.2022 Have you seen the latest Kids on the Coast Magazine ? You will see that three Flinders siblings feature on the front cover! Thanks to the team at KOTC for sharing our College's story about how to prepare for a smooth transition part-way through Primary when changing schools. We are excited to be warmly welcoming many new families to our Flinders community this year.
