Dear Parents, Students and Community Members, 2016 is now well and truly underway and the senior students are feeling this more than ever with first semester almost done, the what seems to be endless SACs and the rapidly approaching mid- year exams for Years 10 and 11. GAT preparation is also underway for students studying…
Last week a number of Year 11 students completed the Senior Supportive Friends program with Jen Muir and myself. The allday training taught students how to support their peers and care for themselves during the senior school years. Students learnt how to identify when a friend may be experiencing difficulties, how to provide effective listening…
Last week we held two very successful open events for prospective students and parents, with up to 300 visitors to our Open Afternoon in the Year 7 Learning Centre on Saturday 16 April and over 400 visitors to our Open Night to see the whole school in action on Tuesday 19 April. The success of…
On Wednesday 20 April the College Cross Country was held on a very warm and sunny autumn afternoon. Congratulations go to Yerlonga (Blue House) on their great win, closely followed by Kalura (Green House). It was a terrific contest between the four houses with a high participation rate across the whole school, and shows how…
We look forward to meeting prospective students and their parents at our open events in the next week. On Saturday 16 April, our Year 7 Learning Centre will be open from 2 – 4pm with attendees having the opportunity to participate in a range of interactive learning workshops with our Year 7 teaching team and…
Open Afternoon Come and experience the Year 7 Centre on Saturday 16th April, 2016 from 2.00-4.00pm. (SEAL information session at 3.00pm) Open Night See our whole College at work on Tuesday 19th April, 2016 from 7.00-9.00pm. (SEAL information session at 6.30pm)
An important part of our publicity in the lead up to our Open Afternoon (Saturday 16 April) and Open Night (Tuesday 19 April) are the visits we make to all feeder primary schools (14 schools). This started last week and involves myself, Jennifer Roep and George Tzimourtas taking some of our students to visit each…
We would like to share a video with our parents presented by youth worker and cyber safety advocate, Jamie Roberts. He offers a range of suggestions for parents who may be concerned that their adolescent children are spending too much time online. Jamie also discusses guidelines relating to online activity that will give parents some…
Great schools regularly evaluate their progress. They pause to reflect, undertaking a thorough analysis of the available data to look back on how well the human, financial, physical and information resources of the school have been deployed to achieve the goals and priorities in the school’s strategic plan. As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, following…
Term 1 is in full swing and everyone has settled back into a routine after enjoying the summer holidays. The Year 7 students headed off to Camp Rumbug last Wednesday, 4 days into their secondary school life. The camp was full of fun activities for the students to participate in each day including low ropes,…
