From the Principal

Planning time and getting priorities right requires intentional action. One of the secrets of success is to identify the small steps that can be taken to move towards a desired goal. When faced with a myriad of choices and competing options, the...

At the Friends of Pacific meeting this week, we reflected on the important role that parents play in helping young people to become good planners and decision makers. Home learning is an area that parents can have growing conversations with their...

To celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week the College Captains led a reflection and recorded messages to be shared between the different age groups at both assemblies this week. We all know that small random acts of kindness make a significant...

One of joys of walking around the College is that there are so many incidental moments of great learning that are encountered. Over the past fortnight I have enjoyed talking to the Prep students as they were investigating how they might use a water...

Over the past week there has been a lot of commentary about the performance of Australian schools relative to other nations in the media. Learning conditions within Australian schools are often compared to those in Finland. One of the qualities of...

Over the last week the Year 6 space has been fitted out with new furniture that enables staff and students to work flexibly through making quick changes to physical and virtual spaces. Often referred to as providing opportunities for agility, this...

We are all very good at identifying those areas in life where something is not fair but we are not always as good at recognising where we might not be acting justly towards others. Our motivation for responding to situations of social injustice can...

Over the past week we have enjoyed opportunities to come together as community. The Welcome BBQ provided a wonderful, relaxed opportunity for us to connect. It was a thoroughly enjoyable way to finish the week and I thank the new families for their...

Quality, though hard to define, is something we all know. We know when we see it, feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it, experience it or live it. Quality is a characteristic for us to strive for, in our relationships with others and with God, in our...

Welcome to the start of the 2017 school year. It has been exciting to see young people come into the College across Kindergarten to Year 12. There has been great energy and good focus and I thank the teachers and administration staff for the effort...