From the Principal

Many students across the College are preparing for assessments including internal testing, and completion of assignments and for our Year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students their Naplan assessment. As our Middle and Senior College students prepare for internal...

As we have celebrated Ash Wednesday this week at Chapel, our focus has been on God’s grace for us. The ashes traditionally made from the palms used in the Palm Sunday service the week before, remind us of our mortality and our propensity to sin...

This week on assembly we launched the Beyond Pacific program. This innovative program aims to support young people to reflect and record their growth across the four dimensions of character, community, leadership and future focus. Developed last...

When we are put under pressure or experience hurt our values of compassion and kindness can be tested. Our brains can quickly go into the flight or fight mode and we can find ourselves building walls rather than understanding. By pausing and seeking...

At the start of this week our Learning team presented the College’s approach to curriculum planning and leadership at the ISQ Curriculum Leaders Conference. The presentation included reference to linkages to global perspective through OECD research...

Providing space to learn and grow through honest reflection enables us to graciously grow in our integrity. Living with integrity sees us striving to live so that there is consistency between our deeply held values and our thinking and actions. When...

Schools are places of great growth. We are delighted that we have formed a partnership with the University of New England to develop a High-Ability Learners Toolkit. We will be working with Dr Genevieve Thraves who has recently worked with the...

This week at our Scholars Assembly we recognised the graduates of 2022 who achieved excellence in their academic results. The Honourable Mr Jarrod Bleijie and the Dux of 2021 Noah Beasley joined parents, students and staff in the celebration. We...

It has been great to be able to come together as community throughout this week as we have engaged in our Middle College, Year 11 and P-5 Information evenings. Parents enhanced their agency to support their children’s learning as they learnt about...

The word “welcome” is derived from an old English word that means desired guest. As we welcome each other into the start of a new year we come as desired guests into each other’s lives. As desired guests, we extend hospitality to one another and are...