Principal's Log

This week families in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will have or be receiving their individual NAPLAN reports through the post and will have received an explanatory email from either Mrs Jo Belchamber or Mrs Sue Zweck.  In their email, Mrs Zweck and Mrs Belchamber explain the new reporting structure of the reports which now includes indications of whether students are exceeding, strong, developing or need additional support for each element of the test. Once again, our students have performed well with all cohorts performing above state means in all aspects of the test and in a number of cases well above, with many students achieving at the strong and exceeding level in all cohorts. As a College, we use this data along with other data to reflect on individual and cohort performances. For families, reflection that includes the feedback from assessments, reports, parent-teacher conferences and the NAPLAN reports will assist in planning for the next steps of growth.

We congratulate our indoor netball teams who all performed well at the Indoor Netball Northern Region Tournament.  Three out of the four teams made the grand final and the Year 11/12 and Year 8/9 teams won their final. Congratulations to all players and thank you to our coaches Mrs Michelle Dufty, Mrs Mel Pietrala and Ms Emma Frohmuller for supporting the students so well at this event and throughout the season.

We congratulate our music students who have made a strong start to the Sunshine Coast Junior Eisteddfod in both their individual and ensemble groups. A special mention to our Junior String Ensemble who placed first and our Senior String Ensemble who placed third. This is an outstanding achievement and we congratulate all of our music students for their growth in their performance skills. We also congratulate and thank instrumental teachers, Head of Instrumental Music Mrs Helen Williams, Acting Head of Music, Mr Paul Cusick and Ms Krist-Elle Hill for their leadership of our musicians.

It was great to feel the energy and excitement of our Year 7 and 8 students and their parents as they connected with teachers as part of their subject expo earlier this week. The richness and diversity of subject offerings inspired both students and parents. We thank our teachers for their time in the development of these rich learning experiences and in connecting with parents at the expo. We thank Head of Learning Middle College, Mrs Jo Belchamber for her leadership.

Final preparations are underway for our One World OCEANfest which celebrates the diversity of people and the wonder of our environment.  It promises to be a great evening.  We encourage families to support their year level leaders through volunteering assistance in the lead up to and in the manning of the stalls on the evening. Families can also support through the sharing and purchasing of tickets in the raffle which has great prizes to be won.

We look forward to connecting with our Grandparents and friends tomorrow and pray that God would equip and guide us to be people who build others through our words and actions.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal