Week 1, Term 2 2021

Dear Families,

Welcome to Term Two! We are really excited as to what is in store over the coming eleven weeks with regard to extra and co-curricular activities but wish to acknowledge the ‘business’ of Term One in these areas is behind us for a little while and this term the focus will be very much on the curriculum and, in particular, how we prepare our Year 11 & 12 students for their Semester One Examinations.

This coming Friday will be a significant day for us, however, as we start our term with both, sombre reflection and boisterous exertion. Our tradition of holding an ANZAC Day ‘dawn’ Service will start the day on the slope near the Secondary Administration building. We use this time to reflect with sorrow and thankfulness on those men and women who gave their lives in battle in order to protect and preserve the freedoms that we enjoy in this most beautiful country of ours, Australia. I would like to extend to you, your family and your friends therefore, the warmest of invitations to join us at 7.45am as we mark ANZAC Day, a day of remembrance, with respect, dignity and prayer.

After this, please feel free to attend our P – 12 Inter-House Cross Country Carnival that will take place on the oval from around 8.45am. All students will be participating in an effort to have their House crowned ‘champion’ and you will see wonderful interactions between senior and junior students throughout the course of the morning. Additionally, at this event, we will be christening ‘Betty’, our Service-Learning caravan, as she offers snacks and drinks for purchase by students and parents for the very first time. It has been a long time coming, this project, so stay tuned for more information regarding the initial idea, the journey of refurbishment and the intended use of her from this Friday onwards.

I wish you a great term and many blessings.

Brett Roberts

Head of Campus

YEAR 12 SCHOOL BALL

AND THEY HAD A BALL!! On Friday 16 April the Year 12 ball was held at Fraser’s Restaurant at the picturesque King’s Park. The students all looked amazing as did the staff in attendance. A wonderful night was enjoyed by all. A big thank you to Sarah Stockton-Rice for the wonderful job she did organising the event, the staff that attended and Mel Beale who was a key in helping organise the formal dancing.