From the Principal

Embrace Equity This year’s International Women’s Day theme of Embrace Equity invites us to reflect on the unconscious biases we all hold and to work to reduce barriers that limit the participation or growth of people on the basis of their gender or...

We congratulate Ben McCormac on winning both the Public Speaking and Overall competition at the Regional Lions Youth of the Year last weekend. This is an outstanding achievement, competing against high-calibre students from across our region and we...

Lives like houses, need to be built on solid foundations. We can spend a lot of time building our superstructures focused on success in work, learning, sport or other pursuits and forget to pay attention to what is at our core and foundation...

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...