From the Principal

The start of a new year, new semester, new week and new day provides us with the opportunity to recentre ourselves. As we start our new semester we can reflect on where we are, reflect on what good things have enabled us to get to where we are and...

It is always exciting to feel the energy as staff and students return to the College. We welcome everyone and in particular new students and their families to the start of Term 3. We also welcome new teachers Mr Damien Johns (Year 6), Mr Scott...

It is important that we take time to rest, rejuvenate and have fun. Through taking time to rest and have fun, our bodies and brains have time to recover and refresh and we live our life in full colour. Ensuring we get enough sleep daily, enables us...

This week at Chapel, Middle and Senior College students were invited to write down the ways they have contributed to the school, local and global community. There was a buzz of energy as students wrote down and shared within their pastoral care...

One of the Search Institutes findings was that young people who spent three to four hours in sports, clubs or other organisations per week either at school or beyond optimised their wellbeing. This is a key reason for the breadth and depth of co-...

It was a delight to finish last week being entertained by our musicians who moved us between drifting whimsically to toe tapping to rocking at the Ensemble’s Concert at the Kawana Community Centre. The quality of string, brass, wind and percussion...

Being confident in ourselves and in what we have, opens us up to seeing others more clearly and responding with compassion. An absence of confidence can see us developing a fortress mentality where we are reactive and fighting to gain things for...

It was a delight to watch the U13 rugby team play their semi-final last night. In a tightly contested game both teams were playing with passion, skill and tenacity. The boys are to be congratulated on their growth over the season under the guidance...

Viewing the world with compassionate eyes slows us down and forces us to listen deeply to each other. In being compassionate we are walking with people, sharing their joys and pains in full colour. There is time to be present and attentive...

Over the weekend we enjoyed the very entertaining and professional production of The Three Musketeers . The ability to move an audience through moments of farcical humour to fully engaging with the more dramatic elements of the story is a testament...