From the Principal

Growing the sense of ‘can do’ is key to supporting people to flourish. Shifting language from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I haven’t learnt it yet’ changes the mindset to one where we are open to exploring opportunities and exploring the toolkit of strategies we...

At the information evening held this week, families across the Middle College took advantage of learning more about their role in supporting the learning of their children in partnership with teachers. Parental influence and the culture of learning...

Pausing and taking time to consider things, shifts us from being puppets of our emotions to being people who can thoughtfully and constructively respond to those emotions and the varying situations we encounter. We can pause and put ourselves in the...

Final offers are soon to be made to the Year 12 cohort of 2017, for the start of 2018. We congratulate and celebrate with each of them on their achievements, including Olivia McCluskey, Alli Whitmore and Paige Layfield who each attained an OP 1. As...

Possessing calm, positive, purposefulness not only enables us to flourish but it also helps others to do the same. Slowing our thinking down and shifting our self-talk to being thoughtful rather than emotionally reactive, can help us to see things...

Welcome to the start of the 2018 school year. It has been a very positive start to the year with staff and students quickly settling into the rhythm of learning. There has been a very good vibe around the College as staff and students have begun the...

Throughout the world this year we have seen considerable change. There can be a sense of perpetual motion in our lives and the world at large. At Christmas time each year we are invited to pause and be still and focus on the hope that comes into our...

At the end of last week, we enjoyed celebrating as a community with the Year 12 students as they had their graduation, chapel and formal. We enjoyed their fun and joy as they finished in a warm dignified way. Considerable energy goes into the...

This is an exciting and special time of year where we celebrate our graduating Year 12 students. It has been good to see them making the most of their final few days together, enjoying different activities including a thank you breakfast, painting...

Our Year 7 students enjoyed the opportunity to compete in the First Lego League competition at Grace Lutheran College over the weekend. After weeks of planning, designing and coding they put their robots to the test competing with 38 teams. Our...