Principal's Log

 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 Massie (Year 5), and Mrs Melanie Percival (Year 1) and science laboratory assistant, Mrs Penny Farquhar. We welcome back Mrs Tina Cox (Head of English) from long service leave and Mrs Sharon Middleton in her new role as College Nurse.  With the return of Mrs Cox, Mrs Rae Hall has returned to her position as Head of Middle College Teaching and Learning.  We wish all members of our community including these staff a strong sense of fulfilment and purpose as we grow together over the remainder of the year.

 It was a delight to watch our Dance Academy students compete at the Get the Beat dance competition on the last Friday night of Term 2.  It was an entertaining evening of very high quality performances as students represented schools from Northlakes to Noosa.  We were very excited when our Senior College Dance Academy team placed first and our Middle College Dance Academy team placed second.  This was an outstanding achievement and we congratulate the girls and their teacher Mrs Kristy Astwick.

We also congratulate Year 12 student Kaylee McKeown on her selection in the Australian team to swim in the Pan Pacific championships in Tokyo.  We wish Kaylee all the best as she prepares for these championships which will take place in August.

After having a successful season on the Sunshine Coast our Year 9 debating team travelled to Brisbane to compete in the first of the finals of the QDU debating competition. We congratulate Noah Beasley, Lachie Buchanan, Dempsey Hall and Alex Jose, on their achievements and wish them well for the next round of finals.  We thank their coach Mrs Rae Hall for her leadership and time.

Parent, student and teacher conferences for P-12 students occur over the next week.  These are important learning opportunities for students and we encourage families to take advantage of these times to celebrate strengths and identify strategies to lift understanding and performance. 

We look forward to a strong term of learning together and growing together as community.  The upcoming OCEANfest is shaping to be a great community event.  We thank the Friends Of Pacific OCEANfest committee and the many parents who have already contributed a great deal to stage an evening of fun and entertainment. 

We pray that God would fill each member of our community with a strong sense of calm, positive purposefulness as we move forward into this term.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal