Principal’s Log

There was a similar air of excitement around the Father’s Day Stall as students took the opportunity to select a special gift for their father on Tuesday. Dads, mums, children and staff enjoyed the opportunity to connect at this morning’s Dad’s breakfast as we enjoyed the music provided by our talented music students and the very high quality food provided by our hospitality staff and students. Year 8 student, Jessica Cronin took the opportunity to share her project of supporting the education of students in Africa with the gathering. As part of Jessica’s 2024 Community Problem Solving focus on enhancing community understanding and action around the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, Jessica is engaging in a range of activities to raise funds for the Australian Lutheran World Service. The focus of her project includes providing funds to establish a school garden and school kits for children living in poverty in Africa. Funds raised this morning will go towards this life changing project. We thank our community for your enthusiastic support of this morning’s breakfast, our Friends of Pacific team for leading the Father’s Day stall and our music and hospitality teams for the provision of outstanding entertainment, service and food.

There were also high levels of excitement at our P-2 Athletics carnival where parents, staff and students cheered on our youngest athletes. We thank parents and friends for your attendance, Mr Hooper and Mrs Muir for their organisation and leadership and all of the staff who contributed to the staging of such a successful event. Well done to all P-2 students for their enthusiastic participation and to Buran House who won the competition.

We look forward to the Art and Film Night on 5th September where the creative works of our Year 6-12 Visual Art, Media and Film and TV students will be exhibited. We are blessed with tremendous artistic talent within our community and we strongly encourage families to take the opportunity to be inspired by the creativity of our students. The evening is an initiative of our Pacific Action Group Cultural Captains, Mitchell Pyke and Aryrisa Jones and we thank them and the Visual Art and Media staff for their leadership.

The link for the MMG whole school survey was emailed to all families last week. We strongly encourage you to invest 30 minutes in contributing to the ongoing development of the College through your responses. We thank those families who have already completed the survey.

We say a prayer of thanks for the special gift of fatherhood and the many gifts that God gives us through the Dads and men in our lives. We pray that God would encourage, guide and equip men for the important roles they play.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal