Principal's Log

Last week we celebrated the contribution of many volunteers to our OCEANfest which was certainly a “village” in action.  OCEANfest provided opportunity for people to connect and have fun.  We congratulate all those who contributed to the OCEANfest to make it such a successful community event which was also successful in raising over $50 000.  These funds will go towards the upgrade of large screen interactive technology within classrooms across the College with the Friends of Pacific also allocating some funds as donations towards our Cambodia project, the SES, Lions and Buy A Bale.   Thank you to all members of our community who made a contribution.  You can be proud of what you have achieved together.

On Saturday we had a highly successful strategic planning consultative session where parents, students, staff and Council members dreamed of what was possible over the next ten years and then refined their thinking to four things that they would like to see championed within each of the five areas of Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing and Formation, Science, Technology and The Environment, The Visual and Performing Arts, and Sport over the next four years. The College Council and staff will continue to refine this thinking in the coming month. We thank staff, students, parents and College Council members for being part of the strategic process.

Over the last week, Middle and Senior College students have been enjoying using the newly completed library area which includes flexible learning arrangements and access to outdoor spaces.  The P-5 students have also enjoyed the additional space that has resulted for them. 

Congratulations to our Junior Boys Water Polo team who played well in the final of the Sunshine Coast All Schools Water Polo competition in a tightly contested match.  In the final two quarters, in very windy conditions the lead swapped regularly with the boys just losing 5-6 in the final minutes of the game.  Well done to all of our Water Polo teams and we thank coaches Mr Brett Jones, Mr Brad Ilott and Mrs Grier Elliot.

Thank you to our community for the way you have worked together with staff in ensuring the safety of children at pick up and drop off times under challenging weather conditions.  We look forward to some dry weather that will enable works to recommence in the P-2 car park.

The Year 6s have been enjoying their trip in Canberra visiting Parliament House, the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Australian War Memorial, the Dinosaur Museum, Mt Ainslie and more while staying at the Australian Institute of Sport. We look forward to welcoming them back tomorrow afternoon.

We wish our Year 9 - 12 students all the best as they enjoy the Melbourne Arts Tour over the weekend. The group will embrace the Melbourne cultural scene; seeing a major production and shows and taking a tour of the popular street art.

May God open our hearts, ears and minds to continually shine a light on the strengths that we and others possess.

Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal