Last weekend, more than 15 students travelled to Hervey Bay to compete in the Fraser Coast Rugby 7s competition. The students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to represent the College and play against a variety of teams. We congratulate all students on the way they conducted themselves and played with good spirit and skill. Well done to the U13 team who reached the grand final, finishing in second place and to our U15 team who came fourth in their division. Thank you to Mr Josh Cummins for his leadership of the activity and to Mr Cameron West McInnes, Mr Josh Danzey and Mr Alex O’Connor for their attendance over the weekend.
It has been good to see a significant number of students take advantage of the opportunity to be part of the College’s sports teams this term. We thank all of our coaches, congratulate our teams and wish the Open Boys soccer teams all the best for their upcoming finals.
It is important that students use assessment feedback for learning. Rather than having a focus on the result, it is important to reflect on what was done well and exploring the one or two things that need to be learnt to progress to the next level. Learning to respond to feedback with a growth mindset is an important academic and life lesson. This is the focus of feedback given through individual pieces, reports and parent, student and teacher conferences. We thank teachers, parents and students for their engagement with the P-5 conferences over this week and look forward to the Middle and Senior College conferences next term.
May God equip us all with gentle hearts, listening ears and the grace and courage to forgive and be forgiven.
Dr Bronwyn Dolling, Principal