Often the measurement of a community is the way in which it greets those who are new. I have been truly blessed with the warm welcome given to me by all the students, staff and the community here at Our Lady of the Southern Cross. I have already met several families and I look forward to growing our school in collaboration with our whole community.

We have set high expectations for our students and staff in 2022 asking all to strive to be the best person they can possibly be. With high expectations comes high support, from our staff and fellow students. 2022 will see us working with our students to support their individual goals and academic pathways.

Staff at OLSCC want to be actively communicating with families rather than providing a notification. Heather Wolpert-Gawron talks about “The Equation of Student Success”; “Family + Student + School = Student Success”.

“The difference between communication and notification is that communication is the act of communicating anything, while notification is (uncountable) the act of notifying. Communication requires two parties to engage, whereas notification is one way”.

Our community attendance goal is 93%, if a student is at school, then they are able to engage in their learning, being engaged in their learning will lead to personal growth and success. It has been great to see the senior sector students settling into learning over the past 3 weeks.

Next week some of Year 11 and all our Year 12 students begin their first exam block for the year. The exam scheduled has been emailed out to all families and is available on our school website. We wish them luck as they sit their exams.

Rodney Spain

Assistant Principal Senior Years