Wonderful Week in the Community

This week we had the joy of celebrating Book Week with a dress-up day!  The Early Years had an amazing assembly where everyone was able to celebrate each other’s efforts, and our favourite authors and stories.  It was also great to see many of the older students engaging in the theme for the day!  Thanks to Mrs Jenkinson for her continued efforts regarding Book Week.

On Saturday evening we also have the chance to engage in the Delicious and Delightful Festival Lantern Parade.  Many of our students have created lanterns for this, and I can’t wait to hear of the great evening had by all involved.  Please also check out the itinerary via Western Downs Regional Council for all the other associated events happening this weekend.

Year 12 Industrial Visit to Thomas’s Batching Plants and Arena Products

Mr Ben Twidale is working with the College to support our Year 12 Industrial Technology Skills students through the last phase of their course through intensive days.  He is bringing current industry experience into the classroom and aligning the program to suit the needs of industry.  So students could gain better insight into what is required in industry, they attended an excursion to Thomas’s Batching Plants and Arena Products on Wednesday.  This was an excellent experience where we witnessed developing a product from idea into a product.  A massive thanks to Errol Thomas and his team for giving up their time to welcome our students and show us the amazing work they do.  It was quite an insight to see the extensive impact that comes from a small yard in Dalby!

Control the Controllables

I spoke on assembly this morning about the idea of the 90/10 principle.  This principle is really quite simple.  It states that 90 percent of what happens in our life is completely outside of our control.  It is governed by the weather, the government, your employer, and other people or events around you.  The remaining 10 percent of what happens is controllable by us. This includes what time we get out of bed, whether we do our work in a timely manner, what we eat, how we exercise, how we talk to others, and how we react when other things happen to us that are beyond our control.  The challenge of this is to let go of the 90 percent and place as much energy as possible into the 10 percent that you can influence.  This way we can focus less on worry, regret, anxiety, complaining and blaming, and get our minds in the right place so that we can be successful. 

Peter Cuskelly

Principal