Year 12 Farewell

Sadly, today we farewell our Year 12 cohort of 2023.  What an amazing group of students!

We had an amazing farewell for them Wednesday alongside the College Awards and we wish them all the best for their post school celebrations and their next steps. 

Our final newsletter will have a full wrap of Year 12 celebrations with plenty of photos to share.

College Awards Ceremony

The awards on Wednesday were a great way to celebrate student success across the past 12 months.  It was a warm and muggy morning, though I was very impressed with the resilience shown by the students throughout the ceremony.  Congratulations to all our awards winners!  Your dedication and persistence over numerous years was well rewarded this week.  For those who didn’t receive any awards – now is a great time to start setting goals for personal improvement for next year.  These results may be academic, spiritual, in sports or the arts, and you may or may not receive an award next year, however, it is wise to always aim a little higher and strive for little bits of improvement rather than radical change. 

The book “Atomic Habits” by James Clear is an international bestseller outlining the thinking behind personal improvement and the practical way of approaching it to achieve long lasting results.  It is a great book, podcast (EntreLeadership) or audiobook for senior years students or any adult to have a listen to if there are radical goals you aspire to achieve without making radical lifestyle changes.  It’s all about making a 1% change often and how these miniscule changes can grow into life-altering outcomes.  If you’re unsure where to start – start at Atomic Habits! Mums and Dads, the lessons here can also be interpreted and communicated in child friendly language- make it a family challenge to reflect on over the Christmas Holidays and have some fun with it.

2024 and Beyond

We only have 2 weeks of school left before the beloved Christmas holidays.  We will have one more newsletter prior to the end of the year to ensure that everything that needs communicating gets to our community in a reliable manner so the information can be accessed over the holidays.  We will also have much of our information loaded onto the website so it is easily accessible over the holidays.  This will include College Office opening hours over the holidays, 2024 booklists, laptop procedures, uniform shop opening hours, classlists and much more.  The next newsletter will also include some important dates for next year so be sure not to miss it. 

Have a great last 2 weeks of the school year!

Mr Peter Cuskelly

Principal