Welcome back to 2021 Academic School Year.  The potential of 2021 is before us and so we pray that we will embrace all that this year offers us as a College Community. 

Arrival at school 

We encourage students to arrive at the College from 8:30am each morning.  Before this time there is no direct supervision of students.  Any students who do arrive at the College before this time must go directly to the seating outside the MPC with all of their belongings (e.g. bags and laptops).  No students are to be at lockers or classrooms before 8:30am.  At 8:30am staff supervision of common areas at the College begins with students allowed to access the Senior Plaza, nearby handball courts and Basketball Courts.  After 8:30am students may also access verandahs to drop off bags and may enter classrooms only if their teacher is present.  The school day begins at 8:50am, please ensure your child/ren are dropped off at school with enough time to prepare for class and ready to begin their lessons at this time. 

Back to School – implications of COVID in 2021 

Whilst the occurrences of COVID-19 in Queensland have been limited in the past few months very few of the guidelines and restrictions placed on us as an education service have changed from 2020.  We must still maintain high levels of cleaning and hygiene (a positive), physical distancing between adults, reduced number of adults based on square metre rules in indoor locations, and not encourage congregation.  As such last week we released three detailed documents via SZApp and on our website about our guidelines in relation to this.  Please ensure you have familiarised yourself with these and support our College by adhering to these so we can focus on the teaching and learning in our classrooms. These three documents can be found under the ‘Back to School’ section of our website.  I understand the frustration this causes many parents who feel they are missing out on milestones and opportunities to be involved in College Life.  We miss the freedoms of pre-COVID-19 too but we aim to do the best we can for our families

and in particular our students as we travel this road together.

Week 2 Events

Open Classrooms 

On Tuesday 9 February teachers from Prep – Year 8 will open their classrooms from 5:00-6:00pm to meet families and allow students time to show off their class spaces.  This will be a great opportunity to come along and say hi to your class teacher and other parents and families who are also in attendance.  There is no formal program for this time rather it is an informal opportunity for a class visit.  Feel free to move about the College during this time frame.  At this time Senior Years will run an information session in the Chapel with SY teachers based around feedback from parents about this important phase of student’s learning.  This session will begin at 5:15pm and will run for approx. 30 minutes.  One member from each family needs to sign in at our QR sign in points on arrival for our records.  These sign in points will be at entrances to the College.