Principal's Message

Year 12 Mid Year Awards

On Thursday, Year 12 students, were presented with their Outstanding Application and Outstanding Achievement Awards. Our Year 12 Coordinator, Mr Johnston, led the ceremony with a prayer; giving thanks for our being back together as a community. Instead of handshaking, Mr Johnston recommended that certificates were to be presented to students with a ceremonial bow which was embraced by all. Despite the fact that students’ peers, Pastoral Teachers and families were unable to attend, the College Leadership Team was an affirming presence.

Our students should feel really proud of their achievements given the circumstances that they have faced over the past months. They have shown much resilience, independence and personal resolve to aspire to achieve the best they possibly can during this time. It is our hope now that all of our students benefit from working together with their teachers towards their learning goals.

Outstanding Application

Congratulations to our Outstanding Application recipients:

Outstanding Achievement

Congratulations to our Outstanding Achievement recipients:

#LitFest2444

Each year, our Teacher/Librarian, Mrs Bale, along with Mrs Penson from MacKillop College, organise a literary festival known as #LitFest2444. This year in 2020, the annual festival of story in different forms and mediums - #LitFest2444 - was moved to a digital format because the current COVID-19 restrictions made it impossible to continue in the established face-to-face mode. This week, the first of 10 online sessions were delivered via FaceBook feed to an audience that reached 160 people. These sessions are being offered free of charge, and are a neatly-fitting complement to our SJRC Literacy Enrichment program. The sessions are open to anybody and involve a mix of theoretical and practical work.

My sincere, thanks, to both Mrs Bale and Mrs Penson for this initiative.

I refer you to the #LitFest2444 section of this newsletter for a program summary including future dates and sessions.  Without a doubt, the organisers would love to 'see' you online with them.

Social Distancing and The College Office

While we don’t require students to socially distance themselves at the College, we are obliged to maintain this expectation for adults. For this reason, I would ask that parents attend the College Office for relatively urgent matters only and ask parents to be mindful of using other forms of communication wherever possible.

If you do need to collect your child in an emergency or for an appointment, you are most welcome to call the College Office and arrangements will be made for your child to meet you outside the office. 

There is currently a limit of three people in the office foyer at any one time.