Over the last couple of weeks students from years 8, 9 and 10 have been engaged in what we refer to as ‘Community Serve’. Our focus has been the improvement of the grounds at Mount Penang with tasks including weeding, clearing overgrowth and rubbish collection. I was surprised to see how neglected … [Read more...] about Serving the Community
Primary School
It takes desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice
All my life (and there’s a fair amount of water passed under my bridge nowadays), all my life, I’ve loved and lived sport. I’ve played competitively in basketball, AFL, indoor cricket, indoor netball and, of course – where my best achievements were, cricket. I’ve played football, tennis, golf and … [Read more...] about It takes desire, determination, discipline and self-sacrifice
Puberty: The Gccsc and the Challenges.
This week our Term Four Parent Teacher Meeting took place. The first part of the evening was a combined meeting of all high college parents and teachers, followed by everyone dividing up into individual year groups, to look more closely at each particular age group. I thoroughly enjoyed spending … [Read more...] about Puberty: The Gccsc and the Challenges.
Are you striving for excellence? Yes, always! Good!
As important as the ‘what’ we do, the ‘how’ is equally, if not more important in my view. At the present time our year 7 and 8 students are working on a very interesting project. They have been challenged to come up with an invention/design/idea that will enhance performance. This could be the … [Read more...] about Are you striving for excellence? Yes, always! Good!
A flying beginning to the new term
It’s truly been a flying beginning to the new term and the pressure’s on for the teaching staff. Our dear colleague, Rebecca, was married last weekend and is away on her honeymoon for the next two weeks. Our fantastic principal, Laura, is also away this week with her mother and son and Sally is … [Read more...] about A flying beginning to the new term
The importance of a break
There’s only a week and a bit of term 3 remaining and it’s jam-packed! Following our students' fabulous success at the recent athletics carnivals in Sydney, this Friday they will again have an opportunity to demonstrate their athletic abilities as they compete with four other colleges at Mingara. … [Read more...] about The importance of a break