Pastoral Bulletin
Welcome to Week 8 of Term 3 2023
News and Reminders from your Pastoral Leaders.
General School News
- Pupil Free Day - September 1 for all Secondary Schools across Queensland for QCAA Confirmation Event. No students are to attend school on this day.
- Good luck to students competing in the JCU Optiminds Competition this weekend. We look forward to hearing about your success next week.
- A reminder that if you are witnessing or experiencing mean-spirited, nasty or bullying behaviour occurring in the College, please reach out to a student protection contact, head of year, pastoral mentor, teacher, friend or parent to seek support and guidance to address this behaviour. Everyone deserves to feel safe in our community.
- With only three weeks of school remaining, it is important students are checking assessment calendars to ensure they meet assessment deadlines. We recommend, across the College, significant study and revision should be taking place at this time. Please reach out to your teachers for support should you require it during this time.
- The car park for the businesses opposite the school has been becoming increasingly congested. This should not be used for school drop offs or pick ups. Students should not be congregating there either. The businesses need this space for their own customers. Please make arrangements with your young person to use the stop-drop-go zone or a safe side street spot.
- Council has advised of roadworks planned for Anderson Rd on Monday 28 August which will include a lane closure at the Windarra St roundabout, with detours in place for westbound traffic between school drop off and pick up times.
Leah McBryde
Assistant Principal, Junior Years (7 - 9) | lmcbryde@cns.catholic.edu.au
Justin Brennan
Acting Assistant Principal, Senior Years (10 -12) | jbrennan2@cns.catholic.edu.au
Year 7
- Congratulations to Lucas Williams, Morghan Nash, Charli Francis, Brin Barbagallo, Boston Demas, Kieran Smith and Dallas Pearce. These students represented the College and cohort at the All Schools Touch Tournament in Townsville. They contributed to the Junior Team achieving an amazing second place!
- Fantastic job to Jordyn Adams, Jasmine Martyn, Emily Doherty, Lily Burns and Riley Peppler who represented the College at the JCU Optiminds Competition.
- As we are well and truly in the middle of assessment season, just a reminder that if students are absent for exams or submission dates for legitimate reasons, any requests for extensions must be made with, and approved by, the relevant Curriculum Heads of Department.
Regards
Nathan Haydon
Head of Year 7
Year 8
- Year 8 subject selections will open this Wednesday.
- Year 8s must choose 4 semesters of electives to study next year (these can be semester or full year subjects).
- Selections must be accessed through SSO (via student portal).
- Information on subjects and instructions are within the SSO app.
- Students should discuss selections with parents/carers, teachers, HODs, and can refer to our junior subject handbook on our website.
- Final selections are due 3pm of Friday 1st September (Student Free Day)
Regards
Andy Winter
Head of Year 8
Year 9
- Subject Selection for 2024 is now open for students.
- Year 9s must choose 2 full year elective subjects
- Selections must be accessed through SSO (via student portal)
- Information on subjects and instructions are within the SSO app.
- Students should discuss selections with parents/carers, teachers, HODs, and can refer to our junior subject handbook on our website.
- Final selections are due 3pm of Friday 1st September (Student Free Day)
- I am excited to announce that applications for 2024 Junior Prefect are now open. Students will have until Week 2, Term 4 to complete the application. If students require any support, please contact me.
Regards
Saripha Curro
Head of Year 9
Year 10
- A reminder that the Year 11 Mentor applications are open. Students are to refer back to their emails for details.
- I was pleased to hear about the positive experiences from many of the Year 10 students about the Career Expo last Thursday. Should visiting the Career Expo prompt a response in subject selection for Year 11, students should make contact with Mrs Janelle Santolin as a matter of urgency - jsantolin@cns.catholic.edu.au
Regards
John Cahill
Head of Year 10
Year 11
- Congratulations to the above Yr11s on receiving a Head of Year Certificate of Merit. Well done on your hard work!
- Congratulations also to all of our Yr11s who applied for a Yr12 leadership position; the selection process has now ended. It has been a challenging, engaging and promising endeavour. I wish the selected students well and I hope to see full support from our cohort as they tend to their roles next year. Positions will be announced soon.
- Please continue to check the assessment calendar; we are well and truly in the middle of the assessment season and students should be focusing on learning, revising and improving drafts. Students should refer back to the tips and advice given during our Term 3 Elevate day as well as Term 1 SEL lessons.
Regards
Sophie McQueen
Head of Year 11
Year 12
- A reminder that school doesn't finish until after the Graduation Mass on Wednesday the 15th November. Students are expected to adhere to school expectations and uniform requirements up to and including that date.
- Our Celebration dinner is less than 3 weeks away. I respectfully ask that no further changes to tables or guest numbers are requested.
- Boys - please make sure you are clean shaven for school.
Regards
Lucy Fitzpatrick
Head of Year 12
lfitzpatri@cns.catholic.edu.au