YEAR 11
Leading The Way

Mr Andy Winter

Head of Year 11
awinter@cns.catholic.edu.au

YEAR 11 KEY INFORMATION: WEEK 5

Navigating the Final Year with Confidence

The Year 11s have now officially started the final year of their schooling, and with this comes nervousness and concerns about the challenges ahead. It is important to normalise these feelings and understand that this is a learning process in which they are developing the ability to deal with uncertainty. Learning how to deal with uncertainty allows students to move from a mindset of not knowing what’s going to happen to having the skillset to go about something that matters.

Student Motor Vehicle Use Policy

Any students who drive to school must complete the College’s Student Motor Vehicle Use Policy. Students will be issued a permit to display on their dashboard, and once the current Year 12s finish, they will be allowed to park in the Trade Training Centre carpark.

Navy Careers Overview: HMAS Cairns

Our last Navy Careers Overview Program for 2025 will run on Wednesday, 10, and Thursday, 11 December, with positions still available.

If you know of any students aged 15 – 18 (Years 10 – 12) who are interested in a Defence career, please encourage them to apply via the link below.

Click on the following link to apply:

Defence Careers - Navy Careers Overview: HMAS Cairns (December)

Applications close Sunday, 9 November 2025.

Cairns Maritime Jobs & Careers Expo

https://www.theposeidonproject.com.au/events/cairns-maritime-jobs-careers-expo

Uniform Schedule: Week 5

WHOLE-OF-COLLEGE NOTICES

Securing Personal Property at the College

This week, students have been reminded of the importance of securing their personal belongings throughout the school day. We ask for your support in reinforcing this message at home.

Students are expected to store items such as mobile devices, laptops, textbooks, and other personal possessions safely in their locked lockers during the day.

For those who ride to school, bikes and e-scooters must be secured to the racks provided in the bike shed with a lock. This helps ensure the safety of their property and supports a respectful and responsible school environment.

We appreciate your partnership in helping students care for their belongings and maintain a safe, orderly college community.

RACQ New Education Program

RACQ is developing a new education program specifically for adults to equip them with practical, tangible strategies to support young novice drivers – whether they’re learners, provisional licence holders, or even passengers.

To make sure this program is genuinely useful, RACQ’s Education Team would love to hear from you.

If you’ve ever mentored, or are currently supervising a young driver, or spent time in the passenger seat offering guidance (or silently pressing your foot on your imaginary brake), we would encourage you to take a few minutes to complete the short survey and share what you wish you’d known.

Your insights will help build a resource that truly supports supervisors and mentors, and ultimately, safer roads for everyone. At the end of the survey, there is also an option to enter the prize draw for the chance to win one of five $100 eGift cards.

Click on the following link to take the survey:

RACQ Education Survey for Parents