A message from the Principal Team

Dear Armstrong Creek Community,

This week we farewelled Katrina Broadhead from ACS. Katrina has been the Assistant Principal here for 6 years and worked tirelessly during that time to support and care for staff, students and families. More recently she was appointed to the role of Secondary Campus Principal where she was instrumental in galvanising the staff and worked hard to support careers and pathway development for our students. Katrina has played a key role in the development of our student wellbeing approach across the school and on top of all of that was a key member of our school organisational team. Katrina embodies everything we love about ACS, care, commitment and collaboration. Katrina always led with her heart and what was best for our students. We wish Katrina all the best as she shifts gears and focusses on her family and travel.

We welcome Luke Ryan and Steph Taylor into the Assistant Principal roles for 2026, to support Kathryn Sier making a team of three. 

Announcement: We have approved the upgrade of the school Bike Shed with the introduction of new bike racks. We look forward to seeing this work happen in readiness for 2026.

Congratulations to our 2026 Secondary School Captains 

We are very excited to announce our 2026 Secondary School Captains - Congratulations to Mason Bauzon and Lloyd Plunkett! We look forward to having you lead our school next year alongside our Primary School Captains.

How to support your child under 16 with the new social media age restrictions

From 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 will require social media platforms to:

· prevent children and young people under 16 from having a social media account

· deactivate or freeze existing accounts held by people under 16.

Delaying access to social media protects the health and wellbeing of young people and gives them extra time to build real world connections and digital literacy skills.

The responsibility will be on the social media platforms, not parents, carers, children or schools, to implement these new restrictions. Most popular social media platforms will be age restricted. These include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit and YouTube. Messaging services and online games, as well as apps and platforms that support health and education, can still be used.

How to help under 16s prepare for the change

Parents and carers play an important role in supporting their children to be safe online.

To help get under 16s ready for the social media minimum age requirements, you can go to the eSafety website to learn more about the social media age restrictions and find tips on how to talk about social media age restrictions with young people.

What the change means for our school

At our school, most age-restricted social media platforms are blocked for student use on the school network. Our school allows student

access to YouTube in a logged-out state. However, this access is restricted so mature content cannot be viewed. 

To keep up to date about the new social media age restrictions, visit the eSafety website

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End of Year Celebration Wrap Up

What a night! Huge thank you to PACC and all ACS staff in attendance for a wonderful celebration and event.  The student performances were once again the stand out of the afternoon!! Lots of terrific food options to choose from and market stalls to get some early Xmas shopping done too.

It was a perfect example of our school values shown across the board by everyone who attended.  We also received this lovely feedback from one of our food vendors:

"All your students were beautifully well mannered you guys should be proud of the school. "

Thanks again to everyone involved for ensuring another fantastic ACS event!

Jess Kelly

Principal

Everyone in our ACS school community deserves to be respected, valued and treated equally. We will not tolerate racism or religious discrimination in our school community. We are here to help you.

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