From the Principal

Dr. Andrew Cousins

This year the College celebrates 90 years, and today we marked the occasion by presenting all our students with a 90th-anniversary badge. I would like to thank the Foundation Chair, Mr. Nick Vincent and the Board for facilitating the design of the badge.

 

Year 11 student Yasmin Caves designed the 90th-anniversary badge. In designing the badge, Yasmin included important symbols and codes that represent the College and our traditions. The College hat is synonymous with uniformity, and featuring the hat forms the circular shape of the logo. The College stripes create the number 90 to represent the celebrated years. Our colours of green, blue and gold are used, along with the six house colours, which acts as a home within our home for all students at Clayfield College.

 

Celebrating these occasions makes us think about those who have gone before, those who are here now and those who follow. It has always been about the people that makes Clayfield College such a special place. 

 

In 1931 Clayfield College opened as the Primary Department of Somerville House, with Miss Nancy Ashburn as Mistress-in-Charge of nine girls and boys. Then in 1934, there were 66 students enrolled, and a Secondary School was established, and Miss Nancy Ashburn was appointed Head Mistress. 

 

With it now being a primary and secondary school, the College needed to have its own identity, and in 1935 students, Edith Logan and Joan Earnshaw designed the school badge. The College motto ‘Luceat Lux Vestra’ – Let Your Light Shine was chosen. 

 

Eighty-six years later, we still live by this motto by creating an inclusive community and progressive educational environment where we prepare and educate our students to achieve their personal best. 

 

Our 90th-anniversary allows us to shine a light on this extraordinary past while also considering what the future holds.

 

Below is a video that was created to be shown at the 90th Gala Dinner, which unfortunately has had to be postponed to next year.

COVID-19 Mask Update

As announced in the Queensland Governments COVID-19 press conference yesterday, restrictions will be eased from 4:00 pm tomorrow. So what does this mean for our students and staff?

 

In the 11 LGAs masks must be carried by all adults and all secondary aged students.

 

Masks must be worn by teachers and staff (all schools), plus students in high school in the 11 LGAs, unless you can stay 1.5 metres apart from other people. This applies to both indoors and outdoors.

 

Based on this advice, and the difficulty of implementing a 1.5 metre rule in classrooms, it is expected that secondary students will continue to wear masks in classroom settings in most cases for another week unless health advice determines otherwise.

 

There are a number of exceptions to wearing face masks, including for children under 12 (unless they are in Year 7) and people with particular medical conditions or disabilities. Some of these exceptions include:

  • anyone who has a medical condition or disability that may be made worse by wearing a mask, including problems with their breathing, a serious skin condition on their face, a mental health condition or experienced trauma
  • anyone who is communicating with those who are deaf or hard of hearing, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.

Queensland Health suggests that the best face mask is a single-use surgical mask – you can purchase these at pharmacies. If you are unable to get a surgical mask, any paper or cloth masks are fine to use. The most effective cloth masks are made up of at least 3 layers. If students choose to wear a cloth mask, we ask that they are a plain or subtle pattern. 

 

Can I please remind that all visitors to campus, including parents, friends, contractors and members of the wider community, must check-in at the College Reception via the Check-in Qld app when arriving on campus 

 

Students and staff are not required to check-in when arriving on campus each day. These records will be maintained through class rolls. 

Care@Clayfield Event

As part of our Care@Clayfield series, we will be hosting award-winning journalist Madonna King to present "TEN-AGER: Guiding parents through the transition from child to teen" on Monday 30 August at 6:00 pm in the College Assembly Hall.

 

This evening will be particularly valuable for parents with children in Years 3 to 6. While the content will have a focus on girls, in any co-educational context, it is also very worthwhile for parents of boys to understand what is going on with their sons’ peers.   

 

This event is free to attend. If you have friends who have children in this age group, I encourage you to share the details of this event with them. Registration can be made via the button below.