Student & Parent Matters
ANZAC Service in Hyde Park
- RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Ceremony
- Year 10 Pastoral Care
- Chess
- Supervising Learner Drivers Workshop
- Holiday Activities
RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Ceremony
Congratulations to the students who represented the College with distinction at the RSL and Schools Remember ANZAC Ceremony at the ANZAC Memorial today, Wednesday 5th April.
Our students were led by Jacob Crisafulli (Year 12) who was a participant in our first Kokoda Expedition in 2014, supported by James Spencer, Harry Pfeiffer and Jack Moran (Year 11) and Oliver Tysoe and Nick Cowie (Year 10). It was a fitting tribute to the sacrifice of our Service personnel in this the 100th Anniversary of the 1917 Western Front Battles and the Great Charge at Beersheeba in the Middle East. Ben Ellero (Year 11) led our House Vice Captains and Junior School Class Captains, with Quinton Crispe, Chris Harris and Daniel Fazzino presenting the wreaths to the dignitaries.
Please see below the invitation from Chatswood RSL for students to attend the Garden of Remembrance Dawn Service from 5.10am on Tuesday 25th April. Please be in polished winter uniform and see Mr Brannan if you are able to attend.
Mr Sean Brannan - Head of Student Services
Year 10 Pastoral Care
Tuesday 28th March 2017
Year 10 were visited by ChilOut, an organisation that advocates and fundraises for Children in Immigration Detention Centres. The students found the definitions, personal stories and government law surrounding the protection and integration of children into society quite confronting and thus raised many questions.
Zoe Grant, a youth ambassador for the organisation and current applied psychology student, understands how holding children in detention is psychologically damaging and inhumane and this has made her determined to advocate for change.
Niru is a qualified teacher and lawyer and has a strong understanding of the status of the child at law, both domestic and international. She believes that humanity’s youngest and most vulnerable persons should not be held in detention centres under Australian law and that Australia needs to stop this systematic and institutionalised abuse of children. Niru advocates for the acknowledgement and promotion of human rights and has worked with a number of non-governmental organisations over the years. She enjoys working with children and young people and believes that education and human rights are of utmost importance.
Introduced by members of the Student Empowerment Team, the Edmund Rice Social Justice Group have also found the presentation of great interest. The Year 10 Cohort found that the presentation linked to our Touchstones, Religious Education units, Community Involvement Program and their English Unit of Justice and Solidarity.
Some students commented:
- “The standard you walk past is the standard you accept ... the presentation reminded me of the call to action stated by the Australian of The Year.” (Hamish Blake)
- ‘ChilOut informed Year 10 about the effects of detention centres on children mentally and emotionally. ChilOut effectively presented their research to us, to further advance our knowledge of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants.’ (Andrew Horton)
- ‘During the presentation by ChilOut, my attention was brought to numerous issues surrounding children in detention. I found it to be thoroughly thought provoking and exponentially enlightening. (Matthew Crotty)
- ‘I found the presentation really insightful and was surprised by how little I actually knew about a topic that is so common in today’s world’. (Tim McLachlan)
Ms A Foord - Wellbeing Coordinator Stage 5
Chess
Chess teams have now been finalised. The NSWJCL competition will begin on Friday 5th May - Week 2 of Term 2. The draw has not been published as yet.
Ms D Ramsey and Ms J Dempsey
Supervising Learner Drivers Free Workshop
A free workshop which will help you to understand how to make the process of supervising a learner driver as stress-free as possible will be held on 15th May in Chatswood. Find out about the requirements for learner drivers, using the log book, options for reducing the number of log book hours, and more. Details can be found in the flyer below.
Holiday Courses
BUBBLEDOME Minecraft courses available in April at Knox Grammar School
Send your kids to an educational and FUN holiday programme!
Minecraft Adventures , Minecraft Map Making and our Minecraft Survivor fun day courses are available in April at Knox Grammar during the 1st week of the holidays. Please book in early to get a space. Price is $299 for a 3 day course or $99 for a one-day fun Survivor Minecraft course.
Book online or call us on 1800 11 55 62
See our website for more details.
*Please note our Knox Grammar venue is a bring your own laptop course.
GLENAEON VACATION ACTIVITIES
For information regarding dates, times and activities available please click on the flyer and booking form below or go to the website: