College News 

Da Vinci Decathlon 

A huge congratulations to our Year 7 and Year 8 students who participated in the da Vinci Decathlon on Monday the 28th at TAS, with both teams coming third overall in their respective divisions. Accompanied by Ms Natlie Mellowship, the teams gained quite a few first and second places with the individual challenges. 

Tour de Rocks Cook Up

O'Connor opened up it's commercial kitchen facilities last Thursday after school for the Tour de Rocks Cook Up. It was great to be able to share in this important cause. All the best to the riders who are riding to raise money for cancer research.

Zonta Club Area Meeting

O'Connor's Z Club members were special guests at the Zonta Area 3 meeting on Sunday 27th March. The students were exemplary role models and spoke eloquently about how community service and advocating for women and children can make a difference in our world. 

Debating Results

Year 7 debating team of Rachael Ward, Annabel Westwood, Laura Lidgard and Jeanne Perrin debated the topic (affirmative) against TAS "That plastic bottled water should be banned". The TAS team were the victors and these debates are giving our students valuable experience as they continue through the school debating season. Thank you to TAS for giving our students these opportunities.

Scorched Youth Innovation Summit

Maya Teege and Ned Mauer who were selected to attend the SCORCHED Youth Innovation Summit. Business mentor Adam Mostogl was on site to empower young people to create change and solve the problems of the future around climate and bushfire resilience. The Summit was held at NOVA…a new inclusive co-workspace in the old town library. Thanks so much to UNE and the Smart Region Incubator for making this possible for our students.