Secondary News

Speech Night 2021

Mrs. Audrey Fellowes - Deputy Principal - Head of Primary 

Clayfield College’s 91st Annual Speech Night is on Tuesday 16 November 2021 at the Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre. This significant event in the College calendar celebrates the achievements of our students in a range of areas including academics, sport, music, leadership and personal endeavour. It is also an occasion to honour our Year 12 graduating class.

Events such as Speech Night are rich learning opportunities and wonderful expressions of community. All students from Years 7 to 12 will be required to attend Speech Night, with select Yr 6 students who have been invited to participate in musical ensembles. The evening begins at 7.00 pm and finishes at approximately 9.30 pm. Students will meet their Head of Year or House Leader at the Concert Hall at 6.30 pm. Details regarding the organisation of this, and the arrangements for students to be collected at the end of the evening, will be provided to parents in due course. Full summer uniform with blazers and badges, but without hats is the expectation.

Tomorrow during the Academic Assembly, Student Leaders for 2022 and Speech Night prizes will be announced and in the coming weeks, you will be sent correspondence with information on how to book seats for Speech Night. Due to COVID-19 Stage 2 restrictions, no parents will be permitted at the Assembly on Friday 8 October.

Additionally, students who are receiving prizes on Speech Night will be given information on the process of ordering their books.

**Please be aware, all events are subject to change given current circumstances due to COVID-19.

From the Director of Teaching and Learning

Mrs. Lakshmi Mohan - Director of Teaching and Learning

In the lead up to the ATAR External Exams, our Year 12 students have been working hard, with many of them engaging in Trial Exams over the second week of the holidays. This week has seen students attend regular timetabled lessons where they received feedback from teachers on their Mock and Trial exams. Weeks 2 and 3 will run as tutorials. We wish our Year 12 students the very best as they enter the upcoming assessment period.

On Friday 8 October we will celebrate academic excellence in our Years 7 to 12 Academic Awards Assembly. Congratulations to all award winners for their hard work leading up to this significant achievement. 

To celebrate all things Music, the “Pink Tie” Music Dinner will be held at Virginia Golf Club on Friday 8 October commencing at 6:30 pm. 

Queensland Mental Health Week promotes the importance of mental health and wellbeing and aims to celebrate the service of mental health workers. The theme for 2021 is again, Take Time—for Mental Health. We will celebrate this Week at the College from Monday 11 to Friday 15 October.

Cancer Council's Pink Ribbon campaign aims to raise awareness about breast cancer, as well as raise funds for prevention programs, support services and vital cancer research. Wednesday 13 October will be Pink Ribbon Day at the College to raise funds for this very worthy cause, and students are encouraged to wear a pink ribbon for a gold coin donation. 

There will be a Drug/Alcohol presentation by Tony Parsons for parents on Wednesday 13 October at 6:30 pm in the Assembly Hall. This is a free event, see the Care@Clayfield event details later in the newsletter for booking details.

After a successful year, our 2021 Seniors will relinquish their leadership roles, and we will welcome our new College Leaders for 2022. To celebrate this transition, there will be a changeover dinner on Friday 15 October at the Hamilton Northshore Cafe.