Where we are at
As we enter the second part of Term 1 and the weather seems to have taken a cooler turn it is appropriate to acknowledge all that has happened since we were last here.
Child Safety Presentation to Staff
In the first week of March, the staff participated in two presentations on Child Safety that continues our focus in this space.
On the second day of the Staff Professional Learning Conference, Ben Tallboys – a lawyer who works in the school space spoke to the staff about professional boundaries and the importance of always using Common Sense when working with our young people.
Following on from this presentation on Tuesday 4th March all staff participated in a presentation around the Child Safety Standards by Sarah Morgante from the organization RED APPLE that works with staff about raising awareness and understanding. This presentation was engaging and continues our work in this space, and we work towards this being a focus for all we do in our day-to-day work. We will continue this focus over the course of the year and look forward to keeping you informed in this area.
Child Safety Parent Sub-Committee
Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to join this committee.
We will reconvene the committee at the beginning of Term 2 and we look forward to sharing our work with the entire community as we ask our parents to review our work in the Child Safety space. The Child Safety standards have a focus on parents being part of the process and this committee allows our parents to have a seat at our Child Safety table.
Work of our Student Leaders
Our Lamp Bearers and CAPtains of Change have been meeting regularly over the course of this term with the Student Representative Council with a focus on planning events such as Cultural Diversity week and events for the next couple of months such as our Athletics Carnival.
We look forward to sharing updates of their work over the course of the year.
Medical Update
Since the later part of 2025 we have made considerable progress in the medical space thanks to our Nurse – Sabrina Cornally.
This has involved day to day care of many of our students, significant care for a number of our students that have medical conditions such as Diabetes and Epilepsy and work in the policy and procedure space.
One of the new areas of development has been in the concussion space and so we ask that all families where their child may have experienced concussion due to accidents that occur from time to time, that they contact the school and inform our nurse about this. When this occurs, as part of our protocol’s students cannot return to school until they have received medical clearance from either their doctor or a hospital.
This is very important as the symptoms of concussion can go on for a period of time and we want to ensure the appropriate care is taken for all our student at the College.
Family Information and our Excursion Process
As all of our families are aware at the beginning of the year Operoo which was the system that we and many other schools used for family details ceased operation.
Moving forward all families need to be aware that if they wish to change any of the details associated with your child’s profile such as addresses, phone numbers etc. that they now need to do this through their SEQTA portal.
This is the same process when your child is attending an excursion – this information will appear in your profile on SEQTA Engage – within the excursion tab and this is where you can grant consent or decline the excursion or activity.
Our office staff have worked tirelessly to contact families to ensure that they are aware of where they can find the information and complete the process.
We thank our families for their patience in this space as we as well as many other schools navigate this transition to a new system
As we approach the last part of the term and near the Easter season may be remember the sacrifice made by the LORD so that we can see the light and HOPE associated with the resurrection and the new beginning that it offers us all.