Every Minute Counts

it is so important to keep your school routine whilst learning remotely. There are only a few exceptions to this. If you are unable to attend class, parents need to notify the school of your absence, this is a requirement even during remote learning. Absences […]

Pulse – our new wellbeing check-in tool!

Pulse – our new Wellbeing Check-in tool! We are excited to launch this app that measures wellbeing and engagement of our students and provides an overall sentiment of how individuals and a cohort are feeling. Students will receive an automated reminder weekly and will be […]

Advanced study skills

This tutorial covers study strategies that go beyond the basics. We’ll look at something called the Corson Technique (highly recommended as the first technique to perfect), a memorization strategy used by memory champs, ways to hack Akrasia – your tendency to procrastinate on hard things […]

National Science Week

Celebrating science & technology National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science What is happening at Clonard? […]

Year 7 Growth Mindset

In Year 7 we are studying a unit on positive coping and self-knowledge. The students were introduced to the concept of Growth Mindset and self-talk.  Here are a few of their growth mindset posters completed whilst remote this week.

Faces of Clonard

Mr Michael McCallum Mr McCallum is a familiar face for most after having spent 15 years teaching at Clonard and holding numerous positions including VCE and Year 12 Coordinator. Currently, Mr McCallum is the College’s Timetable Administrator, undertaking the complex task of creating timetables for […]

Principal’s Blog

Sometime last year, at a formation day with the Kildare Ministries Principals and Managers of the KM community works, we were challenged to consider ‘how will we be known?’ The answer, for us, is in the way we express a spirituality of justice inspired by […]

Stress… and Coping

2020. That is probably all I needed to say to anyone to bring up feelings of stress. 2020 has been a year of tragedy, stress and difficulty for so many and has impacted all of us and will continue to do so. This year, more […]

Geelong Youth Awards recipient– Bri Apma Hayes

We would like to congratulate Year 12 student and FIRE carrier, Bri Apma Hayes for receiving the Diverse Cultural Contribution Award as part of the Geelong Youth Awards this evening Bri is a proud Arrente woman, a true leader and champion for change.Bri makes herself […]