Talking about Corona Virus

The concern surrounding the Corona Virus outbreak is causing great anxiety and angst to people everywhere. Although children are considered to be in a lower risk category, this does not protect them from being exposed to news reports on television, radio or social media. As […]

Online Learning

We are ramping up the technology here at Clonard! Today we trialled our first online class with participants joining in from various areas of the school and one offsite location using Microsoft 365. Mrs Power taught her 7 Blue Wellbeing group while others were able […]

Strategies for resilience

Generation Next is a social enterprise providing support, education and information to parents and educators to protect and enhance the mental health of young people.  As parents this is a great resource as you parent your teenage daughter.  Generation Next aims to provide education and […]

Clonard draw with St Joseph’s

College Westcourt invited our Year 9’s to have lunch at their campus and then take part in an exhibition netball match. SJC vs CC was the format selected and spots on the team were hard to come by, with so many fantastic netballers putting their […]

Yr 8 Humanities: Landforms & Landscapes

As part of their investigation into coastal landforms and processes of deposition and erosion students in Year eight Humanities have been creating dioramas and 3D models of a variety of coastal landforms. Students were asked to make a range of depositional landforms and erosional landforms. This […]

Congratulations Mackenzie

Over the last two weekends Mackenzie Mielczarek of Year 12 represented Corio Athletics Club in the Victorian Track and Field Championships. Mackenzie won a gold medal in the Under 18 Shot Put and Javelin as well as a silver medal in the Open Javelin. Mackenzie […]

VCE Outdoor & Environmental Studies Camp

The VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies students enjoyed a three day camp last week in the Otways and on the Surf Coast. Over three days the students explored and developed their mountain biking skills on the famous trails in Forrest. They were lucky enough to […]

Principal’s Blog

Celebrating International Women’s Day – 8 March 2020 In a year where we are considering how we animate the Kildare Ministries’ core value of Justice, it is timely that we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year, this important day falls on Sunday 8 March. The […]

Geelong’s Soroptimists IWD

Our College Leaders attended the annual International Women’s Day breakfast of Geelong’s Soroptimists International Club yesterday. Author and guest speaker Michaela Daphne, shared how her personal story has led her on a quest to change the culture of toxic relationships in Australia and help high […]

PreCAL Stephanie Alexander Pilot Program

This year our PreCal students flourishing in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Pilot Program. The initiatives and framework of the program have further built on the work and projects previously established at Clonard. This term the class has been maintaining and harvesting our garden beds […]