This year we begin the 65th year of providing education for the young women of Geelong and surrounding districts. Just over 200 years ago 31 students gathered in a small schoolhouse in Sydney to begin the first Catholic education in Australia. A national theme, “Faith […]
And just like that, we come to the final Principal’s blog for 2020. Most conversations I have had with people this week have had a common theme about us not being ready for it to be December, advent and only three weeks until Christmas. In […]
As 9am on Wednesday morning arrived we drew a collective sigh of relief as our VCE students commenced their English exam. At the same time the new headline came through that we had recorded another day of double zeros for new cases and deaths due […]
As I drove to school this morning I was drawn to thinking about thresholds, the space between what is and what is to come. The notion of ‘thresholds’ has significance for us with our Brigidne tradition, as legend says that St Brigid was born on […]
As I come to write this final Principal’s blog for the term I am almost out of words. Was there ever a time when a break was more needed? ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. […]
They are finally here…a term break in a term that was strange, long and for many, exhausting. But we have made it and we have done so because we stayed together. They say that teaching isn’t a job – it’s a vocation and what I […]
This week culminated over six months of preparation as we began our full school review process. In what was a ‘sign of the times’ we commenced Day 1 of the 4 day review process completing our compliance review ’virtually’ for our registration with the Victorian […]
There is a peculiar paradox that I am feeling at the moment, with finding the balance between what sometimes feels like Groundhog Day and ensuring we keep moving forward, between the operational decisions of providing continuity of learning remotely with blue sky strategic future thinking. […]
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 […]
This past week has been undeniably challenging for our College community following the confirmation that one of our students had tested positive for COVID-19. I have been inspired by the resilience and tenacity of this young person and their family. With the overnight confirmation of […]
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