This past fortnight has marked a time of celebration and thresholds. Beginning with our Year 12 students concluding exams and celebrating with families on November 22 through to our Year 10/11 students completing exams, our Celebration of Achievement Night on Tuesday and then final classes […]
One of the joys of this time of year is seeing the culmination of the learning endeavours of students from across the year. Our Year 12 students are almost through their exams and most have been very affirming in their sense of preparedness and ability […]
The Impacts of Mobile Phones on Students in a Learning Environment Distraction from Learning: Phones can be a major distraction, tempting students to check messages, social media, or play games during class and breaks, which can shift their focus away from learning. Mobile phones can […]
Today is All Saints Day, the first of a two-day celebration of the saints and all who have died. Some saints are well known to us like St Brigid, St Patrick or St Francis. Many of us may have chosen saints names for our Confirmation. […]
On Thursday 31 October, the Year 8 students participated in their Big Day Out ‘Sweat Retreat’ led by the 8 Purple Project Team – Odessa, Madi, Marli and Eloise. This was part of our Humanities unit of work – budgeting and planning a day out […]
The national definition of bullying for Australian schools says: Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing […]
Science Excursion: Is life on the Brink of Extinction? The Year 7 cohort went their separate ways and explored one of six different habitats. They were challenged to be able to name 10 different living things and identify some of the pressures on the survival […]
Today was the last day full day of classes for our Year 12 students. It is hard to believe we are already at that time of the year. There are a lot of mixed emotions at this time, with a sense of nostalgia, excitement, relief, […]
The Melbourne Archdiocese of Catholic Schools eSafety summit was held on September 6 at Marvel Stadium in Docklands. Dr Mary Oski launched documents for use in school with students about safety online including the updated e-safe behaviour student use agreement. Identifying potential red flags to […]