Senior Years Information Evening

On Monday 10 May, we will hold our Subject Expo and Senior Years Information Night.  The target audience for this evening is Year 8, 9 and, where relevant, Year 10 students along with their parents.  If you attended the Senior Years Information Night last year, […]

Principal’s Blog

We are the custodians of the good news! I write these few thoughts today, as we come to the end of the Kildare Ministries Conference where we have explored the theme ‘Living Justice Living Peace: Go out joyfully!!’ As part of the conference planning committee, […]

Headspace Parent Workshop

Headspace parent and carer mental health workshop – Supporting Young People, Notice Ask Connect Thank you to all the families that attended the workshop on Tuesday evening, it was wonderful to gather and connect as a community.  We are grateful to Simon from Headspace for […]

Zonta Club Public Affairs Award

Congratulations Rachael Hynds of Year 12, who this week was awarded the Zonta Club of Geelong Young Women in Public Affairs Award. Rachael is a dedicated leader and it great to see her interests and passions recognised this way.  I’m so humbled and excited to […]

Geelong Viqueque Schools Friendship Dinner

The annual dinner for The Geelong-Viqueque Schools Friendship group was held at Truffleduck on Thurs 29th April. Clonard was well represented with many past and current students, as well as staff present.  Students enjoyed sharing their memories of their immersion trips to East Timor.   […]

VET Guest Speaker – Adelia

This week Year 12 VCAL students had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Amelia Trethowan, an Old Collegian from the class of 2001. As part of their VET Creative Industries studies Amelia shared her experience and knowledge of founding and managing Adelia Fine Foods and Bellarine Brownie […]

Year 8 Picture Books

Students in Year 8 English worked hard to create a picture book narrative exploring the theme of ‘My Place.’ They used an event from their life to plan, write and illustrate a short story. Events for the short stories ranged from heart-wrenching accounts of separation […]

Wellbeing Report – Sharks Vs Dolphins

We now know that emotional intelligence (EQ) is just as important as the type of intelligence we traditionally value – that which is measured in academic grades and ATARs. For this reason, our Year 7s are currently in the midst of an Emotional Literacy unit […]