Good Day, Good People,

I would like to invite you to our Secondary Experience Day this Sunday from 8.00 to 10.30. If you are wondering about secondary education, come along, have some breakfast and take a look around. We would love to see you.

Today we had our Yellow team visit from TCEO. This group of four people are there to assist the College achieve their goals for 2025. The team includes Greg Cameron- Education Consultant; Anita Livingston- Religious Education Adviser; Krista Hobbs- First Nations Education Adviser; and Nichole Denman- Curriculum Advisor. 

Over the last week students in Year 3-8 have been doing some testing in a program called Dibels. This program helps us identify specific needs for some of our students allowing us to target some activities to assist them.

NAPLAN will begin in Week 7 for students in years 3,5,7 and 9. Once again we ask that parents encourage their children to do their best. Being well rested is the best preparation for these tests. NAPLAN is a point in time testing that allows us to look at the results and plan for the future.

Next week I will be attending our Term 1 Principals’ conference. During this time I will be updated on many things and hopefully be able to bring these back to the College. 

Last week we had a First Nations breakfast at Padua and this week we had a meet and greet for our Emerging Leader families at Assisi. As we start the new year we acknowledge the many First Nation students here at St. Anthony’s and wish them all the best for the upcoming academic year.

Yours sincerely,

Barry Horner

College Principal