We hope that the last week of school for your child/ren was a good week and they enjoyed the opportunities available to them. Our Year 10 students had Work Experience and for those that attended we hope it was a great experience. Our Year 9s had a Retreat Day followed by fun out at King Pin and Ninja Parc and finished with the traditional Scavenger Hunt on Wednesday through the city. By all accounts they had a terrific time and a good way to finish the term. Mr Armstrong had the theme of solidarity for these three days as we built the unity of the group. Our Year 7s for the first time had Sunshine and Sculptures Day. This was a full day of experiencing all the areas of The Arts. Our Yr 12 Certificate II Hospitality students enjoyed a day of industry experience at The Ville. Students were lucky enough to receive a guided behind the scenes tour of The Ville and Ardo, complete a shift in laundry/housekeeping and enjoy a fantastic lunch at the Quarterdeck. The week finished with the Interhouse Athletics Carnival. This was a fun two days and many students were in the spirit and performed well. We had some records broken which was great and crowned new John Nuttell Gift winners. At the end of the day Agnes won the carnival and Giles picked up the Spirit award. During the first week of the holidays a number of staff travelled to the QISSN Carnival (Bundaberg) to support our Dragons Netball team and the Confraternity Shield (Rockhampton) to support our Dragons Rugby League team. Both teams put in their best efforts and won a few games. We hope they had a great time and made memories to last a lifetime. 

On the last day of term we released our Semester 1, Unit 1 & 3 Reports. We hope you have had time to sit with your child/ren to see how they went. Hopefully there were no surprises and you have started to set some goals for this semester. We hope you took advantage of the Parent - Teacher Interviews on Tuesday and are fully informed of how your child/ren are performing and what they can do better. Thank you for attending this night. 

Yesterday was our NAIDOC Week Celebrations as a whole College down at Padua. It was another fabulous celebration of our First Nations culture and we hope that it has been able to build a better understanding of our First Nations peoples thus moving towards reconciliation. We thank the First Nations team of the College and the students who helped out for this day as there was a great deal to organise and run. 

Until next Newsletter or I see you, take care.

Nick Antoniazzi

Deputy Principal - Assisi Campus