Head of Secondary
In Chapel this week I was thrilled to announce the incoming Year 11 Prefects to the Secondary student body. The process of selecting these Prefects is a rigorous one, involving an application form, an endorsement from a staff member and an interview with two members of the Interview Panel, comprising of Mr Masters, who oversees the Prefect Team, Mr McLellan, Mrs McKay, Mr Wright, Mr Harris, and myself. The final team were chosen not simply based on being the best students but those we consider will work well as a group with the scope given them to minister the Gospel as servant leaders of the College.
The Prefect Team will be attending a Prefect Camp with their mentor teachers next week to equip them for this role and help them to grow as a team. Prefects will be presented with their badges at the Year 12 Graduation on 22 September, parents will be invited to attend.
Congratulations to Brydie C, Kanela D, Izelle E, Grace H, Ruby J, Eloise S, Eden W, Oliver C, James D, Mark L, Edan L and Oscar M
Parent Teacher Partnerships
It was wonderful to see so many parents and students at Tuesday evening’s Parent / Teacher Partnership interviews. After two very disrupted years I really enjoyed seeing this vital partnership between families and teachers strengthening.
The feed-back I received on the night was very positive. One concern some parents did raise however was that they were unable to make appointments with all their child’s teachers as they were fully booked. I will be reviewing this and hope to offer an additional evening either later this term or early next term. In the meantime, please feel free to make contact with your child’s teachers and address any concern that you may have.
Chalky’s Boxing Gym Provides Hope by Liv C
Thank you for journeying with us as we explore the Year 12 Aboriginal Studies Major Projects over the next few weeks. If you missed Kahlan B’s check out last week’s Messenger.
Through dialogue and connection with the Moree community, Liv explored the contribution of Chalky’s Boxing Gym to the lives of the people in community. Liv explains that the "Gym is a not-for-profit that helps disadvantaged Aboriginal youth off the streets of Moree, as well as to help them get a passion for boxing.” After an extensive series of consultations as recorded in her logbook, Liv began to create her artwork.
Liv explains what her artwork means “the artwork itself is a boxing glove with a snake wrapped around it. The boxing glove represents boxing itself and the snake represents the Dreamtime snake and Aboriginal culture. The snake being wrapped around the boxing glove represents having boxing and Aboriginal culture intertwined together.
The colour used in the artwork represent two different things. The earthy colours used on the boxing glove represent Moree and where Chalky’s Boxing Gym is because it’s in rural NSW and a bushy area hence the earthy colours being used. The blues and greens on the snake represent the coast and where I am. At the top of the snake brown dots begin to appear within the blue and green dots. I did this purposely to show that the colours end up being intertwined together to show the coast and Moree coming together for boxing and Aboriginal culture”
Through her logbook Liv expressed the colonial heritage of disadvantage resulting in the challenges Aboriginal people face. Her project expressed the importance of Aboriginal initiatives which are key to addressing the challenges as covered in the HSC course. Well done Liv.
Mrs Amber Erasmus, Aboriginal Studies Teacher
