From the Leader of Wellbeing and Learning

Leadership Week

Leadership Week was held this week - congratulations to our Student Leaders for their excellent posts on the Wellbeing Classrooms and for giving us an opportunity to reflect on the different aspects of Leadership. Today’s post is included here:

Leadership quality of the day: Resilience

Quote of the Day:

Being resilient is akin to being a flexible tree in the face of a strong wind. It means bouncing 

back from adversity, challenges, or setbacks with strength and adaptability. Like a tree that 

bends but does not break in a storm, resilience involves facing difficulties with determination 

and resilience, rather than succumbing to them. It's about finding inner strength, to take a failure, learn from it and bounce back emerging as a stronger individual. Just as a resilient tree grows deeper roots to withstand future storms, being resilient builds inner resources to handle future challenges.

“There is a moment where you must choose whether to be silent or to stand up.” – Malala Yousafzai 

The Captains and Vice Captains have written an article on Leadership Week for the Newsletter that gives some insights into Leadership.

New Student Leaders

Congratulations to the Year 7 students who have been involved in the process of electing students to the Student Representative Council for 2024. Student Leadership in the College is an integral part of College life, and it was wonderful seeing so many students involved in the process, and taking advantage of this leadership opportunity. Our new Year 7 SRC were inducted during today’s Assembly - Mr Leaves has more details in his Newsletter article.

Swimming Carnival Results

During today's Assembly we announced the overall results & the participation results of the Swimming Carnival. The final totals are below:

Lans Participation Shield - for the best participation

Frances - 226

Bennelong - 195

Gould - 145

Chang - 141

Congratulations to the Frances House for being the House with the most participation on the day!

House Swimming Shield - for the overall victory

Frances - 608

Bennelong - 591

Chang - 431

Gould - 389

Congratulations to the Frances House for winning the Swimming Carnival!

Dr Kennaugh presented both the Lans Participation Shield and the House Swimming Shield to the Frances House Captains - Ethan Caraig & Allistaire Reyes - who proudly accepted the shields on behalf of the Frances House.

Congratulations Frances!

Principal’s Awards

Congratulations to the following students who have received Principal’s Awards:

House Cup Points Update

The updated totals (including the Swimming Carnival) for the end of Term 1 are:

Bennelong: 38, 417

Chang: 34, 187

Frances: 29, 871

Gould: 32, 085

Mrs Sue Cooper

Leader of Wellbeing and Learning

scooper@parra.catholic.edu.au