Dear Parents/Carers,

Firstly, some wonderful news!  Mrs Katrina Borg and her husband Scott late last week  welcomed a baby boy, Luca Lorance Borg, to their family.  We would like to congratulate Mrs Borg and wish her all the best for her journey as a new mother to Luca.

Last Thursday, we revealed some images and video footage of the new Technology, Art & Science Centre. It highlighted for the parents who attended, the progress thus far. We also presented the updated College Masterplan and discussed proposed future development of the College. The building works are about 4 weeks behind schedule and a break in over the June long weekend and subsequent theft of copper pipe did not help. However, we look like taking possession of the new block in late August. There are 18 specialist classrooms within the new building and it is very exciting to see these nearing completion.

Friend Civil are making rapid progress on the development of Poziers Road and plan to construct two roundabouts at the intersection of Jardine Drive and Vinny Road during the upcoming student vacation period. All the roads surrounding the college are expected to be complete mid Term 4.

Construction of our next permanent block which will have two music rooms, music practice rooms, a dance studio, a drama room and a fitness gym will commence soon with tenders being finalised in the next few weeks.

We have also submitted applications to secure funding for two building works for 2020. We propose to build the College Hall and a block of general learning classrooms. Parents who attended the meeting on Thursday were shown the concept drawings of these facilities. We will learn about the success of our application sometime in Term 4.

New 3D models of the fully completed College have been developed by JDH Architects.  What the College may look like from various aspects can now be viewed on our Facebook page.

This newsletter will also include a summary what has happened on the first night of each of our Family College Partnership meetings. These meetings have been a wonderful way for Parents, Staff and Students to come together and work in partnership on important issues. I thank everyone involved for their generous support.

Enrolment applications for 2020 have been processed and families will be notified on Friday about the success (or otherwise) of their application. We received over 160 applications for 90 Kindergarten positions and 2020 will see us almost at capacity in Kindergarten to Year 5 with most year groups now having waiting lists. Year 7 enrolments were also strong with the year group most likely growing to 120. The growth has been as we predicted and the building program will meet the learning needs of students.

Academic Reports for Semester 1 are currently being written by teachers and will be available online via the parent portal in the last week of Term. Thank you to the staff and students for their hard work throughout the year to date.

Warm regards

Mr Simon Abernethy
College Principal