Spreading Joy with a “Shoe Box Surprise”
23/11/2020
A creative Cairns school has turned the humble shoe box into a heartwarming vessel of kindness and joy. Students, families and staff from Mother of Good Counsel School (MOGC) in North Cairns created a “Shoe Box Surprise” for local aged care residents during the recent school holidays. “Each decorated shoebox contained a card or letter, with a family photo, telling a little about their family and offering good wishes,” MOGC Assistant Principal Religious Education, Manda Young, said. Mother of Good Counsel School’s APRE Manda ...
Read moreStudents Look to the Future After Extraordinary 2020
23/11/2020
Catholic secondary schools around the Far North recently hosted “Bump Up Day” events for scores of eager Year 6 students, giving them a glimpse of the exciting year to come following a challenging 2020. Students took part in a variety of informative and fun-packed activities as they got acquainted with their new surroundings, teachers and classmates. Events were organised to ensure compliance with COVID-Safe procedures, including hosting lunch outdoors with pre-packaged food and non-contact sporting activities. Students attend ...
Read moreTeachers, Staff Recognised at Awards Evening
16/11/2020
Educators from Catholic schools around the Far North have been recognised for their hard work at a prestigious awards evening. The Australian College of Educators’ Noreen Wilcox Excellence in Education Awards and Pam Gray Oration were held at Cairns’ Rydges Esplanade in late October. Among those nominated by their peers were Kate Atwell from St Mary’s Catholic College, in the Beginning Phase category, Lara Kirk from St Francis Xavier’s School and Gabrielle Doolan from Good Counsel ...
Read moreHoly Cross Students Ask…What If?
10/11/2020
In the land of lollies, what would your clothes be? What if hair was made with feathers and paper? What if an elephant had butterfly wings? What if you fell into a magical mirror and got stuck? These are just some of the clever and creative ideas pondered by students at Holy Cross School, Trinity Park this term as part of an inventive and interactive writing stimulus activity. The school’s Teacher Librarian Jo Neil and Leader of Teaching and Learning Deb Scarborough spent two days planning and constructing ...
Read moreNew Cairns Catholic College Opens for Enrolment Application
19/10/2020
Far North families are invited to get in on the ground floor of the region’s newest secondary school. Newman Catholic College, co-located with James Cook University at Smithfield, has started accepting enrolment applications through its brand-new website, newman.qld.edu.au, which also offers detailed information about the College’s design and development. The College, the first Catholic school in Australia to be located within a university precinct, will initially open for the Year 7 cohort in 2022 and add ...
Read moreQueensland Mental Health Week Calendar
12/10/2020
Queensland Mental Health Week (QMHW) is an annual awareness week that aims to shine a spotlight on individual and community mental health and wellbeing. This week we are encourage to think about our mental health and wellbeing, regardless of whether we may have a lived experience of mental illness or not. The week also gives us the opportunity to understand the importance of mental health in our everyday lives and encourages help seeking behaviours when needed. This year’s ...
Read moreSupporting Speech in Schools
16/09/2020
Amanda Carlone is one of Cairns Catholic Education’s passionate Speech Pathologists supporting students to achieve their full potential. There are currently six Speech Pathologists who work to support students and teachers across the Diocese. Amanda collaborates with schools as well as Cairns Catholic Education’s multi-disciplinary Allied Health Team made up of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Counsellors, and Education support staff such as our English as an Additional Language and/or Dialect Consultant, Hearing Consultant, Vision Consultant and other inclusive ...
Read moreClare Keeps Kids Running
14/09/2020
Clare Zappala is a young teacher at St Mary’s College, Woree who is showing some real enthusiasm and initiative in her Health & Physical Education portfolio by inventing and successfully coordinating the very first North Queensland Cross Country Championships (NQCCC). In Term Two, COVID-19 sent schools in the region into lock-down and since they have been back in Term Three, Clare was motivated to make sure that keen and talented runners from St Mary’s and other ...
Read moreOutstanding Contributors to Cairns Catholic Education
10/09/2020
A significant night of celebration and acknowledgement of staff and volunteers across the Cairns Diocese was held at St Andrew’s theatre last night. The Awards night with a difference was for both the annual Docemus and Spirit of Catholic Education (SOCE) Awards and was livestreamed due to limited seating and COVID-safe restrictions. The event can be viewed below. The Docemus Awards (Cairns) were founded for former Cairns Catholic Education Director Tom Doolan in 2002. ‘Docemus’ meaning ‘we ...
Read moreCatholic Education Awards Night – Live Stream
07/09/2020
Join the live stream here on Wednesday 9th September at 5pm for the Cairns Catholic Education Docemus, and Spirit of Catholic Education Awards.
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