Reaching for the STARS
02/07/2020
Aspiring young writers from St Monica’s College, Cairns are reaching for the stars – and they haven’t let a global pandemic get in their way. What do most writers want to achieve? To have their book written, edited, and published. Yes! So, if we want to encourage young high capacity writers to be involved in a fun, non-assessable writing project, why not get them to write a story and publish it in a collection of stories. What if we ...
Read moreHistory Lessons: St Augustine’s College, Parramatta Park
24/06/2020
History echoes throughout the halls of St Augustine’s College, Parramatta Park – a school with humble beginnings as an all-boys’ primary school that has since grown in both reputation and size throughout the 90 years of operation in the Far North. We reflect on the proud history of the now day and boarding secondary college in our first #CathEdCairnsHistoryLessons as we celebrate 175 years of Catholic Education in Queensland. The early years St Augustine’s College ...
Read morePrincipal Profile: Dr Sean Mangan, St Andrew’s Catholic College, Redlynch
17/06/2020
Our latest Principal Profile stars Dr Sean Mangan, principal of St Andrew’s Catholic College, a co-education P-12 college nestled in the foothills of Redlynch Valley. Dr Sean is a committed and experienced Catholic educator with more than 25 years’ experience teaching and leading in P-12 settings. What do you hope to achieve in your role as principal? To continue to develop a thriving learning community of excellence involving students, teachers and parents. Being on a journey of continuous improvement that aims for personal ...
Read moreStudent Protection T-Shirt Competition
03/06/2020
The Child Protection Week 2020 Student Protection T-Shirt Competition is an opportunity for students in the Cairns Diocese to promote awareness about safety for themselves and others. Students will have the opportunity to help design a new student protection contact shirt, which will help students identify who the nominated Student Protection Contacts are in each school. How to enter Download an entry form below, follow the terms and conditions found on the entry form, and submit your artwork ...
Read moreRAISE News: Graduate Teachers Show Resilience During COVID-19
28/05/2020
This year’s graduate teachers launched their teaching careers in unprecedented times, and while they should have been celebrating at their graduation ceremonies, they were instead forced into the biggest learning-from-home experiment the country has ever seen. Graduate teacher Jeorjie Hawkins became a YouTube and Google Sites whiz during the COVID-19 crisis. St Joseph’s School, Paramatta Park teachers Jeorjie Hawkins and Bree Ludemann are just two of the alumni of graduate teachers who navigated the online learning ...
Read morePrincipal Profile: Liam Kenny, Good Counsel Primary School, Innisfail
20/05/2020
This month we catch up with Good Counsel Principal Liam Kenny to find out about his hopes and plans for the Innisfail-based primary school. What do you hope to achieve in your role as principal? To lead a very successful primary school catering to the educational needs of every student while supporting each and every staff member to make learning and teaching engaging. What makes you most proud to be the leader of your school community? Witnessing the student learning ...
Read moreCairns Catholic schools across Zoom issue
28/04/2020
Cairns Catholic Education is aware of the issues in a southern Catholic school involving ‘Zoom bombing’ and had worked with its service provider prior to the start of online learning to enhance security protocols. Zoom is one of the video conferencing apps used by Cairns Catholic schools for home learning, along with Google Hangouts Meet and Microsoft Teams. Staff hosting zoom meetings with students have been updated on further security measures and how to apply them to reduce the ...
Read moreCorrection of Misleading Fee Relief Reporting in Cairns Post
16/04/2020
Statement by Executive Director, Bill Dixon 16 APRIL 2020 Cairns Catholic Education wishes to correct the misleading information published in today’s Cairns Post. Executive Director Bill Dixon responded to a question why parents should continue to pay fees while schooling was delivered remotely, not whether parents who were experiencing financial difficulty because of the coronavirus pandemic response would receive fee reprieve. The headline ‘No fee relief in sight at Far North Catholic Schools’ is the exact opposite of the facts. Cairns ...
Read moreEaster Reflection in a time of COVID-19
14/04/2020
Catholic Education Services Director Identity and Outreach Sharon O’Keeffe and Leader Formation Rachel McLean share their Easter reflections in a time of COVID-19. This year we have experienced a Lent and Easter unlike anything we have experienced before. It has challenged us to explore not only how we live and work, but how we worship and be people of faith. Whilst there has been much written about those on the frontline: our essential workers, we ...
Read moreKeeping Kids Safe Online During COVID-19
09/04/2020The Australian Government has released a new guide to online safety for parents and carers in response to COVID-19. With more kids at home using their devices, it’s more important than ever for parents and carers to take some simple steps to help keep their kids safe online according to the Minister of Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP. “The school holiday period will be very different for Australian families – and children will be spending a lot of time online,” Minister Fletcher said. “Parents and carers can take ...
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