Principal Profile: Michael Rowe, St Rita’s School, Babinda
08/03/2021
Our first Principal Profile of 2021 is Michael Rowe, Principal of St Rita’s School, Babinda. Mr Rowe talks about his vision for St Rita’s, reflects on his own childhood education and explains how sport brought him out of his shell. Michael Rowe, Principal of St Rita’s School, Babinda What do you hope to achieve in your role as principal? I hope to continue to grow St Rita’s and its reputation as a place that provides a first-class Catholic ...
Read moreSchools re-opening Wednesday 3 March
02/03/2021
Catholic schools in Far North Queensland will re-open on Wednesday morning, as will their outside school hours and long day care services. The exception may be a small number of schools still without power where the Principal will make a local decision whether to re-open. At this stage (3pm Tuesday) these schools are Holy Spirit College at Edmonton, St Rita’s School at Babinda and St Michael’s School at Gordonvale. These schools will advise their communities ...
Read moreSchool closures Tuesday 2 March
01/03/2021All Catholic schools in the Cairns, Mossman, Cooktown, Tablelands and Cassowary Coast regions will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 2 March due to the current cyclonic conditions caused by the tropical low which is slow moving off the coast. The only far northern Catholic schools to remain open will be St Joseph’s Parish School, Weipa and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School, Thursday and Hammond Islands. Boarding schools in Cairns, Herberton and Cooktown will have arrangements in ...
Read moreNew Cairns College Taking Shape While Enrolments Grow
01/02/2021
Excitement is building and enrolments are growing as construction continues at Cairns’ newest secondary school. Main building works are starting at Newman Catholic College following a month of demolition and preparation at the school’s site on the grounds of James Cook University. Newly-appointed construction company Bryant Building Contractors met with members of Cairns Catholic Education’s Building and Planning Department and the College’s architect, TPG Architects, at the site in January. Representatives from Bryant Building Contractors, Cairns Catholic Education Services and ...
Read moreSpreading 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 ...
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