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• Rock Workshop Extravaganza
• SIA Cambodia fundraiser
• Year 7/8 production
• Parent Series

This Sunday our Rock Workshop students take to the stage for the Rock Workshop Extravaganza. Always a highlight on the calendar, this event promises an afternoon of fantastic music and community connection. With a sunny forecast ahead, it will be a wonderful celebration of music and an opportunity to enjoy time with fellow Christ Church families in the Chapel Forecourt. More details can be found here.

This weekend, students participating in the Service in Action Cambodia Tour will be running a fundraiser during the Christ Church versus Scotch fixture. They will host a sausage sizzle and sell drinks and cakes on campus, raising funds in support of the tour’s mission with the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

Yesterday, the Year 7 and 8 production Charlie Pilgrim (or a Beginner’s Guide to Time Travel), opened to great excitement. This production is a wonderful showcase of the talent emerging in the Senior School. Tickets are still available, and I encourage all members of our community to come along and support our young performers. Tickets are available here.

On Tuesday, we hosted the Parent Series session focused on transitioning to Senior School. We place strong emphasis on ensuring this shift is as smooth as possible for both students and their families, laying the foundations for a successful start to the new school year. This event works alongside our Orientation Days held later this term and early next year, when new students will meet their Heads of House, teachers and peers, and familiarise themselves with the campus.

Last week, we acknowledged World Teachers’ Day. At Christ Church, we hold our own celebration earlier in the year, ‘World Staff Day’, which recognises and celebrates all our wonderful staff, both teaching and support. I would like to thank the Parents’ Association for generously providing lunches in the Sandover Dining Hall on World Staff Day in appreciation of our staff.

Alan Jones
Principal

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• Exam period
• Midnite’s Charlie Pilgrim
• OBA Assembly

The school year is disappearing rapidly. With Year 12 students continuing their ATAR exams this week, the School is particularly quiet, maybe it is just the removal of nearly 200 boys from the environment.

The coming weeks see continued change to the structure of the School with Year 10 students commencing exams next Tuesday. Next Thursday they will focus their energies on the important Venture packing phase in preparation for their departure to the south coast on Monday 17 November. Year 11 students are in the final days of their courses and break for a few study days next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, before they commence their exams on Friday 14 November.

Last night saw the opening night of the Midnite production of ‘Charlie Pilgram’. Another entertaining show with some outstanding performances from our Year 7 and 8 students. Tickets can be purchased here.

This morning, we were honoured to host Zac Vinten, Old Boys’ Association (OBA) President and esteemed members of the OBA Committee, including 2024 School Captain Jeremiah Wang, as they presented this year’s OBA Legends, Honorary Life Members, and Fellow awards during assembly. I am humbled to have been awarded an OBA Fellowship and to stand with the recipients of the OBA Future Legends for 2025, Conor Coleman (’19),  Sam O’Brien (’21) and Nick Thompson (’17) and Honorary Life Members, Mrs Wendy Hillman – Archives and CCGS History; Mr Shane McGurk – Swimming and Mr Don Fraser – Rowing (posthumously), who were honoured for their outstanding accomplishments and for the significant impact they had on the School and the OBA.

Our thanks also go to the OBA as our alumni network at CCGS as they continue to foster lifelong connections among former students, support the current school community, and preserve the School’s traditions.

The Year 11 CCGS and St Mary’s students going to Cambodia later this year on the Service in Action program are running a fundraiser on Saturday 8 November from 8.00am until 12.00pm at the CCGS lower carpark. Come along and enjoy a sausage sizzle, drink, cakes, purchase local olive oil, lots of bargain second hand shoes and more while watching the CCGS versus Scotch fixture. All funds are donated directly to Cambodia Children’s Fund.

Upcoming Senior School Events

• PSA Sport vs Scotch – Friday 7 and Saturday 8 November
• Cambodia SIA Fundraiser – Saturday 8 November, 8.00am to 12.00pm
• Rock Extravaganza – Sunday 9 November
• Year 10 exams – Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 November
• Year 11 study days – Tuesday 11 to Thursday 13 November
• Year 11 exams commence – Friday 14 November
• Design and Technology Exhibition opening night – Friday 14 November
• PSA Sport vs Aquinas – Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November
• Year 10 Venture departs – Monday 17 November

Mark Morrissy
Deputy Principal/Head of Senior School

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• Celebrating academic achievements
• House Swimming Carnival
• Growing through Excellence

The Preparatory School Awards Assembly takes place this Friday where boys will be recognised for their exceptional achievements across a range of academic competitions. Boys will be recognised from the following academic competitions: ICAS English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Technologies, Writing and Spelling, The Maths Olympiad, The Kangourou sans Frontier Mathematics Competition, The Australian Mathematics Competition, the Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition and the Maths Explorer. In all, 101 students will be recognised for distinctions, high distinctions and medals. We are very proud of their achievements, and we look forward to acknowledging their efforts on Friday. Parents of all recipients are invited to attend this assembly.

Next Tuesday boys will participate in their House Swimming Carnival. The Pre-Primary to Year 2 event commences at 9.00am with the Years 3 to 6 carnival commencing at 11.00am. As one of the last House events for the year, students will be eager to try their best to earn valuable house points to see which House will be awarded the Giles Shield. We encourage all boys to try their best and cheer on their fellow House mates.

Last week, students in Years 2 to 6 participated in the final Vertical House Group (VHG) session of 2025. This session focused on the School value for Term 4, Excellence, and the positive effects of having a growth mindset. Boys were asked to document a goal for the end of the year and describe how they would achieve this goal. VHG allows boys to learn more about the School’s values and interact with other year groups. This helps our boys foster a feeling of security and connectedness within our school.

Dr. Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School