Published on: 5 August 2021

  • Term 3 Parent Forum
  • ICAS testing
  • NAIDOC Week in the Prep School

The Term 3 Parent Forum was held on Tuesday and attended by parents both in person and via Teams. It was a great opportunity to provide our community with a school update and discuss some of the pastoral and academic initiatives. As discussed in the Forum, in 2022 the Preparatory School will include an additional class in both Years 5 and 6. Classes across Years 5 and 6 will not exceed 24 students and the programs will continue to cater for the needs of all students in the cohort.

A significant part of the program in the Peter Moyes Centre (PMC) is to teach the students Protective Behaviour Education. This approach focuses on developing the skills of empowerment, communication, self-esteem, resilience, social skills, and other life skills to prevent abuse, reduce violence and promote life-enriching experiences. To support this program, the boys in the PMC continue to participate in community access activities. These experiences provide opportunities for the students to identify the differences between safe and unsafe situations, predict and assess danger and act accordingly in these scenarios. Our community access program also encourages social connections within the school environment and the wider community, which allows the boys to develop skills to safely identify a ‘helping hand’ and ask for help when needed.

ICAS testing commences next week with Digital Technologies on Tuesday 10 August. The scheduled Writing Assessment has been moved from Wednesday 11 August to Wednesday 13 October in Term 4 to include those currently in lockdown in the eastern states. Participating boys will be informed through the student daily bulletin and we wish all boys sitting ICAS Assessments the best of luck.

The School is preparing for a new look website and one that is specifically designed for prospective parents. This requires moving information that current parents may access from the website to Nexus. This work will be done over the coming months and at the conclusion of the year all information relating to current parents will be located in Nexus. If you are currently referring to the website for any information please:

  • Download the School app and become familiar with its functionality and location of information
  • Ensure you know your CCGS assigned Nexus login and password to access Nexus directly from your device

At the commencement of 2022, all parents will need to access Nexus for current parent information.

This week we have celebrated NAIDOC Week in the Preparatory School. Olman and Alton Walley presented workshops to all boys from Pre-Kindy to Year 6. These workshops teach the boys about Aboriginal culture and history. At lunchtimes, boys have been invited to participate in colouring in competitions, collaborative collages, Kahoot quizzes and dreamtime stories. Boys have also been invited to enter a NAIDOC Week poster competition conducted by the Senior School. This exciting week culminates in the NAIDOC Week Assembly on Friday 6 August hosted by 6JM and 6JG, with the Welcome to Country being presented by Olman Walley.

Congratulations to the following Building Good Men recipients this week.

Dr Steven Males
Head of Preparatory School