Welcome back to College for Term 3! I hope you and your family got to spend some time together during the break and can return to school enthusiastic about what is to come.

It is an exciting first week for Year 8 and 10 students as they submit their elective choices for 2025. For Year 10's particularly, this has been the culmination of several key events to assist them in thinking through what is to come for their futures. Having had some Work Experience, visited the Careers Expo, read through the subject information booklet over the holidays, heard from staff about each of the subjects on offer, had their and your questions answered at the Subject Selection Evening and also engaged with teachers at the Parent Teacher night last night, hopefully students and families are feeling well prepared for entering their choices!

I am confident in the advice that will have been given by our experienced staff and in the wisdom of the College guidelines in place for a few subjects, that have the best interests of students at the heart of them. I am certain that both Year 8 and 10 students will be relishing the opportunity to have some agency in their academic journey!

How great it is to have the Olympics beginning and hearing the stories of the athletes about what it takes and what they have overcome to be able to be able to represent our country. We hope for all of our children that this pairing of talent with determination, hard work and sometimes sacrifice will instill in them these principles in their academic and life journeys. We are certain that God has a purpose for each of them to fulfill and we feel blessed to be able to help them along on this journey.