Bearing Witness Through Rituals
We greatly look forward to our Opening Mass at Riverlife for Years 7 to 12 tomorrow, Tuesday 11 February. This tradition and our rituals for Year 12 students are a highlight of the year and we look forward to Years 7 to 11 students bearing witness through their presence and participation in the ceremony. Our Years 4 to 6 students will have their own special occasion in Nudgee Junior Hall this Friday, and we look forward to celebrating with them.
Parents and Friends Year 4 and Year 7 Welcome Picnic
Thank you to everyone who came along to this event hosted by the ATC Parents and Friends. I trust it was a relaxed and enjoyable opportunity to meet some of your son’s classmate parents make some new connections in feeling welcome at ATC. Thank you to ATC Mum, Nicole Moy and her Parents and Friends volunteer team and our Communications Team, Facilities Team, Formation Team and volunteer student leaders for supporting this event.
Parent Information Evenings
Thank you to our Middle School families for your participation in last week’s evening. It was a pleasure to welcome our new families and share in the energy of the beginning of a new year. We look forward to our Junior and Senior school gathering this coming week. Meeting your Home Room teacher is a key strategy in helping a big school experience be a small school experience.
Academic Assemblies
Last week we celebrated the success of many students at our three school Academic Assemblies and Past Scholars Assembly. It was extremely heartening to see over 400 students receive an award. The range of awards provides the opportunity for each student to be recognised, with categories covering improvement, effort, and achievement. The assemblies allowed opportunities for students to acknowledge their peers while also presenting the opportunity to absorb inspirations and strategies for success. Words that we use around ATC often, such as hope, resilience, courage, commitment, gratitude, persistence, partnerships, and involvement resonated across the assemblies. Hopefully the success of their peers and the stories of others can support every student in achieving their personal excellence.
Associated Independent Colleges Ecumenical Service and Year Launch
It was great for student and staff representatives to join the AIC at Villanova College last week for the 2025 launch for our fourth year as a guest of the association. I thank the AIC Management Committee and member schools for their ongoing welcome and hospitality to our community. I take this opportunity to wish all of our Term One participants in swimming, AFL, cricket and volleyball all the very best and to thank our Sports Team led by Mr Lyndon Brieffies, staff, coaches and parent supporters for your commitment to our programs.
We had a wonderful first weekend of sport across Cricket, AFL and Volleyball with some strong performances across all year levels and codes.
Enrolments
During Term One we will be interviewing for Year 4 2026 and Year 7 2028. I encourage you to contact our Head of Enrolments, Ms Robyn Donaldson on 07 3878 0505 or by email if you are interested in future enrolment, especially if there is a sibling who is yet to be added to our records. Waiting lists are forming across some year levels, so it is important that families complete an enrolment package if they are intending to enrol at ATC. CLICK HERE to enrol.
Traffic and Driving
Traffic in the early weeks of the year can be intense before sport, culture and clubs settle into a post school routine and families have established their practices. The Twigg Street entry to the College presents challenges as Junior and Middle school parents begin to queue from 230pm and the line up along Witton Road and Twigg Street is extended.
Can I appeal to parents to remember two things:
- We must not use the Gym business across the road as a parking lot or a thoroughfare please.
- We must leave space for cars wishing to turn left into Witton Road to be able to access it. Our traffic is blocking off the left turn and causing issues for traffic wishing to travel through to the Walter Taylor/ Indooroopilly Bridge.
Thank you for raising your awareness of this issue and helping our community.
Community Prayers
Lord, we pray for those in our community who are suffering. Be with them in this time of hardship and uncertainty. Give comfort and peace to those who have lost loved ones. May their sorrow be turned into strength, and their distress turned into peace. May our hearts remain loving and pure as we seek to always be compassionate to those around us.
God Bless,
Chris Ryan
College Tour
Bring a friend to our next Tour! You can proudly show off your school to a friend on Thursday 20 February when we host our Campus Tour. Introduce a family to ATC and let them discover the difference we can make to their son's education. CLICK HERE to register their attendance.
