Newly Appointed Assistant Principals
As our school grows and our needs evolve, we are regularly evaluating our teaching, learning and leadership needs. Recently we reviewed our leadership structure and organisation of responsibilities and made the decision to add two new Assistant Principal positions to our Executive Team.
I am very excited to announce that the successful candidates were Ms. Natalie Conboy and Mr. Liam McKenna.
Ms. Conboy has been appointed to the Assistant Principal position of Wellbeing & Inclusion and has begun her duties this term. Ms. Conboy is well known to our community for her work in leading this area as a Leading Teacher in recent years.
Mr. Liam McKenna has been successful in gaining the position of Assistant Principal for Middle School. Mr. Mckenna will begin his duties in term 1 of 2025. Currently Mr. Mckenna is a Deputy Headmaster in a school in London.
Congratulations to both Mr. McKenna and Ms. Conboy as they join our other Assistant Principals Ms. Loudon, Ms. Lane, Mr. Schutz & Mr. Stock!
David Williamson Writing Competition
Our inaugural David Williamson Writing Competition has been completed. On last Thursday the 25th of July we had a celebratory night with our 13 shortlisted writers and their families and crowned our first overall winner of the prize.
The writing competition saw our students enter a broad range of pieces in our three genres of Poetry, short story and scriptwriting. Our judges were mightily impressed by the quality of the entries and our students ability to navigate the different genres.
David Williamson himself sent a video message congratulating all entrants and the winners as well as contributing a large donation for the competition prizes.
Congratulations to:
Year Level Winners- Highly Commended
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 |
| No place like home by Melody Yang | Our second life by Asra Aden | Short story by Ammar Mahmoud | Play by Natalie Orsida | No place like home by Feyza Demir |
Outstanding Poem Finalists and Winner
| Outstanding Poem shortlist |
| Hiraeth by Shannon Jot Kaur No place like home by Akshiv Mittal No place like home! by Saviru Kalansuriya |
| Winner: Hiraeth by Shannon Jot Kaur |
Outstanding Short Story Finalists and Winners
| Outstanding Short story shortlist |
| Déjà vu by Danika McNaught The time we had missed by Paveneet Kaur Born to Die by Navreet Mall |
| Winner: Déjà vu by Danika McNaught |
Outstanding Script/Play Finalists and Winners
| Outstanding Script/Play shortlist |
| Conversations on Homes and Houses by Jasnoor Brar Play by Natalie Orsida |
| Winner: Conversations on Homes and Houses by Jasnoor Brar |
Overall Finalists and Winners
| Williamson Prize Shortlist |
| Hireath by Shannon Jot Kaur Conversations on Homes and Houses by Jasnoor Brar Déjà vu by Danika McNaught |
| Winner: Hiraeth by Shannon Jot Kaur |
A huge congratulations to all of our finalists and overall winner Shannon Jot Kaur.
Thankyou to our Williamson Writing Competition Committee including, Joshua Fielding, Luke Hanlon, Katrina Zuk, George Poulakis, Ella Francis, Georgia Wheaton and Ellen Stephens.
And of course thanks to David Williamson for supporting this inaugural version of the competition and his patronage.
Reminder- Student Learning Conferences and Subject Selection Days
A reminder that as outlined in the last newsletter, we will be undertaking the combined Student Learning Conferences and Subject Selection Conferences – on the 1st and 2nd of August.
Our Term 3 Students Learning Conferences operate across the two days, and allow students to conference with their parents and teachers regarding progress across the year, goals for second semester and their Aim High, Work Hard, Be Good scores. All students must attend at least one Student learning Conference.
The Subject Selection Conferences will be focused on Year 9 and 10 students as they choose their senior school programs for Year 10 and 11. The Subject Selection Conferences will be led by members of our careers and pathways teams and other members of the leadership team.
Bookings are open on Compass now.
Colin Burke