Activities
Over this term, the students have enjoyed some awesome recreational activities with the highlights being a visit to the Cairns Aquarium, Thursday night shopping at Cairns Central, swimming at Port Douglas and Gel Blasting at Mr Dunsmuir's house in Kuranda. We have combined these events with muffin making, arts and crafts, basketball and nights of watching the State of Origin within the boarding precinct.
The students have certainly lots on offer and for the most part, all these activities have been well supported.
Catering
We would all like to say thanks to our catering team for the Christmas dinner they provided us - we all certainly enjoyed it.
2021 Parent Orientation Days
As an 鈥榚arly date for the calendar鈥 we will be holding Boarding Parent Orientation Days next year. The idea behind these days is for us to have time with parents to talk through all things boarding here at Peace and we feel the best way to do this is through hosting parents here at the College.
While the details (dates and format) of these days are still being finalised, we feel that we will need to offer at least two to three different days as well as a couple of Zoom opportunities for our international parents who may not be able to make it onto campus to visit us.
Further details of these days will be outlined in my welcome letter that will be sent out early next year.
Mari Mari House Re-opening
Also looking forward to re-opening Mari Mari House next year for our Year 10 to 12 boys and keeping the Year 7 to 9 boys in Frieden House. We are excited about the opportunities this will present for both our junior and senior boys.
REACH Leave Management System
Also happening next year is the reintroduction of the REACH Leave Management System. We are aware that we have only just recently moved to Boardingware, however, after a year of using the software we have found that it is not as effective and as powerful for us as the REACH product, therefore the decision to change back has been made. Again, further information will be outlined in my welcome letter next year as well as at the Boarding Parent Orientation Days.
Feel free to delete the Boardingware App if you have it on your phone.
Farewell Year 12 Boarders
As the year concludes, I would like to farewell our Year 12s. They have been awesome and contributed so much to the life of the Boarding Community, not only during this year, but also throughout their whole boarding experience.
So, to La鈥橲chaya, Isaac, Tyra, Cajun, Nardia, Napau, Narelle and Aiso, we say farewell and thank you. We wish you all the best for the next phase of your life.
Please remember that if you are looking for some work over the next couple of years, come and see us because we might be looking for people to work in our boarding houses and it is always handy to have people who not only understand what it鈥檚 like to be a boarder, but also know all the tricks!!
Farewell Sharron Mhyre
We would also like to say goodbye to Sharron who will be leaving us to start a new chapter of her life in Brisbane. Sharron has been involved with 麻豆果冻传媒 College for a number of years, both as part of the cleaning team, and more recently as senior boarding supervisor. We thank Sharron for her service to the College and especially the care she has given to our students. She will be missed and we wish her well on her new adventure.
Merry Christmas
Finally, we would like to wish all our families a safe and happy Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you all back next year.