REMINDER: Canterbury ‘Laps For Life’ Swimming Fundraiser – THIS SATURDAY!
REMINDER: Canterbury ‘Laps For Life’ Swimming Fundraiser – THIS SATURDAY!
What: Canterbury ‘Laps For Life’ Swimming Fundraiser – How Far Can We Go???
Swim laps, have fun and donate money to support our great cause helping youth mental health through Official Charity Laps For Life!
Laps For Life: Dedicated Canterbury Taipans Webpage
When: 11:00am – Until All Laps Are Done! THIS Saturday 19 March 2022.
Where: Canterbury College Aquatic Centre.
- Use Sports Precinct Gate, 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
- Plenty Of On-Site Parking.
Who: Open to ALL Canterbury Taipans Members, College Students, Families & Staff.
Open to ALL Waterford & Logan City Residents.
ALL ages and abilities welcome with professional swim instructors on-hand to assist any lap swimmers.
Cost: $5 Entry Per Person - To cover costs and goes towards the final donation with our thanks.
RSVP: Please book in with the Canterbury Taipans Swim Staff:
Tel – 07 3299 0900 | Email -
Featuring:
- Lap Swimming: Everyone’s laps will be tallied into kilometres to see how far we can get as a team!
Waterford Coles = 3.3km, Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall = 30km, Australia Zoo = 109km, Byron Bay = 138km, Sydney = 888km, Melbourne = 1,724km, Perth = 4,318km, Hollywood = 11,556km, Buckingham Palace = 16,546km!
- Games & Dancing
- Bouncing Castle
- Sausage Sizzle and Splash & Smash Café Foods
- PLUS lots more…
So come along on the day and be part of the ‘feelgood’ fun!
Donations: Please click this weblink to donate directly with our BIG THANK YOU! - Laps For Life: Dedicated Canterbury Taipans Webpage
Our Fundraising Goal - $2,000
Raised So Far (10am 15/03/22) - $106
Canterbury Aqua Aerobics TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY!
Canterbury Aqua Aerobics TONIGHT & WEDNESDAY!
WHERE: Our Heated Magnesium Pool - Canterbury College Aquatic Centre.
WHO: Open to the public so everybody is welcome!
COST: $15pp Casual Public Entry | $12pp Canterbury Family Member Entry.
RSVP: No need to RSVP - just come along with your towel!
We look forward to seeing you... 👋🙌💦
Junior School Vice Captains: Finn Watt & Arabella Carr - Term One Wrap
Junior School Vice Captains: Finn Watt & Arabella Carr - Term One Wrap
Wow, what a hectic Term One this has been!
A COVID-19 delayed start to the term, followed by gigantic amounts of rain, separated some of us from our teachers, classmates and school, and forced us into online learning.
It has been challenging, but in true Canterbury style, we fought through…
Term One Wrap
Term One has provided our students with many sporting opportunities, such as Junior TAS hockey and cricket, Woolworths Cricket Blast, and of course our Running Club, which has been very popular - especially for the younger students.
It is great to see everyone getting involved and showing their College pride.
The new Junior School playground has been a hive of excitement and has been an asset to our break times.
It is exciting to have the slides and so many activities to do on the ovals now.
Whether you prefer to hang out with your friends in the shaded undercover areas, challenge yourself with the climbing nets, or just slide down the fire brigade poles, there is something for everyone.
The new afternoon student pick-up zones have been a huge success, easing car park congestion and making collection times much quicker.
The new drop-off and pick-up area for Years 5 and 6 students over near the pool, has significantly helped with smooth runnings in the mornings and afternoons for our parents and carers.
Our wonderful Year 6 leaders have received fabulous feedback from parents and students, for their amazing assistance at the P-2 drop-off zone, with our younger students each morning.
Well done Captains and please keep up the great work!
While the Year 6 students are away on Camp, some of our eager Year 5 students will fill in these roles.
Some of our Year 5 and 6 students recently took part in the International ‘Just Dance’ eSports Competition.
They did amazingly well!
Congratulations to our Queensland Primary Scenic Rim/Ipswich District Fuse Cup ‘Just Dance’ Champions Isabella Heath, Lyla Ries, Hannah Kelmanson and Ruby Fay.
All the best for the Queensland State Titles in November.
Our new Taipan Roboneers Club has been busy learning coding fundamentals and programming their robots.
These students have been working hard to identify a problem, move their robot from a set location for a specific distance measurement, then collect an item, and finally return to its starting point.
Students have been designing a series of actions through coding, which programs their robots, then testing and improving its functionality - it has been lots of fun!
Now it is that time of year again… celebrating our 35th birthday Foundation Day with morning Chapel service lead by our new College Chaplain Reverend Melusi Sibanda, then our successful past student awards, then the running of our annual Cursus Magnus eight-leg relay race.
With eight representatives from each of the six Houses from Years 5 – 12, plus a staff team and past students team, they all ran the race of their lives doing two laps each (800 metres) in front of the entire school cheering them on.
And no… Becket House finally had their years long strangehold on the Cursus Magnus Shield broken by… Ramsey House! Congratulations to the Raptors in blue and their eight runners!
There are only three weeks left in this term, and moving into Term Two, we are hoping for less disruptions.
We look forward to seeing Canterbury back in full swing, with a busy calendar of sporting choices, learning opportunities and plenty of Canterbury spirit.
We wish you all a wonderful time over the upcoming Easter Holidays.
This time will allow everyone to spend time with friends and family doing the things they love.
Whether it be days at the beach, movies or vacations, it is the perfect time to refresh and get ready to tackle Term Two.
Stay safe and well!
Finn and Arabella
2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Annual Alumnus Award Recipients
2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Annual Alumnus Award Recipients
Congratulations to our 2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Annual Alumnus Award recipients!
Emily Chan (Class of 2004) - 2022 Young Alumnus of the Year
Ryan Murphy (Class of 2016) - 2022 Entrepreneur of the Year
Nicholas Casey (Class of 2002) - 2022 Trailblazer Alumnus of the Year
https://youtu.be/SzJyCXYd_xk
2022 Trimester 1 Sport: TAS Round 7 & JTAS Round 4 - Canterbury vs Ormiston Results! ⚽️
2022 Trimester 1 Sport: TAS Round 7 & JTAS Round 4 - Canterbury vs Ormiston Results! ⚽️
Here is your Monday TAS and Junior TAS Sport Results Wrap from Round 7 and Round 4 respectively...
After two weekends of crazy weather and unplayable sporting conditions, our Taipans were back in action, and we were finally able to host our FIRST Home Round for 2022 - against those Ormiston Redbacks.
Our recent results show how much we have progressed this season, despite numerous pandemic and severe weather disruptions.
Some highlights from Saturday's sport round against Ormiston College:
Our Girls Basketball with seven wins from eight matches, and Boys Volleyball with seven wins from ten matches, enjoyed great results across Saturday.
And the energy at these matches was fantastic!
Our First XI Cricket team were just three balls off batting for a whole innings.
A special shout-out to Josh W who batted through the entire Canterbury innings.
Our Intermediate 1 cricket team won in the last over, Intermediate 2 were also victorious, while our Intermediate 3 cricket team lost with only two balls to go.
All four cricket sides are showing great improvement, and most importantly, working well together as a team unit.
Our Girls Tennis team showed improvement from last year's results against Ormiston College.
Thank you to those Senior players who came early to support our younger tennis players in action.
Our Girls Football teams were a stand out with a good 2-1 win, good 2-2 draw and narrow 0-1 loss!
The hard work our students put in at weekly training definitely showed on the field this week.
Keep up the great work girls!
Thank you also to all the Canterbury swimmers who attended our Internal Swim Meet last Friday, where we had over 80 competitors!
Thank you to all our parents and students who came out to support our Taipans at our FIRST Home Round of the season too.
We have two more rounds of TAS and Junior TAS sport for this Trimester to go... Train hard Taipans!
Talking Taipans - Episode 3, 2022 🐍 With Special Guests!
Talking Taipans - Episode 3, 2022 🐍 With Catherine Krzensk & Ben Maxfield + Special Guests!
https://youtu.be/N1PA6JY9Gik
Finally! We have a Home Round fixture right here at Canterbury College to finish up Week 7 of Term One!
So talking all things Taipans are our indomitable hosts Mrs Catherine Krzensk (Mrs K) - Director of Sport and Activities, and Mr Ben Maxfield - Head of HPE and Sports (P-Year 6).
This episode they are joined by our special guests: Girls Basketball Captain - Madisen-Jade Iva, Girls Football Captain - Olivia Brown and Girls Tennis Captain - Kate Neill, to discuss International Women's Day, their own female sporting heroes and the sports themselves.
Enjoy - and GO TAIPANS!
Our full TAS and Junior TAS Sport Fixtures attached below...
Canterbury's 35th Foundation Day Celebrations: Monday Morning 14 March
Canterbury's 35th Foundation Day Celebrations: Monday Morning 14 March
What: Canterbury College 35th Foundation Day Celebrations
When: THIS Monday Morning 14 March 2022
Starts: 8:45am Seating For
- 8:50am: Foundation Day Morning Chapel
- 9:30am: 2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Awards
Finishes 9:50am | Then Walk Across Campus For
- 10:00am: Cursus Magnus 'Our Great College Race'
Ends: 10:50am
Where: Foundation Day Morning Chapel AND 2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Awards - Canterbury Events Centre (CEC).
Where: Cursus Magnus 'Our Great College Race' - Oval 1, Athletics Track - Canterbury College.
Who: Foundation Day Morning Chapel AND 2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Awards - Junior & Secondary School Students | Award Winners | College Staff.
Who: Cursus Magnus 'Our Great College Race':
Spectators: All Junior & Secondary School Students | All Parents & Past Students Welcome | College Staff.
Runners (Teams of 8): Years 5 – 12 Students | Canterbury Alumni Members | College Staff.
Canterbury celebrates its 35th Anniversary Foundation Day, by reflecting on how far we’ve come, and looking forward to the ‘milestones and magic’ over the next 35 years, with Morning Chapel in the CEC.
Then we recognise three leading past students with our 2022 Canterbury Alumni Network Awards, with trophies presented in the following three categories: Young Alumnus of the Year, Entrepreneur Alumnus of the Year and Trailblazer Alumnus of the Year.
Finally, Cursus Magnus will see representative teams of eight from all six Houses, the Canterbury Alumni Network and College Staff racing each other in our great relay race on the Taipans Athletics Track.
Each runner must complete two laps (800 metres) before passing the baton onto the next runner, until all eight runners have completed their laps to find the overall winning team.
Best performing House WINS. Who will come out on top?
Will 2021 Cursus Magnus Champions Becket House retain their title?
Come and show your House and College spirit as we compete in one of our big Inter-House events for the 2022 School Year.
Happy Canterbury Foundation Day!
REMINDER: 2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast THIS Friday!
REMINDER: 2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast THIS Friday!
Dear Valued Business Partners,
You are warmly invited to join us at our popular…
What: 2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast.
When: 6:45am For 7:00am Start – 8:30am, THIS Friday 11 March 2022.
Where: Canterbury Functions Centre (Trade Training Centre Restaurant) - Canterbury College.
- Use Sports Precinct Gate, 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
- Plenty Of On-Site Parking.
Who: Canterbury Business Network Members & Guests.
If you wish to join our Canterbury Business Network to access our school community and student employment opportunities, please contact Mr Greg Wacker:
Tel - 0437 699 840 | Email -
Canterbury Business Network Webpage
Dress Code: Business OR Smart Casual.
Breakfast Event Cost: $15 per person.
• Full Breakfast Buffet & Barista Coffee Van.
• Guest Speaker: Peter Maddock: Director - Advocacy, Engagement & Operations at the Office of the Queensland Small Business Commissioner.
With Jeni Walters: Marketing & Communications Team Member.
There are also representatives from the: Logan Office of Economic Development, Australian Retailers Association and the Beenleigh Yatala Chamber of Commerce.
Please RSVP via the 'Get Tickets' button on this Humanitix weblink.
2022 Canterbury College Scholars Ceremony
2022 Canterbury College Scholars Ceremony
Principal Mr Dan Walker warmly invites you to attend this year's...
What: 2022 Canterbury College Scholars Ceremony.
Honouring the academic achievements of our newly graduated Class of 2021 Year 12 cohort.
Followed by Guests Morning Tea.
When: 8:45am – 10:00am, THIS Friday 11 March 2022.
Where: Canterbury Events Centre (CEC) – Canterbury College.
- Use the High Road Gate (Gate A) via High Road, Waterford.
- Plenty of on-site parking.
Who: Our Class Of 2021 Year 12 Graduates, Parents And Families.
Current Years 5-12 Canterbury Students And Staff.
Special College Guests.
RSVP: By 11:59pm Wednesday 9 March 2022.
Using the ‘Get Tickets’ button on this Humanitix webpage.
Dress Code: Business Casual.
Come celebrate our Canterbury Class of 2021's ATAR and school results with us…
College Information Session Videos: Welcome (And Welcome Back) To Canterbury!
College Information Session Videos: Welcome (And Welcome Back) To Canterbury!
Despite pandemic school start delays and campus visitor restrictions, extreme weather events and flooding, and ever-changing government directives, we are charging on with Term One – reaching Week 7 already!
However, three event ‘casualties’ of this rollercoaster start to 2022 have been the:
- New Families Welcome BBQ Night And Principal’s Briefing
- Junior School Parents Information Evening
- Year 12 Seniors Soiree Information Evening
Not to be deterred, we have captured all the essential content from these events in the below video presentations.
So here is your chance to see WHO does WHAT at our College, HOW and WHY…
Enjoy – and welcome (or welcome back) to Canterbury!
New Canterbury Families Welcome: Principal’s Briefing (4:09)
https://youtu.be/BxHICRZgk1g
Junior School Parents Information Briefing (21:34)
https://youtu.be/mzYaCeuZ39s
Year 12 Seniors And Parents Information Briefing (7:54)
https://youtu.be/xO1p0sBdnIc