REMINDER: Years 6-12 House Spirit Breakfasts | Find Your House Event Details & RSVP HERE!
REMINDER: Years 6-12 House Spirit Breakfasts | Find Your House Event Details & RSVP HERE!
What: Years 6-12 House Spirit Breakfast: Becket & Goldsworthy Houses.
When: 7:30am - 8:15am, THIS Thursday 16 February 2023.
Where: Covered Area Near Canterbury Chapel.
- Best Parking: Via Old Logan Village Road Gates.
Who: For All Years 6-12 Becket & Goldsworthy House Students, Their Parents & Carers, and House Staff.
Hosts & Contacts: Heads Of House | Becket – Mrs Jennifer Russell, Goldsworthy – Mr Warren Musk.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: 11:59pm TODAY Tuesday 14 February 2023.
BECKET HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
GOLDSWORTHY HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
Dress Code: Parents & Carers - Smart Casual | Students – Summer School Uniform.
Contact: Secondary School Administration - T: 07 3299 0843 | E:
What: Years 6-12 House Spirit Breakfast: Cranmer & Kime Houses.
When: 7:30am - 8:15am, THIS Friday 17 February 2023.
Where: K Block Wolf Den Area.
- Best Parking: Via Old Logan Village Road Gates.
Who: For All Years 6-12 Cranmer & Kime House Students, Their Parents & Carers, and House Staff.
Hosts & Contacts: Heads Of House | Cranmer – Mr Alan Lyle, Kime – Mr Glen Walker.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: 11:59pm THIS Wednesday 15 February 2023.
CRANMER HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
KIME HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
Dress Code: Parents & Carers - Smart Casual | Students – Summer School Uniform.
Contact: Secondary School Administration - T: 07 3299 0843 | E:
What: Years 6-12 House Spirit Breakfast: Ramsey & Temple Houses.
When: 7:30am - 8:15am, Thursday 23 February 2023.
Where: Secondary School Meadow.
- Best Parking: Via Easterly Street Gates.
Who: For All Years 6-12 Ramsey & Temple House Students, Their Parents & Carers, and House Staff.
Hosts & Contacts: Heads Of House | Ramsey – Mrs Holly Westphal, Temple – Mr Shannon Blackmore.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: 11:59pm Tuesday 21 February 2023.
RAMSEY HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
TEMPLE HOUSE Humanitix Booking Weblink Here.
Dress Code: Parents & Carers - Smart Casual | Students – Summer School Uniform.
Contact: Secondary School Administration - T: 07 3299 0843 | E:
Think U Know: Online Safety - Parent Information Session | 5:30pm - 7pm, Wednesday 8 March @ Performing Arts Theatre: RSVP NOW!
Think U Know: Online Safety - Parent Information Session | 5:30pm - 7pm, Wednesday 8 March @ Performing Arts Theatre: RSVP NOW!
Dear Parents and Carers,
You are warmly invited to our...
What: Think U Know: Online Safety - Parent Information Session | 'It Takes A Village' Partnership Program.
- Includes Q & A Session on how you can support your son or daughter to engage safely online.
When: 5:30pm - 7:00pm, Wednesday 8 March 2023.
Where: Performing Arts Theatre – Canterbury College.
- Best parking via the Easterly Street Gates with plenty of onsite parking.
Who: For All Parents Of Prep - Year 6 Students.
Hosts: Junior School Leadership Team With Senior Constable Mitch Collins from the Edens Landing Police Beat.
Cost: FREE!
RSVP: If you would like to attend this valuable Parent Information Session, please RSVP via Humanitix HERE.
Dress Code: Smart Casual.
Contact: Junior School Admin - T: 07 3299 0847 | E:
As part of our Wellbeing Program here at Canterbury, our Prep – Year 6 students will be engaging in the Think U Know Online Safety Program.
Think U Know is a program developed by the Australian Federal Police, and will be delivered by Senior Constable Mitch Collins from the Edens Landing Police Beat, who has been working in partnership with Canterbury College.
The program will be delivered differently for each year level, so the information provided is age-appropriate and relevant.
The focus for the sessions will be to support students to engage safely online.
Some of the topics covered will include:
- Online safety - including online games.
- Online stranger danger.
- Challenges they may face when interacting online.
- How to report to a trusted adult if things go wrong.
Yours faithfully
Mrs Brittany Sinclair Mr Andrew Powell
Assistant Head of Junior School (Wellbeing) Assistant Head of Junior School (Wellbeing)
Congratulations! NEW Brisbane Capitals NBL 1 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach: Our Mr Kenta Shimizu
Congratulations! NEW Brisbane Capitals NBL 1 Men's Basketball Assistant Coach: Our Mr Kenta Shimizu
Congratulations to our Secondary Basketball Coach, Mr Kenta Shimizu, on his appointment as Assistant Coach of the Brisbane Capitals National Basketball League One (NBL 1) North Mens Team.
The Brisbane Capitals compete in the National Basketball League One (NBL 1) Conference, a semi-professional National Division Two level basketball competition.
It comprises both a men's and women's competition played across every State and Territory in Australia.
Established in 1986, the Brisbane Capitals gives players the opportunity to compete at the highest level of competition in Queensland.
It forms the centrepiece of the Player Pathway at Brisbane Basketball Inc. (BBI), for those who aspire to play at the State Junior and Senior Representative levels and beyond.
In 2022, BBI proudly fielded 30 Brisbane Capitals teams across junior and senior representative competition in Queensland.
Check out this team photo featuring Mr Kenta Shimizu from their big Media Day on Saturday.
Mr Shimizu has been our Basketball Coordinator and remains a Basketball Coach, and was previously involved in our eSports Program.
He has done a great job with our teams attending the annual Champion Basketball School of Queensland tournaments.
Congratulations Kenta!
Congratulations! 2023 Drama Queensland Committee Co-opted Member: Our Matthew Kopelke
Congratulations! 2023 Drama Queensland Committee Co-opted Member: Our Matthew Kopelke
Congratulations to our Creative Industries Teacher, Matthew Kopelke, for his appointment to the 2023 Drama Queensland Committee as a co-opted member, specifically assisting in the professional development space.
Matthew assists Drama Queensland with streaming events, as well as the organisation and presentation of key professional development opportunities.
Drama Queensland is the peak representative body for drama educators in Queensland, which works hard to provide meaningful professional development to early, middle and senior year teachers.
Matt will be a great asset as a member of this proud association.
Years 5 & 6 Spark 'Pottery With A Purpose' Class | Photos
Years 5 & 6 Spark 'Pottery With A Purpose' Class | Photos
As part of their Spark classes, our Years 5 and 6 students are learning about 'Pottery With A Purpose'! 🏺
Throughout Semester 1, they will be learning the foundations of pottery and clay - including hand-building, wheel-throwing and glazing.
They will then follow the design process to create products for a client showing form and function that must hold something. 🤔🤩
Check out more of the photos HERE.
Year 2 Home Reading | Some Changes & Easy-To-Follow Wonderful Advice!
Year 2 Home Reading | Some Changes & Easy-To-Follow Wonderful Advice!
Dear Parents and Carers,
You may notice some changes to the readers and reading activities that your child is bringing home this year.
Children require substantial practice to develop their reading skills to the point of fluency.
10-15 minutes of practice at home each day with a supportive adult can make all the difference.
This can enable children to apply letter-sound knowledge to reading simple texts.
The readers that your child will bring home will contain words that they can ‘sound out’.
You will notice that the vocabulary in these books is very controlled.
This is because, at this early stage of the reading process, words need to follow regular sound-symbol patterns, so that children are given opportunities to work out words for themselves, with your support.
Some of these decodable books may look ‘easier’ than some of the books your child may have received previously.
However, our teachers have conducted thorough assessments that have identified your child’s instructional level, so that learning that is occurring in class is being consolidated at home.
If your child is still learning letter-sound correspondences, a reader may not be appropriate for them yet.
If this is the case for your child, you will receive other phonics activities to work on, until such time that they are independently blending some simple words.
Readers for Year 2 students will be sent home with homework from next week.
Guessing words from a picture or from context should not be encouraged.
Instead, encourage your child to look at the letter-sound combinations and think about the sounds they represent.
When your child gets stuck on a word, encourage them to have a go at sounding out the word.
If necessary, demonstrate what this looks like first.
Please do not prompt your child to guess a word or use the picture to help them - reading is not about guessing.
This may have once been the case, however current research indicates that this is not an effective reading strategy for children.
Should you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or myself directly -
Yours faithfully
Christina Jasem
Head of Literacy Development (Prep – Year 6)
Year 1 Home Reading: Some Changes & Easy-To-Follow Wonderful Advice!
Year 1 Home Reading: Some Changes & Easy-To-Follow Wonderful Advice!
Dear Parents and Carers,
You may notice some changes to the readers and reading activities that your child is bringing home this year.
Children require substantial practice to develop their reading skills to the point of fluency.
10-15 minutes of practice at home with a supportive adult can make all the difference!
This can enable children to apply letter-sound knowledge to reading simple texts.
The readers that your child will bring home will contain words that they can ‘sound out’.
You will notice the vocabulary in these books is very controlled.
This is because at this early stage of the reading process, words need to follow regular sound-symbol patterns, so that children are given opportunities to work out words for themselves, with your support.
Some of these decodable books may look ‘easier’ than some of the books your child may have received previously.
However, teachers have conducted thorough assessments that have identified your child’s instructional level, so that learning occurring in the classroom, is then consolidated at home.
If your child is still learning letter-sound correspondences, a reader may not be appropriate for them yet.
If this is the case for your child, you will receive other phonics activities to work on, until such time that they are independently blending some simple words.
Guessing words from a picture or from context should not be encouraged.
Instead, encourage your child to look at the letter-sound combinations and think about the sounds they represent.
When your child gets stuck on a word, encourage them to have a go at sounding out the word.
If necessary, demonstrate what this looks like first.
Please do not prompt your child to guess a word or use the picture to help them - reading is not about guessing.
This may have once been the case - however, current research indicates this is not an effective reading strategy for children.
Should you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or myself directly -
Yours faithfully
Christina Jasem
Head of Literacy Development (Prep – Year 6)
Congratulations! NEW QLD Representative School Sport Program 19 Years Netball Coach: Our Deanne Hamilton
Congratulations! NEW QLD Representative School Sport Program 19 Years Netball Coach: Our Deanne Hamilton
Congratulations to our Director of Netball, Mrs Deanne Hamilton, on being appointed as the NEW Netball 19 Years Coach of the Queensland Representative School Sport (QRSS) Program.
Mrs Hamilton has led Canterbury's Netball Program from strength to strength - winning the 2022 QISSN Netball Cup, as well as making history by winning both the Cup and Shield double in the 2022 Vicki Wilson Championships for the first time ever!
In the same year, we were also awarded Netball Queensland's School of the Year.
We wish Mrs Hamilton all the best with her added representative responsibilities above her senior ongoing College role.
Brekkie Buskers BACK FOR 2023 | 7:40am – 8:20am, TOMORROW Tuesday 7 February @ Our Yalburru Community Café
Brekkie Buskers BACK FOR 2023 | 7:40am – 8:20am, TOMORROW Tuesday 7 February @ Our Yalburru Community Café
What: Brekkie Buskers is back for 2023!
When: 7:40am – 8:20am, TOMORROW Tuesday 7 February 2023.
Where: Our Yalburru Community Café – Canterbury College.
Who: Performing for ALL Canterbury Parents & Carers, Students & Staff.
Hosts: Canterbury Performing Arts.
Featuring: Ashlyn Dinsdale and Rory Walker.
Mums & Dads & Carers - Drop your kids off then drop by our campus café for some FREE LIVE music with your hot coffee or tea, plus some cake or a toasted sandwich.
See you there!
NB: Our sample video below features Ashlyn and Rory from last year’s Friday Night Rocks concert as a Tuesday morning teaser…
https://youtu.be/tBqDzfBAf7c
REMINDER: ALL Parents ‘Meet & Greet’ Café Drop-Off & Drop-In Morning: OPEN INVITE | 7:30am – 8:45am, THIS Thursday 2 February @ Yalburru Community Cafe, Canterbury College
REMINDER: ALL Parents ‘Meet & Greet’ Café Drop-Off & Drop-In Morning: OPEN INVITE | 7:30am – 8:45am, THIS Thursday 2 February @ Yalburru Community Cafe, Canterbury College
Dear Parents and Carers,
Our Junior and Secondary Leadership Teams would like to extend a warm invitation for you to join us for a ‘Meet & Greet’ event.
This is an opportunity for you to meet our Junior and Secondary School Leaders, Principal Dan Walker and new Deputy Principal Meagan King, as well as ask questions, and get to know the other parents.
We understand parents and carers play a vital part in the education process, so we value your input and support...
***NB: This replaces the originally proposed Canterbury Parents BBQ.***
What: Canterbury Parents ‘Meet & Greet’ Café Drop-Off & Drop-In Morning.
Drop your kids off to class, then drop into our Yalburru Community Café for a FREE coffee or tea and snack with us, and your fellow Canterbury parents and carers.
FREE gift bags for the first 60 parents.
When: 7:30am – 8:45am, THIS Thursday 2 February 2023.
Where: Yalburru Community Cafe – Canterbury College.
Centrally located near the middle of our campus near the kitchen garden overlooking the ovals.
Who: For All Prep – Year 12 Parents & Carers – Especially new Canterbury Families.
Hosts: Junior & Secondary School Leadership Teams.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: NOT REQUIRED. Please just drop by to say hello and grab your FREE tea or coffee and snack...
Dress Code: Smart Casual.
Contacts:
Junior School Admin - T: 07 3299 0847 | E:
Secondary School Admin - T: 07 3299 0843 | E:
Yours faithfully
Mrs Michelle Leftwich Mrs Rebecca Adamson
Head of Junior School Head of Secondary School
