Year 8 Visual Art | Thunderegg Pots!
Year 8 Visual Art | Thunderegg Pots!
Our Year 8 Visual Art students have been busy making thunderegg pots in Term One.
The purpose of this unit is to build their ceramic modelling and sculptural skills.
It is designed to teach students about how to develop their concepts into an aesthetically pleasing three-dimensional form.
Students are being introduced to a variety of hand-building, joining and decorative techniques in this introductory unit.
They have already made pinchpots from clay and have underglazed and glossed the interiors and oxidised the exteriors.
Canterbury’s 37th Foundation Day Celebration | Chapel Service, Principal’s Address, Special Guest Speaker & Alumnus of the Year Award
Canterbury’s 37th Foundation Day Celebration | Chapel Service, Principal’s Address, Special Guest Speaker & Alumnus of the Year Award
https://youtu.be/osWtsgLw4k4
Today, Canterbury celebrated its 37th Anniversary by reflecting on how far we’ve come, and looking forward to all the 'milestones and magic’ still to come over the next 37 years…
Our official 'whole College’ morning Chapel Service, delivered by College Chaplain Fr Dan Talbot, gave thanks and inspiration to our fast-growing school community on a beautiful autumn day – wishing us all a Happy Birthday and joyful reflections.
This was followed by a special presentation from Principal Mr Dan Walker – who saluted our amazing founding staff’s incredible vision, efforts and enthusiasm back in 1985-87 to get this actual school up and running.
Then our very popular special guest speaker Mr Gordon Royall – Canterbury’s Dean of School (Secondary), Director of Activities and Secondary Teacher (1986 – 2000) – addressed staff and students about his 14 years here, the College motto, and his favourite memories from decades ago.
As per our annual Foundation Day tradition, we finished the ceremony by proudly announcing the recipient of the prestigious 'Alumnus of the Year' Award for 2024.
So hearty congratulations to Mrs Jane Dionysius (nee Hampson) – our 2003 School Captain and current Brisbane Airport Corporation Executive General Manager of Human Resources.
A profile story on Jane’s esteemed career and community charity work will follow shortly.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all who joined with us on campus – both past and present staff and students – to celebrate Canterbury's 37th birthday together.
And special acknowledgement to those student leaders who spoke on stage and those who performed beautifully in the choir.
Monday Afternoon’s 2024 First Rock School Studio Recital | Photo Gallery
Monday Afternoon’s 2024 First Rock School Studio Recital | Photo Gallery
On Monday afternoon we hosted our first Rock School Studio Recital for 2024 after school.
13 students showcased their steadily growing musical talents, presenting the pieces they have practised throughout Term 1.
We – along with their parents and carers – eagerly anticipate their improving performances in Term 2 and beyond…
For more photos, please visit our Facebook Page.
Canterbury College - Studio Tuition
Canterbury’s Studio Tuition Program is available to all students from the ELC to Year 12.
Lessons are delivered by specialist teachers in the areas of Dance, Drama and Music – Orchestra Instrumental, Band Instrumental, Rock School, Piano, Guitar and Voice.
Our teachers work with students to nurture and fully develop their abilities.
Students have one-on-one, paired or small group studio lessons which are scheduled on rotating timetables throughout the school day.
All tuition lessons take place in our modern, air-conditioned Performing Arts Centre inside purpose-built studio rooms.
Students may also elect to undertake examinations – including AMEB or Trinity for Music, plus Speech, Drama and Communication, and RAD for Dance.
Full information HERE - Studio Tuition – Canterbury College
Year 6 Bridge Builders Program: Student Mediators Training | Video
Year 6 Bridge Builders Program: Student Mediators Training | Video
https://youtu.be/cXCx0LoISGs
Today, select Year 6 students participated in our special Bridge Builders Program performing Mediators Training.
They focused on equipping fellow students with the interpersonal skills to resolve conflicts on their own.
This Monday, they will apply these handy skills in the ‘real world’, by teaching younger students how to handle playground disputes themselves – without adult intervention.
Relationships are an essential part of school and life.
Learning how to make healthy friendships and manage difficult relationships are essential life skills for all ages.
Now conflict is a normal part of any community, however, unresolved or poorly resolved conflict, can cause children to feel stressed and separated from others.
It can also reduce their ability to be learners.
Some children are growing up more confident in operating technical devices than dealing with frustration, developing flexible thinking, or problem-solving challenging relationships.
So Canterbury is equipping our students with the tools to deal with everyday conflict and reduce bullying through this program.
The sessions explore the following skills:
• Understanding Choices – the difference between conflict and bullying.
• Responses – the physiological and neural reactions to conflict or bullying.
• Growing Resilience Skills.
• Managing Conflict.
We also invite parents and carers to attend our Empowered For Life: Bridge Builders Program – Parents/Carers Information Session happening THIS Monday afternoon:
What: Empowered For Life: Bridge Builders Program – Parents/Carers Information Session.
When: 4:30pm – 5:30pm, THIS Monday 4 March 2024.
Where: Junior School Library – Canterbury College.
Parking: Available via Junior School Carpark, High Road, Waterford.
Who: For ALL Junior School Parents & Carers: ELC – Year 6.
Hosts: Junior School Admin With Guest Speaker: Jocelyne Chirnside M.Ed. (Hons), Dip. T.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: Please RSVP by 11:59pm THIS Sunday 3 March 2024 by CLICKING HERE.
We look forward to seeing you next Monday…
Talking Taipans – Episode 02, 2024
Talking Taipans – Episode 02, 2024
https://youtu.be/5dCkTXZX48k
Welcome to Episode 2 of Talking Taipans for 2024!
In this episode, Mr Marraiya and Mr Maxfield cover...
- Highlights from our most recent TAS & JTAS Round vs Ormiston College
- Our upcoming fixture
- School uniforms when spectating
- TAS & JTAS Swimming Championships
- ELC – Year 6 Cross Country Carnival
- And the new Captains vs Coordinators Games
AND… AS ALWAYS, GO TAIPANS!
2024 International Women's Day: Friday 8 March | Activities & Fundraisers – Get Involved!
2024 International Women's Day: Friday 8 March | Activities & Fundraisers – Get Involved!
https://youtu.be/262WdJx-4Uk
Dear All,
This year Goldsworthy House is dedicated to raising awareness around this important day through education, activities and lead-up fundraising.
This year’s International Women's Day theme is: Inspiring Inclusion.
Over the coming two weeks, Goldsworthy House student leaders in both the Junior School and Senior School will be actively selling various purple-themed items to support the wonderful charity - 4 Voices | Help Her Find Her Voice Through Connection.
These purple items can be proudly worn at school on that Friday 8 March to help celebrate International Women's Day together.
The items for sale can be seen on the attached flyers.
Let's all come together to make 2024 International Women's Day an unforgettable celebration!
Canterbury College's Official Aboriginal Artwork | Bullang Mobo: A Strong Tomorrow
Canterbury College's Official Aboriginal Artwork | Bullang Mobo: A Strong Tomorrow
https://youtu.be/CfuDL_IYj5Y
We are thrilled to publicly release Canterbury's new official Aboriginal artwork Bullang Mobo – created by the very talented Mununjali Wangerriburra artist Waylene Currie from WRLC Arts.
Bullang Mobo means ‘A Strong Tomorrow’ which beautifully captures Canterbury’s Motto: Fortior Quo Paratior – The Better Prepared, The Stronger; plus our College Vision: To inspire and nurture confident, optimistic and resilient young people who are ‘World Ready’.
It also reflects the strength in unity of Canterbury College's huge extended family of past and present students, parents, carers, staff, leaders and the wider Logan community since 1987.
This vibrant artwork showcases a powerful connection between our history, people and purpose, and the spirituality of our campus land.
Canterbury is situated on Mununjali and Gugingin Country, home to two of the nine clans of the Yugambeh people, who nurtured the land around the Logan, Albert, Coomera and Nerang Rivers for a millennia.
Looking closely, this artwork contains five major elements, with each part holding a special significance:
1. The Boomerangs – The boomerangs located in opposite corners represent the Junior School and Secondary School, as well as reflecting the basic boomerang shape of our entire campus building network, stretched like arms along either side of the playing fields. (Please see our campus map below).
They symbolise a solid foundation of student support, with both boomerangs wrapped caringly around the school campus artwork located inside.
The footsteps coming together within each boomerang show our many children from all year levels uniting as one Canterbury group, and forging new pathways for future generations of students to follow.
2. The Border Artwork – This spider’s web of numerous connecting lines and nodes along all four sides and corners, represents the huge diversity of families who have travelled here via different means and routes, from right around the world, Australia and Queensland, to settle in Logan and join us at Canterbury College.
All these pathways connect and interconnect – highlighting our bonds, our unity and shared goal of creating brighter and stronger students for tomorrow.
3. The Yarning Circle – This central image represents the parents, carers, staff and community all coming together to support our children’s education, wellbeing and futures as one powerful adult collective.
Joining this core element is the network of illustrated roots that honour our sadly departed historic giant fig tree, which died in 2022 after months of valiant efforts to save it.
Deeper again at the very heart of the Yarning Circle lies the Anglican Cross – which also appears on our College Crest, symbolising the faith and traditions upon which Canterbury College was built.
4. The Four Pillars – Our major student offerings of Academics, Sport, The Arts, and Service and Leadership are displayed by those four stylised pillars, strategically reinforcing that strong blue circle which enfolds and unites all our many different family groups.
5. The Remaining Elements – These bright ‘hubs’ symbolise the rich diversity of the 80-90 cultures co-existing here on campus, in an open and inclusive educational environment, where children and families from all different cultures and backgrounds can call ‘home’.
So we are delighted to share the attached video explaining our very first Canterbury College indigenous artwork in full, in the words of the artist herself Waylene Currie.
And we take this opportunity to especially thank Waylene for the brilliant job she has done exploring our campus and history; getting a feel for our people, pupils and passions; and summarising it all together in one beautiful artwork.
Bullang Mobo is testament to the deep connection between our school, the land, and its people, reflecting the spirit of unity and strength that permeates Canterbury College.
Expect to see this artwork proudly broadcast on future digital communications, printed publications, Canterbury clothing and College gifts.
This is another way that Canterbury pays its respects to this land’s ancestors and descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country.
ABOVE: Our Canterbury Functions Centre Wall Mural.
Our Class Of 2024 Canterbury Seniors Jerseys | Official Group Photo
Our Class Of 2024 Canterbury Seniors Jerseys | Official Group Photo
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Our Official Class Of 2024 Seniors Jersey Photos attached above…
Looking good Year 12 in the new threads.✨
2024 Languages Week: Last Day Thursday - International Photo Booth | Event Wrap & Photo Gallery
2024 Languages Week: Last Day Thursday - International Photo Booth | Event Wrap & Photo Gallery
What a journey it has been throughout our Global Studies Faculty's Languages Week with Chinese lion dancers, international karaoke and the global trivia quiz.
With the big House Choir battle dominating Friday, Thursday’s final Language Day featured an international Photo Booth event.
Our Senior School students dressed in various traditional cultural attire and had photos taken in exotic locations like Paris, Tokyo, Spain, Mexico, and even the Great Wall of China during their lunch break – all thanks to the digital miracle of ‘green screen’ technology.
It marked a fun photographic conclusion to our four-day celebration of cultural diversity and appreciation.
For more photos, please visit our Facebook Page HERE.
2024 Languages Week: Day 3 Wednesday - Trivia Challenge | Event Wrap | Photo Gallery | TAKE THE QUIZ YOURSELF!
2024 Languages Week: Day 3 Wednesday - Trivia Challenge | Event Wrap | Photo Gallery | TAKE THE QUIZ YOURSELF!
As part of our Global Studies Faculty's Languages Week, we enjoyed an exciting Trivia Challenge at Wednesday lunchtime in the Senior School Library's Digital Hub.
A large group of pretty confident Years 7-12 student teams had a great time answering a wide array of questions about different cultures!
A big congratulations to the winning team who scored an impressive 24 / 30!
Think you can beat them?
Well, try the 30 Trivia Challenge questions yourself attached below along with the answers - NO CHEATING!
Let's see how well you do against Canterbury's finest young minds...
Also, please see our full photo gallery on our Facebook Page HERE.
2024 Languages Week Trivia Challenge - 30 Questions
2024 Languages Week Trivia Challenge - Answers