Years 3-6 Junior School Disco | Photos Now Available!

Years 3-6 Junior School Disco | Photos Now Available!

On Friday, our Canterbury Events Centre's atmosphere was filled with multi-coloured strobe lights, energetic music, and cheerful vibes for our exciting Years 3-6 Junior School Disco. 

The FULL album can be viewed on our Facebook page HERE.


2023 Under Eight's Day | Photos Now Available!

2023 Under Eight's Day | Photos Now Available!

Today's Under Eights Day was full of fun activities to celebrate this year's theme: Play – You, Me & Our Communities.

We had our local Fire and Police services sharing some valuable information for our students.

Old MacDonald's Farm brought cuteness overload with a petting zoo.

There were also dress-ups, face painting, storytime, an obstacle course, constructing recyclables, crafts, and much more to keep everyone entertained. ️

Our students were also thrilled to watch a circus performance in our CEC with talented performers showcasing astonishing stunts and amazing the audience. ️

Wrapping up their exciting day was a good ol' fashioned disco, where our Prep to Year 2 students danced the school day away with the Macarena, rock-style air guitar and a long line of limbo.

What a day!
The FULL photo gallery can be found HERE on our Facebook page.


2023 Winter Music Festival: Panorama Concert | Photo Gallery

2023 Winter Music Festival: Panorama Concert | Photo Gallery

❄️❄️❄️ Tonight's 2023 Winter Music Festival: Panorama Concert showcased our Junior School students' slow and steady musical improvements.

Well done to all the students who got on stage and gave it their all.

The FULL Facebook gallery of this event can be viewed HERE.


2023 UN Day Multicultural Celebration | Highlights Video

2023 UN Day Multicultural Celebration | Highlights Video

Last Friday, we held our always-exciting UN Day Multicultural Celebration.

This incredible day is a clear favourite and definite highlight in the College calendar.

It allows our Canterbury community to learn about each other's cultures and celebrate them together.

There was a unifying Parade Of Nations Flag Ceremony, stage performances, traditional foods, cultural games, our Google Earth Canterbury Map and many more exciting activities.

Thank you to everyone who made the day so memorable - to our families and their brilliant cooking efforts, the staff and students who put in many hours preparing for this day to happen, and of course, to the students who attended and celebrated this unforgettable occasion.

We hope you enjoy this special VIDEO of our event.

Make sure to share it with your loved ones and spread the joy.

All proceeds go to the Multicultural Australia Work & Welcome Program.

In case you missed it, please CLICK HERE to see this event's full Photo Gallery.


2023 TAS Cross Country Championships @ St Paul's School - Bald Hills | Photo Gallery

2023 TAS Cross Country Championships @ St Paul's School - Bald Hills | Photo Gallery

Congratulations to our Cross Country runners who have worked hard over the last few weeks competing in the JTAS, TAS and Pacific District Cross Country competitions.
We have had some fantastic results and shown so much school spirit, with many students falling unwell or returning from injuries.
Our culture and sportsmanship within our Cross-country community are impeccably led by our TAS Cross Country Captain, Eloise Stanley, who has been such a fantastic role model for our students both on and off the track, and our JTAS Captain, Emma Blackman, and Kyle Budd did a tremendous job for our JTAS Team.
Thank you to our excellent coaching staff for all your help in getting our student's race ready!

JTAS

Overall, Girls – Placed 2nd
Overall, Boys – Placed 4th
Overall – Canterbury College Placed 2nd

TAS

Overall, Girls Placed 4th
Overall, Boys Placed 6th
Overall, Canterbury Placed 5th

We had 31 students who qualified for the Reginal competition on Tuesday at Rivermount College and are waiting for the final team list to be released.
Congratulations to our Canterbury College Cross Country Runners; we still have our State Relay Cross Country competition which will take place in a few weeks.
For more detailed results and images please visit our MyCC News Page.
Photos courtesy of Tempus Media.


Rugby Skills Clinic With QLD Reds Players - Spencer Jeans (Scrum-Half) & Josh Nasser (Hooker) | Photo Gallery

Rugby Skills Clinic With QLD Reds Players - Spencer Jeans (Scrum-Half) & Josh Nasser (Hooker) | Photo Gallery

Yesterday afternoon, Canterbury hosted two awesome visitors from the Queensland Reds - Spencer Jeans (Scrum-Half) and Josh Nasser (Hooker), in a very rewarding Rugby Skills Clinic.

If you want to be the best, you have to learn from the best. ✅

Thank you for improving our eager rugby players with excellent guidance and encouragement.

The photos from this Rugby Skills Clinic can be found HERE on our Facebook Page.


2023 Junior Quota Beenleigh Annual 'The Big Box Sleepout' | Canterbury Students 'Sleep Rough'

2023 Junior Quota Beenleigh Annual 'The Big Box Sleepout' | Canterbury Students 'Sleep Rough'

On Saturday 27 May, our community-minded Secondary students - Lilly Rider, Rhylee Jackson, Tayla Budd, Morgan Watt, Benjamin Stanley, Connar Smith-Miller, Ashutosh Vaitha, Amelia Periaho and Maddy Mills - attended the Junior Quota Beenleigh annual 'The Big Box Sleepout' to raise money for homeless people living in our community.

Held on the courts of the Beenleigh Tennis Centre, this eye-opening night of 'rough sleeping' was an excellent opportunity for our Secondary students to see what life is like for people doing it tough and living on the streets.

Junior Quota kids are mentored by senior Quotarians who call this their Training For Life project.

All funds raised will go towards youth programs centred around the Beenleigh and Logan areas.


Term 2 Gold Coast Gardiner Secondary Interschool Chess Tournament

Term 2 Gold Coast Gardiner Secondary Interschool Chess Tournament

Canterbury College recently took 17 students to St Stephen’s College for the Term 2 Gold Coast Gardiner Interschool Chess Tournament. 

Our students played seven games and were awarded a merit badge if they won 4.5 or more.

If students came 1st, 2nd or 3rd, they received medals, which applied to team wins.

We were fortunate to play with entire teams in the A, B, C and D Divisions.

Competition Highlights

A Division:

  • Amir Al-Shoomary placed 4th out of 62 players, winning five of seven games. ✅
  • Anthony Li acquired a rating of 1,243. ✅
  • Ashutosh Vaitha placed 11th out of 62 players. ✅
  • The CC Blue Team placed 3rd out of 17 teams, with each team member receiving a bronze medal.

B Division:

  • Due to consistently winning most of their games, our CC Red Team placed 3rd out of 11 teams, with each member receiving a bronze medal.

C Division:

  • CC C placed 4th out of 25 teams, winning 16.5 games out of 20. ✅

D Division:

  • Ramon Zeng won the D Division category, winning 6.5 games out of 7. ✅
  • Matt Barnes placed 5th out of 77 players. ✅
  • The CC D Team placed 1st out of 22 teams by winning 20.5 games, with each member receiving a gold medal.

Teams

A Division (CC Blue): Ashutosh Vaitha, Anthony Li, Amir Al-Shoomary, and Shubham Bhatt.

B Division (CC Red): Kevin Dizon, Rayan Mohammad, Leslie Ho, and Deacon Hunt.

C Division (CC C): Jordan Tan, Darcy Taylor, Liam McGregor, Matthew Flaherty, and Connar Smith-Miller.

D Division (CC D): Ramon Zeng, Jacob Cole, Matt Barnes, and Hargun Dhillon​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.

The benefits of playing chess are immeasurable, with numerous studies finding correlations with improving concentration and focus, memory, reading skills, problem-solving capabilities, creativity, critical and original thinking, logical and sequential thinking, and decision-making.

Tournaments also allow students of all levels to compete, improve, and make new friends.

Well done to all competitors. ♛♔♜♘♝♖

Please visit this MyCC News Story for more photos of this event.


Canterbury's Australian Cancer Council 'Biggest Morning Tea' Bake Sale Fundraiser | Photo Gallery

Canterbury's Australian Cancer Council 'Biggest Morning Tea' Bake Sale Fundraiser | Photo Gallery

The Canterbury Functions Centre was bustling with staff and students trying to get their hands on some tasty student-baked treats at our 'Australia's Biggest Morning Tea' Bake Sale.

This annual nationwide fundraiser is an excellent initiative aimed at raising much-needed donations towards the Cancer Council Australia.

Thank you to our Years 10-12 Hospitality students and the Canterbury staff, who made this operate so seamlessly (and tastefully).

The photo gallery from this event can be found HERE on our Facebook Page.

If you would like to donate online and help Canterbury reach their fundraising goal, please visit this link HERE.

Or simply scan this QR code:

A huge thanks to the Cancer Council Australia's generous partner, De'Longhi who is doubling all donations TODAY up to $25,000.

Click here for the Terms and Conditions.


2023 Prep Indigenous Studies Incursion | Photo Gallery

2023 Prep Indigenous Studies Incursion | Photo Gallery

Today our Prep classes enjoyed an interactive visit from Indigenous educator Mr Rick Roser.

The students learned about Aboriginal culture, including body art, fire-making and boomerang throwing.

Please click HERE to view the full 80+ image Facebook photo gallery.