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.
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.
2023 Year 12 '100 Days Cake' Celebration | Photo Gallery
2023 Year 12 '100 Days Cake' Celebration | Photo Gallery
Today our Year 12s marked 100 days left of school life with a Morning Tea cake celebration.
College Captains Ava Sellan and Jack Henry cut the big '100 Days Cake' after a friendly speech by our Head of Secondary School, Mrs Rebecca Adamson.
Happy 100 Days Year 12s!
Photos of this event can be found on our Facebook Page HERE.
2023 Canterbury Spanish Language Festival | Photo Gallery!
2023 Canterbury Spanish Language Festival | Photo Gallery!
Hola Canterbury Community!
Today was a fiesta of excitement for our Prep – Year 6 students, as they immersed themselves in our Spanish Language Festival.
This celebration of Mexican and Central American culture, allowed our students to participate in diverse activities, based on cultural arts and crafts, music, dancing and food.
A huge 'gracias' to our Secondary School Spanish language students who supported our endeavours to bring this brand-new event to fruition.
And to our fantastic performers Duo Serenata, who wowed the crowd with songs like Despacito and the Macarena, and perhaps inspired Canterbury's longest ever Conga line.
The entire photo gallery from this event can be found on our Facebook Page HERE.
Check out this collaborative art piece by our Junior School students of the Quetzalcoatl, a Mesoamerican deity in Aztec culture - derived from the Nahuatl language and means 'Precious Serpent'.
Year 12 Business Studies With Canterbury College's Director Of People And Culture Kirrily Murphy
Year 12 Business Studies With Canterbury College's Director Of People And Culture Kirrily Murphy
It was an exciting morning for our Year 12 Business Studies students when Canterbury's very own Director of People and Culture Kirrily Murphy, shared invaluable insights into the role of HR teams, using our upcoming United Nations Day Events as a case study for recruiting and onboarding. 
Kirrily answered students' questions on effective inductions, understanding company culture, and writing position descriptions. 
Photos from this class can be found on our Facebook page HERE.
2023 Canterbury Mother's Day Breakfast | Video
2023 Canterbury Mother's Day Breakfast | Video
We hope you enjoy this short and very sweet video of our recent 2023 Canterbury Mother's Day Breakfast.
In case you missed it, all photos from this event can be found here on our Facebook Page.