Make It Medicine! Medical & Dental Careers & Tertiary Entrance Information Evening | 6pm – 7:30pm, Thursday 22 February @ Performing Arts Theatre - Canterbury College
Make It Medicine! Medical & Dental Careers & Tertiary Entrance Information Evening | 6pm – 7:30pm, Thursday 22 February @ Performing Arts Theatre - Canterbury College
What: Make It Medicine! Medical & Dental Careers & Tertiary Entrance Information Evening.
If you have ANY interest in a medical or dental career, this FREE event is not to be missed…
When: 6:00pm – 7:30pm, Thursday 22 February 2024.
Where: Performing Arts Theatre, via Easterly Street – Canterbury College.
Best Parking: Easterly Street Carpark between the bottom corner gate and middle roundabout gate.
Who: For ALL interested Years 10-12 Canterbury students, with parents and carers encouraged to attend.
University Partners: The University of Queensland | Griffith University | Bond University | James Cook University.
Cost: FREE!
RSVPs: VIA THIS HUMANITIX BOOKING WEBLINK HERE.
Dress Code: Students – School Uniform. | Parents/Carers – Smart Casual.
Guest Speaker: Canterbury Alumnus Monique Wisnewski (Class Of 2018).
Monique is going to share her journey on becoming a doctor – studying medicine at Monash University, being Chair of the Medical Student Council of Victoria and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and now being based at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital from this year.
This exclusive information evening enables students and their parents/carers to engage with the various medical pathways offered by universities, get University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) information, and ask questions with professional medical faculty representatives from Queensland universities that provide courses in Medicine and Dentistry.
Event Contact: Mrs Tracey Clarke, Head of Student Pathways -
NEXT Canterbury College Principal’s Tour – Senior Campus (Years 7-12) | 8:45am For 9am Start – 11am, Monday 18 March @ Canterbury Functions Centre
NEXT Canterbury College Principal’s Tour – Senior Campus (Years 7-12) | 8:45am For 9am Start – 11am, Monday 18 March @ Canterbury Functions Centre
Dear Prospective Parents & Carers who are interested in joining our fast-growing Canterbury Community,
Our next FREE VIP ‘small group’ hosted tours, with College Principal Mr Dan Walker and relevant year level student guides, is NOW OPEN for Monday morning 18 March for students entering Years 7-12 in 2025.
Come visit our exceptional 33 hectare Waterford bushland campus to see Canterbury’s ‘World Ready’ teaching, learning and facilities firsthand.
Spaces are limited to 23 families, so please register online HERE ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Laptop Accessories Costs & Tekskin Replacements Limited Time FREE Offer (Device Identification Stickers)
Laptop Accessories Costs & Tekskin Replacements Limited Time FREE Offer (Device Identification Stickers)
Dear Parents and Carers,
Due to various factors - including market fluctuations and increased production costs, we are informing you that there has been a modest increase in the prices of laptop accessories.
These prices have been in effect from the first day of school and are reflected on MyCC under the IT Services Tab.
We have kept this increase at a minimal level and appreciate your understanding.
If you encounter any difficulties or have concerns about these adjusted prices, please feel free to reach out to the Director of IT and Services.
Tekskin (Device Identification Stickers)
Tekskin has been placed on every College owned laptop for easy identification, protection and to ensure a seamless experience for both students and staff, and is a compulsory requirement.
However, we have observed that some students are currently missing these stickers on their devices.
To rectify this, and to continue fostering a secure and organized environment, the IT Department is pleased to offer FREE replacements for any missing Tekskin stickers until Friday 1 March 2024.
We encourage all students to take advantage of this complimentary service to ensure their devices are properly identified within the College network.
It is important to note that from Monday 4 March 2024, the charge to replace the Tekskin will be $10.00 for each replacement.
To request a replacement Tekskin, students need to visit the IT Helpdesk with their devices.
For any enquiries related to this matter, please reach out to the IT Department -
Thank you for your support as always.
Mr Afzal Shariff
Director of IT and Services
School Zone Safety | Advice & Reminders For Motorists, Parents & Carers - The Road Safety Office | SEQ South Region
School Zone Safety | Advice & Reminders For Motorists, Parents & Carers - The Road Safety Office | SEQ South Region
With school back for 2024, we need to keep safety top-of-mind when travelling through active school zones and around our school community.
School zone times have been standardised throughout Queensland to help motorists remember when to slow down.
The standard operating times for most school zones in Queensland are 7am – 9am and 2pm – 4pm, with some operating all day between 7am – 4pm.
Speeding remains a significant concern, contributing to fatalities and injuries, and police will be on the lookout for speeding motorists.
Keeping below the signed speed limit in school zones helps keep everyone safe.
This simple adjustment may have minimal impact on travel time, but has the potential to significantly contribute to saving lives.
Children's Crossings are identified by children's crossing flags, displayed near crossings before and after school hours.
When the crossing is supervised, motorists must:
- Wait until all pedestrians, bicycle riders, or personal mobility device riders have crossed the road and the crossing supervisor has returned to the footpath.
- Abide by the direction given by any official School Crossing Supervisor.
Please keep our children safe by staying alert, slowing down and obeying our School Crossing Supervisors who are there to help kids cross the road safely.
You can also help children become more road safety aware by:
- Showing them how to look for vehicles coming in and out of driveways.
- Discouraging them from playing behind parked cars, or with toys or balls, while walking to and from school.
- Ensuring your child knows the safest route to and from school – this is usually the way with the least traffic and the fewest roads to cross.
- Teaching your child to always walk on the footpaths.
- Showing your child how to cross at traffic lights when the green 'walk' sign is showing at pedestrian crossings, and when all vehicles have stopped.
- Showing your child how to cross at supervised school crossings when the supervisor has signalled it is safe to do so.
- Accompanying children when walking or riding to school until they are old enough to understand road safety – usually around 10 years or older.
- Teaching your child if they catch the bus, to never cross in front of or behind a bus; and to wait until the bus goes, before crossing the road.
- Making sure any wheeled devices (bicycles, scooters, skateboards, rollerblades) used to travel to school are well maintained, and that the appropriate protective and safety gear (helmet, visible clothing, knee and elbow pads etc) are used.
Visit the Street Smarts Website for more information about what to do at pedestrian and children crossings.
Kind regards
The Road Safety Office | SEQ South Region
Customer Services Branch | Customer Services, Safety and Regulation Division
Dept of Transport and Main Roads
How To Use MyCC: Canterbury’s Complete Communications, Events, Teaching, Learning & Cocurricular Portal
How To Use MyCC: Canterbury’s Complete Communications, Events, Teaching, Learning & Cocurricular Portal
MyCC: My Canterbury College is our complete communications, events, teaching, learning and cocurricular portal.
It gives you full access to our education faculties, full events calendar, news updates, sport fixtures, arts performances, co-curricular clubs, ‘thought sports’ activities, important notices, school policies, free learning resources, class timetables, staff directories and much more.
Most importantly, it allows you to directly track your child’s academic progress, assignment submissions and exam assessment results – even their weekly homework tasks!
We are planning to create more targeted 'How To Use MyCC' videos in the near future, but this video presentation below is an excellent starting point.
Please set aside 30 minutes with a cuppa - we can promise you it is extremely worthwhile!
Video Chapters:
Time Stamps:
01:02 – What is MyCC?
02:34 – Logging in
03:54 – STUDENT EXPERIENCE (Overview, Timetable, Classes, Due Work, Quick Links, My Groups, Year Level Page)
07:29 – Join a Group
08:24 – Subjects for the Day
08:38 – Personalised News
09:33 – Calendar
10:03 – Student Services (Library, Canteen, IT, Uniforms, Sustainability)
10:48 – Notifications
11:19 – Classes and Uploading Assignments
13:12 – PARENT EXPERIENCE
14:36 – News
15:34 – Calendar
16:11 – Timetable
13:37 – Due Work
17:39 – Parent Lounge
19:07 – Direct link to your Pages and Groups
20:43 – Join a Group
21:52 – Parent Links (Canteen, Photos, House Cup)
22:37 – Services (Canteen, IT, Library, Business and Finance)
23:33 – My Cantabrians (Access Results)
24:30 – Mobile App
25:51 – Support or Feedback
2024 JDS Gold Coast Region - Annual Canterbury Taipans U17 Junior Tennis Tournament: Singles Only | Sunday 18 February @ Canterbury Taipans Tennis Centre - REGISTER NOW!
2024 JDS Gold Coast Region - Annual Canterbury Taipans U17 Junior Tennis Tournament: Singles Only | Sunday 18 February @ Canterbury Taipans Tennis Centre - REGISTER NOW!
What: 2024 JDS Gold Coast Region – Annual Canterbury Taipans U17 Junior Tennis Tournament: Singles Only.
When: Sunday 18 February 2024.
Where: Canterbury Taipans Tennis Centre – Canterbury College, Via Sports Precinct Gate, 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
Who: Under 17 Junior Tennis Players.
Hosts: Canterbury Taipans Tennis Centre | Tennis Queensland.
Cost: $45 Registration.
RSVPs: REGISTRATION WEBLINK HERE | CLOSES 11:59PM MONDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2024.
Dress Code: Suitable Tennis Match Play.
Contact: Canterbury Taipans Head Tennis Coach Mr Charlie Tsai – M: 0449 198 433 | E:
Register now and be ready for an awesome day of high-level tennis action…
Some of Brisbane’s and the Gold Coast’s best U17 Junior players with high UTRs will be on court chasing points and trophies – so don’t miss out.
This event gets bigger and better each year, so come and be part of this successful tournament!
NB: The Canterbury Taipans will be holding some training sessions leading up to this event to ensure our players are well-prepared for this important tournament.
Logan Youth Action Group: Seeking New Members | Come And Meet 10am - 12pm THIS Saturday 3 February @ Logan Gardens - From Emerald Kaing (Year 12)
Logan Youth Action Group: Seeking Members | Come & Meet 10am - 12pm THIS Saturday 3 February @ Logan Gardens - From Emerald Kaing (Year 12)
Our dynamic Logan Youth Action Group is recruiting new members for 2024 aged between 14 - 24 years old.
So come and meet us THIS Saturday morning at the Logan Gardens with full details below and attached.
Kind regards
Emerald Kaing (Year 12)
2024 Annual Canterbury Music Rehearsal Camp | Event Wrap & Photo Gallery
2024 Annual Canterbury Music Rehearsal Camp | Event Wrap & Photo Gallery
Some highly talented students recently enjoyed our annual three-day Canterbury College Music Rehearsal Camp over at QCCC Brookfield during the summer holidays.
From Friday 19 to Sunday 21 January, they spent most of their time rehearsing intensively together, to set the stage for a 2024 filled with wonderful, high-quality music.
This Music Camp is specifically designed for our Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Sinfonia, Ritornello, Cantabile and Guitar Trio ensembles.
It provides them with the opportunity to hone their musical abilities in a relaxed social environment.
From welcoming new friends, to tuning their instruments, we’re looking forward to seeing the growth of this year’s musical student talents.
Thanks for being part of the 2024 Canterbury Music Rehearsal Camp.
For the full photo gallery, please visit our Facebook Page HERE.
Logan Coaches: School Bus Route #32 | Carter Park Added - Morning & Afternoon Bus Services From THIS Thursday 1 February 2024
Logan Coaches: School Bus Route #32 | Carter Park Added - Morning & Afternoon Bus Services From THIS Thursday 1 February 2024
Dear Families,
Logan Coaches have just updated their School Bus Route #32 to include Carter Park in their morning and afternoon bus services from THIS Thursday 1 February 2024 onwards.
Please find their updated bus route below and attached as a PDF.
Canterbury College Bus Routes Full Information Webpage.
Logan Coaches - School Bus Route 32 - From 1 February 2024 PDF
2024 Semester One Spark Program: For Years 5 & 6 Students | Your 14 Subject Choices!
2024 Semester One Spark Program: For Years 5 & 6 Students | Your 14 Subject Choices!
Dear Parents, Carers & Years 5-6 Students,
Please find below our 2024 Semester One Spark Flyer outlining the 14 subject choices on offer.
There are some favourites carried over from last year and some great new additions too!
Please make some time to read through ALL the Spark options carefully.
Students will submit their preferences this week and class teachers will assist with this process.
The hardest decision will be choosing your favourite…
THANK YOU and kind regards,
Mrs Joelene Anderson
Teacher & Coordinator of Community & Leadership (Prep – Year 6)
2024 Canterbury College - Spark Learning Subjects - Semester 1 - A4 Flyer PDF
3D MOVIE ANIMATION | Ms Kristy Blinco
Do you like making movies? Designing characters and stories? Do you love art and design? Then this subject is for you! Students will work collaboratively to create their own stop-motion characters, design and create sets and props for their movie, and finally, film and edit their motion picture. Become a storyteller to make your characters and world come to life through stop-motion animation.
$20 BOSS | Mrs Joelene Anderson
This immersive program introduces students to the exciting world of entrepreneurship, and inspires them to become innovators. They will work in teams to identify problems, create product or service solutions, and turn their ideas into a real business! This subject promotes critical and creative thinking while embedding financial capability. It will equip students for their future careers and empower them to forge their own pathways. Students will set up market stalls and promote their products and services at the Spark Expo.
MISSION TO MARS | Mrs Sharna Te Hau
Imagine 50 years into the future and we need to find alternative settlements to cater for our ever-growing population. Spacefaring organisations seek to establish a settlement on Mars. Students will need to consider key factors around establishing this settlement – such as getting there (exploring rockets); the complexities of landing on Mars; Mars rovers; daily operations; human factors and automation. They will create the settlement’s structural designs and infrastructure using Minecraft. Students will unveil their individual and collaborative solutions, and pitch their designs and ideas at the Spark Expo.
FAST FASHION | Ms Juanita Purvis
This unit allows students to lead an inquiry into how the clothes we buy, use and throw away can impact the environment. They will investigate ways to ‘upcycle’ clothing and its link to protecting our environment. Students will explore possible solutions to the problem of clothing ending up in landfill, which may include a clothing swap event or clothing repair stall. They will design and create ways to upcycle old clothing items to transform them into new useable products.
JUNIOR CREATORS LEARNING LAB | Mrs Emma Crooks
Do you love creating games and activities? Would you like to work with teachers to help our younger students with their learning? Then this course is for you! Students will begin by interviewing Prep teachers to find the most important skills their students require for Maths and English. They will then research, problem solve, design and create fun activities that support our younger learners in the classroom. Participants have the wonderful opportunity to work with younger students to trial and refine their activities and aid their teaching process.
BODYWISE EXPLORERS | Mr Michael Brown
This is an exciting, interactive and physical learning journey through the fascinating realm of the human body. In this course, students will unravel the science of the human body – how it works and how we can get the best out of it! Through hands-on activities, experiments, investigations and research, they will gain a profound understanding of the body’s mechanics. Participants will test themselves physically and creatively to self-design a health program, as well as supportive ‘easy to build’ equipment from everyday objects.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE FARM | Mrs Therese Higgins
Food security is a global issue. We MUST have food available, it must be affordable, and good enough to provide the nutrition we need to be healthy. Students will focus on the difficulties faced when growing food crops and consider developing an International Space Farm as a solution. This farm may be based on a station orbiting the Earth, on another planet, or even a moon! Students will investigate what’s required for designing and operating an International Space Farm – creating the farm itself; what crops they could grow; what they need to grow these crops; and how they will harvest, store and distribute the crop yields.
RECYCLE, REPURPOSE & REINVIGORATE | Mr Ben Woolacott
This unit will expose students to the endless opportunities that repurposing technology affords society. They will work in small teams to solve everyday problems, by building devices that recycle, repurpose and reinvigorate technology. Students will scavenge their required materials from previously used technology to signify the importance of recycling in contemporary society.
COMMUNITY AWARENESS ADVENTURE | Miss Courtney Jones
This unit allows students to investigate current community issues and bring awareness of these to others through storytelling. The learning journey begins with students working collaboratively with younger students to design and build a character. This character will become the explorer of a community issue. From research gathered, a storybook will be created where the character will be confronted with the community issue and learn valuable lessons and ways to help solve the problem throughout the story.
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES | Ms Lauren Steer
Students will be introduced to the foundations of working with clay to create clay pots for permanent outdoor display at Canterbury College. Students will work together to create pieces that represent what it means to be part of our community, incorporating elements from the kitchen garden. They will research different perspectives to help them design, develop and refine their ceramic pieces, to showcase their skills and understanding. Learning a variety of hand-building and finishing techniques, students have the opportunity to create clay pieces that grow our sense of community and environmental awareness.
TECHNO TALES: A Journey Into AI Powered Sci-Fi Creation | Mr James Jenkins
Techno Tales looks at the genre of science fiction. Students will begin by studying sci-fi stories and then embark on creating their own. Generative AI will be used throughout this creation process, from expanding ideas, to guiding the storytelling process, to building the graphics. By the end of the course, students will have created a polished science fiction story in a multimedia format.
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES | Mr Ben Edwards
Students will use the problem-solving process of ‘explore, develop, generate and evaluate’ to create a website for the Canterbury House Cup. They will conduct research that informs their design, then plan, manage and implement it, to produce a full working product capable of appearing in MyCC. Students will learn a range of skills including HTML/CSS, standard coding, graphic design, and general IT. They will explore existing ideas and meet with stakeholders to develop design concepts. Student will further refine their designs, before presenting this to stakeholders and generating their final solution.
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS | Mr Matt Beiers
This topic allows students to explore their creative side while designing and building. Students will make two items: a timber pencil box with a pivoting lid and a Tangrams puzzle. They will learn about product design, manipulating timber and cutting out basic timber joinery, laser cutting, and creating and drawing solutions. Toward the end of the course, students will have the opportunity to visit younger classes to present their work and set challenges for students to complete.
PROFIT FROM PLANTS | Mr Paul Penny
This unit will teach students gardening skills and plant propagation techniques to give them a ‘green thumb’. It will also welcome them to the leisurely and productive world of self-sufficiency. In addition, they will explore how they can make money from these enjoyable pursuits. Students will produce a variety of plant and gardening products to market and sell at the Spark Expo.
