Term 2 Mario Kart Try-Outs For Fuse Cup Championships: TOMORROW!
Term 2 Mario Kart Try-Outs For Fuse Cup Championships: TOMORROW!
During Term 2, Fuse Cup will be hosting the highly anticipated Mario Kart Championships.
All students wishing to partake in this exhilarating contest are welcome to try out for a place on the team.
To be successful, you must rank in the Top 8 - i.e. the top eight students in Years 5-6 or the top eight students in Years 7-8.
As with the other Fuse Cup competitions, there are fantastic prizes to be won!
WHEN:
THIS Wednesday 4 May | 1:30pm to 2:15pm
THIS Thursday 5 May | 12:45pm to 1:25pm
WHERE:
Room M02
Students MUST be willing to participate in training during the lead-up to the District Schools Competition, allowing us the best chance to represent Canterbury College successfully.
If you would like to join us in this thrilling tournament, please complete the RSVP form located in MyCC News.
Canterbury College Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast: THIS FRIDAY MORNING - BOOK NOW!
Canterbury College Annual Mother’s Day Breakfast: THIS FRIDAY MORNING - BOOK NOW!
What: Canterbury College Annual Mother's Day Breakfast.
When: 6:45am – 8:30am, THIS Friday 6 May 2022.
Where: Yalburru Community Café – Canterbury College (Campus Map Below - Look Lower Middle Logo).
Who: ALL Canterbury Mums and their students.
Best Parking:
- Via Junior School High Road Gate – High Road, Waterford.
OR
- Via Early Learning Centre / Care Central Easterly Street Gate – Easterly Street, Waterford.
EVENT DETAILS
FREE Beverages: Yalburru Café AND Barista Coffee Van for espresso coffee or tea, plus cold bottled juices.
FREE Beverages: Boost Juice truck serving smoothies, juices and blends.
FREE Breakfast: Boxed breakfast containing yoghurt, gluten-free friand (cake), fruit salad and mini quiche.
Entertainment: Background music supplied by the Canterbury Music Faculty.
Seating: Yalburru Café and School Canteen seating plus picnic blankets on the grass.
Plenty of Mother's Day gifts and giveaways!
PLEASE RSVP VIA THE 'GET TICKETS' BUTTON ON THIS HUMANITIX WEBLINK HERE.
This will give us a rough indication around guest numbers for catering and seating – THANK YOU!
With COVID still causing staff and student absences, including our busy Hospitality Faculty, we have decided to proceed with a 'scaled down' version of our traditional Mother's Day Breakfast.
So this Friday morning, please come and join us at the 'Canterbury Family Hub' or the social heart of our College campus – the Yalburru Community Café.
This is where we would love our parents to start hanging out socially for coffee, cake and other gourmet refreshments, after dropping the children off at their classes in the mornings.
At our Mother's Day Breakfast you can check out:
- Our Yalburru Community Café – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC every weekday morning and for Saturday JTAS/TAS Home Game Rounds.
- Our new large Junior School Adventure Playground.
- Our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden - please feel free to 'clip and collect' some herbs to take home.
- Our Canterbury Taipans Aquatic, Tennis & Athletics Centre.
- Our major campus native revegetation works.
Please hang around to chat while enjoying your coffee and tea on Friday morning.
And grab your FREE Canterbury College mug with its café loyalty card for super cheap refills at every visit.
See you Friday morning!
Canterbees Honey Officially Launches Tuesday!
Canterbees Honey Officially Launches Tuesday!
Please find attached a photo of the winning label designer and Year 10 Ramsey House student Angelina Som, holding a jar of our brand new Canterbees Honey.
These will be available for purchase from our Junior School and Secondary School Admin Buildings, as well as from our Yalburru Community Café from Tuesday, after Queensland’s Labour Day public holiday on Monday.
Only $5 each… Enjoy!
May Month Principal’s Tours: BOOK NOW!
May Month Principal’s Tours: BOOK NOW!
We warmly invite prospective families to join us for these FREE VIP ‘small group’ hosted tours with our College Principal.
Come visit our exceptional campus to see Canterbury teaching and learning firsthand.
NEXT Principal’s Tours With Mr Dan Walker:
1st Fives Rugby Program: Prep To Year 3 - ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!
1st Fives Rugby Program: Prep To Year 3 - ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!
Dear Parents and Carers,
Here in Term 2, Canterbury will be offering the 1st Fives Rugby Program to our Junior School students in Prep – Year 3.
The 1st Fives Rugby Program consists of eight sessions - one per week over eight weeks, to give boys and girls aged from 5 - 9 years old, a fun-filled and interactive introduction to the wonderful game of Rugby Union.
It is an exciting non-contact structured play program, which encourages children to:
- engage in a supportive team environment,
- build their self confidence, and
- become more physically active while learning the skills and values of Rugby Union.
Please Note: ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT! (4:30pm 26/04/22)
When: Wednesday Afternoons From 3:30pm – 4:30pm x Eight Sessions
First Session – THIS Wednesday 27 April 2022
Final Session – Wednesday 15 June 2022
Location: Junior School Oval – Students are to meet at the artificial grass area to have their name marked off the roll, and then be taken down to the Junior School Oval by the supervising teacher.
Prep students will be walked down to the meeting point by a Prep Teacher or Assistant.
Uniform: Students can wear their school uniform and do not need to get changed. Students can change into sport shoes should they wish to.
Cost: The cost for the 8-week program is $105.78 which will be sundry billed.
Registration: Parents/Carers will need to register their children for the 1st Fives Rugby Program by clicking HERE.
Then please scroll down this webpage to see the shortened 8-week option.
Should you have any questions regarding 1st Fives Rugby, please contact Mr Maxfield via email -
Yours faithfully
Mr Ben Maxfield
Head of HPE and Sports P - Year 6
Junior School
2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast – Term 2: BOOK NOW!
2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast – Term 2: BOOK NOW!
Dear Valued Business Partners,
To celebrate Queensland Small Business Month, you are warmly invited to join us at our next popular…
What: 2022 Canterbury Business Network Breakfast – Term 2.
When: 6:45am For 7:00am Start – 8:30am, Thursday 12 May 2022.
Where: Canterbury College – Canterbury Functions Centre (Trade Training Centre Restaurant).
- Use Sports Precinct Gate, 182 Old Logan Village Road, Waterford.
- Plenty of onsite parking.
Who: Canterbury Business Network Members.
If you wish to join our Canterbury Business Network, to access our school community and student employment and business opportunities, please contact Mr Greg Wacker:
Tel - 0437 699 840
Email -
Canterbury Business Network Webpage - CLICK HERE
Dress Code: Business OR Smart Casual.
Breakfast Event Cost: $15 per person.
• Full Breakfast Buffet & Barista Coffee Van.
• Guest Speaker: Jill Gray - Program Manager, Dept of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT).
Jill will explain how DESBT can support small businesses and provide information on the Small Business Growth Fund Program launching in May.
RSVP: Please RSVP via the 'Get Tickets' button on Humanitix HERE.
See you there!
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST: Certificate II in Health Support Services & Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST: Certificate II in Health Support Services & Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
Dear Students, Parents and Carers,
Our Canterbury Health Holiday Program will commence on Monday 27 June 2022.
- About
Canterbury Health courses are being offered to students in Years 10 - 12, who are interested in getting a career head-start in the Health Care sector.
Successful completion of these courses will qualify students to work as an Assistant In Nursing (AIN) and provide the foundational knowledge needed to undertake further studies in this field.
The Certificate II and III Courses are completed as a package, commencing in the June/July holidays and finishing in the September/October holidays.
They are conducted in partnership with Axiom College in our purpose-built Canterbury Health Mini-Hospital in P Block.
- The Canterbury Health program will:
- Develop the skills needed to comply with infection prevention and workplace health and safety (WHS).
- Guide students to interpret and apply medical terminology and recognise healthy body systems.
- Teach students how to transport clients and carry out nursing assistant duties in various settings.
- Timetable
The program will run from 9am to 3pm each day during the holidays.
The first part of the course will run from Monday 27 June until Friday 8 July, and the remainder of the course will run from Monday 19 September to Friday 30 September 2022.
Attached is the 2022 Holiday Program schedule.
- Cost
For eligible students, the Canterbury Health program is significantly subsidised by VETis funding from the Federal Government to the value of $2,000.
The remaining out-of-pocket cost is $800 and will be charged to parents/carers in your Term 3 SRC, with the fee including a professional grade nursing kit and scrubs.
- Sign-Up & More Information
Your expression of interest MUST be received by 4:00pm Friday 27 May 2022.
Expressions of interest are accepted via THIS FORM HERE.
Further details about these qualifications can be found below:
- Certificate II in Health Support Services: https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/HLT23215
- Certificate III in Health Services Assistance: https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/HLT33115
Should you require further assistance or information, please contact either Ms Bre Ramsay-Orr, Director of Student Futures, or Mrs Tracey Clarke, Head of Faculty Health Sciences, via (07) 3299 0843.
Yours faithfully,
Tracey Clarke
Head of Faculty Health Sciences
TAS Sport Fixture: THIS Saturday 23 April – CC vs St Paul's School (Bald Hills) Away 🏑🏐🏉🎾
TAS Sport Fixture: THIS Saturday 23 April – CC vs St Paul's School (Bald Hills) Away 🏑🏐🏉🎾
Below are your sport fixtures for THIS Saturday morning’s TAS Trimester 2, Round 1 clashes.
We kick-start 'Tri 2' by competing Away against St Paul's School over at Bald Hills on Brisbane's northside.
Our Junior TAS players have another week to prepare with their first round in Term 2's Week 2 on Saturday 30 April.
So train hard, support one another and other Taipans teams - and let's get some fresh red and navy momentum happening!
Good luck to all our athletes and squads competing this weekend...
Let’s go Taipans!
Junior School Homework Club: Term 2
Junior School Homework Club: Term 2
Dear Parents and Carers,
The Junior School Homework Club program will continue in Term 2, for our Years 5 and 6 students.
This program is designed to support our older Junior School students as they develop their independent study skills.
The Taipan Tutors - a dedicated group of Secondary School students - will run this club under the supervision of teaching staff.
Attending Years 5 and 6 students will be supported to work on their set homework tasks, practice their Learner’s Toolkit skills, or undertake some quiet reading.
Program Details:
What: Junior School Homework Club
Supervised and supported homework, study or quiet reading time with afternoon tea fruit provided.
When: 3:30pm – 4:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Afternoons
From Week 2 (THIS Tuesday 26 April) TO Week 8 (Thursday 9 June)
Where: Junior School Library Discovery Centre
Who: Years 5 & 6 Students
Students will meet their supervising teacher at 3:20pm at The Green.
Students can be collected from the Junior School car park after 4:30pm OR directly from the Discovery Centre (Junior School Library) between 3:30pm and 4:30pm.
How: Please register your child/ren through the Parent Lounge portal accessible through MyCC.
Students registered in Term 1 do not need to re-register.
Cost: FREE!
If you have any questions regarding this program, please email me -
Yours faithfully
Mr Jonathon Wheatley
Assistant Head of Junior School (Learning)
Girls In ICT Day - Logan City Region Schools
Girls In ICT Day - Logan City Region Schools
What: Girls In ICT Day - Logan City Region Schools.
When: Thursday 28 April 2022.
Arrive 8:30am For 9:00am Start – 3:00pm Finish.
Where: Canterbury Events Centre (CEC) – Canterbury College.
- Use the High Road Gate, High Road, Waterford.
- Plenty of on-site parking available.
Who: ALL Years 5 – 8 School Students: Logan City Region.
Cost: FREE!
Catering: Schools will need to self-cater for this event by bringing their morning tea and lunch.
OR Canterbury’s School Canteen will be open during BOTH breaks and takes EFTPOS.
Dress Code: School Uniform.
RSVP: Please RSVP your attendance by 3:30pm Tuesday 26 April 2022 using the ‘Get Tickets’ button ON THIS WEBPAGE.
For more information, please contact event organiser: Mr Greg Wacker, Canterbury College –
Event Partners - BOP Industries | Australian Computer Society.
Event Sponsors - Logan City Council | Commonwealth Bank | Data#3 | Go1.
See you there!