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- Best wishes to the class of 2019
- Commission Meeting
- Senator Scarr visit
- Queensland bushfires
- Crucial time for EB9 Negotiations
- HAT and LT Certification 2020
- Premier's Coding Challenge
- Premier's ANZAC Prize
- Farewell to QCEC Senior Education Officer John Percy
- RI/PJP staff changes
- 2020 NCEC Conference
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As part of QCEC’s ongoing engagement with elected representatives, I visited two very different but equally inspiring schools on Monday with LNP Senator for Queensland Paul Scarr.
It was a pleasure to introduce Senator Scarr to the work of the Flexi Schools with a visit to the Inala Flexible Learning Centre where he was able to speak with students and staff about their experiences and get a better understanding of the wonderful work being done with students for whom mainstream schooling is not an option.
We also visited Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Darra, where Senator Scarr was introduced to students and had an opportunity to speak with staff about their priority issues.
It was a great opportunity to introduce the Senator to a school community made up of diverse cultural and socio-economic groups and for him to see another facet of Catholic education.
Caption: Senator Paul Scarr with OLSH Principal Petrea Rawlinson and school captainsIndustrial action continues to take place in around 200 Catholic schools in the form of work bans and a half-hour stop work which occurred yesterday in participating schools.
We are at a critical stage of negotiations and further meetings will be taking place in coming days.
Please urge all staff to ensure they continue to read the EB9 communications.
For more information visit the EB website.
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Please note that the notification of intention to apply for highly accomplished and lead teacher certification in 2020 is now open.
The deadline for submitting notification for the 2020 round is Friday 13 December, 2019.
Please visit the HAT and LT website for further information.
I would like to congratulate students from St Edward The Confessor Catholic Primary School, Daisy Hill, and St Anthony’s Primary School, Kedron, who were announced winners in the recent Premier’s Coding Challenge Awards.
Education Minister Grace Grace presented the awards at Ferny Grove State High School with 24 successful students across a number of schools state-wide who were awarded robotics and electronics prizes.
The challenge required students to design a coding solution to create cybersafety awareness for this year’s theme #cybersafeqld.
This year, 762 students registered for the challenge.
Caption: Student Raphael Moratalla from St Edward the Confessor Catholic Primary School with Education Minister Grace Grace MP
Caption: Winning students from St Anthony’s Primary School, Kedron for the Years 5-6 Scratch/Tynker category
It was excellent to hear St Monica’s College, Cairns, will take part in an adventurous journey as a result of their achievements in the Premier’s ANZAC Prize Awards.
Natalia Loukas was one of eight students selected, while teacher Sharon Mann will be one of two teacher chaperones embarking on the 16-day ANZAC Prize tour abroad next year.
The purpose of the journey will give students the opportunity to experience the ANZAC tradition first-hand, while drawing on the importance of how we commemorate and pay our respects in a modern-day world.
The group will attend an Anzac Day dawn service in April at the Australian War Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France.
This will be one of many locations visited.
Caption: St Monica’s College, Cairns, student Natalia Loukas with teacher Sharon Mann
Read LessAfter almost 11 years with QCEC and more than two decades with Catholic education, I would like to wish Senior Education Officer John Percy all the best on his retirement journey.
John’s dedicated career has spanned State and Catholic education sectors in senior leadership roles in schools.
He has made significant contributions to the Secretariat and the Catholic sector, demonstrating leadership in a range of areas including student wellbeing, international education, teacher education programs, and initiatives to develop teacher capabilities.
John has also been a strong advocate for Catholic spirituality and associated faith and formation leadership programs and has led the Secretariat’s work in defining the mission of Catholic schools and shaping guidelines for Social Justice programs in schools.
His dedication and commitment to the ethos of Catholic education has been outstanding and he will be sadly missed by the QCEC team.
We wish John all the best in his retirement.
Caption: QCEC Senior Education Officer John Percy
Read LessAs many of our RI/PJP schools will finish their year before the next edition of Communique, I would like to acknowledge our departing RI/PJP principals and thank one and all for their contribution to Catholic education in Queensland.
This year we say farewell to:
- Diarmuid O’Riordan, Principal at St Edmund’s College, Ipswich, who has accepted a new position as EREA Regional Director, Southern Region in 2020
- Paulina Skerman, Principal at St Patrick’s College, Townsville, who has accepted the role of Principal at Santa Sabina College, Sydney
- Michael Senior, foundation Principal at Ambrose Treacy College, Indooroopilly, who is retiring after a 40 year career which has included guiding the transition of Nudgee Junior College from a Year 4-12 college into its new phase as the Year 4-12 Ambrose Treacy College.
We wish them all well on the next stage of their journey.
We are also saying farewell to Executive Officer of the RI/PJP Education Committee Alison Terrey who is retiring from the role this year.
We wish Alison all the best in her future endeavours and thank her for her many years of dedication to the Catholic education sector as teacher, principal and administrator.
Caption: Executive Officer of the RI PJP Education Committee Alison Terrey with QCEC Executive Director Dr Lee-Anne Perry – photo source: The Catholic Leader