Mrs Melinda Richardson - Deputy Principal (Primary)

Mrs Melinda Richardson
Deputy Principal (Primary)

BIG Junior is a lunchtime group for students in Kindy, Year 1 and Year 2 to explore more about the Bible through songs, games and activities. It happens on Tuesdays at second half lunch in Miss Anderson’s classroom.

This term we are looking at the topic ‘Following the King’. The K-2 group has only been running for a few weeks and a group of around 50 keen students come along each week to join in the fun.

Last week we had a special visitor from CRU Camps called Tom come and lead the games and teach us more about what it looks like to follow Jesus. CRU is a Christian organisation that runs camps for K-Year 12 students in the school holidays.

More information below:

https://crucamps.com.au/

Year 4 Students are raising money for Compassion children with a Sweet Treats Stall in Week 5. Treats cost $1-$2.

During the time I've spent at year 10 CEP, I loved being able to experience time with my friends and to just take the time to relax and reflect. The view walking from Bondi to Coogee was gorgeous and a beautiful sight to see, it was an amazing experience. The day before we went to Bondi, we had an eye opening experience and a heartwarming seminar from the people of Tomorrow Woman. This seminar was truly inspiring to a lot of the girls in my group and mostly ended up in tears. If i could experience this again, I would.

Isabella Saluk-Lucre

Overall, Year 10 CEP was an extremely inspiring and fun time where we got to reflect on our childhood while looking ahead to our future. My favourite part of CEP was the afternoon tea and evening with my parents, where I got to reflect with them about my life and my plans for the future, and exchange letters that we had written for each other. I enjoyed it because I got to appreciate them for the work they have done to raise me and give something back in return

Aryan Patial

Tomorrow Woman was an amazing experience and It was an experience that all of us girls will forever remember. We all got split into different groups as girls and we got to talk about day-to-day struggles girls go through. Let’s just say, there were a lot of tears. Tomorrow Woman definitely helped us girls connect better and build closer bonds with girls we hadn’t had before. To say the least, we all walked into the room in separate groups feeling alone in our day-to-day struggles and then walked out of the room together as one big group supporting each other side by side reminding each other we’re not alone. 

Ava Maloney

In week 2 of Term 2, year 10 had the privilege of experiencing two days’ worth of reflection on our CEP. This year’s CEP was very different from any other, as it wasn’t activity based, but instead it was two days full of seminars, reflection and connecting with our peers. On the Thursday, the boys and girls were separated and enjoyed talks from tomorrow man and tomorrow women. Both groups talked about the many struggles and stereotypes of being young men and women in our society and how to overcome the negative outlooks that people have. This time spent, along with Mrs. Wright’s reflection activities, writing letters to our parents, talking to alumni about career options and enjoying a nice walk from Bondi beach to Coogee beach allowed year 10 to be grateful for the people who have shaped us and who we are up until this point. Finally, year 10 was left with the thought of, who do we want to be and how are we going to achieve it? Year 10 CEP was a time filled with many emotions, but overall we all grew closer with one another over these 2 very special days. 

Laura Batcheldor

75 students represented PAC at the CASA Secondary Cross Country Championship, held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. Three students finished with a silver medal – congratulations to Ava Toland, Sam Stoneham, and Ellyse Bayada on their outstanding races!

PAC Secondary came 3rd overall, with 28 students qualifying for AICES next Thursday, including three teams - our 12 years boys and girls, along with our 13 girls. 

Many students finished in the top 10 places, qualifying to represent CASA at next week’s AICES Championship, and we look forward to hearing of their success!

Primary results coming in the next edition.

Congratulations to Erin O’Shannessy and Makayla Robinson (Year 12), who represented PAC and CASA at the AICES Open Netball Championship. CASA faced some tough competition, and finished in 5th place at the event. Erin and Makayla’s representation at this level is a fitting end to their netball career at PAC!

North-West Schools Rugby Competition (NWSRC)

On Friday the 3rd of May, the Primary Leadership team travelled to Oran Park Anglican School, to learn more about what it means to be a leader, and how to be a better leader. The program was run by a company called UPP, which stands for Unleashing Personal Potential. We did various activities that helped us work as a team and learn to connect with people we had never met before. One of the best activities was Stepping Stones. We had to work together as a team to make it across the river without the teachers, (Crocodillies) taking our stepping stones. Other favourite activities were Freeze Frame, Around the World and Race to 21 activity. For our last activity we had the opportunity to collaborate and brainstorm a fundraising idea we could bring to our school. During lunch we created and signed a petition to try and convince Mrs Karp to buy us all Maccas on the way back to the College. The petition was unsuccessful! However, we did receive special treats as a Maccas Slushie substitute at our Primary Leadership meeting the following Monday. By the end of the day, we had stepped out of our comfort zone, made new friendships, and learnt how to be a better leader.

Primary Leadership Team