The year certainly has flown and it’s difficult to believe we are in the final week of the term! Once again we have had a very busy, enjoyable and successful year. Our students have enjoyed a wide variety of learning opportunities and our staff have put in an amazing effort to make these experiences possible. Thank you to each and every one of our teachers, the office staff, the integration team, the OSHC and other support staff, parents and our School Council. Without the co

At its meeting on 12th December School Council members discussed the following – Traffic management and the safety of students in the staff car park, particularly at drop off and pick up times Consideration of improving the current CCTV positioning to prevent increased vandalism around the school Ratification of the updated Child Safe policy Consideration of facility hire fees Cleaning contract The next School Council meeting will be held on 13th February, 2019. The Annual Ge

Student Leaders 2019 – Congratulations to all the students who have been named as leaders for next year. As I said at Assembly on Friday, we look to all our Grade Six students to play a leadership role in their final year of school, whether it be as a Prep ‘buddy,’ a House Captain, Junior School Council representative, a School Captain or Vice-Captain, or as a student that younger kids look up to as a role model. Special mention must however be made of Jaime and Nash (School

Staffing for 2019 – As I mentioned last week, we are in the depths of planning for next year. This has also required the recruitment of some new staff and we are excited to welcome two new teachers to Torquay College next year. William Barnes will be joining us from Bellaire PS, and Andrea Rayner, who does some relief teaching at the school, has also been offered a contract for next year. A number of other teachers currently at the school on contracts, have also secured posit