Last week, Moreton Bay College remembered and farewelled Miss Oriel Handley at a very special Thanksgiving service led by the Rev. Peter Lockhart. Hundreds attended in person – and online – to acknowledge and give thanks for the dedication of Miss Handley to this community. Members of her Scared Choir performed many of her favourite hymns, and Vocal Point performed several pieces including the College Song – sung to the original tune - which brought tears to the eyes of many an ‘Old Girl’ present. Mr Ken Waller commanded the audience with a powerful eulogy of Miss Handley’s life, detailing their professional and personal relationship, and Don Hann, a previous Chaplain, also offered insights on Miss Handley’s time at MBC.

I was also privileged to share some very special memories of Miss Handley’s years of service to MBC. While I knew Miss Handley and our relationship began in 1997 when I commenced as an English teacher, I was deeply grateful to the committed work of our previous archivist Heather Hamilton and more recently the work of Lisa Crick, for the archival material I was able to access. This allowed me to recount details of Miss Handley’s life from its earliest connections with the College and the Greene sisters. I have attached my speech here.

Miss Handley was our last tangible connection to the Greenes and their pioneering vision for the holistic education of young women. As we honoured Miss Handley, we honoured her enduring commitment to the ideals of the Greenes, ideals which continue to motivate and inspire us today, 120 years later.

Miss Handley’s example of service, hard work and passion for the education of young women leaves an immeasurable legacy for all members of the MBC family.

TASS Calendar for up to date information regarding school activities.

It has been well over a year now since the coronavirus pandemic began to impact our world.  While in Australia we have not had the levels of infections and deaths seen in other countries, many have been impacted economically and mentally. We also know that around, Australia border closures and restrictions have interrupted our own ability to gather and mourn at the death of a loved one. 

In recent months, second and third waves of infections have impacted countries including India and Brazil, with terrible losses. There appears to be no continent that has remained untouched. Our hearts break at this tragedy that has impacted so many people. As a Moreton Bay College community, we recognise that we have many families with personal and business connections internationally. 

In response to this global situation, we have decided to have a time of prayer and reflection between 4.00pm and 6.00pm on Wednesday 26 May. This will be an open ended, multi-faith time. 

The Centenary Chapel will be open to come and sit, to light a candle, to write a reflection or prayer, or simply write down the name of someone you know who has been impacted. You are welcome to come for just a few minutes or for as long as the Chapel remains open. 

Rev Peter will be available for conversation, care, and prayer but there will not be a formal process.  If you are unable to come, but would like to express a message of support, feel free to email Rev Peter or Chaplain Cherie who can share your thoughts and concerns in an appropriate manner.

This week, we have the opportunity to celebrate the joys of being under eight years of age. This Under Eights Week theme recognises that learning is not confined to the boundaries of the classroom walls. The theme for Under Eights week in 2021 is “Children Celebrating Outdoor Play and Learning”. The events at MBC this week have been planned to highlight the joy of outdoor play and the rich diversity of our individual creativity and imagination. By focusing on this special group of people, it provides an opportunity to enhance the community’s awareness of the rich and competent contribution young children make to our community. Providing every opportunity for young children to experience and comprehend the world around them contributes to future proofing our society.

Many of us, whether as a parent, educator or both, worry about the influence of screen time that our young children are exposed to. We know from current research brains are ‘rewiring’ depending on the amount of visual stimulus in the early years. In response to this, there has been a recent shift to place a greater emphasis on the importance of extended time for children to explore and connect with nature.

Creativity and imagination are fostered when using materials that are open ended and not designed for a specific purpose within play. Responsibility develops when entrusting a child to take care of the living parts of their environment. Nature activates the senses—you can see, hear, smell, and touch outdoor environments. It gets children moving. Nature creates a unique sense of wonder for kids that no other environment can provide.

Did You Know?

• Neuroscience has proven that the early years, up to the age of six, have the most influence on brain development and subsequent learning, behaviour and health than any other time in the life cycle
• By age three, a child's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain
• There is evidence that the stresses we are exposed to early in life can affect our ability to deal with stressors later in life
• Language experiences through play, song, rhyme and discussion are crucial for confidence and success with learning later in life

Ref: www.childsec.gov.on.ca

Does your under eight year old ask lots of questions? 

If the answer is yes… celebrate it! If not…we need to develop it.

We need to embrace the learning and development that takes place in the early years. We constantly underestimate the power of a young child’s thinking. We are always working at MBC to develop questioning and higher order thinking skills. Children are born curious. We need to ensure as they grow older, we don’t ‘train them out of ‘asking good questions. Many believe that the road to innovation is paved with great questions. A good question can’t be answered on the first few moments or as a result of a Google search. A great question fosters wonder, curiosity, inquiry and challenge. We look forward to an enjoyable morning on Friday 21, with the girls, parents and teachers as we explore the many activities planned. A special thank you to Mrs McBurnie for her coordination and planning, and to our teachers for planning activities. 

We trust that all Mums, Grandmothers and special female carers had an enjoyable Mother’s Day and were taken care of throughout the day by those around you. Sincere thanks to our very dedicated parents who gave up so much time to gather and wrap gifts and support the students on the day. Particular thanks to Mrs Amanda Kitchen for coordination of the Mother’s Day stall. We are extremely grateful as the students find purchasing and selecting a gift, a very special treat. We also acknowledge and pray for those who find this day very challenging due to personal circumstances. 

This week saw many Australian and New Zealand school and public libraries celebrate National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday 19 May. This year’s book was Give Me Some Space by Philip Bunting. Many MBC students and teachers were excited to view a video of the NASA astronaut Dr Shannon Walker reading the book from the International Space station.

Readers Cup training is in full swing for the upcoming competitions:

The 5/6 Competition will be held at Victoria Point State School on 14 June from 4.00pm.

The Year 7/8 competition will be held at Ormiston College on Tuesday the 8 June between 9.00am and 12.00pm.

The inaugural Year 9/10 Readers Cup competition will be held at Redlands College, Thursday, 29 July 2021, from 4.00pm-6.30pm.

We would welcome one extra team member for each of the Secondary competitions. If you are interested please contact the staff at the Secondary Library.

Our Rebel Girls Book Clubs will continue on the following dates… more information to come to students and families via email. Day for each Year Level have changed this term to accommodate different commitments students may have. Everyone will need to re-enrol regardless of if they attended last term or not. 

Year 4 Bookclub

Week 5 - Friday, May 21, 3-3.30pm

Week 9 - Friday, June 18, 3-3.30pm

Year 5 Bookclub

Week 5 – Wednesday, May 19, 3-3.30pm

Week 9 - Wednesday, June 16, 3-3.30pm

Year 6 Bookclub

Week 5 - Thursday, May 20, 3-3.30pm

Week 9 - Thursday, June 17, 3-3.30pm

All of us have faced moments where things have not gone to plan, things have been hard or challenging and have come from left field causing us to question our purpose, motivation, and ability. For some responding to these events from the outside seems easy and we are left wondering how they have been able to pick themselves up and continue. What is it that they have been able to add to their toolbox that perhaps we or young people could learn?

Brene Brown, a wonderful academic, believes there is a trait that sets those who have developed resilience apart from those who haven’t, and it is: they are able to tolerate distress, sit with it, pause their emotional reaction and respond deliberately and purposefully. It is in experiencing moments of discomfort or distress and how one deals with these that has the greatest power in building resilience.

Below are some strategies or steps to assist us in developing the resilience muscle in ourselves, but most importantly, in our young people.

1.Take a mindful pause

When one feels threatened or overwhelmed, our sympathetic nervous system takes over, and the only three unconscious choices we have are to fight, flee, or freeze. Yet instead of reaching to those feelings and responding (for instance, you’re so scared that you’re just going to hide in bed), employ mindfulness or a strategy to slow and calm responses. We often encourage our girls to do this using the following questions:  What do you see? Close your eyes: What do you hear? What can you physically feel and smell?

2. Ask questions

Encourage your daughter to ask questions about what they are feeling and to be specific. Such as, are they feeling overwhelmed. Dig a little deep here. For instance, this could be sadness, anger, frustration, grief? Get as detailed as you can.

3. Get curious

Explore the why. Question why they’re feeling this way. For instance: Does this remind you of something from the past? Is this how you want to be responding? And what could you do differently that would be more ideal?

4: Challenge to think and respond differently

Encourage them to respond differently, to take a different approach. This differs for everyone, but it could be to refrain from social media, take a walk, journal, read, speak to a grandparent. The aim is to provide time for thinking and reflection.

5. Get curious again

Now that the situation has ended, ask more questions. What happened there? Why did you respond the way you did? What did you learn about yourself? Was that a pattern that’s played out previously? How can you learn from this experience? What’s the take-away? What could I do next time? How can I be sure to implement that? 

6. Wash, rinse, repeat

Encourage and support your child each time she feels discomfort or experiences adversity to follow the same process as they will find that their resilience muscle will slowly get stronger, and they will have many new skills in their life toolbox. 

Have a wonderful week

A reflection from College Debating Captain, Ashleigh McKeon:

Encouraged by my English teacher, I first joined debating as a Year 9 student hoping to increase my confidence and public speaking skills. Admittedly, the thought of third speaker and short preparation debates terrified me, but after overcoming my (mostly unfounded) fears, the moment the adjudicator announced we had won in my first debate of the season was incredible. One of my greatest debating highlights was making the Queensland Debating Union quarter finals the following year (2019), and since then I’ve assisted in coaching our junior debating teams. It has been fantastic to see so many students develop reasoning, critical thinking and the courage to speak in front of their peers. From the competitive team environment to challenging conventional perspectives on world-wide issues (such as arguing against a ban on all plastics), debating has definitely been one of my favourite co-curricular activities. While I have certainly increased my confidence and developed my communication skills, I have also developed knowledge on global problems, enhanced my teamwork and collaboration skills and created like-minded friends across the local debating community. Being a member of debating is highly rewarding, and the adaptability and critical thinking skills (among others) I have acquired will be vital as I move into university and the work force. I would highly encourage everyone interested to join debating – even as the third speaker – it has been and is an amazing and valuable experience!

The College Debating teams have continued developing their speaking and rebuttal skills in Round 2 of the QDU Secondary Debating Competition. 10.1 and 10.2 worked hard to prepare and compete in their first Short Prep round as well as their second prepared topic while 9.1 secured a win against Iona College. Third Speaker Emiko Kolb was a particular stand out on the night, preparing rebuttal for her team members and reinforcing her team’s case for the Negative. 8.1 also won their debate against Capalaba, delivering a compelling Affirmative Case That We Should Lower the Voting Age. The team’s passion for this particular topic shone through their rebuttal. Hailey McCormick performed impressively, especially as this was her first ever experience of formal debating. Hailey used her voice with flair to create a strong and persuasive tone throughout her delivery.

The College Public Speaking team will battle it out this week for the title of Interhouse Public Speaking Champion. The event will help to prepare the Public Speaking team for the upcoming Carter Shield Competition. If you are interested in joining the Public Speaking team, please come to H5 on Thursday B Lunch.

Please click here for for the latest Career Information.

Year 10 Careers Evening

Year 10 students from MBC and MBBC will be attending the Year 10 Careers Evening on Tuesday 25 May from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Invitations to this event have been emailed to parents, students and carers. Students may bring one family member with them on the evening.

In line with our covid procedures, a ticket will need to be booked for the first part of the evening as detailed in the email. Students will be participating in four rotations. Three rotations will be hearing from guest speakers from a range of different industries, with one rotation being an opportunity to talk and engage with tertiary and post-schooling providers.

We have the following tertiary providers and post-schooling providers attending: UQ, QUT, Griffith, Bond University, ACU, USQ, TAFE, Torrens University, Sarina Russo, JMC Academy, QFST and Australian Performing Arts Academy and Barrington College. Our VET Coordinator, Mrs Katrina Shehab, will also be available to chat with on the evening.

Year 11 Career Information

In Week 6, Year 11 students will be introduced to The Careers Department platform that will allow them to learn about a broad range of industries, hear from people currently working in the industry, participate in virtual work experience opportunities, access scholarship and employment information and much more.

Career planning is a lifelong process and the importance of students driving their research in this area will be highlighted during our session together. To find out more about this programme, please watch this parent video: https://vimeo.com/402877476.

Brisbane Careers and Employment Expo – this Friday and Saturday

The Brisbane Careers & Employment Expo is a leading careers, training and education event in Queensland. The event offers the opportunity for students, job seekers and career changers of all ages to connect with organisations for guidance, clarity and opportunities in relation to career options. Click here for more information about the event: http://www.careersemploymentexpo.com.au/index.html

Getting the most out of an Expo visit

The purpose of a career expo, either online or attending in person, is to give students an opportunity to explore their future options in employment, training and/or higher education. A career expo offers a unique opportunity as it has a broad range of information in the same place at the same time. Also, students can gather hard copy or online brochures as well as get accurate, up-to-date information from representatives who can answer their questions. 

To get the most out of a career expo, preparation is key. First, students should have a look at the expo website (most expos have a website) to find out about:

The exhibitors - industries, organisations, universities, colleges, TAFE, employers, etc. who will have a stand at the expo

• Activities - some expos have activities such as ‘Try-a-Trade’
• Seminars or workshops
• Competitions – some expos use these as a draw card for people to attend.

Students should make a list of the exhibitors, activities and seminars/workshops they want to visit and timetable their visit so they can get around to everyone. They should list the information they are looking for and/or the questions they want answered. Most expos have a map of exhibitors (where their stands are located on the expo site). Students should use this to get around the expo and to look at who else is there. After the expo, it's a good idea for them review their information and reflect on how this information might influence their future decision making.  

Did you know that in just six days time, you will have forgotten about 75% of anything you learn today (see Image 1)? This scary fact was formulated and tested by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus way back in the 1880s, and re-tested and re-proven as recently as 2015! Unfortunately, it means that weekly music ensemble rehearsals are pretty ineffective… unless supported by students playing their music through at home during the week. The good news is that reviewing your pieces just three times during the week in between your rehearsals results in retention of more than 90% of newly learned music because each time you play the music through you remember more and forget stuff more slowly (see Image 2). Imagine how quickly you could progress, and how much new repertoire your ensembles could learn, if every student in the group was building from a memory base of 90% every week instead of starting by having to relearn two thirds of what was done a week earlier? 

This is one of many reasons that students involved in the College’s production of The Wiz have such a busy schedule over the next few weeks. A professional musical is such a complex combination of overtures, acting, costumes, sets, underscoring, singing, dancing, accompaniment and scene changes, often overlapping and interacting, and performed mainly from memory. There is no time for uncertainty or forgetting subtle cues, and so the intensity of our final lead-up to the shows is intentionally designed to help the students really fine-tune and remember all the little details so they can lift their delivery to another level by the time they perform in front of an audience. 

If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, I strongly encourage you to do so – The Wiz has a funnily re-written script combined with high-energy dance and all-new funky music. It’s a great update to the much-loved Wizard of Oz movie and the cast and band are really sounding fantastic!

Congratulations to all students who performed so beautifully at last week’s concert. For many of our junior boys and girls this was their first ever formal public concert, so it was a little bit scary for many of them, but they did a fantastic job. I would particularly like to congratulate our student comperes – Isabella Berg, Sophie Blackwell, Camilo Suarez, Amelie Eberspaecher and Alex Finch– who spoke so confidently and professionally to introduce the musical items. Thanks must go to our music staff for helping the students prepare, the extra teachers who came along to assist – Ms Motherwell, Ms Meimaris, Mrs Inglis, Mr Burridge, Mrs Curtis, Mrs Woodforth, Ms Ellis, Ms Khafagi, Mrs Venn, Mr Cox, Ms Wallace, Ms Leaver, Mrs McBurnie and Mrs Larkin – as well as our stage and sound crew of Alex Dirie, Ethan Kircher, Lucy Morton, Lily Kunin and Maddie Ryan-Kerr.

We were treated to a whole series of excellent musical performances last week. Along with the Soirée concert, six of our younger musicians took the stage on Primary Assembly, and girls from both primary and secondary gave a lunchtime Captain’s Concert. Congratulations to Grace McDowall who did a fantastic job of performing the beautiful and lyrical song Edelwiess, as well as Sophie Blackwell, Amelie Eberspaecher, Isabella Berg, Ashley Tseng and Juliette Stock who accompanied our school song. It was great to see so many accomplished young musicians leading the music on Primary Assembly. In the Captain’s Concert we heard from Denise Wannarat (xylophone), Alison Rohrsheim (voice), Lily Kunin (piano & voice), Erin Plowman & Flo Farrar (vocal duet), Annie Tang (flute), and Emily Holmes & Isabelle Verstegen (Clarinet Duet). Performing solo or in a small grouping is a very different experience from the larger ensembles we heard recently at Classics and Cabaret – there is very high requirement on taking personal responsibility for delivering the musical style and expression of the song and all our performers this week did a great job of entertaining us – well done!

Dear Parents and Caregivers 

You are cordially invited to the combined Colleges’ musical The Wiz.

After what has been a challenging year for the Arts sector across all domains, we encourage you all to come and support our wonderfully talented Arts cohort who are excited to be performing to a live audience once again in our very own MBC Music Centre. 

Our students and staff have been working tirelessly at rehearsals and this production is set to have you bouncing along to the many fantastic song and dance numbers. The performances are in Week 7 of Term 2 from Thursday the 3^rd of June through to Saturday the 5^th of June. The Friday night performance will see the promotion of a dress up evening in which audience members are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite Wiz or Wizard of Oz character. 

The Performing Arts Support Group, known as the PASG, will be providing deliciously themed “Wiz” snacks in a COVID safe manner for purchase at each of the shows, along with a bar on the Friday and Saturday evening performances. 

Bring the family along for a fun-filled afternoon or evening that will see you follow Dorothy on her journey through Oz set to music in a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul! 

Get in quick to secure your tickets by clicking on the following link. We look forward to seeing you all there.

https://www.trybooking.com/BQWWJ

MBC students and MBC alumni athletes competed exceptionally well at the recent Australian Gymnastics Championships, with many personal bests and National medals awarded. 

Gold Medals 8 

• Level 10 - Ainsley Barker - All Around and Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon
• Level 10 Team - Aileen Chiang and Ainsley Barker
• Senior International Group National Champions - MBC alumni Alannah Mathews, Himeka Onoda
• Senior International Group Continental Champions - MBC alumni Alannah Mathews, Himeka Onoda

Silver Medals 5

• Pre Junior - Polina Leonova - Clubs
• Junior International Team - Jasmine Reichhart 
• Junior International - Jasmine Reichhart - Clubs and Ribbon
• Senior International Team - Saskia Broedelet 

Bronze Medals 5

• Pre Junior - Polina Leonova - All Around
• Pre Junior - Polina Leonova - Ball
• Pre Junior Team - Polina Leonova
• Junior International - Jasmine Reichhart - All Around
• Senior International - Saskia Broedelet - Clubs 

The Senior International Group also gained the qualifying score for the Australian Olympic Committee to gain entry into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. 

Well done to all athletes.

On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 May, current MBC girls Lily Bock, Skye McKibben, Loralie Gould, Abbey Johnson and Jema Gilchrist as well as past student Michaela Warren represented Queensland in the Australian National Championships for Aerobic Gymnastics.  

Results:

• Michaela Warren - 2nd International Senior Individual
• Skye McKibben - 2nd International Age Group 1 Individual 
• Tessa Boardman - 3^rd Senior Individual AeroDance
• Lily Bock, Skye McKibben, Loralie Gould, Abbey Johnson and Jema Gilchrist - 5th AeroDance Intermediate Team
• Loralie Gould - 9th Level 6 Intermediate Individual
• Jema Gilchrist - 19th Level 6 Intermediate Individual
• Abbey Johnson - 22nd Level 6 Intermediate Individual
• Abbey Johnson and Jema Gilchrist - 4th Level 6 Intermediate Multiple

Congratulations are extended to Caitlyn Hosking who has been selected in the Australian ‘Aussie’ Diamonds Softball squad.

This exciting opportunity celebrates and brings together young leaders in sport who are ‘making a difference’ in their school or local community. The Australian Olympic Change-Maker Program seeks to identify and bring together students who are demonstrating the Olympic Spirit – friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence both on and off the playing field through leadership and driving positive change in their school or local community.

MBC are permitted to identify TWO Year 10, 11 or 12 students who actively demonstrate leadership through sport and/or use sport as a vehicle to improve health & wellbeing and drive social change in their school or local community. 

You must

• demonstrate attributes consistent with the Olympic Spirit (friendship, sportsmanship & striving for excellence) both on and off the playing field.
• Be actively demonstrating leadership through sport in your school or local community, 
• and/ or using sport as a vehicle to improve health and wellbeing and drive social change in your school or local community. 

Any student interested in being nominated by MBC, please send Mrs Pavish 3-4 paragraphs identifying how you meet the above criteria and why you feel you should be considered. Nominations close on July 30, therefore all students wishing to be considered need to have their 3-4 paragraphs to Mrs Pavish no later than the Friday 11 June. 

Please be aware the two successful MBC nominees are encouraged to submit a one minute video as a part of their nomination, upon submission this will enable students to be considered to attend the National Olympic Change-Maker Summit in December.

Jayda Milligan in action as a member of the Met East Water Polo Team that competed earlier this month in the Queensland School State Water Polo Championships held on the Sunshine Coast. The Met East team won the Bronze Medal. Year 10 Jayda was the youngest student in this team.

Tennis

Georgia Green has been selected to represent Lytton at the Met East 10-12 Years Tennis Championships

Cross Country

Congratulations are extended to the following girls who have been selected to represent Lytton at the Met East Cross Country Championships:

• Violet Beck
• Shylah Halliwell
• Ruby Hazell
• Taylah Hazell
• Carys Hewson
• Ella Jones
• Lucia Lambert
• Gabrielle Lynch
• Eloise Nealon
• Mila Petrovic
• Greer Ringuet
• Katherine Stemmett 

Touch

Annie Keough, Emerson Green and Shylah Halliwell have been selected to represent Lytton at the Met East Touch trials.

The Year 3-6 Interhouse Athletics Carnival will be held on Thursday June 3, 2021 (Wet Weather Day - Thursday June 10). 

The following events will be held leading up to the carnival. Students qualify through trials in class and will be notified if they are required to attend on the following days: 

Wednesday May 26 - 200m finals 12.35pm, 8 - 12+ years

Friday May 28 – High Jump Finals 1.00pm, 8 - 12+ years 

Students will rotate through each event and the events will conclude with the 100m finals at approximately 2.05pm. The day will conclude at 2.30pm and results including Age Champions and Champion House will be announced at the next school assembly. A note will go out with further details. Approximate times are listed below. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

- (Please note times are APPROXIMATE)

* 8, 9 & 10 year old students will all do each event on the day of the carnival.

* 11 & 12+ year old students will do all events with the exception of Shot Put and Long Jump. Students in these age groups have qualified for a place in these events through performance in PE class. Students who do not qualify in class will participate in Novelty Throw and Relay events during this time to gain points for their House. 

At this stage, parents will be able to attend but must comply with current "Can I come onto Campus" processes for visitors which includes: 

• All visitors attending the Athletics carnival event must sign in at Primary Reception where they will be given a wristband to wear at the ovals.
• Attendees will also be required to QR Code register at Primary Reception to ensure contact tracing details are captured. Hand sanitiser will be available for use on entry and as required.
• Current restrictions require maintenance of 1.5m physical distancing between adults, in addition to the occupant density requirements of 1 person per 2 square meters. 
• Under no circumstances can any visitors run with the students during an event.

Athletics training sessions for students aged 8 years – 12 years.

Commences Tuesday 25 May:

Click here for training schedule.

Over the past two weeks, our Bay girls have had a great run at club netball. As a club, we have improved lots and had lots of fun. It has been great to see all the girls putting in 100 per cent effort and we want everyone to keep up the good work.

The 9 years and Under team MBC4 are in their development phase and working on court positions.

The 10 years team MBC 3 are undefeated. The 11 and 12 years teams MBC1 and MBC2 are working on set plays and delivery into the circle.

The Moreton Bay Colleges Equestrian Team recently competed at the South East Queensland Regional Championships at Caboolture.

Lorna Clifford had a fantastic competition being awarded South East Queensland Champion with her horse Possum and placed 5^th in the same event on her horse Nelson.

Our newest member of the Equestrian Team, Michelle and her horse Squiggle received South East Queensland Reserve Champions in the 50cm event.

On Saturday 15 May the MBC Cross Country team contested the QGSSSA Cross Country event over a very a muddy and wet Rivermount course. The team ran superbly in all divisions to take out second place in the Aggregate Cup and second place in the Joan Benson Percentage Trophy. This was a direct result of their dedication to training and the tremendous team spirit fostered throughout the season.

Age premiership results were as follows: 

12 Years 3^rd

13 Years 5^th

14 Years 5^th

15 Years 2^nd

16 Years 2^nd

17 Years 5^th 

MBC top 5 finishers: - 12 Years: 2^nd Taylor Hazell, 13^th Greer Ringuet, 14^th Astrid Muniandy, 23^rd Violet Beck, 25^th Kirana Ariff-Kushairy.

13 Years: 7^th Charlotte Kane, 24^th Ezinne Okeke, 33^rd Annabelle Thiele, 44^th Belle Norton, 45^th Charlotte Cran.

14 Years: 4^th Monica Heeremans, 19^th Charli Nikola, 28^th Piper Gately, 36^th Isabelle Wieland, 43^rd Jovana Petrovic.

15 Years: 4^th Kobi Walker, 7^th Mia McGrath, 13^th Ava McElroy,18^th Roxy Place, 19^th Francesca Chitukudza.

16 Years: 3^rd Kaya Agnew, 8^th Emma Bible, 10^th Olivia Weekes, 13^th Tiah Cash, 24^th Annabelle Barnett.

17 Years: 10^th Ava Carroll, 11^th Yasmin Corbin, 21^st Nyree Hamilton, 35^th Claudia Chapman, 43^rd Jenna George. 

Congratulations to the Captains, Coaches and the entire Cross Country Team on a great feat. 

Despite being a season interrupted by rain and ground closures, the MBC football teams remain dedicated and determined, which is reflected in the fact that all teams are thus far undefeated. The Junior team has secured massive wins in all their games, winning 5-0 against Somerville House, 10-0 against Clayfield, 7-1 against St Aidan’s and 12-0 win over St Margaret’s. Similarly, the Senior team is dominating the competition with wins of 5-0 against Somerville, 6-0 and 9-0 against the Clayfield teams and 2-0 against St Aidan’s. Although the Opens have only played three games, these have seen impressive victories for MBC, with wins of 7-0 against Somerville, 4-2 against Clayfield and 13-0 win against St Margaret’s. A huge congratulations must also be given to Josie Boland for her impressive participation in the state soccer competition.

The National Self-Detection Programme for Scoliosis seeks to inform parents and students about important preventative health measures to detect sideways curvature of the spine. This is not an uncommon condition and 2-5 percent of adolescent girls are at risk for the development of a significant curvature. 

Please find attached a self-detection brochure which details how girls and parents can check healthy spine development. We would encourage families to access this information, particularly girls in Years 5- 7 as this is the age range when scoliosis can first appears.

Please also refer to Scoliosis Australia website for more information https://www.scoliosis-australia.org/ or click here.

Our next P&F meeting will be on Wednesday June 2 at 7.00pm at the Primary Library Community Room or online via zoom. The zoom link will be posted on that day on the MBC P&F Facebook page.

The Performing Arts Support Group are sourcing sponsors and raffles prizes for the upcoming musical The Wiz. Productions dates are June 3, 4 and 5 June 2021. If you are interested in donating a prize or being a sponsor, please contact the PASG Treasurer Hayley McBrien at hmcbrien7@bigpond.com. Thank you in advance for your support!

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Calling all past MBC students and their daughters! 

The 2021 The Generations of Moreton Bay Colleges’ Event will be held on Friday 11 June at MBC from 3.00pm for afternoon tea. 

This event started in 2019 for all the students at MBC and MBBC that are children or grandchildren of past MBC students. 

We want to ensure we don’t miss any families off our official invite list and would appreciate you contacting The Moreton Bay Colleges’ Foundation to ensure you are included on our list if you are a past student of MBC and your daughter or son is now attending The Colleges. 

An official invite for this event will be emailed in the coming weeks with other details about a group student photo. Boys will be bused to MBC for this. 

We are excited that this community is growing, and we now have over 100 students at MBC and MBBC who are a part of this special group.

On Tuesday 11 May, the College community came together to celebrate the life of our beloved Miss Oriel Handley OAM. One of Miss Handley’s lasting legacies at MBC was her love of singing and her commitment to the Sacred Choir. For the 70 years she committed to our College, she ran the Sacred Choir both while working at MBC and after she retired. Led by Laura Desha (MBC class of 1994) and conducted by Janet Sutton (MBC class of 2003) a group of 20 MBC Old Girls came together to sing for the service. We thank these ladies for their contribution to the service. We know Miss Handley would have been proud.