26 October 2023

From the Pen of the Principal, Rob Corboy

Dear St Brendan’s Community

What an eventful week it has been. Traditionally, it holds great significance in the College calendar, and this year was no exception. It was a week filled with celebration and thanks.

The week kicked off with the Co-Curricular Awards, which recognised a significant part of the students' experiences at the College. The wide range of activities and engagements that our boys have been involved in was truly impressive. Representing the College in the green and gold, regardless of the level or competition, is a special achievement. As a corner stone of our co-curricular program is the Arts, and it was inspiring to witness what had been offered and achieved in one calendar year. We all must rightfully ‘tip our hats’ in acknowledgement to the dedication of all the staff who are the engine room behind these opportunities. Congratulations to all!

Wednesday evening marked our Academic Awards night, once again, a record number of students received awards. As our primary focus, it was heartening to witness the level of dedication and success among our students in their studies. The significant effort that goes into organising this event behind the scenes is truly inspiring. Congratulations to all our award recipients and to the hardworking staff who make it happen.

Finally, on Friday, we bid farewell to our Year 12 students. While external exams commence this week, we took a moment to celebrate this cohort in a memorable way. Raising a child truly requires a community effort, and Friday was a celebration of exactly that. Congratulations are in order, first and foremost, to the graduating Class of 2023 for reaching this significant milestone, as well as to their first and ongoing educators - their family, and finally to the entire community of St Brendan’s.

Uniform Shop Trading Hours

Monday & Friday 7:30am – 11:30am
Wednesday 1:00pm – 5:30pm

Last Saturday of the Month 9.00am - 12.00pm

VECTOR Health and Performance

Vocational Education News (Yr 11 Certificate Courses for 2024)

Letters to Year 10 families will be emailed out by the end of the week, to collect student USI information. From 1 January 2015 the Australian Government requires all students undertaking Vocational Education Training (VET) to have a Unique Student Identifier (USI). This is a life-long 10-digit number and letter identifier that allows students to access their VET records and results. From 2016 and beyond a transcript of results can be accessed online via the USI register linked below. It is compulsory that all students that undertake a VET qualification at the College create a USI.

Year 10 students are required to complete the steps set out in the letter. If unable to do the application at home, students can see Miss Newsome in AT3 at the College, who can assist them. Please be sure to keep an eye on your emails for the USI letter. 

Andrew Lawrence
Director of Skills and Training 

Careers News

SBC Careers Newsfeed

If you would like to keep up to date with careers information, events and the world of work subscribe to our SBC Careers Newsfeed.

Career Resources

If you are looking for resources and information, make sure you visit our SBC careers website.

Career Meetings

If you or your son would like further information or would like to meet with me to discuss Career Pathways please send an email to Rebecca Lang with your available times and we will arrange a meeting - langr@sbc.qld.edu.au

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following Year 12 students who have already been offered a place at CQU in 2024:

• Austin Salter – Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours)
• Cruz Warner - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Diploma of Professional Practice (CO-OP Engineering)
• Patrick Slade - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Diploma of Professional Practice (CO-OP Engineering)
• Jack Duggan – Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
• Jett Langham - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
• William Carter – Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Congratulations to Toby Simpkins who was selected to participate in “Destination Doctor” this month.  This is an event run by the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS), in partnership with CQUniversity, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, and the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, where he had the chance to immerse himself in a day of hands-on clinical skills session and gain insight from staff and students about the Regional Medical Pathway program.

Congratulations to Matthew Kershaw who was selected to participate in the UQ Young Change Makers Program in November. The program is a 4-day experience that presents Year 11 students with an exciting opportunity for academic extension and enrichment and is centered around igniting young change makers’ passions for leadership, academic achievement and community development in today’s global society.

Congratulations to Alex Hoad and Darcy Ryan who were successful in their application to participate in upcoming Army and Air Force (respectively) Familiarisation Programs that provide them with an introduction to defence force careers, capability and training procedures.

Thank you to TMR, Construction Skills Qld,  Fulton Hogan, Acconia, BMD, and Bielby for coming and speaking with the boys about upcoming training and employment opportunities on the Rockhampton Ring Road and Rocky to Gladstone Pipeline Projects. 

Thank you once again to Larissa Burnett and the JCU team for helping us celebrate World Teachers’ Day with cupcakes. JCU are a great supporter of the college and each year provide many opportunities for our students travelling down the University path.   

Sports News

Since our last newsletter instalment, we have had students representing their region in track and field at the Queensland School’s Track & Field Championships, strutting their stuff on the sand at the CQ Interschool Surf League at Emu Park, splashing their way to victory in the pool at Water Polo and spiking the opposition in the Interschool Volleyball competition.

Track & Field

The College had a small contingent of students representing the Capricornia Region at the recent Queensland School’s Championships held in Brisbane during week 2 of the term. For some it was an opportunity to gain some valuable experience, whilst for others, state medals were the goal. Congratulations to all who competed with special mention to the following students.

Tyler Slater - 8^th 12yrs Shot Put - 11.47m
Zane Keiler - 2^nd 13yrs Shot Put - 14m, 5^th 13yrs Discus - 36.86m
Khobi Scanlan - 9^th 14yrs 3,000m - 9:58.95, 11^th 14yrs 1,500m - 4:32.16

When more results come to hand, achievements will be publicised.

CQ Surf League

Our resident surf lifesavers took to the sand and water on Friday 20 October at the annual CQ Interschool Surf League competition hosted by Emu Park SLSC. We had a large team this year with approximately 20 students taking part in a range of events, including beach flags, sprints, surf races, board races, ironman races and team events such as surf teams, cameron relays and beach relays. The SBC Surf League team swam, paddled and ran themselves to a stand still, eventually claiming 4^th place overall. Not a bad result considering most schools have two genders to help accrue points. Congratulations to the entire team, and thank you to Mr Prince for his efforts throughout the day. Please see some of the individual results listed below. 

Henry McGilvray - 1^st U13 Board, 2^nd U13 Ironman
Hugo Genninges - 2^nd U13 Beach Flags
Aiden Steig - 1^st U15 Board
Isaac Thomas - 1^st U15 Beach Sprint
Caden Parsons - 3^rd 16+ Surf Race, 1^st Board, 2^nd Ironman.
Fletcher Scanlan - 3^rd 16+ Board, 3^rd Ironman, 2^nd Beach Sprint, 2^nd Beach Flags, 16+ Age Champion.

Co-Curricular Awards

The Co-Curricular Awards on Wednesday 18 October was the culmination of our sporting calendar for 2023. Congratulations to all students who received awards. Listed below are students who represented Capricornia, Queensland or achieved selection/significant results in sports outside the school sport framework. In addition to this, the most valuable players in each of our interschool sporting teams were recognised.

Capricornia Representatives

Queensland Representatives

Special Achievement Awards

Major Award Winners

Athlete of the Year – Carter Ford
Swimmer of the Year – Lachlan Mortimer & Kalani Walsh
Junior Sportsman of the Year – Narasi Jimmy
Senior Sportsman of the Year – Riley Earnshaw

Term 4 Team Photos

Team photos for our Term 4 sports will be held on Wednesday 1^st November. Teams involved include the following;

• All School’s Touch Football – U13 
• CQ 7’s Rugby – U13 A & B and U15 A & B
• Senior Volleyball
• Dolphin’s Challenge (Years 9/10)
• 9A Rugby League
• Chess
• Junior AFL

Students are required to bring their playing shorts, socks and boots/shoes.

Term 4 Date Claimers

Monday 30 October – 16-19yrs RD Cricket Trials at RGS
Wednesday 1 November – Term 4 Sports Photos
Monday 20 November – RD Water Polo Trials (paper nomination)

As always, we take great pride in recognising the achievements of our students in the sporting world. When we are notified and made aware of student achievements in either school, representative or external club sport we will celebrate and recognise these achievements in this section. Please send through any successes in sports played outside of the college via email mcluskied@sbc.qld.edu.au with as much information as you can provide and a photo if possible.

Damien McLuskie
Director of Sport

Soctober

Socktober is an initiative designed to raise money for Catholic mission. Catholic mission is the Pope's official mission agency and every year we are called, as a Catholic community, to raise money to help those most affected by disadvantage in our world. 

Embracing the theme Socktober, this year St Brendan’s is going to do two things:

1. CLICK HERE to donate…every cent counts.
2. Students are encouraged to participate in a soccer penalty shootout in the hall, where for a gold coin donation, they can try and get a goal and win prizes. This will happen on 1 November.

Study Groups & Clubs

Term Dates for 2023

Term 4:  3 October – 23 November

Date Claimers

Community Notices