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Ringing in Year 7s

The first day of Term 1 2019, Monday morning, 4 February, the College is starting a new tradition with the ‘Ringing In’ of our new Year 7 students as a symbol of their commencement of secondary education at É«ÇéÖ±²¥.

Pastoral Teachers will be available from 8.15am – 8.35am at Pastoral Classes to chat with parents/guardians and reassure students on their first day at school. At 8.35am, all Year 7 students will be moving to the Savio Centre for a short welcome and assembly.

Year 7s will then process up to the Top Yard via a Guard of Honour set up by our Year 8-10 students and 7-10 staff, with student leaders ringing the bells used at Boys Town in 1952, St John’s in 1959, Holy Name in 1962 and the Angelus Bell as a reminder of our history and past and symbol of the transition to secondary schooling. Students will then commence Morning Pastoral immediately after the procession. This is an exciting new tradition that is starting in 2019 and is a prequel to the ‘Ringing Out’ of Year 10 that will take place at the end of this year.

All students in 7-10 are to wear full school uniform on Monday and come prepared for Day 1 classes. Periods 1 to 3 will be organisational activities in Pastoral groups. Formal classes will commence from Period 4 onwards.

Students who have practical HPE classes are able to get changed during recess and lunch. The only students who will have HPE classes are: Year 9C HPE, Year 9D HPE, Year 9/10 Adventure Rec A and Athletic Development A.

Mr Stephen Casni, Deputy Principal