It is with immense pride that we congratulate our students for their remarkable partnership with Clean Up for the Hatchlings initiative in the endeavour to clean up Bulcock Beach over the weekend. Their dedication to environmental stewardship and community engagement shines brightly as they work towards the preservation of our precious coastal ecosystems. Teaming up…
As March approaches, so does the NAPLAN assessment for Year 7 students, bringing with it a wave of anticipation and, at times, heightened anxiety. In the midst of this, Mr. Brimblecombe, our dedicated Year 7 Mathematics teacher, takes an active role in coaching and practice sessions to prepare students for the upcoming challenge. Understanding the…
Caloundra City Private School welcomes Helen Ottaway as the Head of Junior School and Nathan Reynolds as the Head of Senior School. Both Helen and Nathan are eager to contribute to the continuous advancement of the personalised learning currently underway at Caloundra City Private School. Our vision is centered on creating a learning environment that…
At CCPS, we believe in providing students with experiences that develop transferable skills, lifelong learning, and readiness for the world of work of the 21st century. Recently, our Year 10-12 students had the opportunity to participate in mock interviews with a variety of external providers. These external providers dedicated their time and expertise by leading…
‘IF YOU ARE in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk’. I would like to lay claim to these words, but they’re older than me. They were spoken by Hippocrates (circa 400BC), the ‘father of medicine’ who ambled here and there and who…
This term students are studying business in the post maturity stage of the business life cycle with a focus on businesses in the hospitality sector. As part of their assessment, students need to gather primary and secondary data in order to make informed recommendations. Year 12 Business were given the opportunity to visit Mantra, Mooloolaba…
By Logan Marchington, Year 11 Earlier this month I attended the first face to face meeting of the national E-safety youth council in Sydney. Myself and other members of the council met with regional CEOs and representatives from TikTok, Microsoft, Meta, Google, snapchat and more. The E-safety commissioner and several federal ministers also attended the…
Deanne Hatcher, Japanese Teacher Recently students in Year 7-10 Japanese classes took part in the annual Education Perfect Language Championships. CCPS students answered a lot of questions throughout the week long competition. Congratulations to the following students who are commended on their excellent efforts! GOLD: Leila Pacheco (Year 8) earned a Gold award and ranked…
By Luke Byrne, Student Wellbeing Officer This term has been quite a fast-paced term 1 of schooling! It is important to be aware that our students are starting to quickly move towards the prickly end of this first term, with the pressures of exams and assessments starting to creep up within their classes. With the…
The Year 8’s were in for an egg-cellent time! For their assesment, the class was tasked with creating a vehicle to move an egg as far and as fast as possible using their knowledge of energy transformations and transfers.