Newsletter
Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Dear Parents and College Community,
This week we cover:
- College Satisfaction Survey coming soon
- P&F Fun Run on Thursday 17 May
- Cadbury Chocolate fund raiser – please return all outstanding payments
- Free dress day next Wednesday – support your team – raising funds for Africa
- Applications for student leadership
- UNder 8′s week next week
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Rachel Wilkinson
Marketing Manager
From The Principal
In the next couple of weeks parents will be sent an electronic link inviting them to access the 2012 Moreton Bay Boys’ College Parent Satisfaction …
Reflections from Head of College
The NAPLAN tests continue as I write this article and I pay tribute to the boys on how they have approached the tests this …
Announcements
This Sunday, Somerville House is hosting its Autumn Primary School Chess Tournament. Players are asked to arrive at 10:30 for the 11:00 start. Further details …
Next Wednesday, the Year 12 House Captains will host a free dress day for boys to come to school dressed to show their pride. This …
Congratulations to the following boys who received their Mirror rulers last week. Dallas Krook 3B Mitchell Summerill PB Luke Wright- Gregory PB Jamie McIntyre PB …
Students in current Years 6 and 9 are invited to nominate themselves to serve as Primary and Middle School House Vice-Captains for Semester 2. Please …
Attention all Year 7 and 8 students! On Saturday 26 May we have been invited to attend the first ever Year 7/8 ISCF social event …
Student Care
One boy’s passion helped a whole group connect, as Year 5 Student Hamish Stewart, along with his class teacher Mr Box launched a new lunch …
This term, Senior Drama students and Year 10 Performing Arts students have been involved in Physical Theatre training in a variety of contexts, focusing on …
Today a middle school student reported to student reception that he had witnessed a bus drive past a junior primary boy at the bus stop …
The Bugsy Malone rehearsals have been progressing well as the musical begins to take shape. Show dates are Thursday 21 and Friday 22 June, information …
The Walk Around Queensland initiative is in its 3rd week and has been going strongly. Boys (and staff members) have been busily accumulating laps to …
This week at OSHClub we are going to be exploring the wonder of autumn. We’ll be creating our own tree using different textured materials and …
It was a very tough competition for Mr Wood to judge this year but the early primary winners for National Colouring In Day are: Lachlan …
Teaching and Learning
Moreton Bay Boys’ College is committed to recognising and celebrating excellence in student achievement and/or participation in the life of the College. The College Student …
In their final year of PYP (Primary Years Program), students undertake an Exhibition Unit. For Moreton Bay Boys College students this happens in Year 6. …
The Gold Star Reading Club will take off in Council libraries across the city on Saturday 12 May 2012. There are five great reasons for …
Dear Prep – Year 3 Parents, Next week – Monday 21 – Friday 25 May is National Under 8’s Week. This year’s theme is ‘Language …
Chaplain's Corner
Recently I attended a great seminar on the ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People’. This seminar covered a whole range of areas including: cyber-bullying, …
Co-Curricular: Sport
The 14/15 Rugby team had a great win on the weekend against Ashgrove Marist College Under 14D (48 to 0). Considering it is only early in …
Some ups and downs, could be one way to describe the 6A soccer team’s season so far. After a first fixture washout (including mid-week training) …
This Saturday, the Year 8 team played Gregory Terrace and recorded their first victory of the season with an emphatic 4-1 win. The extra week …
The MBBC boys were pretty confident after coming off of a 7-1 win against a lower grade Villanova team last week. Charlie Roache was hoping …
The scoreline didn’t reflect the close contest, but the Year 4/5 Rugby team certainly put up a strong effort on Saturday against St Patrick’s College. …
St Patrick’s College were the visitors to MBBC on Saturday and provided a competitive game of football for our boys. The opposition opened the scoring …
On Saturday the Year 6 rugby team had their first home game of the season against Saint Patrick’s College. The Year 6′s displayed great improvement in …
On Saturday we played St. Joseph’s Gregory Terrace’s U15F team at their grounds. I was pleased to see our team with a full 15 players before kick …
On Saturday the Year 7/8 Rugby team took on Ormiston’s U/13Bs. It was the lads first outing for the season and with some illness striking …
Last Friday the boys competed in the third CIC Cross Country Meet. It was a challenging course and the boys did well to persevere against …
College Business
As it begins to get colder the tuckshop is getting more and more demands for hot food. To avoid disappointment please order your hot food …
Parents & Friends
This year the college fitness-a-thon will again be supported by Adidas in the form of a “Fun Run” on Thursday 17th May. Each student …
Community Notices
Kerry Washington offers a complete pet and property service, whether you are going away and need your pets and home taken care of or if …
Futsal (Indoor Soccer) is in your area. We are at the Wynnum Gospel Chapel on Progress Rd on Tuesday and Thursday nights. All age groups …