Middle Senior School
Josh Wilson
Deputy Principal, Middle Senior School
Dino Arraiol
Head of Middle Senior School
MSS Cross Country Carnival
Wed 18 March
Bush Dance
Fri 20 March
The College’s annual Bush Dance will be held in the Cunningham Pavilion on Friday 20 March 2026 with a scheduled start time of 6pm with dancing starting from 6:30pm and the event is scheduled to end at 8:30pm. This event serves as a fundraiser supporting Farm Angels and the Chinchilla community as our Year 9 students prepare for their annual service trip. We invite families to join us for an enjoyable evening of dancing and community fellowship, all in support of a meaningful cause.
Bookings are open now: https://www.trybooking.com/DIHMK
Week 7 - Cafe Specials
Term 1 Co-Curricular Timetable
At Calvary, we encourage all students to participate in co-curricular activities as a way to develop their skills and talents beyond the classroom and connect with like-minded peers. Students have been emailed a survey link by Mr Arraiol to complete in order to sign up for a co-curricular activity for Term 1. All Co-curriculars except for Show Team will commence in Week 3 of this term. Parents can view the official MSS co-curricular timetable below.
Parent Online Security Tool
As part of your enrolment at the College parents have been provided with access to software that allows them to manage student usage of both their College laptop (outside of school hours) and one additional smart device. In order to claim this software and help guide children through the minefield of digital distraction please use the following link for further information about Qustodio (Parent Cyber Safety Tool)
What's On - Term 1 Flyer
Term 1 - Week 6
Week 6
ACER Scholarship Exam (7 March) | The Wiz Rehearsal (7 March)
Week 7
Naplan Testing (11-16 March)
Coming Up
Week 8: CSSAQ - Futsal Competition (16 March) | Rivers Gala Day - Volleyball Girls (16 March) | Cross Country Carnival (18 March) | Rocky Trail MTB Series #1 (20 March) | Bush Dance (20 March)
Deputy Principal - Middle and Senior School - Mr Josh Wilson
Dear Parents and Carers,
On Wednesday night I had the privilege to join our other Year 9 parents at the launch of the Rite Journey experience. We heard from a passionate team of teachers about their desire to provide our Year 9 students with a coming-of-age mentoring opportunity that will assist them with their transition into adulthood. After this, parents and students swapped gratitude letters, shared a thoughtful moment together, were prayed for as a group, and played a resilience game. As a parent of the College, I was delighted at the opportunity for my own child to be part of this experience and I look forward to seeing how our Year 9 cohort and future cohorts will benefit from their involvement in this program. I would like to especially thank our dedicated staff for their obvious desire to seek out activities and experiences that bring about good for our students.
Next week our Year 7 and Year 9 students will take part in NAPLAN testing. NAPLAN or the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy, provides our teaching staff with useful benchmark data for student cohorts as well as individual data sets which help teachers make effective classroom decisions around extending students or addressing gaps in learning. We don’t fixate on ‘teaching’ NAPLAN as a College, rather elements of the standards that are tested are incorporated into our skills-based approach to teaching and learning. NAPLAN data is useful to us, but it is just one more data set amongst many that we use to improve teaching. Please don’t over-engage with your child about NAPLAN or make it out to be a big thing, if your child brings it up, just encourage them to do their best.
Naplan
Parents/Carers of students in Year 7 and 9 are requested to please read the below communication from Mr Cameron Handley (Head of Curriculum) about NAPLAN at Calvary in 2026.
Calvary Bush Dance
The College’s annual Bush Dance will be held in the Cunningham Pavilion on Friday 20 March 2026 with a scheduled start time of 6pm with dancing starting from 6:30pm and the event is scheduled to end at 8:30pm.
This event serves as a fundraiser supporting Farm Angels and the Chinchilla community as our Year 9 students prepare for their annual service trip. We invite families to join us for an enjoyable evening of dancing and community fellowship, all in support of a meaningful cause.
Bookings are open now: https://www.trybooking.com/DIHMK
Lost Property
As the term progresses the number of items at lost property are slowly increasing. We ask that all parents ensure that their student's belongings, especially hats are clearly labelled to ensure that they can be returned when found. About half of the items in lost property are not labelled and we are unable to return these to their owners. Naming items will also assist the College when we complete our random 'hat checks' where staff confirm if the names in student hats match the person holding this item of clothing.
2026 MSS Sport News
2026 District Sport Representative Trials
Students who are at a representative standard in their chosen sport(s) are invited to trial for Pacific District Representative teams (which is the pathway to Regional and State team representation). Parents will need to read over the information below and nominate via the link in the Information Letter.
Pacific District Information 2026
Pacific District Calendar 2026
Swimming District Trials Letter 2026
Please note:
- These are ‘one-off’ trials that lead to further ‘one-off’ trials at Regional level… they are not a regular competition
- Age is determined by year of birth… whatever your child is turning this year is the correct age group
2026 MSS Sport Information
Update from Acting Head of Performing Arts, Kerryn Vezos
The Wiz.
We are looking forward to our first Saturday rehearsal this week – a whole day of singing, acting, dancing and team building!
Don’t forget – 9am – 2pm in the CCC for ALL CAST MEMBERS.
Backstage Crew – you are not needed yet.
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The Wiz - Parent Helpers
We will be meeting in the Green Room in the CCC at 9am and we can go over the various projects we have been working on. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on and bring your morning tea and lunch.
***A reminder that all parents helping out need a blue card – please email Francesca.Thomson@calvarycc.qld.edu.au for a form if you don’t have your Blue Card.
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Guitar Students Visit to Wirunya Retirement Village
Our wonderful Miss Crook, and her team of Guitar students had the joy of sharing music with Wirunya residents this week. On Wednesday, 11 students from Carbrook Junior, Middle and Senior Schools delighted the residents, with songs and performances on Classical Guitar and Bass.
Making connections with out wider community through music is an amazing opportunity – we love how passionate our teachers are, and our students become confident and versatile performers through experiences such as these!
If your child is interested in learning Guitar, please contact: ccrookmusic@gmail.com
Theatre Club
Theatre Club is back in action! Last Thursday, a group of students and teachers attended ‘The Great Gatsby’ at QPAC’s Playhouse. A fabulous show, merging 1920’s glamour with modern commentary, the show’s sets and designs were simply amazing.
We are looking forward to Antigone next week – if you’re interested in joining Theatre Club (for some or all of the events) please email Kerryn.vezos@clavarycc.qld.edu.au
For any enquiries please email: performingartsacademy@calvarycc.qld.edu.au
Josh Wilson
Deputy Principal, Middle Senior School
Dino Arraiol
Head of Middle Senior School