Friday 13 June: Yr 11 Excursion - Careers & Employment Expo

Friday 13 June: Junior Soiree - 6.30pm - 8.30pm

Coming Up in Week 9

Mon 16 - Fri 20 June: Arts Week

Mon 16 June: 12 Angry Jurors - Drama Performance

Wed 18 June: Show your Colours - State of Origin

Fri 20 June: Eisteddfod - FREE DRESS DAY

Sat 21 June: Yr 12 Snow Tour

Coming Up...

June 21 - 15 July: School Holidays

Head of School, Dino Arraiol

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we support our children’s growth, it’s important to reflect on the true nature of happiness. Harvard professor Arthur Brooks reminds us that “happiness is not a destination, it is a direction.” It isn’t something to chase or guarantee for our children, but rather a by-product of living with purpose, building meaningful relationships, and practicing gratitude. Psychologist Dr. Judith Locke similarly encourages a focus on helping children develop resilience and responsibility, rather than protecting them from every discomfort in the name of happiness.

When we prioritise character, effort, and connection over constant contentment, we help children build the foundation for lasting wellbeing. Together, at school and at home, we can guide them towards a deeper joy—one that grows not from ease, but from a sense of purpose and belonging.

Term 3 Important Dates:

• Please be aware that Monday 14 July 2025 is a pupil-free day.
• The first day of Term 3 for students will be Tuesday 15 July 2025.
• Judith Locke Parent Presentation will take place on Thursday 17 July 2025 (please see the tile above for further details)
• Teacher Parent Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 23 July 2025 (booking will open in the last week of the school holidays)

Report Card Updates - Semester 1, 2025

We are making several changes to our MSS Report Cards to improve clarity and formatting of these documents. These changes include:

• Learning Habits will now be found in one central place, at the start of the report, and not in piecemeal throughout the document.
• Elective units and single period subjects will now provide a competency-based outcome (Achieved / Not Achieved).
• All subjects will issue an Effort and Conduct result. The Effort and Conduct criteria has been provided as an attachment below.
• A range of formatting changes have been made to improve the presentation of the Middle and Senior School reports.

Semester 1 Report Cards will be accessible online from the beginning of the holiday break. Semester 2 Parent Teacher Interview opportunities will also be available for booking from that time.

Click Here for detailed information on the: Effort & Conduct Criteria

Building Fund Donations

As we head into June, we are incurring significant cost in the work we are doing to improve our buildings. Your investment in Calvary’s tomorrow would support us to secure campuses that provide a learning environment that helps us to help your child grow and flourish every day. Contributions to the College building fund are tax deductible.  If you have not yet done so, please consider donating using the details below.

Please refer to Mrs Gostelow’s communication from Monday 2 June 2025 for an update on our building repairs.

BSB: 034-605
Account No: 468461
Account Name: Calvary Christian College (Westpac Banking Corporation)
Your Reference: (First name + Last name) & Building Fund Donation

Our Finance team will email receipts for tax deduction purposes.

State of Origin - Show Your Colours

Next Wednesday is the State of Origin match and for many Queenslanders, this presents an opportunity to ‘show your colours’ and celebrate your identity as a Queenslander – either as someone born in Queensland or a ‘naturalised Queenslander’ such as me! It is also a great moment for us to teach our students about diversity and FRIENDLY competition as some choose to support New South Wales.

While we have our regular student free dress day to end the term next Friday, I think it worth celebrating your team and colours if you choose to on Wednesday. To make this easier and more fun for our student body ALL students are free to either wear an item in blue or red, along with their regular uniform for the day.

Enjoy the day, celebrating your state OR choose to treat the day as a regular school day – the choice lies with you. Let’s have fun together as a community that embraces our differences and can engage in friendly competition.

All students partaking in this event will be required to bring a gold coin donation to support our Mission Trip to the Philippines later this year.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with your respective Head of School Mr Arraiol.

Cherylynne Gostelow
Principal and CEO

Save the Date

We are delighted to welcome Dr Judith Locke on 17 July 2025, clinical psychologist, parenting expert, and author of The Bonsai Child and Raising Anxiety, to speak with our parent community. Dr Locke’s advice is engaging and highly actionable—offering reassurance and tools for parents navigating the challenges of raising children in today’s world. For more details please see the tile above and remember to save the date to avoid missing Judith Locke's sessions.

12 Angry Jurors

Please see the tile above for more information regarding the Senior Drama Performance of '12 Angry Jurors' on the evening of Monday 16 June. Food and Drinks will be sold from 6pm with all proceeds going towards the Mission Trip in October.

MSS Athletics Carnival

Please find attached below the information about the MSS Athletics Carnival, which will be held in Week 2 of Term 3.

• Parent Letter
• Athletics Program & Information

If students consider themselves to be a District-level athlete and would like to attend the below trials, please respond to Mr Paech via email with the events that your student would like to compete in. As a guide, if you would normally win, or come a very close second, in any events at school level, then you could reasonably assume that you would be competitive at District level. If you are not sure, come and have a chat with Mr Paech. He has the results from the 2024 trials which can be considered.

The events to be trialled are as follows:

TRACK: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m/5000m

JUMPS: Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump

THROWS: Discus, Javelin, Shot Put

Mr Chris Paech

Head of Sport (P-12)

Free Dress - Last Day of Term

On 20 June 2025 we are hosting a Free Dress day for the Middle and Senior School students, all proceeds of the gold coin donations for this will be put towards the compassion trip taking place in October. On this day students will be participating in various activities such as the Interhouse Volleyball Competition, Art installation (inspired by Alfredo and Isabell Aquilizan), Calvary's Got Talent and Battle of the Bands. As a reminder please review the free dress policy to ensure that students are not sent home on this day for failing to meet College expectations for free dress. 

College Free Dress Guidelines

Update from Dr Gary Holley, Head of Performing Arts

Arts week is coming up next week in Week 9 of this term, please start preparing your pieces and songs for busking and Battle of the Bands.

Junior Soiree

Our Junior Soiree is coming tomorrow night on Friday 13 June.  This evening will be a showcase of our Junior School students' musical talents, including all our Jnr Ensembles and Individual music students. Please see the event tiles at the top of the Parent communications for more information and booking details.

Dates for the Diary

Beenleigh Eisteddfod

Redlands Eisteddfod

Important Links

• Ensemble & Sport Aerobics Timetable 2025
• 2025 Performing Arts Calendar

For all general information, forms and groups to join, please visit the Performing Arts page on our website which can be found here. Click Here

For any enquiries please email: performingartsacademy@calvarycc.qld.edu.au 

Isee Youth Camp

Isee Youth Camp will be taking place from 7-9 July 2025. For more details about this camp and registration forms please scan the QR code attached to the flyer below. https://www.iseeyouth.com/campaus