Over the past few weeks we have been working with the Year 11 cohort to finalise the new College student leadership team. The girls have put themselves forward and either offered themselves or voted after careful consideration for the person they felt best fits the role.

As a final stage of this process, Mr Bettiol, Mrs Wright, Mr Combes, Mr Gattone, Mr Ashcroft and I have met with three or four girls and interviewed them about leadership and what they can bring to the different roles. It has been an absolute delight to hear these girls speak about servant leadership in a Benedictine manner. They have spoken about being part of the community, engaging with all students, building trust, avoiding a hierarchy and working as part of a team for the greater good of the College. Every year our College leaders inspire me and the leaders of 2021 will not disappoint.

I offer my congratulations to the following girls:
COLLEGE CAPTAIN – AMADEE T
BENEDICT CAPTAIN – ANGELINA S
SCHOLASTICA  CAPTAIN – BREANA J
COMMUNITY LEADER – KASSANDRA S
CAPA LEADER – SOPHIE M
SPORTS LEADER – HANNAH P

I am sure the girls will be well supported by the student body as they embark on their leadership journey. I wish them well.

Over the last two weeks we have hosted parent forums via Zoom. I extend my thanks to Mrs Wright for assisting with the hosting, the IT department for a lot of the set up and the parents who joined us on the evenings. It was very pleasant to speak with the parents present about their daughter's progress and to be able to give them some feedback on the remote learning experience and the response to the last parent/teacher/student interviews. Hopefully when we host our next forum in 2021, our world will be a little safer to have these events back on site at the College.

I will finish this newsletter with a short extract from an article written by Sr Clare Condon in ‘The Good Oil’ on Benedictine leadership:

St Benedict, in his Rule, calls the leader of his communities to integrity, where words and actions are in harmony. He suggests strongly that candidates are chosen for “merit of life and wisdom”. He expects the same of every member of the community, so that civility and good order can result in supporting and sustaining good human relationships.

Sue Lennox - Principal