St Barnabas Cathedral Choir

St Barnabas Cathedral Choir

by | Mar 15, 2024 | Music, NEWS

The Choir of St Barnabas Cathedral showcased their uplifting and inspiring vocal harmonies to our music groups, during a visit to our school in Term 1.

Pictured: Members from the Choir of St Barnabas Cathedral with our Year 4-6 Animato Choir in the Junior School’s Wonder Hub.

Four groups from the Choir of St Barnabas Cathedral visited The Cathedral School to introduce Melanesian singing to the students. Our choral ensembles comprising Sopranino, Animato, VOCE, and Senior groups – participated in short workshops, and also had the opportunity to sing for the Solomon Island guests.

The Choir was invited to Townsville by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland and highlighted their visit by providing a soulful performance at St James’ Cathedral during the Saturday service. Thank you to Right Rev Dr Keith Joseph for organising the workshops at The Cathedral School.

UN Youth Forum

UN Youth Forum

by | Mar 11, 2024 | NEWS, Senior School, Year 12

By Maddi McLean – Year 10.

On 2-3 March, 14 Cathedral students from Years 10-12 (Jack Roseby, Alex Pastega, Kayden Crome, William West, Maddi McLean, Grace Burrows, Summer Mason, Lily Johnston, Bjorn Hyseni, Do Young Park, Annabel Goddard, Abbygail Vets, Spycer Morse, Tami Mana) participated in the UN Youth Forum Townsville Conference entitled Navigating Diplomacy: Power and Influence.

On Saturday we took part in two workshops, the first around the concept of diplomacy and whether it is advantageous. The second workshop then focused on power and the military.
We then took part in an IPS (interactive problem-solving) task, with the background being the Cuban missiles. We were divided into three groups representing, Cuba, the USA and Russia, and we had to maintain our objective and choose actions to achieve success against the other countries. After this, we did our first model UN debate on military exercises.

Sunday was filled with heated model resolutions such as near-space technology and democracy versus artificial intelligence. Two of our students, Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, won the Evatt Competition, successfully representing their allocated country in a mock UN Security Council diplomacy exercise. They have been selected to participate in the State Final in August. Congratulations, Alec and Jack.
We finished the day with an opportunity to voice our opinions on what we believe is good about Australia and what could be improved. These ideas will be taken to the UN General Assembly. Overall, the weekend was filled with challenges and lots of problem solving.

Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, winners of the Evatt Competition, will participate in the State Final in August.

Sunday was filled with heated model resolutions such as near-space technology and democracy versus artificial intelligence. Two of our students, Alec Pastega and Jack Roseby, won the Evatt Competition, successfully representing their allocated country in a mock UN Security Council diplomacy exercise. They have been selected to participate in the State Final in August. Congratulations, Alec and Jack.
We finished the day with an opportunity to voice our opinions on what we believe is good about Australia and what could be improved. These ideas will be taken to the UN General Assembly. Overall, the weekend was filled with challenges and lots of problem solving.

To find out more about the UN Youth State Conference (QLD) visit unyouth.org.au

Interhouse Swimming Carnivals 2024

Interhouse Swimming Carnivals 2024

by | Mar 4, 2024 | NEWS, Sports

Results and highlights from the Junior, Middle, and Senior School Interhouse Swimming Carnivals.

Pictured: Langton House Captains for Junior School, Bryce Fisher and Olivia Gleadow hold up the trophy for the Interhouse Freestyle Swimming Carnival 2024.

After a delayed start due to the weather, the swimming carnivals have finally wrapped up for Term 1. Thank you to the organisers, parents, students, and the P&F Association for their patience and flexibility with the rescheduling of events. Congratulations to all competitors and house champions.

Junior School Interhouse Freestyle Carnival

Results: 1st Langton, 2nd Chatham, 3rd Bede, 4th More.

Photos: Mikaela Hanson

Middle School Interhouse Swimming Carnival – Term 1

Results: 1st Bede 496, 2nd More 466, 3rd Chatham 441, 4th Langton 400.

Senior School Interhouse Swimming Carnival – Term 1

Results: 1st More 420, 2nd Bede 408, 3rd Langton 378, 4th Chatham 366.

Photos: Jo Duncan.

Year 12 Biology Camp 2024 – Orpheus Island

Year 12 Biology Camp 2024 – Orpheus Island

by | Feb 27, 2024 | NEWS, School Camp, Senior School, Year 12

The annual Year 12 Biology Camp is one of the highlights of the senior school curriculum. The students spend four days based at the JCU Orpheus Island Research Station – a World-Class Research and Teaching facility on the Great Barrier Reef.

‘On Thursday the 15th of February, the Year 12 Biology students travelled to Orpheus Island where they spent their days snorkelling and using transects and quadrats to collect data in a Fringing Coral Reef Flat Ecosystem. We connected with Professor Morgan Pratchett, a conservation ecologist based at James Cook University, Australia. The knowledge and skills that students acquired while working with Professor Morgan was fantastic.’
Rebecca Smith – Head of Science Department.

Video by Iona Anderson.

Principal Commissioning Service

Principal Commissioning Service

by | Feb 1, 2024 | NEWS, Principal

Luke Baills receiving the final blessing of the Commissioning Service by the Anglican Bishop of North Queensland, the Right Reverend Dr. Keith Joseph.

Commissioning Service for Mr. Luke Baills

The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James proudly inaugurated Mr. Luke Baills as its 8th Principal, continuing the esteemed legacy since its establishment in 1917.

The commissioning ceremony, led by Board Chairman Daniel Christie and Right Reverend Dr. Keith Joseph, Bishop of North Queensland, marked the official induction of Luke into the leadership role.

The Welcoming Commission comprised representatives from various facets of the school community, acknowledging their integral roles:

The Cathedral School Staff Representatives:
Mrs. Julie Whitbread
Ms. Louise Anderson
Mr. Chris Anderson
Mr. Andrew Arratoon
Mr. Jock Walker-Campbell
Mrs. Sharon Cook

The Cathedral School Captains:
Isabella D.
Elliott B.
Georgia B.

The Cathedral School Indigenous Students:
Vernon B.
Luca T.
Eric B.
Jack S.
Joy Z.
Genai F.
Keira Y.
Grace H.

The Cathedral School Parents & Friends’ Association President:
Ms. Naomi Madacsi

The Cathedral School Past Students’ Association President:
Mr. Tom Porter

We sincerely thank the special guests who witnessed the ceremony, including family members, distinguished figures from the field of education, council and government representatives, past staff members, and friends from various corners of the state.