Dear Members of the St Gregory’s College family,
Welcome to Term 3. I am honoured to serve this community this term as the Acting Assistant Principal and Head of Senior School. I am looking forward to the challenge of working across the community in a broader capacity outside of my usual role, leading the boarding community.
New College Staff
This term we welcome two staff to the Senior School. Mark Van Ommen joins us in the Mathematics Department, and Anne-Marie Neylan joins us in the English Department. We wish both staff all the best in their journey at the College.
Trial HSC Exams
We wish all of our Year 12 students well as they commence their Trial HSC Exams next week. This is an important step in their preparation for the completion of the HSC. Good luck gents!
Student Leadership 2025
In Week 3 we will commence the process with our current Year 11 students who look to seek student leadership in 2024/2025. Voting will occur at the end of Week 4. The leadership program at the College is ever evolving, and I look forward to seeing what the young men of the Class of 2025 will contribute to this important space.
First Nations Round
After the success of the NAIDOC celebrations last week our annual First Nations Round fixture in Rugby Union against Kinross Wolaroi School from Orange will occur this weekend. Games will commence at 11:00am at the College, with the First XV fixture kicking off at 1:15pm. Some of our boarding students have designed this years Jersey which the boys will be playing in this weekend. I encourage all community members to get out and support this fixture.
A brief explanation on the jersey design from Benjo Leane (Year 12) one of the jerseys co-designers – ‘On the back of the jerseys we have the totems of the year 12 indigenous students, from these totems we have tracks leading to the meeting place which represents where we meet today. On the front we have the wirijirbin which is the lyrebird, this is the totem of where our school stands. On the back of the Jersey, you will see the symbols of the 3 rivers that surround the lands of this region which are the Nepean, Georges and the Hawksbury Rivers’.
Upcoming Events
Term 3 is the busiest on the College calendar with lots of events across year groups. Some of the upcoming events are listed below:
Week | Date | Event |
2 | 31 July | Year 10 Subjection Selection Workshops Commence Year 9 TRJ Retreat Day |
2 August | Year 7 to 10 Semester 1 Academic Awards Assembly Lunch on the Lawn | |
3 August | First Nations Round v Kinross Wolaroi @ SGC | |
3 | 5 August | Marist Schools Australia Cyclical Review Trial HSC Exams Commence |
6 August | Junior School Open Classrooms | |
7 August | College Tour @ 4pm | |
10 August | Rugby v St Stanislaus College @ Bathurst Western Families Dinner | |
4 | 19 August | K to 12 Book Week Year 7 2026 Experience Day |
20 August | Year 12 Reflection Day in Mittagong | |
23 August | Senior School Athletics Carnival Year 7 to 9 Dance @ SGC with St Patrick’s College |
Celebrating Student Success
Joel Byrne – Year 12
Joel has been selected as the co-captain and flag bearer for the NSW Team at the School Sport Australia Games currently being held on the Gold Coast. The games bring together 2500 athletes across multiple sports, including AFL, Basketball, Hockey, Netball, Softball, and Swimming. A talented softball player, Joel has represented the NSW All Schools Softball team over many years, as well as selection in the Australian Merit team. We look forward to hearing about Joel’s success over this week.
Kobe Tuioti - Year 9
Congratulations to Kobe who has been selected to represent Samoa at the Junior Pan Pacific Games in Canberra in August. Good luck Kobe.
Max Anastasio - Year 10
Max participated in Football Australia's National Youth Championships held in Wollongong recently. Max was selected to represent the under 16's NSW Metro Sky Team (one of 3 NSW teams). The tournament was a week long and Max played a game each day over 6 x days. The team progressed to the finals and successfully won the Grand Final against Queensland! A great action shot of Max can be seen below.
National Indoor Cricket Success
In the recent school holidays five students competed at the National Indoor Cricket Championships held in Victoria. Ashton Haycock (Year 11), Kynan Eagles (Year 9), Jack Jones (Year 8), Lucas Spragg (Year 7), and Toby Morrissey (Year 7), represented either NSW or the ACT in the U/18, U/16 or U/14 competitions. A huge congratulations Jack and Lucas who were selected in the Australian All- Stars Team.
Let the College know about Student Successes
Through the newsletter, I will draw your attention to some of the outstanding efforts, successes and ventures that our students achieve that we love to celebrate. Please email any success to me so we can continue to celebrate with your son or daughter lmorrissey@stgregs.nsw.edu.au.
Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you all back for Week 3!
Ad Jesum per Mariam - Everything to Jesus through Mary
Luke Morrissey
Acting Assistant Principal/Head of Senior School