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BACK TO SCHOOL BBQ FOR THE CLASS OF 2020

29 January 2021 ▪ 12:50pm - BBQ lunch on the Function Lawn ▪ 1:35pm - 2020 Year 12 Dux Awards at in the Rock Centre.

▪ We look forward to

Class of 1986: Suzanne Andrews (Connolly). Donna Dodd, Alison, Michelle Rankin, Deanne Ludkin (Vohland),Nikki Clark (Campbell), Jo Panitteri (Thackery), Lyn Bailey (Prior).

seeing you there!

PRESIDENT’S REPORT As I write my last report of 2020, I reflect on the year that has been like no other! From a major pandemic,

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cancelled past student and school events, to the cancellation of international travel, we won’t forget 2020 for a

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very long time. However, the School has done well to manage the situation and keep everyone safe.

In late November, we welcomed the Class of 2020 as the newest past students. I was very privileged to speak to

23 July 2021 ▪ Foundation Day

them at their final Awards Assembly and present them with their Past Students’ Association lapel badge. The school formal this year was on the school grounds and the Rock Centre was transformed into a beautiful location to hold it.

▪ 5:30pm - Class of 2016 Five Year Reunion ▪ 6-9pm - Connection Sundowners

It was great to catch up with past student Suzanne Andrews whose twin girls are currently boarding at Cathedral.

Suzanne told me that they had a reunion in Cairns with some of her cohort. She said ‘We did not realise most of us lived in Cairns and surrounding district, and it was 34 years since we were all back in boarding school. The night was full of old stories, boarding school mischief and laughter. We will not leave it for another 34 years before we catch up again.’

The PSA has had a successful year even though we had to cancel most of our events. We have been working

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hard behind the scenes supporting our archivist Toni Lanphier and also working with her to produce a new

▪ 1:30pm - Reunion

Honour Board featuring the Sisters, School Principals and Board Chairpersons who have made the school what it is today.

School Tour ▪ 6:30pm - Reunion Dinner

Please check out our website for information about the class of 2020 Back to School BBQ in January and this is where you can also update your details. https://www.cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association I hope that everyone has a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Please stay tuned for our 2021 events.

Tom Porter | President PSA

PSA President

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cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association Facebook @theCathedralSchoolPastStudentsAssociation 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra PO Box 944, Aitkenvale, Queensland 4812 Australia

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BEDE WINS KEBLE CUP

YEAR 12 REFLECTION

Keble Cup celebrates My name is Natalie Cook

Keble House, one of the

and I live on a cattle

houses that was

property called Channel

disbanded in 1981.

Downs, 600km west of

Their colours were blue

Townsville near Julia

and yellow and their

Creek. I have been a

badge is in the display

boarder at The Cathedral

cabinet in Heatley

School from Year 7

House.

through to Year 12. 2020

Keble House, along with Broughton House, was introduced in

is my graduation year

1972. Broughton won the inter-house competition three years in a row,

and was also the

1974, 75 and 76, but Keble in their nine years won no trophies or

introduction of ATAR in Queensland.

carnivals.

Boarding life is unique and although it can be difficult being so far

We honour Keble House in the Middle School through the Keble Cup.

from home, there are benefits. One of those is the ability to spend

Each house runs one event during the year and points are awarded.

large amounts of time, including many of my weekends, studying in

The house with the most points at the end of the year is declared the

the comfort of my private room, not having to worry about meal

winner. Bede House has won the Keble Cup for the last two years.

preparation or cleaning duties. But it is not all work and no play, with the occasional break for mini parties and birthday celebrations filling the year until we reached the external exams in Term 4.

We Year 12’s sat the first ever external exams under the ATAR system, with English beginning on 26 October and concluding with Languages on the 17 November. Some exams I faced were more difficult than others such as Math Methods and Chemistry, but all

WHARE ARE THEY NOW? TAHNIA AH KIT Past boarder Tahnia (2015) has recently graduated from JCU and is currently working in her hometown of Mount Isa as a registered nurse.

required a positive attitude, good nights of sleep, and plenty of study.

My subjects were all general, therefore, I had two exams in the first

CASSANDRA KATH

week, and the remaining 4 exams in the second week. I spent my

Cassandra (2016) has been a

third week of externals relaxing and preparing for formal on 20

governess for three different

November, whilst other boarders headed home to de-stress.

families and heading to her fourth

Time out has definitely been needed after the full-on year of a heavy

station. She has completed a

school workload that was placed upon our shoulders, not only

Certificate 3 in Education Support

navigating a new senior school assessment system, but also the

and is now studying externally for a

implications of COVID, on schooling. The timetable of external exams

Bachelor in Primary Education.

does not follow a normal school day timetable, but the boarding staff ensured that we were able to come ‘home’ after exams. The boarding mealtimes cohesively cooperated with allowing us Year 12’s to relax, eat, sleep and study for the next exam and continue to make

JACQUELINE CURLEY Jacqueline Curley (Hasted Yr 10 1968) has just been named ‘Inspirational Woman of the Year’ by the Queensland

memories in boarding.

Rural, Regional and Remote Women’s Boarding has played a major role in the development of who I am, and I am forever grateful for all that I have achieved and experienced,

Network for her advocacy for farmers during the drought.

thanks to boarding.

Jackie Natalie Cook Graduating Class of 2020

PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au

cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association Facebook @theCathedralSchoolPastStudentsAssociation 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra PO Box 944, Aitkenvale, Queensland 4812 Australia t