ST GREGORY’S COLLEGE EVENTS

College Open Day

Sunday 13 March 2022 was a very exciting day for the College! We hosted a very successful Open Day for our prospective families and had 1,170 people booked in to attend the event across the Junior and Senior School. In the weeks leading up to the Open Day, we were met with torrential rain and flooding however the College Maintenance Team had the grounds looking spectacular for the day and helped put our best foot forward!

We trialled a new online check-in system which proved to be very effective and smooth, and we had hundreds of information bags ready to hand out to each family upon their arrival. The College would like to sincerely thank the wonderful volunteers that supported us with this event.

We had student leaders lined up from both our Junior and Senior School ready to take eager families on tours around the College. We received great feedback about the maturity and friendliness that our student leaders displayed on the day and we are so proud of these students for helping showcase what makes our College so special. Our prospective families were impressed with our classrooms, displays and facilities. We are grateful to all the teaching and non-teaching staff who helped in the preparation of the Open Day and to those who gave their time on a weekend to support this important event.

The volunteers also provided lunch support with a barbeque that made everyone feel warm and welcome, who can resist that smell! This was a nice way for our prospective families to end their tour and take in our beautiful grounds.

Our College cows took a stroll to the Junior School for the day and were definitely a talking point for our prospective families. We also watched Year 1 perform some beautiful songs in Spanish at the Junior School and we had the pleasure of listening to the College Band all day in the Senior School. We thank the teachers and students who organised these activities and helped create a great atmosphere for our visitors.

After a long two years of our College events being cancelled or moved to online, it was nice to witness the College so busy and vibrant. We warmly welcomed families to explore St Gregory’s College and see the potential for their children. We have received strong enrolment numbers from the Open Day for our 2023 and 2024 intakes and we are looking forward to welcoming many of those families into our College community over the coming years!

Lunch on the Lawn

This semester we were able to host not one, but two Lunch on the Lawn events! The Junior School and Senior school had the wonderful opportunity to host their own.

It is always a lovely community event where parents and carers join their children for a picnic lunch. We love hosting them and we are sure the parent community are just as happy to be here!

New Parents Cocktail Function

Each year the College Foundation Board hosts an evening to welcome new parents to St Gregory’s College. This year it was a combined Junior and Senior event, with over 140 people in attendance.

During the evening, guests heard from our 2021

College DUX, Christopher Seton, who delivered a lovely speech about how St Gregory’s supported his learning and growth into the man he is today.

He shared valuable experiences and gave the parents insight into how their sons and daughters will benefit from attending the College.

Junior School students were asked to draw pictures of their families and Senior School students had an opportunity to write a small thank you to their parents. These were handed to parents on the evening. All guests received a beautiful College candle to treasure for many years to come. We thank all the parents who supported this wonderful event.

Kindergarten 2022 artwork

College candles given to new families

Year 7 Boys and Blokes Mini Olympics

Each year the College hosts many events, and the one that always has a wonderful turnout is the Year 7 Boys and Blokes Mini Olympics. This year we had over 140 peope attend!

This event encourages boys and their dads/ carers to join in mini events throughout the morning. The competition is fierce, yet friendly. The groups are split into Sporting Houses, and compete in events such as Volleyball, Tug-o-War and Soccer Shootouts, and this year the winning house was Laurentian!