The Senior Years at Good Shepherd are designed to empower students to realise their potential in a range of flexible and individualised pathways. Each student has the potential and capacity to enrich their work through the development of their gifts and abilities. We strive to tailor quality and authentic learning experiences to bring these gifts and abilities into fruition.
Good Shepherd offers an extensive number of co-curricular activities to support and extend their students’ learning in their curricular subjects. Students have the opportunity to participate in a significant number of sporting pursuits as well as academic and artistic endeavors. Students are supported by specialist teachers and coaches to ensure they get the most out of the time they invest in extending themselves with the benefits being realised both inside and outside the classroom.
In the week before school recommenced, eight of our Year 12 leaders attended the week-long Enthuse camp run by LYQ at Luther Heights for student leaders across Queensland Lutheran colleges. The purpose of this week was to prepare these students for their leadership roles in the year ahead. Students who attended include our College Captains and Vice Captains Noah Benjamin, Chelsea Meadows, Trent Mendham and Kirra Shelton, along with our Spiritual Life Captains, Nick Hill, Tamzen McKelvie, Emma Hansen and Jessie Telleman. Not only did they have a most enjoyable time learning invaluable lessons about leadership, but they were able to establish important connections with student leaders from other Lutheran Colleges across the state.
Then on Friday 1st February, our entire Year 12 cohort partook in a condensed version of the Enthuse camp, where the focus was on developing their understanding of leadership through fun and interactive learning experiences. Our Year 12 students are to be commended for the very impressive way in which they approached this day, with many invaluable suggestions about the type of legacy they wish to leave underpinning the discussions.
We look forward to seeing the 2019 senior cohort working together to achieve their vision, which includes building a positive culture based on respect, compassion, honesty, as well as strengthening connections within their own cohort and other year levels in our College community.
Mrs Karen Lunn
Head of Senior Years Students