Leadership is one of our key pillars of our foundation.

Our goal is to create leadership opportunities for our men to gain confidence so at any visit our students shine, and that is exactly what they did.

From time to time, special guests ask if they can schedule a school visit to come and see what is happening ‘on the ground’ in our Academies. Throughout week four and five, our students had a visit from Woolworth’s south east regional managers and directors. Students welcomed our guests with a meet and greet, played table tennis and interacted with the group about potential employment and more. The Academy room was packed with smiles and fun and left Woolworths with a fantastic impression of the Foundation and PBC. As they were walked out one of our visitors remarked ‘clearly kids here love being here’. What a great mantra to hang our hats on for both the School and Clontarf. 

We had our first family BBQ Breakfast this week with over 70 family members attend. It was a great way for us to finally get together have a meal and speak about the program along with what we have in store for the students for 2021. Senior leader Tanu Nona took many of our guests through the Academy room and spoke about camps, activities and his success in gaining employment through the program. Billy Mulheran in Year 7 stepped up and spoke about his experience as one of our newest members. It is heart-warming to see how much family support the program has as we continue to grow.

Morning training was swapped to morning study with many Year 11 students hitting to books at 7:00am for an hour with Miss Haidley to be on top of their work.

Andy Lovell took our Year 7 students to tour Metricon Staidum. They joined with Gold Coast Suns community engagement team member Harley Hollands in traditional indigenous games along with a chat in the coaches box.

Anthony Mitchell, Clontarf Academy Coordinator