The new kindy students were very excited to attend the first day at Heritage College. The students were all wearing new uniforms and were already aware of many of the expectations due to their experience in Transition Class in fourth term last year. We hope all our new kindies have a fantastic and fun first year of school at Heritage College. Their teacher, Mrs Hardy, has some exciting things in store for them to learn. I'm sure they are all looking forward to reading their first reader and writing some exciting stories. 

 We are very excited to hear of the commencement of a Heritage College in Melbourne. The first day of classes was held on Feb 2. There have been many years of work invested into the project and it has finally reached fruition. The Principal is none other than the very experienced Mr Bill Lunn. We pray for God's blessings to be showered on the new school, its staff and students. Photos and other information can be viewed on their new website at www.heritagemelbourne.com.au

Jessica and Eleanor, like many before them at Heritage College, have successfully completed their HSC and are commencing their post-secondary studies. We have thoroughly enjoyed having them at Heritage College and we wish them every success for their future plans. 

We thank our HSC teachers for 2009 for teaching our senior students so commendably.

The new cohort of senior students have commenced their HSC subjects for 2010 and we encourage them to work hard to achieve their very best.

Jessica and Eleanor were very positive School Captains in 2009. The Elections for new captains and SRC for 2010 will be taking place in February. All students are invited to nominate preferred candidates. 

 The Federal Government has published every schools NAPLAN results on a website called My School (www.myschool.edu.au). Every parent and stakeholder can view every school's results on this website. It even compares schools with the National Average and also with 60 schools with similar contexts. I recommend that every parent utlilises the site for the purpose it has been provided. Heritage College has performed very well and we commend the work of the teachers and the results of the students.

The Sydney Morning Herald used the My School website to compile a ranking list of every primary and secondary school in NSW. I attach these lists here for your interest. In summary, Heritage College was ranked 58 out of over 600 NSW High Schools, and 71 out of over 1000 NSW Primary Schools. A great result!

Click on the links to the two attachments below to download the two full lists:

 The 2010 school year has started positively and all the students are settling into their new classes really well. Everyone has exciting stories to tell about their holidays and they are loving the fact that they can catch up with friends again.

We pray that God's blessing will be on all the activities of Heritage College in 2010.

Last Thursday the High School students all participated in the Hunter Regional athletics carnival. It was a wet day, but all the events managed to fit between downpours. The track and field events all attracted many excellent competitors from all the schools. Heritage College students performed really well. Thank you to all the teachers and parents who assisted with the carnival. 

The students ran in a variety of track events from the 100m to 1500m. There were field events including shotput, discus, javelin, long jump, high jump and triple jump. There were also school team relays for the various ages.

The students all put on a pleasing variety of items at the Mid-Year Concert last Thursday. It was well supported by parents, grandparents and friends and it was a great night. The students all played, sang, danced and performed at their best. They had a great time. Well done to all the teachers, students and parents who participated.

The picture on the left is of the Primary Class Item - cowboys and cowgirls!

Last weekend the Principals from the four Heritage Colleges around Australia (accompanied by their wives) assembled in South Australia for their Annual Conference. It was a very profitable discussion about the positive things that are happening in Heritage Colleges everywhere. The accommodation for the weekend was in the township of Goolwa, about an hour south of Adelaide and very near the mouth of the Murray River. The group spent the weekend in meetings and then we travelled to Adelaide to visit the Heritage College at Oakden, enjoying a luncheon with the staff. It was a really enjoyable and strengthening event. Thank you to our hosts for the weekend - Andrew and Kathy Johns.